First post of 2014

Hi my dear readers (prob only the two of you gals)!


My last post was in May 2011. What the hell.. so long ago. SO MUCH HAS CHANGED! Since then, I broke up, got together with another guy and now have broken up again..wtf. Now I feel time is like water or something. Just flow flow flow and it's gone, so quickly. I've also graduated started working and now it's been 2 yrs and 7 months that I'm working in Panasonic. Oh how time flies. Sometimes I feel the past is like a dream. Everyday I seem to wake up and whatever that's yesterday is like a dream and it's over and it's that past.

OK. Today feels like a great day. My friends from university invited me out for lunch for my belated birthday. I feel very very thankful for the people in my life. Coz just when I think my life is shitty, like the world is coming to an end, you guys make me feel otherwise. And I really appreciate the effort you put in to make my life not be the shitty state I thought it was in. My uni friends, you two special gals, my sis and my colleagues. Each group of you treated me to lovely meals and surprised me with cakes. LOVE YOU GUYS TO BITS!!!!

Today I went to get my car repaired in the workshop. Thankful that it is just around 5 minutes away from my home and the workshop owner was a nice guy. So, let me rewind back on how this whole thing started. Rachel and Douglas (when he was still here for job hunting in KL) went out late at night one day to McD and on the way home, a guy on his motorcycle came and crashed onto my car's side bumper in front. Nothing much happened to that man. He apologized and said he didn't have enough sleep for days and seeing that it was really late at night and Rachel was in a traumatic shock state, she let him off. Reason is, who knows that guy might rob her. There has been lots of cases that robbers purposely hit your car to make you get out of the car and then rob you after that. So, when she came back, I initially scolded her for letting him off. Coz it's gonna be damn expensive to get it repaired. Moreover, we have to bear it ourselves. And the bumper was actually falling off already, might drop to the road anytime if we drive it. So she and Douglas went and tied the bumper up temporarily with cable ties. Good idea I would say, coz it lasted for 2 to 3 weeks before today, when I finally brought it to the workshop.

So, last night after work, I brought the car to the workshop. The guy promised he would wait for me, but eventually he didn't. And I in turn, had to wait for him to come back, at a dodgy, dark alley, where his workshop was. OMG! I was so freaked out. Coz there was noone there, it's like an abandoned place. I was actually very angry at the guy, coz he promised he would wait and then I rushed like crazy to reach there in time. He even told me over the phone in a slow, no energy/lazy/uninterested tone, that I could go to other workshops if I wanted to. He just had that "lan si I don't really care" tone. He finally arrived and said it should be around RM 600-700. When I went to the authorized Proton dealer, they said it would be RM 1200. What a huge difference. For this, I have to thank my cousin for introducing this workshop to me to get the job done at half price. And thank god, the workshop guy turned out to be a nicer person in real life.

So the next day, today, is a great day. I left my car at his workshop and due to how close he was to my house, he drove me home. I initially had to think of who the hell could bring me to the workshop and back. Then he dropped me home and I got ready for the outing with uni friends. I had to take a taxi. MyTeksi app wasn't able to find me a driver for a few times, until it finally did. And I was already kind of late. But eventually I made it without being the last one to arrive.

The cab ride was so interesting. The cab driver had his wife accompanying him that day. So they both told me about their life stories, they talked about mine too. It was nice talking to strangers like that. He said I looked like I'm working in the beauty line, to which I replied that my mum is. When I told him I was working in Panasonic, he said he wanted to get a kitchen exhaust fan. haha. He was marveling and wondering about how people are able to connect the MRT blocks together to form the whole rail line, to which his wife answered that God gave the architects the brain to solve that. When we complained how it was extraordinarily jamming like crazy today, totally different from other Saturdays, his wife funnily replied it was coz she came out with him today, so everyone wants to come out and see her. LOL! Funny woman. They talked about their kids and how hard it is to get jobs after they graduated. It's amazing that their kids are doing white collar jobs, one is doing physiotherapy and the other is a medical lab person. We talked about Brunei and about my car. He said I should survey around and find cheaper price by sourcing for the bumper part myself. To this, his wife commented that us girls don't really do that. As long as we can get it done, we'll not go around looking for cheaper prices. Then he said these workshop men always cheat women's money and charge higher prices. hahaha.

After my meal with my friends, I was thinking to ask my cousin to pick me up, asked him and he agreed. But thankfully, one of my friends was on the way to Mid Valley, which is quite on the way to my house and offered to give me a ride home. However! Upon reaching home, I realised I don't have enough cash to pay the workshop man when he sends my car back home. So, I asked my cousin again, and he said ok, he'll bring me to the ATM to withdraw money after he's done. BUT the workshop man called and said my car was ready. I told him I had to wait for my cousin to bring me to the ATM before I get my car from him. And then, he said he could just send me to the ATM himself. So I told my cousin, nvm again. After withdrawing money and getting my car, I felt so complete. Everything's nice and done. Feels like a great end to the day. Being able to chat with new people and learn about their lives and being thankful for all the help today.