Got a phone call from my sis, sayin that I'm needed in Seremban as soon as possible. My dad is not well. He got thinner, and he doesn't even remember why my kid sister went to Penang. So I'm goin back this weekend. It's been a while though.
A colleague of mine borrowed 110 bucks and said he'll pay up on the next thursday. Well 8 thursdays has passed and still nothin. Is he hopin fer me to forget bout it? I don't know but I can't afford to forget that amount of money. I even have to delay my Carcass CD just so that he can use the money. Now my buddy who's sellin the CD is askin me if I really want the CD. *sigh*. Oh yeah the guy who borrowed my money is the same guy who borrowed my car too. Nice eh? Such a headache. I'll probably understand it if he can tell some reason fer delayin the return money, but then he just keep a close lips. Later.
Thursday, January 26, 2006
Sunday, January 22, 2006
Aircond and electrical problem solved.
Oh about the problem I had with the aircond, interior lightin etc. It's solved after I changed the main fuse. So the old fuse was roasted. Probably after the wrong battery installation previously. So now (almost) everythin is ok. Cool. Later.
My car is jerkin on low RPM! Sounds of trouble? Hey since when I'm a mechanic?
I think I need to change the spark plugs of my car. Or probably it's time to clean the carburator. Yeah definitely the time to clean the radiator. Hmm can't forget bout the engine oil too. ARGHHH! My friend borrowed the car fer a day then now the engine is jerkin on low rpm, on every damn gear. ARGHHH!!!!! Not to mention he nailed the 15 bucks worth of petrol without even refuelin a single cent. Great. Just great. Now I have to do all the above because the jerkin is tickin my senses off. Oh I nearly forgot somethin. My tools is lost too. So I have to buy a new one. And plus the new battery I bought before. Hooray! I should make a book bout "How to empty your pocket in 2 weeks".
Yeah well it's time to do the checkups fer the car. I know. But then I can't stand it bout the new jerkin problem after my friend borrowed the car. Sheesh. At least refuel the darn car la woi! Ok enough with my angst. As long as he didn't scratch the car. I hope he didn't scratch the pistons. Called up my friends and suggestions I get is, clean/change the spark plugs and if it's still jerkin, clean the carburator. I can do the former meself (theorically, hey it's not rocket science is it? is it?) but I will have to let the workshop to do the latter. So I bought a tool to screw/unscrew spark plugs. Bought somethin to clean the radiator too. Oh yeah I'm tryin to do the minor work by meself as long as it doesn't involve complicated things. What is complicated things you might ask. Well, it is, hmm.. I dunno yet. Maybe somethin like tearin the engine apart and not knowin how to assemble it back. Hah!.
Seriously, I helped my friend Alon when he changed the engine oil, check my spark plugs before and (I think) I can manage that. Maybe I'll post somethin bout it here later. Some sort of simple howto. I'll start off with cleanin or changin the spark plugs, then with cleanin the radiator.
Guess what, I found the original manual fer the car. And I just knew that I have a jack in a compartment inside the boot. So I actually have 2 jack, 1 is missin after my car was repo-ed. Yeah cool. So I only have to buy the tool to use the jack with.
One of the issue regardin the DIY car-care project I'm tryin to do is *drum rolls*.. space! I live in an apartment now. I fergot I'm not in my sister's house anymore. Back then it's quite easy to do car works. Got a few friends cum mechanic nearby and a spacey parkin lot in front of the house to do all the dirty works. Now all I have is a dynamic parkin lot. Yeah you know the drills, nobody own a parkin spot and if you came back late and the parkin lots is full, say hi to the roadside parkin outside.
Another thing is the accessibilities of water. I live on the 4th floor and I'm not goin to transfer buckets after buckets of water am I? Not when there's not even any elevator here. But then, minor works like cleanin / changin the spark plugs, changin the engine oil will go smoothly. So I might have to wait fer the 'cleanin the radiator' project a bit. My 'kampung' (hometown) friend Shah (you'll know him if you read my Bio in my homepage)
who's also an experienced mechanic will be movin in to Puncak Jalil somewhere in February so his terrace house's parkin lot will be suitable fer medium car works *evil laughs plus some coughin*.
DIY car works is fun eventhough I don't know much bout engine, transmition bla bla. It's just fun to learn a bit bout how to take care of the engine and so on. I have to confess though, most of the time I'll be leavin the dirty work to my buddies because engine (and other mechanical things car have) to me is not like a computer to me. It's way different. So it's best to leave the hard works to the more experienced. Fer now *grins*. Later!
Yeah well it's time to do the checkups fer the car. I know. But then I can't stand it bout the new jerkin problem after my friend borrowed the car. Sheesh. At least refuel the darn car la woi! Ok enough with my angst. As long as he didn't scratch the car. I hope he didn't scratch the pistons. Called up my friends and suggestions I get is, clean/change the spark plugs and if it's still jerkin, clean the carburator. I can do the former meself (theorically, hey it's not rocket science is it? is it?) but I will have to let the workshop to do the latter. So I bought a tool to screw/unscrew spark plugs. Bought somethin to clean the radiator too. Oh yeah I'm tryin to do the minor work by meself as long as it doesn't involve complicated things. What is complicated things you might ask. Well, it is, hmm.. I dunno yet. Maybe somethin like tearin the engine apart and not knowin how to assemble it back. Hah!.
Seriously, I helped my friend Alon when he changed the engine oil, check my spark plugs before and (I think) I can manage that. Maybe I'll post somethin bout it here later. Some sort of simple howto. I'll start off with cleanin or changin the spark plugs, then with cleanin the radiator.
Guess what, I found the original manual fer the car. And I just knew that I have a jack in a compartment inside the boot. So I actually have 2 jack, 1 is missin after my car was repo-ed. Yeah cool. So I only have to buy the tool to use the jack with.
One of the issue regardin the DIY car-care project I'm tryin to do is *drum rolls*.. space! I live in an apartment now. I fergot I'm not in my sister's house anymore. Back then it's quite easy to do car works. Got a few friends cum mechanic nearby and a spacey parkin lot in front of the house to do all the dirty works. Now all I have is a dynamic parkin lot. Yeah you know the drills, nobody own a parkin spot and if you came back late and the parkin lots is full, say hi to the roadside parkin outside.
Another thing is the accessibilities of water. I live on the 4th floor and I'm not goin to transfer buckets after buckets of water am I? Not when there's not even any elevator here. But then, minor works like cleanin / changin the spark plugs, changin the engine oil will go smoothly. So I might have to wait fer the 'cleanin the radiator' project a bit. My 'kampung' (hometown) friend Shah (you'll know him if you read my Bio in my homepage)
who's also an experienced mechanic will be movin in to Puncak Jalil somewhere in February so his terrace house's parkin lot will be suitable fer medium car works *evil laughs plus some coughin*.
DIY car works is fun eventhough I don't know much bout engine, transmition bla bla. It's just fun to learn a bit bout how to take care of the engine and so on. I have to confess though, most of the time I'll be leavin the dirty work to my buddies because engine (and other mechanical things car have) to me is not like a computer to me. It's way different. So it's best to leave the hard works to the more experienced. Fer now *grins*. Later!
Saturday, January 14, 2006
Got my car back hah!
My car was scheduled fer auction today. Yeah so I got it back. I took it yesterday and the condition is, well, not so healthy. No rust whatsoever. But then there's a few scratches here and there. Better do some checklist thing.
1) Visual condition: Ok. But there's a bit of a dent and scratch on the rear left of the car's body (I don't know if 8cm++ is "a bit". That's quite long. *sigh*.). Shit. I can ignore it if the door is scratched but the body! Arghhh. There's also a a long scratch on the right door. *raise middle fingers on the air*.
2) Battery: Basically dead. Dried to the bone. So I had to buy a new battery. Roasted 90 bucks fer that new batt. Damn. Then because I accidently connected the wrong wiring fer the new battery (is there any standard fer the battery?) it made the fuses burnt too. Got the light workin but the stereo, interior light is all kaput. I hope it's just the fuse(s).
3) Air-condition: No fan now. Nice. The gas has run out too I guess. It was full before they took the car. Just fucken great. I have to send the car to air-cond shop.
4) Engine: It's ok. But the sound is pretty much harsher than before. Might be the engine oil. So I have to change it too. It was a new oil.
3) Misc: They took the gear lock out and didn't bother to even place it back properly. Nice job. Oh my boots is missin too. When I got the car, the back panel (where some car woofer is installed. I don't know the proper name in car terminology.) was disassembled so I had to install it myself. Somebody opened the panel behind the rear light (in the car's boot) and didn't bother to assemble it back.
Fer now, there's all I can think of. Well, can't expect these guy to take a good care of the cars aye? Thankfully all of the most important documents is still there. My cassettes too is still safe. Next time, if I don't have the money to pay the car, I'll make sure it'll not get repossessed easily. The car might not be as drivable as it was the next time it's park in that place. Anger aside, it's good to drive that bugger again. *smile*. Later.
p/s: oopsie. I accidently posted this on my FreeBSD & Me's blog. My bad.
1) Visual condition: Ok. But there's a bit of a dent and scratch on the rear left of the car's body (I don't know if 8cm++ is "a bit". That's quite long. *sigh*.). Shit. I can ignore it if the door is scratched but the body! Arghhh. There's also a a long scratch on the right door. *raise middle fingers on the air*.
2) Battery: Basically dead. Dried to the bone. So I had to buy a new battery. Roasted 90 bucks fer that new batt. Damn. Then because I accidently connected the wrong wiring fer the new battery (is there any standard fer the battery?) it made the fuses burnt too. Got the light workin but the stereo, interior light is all kaput. I hope it's just the fuse(s).
3) Air-condition: No fan now. Nice. The gas has run out too I guess. It was full before they took the car. Just fucken great. I have to send the car to air-cond shop.
4) Engine: It's ok. But the sound is pretty much harsher than before. Might be the engine oil. So I have to change it too. It was a new oil.
3) Misc: They took the gear lock out and didn't bother to even place it back properly. Nice job. Oh my boots is missin too. When I got the car, the back panel (where some car woofer is installed. I don't know the proper name in car terminology.) was disassembled so I had to install it myself. Somebody opened the panel behind the rear light (in the car's boot) and didn't bother to assemble it back.
Fer now, there's all I can think of. Well, can't expect these guy to take a good care of the cars aye? Thankfully all of the most important documents is still there. My cassettes too is still safe. Next time, if I don't have the money to pay the car, I'll make sure it'll not get repossessed easily. The car might not be as drivable as it was the next time it's park in that place. Anger aside, it's good to drive that bugger again. *smile*. Later.
p/s: oopsie. I accidently posted this on my FreeBSD & Me's blog. My bad.
Friday, January 06, 2006
Ridin in the flood, car auctionin & no "balik kampung" this weekend.. again..
Phew. I was stuck in Klang this evenin, after doin some installation. The it rained heavily before I get the chance to leave Klang. So I have to take shelter at a nasi lemak shop at Jalan Meru. Sat there fer more than 1 hour before I decided to ride in the rain. So I rode my bike and after I finally reached Shah Alam, there was this major traffic jam. You know what? The section after the flyover is flooded! Ouch. So I waited until I had to make a choice. I have to ride in the flood. So I wait fer any motorbike to be the pacemaker but none on my side did. But then there was a guy who shove his bike (he doesn't want to have the engine runnin in the flood? Weird.) from the opposite. I watched his trail carefully and then I quickly went to the next side of the road facing the incomin guy. After he made it across, I hold my breath and hope that the engine won't go dead in the center of the flood. Liftin my legs a bit, I tried to balance the bike as I rode in the flood, makin a wave in the flood, controllin the acceleration; makin sure that it's not too fast (or I'll lose balance) and not too slow (the cool engine will go dead quickly and that's a no no.). At the same time rammin the engine once in a while to make sure the water won't get into the exhaust. A few seconds after that, I made it! I made it across without possibly damagin the bike! But then there was people who cheered like I made a show or somethin. Damn.
If I waited fer the flood to clear, it'll take ages as it's still rainin now. I'm glad I made it back home safely without harm to me and my bike. Be carefull when you're ridin in the rain.
I called the finance today. Guess what? My car has been listed fer auction this comin 15th January. Yeow! So the personnel said that I must pay the overdue before 12:00pm on the 14th January. Yikes. And she said that if I don't have enough money to pay all overdue at once, I have to negotiate with the auction department fer that. Ouch. I'm not puttin much hope about that. So I'm left with the option of borrowin some money from my boss and payin him later. This is gettin harder and harder. Come on Karl, you must get the car back!
Hangah is not goin back to Seremban this weekend so that'll make the two of us. *sigh*. It's been a while since Fractured's last jammin session and I miss the feelin of playin bass and singin with the guys. Still no update on the proposed Indonesian gigs though. I even have to delay the new strings of my bass because of my car's situation now. Later.
If I waited fer the flood to clear, it'll take ages as it's still rainin now. I'm glad I made it back home safely without harm to me and my bike. Be carefull when you're ridin in the rain.
I called the finance today. Guess what? My car has been listed fer auction this comin 15th January. Yeow! So the personnel said that I must pay the overdue before 12:00pm on the 14th January. Yikes. And she said that if I don't have enough money to pay all overdue at once, I have to negotiate with the auction department fer that. Ouch. I'm not puttin much hope about that. So I'm left with the option of borrowin some money from my boss and payin him later. This is gettin harder and harder. Come on Karl, you must get the car back!
Hangah is not goin back to Seremban this weekend so that'll make the two of us. *sigh*. It's been a while since Fractured's last jammin session and I miss the feelin of playin bass and singin with the guys. Still no update on the proposed Indonesian gigs though. I even have to delay the new strings of my bass because of my car's situation now. Later.
Monday, January 02, 2006
Homepage saved, pressure & new year.
Ah. I finally saved all the current files of my homepage into my hard disk. Yeah I lost all the page in progress, new designs and minor tweaks of the webby after a disastrous XP corruption I had a few weeks ago. I think I told you bout the XP re-installation huh? No need fer me to rewrite the tragedy again.
I'm still thinkin bout what other important file(s) that I've lost after the wacko XP incidents. Sheesh. Can't really recall all the files but slowly it's recoverin. That's why I saved all my web pages in my hard disk, because I just remembered that my local backup of the files is lost. What can I recall later..
The thoughts of my car parked in the garage, lonely without me, sunburned, soaked in rain, is puttin a pressure on my head. Sheesh. I can't wait to bail it out soon. I hope nothin got stolen because heck, there's no tellin what happened between the pickup and parkin of that poor car. Hope it doesn't have any rust because I will surely feel sad about it. 2 month is long enough.
Hey, what did you do fer new year? Me, just sittin in my room readin some FreeBSD stuff, watchin some online biddin, readin game news. It's 2006 now huh. Yeah. The year Fractured will hopefully go fer recordin. Still haven't had the chance to practice the new songs and I still haven't change the strings of my TR. One by one Karl, be patient. You can't have all the things at once. Slowly dude. Okay. Yessir.
Hah. I wrote somethin about my Ibanez TR Series which I still haven't got the chance to finish fer my homepage. When will I start writin it again? Ideas.. Ideas.. Enjoy the new year. Make it a better year huh! Later.
I'm still thinkin bout what other important file(s) that I've lost after the wacko XP incidents. Sheesh. Can't really recall all the files but slowly it's recoverin. That's why I saved all my web pages in my hard disk, because I just remembered that my local backup of the files is lost. What can I recall later..
The thoughts of my car parked in the garage, lonely without me, sunburned, soaked in rain, is puttin a pressure on my head. Sheesh. I can't wait to bail it out soon. I hope nothin got stolen because heck, there's no tellin what happened between the pickup and parkin of that poor car. Hope it doesn't have any rust because I will surely feel sad about it. 2 month is long enough.
Hey, what did you do fer new year? Me, just sittin in my room readin some FreeBSD stuff, watchin some online biddin, readin game news. It's 2006 now huh. Yeah. The year Fractured will hopefully go fer recordin. Still haven't had the chance to practice the new songs and I still haven't change the strings of my TR. One by one Karl, be patient. You can't have all the things at once. Slowly dude. Okay. Yessir.
Hah. I wrote somethin about my Ibanez TR Series which I still haven't got the chance to finish fer my homepage. When will I start writin it again? Ideas.. Ideas.. Enjoy the new year. Make it a better year huh! Later.
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