Thoughts on a Wednesday

Just came back from a great holiday. Good food, good company, good shopping. What more could one ask for?

Just before going to sleep last night, heard a loud screech followed by a bang. Naturally, we kay-pohs went to check out the car accident and that triggered Mike's memory enough to let me know casually that he nearly got knocked down an hour before that!
Apparently, 3 people ahead of him could not be bothered to wait for pedestrian crossing's green light to show, so they'd dashed across successfully. Mike and two other girls waited patiently for the light to turn green in their favour. They were half way across the road when a car beat the red light and sped past right in front of them. All 3 stopped in their tracks and stayed rooted on the spot in shock. They stared at the light again just to be sure the light was indeed in their favour.
Mike says if he had walked a little faster or had been jogging, he'd be gone by now. Gone. Does it always pay to follow the law? I mean, the other 3 who had jaywalked, had gotten home scott free. Mike hardly ever walks anywhere. Drivers will know what I mean. You drive practically everywhere and the only place you walk is from the car to your home and vice versa. He just happened to have met his kaki for kopi at the nearby kopitiam and was walking home after.
My daughter crosses that road every day. How do I explain to her that as a driver, I sometimes too, am driving while in a daze, not fully concentrating on the driving? I know now why parents never cease to worry for their kids.

Went to work and received a message about the passing of a close family friend. Although you don't always keep in touch, although you've lost touch, although you keep in touch only online, you still would like to think that the people you know will always be there regardless. But life doesn't work that way.