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So my car is finally fixed. Turns out the tire wasn't leaking, it was the tire valve. Changed it free of charge. Also did my first oil change. Folks, this isn't your father's VW. First oil change is at a seemingly high 8000km/6months before first service. I was at a paltry 7600, but I figure I'm already there, might as well do it.

Oh baby! The car feels heck fast. Really, it felt so much better, I squealed my tires all the way out the parking lot. Wicked fun, that. Hey I know my 2001 GTI only has 150 hp (VW numbers, independent tests show 160hp), but it's still nice and quick. Too bad the 2002 will have 180 from the factory. GRUMBLE. I'm always a year too early.

[End of car report]

I was out to lunch with Kimchi yesterday, and while parked, 2 kids in a BMW 5 series pull in beside me. Young kids, I would guess high school, but you know us Asians, always young looking, so at most they're college kids.

Anyway, I make a joke about how they're probably driving their mommy's car, spoiled brats and all that, when Kimchi turns to me. "Well you're just like that too, don't your parents spoil you now? Look at the car and the bike you have." (Ed: Not verbatim, but that's the gist.)

Newsflash folks: My parents didn't spoil me. All my toys are bought with my money. (Okay, they're actually bank approved loans, but I'm the one paying them back.) To which I told her so. I've never been spoiled by my parents, not ever. I was too much of a rotten kid for my parents to ever love me that much. No, that title went to my little brother, perfect in every way. It's not sour grapes peoples, I'm just poking fun. But honestly, my parents knew better than to reward the "demon child" (c'est moi.)

I'm a little proud of the fact I turned out OK. I mean, I'm not making THAT much money. Plenty of people are making way more, and don't advertise to that fact. If you do, you're probably laughing right now, thinking "Son, you don't even know what money is." But to be able to afford a $30G car, at the same time have a $15G bike, and be able to eat out everyday, in nice restaurants on the weekends, I'm not doing bad at all. Of course, I'll never save enough money for my retirement, but I figure I'll be dead before then anyway. With all the fun I have, and the life I've lived, heck, it'd be worth it too. Sounds pretty morbid, but I don't fear death. I fear old age to the point where you're not self-contained nor self-sufficient. I'd rather die early then be a burden to the people around me. So let me live the way I want, and I'll try my best to be plesant when I'm allowed out of the cage every other weekend. Okay?

Enough patting myself on the head, back to real life.

....Stay grounded buddy, your ego is starting to swell again, and the lack of oxygen to your pea head can't be good for the ol' noggin.






posted by losir at 11:42 AM