I need a car... I need a car... I NEED A CAR!!!
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
I finally got my license!!! After sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo long..
haihz haihz.. FINALLY!!! I cant emphasize how happy i am abt it.. haha.. XD
Last friday noon, martin asked me out.. went to parade to look for his text books.. ended up we couldnjt ifnd a single 1 of them.. - best part is when he called up his management lecturer to ask where to get the management text book, he replied any leading bookstores out there will have.. And there we were in mph, and NOPE.. not there.. thinking we might have missed it out while we were searching, we went to the info counter to ask.. All 3 books he was supposed to buy, SOLD OUT.. Fund of Management, Finance and another 1 ( forgot wat was it).. Kesian tat guy..
After parade, we went to a TM Centre in SS15 to check up on his net streamyx account..
Few weeks ago he received his monthly bill amounting to RM5000!!! His dad almost killed him..
Rupa-rupanya his acocunt kena hack, and the hecker subscribed to some internet phone service n started calling overseas.. Haihz haihz..
So got back home at around 5 smth.. He was supposed to get back early actually.. So we didnt reli go anywhere.. Was so bored at home, thinking it was gonna be another boring day.. Thought cud've at least hang out with him or maybe shoot some pool, too bad he had to be back early.. Was reading a car mag i bought, some reviews abt budget sedans - comparing the chevy optra and the persona - when Roy actually called me up and told me my P is out.. I was going nuts in my room.. haha.. (sad case of SS-ing...)
straight away changed and went to his office to collect it.. Walked all the way to taipan, and boy, tat was the longest walk ever.. the moment i stepped out of my hse m mind started asking - when will i reach? haha... -.-''
went there, took my license, bought the 'P' stickers and went back home to sms my dad abt it.. Mom was shocked to see me home tat fast.. I didnt notice till she told me but i actually spent a little less than 10 minutes to walk to taipan, collect my license and walk back.. Amazing huh.. Best part is i wasnt tired.. haha..
So i took my license, (and the 2 'P' stickers), went straight up to my room and sat down on my bed admiring those 3 pieces of plastics.. Then i thought to myself - what now?
Yea, i was so blur tat time..
Couldnt do anything tat time.. Just sat around, longing to lay my hands on my dad's car.. But he wasnt back yet.. So i went back to reading tat review on persona and the optra..
In the end, i didnt get to drive tat day itself.. Dad came back very late..
The next morning i woke up, saw my dad sticking the 'P' sticker at the back of the car.. Was so happy.. Couldnt wait to start driving legally.. (without the presence of an instructor.. wakakkakaa..)
So my dad started telling me stuff abt the car.. Abt how weird our Spectra was.. Abt all the prob he faced with tat sick car.. Bla bla bla..
Then we jacked up the hood and he started telling me abt the stuff inside and which 1s i shud pay attention to.. I was thinking tat i was gonna learn a hell lots of stuff from him tat day..
So he started by showing me the where the standard stuff were (which i edi know..). The battery, engine block, box tat controls the alarm and stuff, radiator, brake fluid, power steering fluid.. wat else eh..
He started talking like he was some expert on cars and the components (no offense.. :P)
Then i started asking him where was the air intake, where was the fuel injection, where was the cooling block.. and he appeared blur.. -.-''
looks like all my time spent on reading car mags were not wasted after all.. haha..
He ended up saying 'As long as u knw the basic stuff, its enough edi, the rest, leave it to the workshops guys'.. hahaha..
The very 1st time i drove was from my hse to Shell at the back to buy newspaper.. -.-''
My dad still doesnt have that uch confidence in me to let me drive on main roads.. So i drive as safely as i cud.. To show him tat i cud do it.. haha..
After tat i drove to taipan to get lunch, and he was edi holding unto the handle above his head with both hands, as if im taking the car at 200 km/h.. -.-''
Good thing later he allowed me to drive all the way to pyramid.. And boy was it fun to be driving on a straight road with a much more powerful car.. Before this i onli went about 80 in a kancil on the highway n edi it felt like the engine was gonna blow..
it was the 1st time i touched 100 on the long stretch from ss15 to pyramid.. the car was still very stable.. and i was pushing it even more.. was trying to hit 120 or even 130 if i cud.. 100 in a spectra felt like 50 in a kancil.. Too bad my dad was there.. didnt get to push further..
but surprisingly enough when i drive at around 70 to 80 on 2 lane roads near usj9 and usj11, my dad never reli complain.. I thought he wud be furious.. But i juz had to try it out.. haha..
Tat weekend i drove every single time my family went out.. But i had to drive slow every time my mom tag along.. She's the type who gets panic very very easily.. Surprisingly my dad's cool with the way i drive.. compared to him, i accelerate faster, and i brake harder.. I thought he wud lecture me a lot when he sits in the passenger's sit, but so far he's cool...
This weekend the plan is to go to pyramid 2 watch cloverfield with Kar mern and the rest.. Hopfeully they'll allow me to take the car.. Cant wait to be driving on my own..
There's this dim beam of light at the end of the tunnel regarding my hopes of taking the car on my own this weekend.. coz i predict for the whole day this saturday, my dad will be stuck to the tv watching the m'sian badminton open.. He's juz nuts abt badminton.. Tats if locals r playing..
I can, sorta, like, use the excuse tat i dun wanna disturb him watching and tat i'll juz take the car and go out on my own..
Guess all my hopes of taking the car out is n whether or not Chong Wei qualifies for the finals or the semis.. hahahahhahaa.. haihz..
Getting a car on my own..
Hmmmmmm..
i doubt it'll be anytime soon..
Just asked my dad last nite abt it.. Told him i didnt mind any car, new, old, 2nd hand, big, small..
And yet he said he had no plans on doing so anytime soon.. haihz..
Ordered caramel frappe for a change.. Didnt know they had it back on the menu...There's a beautiful VW parked outside Starbucks..Maybe i shud hijack it.. Since i cant get a car of my own..Search HappySlip & Kevjumba on utube... Listening To :
Melodica - Starin' At You
