Feeling emo about my old girl of a car
Sunday, January 07, 2007
Everytime the day before the first of school comes, I suddenly realise I have a million and one things to do: room not packed, books not read, videos not watched, things I've-always-wanted-to-do-but-have-no-time-to-do not done... and as Pussy has reminded me, it's already 2 weeks since the Spain and Portugal trip and I have not uploaded the darn photos online. Ugh.. Can I please have more time?
Also, I've been feeling a little down about my old girl of a car. I thought the bang wasn't that bad, little did I know she was old and too expensive to fix already. In fact, her scrap value is worth more than her repair costs. MY CAR!!!! It has always been a part of me, only I hadn't realised until recently how much she meant to me. Yup, don't mind me, I'm just feeling a little emo about this old girl of mine. I never thought she won't wake from the deep sleep of hers, and I used to think that machines were just that, they would always get repaired and they will always work eventually.
But the thought of never being able to drive her again makes me rather depressed. She's the first car I had driven after I had gotten my licence and had taken all the hard knocks of abuse I had subjected her to. For three years, we worked together and shared grief from past accidents (no matter how minor) together, and I always thought of her as a strong sturdy car who will never let me down. In fact, she hasn't, but I guess that this time round, the bang was too harsh on her. It was instant death and she couldn't recuperate on the spot for me to drive her off. She had to be towed away. I didn't even watch her get towed away. I didn't think I would never see her again, but now there's a high possibility that I won't get to drive her again.
Of course, my mother's not very pleased about it. We could have used her for another good 3 or 4 more years before sending her to dumps, but now, it's like execution for a crime she never committed.
Perhaps as a consolation, not having the car for a while means I won't be obliged to drive anyone home (not that I resent it or anything), although it also means a good amount of inconvenience on my side as well. Taxis are a whole load waste of money plus the drivers are bad and hazardous.
6:31 pm
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