Got knocked down by a taxi at the crossroads near my place just now. Nobody was at fault, really...the pedestrian green light was on, but it's not illegal for cars to make turns there. I think. And I was running, so the driver probably thought it was fine to accelerate. Well, it wasn't.

It's probably by a stroke of luck that I can still be typing this with only a handful of abrasions from the encounter. Hit the side of my head and jaw on the traffic island, and no concussion too (so it seems)...could even pick myself up and walk to the other side ._.;;; Left hand and arm tremble when stress is put on them though.
This incident also proves that auto accidents are not as fatal as they are made out to be on TV (here's looking at you, Mediacorp). Just a comment.

Kind of upset that the taxi quickly drove off when it was apparent that I was fine, though. There was some honking, not sure whether it was the driver or some other road user who had witnessed the whole thing. If I died on the spot, it would have been a hit-and-run, too. Hopefully there'll be someone who had caught the license plate number. IIRC the color of the taxi was blue...but since the memories are hazy, it could have been any other color of any other company, so no point jumping to conclusions or getting paranoid.

Chinese saying: 大難不死，必有後福。
English saying: What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
If these have any stroke of truth in them, ikka will do well in tomorrow's test and hit a perfect game at the bowling alley...yeah, right.