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An unexpected change on the road
It was a damp evening in September 2013 when I landed in Kuching, the capital city of Sarawak in MalaysiA.I was a 19-year-old Dubai-raised kid away from home for the first time to start my undergraduate studies in mechanical engineering.
Alone and homesick, the wet welcome I received at the airport didn't make me feel any better.I had never travelled alone before and the seven-hour flight from Dubai was the longest flight I had ever taken.I pushed my luggage and headed to the airport exit to find a grey van with the name of my university on it.My ride, I assumed, and I was right.
As we left the airport, the driver began talking to me; he told me that I was the last of the new students he had to pick up that day.He shared information with me about the city and its people and what I should see and do.As I am a driving enthusiast myself, we started talking about cars and driving in Dubai and his accounts of driving in Kuching.
“Never make a Sarawakian angry,” he warned.“No road rage (路怒).Very dangerous!” He then went on to list his experiences of road rage and by the time he had finished, I had made up my mind to be very passive on the roads.
Not long into our journey, the lights of the car behind flashed at us.This continued more aggressively and my driver started to panic.We pulled over to the roadside in a well-lit areA.My heart was pounding but I tried to put on a brave face as the man from the car emerged and made his way to my side of the van.As he reached my window, I lowered it and tried to force a smile.He reached into the van and I let out a loud “Whoa (used to tell someone to become calmer)!”
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Then I looked down at his hands to see that he was holding a travel bag.
With a sigh of relief, I took my bag and thank