Out with the Old........

As alot of you know, i drive proton wira. But what alot of you dont know is the HEADACHES it's been causing me. So, here for your educational benefit is all the problems that my car has:

1) The engine will cut out if i have the stereo on, with the aircon.
2) The car engine will over heat if the aircon is on for too long (20mins)
3) You can only open/ close one window at a time, try to do 2 together and they both die.
4) To open the front passenger window, you have to lean across and do it from the passenger door, cuz the switch on the driver side only works if you hit it about 5 times REALLY hard!
5) The drivers seatbelt, doesn't release straight away, you have to jiggle it for about 10 seconds.
6) The back right parcel shelf speaker only works when it wants to.
7) The stereo can only get capital am radio.


Did you get al that??? No?...ok, let me give you a typical scenario i have to face everyday:

So i wanna go somewhere in the car. I start driving and now have to decide if i want aircon or stereo on. I'll choose the stereo. I stick on my mp3 player (but can only listen to half of the track cuz the back speakere wont work). It's too hot now, so i'll put the windows down (one at a time), oh wait the passenger window isn't going down cuz the switch is buggered, lemme just lean over and hit the switch on the passenger door. Thats a bit better. Brrrmmmmmmmmmm (thats me driving).
Im bored of listening to this music now, i wonder whats on the radio??? Oh wait...thats right CAPTIAL FUCKING AM!!! LLLAAAAAMMMMMEEEEE!!!!!!! Fuck it, i'll treat myself to some air conditioning instead. Ooops, i turned the A/C on beofre turning the stereo off and now the car has died. I'll just restart it up!! Ok, now the stereo is off i better put the windows up.....one at a time.....i'll do the passenger side first (by leaning over the seat). Ahhh, thats much cooler now, so nice and chilly...but wait...whats this....the engine has overheated due to the aircon!!! Good thing i keep 5 ltrs of water spare in the boot for such a regular occasion!!! Oh dear, i seem to be stuck in the seatbelt...lemme just fuck about needlessly with this for 10 seconds (which feels like a life time when you wanna get out).

I think you get it now!!! oh well, not too long now till we get the new car, and i can be free of this garish green nightmare!!! And when i do get the MYVI im gonna ride around the city laughing hysterically with the aircon AND the stereo on, whilst winding ALL the windows up and down TOGETHER at the SAME TIME, from the DRIVERS control panel, all the while listening to HITZ.FM on ALL the speakers.

My Music Recommendation for today:

All nightmare long (Metallica, Death Magnet)

That Friday feeling

Yes!!! After one and a half years of mooching, i have decided to separate myself from the unemployed student masses, and finally got a JOB!!!!

Im am to be the latest edition to the ever growing family down at TGI Fridays (the one at the curve!) Having been a barman/ bar supervisor/ bar manager, it seemed only right that i return to my routes and get back into the industry that i once loved so much!

I had my orientation day today!!! It was as expected, just your usual run of the mill, "welcome to the (insert your company name here) family" bull shit. When did being a barman become such a bureaucratic process. When i first started in the industry, all you had to be was 18 and be able to work weekends. Now, they give you customer service tests; which by the way, is just a test to see how long you can fake a smile to a asshole customer!!!

Once, i got through all that crappy family nonsense, i got straight into the bar...and.....wow....its hard to describe how i felt. Its been so long since i was on that side of the bar. I guess you could describe it as a kinda 'natural' feeling. Like when a wild tiger is let back into the jungle. Thats how i felt.

The day was only a couple of hours long, and i start work for real tomorrow, but so far i've met some great people, who i look forward to learning alot from. And my boss isn't an asshole (which is a total added bonus!!!).

So, if you fancy coming down to see me spin, flip, and shake my way through some kick ass-tastic cocktails; I'll be there most of the week.

Don't forget get to leave a tip though!!!!

My Music recommedation for today:

Window Song (Finger eleven, greyest of blue skies)