Sega Rally & Lightning

Ok this morning I was helping my sister out with her scratched "estima" mpv. Everytime a car has to go to the garage it becomes a two person job. One to drive the vehicle in question and the other to follow them and take them home. Now to me it was a small scratch and not noticeable unless you are looking for it. However I am reminded that this humid climate is corrosive. Look at some of the buildings around you to get the point. Anyway since this barely noticeable scratch has gone through the anti rust coating we have to take it to a mechanic she knows. So off we drive on the local roads me following because a) I don’t know the area and b) I don’t know where this mechanic is. Generally when you follow someone the aim is to keep within a reasonable visual distance because if you lose him or her you’re lost. It took me nearly 5 minutes to nearly lose sight of my sisters’ car, why because I faced the wrath known as a Malaysian driver. Indicators are unknown to these people, maybe because they think they waste electricity. A two-car gap between you and the next person is an invitation for these driver to shove in without thinking is it safe. And it all reminds me of Sega rally except that the vehicle impacts are real and so is the potentional loss of life. It seems to be the common complaint of visitors to Malaysia- “wonderful country, but bad bad bad roads and drivers”. I’m curious why hasn’t Malaysia produced a contender for the F1, we could beat the pants off Schumacher with a school run mother, not forgetting that she must have those strange armlets they wear so that their arms don’t tan in the sun- strangest driving gloves I ever saw! In case is thinking that i'm blowing this problem all out of proportion I would say watch your own government advertisements telling drivers to behave on the road – “get in line” being the classic one.

We had a storm this afternoon with plenty of lightning, am I like a good old thunder and lightning storm but not when they trip my electrics for the 2nd time in a week. Seem like power outages are becoming common given the recent outage of Selangor by the national electricity company. The storm has also had the effect of undoing all the effect I put into cleaning up the utility room which we use for cooking because it open and the cooking smells don’t go back into our apartment. Unfortunely the storm blew all manner of rain, debris and bugs onto my nicely just cleaned floor. Oh joy of joy I have to do it all over again.

Now that Chinese new year public holidays is upon us Mrs. klite and I were going to visit friends in Penang and since I have never being up that way I was looking forward to it. But its being cancelled and I’m looking for something to visit to spend quality time with Mrs. Klite because we wont get this much leave in one go until Hari Raya later on in the year. Any suggestions please leave a comment


Music of the moment: Depeche Mode – Route 66