Beads of perspiration trickled down my neck as I tossed and turned lazily in bed. The sun shone mercilessly into my eyes. I got up, looked at the clock, before laying back down on the mattress. A split second later, I jolted up again. It was 9.50! I scrambled out of bed cursing myself for not waking up in time for the lecture at 9am.
After much hesitation, I trod down the stairs and realised that my parents weren't at work. I decided that there was no point rushing for my lecture as I was probably only going to arrive in time for the last 15 minutes at best. As I mentioned previously, there was engine oil leaking from my car, so I thought I could get it fixed before my tutorial in the afternoon. To my pleasant surprise, I found out that my car had a 3 year warranty and I could get it fixed at no charge!
While I was making my way to the service centre at Pandan Crescent, which was near McDonald's at West Coast Park, I witnessed something truly exciting. An Audi speeding down the road nearly collided into a taxi exiting from the expressway. I could feel the angst and tension as the driver honked and signaled wildly with all the lights available on his car. It was pretty hilarious, as I think about it now.
Upon reaching the service centre, I had to take a queue number and waited for quite some time. Meanwhile, I realised I left my car warranty booklet at home! To my relief, they had the information stored in a computer database, so it was not required. I also made a cup of Nescafe while waiting. My father taught me well to take as many freebies as you can. When they called out my queue number, I simply told the service assistant what my problem was and handed my car keys to him. It was a simple and smooth process. I was lazy to remove the coin pouch from the car, which I later realised was a grave mistake. After handing over the car, I had to make my way back to school without the car. It was a long and tiring walk from the nearest bus stop to school. To make matters worse, the air quality was terrible due to the haze from Sumatra. By the time I arrived at the library, I was soaked to my skin. That was probably when I caught a cold as I happily sat myself down in the library's cold air.
After my lessons ended, I took a long walk all the way back to the workshop with Lai Meng. She suggested walking all the way in order to save money on our bus fare. This was good, as the money went to McDonald's as we stopped by to get ourselves ice cream.
As agreed, we went to swim together at Lilian's condominium after collecting the car. It was a nice and big pool for a condominium, and we had a good workout. After that, we drove out again for dinner where we had the best carrot cake in Singapore, at Bukit Timah Food Centre.
It was an eventful day.
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