Guess wat? We made our booking for our 2nd car yesterdae! Mitsubishi Colt Plus! A hatchback (which Dearie alwiz wants) wif sexy curves (which me like) and a spacious boot (which both of us want) So excited! We traded in our Picanto at $29,500 and took a bank loan of $20,000 over 5 years… our monthly payment only comes up to be a bit more than our current monthly payment to his dad… his whole family went down wif us yesterdae to make the booking… haha! Cos his dad is loaning us some money for the cash outfront payment, nid to get his ‘go-ahead’… he asked me whether me like the car… me nodded my head n asked him whether he liked, he said not him driving wat but betta than our current TOY CAR! Haha!! Picanto, to him, is a toy car!!
Our test drive yesterdae on the Colt Plus was very comfy, we were both impressed by the many gadgets of the car (suits Dearie who likes techy gadgetty stuff)… automatic folding side mirrors, automatic turning on of headlights in dark places, adjustable back seats, adjustable boot space, an electric tail-gate which can oso b operated with the remote control and several cup-holders which we felt kinda over-kill… hee… we wanted red mica for the car, but dis colour may be outta stock… may nid to change the colour so as to have the car delivered earlier, probably b4 jun. (after note: red mica is available and we may get our new family car in end may 07!)
Last nite, we oso tried to have our Picanto back to its original state b4 we added new stuff to it, cos the used car dealer will be taking fotos of it today… gonna take our own pictures too, as memento… we will oso be keeping our car-plate which costs us $100 retention fee… wil hv $300 RalliArt Vouchers, gonna buy stuff for our new car there… =P
4got to add Dearie oso test drove the Suzuki SX4 (which he loved the ride veri veri much but boot nt big enuff) & Honda Jazz (which was pretty ordinary)... come to think of it, dis family car came about after much serious looking around & test-driving =P
We had fun during the past 2 weekends… checking out cars at Showrooms at Leng Kee… our Picanto (changed name from Pooh-canto to Picanto cos Dearie removed the Pooh seat covers except for my seat prior to his ICT last month, as he din wanna b a source of ridicule by his platoon mates) thou cute and reliable, is too small for putting in a baby pram n shopping bags at the same time.. :P
When the Citroen C1 was first published in the newspapers 2 weekends ago, we found it cute n immediately went down to the showroom to take a look… we were the 1st customers interested in C1, which was not yet displayed in the showroom… the salesman, Sam, was surprised dat the newspaper reviews would attract so many customers as after us, many more customers came! Sam gave his boss a call n managed to get his boss to agree for us to have a test drive! We were so lucky to test drive it first! The shape of the C1 realli made heads turn when we drove it on the roads! Hee! But too bad the boot is stil pretty small, so no go…
Next, we went Toyota Showroom to take a look at the new Vios… looks really nice n futuristc thou Dearie remarked a little like mini Camry… n the boot is quite spacious… but Dearie finds the price a bit steep, tried looking at the old Vios, but no longer in stock, so onli the new Vios available in the market now, unless we buy 2nd hand? Oso looked at the Yaris, cos Dearie stil prefers hatchbacks to sedans… the Yaris looks more like a hamster compared to Picanto… heehee…
Last weekend, we went Showrooms again… dis time to Mitsubishi & Honda… at Mitsubishi, we took a look at Colt Plus and Lancer… Colt Plus is really spacious! Wow! Amazes us but the price is super steep! Lancer seems more affordable, but quite common on the roads in Singapore, a bit like taxis… haha! At Honda, we looked at Jazz n City… Dearie prefers Jazz to City cos itz hatchback n comes wif brighter n more cheerful colours… in addition, the boot is surprisingly v big for a hatchback! Oso met Dearie’s platoon mate who is currently driving a City now, n is looking at CRV now… his wife is oso preggers.. :P He asked us to hold on n nt commit to buying any car yet, cos he may b able to negotiate for a good deal on bulk orders.. haha! Dearie even thot of getting his City as our next car!
Time flies! Especially when we r hvg fun! The long weekend jus came & went….
On Friday, we went to Dearie platoon mate house for a gathering in the evening. In the afternoon, we went to Bugis to get our monthly neo-cards taken. The neo-card is now sitting on my office desk, in front of my photo-frames =) We chose the caption “April Fools Day”, since this is the month of April =P Dearie’s platoon mate, Roy, lives in an Executive Condominium @ Park Green @ Rivervale Link… His apartment is really very nicely done up, n the view from his master bedroom is awesome! It looks down to the swimming pool =) During this gathering, me met 2 former school mates from AHS… 1 is Dearie’s platoon mate, Kai Sheng while the other is Roy’s church fren, Gabriel. The world is so small! Gabriel remembered me while being introduced to each other… so coincidental, to think that he actually remembers me, thou we were in different classes, thou same year… as for Kai Sheng, he didn’t hv any recollections of me until Dearie asked him if he was oso fr AHS… then me told him me find him v familiar… hee… later @ nite, me dug out our year book n showed Dearie our fotos… oh my! We looked so ‘dood’ then! Haha!
As a form of ice-breaker game, we played a very fun game called “Guesstures”… check out the game ratings @ dis url! http://www.boardgameratings.com/game/98/ the game is really fun, where you have to act out the words on 4 cards within a certain time limit… as the word “Guesstures” implies, you have to use gestures and your group mates have to guess the words correctly. Note the pun here =P when it was my turn to act out the words, I was so nervous as worried will let my group down by nt being able to act our properly… @ the prompting of Roy (oso the game host), Dearie came up and gave me a reassuring peck of confidence =) luckily, my group was able to guess the 4 words correctly! *phew* din make a fool of myself or let my group down…
On Saturday, accompanied Dearie to the Chinese Sinseh again for his injured wrist which has not recovered to-date… he was given the same treatment and same medicine… yesterday, his wrist started to itch badly, we thot itz cos the injury is healing, datz y itchy… but yesternite, when he removed the bandage, we noticed the reason for his itch… not cos the injury is healing, but rather itz his skin being sensitive… there are small dots on his wrist, where the bandage used to be… sighz… wonder wat happened to his wrist, cos dis morning, he stil complained of pain whenever he moved his wrist! if condition still does not improve by this weekend, will go n c his family doctor @ Bukit Batok…
Sunday was spent doing housework… despite his injured wrist, Dearie still did the vacuuming while me ironed the clothes… me oso prepared our lunch of herbal chicken soup, salmon and long beans wif Japanese fish cakes… glad he liked dis home-cooked lunch =)
Dearie sprained his left wrist last Friday during his badminton session wif his colligs @ Radin Mas CC… while ‘back-pedaling’, he fell backwards n he had used his left wrist to support himself…
So poor thing… apparently it had hurt so much even when he made small movements on his left wrist! but he din tell any of his colligs, except for 1 who saw him fall… the next dae, me accompanied him 2c a Chinese Sinseh near Lakeside MRT station… when he came out, his left wrist was wrapped wif a bandage under a white netting (which greatly resembles those netting that covers fruits @ fruit stalls)… there was a slight smell of Chinese herbs in the bandage too…. Later in the dae, some black stuff oozed out fr the bandage… hee… a bit gross… besides the bandage, dearie was oso given medicine. There was a big bottle of black mixture, which does not taste well, judging from the expression whenever he has to take 20ml of it! There were also 2 types of pills which he needed to take thrice a dae… at least the pills dun taste as bad as the mixture… but there’s a Chinese saying 良药苦口. In the end, to minimize the bad taste of the mixture, he gulped it down wif lotsa water b4 taking the pills… so that by the time he took the pills, the bad taste would hv been greatly diminished… me oso tried to gif him chocolates after his medication so dat he wun feel so depressed…
Yesterdae, he stil felt pain in the wrist… v worried for him cos dun wish 2 hv any bad repercussions for him when he got older… think during the coming weekend, if there is still no improvement, wil 'drag' him to visit the Chinese Sinseh again…. As a form of motivation, we wil hv his fav 斋米粉 @ Jurong East b4 visiting the Sinseh. =P
Today is our 83rd month anniversary! Time flies! Mebbe over the long weekend ahead, will go n take our monthly neo-cards… =P
We bot a new DS game yesterdae… “Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney” – where u play the role of a lawyer, investigate cases, question witnesses in court n make use of the court evidences on hand to win all the 5 cases… it is really fun n exciting… in fact, for every mistake (in terms of objections raised or wrong evidence presented) made, our health level will be deducted… we cracked our brains tog last nite b4 gg to sleep n managed to crack 1 case! =)
A write-up on the game me found on the web - http://www.capcom.com/phoenixwright/
