{"id":500,"date":"2005-12-09T02:28:24","date_gmt":"2005-12-09T02:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=500"},"modified":"2016-08-28T19:57:13","modified_gmt":"2016-08-28T19:57:13","slug":"of-skies-and-stars-and-hidden-badges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=500","title":{"rendered":"Of Skies And Stars And Hidden Badges"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nTonight was going to be a night like no other.<\/p>\n


\nThe sun set most dramatically.<\/p>\n


\nThe stars called out to me.<\/p>\n


\nI reached divine enlightenment. Her voices spoke to me.<\/p>\n


\nMany moons I passed; once, at dusk; the other two, each an hour away from midnight.<\/p>\n

Anyway, to cut the drama short, I was stopped by the police! (Again.<\/a>)<\/p>\n

I lay my camera (with its lens pointing up) on the ground, on a junction platform, for a 15 second exposure. (The sky was so clear, you could actually see stars in my ‘hood!) Three motorcyclists came out of nowhere, circling me like vultures.<\/p>\n

I ran towards a nearby coffee shop.<\/p>\n

They intercepted me before I got there. “Tunjuk IC.<\/i>” (Show identity card.)<\/p>\n

“Kau dari mana?<\/i>” (Where are you from?)<\/p>\n

I said, from around here, but my IC had my PJ address. Fortunately my driver’s license had the KL address so I showed them that yes, I did live nearby.<\/p>\n

“Kenapa kau lari?<\/i>” (Why did you run?)<\/p>\n

Dudes, you guys are such excellent undercover bikers, I was scared! “Saya ingat korang ni mat motor nak…<\/i>” (I thought you guys were going to…)<\/p>\n

One of them then unzipped his jacket to reveal his uniform. Phew. A very strange sense of security indeed.<\/p>\n

It even got to where I work, and I showed them my tag. I also showed them my moon and star pictures.<\/p>\n

“Ohhh… kau ingat kita mat motor nak samun you kah?<\/i>” (Oh, you thought we were bikers intending to rob you?)<\/p>\n

Well, thank God they weren’t. If you were<\/b> a suspicious looking person up to some suspicious activity, and you saw a bunch of bikers circle you, you’d run, whether or not they covered up their uniforms! If you were innocent, you’d run too, so what’s the point of policemen being undercover?<\/p>\n

I don’t even want to think of what would happen if they weren’t police. I should have reached the coffee shop anyway, as there were witnesses there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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