BELLAMYBUDIMAN

I went back from the campus with a bit of horror today. Along BSD, I saw humongous billboards on the road, crashed without the ability to withstand the enormous wind power of today’s thunderstorm. This puts the concern in me on how do these guys manage to design a thing that big and at the same time, not calculate the correct numbers on how to deal with mother nature. I’m no structural engineer, but the billboards I see have these tiny cages and bars, huge dimensions, and no wind-dispersion system whatsoever. No wonder they collapsed. Perhaps if they create these tiny perforations on the billboard’s main plane, it could disperse wind and withstand better.

A bit of advice, if you have to storm through the rain, try to keep your vehicle away from these billboards. Better be safe than sorry.

Several days ago, it was my sisters’ birthday celebration, and I went out for a while to pick up Arleen at Bengkel from her company dinner. In fear of the dreadful pre-holiday traffic jams, I decided to go out early and ended up having 45 minutes of free time. So I went to Grand Lucky, which is just in front of Bengkel in SCBD. I also decided to see what the store is like now after it changed its name from The Club Store. I wasn’t impressed.

Even so, since I have 45 minutes of free time, I decided to grab some snacks and drinks for the celebration back at home, as well as restocking the office’s snack bar. I did it in like half an hour, went to the toilet (again, in fear of stuck in traffic with no toilets around), went on outside, and I thought I could probably waited for about 10 minutes before moving my car over to Bengkel. And that was when heavy rain poured down just 5 meters away. I was right under the awning by that time.

Then there was this security guard, seeing that I was definitely alone, attempting to cross the parking field with my trolley, he handed me an umbrella. I also asked him if he could take care of my belongings while I move the car to the drop-off area.

After doing so, I reached out for a small change and sincerely wanted to give him some tip. I was surprised when he politely declined, and when I turned around I saw the sign encouraging visitors not to give tips. I could’ve sworn I did not see that sign before. Seriously, that security guard (too bad, I didn’t catch his name) showed me what a good working ethic is. I am truly impressed, and somebody should really give him a promotion. Honesty or fear of rules? I don’t care, as far as I’m concerned, unlike in some other malls that I often see, this guy is not a hypocrite.