Sunday, July 15, 2007

after a day of unending stress (financially that is) look what i found!


just when i was to start my week (on a sunday!) yep! my work starts on sunday, i encountered again one of the disadvantages of having your own mode of transport, a somewhat serious mechanical problem on my vehicle. as i was starting it up early this morning because i have to accompany my wife to work there was an unending flash sign on my panel board for which i thought was not that serious to ignore. last week, the car won't start so my first assessment was the battery, but when i checked the indicator on the battery the color was still blue and this means it's okay, hindi pala! then i remembered it has been two years since we acquired the car and this means that the lifespan of the battery has come it an end. masakit sa bulsa pero kelangang palitan na and after that i thought everything will be okay. so this morning i called a mechanic and inquired regarding that green flashing light on the panel board and he said that something's wrong with the four wheel drive mechanism (hindi ko pa nga nagagamit sira na). the mechanic explained that everything in a modern car right now is electronic, in layman's term "komplikado na ang lahat" hehehehe. so i drove the car to the shop and i was even more shocked when a "kabayan" told me it will cost me 1000++ qatari riyals!! (pucha dyes mil!) :( just for a switch and solenoid valve and i don't even know how do they work! hehehehe so i left the car in the shop, went out for a walk to the bus stop with a 44-degree celsius temperature outside samahan mo pa ng sandstorm a pagsakay ko ng bus para akong umubos ng isang lata ng spray net sa buhok ko! imagine walking under the sun at 10 AM!
i couldn't even relax inside the bus, the aircon can't keep up with the heat plus the passengers! man! ang baho!!! lahat na siguro ng klase ng baktol maamoy mo sa loob ng bus. pwede sa Guinness!
i wasn't able to report for work on a regular time so now i'm here in the office until 10PM. i was reading some news on www.inquirer.net and i read on the breaking news link regarding Club Dredd. haba ng story ko no? hehehe it made me wax nostalgic nax!!! hehehe when i read that Club Dredd has been brought back to life, with the efforts of none other than Patrick Reidenbach. i really miss those days when i was still in college, saving 100 bucks for the entrance fee and 50 bucks for beer and smokes. nakakamis yung amoy ng banyo! yung palpak na sound system at yung gotohan sa tabi ng Dredd dati.
i'll be on vacation on october so definitely i will go to Club Dredd! nga lang sa eastwood na baka maging "conio" na Club Dredd wag naman sana.

2 comments:

Jaybee John Vincent said...

puchang pyesa ng sasakyan yan. di ba pwede owner-type dyan pre? kuha tayo sa etivac. hehehe...

ang tanong ko talaga ay" san ka nagde-Dredd noon? Sa Timog o EDSA? ako kasi... (lunok!)....sa Timog pa.

kewl said...

oo nga eh! kung me buendia nga lang dito nakamura na sna ako kaso nagmura! lang nagawa ko hehehe

hehehehe syempre sa edsa na, di ko na inabot ang dredd sa timog, 90s nko nakatuntong ng maynila eh.

nga pala, di ba Red Rocks dati ang Dredd? timog na ba yun or me nauna pang venue?