Yaay! I was granted leave today. But, it turned out that I hadn't gotten as much rest as I had planned to. I slept at about one this morning. *sigh!* My day was supposed to start at 6:30, heading to the local wet market with Dad to get some 三层肉 ('san chen rou' which refers to one of the parts of pork) for my potluck tomorrow evening and replenished the stock of chicken necks for my dog. Alas, the alarm did not do any good. Perhaps, I was too immuned to its ringing tone and just slept through the sound. Dad did not wake me nor my sister from our slumber, and he ended up asking my brother to drive him to work. Sorry, Dad! I know we're too pigged out. Anyway, my sleep wasn't that peaceful at all; was disrupted several times by annoying phone calls. *urggh!*

Shay and I made plans to shop for some fresh chicken wings at the local supermarket near her place. Unfortunately, there weren't any at our first stop. Hence, we drove to another one nearby. Yes! They have fresh chicken wings! We bought some 20 pieces and 2 pieces of boneless chicken meat. Our shopping's done! *whew* Now, we could get on to our next agenda for the evening - DINNER! All the shopping, looking at yummy food stuff were making us hungry! I got myself a few packs of junk food before leaving though. Oh well, there goes the saying - "Never go shopping at the supermarket on an empty stomach".

When we got to the place where our car was, we noticed that there was a car parking directly behind it. We thought that we would buy some time by putting the stuff that we bought and rearranging them properly in the car boot, and then perhaps the owner of the car would take notice of us and come around to move the vehicle. But, there was still no sign of anyone walking towards the car. Besides the point that we were both very hungry at the time, but still there should not be any blocking of another individual's vehicle unless of course there is a driver seated inside the vehicle. I have always use the car's honk with extreme caution. It is loud and rude. Honking is bad but at times like these, that's when it comes in handy. One.. two.. three! HONK!~~~~~ A continuous honk was sounded for 5 whole seconds. I can see that patronizers outside the supermarket were looking towards my direction and yet, there was still no sign of anyone walking towards the vehicle. Fine! Again, I pressed the honk continuosly for 5 seconds another two times. Then finally, finally we saw a guy, perhaps in his 30s coming out from a bakery shop with a startled expression, with his hands gesturing apologetically at us. Oh well, at least he had the decency to apologize.

As I was on my way to the supermarket a while ago, and my car was stationary at the traffic light stop, a car tried to squeeze its way through between the my car and the road pavement. Both vehicles' side-mirrors were just merely a centimetre away and he's still not giving up - still going forward! There was no way I could move my car in any direction to let him past through. It was unquestionably, unthinkably, ridiculously so close that I was getting ready to *HONK!* at this 摸明奇妙 ('mo ming qi miau' which means ridiculously unreasonable) driver when suddenly he pulled his reverse gear. Oh my gosh! He reversed his car! Erm, I mean, well okay, that was probably the only move he could think of to keep both vehicles' side-mirrors in one piece. Nevertheless, he could have prevented this little "commotion" had he been a little patient waiting for other vehicles to move first. The worst thing is, when the the traffic light turned green, and what do you know? He was going the same way as everybody else, not to the opposite direction as I initially thought he intended to since he tried overtaking me back there. Oh well, a classic example of some reckless drivers sticking the "P" sticker (applicable only to new drivers on probation) on their vehicles. Thank God my side-mirror's still in tact! *whew!*

There was this other time when I parked my car by the side of the lane leading to the main entrance of the still-renovating airport. I was waiting for my friend's cue to call on my mobile phone to drive up towards the main entrance to pick her and her husband from their short trip to Penang. As I sms-ing away inside, I heard a loud "tut". When I looked up, a red Toyota Celica drove fiercely away passing the main entrance, towards the exit point. The first thought that came to my mind was - "Oh no! My car's been hit!" My immediate response was to look at my side-mirror to check for any dented areas on the doors. My cousin Valerian who was sitting beside me called out to me "Check your side-mirror! Check your side-mirror!" I quickly got out of the car and check the driver's side side-mirror. There were visible scratches at the side of the side-mirror and there were bits of red paint. I was able to remove the bits of red paint by simply scratching them off with my fingers. When I got home, I tried polishing it with the car polishing wax on the affected area. Tada! It worked like magic! No more scratches! *whew* The red car was actually trying to squeeze in between another vehicle and mine. Gosh! Whatever happen to exhibiting some courtesy and politeness towards one another, fellow drivers?