The tale of three cars

I have three cars lining up in my garage now.

The Opel Vectra which will never see the lights. It’s a figure of speech anyway. I decided to stop whatever that’s still need configuration to make it running again. Actually, it’s already on the final stage which is to install the wiring harness from the ECU to all parts of the engine. However, I decided to call it quits, since there’s only one guy in Labuan who knows how to fix Opel but rarely find a time to spend on my car. I sent the car to his ‘workshop’ last December. I got the car back on September this year, after some friends complained that my car was parked outside the workshop, in the bushes. How sad it could be…

When we’re about to put the wiring, there’s something missing. Well, plenty of things anyway. So, I guess it’s better to take out the engine and replace it with … maybe Honda SV4. I’m not getting a turbocharged engine, like my previous plan. My wife will use it anyway. The body work is beautiful. Some had mistaken it for BMW. I reckon if I take the Opel badge off, then everyone will be convinced it’s another BMW from the old 3 series day. The suspension system is another thing to brag about. You won’t drop a Slingbox when you drive on a bumpy road. Somehow it manages to reconcile all four suspensions to give a comfort driving experience.

The other is the Toyota Corolla SEG. It has a new heart. There’s no need to brag about it. As long as it can serve me, I’ll be ok. Few more works need to be done on that car. I need to replace the spring, get new tires; fix the air cond system, get new bumper and side skirt and the final step is to give it a new paintjob. Its bright yellow and it manage to attract some racer-wannabe tailgating me all the way from town to my housing area. I could give a blow and clock the meter to 200k, but there’s no need, right? I’m not going to race it anytime soon, or forever. It will be my main transport when the Opel Vectra engine swaps complete and hand it over to my wife.

The last one is the Honda City. Technically, it’s my father’s car, but I’ve been using it for two years already. Will send it to Kota Kinabalu for good next January as my father is now serving in a government body there. What I like about the car is design. Some people call it outdated. What now with the new City which donned a rear BMW design and somehow a war shield of Transformer on the front end. I still love it (my Honda City) anyway. I’d clocked 180 during the old days, with minor modification on the computer system and of course, good engine maintenance.

Now, if you ask me if I’ve had enough with all these cars, I will say no. How about BMW X5 and Nissan Skyline GTR BNR34? 

make more money next year

The wishlist is no longer relevant. Being a father now, I know there's more portion to make from my earnings. Everyone has to eat. With that, I realized I need to find mroe source fo income. Not that we're short of money (we do sometimes!) but I want to have extra cash where we can use it to add value to Hana's savings for education purpose.

When I was in the insurance business (which I would like to give a second try), it was predicted there will be major increase in cost f living. I had a glimpse of the files and illustrations stored in the Logo flash drive last weekend. There I manage to dig the presentation of what will raise in cost of living and education as well. The figure for diploma course got me a nightmare now.

What if I can't provide Hana a financial support to purse her education?

I can't afford to let her stop pursuing education and go out there to find a job. At 18 years old, she should be able to choose to be a street-wise or book-wise person. As a father, I prefer that she become the latter, and go for street-wise afterwards.

I guess I will have to work harder in 2010. Whatever unrealized in 2009 will be carry forward to next year.