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pass it forward…

Posted by  on 9 July 2009, 3:43 pm
recently i’ve been involved in an accident. it happened in the night from saturday towards sunday at around 2:30am. traveling in the second lane of a 3 lane street (kingsway for those who are aware of it) and approaching an intersection. the light turns green, and the car in the second lane remains stationary even thought the light was green. the third lane was quite busy, yet the first lane was clear prior and after the intersection. i switch onto the first lane…and as i get closer to the intersection, the white hyundai in the second lane decided to turn right onto the other street…as he is doing this he runs right into me. here’s how the damage looks…
as my car stops, i take a look back to see the white hyundai finish taking the right turn onto nanaimo st, and continuing. as this occurs, a dark colour car speeds after the hyundai. a witness engages into action, stops the other driver and starts yelling at him as to why he was about to take off. as this happens, i pull behind them and get out of my car…

the following day i spent about an hour sharing my story with icbc, and during this i try to provide as many details as possible, including that the other driver tried to drive away and was stopped by the witness. on top of this, it seemed to me the other driver was impaired, quite heavily. however, at that time it did not occur to me to contact the police…this little detail only occurred to me next morning. anyhow…icbc ruled on the thing quite quickly, 100% the other driver’s fault…

anyhow, this post is not so much about the accident itself, but a gesture received by yours truly. after the icbc thing was concluded, i decided to call the witness and thank him once more for his action on the respective night…and offered to buy him a beer as a sign of recognition for his involvement (keep in mind that the icbc case was closed, thus this would not interfere with his statement…). anyhow, the witness thanked me for taking my time to give him the updates and graciously refused the offer. however, he took time to mention ‘you’ve received a nice gesture, so all i ask instead of the beer is to pass on the gesture when the opportunity occurs’. overall, it’s great to see that nice gestures are still possible and that people will help another in need. appreciate the effort he put in stopping the other driver from taking off and staying with him until i managed to pull my car behind them. amazing gesture not only on the night of the accident, but after-wads as well. so for this…i will finish this with a ‘thank you!’

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a gesture

Posted by  on 31 October 2008, 3:09 pm

caught in the stress of everyday life we all forget that nice gestures are possible, achievable and simply easy to be conducted. it’s the 31st of october, yes it’s halloween. probably the most expected day of the year, after christmas, by every child that gets the chance to go trick-or-treat. it’s a simple idea, kids get dressed and get ‘free’ candy. then again, it’s also the one night of the year when the ‘adults’ get to put on their most revealing clothes, or bare-all depending on the circles you roll in, and leave ‘shame’ at home. but that’s another story for another time.

a bag full of chocolates, candy, and any other sweets that only a child could dare eat. it’s the reward for the hard work going into selecting the appropriate costume, walking around and knocking on any door that has a light on. should be a great night. well, not so for some children. yet, there are some which take it up to themselves to go trick-or-treat and then donate the candy to the children that can’t make it out on this special night. sick children that must stay indoors or in the hospital, they’re a bit less fortunate during this day of the year. thus, it’s up to these special people to do something special for them. so a big thank you to the ones that will endure the rain and cold tonight and go trick-or-treat only to donate the rewards to the children that are stuck indoors. it’s amazing to see that there are some out there with a big enough heart to take time and give something back. it’s a simple gesture, that no doubt will mean the world to the children…so once again, thank you and well done. i hope that we all learn from this and try to give something back, make a little simple gesture, because in the end it will mean the world to someone.

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