Are We Jinxed?
Just last Thursday, our Citroen Picasso has yet again let us down. We were on our way home from the Traffic Department in Madinat Kalifa when suddenly these dreaded words “engine fault” appeared on the dash board just when we were approaching the round-about at the Al Garrafa interchange. Fortunately, my husband was still able to drive the car until we found a safe and cool place to park as it happened noon with a temperature reaching up to 47 degrees. Tian called the Citroen car breakdown service but they couldn’t come until after 2 hours but the guy gave us the number of an independent towing service. While waiting for the towing service, we had to go around and look for a store because by this time my daughter had drunk all the water that I was bringing for her and with the heat she could easily get dehydrated without anything to drink. 15-20 minutes later salvation finally came and since we couldn’t get a cab ride in the area, we just asked the driver if we could ride his vehicle, the same one that he used to tow our Picasso. It was a long ride going to the Industrial Area where most of the service centers including that of Citroen are located. It was a grueling long ride and the vehicle didn’t have any air-conditioning unit. We had to bear the hot air that was blowing on our faces. Poor Xiane had to be in the same predicament but she never complained. Finally, we got to Citroen… the Filipino guy who works there told us that it is the first time they encountered the “engine fault” problem with their cars so I wonder, why us? I would have thought that we were jinxed but then again I think not. Instead I think we’re blessed because in a place where getting a taxi ride is almost impossible, there he was, the Filipino staff who happens to live in our area and who was kind enough to give us a safe ride home. Hopefully, they’ll be able to fix the real problem with the car and get it this week. Inshallah!
