Got car back!

i finally got the ford laser back. It didn't need a new engine, and
luckily there wasn't any noticeable damage to the engine. The main
problem that caused the whole mess was a clogged oil pump thing. The
previous mechanics tried to rip us off by saying that a new engine was
needed. And i think they were the ones who caused the problem in the
first place by not servicing it well and saying that they changed the
oil when in fact they didn't. Still i heard it was a tedious task to
fix it, coz the engine has to be taken apart to clean it. Boy i miss
being in the ford laser. Having a little trouble getting used to it
though. i think i became lazy and relied on power steering too much.
Hmm gotta decide what to cook tonight before i go to work.

Shot in the head

Had a big day today. Went paintballing with Daniel and his friends in Malaga. That was really fun. i got put into a crappy team i think. In the second round i ran forwards to position myself behind a cover and then started taking pot shots at any bobbing heads peeping out of the opposing side's covers, when an orange SPLAT exploded within 20 cm of my head ON MY OWN SIDE OF THE COVER. i had a strong feeling that i had a very nooby team. Sure enough about 30 seconds later a sharp force hit me on the back of my head followed by a very sharp and also dull pain. i would have thought that the first splat next to my head would have reminded the BLIND and/or MORONIC idiot to AIM FIRST and then fire. Hopefully he doesn't join the army. They seem to have enough problems of their own already and definitely would not want another 'incident'. Some other guy in my team didn't realise that he was firing blanks from his gun which obviously had a paintball jam. i tried to shout it to him, but i don't think he noticed. Overall my side only won 3 out of 8 games. Daniel recieved a few bruises and some kid broke his ankle badly in the capture the flag round. It was very exciting for me when my shots hit the person that is also shooting at me, especially when that dude that charged and panicked when he saw me standing behind a cover with my gun pointing at him which caused him to run around me (not very gracefully) and started shooting wildly, (more importantly inaccurately), which kept me alive and allowed me to 'plant' an orange mark in his face mask at a distance of three meters to end the battle. It was also a bit nerve racking when i realised that my team was really crap and we were probably gonna get hurt with paintballs exiting their barrels at 400kms/hr. Also went to karaoke later in the night. Daniel got drunk and i got him to sing country songs and other funny songs that would seem funny when sung by intoxicated individuals whose normal sober singing may have normally been within a reasonable coherent level, if not for their reaction times which were slowed to the point where words were out of sync with the words on the screen and were 'sung' with such a slurred rambling loud noise-like and sometimes shouting tone that it would have gave a large array of ammunition of self-esteem-destroying verbal insults for the judges of Australian Idol. Anyways it was all in good fun and i managed to get some fresh air away from slaving at work and at home where i have to look after my siblings whose parents decided to go on a one month overseas vacation and happened to be the only "real" cooks in a low-level dysfunctional family that could cook proper asian style dishes that go well with a nice hot steamy plate of rice. Still me and my sis's cooking skills have improved somewhat in the past week although i really do hate my sis's steamed peas, carrots and corn which are completely tasteless but however, we should still be able to keep ourselves away from malnourishment till the time our parents come back. My head still hurts.

New mechanic

i think that my dad is finally convinced that the mechanics are dodgy so we moved the car to a different automobile workshop. The engine might still be salvagable, but it might cost a bit. Currently all options are on the table, fixing the engine, buying a second hand engine or buying a rebuilt reconditioned engine. The mechanic just has to have a look at it first. In the pic, our car is the one of the left and a Mazda 323 is on the right. They both use the same engine; a mazda B6 1.6 L EFI engine. i like the ford laser better. It's more curvier and sexier. =) In other news, i didn't get the Dampier job i really really so wanted. Dunno what to do now. i guess it was just a dream and dreams don't come true for most people. Especially for me =(

What a comeback!

i interrupted my sis's dvd program to see how Eagles were playing against Geelong. i saw that Eagles were getting thrashed by over fifty points and it was already near the end of third quarter so i decided to stop watching and let my sis watch her show. When her show finished a short time later, Eagles were only losing by 2 goals and there was still about 15 mins left. Eagles managed to get in front by a few points but then Geelong kicked a goal to get in front very very near the end of the quarter. Then Geelong decided to waste time which was really annoying. But Eagles had the last laugh when they manage to kick the last goal to get in front. It was a great game. Too bad i missed on most of it, but at least i saw the end of it. i found out today that the ford laser's engine is basically dead. The options are trade in, or get a new engine to be fitted in. We're probably gonna get a 'reconditioned engine' which is basically a second hand engine and the cost is gonna be lots of $$$ and my dad is not happy and is trying to push the blame to me. Anyways, he seems to have cooled down and we were invited to dinner at a chinese restaurant (Chin's Noodle House) by his god nephew. The restaurant kinda pissed us off coz our 'reserved table' wasn't there even though it was already booked. But half an hour later we got down to munching and it was pretty ok. i liked the appetiser with the spring roll wrap with fatty duck meat, spring onion and sweet sugary black sauce. When the wraps finished, i used the fatty duck meat as the wrap (as in picture) and it tasted just as good. Not particularly healthy though. The meal was ok. Long weekend! Whoopee.

Dream car gone.

On Monday, i saw a two door TX3 for sale for only 850 bucks parked
outside a house. But my dad told me to forget about it. i don't
think chances like that are likely to appear again. i feel like i lost
something even though i never had it. Life isn't fair.