road·kill

roadkill : animal(s) killed by being struck by a motor vehicle.

it was a beautiful morning, last monday. i woke up earlier than usual and left for work right on time. the minute i hit the main road towards the toll (puchong to cyberjaya), horrors unveiled themselves in guise of ROADKILLS!

roadkill #1 : a small furry critter just infront of puchong’s petronas. not sure whether it was the left over of a cat’s head or a small puppy. The fur was soft cream color and still fluffy. reminded me of golden retriever puppy…
roadkill #2 : a light brown mongrel. from the carcass, looked like the unfortunate event just happened not long.. this is just after the flyover towards cyberjaya.
roadkill #3 : a small reptile. i think it was a monitor lizard. head's gone.
roadkill #4 : another mongrel lying very dead on the curvy road back from cyberjaya connecting to the LDP.

i prayed for every single one of them. as a firm believer of reicarnation, i prayed for their soul to be reborn in better condition. let their sufferings end this cycle. sadly, except for roadkill #1, the others were still lying on the road. where is the mpsj or whatever mpxx when we needed them. especially roadkill #2 which was lying just next to a road repair. unless they werent working that day. and as a matter of fact, for many many days as the road repair was blocked since 2-3 months ago! it is really sad, as for several days i noticed how the lifeless form stripped off their flesh, slowly reveiling their inner layers. besides, this it was quite a dangerous situation for drivers who might not notice them earlier and try to make an instant swerve to avoid going over the carcass. i wished i could end their lifeless misery, however, i will only but myself in grave danger – i might be one of the roadkills statistics! fortunately all the carcasses were removed by end of the week.

these roadkills reminded me of one of my form 6 classmates. he is a quiet, studious looking chap. however, he has a violent streak. in one of our daily conversation he softly but gleefully admitted his passion of driving over kittens and cats. not sure whether he was making it up but his graphical recalls were very spooky. met him years ago in one of the cny outings. he was doing very well in some graphical animations of some sort of weird fantasies (or something like that...), etc in uk.

this morning, i witnessed another kind of roadkill. well, no life was concerned so it couldn’t be consider a kill but it was upside-down which looks like a roadkill… a TRACTOR. first time i see a traktor, lying exactly on it’s roof. so, i guess this was a mechanical roadkill :)

on the way back from lunch, then i found out there are more roadkill pychos…. ha ha.. bridget, my colleague confessed she always has this drive to go over or hit any birds that’s in her driving path… i really don't know how the birds owed her in her past life.

the moral of this blog entry : i am really glad that i am neither a furry nor feathered critter.