Yup, events that took place recently (or rather didn't take place, really...) were bad...but that was not the end of my downhill ride in Life's rollercoaster ride. One more was in store for lil ole me!
Yup, like the Chinese believed, bad things happen in threes. Me hope not really true cos at the moment, one after another is bad enough!
This is what happened yesterday. You see, I have not been checking my ole junk ever since it's last "service" done by me own self. There had been that kinda difficult starting of the car each first time. I have been attributing it to the age of the car. Actually, I was not wrong. When removed, the spark plugs of cylinder #1 & #4 were well & truly oil-fouled! See pics below...with a close-up of spark plug #4 :
The surrounding area of the cylinder head around spark plug #4 was also oil covered! That showed that engine oil had even leaked out. That could be due to a loose attachment of the spark plug. However, the worrying factor now is oil-fouled spark plugs are due to bad engine wear, causing engine oil to enter the combustion chambers. Not good sign. The engine, therefore, is in need of an overhaul...or like ppl sometimes do, an engine transplant...soon! Well, that would mean spending big bucks! And in my financial position now, sad to say, that is not good. Plan now is to hold on...delay the inevitable...until times are better or there is no other choice. Sorry, me now only half the man I was...
Not like some young, disrespectful punk recently promoted manager driving around his new Hyundai Accent, oblivious to his background, how he was nurtured & supported until he could stand on his own 2 feet.
Has he asked himself lately a few simple questions? Like...
1. who saved his marriage when it was on the rocks?
2. who provided for the needed subsequent treatment of his son after his birth?
3. who saved him from conviction and a probable time in jail with consequent loss of job?
and finally but not least, where would he be if not for the continuous behind the scenes support throughout his life?
That "punk" is strutting around like a proud peacock, not knowing his roots and hardly conscious of what life is all about! Like one saying goes, "the higher they are, the harder they fall... ".
Guess what?
Me patiently waiting for that fall to happen...hehe. Me used to catch him on each & every one of his numerous "falls" in his life. But NOT this next time. Not anymore. To enable such disrespectful punk to learn Life's lessons, we have to let him feel how it is to fall onto solid hard cement! Not into someone's loving & supportive arms. Somehow me feel that there is a God. And God is fair in his ways...a matter of time before He acts. Sincerely hope me allowed to live long enough to witness it.
Well, enuf said...Life is not what one expects it to be. But what it really is. And will be. The important thing is that we find our own paths to happiness. Agreed? No point wallowing in self-pity...esp over events beyond our control.
Frankly, bad event #3 had already happened, too. But that is too personal to pen as a Blog entry here. My humble apologies. TQ.
At least that ends, hopefully, the spate of bad events. Three in total. Thank God! Am looking forward to happier better times. Amen.
ps. Tonight is the Closing Ceremony of the China Olympics. Gonna watch it. On Channel 318 of Astro. @8pm. Also on at the same time is the European F1GP. Now which should I watch? What do you think? Yup, which would you choose?
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