Yesterday I was stopped by the police for… well that wasn’t really clear, but I got a fine for doing something illegal apparently. Then the police said something you might expect in this part of the world; “You want to settle this?”. What he was asking for was a bribe.
By then I called his bluff, and played along and said; “No, give me the fine. If I’ve done something wrong I should pay for it”.
I’m not sure if this was an expected answer, and I might not have given him this answer if this subject hadn’t been brought up at the midsummer party. Apparently, the police force is really bad paid, and a way to make some more money is to collect bribes. Nevertheless, I wasn’t falling for that.
The Policeman replied; “Do you want me to take you to the police station?” in an angry voice.
Me: “If you think it’s needed”.
The policeman went off, with my drivers license for 5 minutes, came back and said; “This time, warning, now go!”, very upset that he didn’t got his bribe money.
On my way home I was thinking, did I go in to a chicken race with a corrupt policeman? What if he would take me down to the police station? Hmm, probably not, would be hard to collect more bribe money if he would be occupied with me.
The problem of bribing is ubiquitous in most parts of the world, more in some than others. Here’s the creation of a guy in India that was fed up with being forced to pay so many bribes. www.ipaidabribe.com, pretty funny and sad at the same time.
So for now, I’m enjoying freedom.

this is a better shot!
flight info for tentative trip from singapore to kuala lumpur (july 30).
yay! excited. flights are so cheap throughout asia!

Yii #rooftop #basketball #killa #Malaysia (Taken with instagram)
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