Archives: 'The speed demon'

Quote of the evening

Sunday 29 June 2008

The siblings, whose birthdays are X years and two days apart.
Close to midnight, I said to those playing mahjong, “You all slowly play hor, I’m going home to sleep.”
Mum:
Drive slowly and carefully.
The rebellious and tee-kee son:
But the faster I drive, I faster I get to sleep!
Mum:
It’s better to sleep later, than to…
The rebellious and [...]

Impulse spending

Thursday 26 July 2007

I had the luxury of being driven around when the fatigue level peaked last Friday. I was more concerned about the safety of innocent motorists and/or pedestrians. (I get into all sorts of accidents anyway…)
It was on one of those rides that I lazily asked R to check the mileage because it was almost time [...]

The Angsana Tree

Saturday 14 July 2007

Two years ago, they decided to build a viaduct to ease the traffic congestion on Braddell Road. They found a huge angsana tree standing right smack in the middle of the traffic diversion. Some wanted to chop down the tree, and some wanted to keep it.
Half a year after they decided to create the relatively [...]

Poor BumbleCee

Sunday 8 July 2007

With immediate effect, my car has been affectionately renamed BumbleCee. The inspiration obviously came from the movie on Friday.
Well, my car isn’t yellow and it’s neither a Chevy Camaro or VW Beetle. But calling it Optimus Crime (C for Cruz) is way more sala. And it’ll very disrespectful to Optimus Prime lah. So it’ll be [...]

The need for speed.

Friday 22 June 2007

You won’t believe how happy I am to finally get behind the steering wheel.

In preparation for my return next week, I conducted a Driver Refresher cum Reorientation Course under the watchful (and fearful) eyes of the best friend. My heart was going pik pik pok pok the first few minutes. I almost turned to my [...]