My two firsts over the weekend

First first is cooking crabs!

Here's the product!




Not bad eh?

But the taste was still not good enough. I will improve. As a first timer, considered ok la.

Second first is servicing my car DIY style. Changed the engine oil, air filter and supposedly oil filter but I screwed up by getting the wrong oil filter. And I realized I can't do anything since I've already drain the old engine oil. No choice but to use the old oil filter and get the right one next time. But then again as a first timer, considered ok la.

Hehe.. proud of myself! :)

Summons are waived in Penang

I wish I get that too! :(

Talk about effectiveness and high technology. This is it.

On a fine evening on 19th Feb 2008, I was driving home from work. The journey home is through different suburbs on arterial roads and i repeat, arterial road. Not highway.

It was a usual drive for me and it was getting a bit dark perhaps due to the cloudy weather. I was happily listening to my MP3 tuner while singing to it when i felt a bright flash from the left hand back corner of my car. I tried to look back and there seemed to be a car parked on the kerb of the road. I guess I know what happened but I just somehow wished it wasn't me.

Few days later, I received a letter from Queensland Transport. As I expected, it was an infringement notice. Ish, kena saman! It's AU$150 when I was driving at only 73 km/h. The speed limit at that area was 60 km/h. This will never happen in Malaysia. Speed trap in Malaysia is usually on highway or at least on roads with speed limit of 80 km/h and above. So how I wished Mr Lim Guan Eng can waive my summon as well.

However, I'm actually impressed. Take a look at my infringement notice.


First of all, I get to pay by instalment and I am allowed to pay a minimum of $60 for my first instalment.



Secondly, look at the quality of the pictures. So clear. So cool. You will never get to see this in Malaysia unless you pay and ask for it. They captured your number plate and they will send the notice to your house. Cannot run, man! So i guess it's worth the money la. Hehe..

A Day of Triumph!

Woohooooooo~!~! I did it! I passed my driving test!

It's been almost a month since I made the appointment and I was kind of nervous. I never expect I could pass the 1st time owing to my failure in passing the road rules test the first time and the speculations from my colleague who has failed the test twice.

Since I did not expect to pass, there was not much preparation done. It's just driving anyway. What can I do? I did not even comb my hair properly.

So I wake up early this morning, took a shower and got myself ready for the test. I drove to the testing centre and got there just on time. Filled up a form and there he is, my driving examiner, calling out my name. We went to my car and he asked me to switch on the signal lights and brake lights to check if they were working well. He then got into the car, gave me some instructions and there we go, hit on the road!

It was a pretty smooth ride and I was driving exceptionally slow compared to my usual driving. The two main tasks I needed to do was reverse side parking and 3-point turn (similar to Malaysia except they do it on the road). Otherwise, it was just a usual drive around and back to testing centre.

we got back and I parked my car. The examiner told me everything goes well. I was delighted. He then commented, "You drive very well. Have you been driving for a long time?" I proudly answered, "Eight years!"