A new weekend coming soon...

Friday 23rd Nov 2007

It's been a busy week. Busy with the car. Busy around the house. Busy moving around.

Yup, me had a couple of things done to the car. Pro-RS stainless steel brake hoses are now installed in the car. These special hoses certainly made a great deal of difference to the braking of my ole junk! Even the mechanic who did the installation was surprised by the big change. Well worth the $$ spent!

Also the new pair of rear Monroe Sensatrac shock absorbers to replace the much softened old ones, made a huge impact on our ride comfort.

Here are pics of one of them installed :However, me gotta wait a few mths b4 can afford to change the front ones. The struts. They are much more expensive to replace. Would hv been great to be able to replace all 4 at one go...but as previously stated in an earlier entry, me am only half of what I was before...sad but true... Anyway, self-pity is definitely NOT the way to go. The past is the past. We are what we are now and we do what we can do...the best we can!

Well, yesterday was also a day of test...indirectly. Testing the new brake lines & the new shocks. On a long distance trip.

Yup, it was a trip we made...fulfillment of my promise to take my other half for a trip when all is done. For her patience, support & understanding. Of what needed to be done. For the comfort & safety of 2 old folks.

Where else could we go? Of course, to Penang! This time it was to Sunway Carnival Mall. An attempt to find our way around cos we got lost on our way back during the last "first" visit there. And this time around, asking around produced great results. We even managed to get a map! The way out was consequently no hassle. So going there again would no longer be a problem. Ha ha!

From there we proceeded to Prangin Mall in Pg Island itself. It's been ages since we last went. Since the cineplex there came under Cathay Org control. We were not given the privileges of senior citizens like that of GSC. So we hv been patronising GSC cineplexes since then... eg at Gurney Plaze & Queensbay Mall.

Frankly Prangin Mall has become a very congested Mall. Appears to me more like a bazaar than a respectable Mall. Stalls along both sides of the corridors left barely walking space for shoppers. Exposing us constantly to the incessant sales pitches of the occupiers of those lots. Of course, the positive side of that is one has more to see...window shop for us...hehe...

Last stop was at our fav niece's place. Did some catching up. Enjoyed a crowded but cosy home-cooked dinner with the family..in the kitchen itself! Really wished I could hv such with me own family. Pretty soon it was time to call it a day & we reached home in time for my other half to pursue half of her WLT marathon! Ha ha!

Test results? Ride was real comfy all the way and the braided hoses really made the brakes BITE! More importantly, a great day spent with my other half...just like our "pak toh" days. I truly thank God for her...

Now for the weekend...