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Ok so to continue my particularly bad week....

My chair breaks, my car gets damaged and then my computer starts playing up....I didn't even have the mood to tidy up the apartment which is starting to resemble some kind of paper recycling plant/rubbish dump.

Anyway, I went over to Plaza Damas to get some pancakes at Paddington's (a little disappointing) and I was on my way out, the machine to validate my parking ticket was broken, so I went to find another, drove around and around, and decided to go up to look.

As I was peering down the various nooks and crannies to attempt to locate the evasive machine...I went up a ramp without looking properly. I didn't realise it was FUCKED and it was going to crush part of my car.

Suffice to say I heard a noise that made me hope it wasn't bad....but accept the fact there was some damage.

Little did I know the front spoiler would be crushed..

Yeah it doesn't look that bad, but trust me...it's just what I REALLY don't need right now.

Hopefully my new chair will arrive, push me into an energetic fit of cleaning, my computer will work fine...after I replace it's new power supply (bought a 650W Coolermaster REAL POWER PRO from Digital Mall at the weekend)...and everything will be hunky dory for the end of the year.

Will post about that later when I get it in.

Sunday is a sacred day for me, for eating pizza and watching movies. Plus the odd other activity like playing PS2 (I'm at the final race on NFS:Carbon finally) and processing some pictures (didn't manage to do any today - slept too much).

But I had to go out this Sunday to Laundry to meet Tim for some football match as apparently Maxis has secured the sponsorship rights for EPL for 3 years, so they were having a little get together.

The sponsorship will start with the Community Shield match between Manchester United and Chelsea to be aired live over ESPN at 9.55pm on Sunday.

That was the game we were there to watch, not that I give a shit as you know I don't really follow football.

Anyway, to get back to the point, imagine my surprise when I went out to my car to go to Laundry bar...to find this:

No your eyes are not deceiving you, that is indeed my car with FUCK painted on the back.

I wonder who I offended? If I did offend anyone as it's not a very clear message FUCK? FUCK WHAT?

FUCK you
FUCK me
FUCK the World
Want to FUCK?
Let's FUCK
FUCK the rainforest
FUCK I love sausages
FUCK the government
FUCK Proton

Or perhaps most likely

FUCK you, you drive like an asshole

Perhaps so...thankfully it's some kind of water based paint so it just wipes off without any effort.

But still I find it very odd, at least it's not as bad as last time when my car was vandalised, or when the window was ripped out and my camera stolen.

Things like this are just plain weird, anyone else experienced anything like this - or ever heard of anything like this?

I've seen or heard plenty of stories about disgruntled wives and girlfriends chucking paint on cars, or in the interior.

But for a random stranger to paint fuck in water based paint on the back of a car in such small and neat letters? So weird.

Do you think it was the Nismo owner from the below post?!

I replaced my window on Monday afternoon, it took quite a while as there was a small but deep dent where they had used something to rip the window out and smash the corner and it was raining..

The total cost was RM880, a nice number...but shit almost 1k to replace the fscking window!

That's one of the disadvantages of having a 3 door car, the rear windows are thick and curved and cost a small fortune..

Have to replace my camera now too, I've decided I'll get the D200, it's a solid camera and it should last me a good 2-3 years so I think it's worth a bit of extra investment.

*Sigh*

Imagine if everyone from the last post who commented gave me RM10, I'd have more than enough already

I'm still a bit depressed, but still it's only material and everything can be replaced/fixed. No one was hurt and nothing intagible was lost.

But yah if anyone wants to make donations to my new camera fund feel free!

Let's all learn the lesson anyway, lot's of reports have been made about thefts and car break-ins in the SS2 area, so be very wary, people's cars have been broken into just for a nasi lemak in a black bag as someone thought it was valuable..Cameras and laptops have been stolen in seconds outside ATM machines and at petrol stations whilst people paid.

Criminals are desperate and ruthless, please don't give them a chance like I did as they will take it.

I'll be off to Philippines AGAIN on Monday for about a week I think, not sure if I'll get to do anything interesting this time

Will charge the old powershot A70 and get him rolling!

Does this guy think he's flying a 747?

Does he not realise he's actually just driving a Honda Civic?

Ahbengs can afford some nice cars nowdays eh, just a shame what they do to them after they've bought them..

Spotted at Penchala Link toll booth..

Mahai...

This month been damn kau expensive ok.

First my Mom was here, so went on many trips, ate many nice foods, spent many monies. But that was ok.

Then got lawyer fees for something or other $2300..

Then a week ago...my car decided to fall apart.

The crankshaft pulley cover broke and the crankshaft pulley had a little spastic episode, during its temper tantrum it damaged my crank shaft beyond repair.

Plut it's time for my Timing Belt to change aswell..

Sigh, so off I took my baby to the workshop.

Man it was a long ass list of things that had to be changed along with the Timing Belt and also to replace the Crankshaft..

And the damage, wooh...SAKIT..

• 2 rims repaired
• Balanced and Aligned
• New Oil
• New Oil Filter
• New Alternator Belt
• New Air-cond Belt
• New Timing Belt
• New Crankshaft Pulley
• New (Secondhand) Crankshaft
• New Main Bearings
• New Con-Rod Bearings
• New Fly-wheel Oil Seal
• New Engine Mountings
• New Gear Box Mounting
• Gear Oil Change
• Overhauled Gasket

Ah well unavoidable I guess. When it rains it pours. Broke to the max now *sigh*

No more working for a week or two.

Well I treated my car to a service yesterday, after it's incident, it's feeling a little depressed.

Cost me a fair amount, but it always does when it comes down to changing my tyres at 300 bucks a pop...RM1200 just for the tyres, then I had oil change, new oil filter, gear oil changed, power steering fluid changed, tyres changed, 3 rims repaired, camber adjusted, alignment, balancing and a few other little bits and bobs, ouch!

My weapon of choice for the wheels is the Pirelli Dragon, bad ass tyre indeed.

The tyres react very quickly to input as the asymmetric tread pattern takes care of performance handling: in cold or hot, wet or dry conditions, off the line or in corners. The large drainage channels are particularly commendable in doing the wet job on hand, offering aquaplaning resistance for a high level of safety. Its V and W speed ratings hit the 270 km/h mark allowing the car to sweep smooth all the way through curves or when barrelling down the straights.

It handles very well in both the wet and dry with it's deep asymmetric tread pattern.

The reason? A long drive up to Penang, I want my car to be safe and smooth, yay!

Anyway I was supposed to leave in the middle of the night, but I kind of fell asleep...so well I'm leaving now, I'll be back on Thursday, so sorry to you addicts, but no updates until then

Have fun!