Leaving On A Jet Plane

It’s finally confirmed. I’ll be leaving for Japan on 6 March. Received my money and air tickets today. This time I’ll not be there for the usual 2 months, but a long and weary 11 weeks. I’m all numb and unfeeling now. The dread of going to Japan for such a long period has built to such a stage where I don’t even know whether to laugh or to cry. It’s inevitable, but the thought of it has always been pushed to the back of my mind lest it bums me out when I do think of it.

I won’t even begin to tell of how much I’m going to miss home. I guess there are things which I just cannot simply let go. Yet this time, I have a feeling it wouldn't be so bad. In fact, it will be good. Because I said so.

Eleven weeks. Taking it a day at a time. This too, shall pass.

Still No Car

That's right.

Still. No. Car. I called the car dealer again today, who actually had the cheek to sound pissed at me for pestering him about my car. WTF? His voice was dripping with sarcasm when he told me that since I want the car so badly, he'll deliver the car to my house. Sure, I can keep it, but I sure as hell can't drive it around without any registration plates. Does he have crap for brains or what? Anyways, he suggested that I call his boss to speed things up, since I obviously cannot accept his pathetic explanations. I called his boss so many times, but no one picked up the phone. I knew that he had the phone with him, since the line was engaged for about 5 minutes before I finally got through to him. I'm sure that the car dealer has already informed the boss about me, because he was really apprehensive when he picked up the phone, because he kept asking who I was.

Anyways, I complained a great deal to him. With no luck, I might add. I'd only be getting the car next Monday. He guaranteed it. I should have asked him to lay down RM1000 if he doesn't deliver as promised.

Let this be a lesson to all of us. NEVER pay everything before finally getting your car. Once the car dealers received the full payment (bank loan, insurance, the works) of the car, the ball is totally in their court, and it'd be YOU pestering them from then on.

Buggers.

Bloody Proton Car Dealer

I am SO pissed off today.

I finally paid the car downpayment to the Proton car dealer yesterday. He had been pestering me day after day for it, even though I told him that I will not pay him until I see the car. Then he gave me a whole lot of bullshit about not being able to release the car without the full payment.

Fine. Whatever. So I gave him a cheque for a LOT of money yesterday, and I told him that we can go to JPJ to get the car registered, so that I can get the registration number for my car. Then he started to give me a whole lotta crap, about me pressuring him, and rushing him EVEN though he promised to deliver the car tomorrow. WTF?! I was so mad; I complained a great deal (pretty loud too; a lot of people at the office heard, which was rather embarrassing).

If I don't get the car tomorrow, someone's gonna get hurt real bad. SOMEONE!!

Grr!

What We Believe In

Funny, just the other day
I was walking down the street
Stopped into that place
You know, the one where we used to meet
Thought I heard you call my name
And I whispered on the wind
And I remember you were going,
Never coming back again

But if love is what we believe in
I'll see you in heaven's first bright star
If seeing is believing
I look into the skies and there you are
You're not that far
'Cause love is what we believe in

Looking through some photographs
From not so long ago
Right now, I'd give anything
If I had only known
I would never touch you, hold you
Or kiss your face
Feel your arms around me
Or fall in your embrace

Now love will break your heart
When you say goodbye
But love is worth the pain
And all the tears you cry

And if seeing is believing
I look into the skies and there you are
You're not that far
'Cause love is what we believe in
And you are in my heart
And our love is what I believe in.

- Jim Brickman, Destiny

My New Car

So I finally signed the papers with the bank for my new car today. Oh yeah, I'm finally getting a car of my own. It's a grey Proton Waja. I know, I know, I shouldn't have bought a Proton, but the bloody waiting list for the Perodua Myvi is a year (totally stupid). I can't afford an imported car anyway, no thanks to the bloody goverment who wouldn't lower the prices of imported cars due to promotion of our "wonderful" Malaysian-made cars. Anyways, I settled for something a little (I hope!) better than the average Proton cars available.

Another step to financial independance!