I know what you did last Friday... *Ngek Ngek Ngek*
I feel like I have been on a roller coaster ride today.
One minute I'm happy because today's Friday. The next I'm extremely sad because my car is giving out the super long 'ngeeeeeeeee' sound when I turn off the engine/air-cond. But the next, I'm happy again because when I lock the car, the sound is gone.
So I repeated the whole steps from starting the engine to shutting down the car system to look for that missing piece:
1) Turn on engine, normal. No sound.
2) Turn on air-cond, normal. No sound.
3) Turn off air-cond, normal. No sound.
4) Turn off engine, the nagging 'ngeeeeeeeee' sound is back.
5) Lock car, no more sound.
Okay. Help me here. What's wrong with my car? Why the annoying 'ngeeeeeeeee' sound? Why sometimes got 'ngeeeeeeeee' and sometimes got none? *scratch my head*
You see I'm no car expert. If you tell me to check my battery water, air-cond's ionizer, the fan lah, this lah, that lah, I can assure you that you are definitely talking French to me. I'll blink my eyes blankly and give you that n00b look.
But if it's a computer-related problem, I can in no time diagnose and tell you what's wrong with your laptop/PC. I can even pull the parts out, replace/fix it, and put it back for you.
But CARS. Arrrggghhh... You can kill me again and again. I will still be as blur as a sotong.
So what does a damsel in distress will do in this kind of situation?
CALL UP THE CAR EXPERTS FOR HELP LAH.
Of course.
So the first guy I called is my brother coz he's in the automobile business. I bla-bla-bla-ed my story to him and he replied, "Hmmm... I don't know wor. But if it doesn't make the sound anymore then you don't have to worry too much. Send your car to the service centre for a check-up tomorrow."
I tak puas hati. I called my dad and he responded, "Is your car over-heated? Check this. Check that. If the temperature is okay then you don't have to worry too much. Send your car to the service centre for a check-up tomorrow."
Since the both of them suggested to me that the only thing that I can do now is to send my car for a check-up tomorrow, thus I have no choice but to heed their advice. I called up the service centre to reserve a slot for my appointment tomorrow. I relayed my story to the guy over the phone and he screamed, "You definitely need to send in your car for a check-up ASAP!!!" And I was like cham lor, DEAD MEAT lor. I have just sent in my car for a service not long ago and now it needs to be serviced again. I wanna cry-mommy-help.
You see, when you are forced to a corner, you will instinctively fight back for survival. A cornered rat can kill the cat. This is how the never-say-die attitude in your beloved Titoki is born and cultivated. *winks*
Then hor I suddenly remember that I have got a bunch of k2oc friends in my MSN list. So I seek the advice from the most senior one of them.
"Tai Kor, what's wrong with my car ah?" I asked.
And the Tai Kor replied, "From my experience, it's either the ionizer, the fan, or the air-cond. Send your car to the service centre for a check-up tomorrow."
I TAK... TAK... TAK... puas hati lagi. So I randomly picked another k2ocian in my MSN list, a youngster about my youngest sister's age, and I told him about my car's problem. I was actually more like ranting than asking for his advice.
Abuthen, he managed to surprise me by asking me to answer one simple question.
I quickly ran to my car and checked. And blimey me, he was RIGHT. My car lights were not switched off completely. Because of the daylight and the sun's rays, you can't really see that the car lights were still on. I really gotto thank Akira he who saved my car battery and my day! Heh.
So now I have two nagging questions which I'm dying to know the answer.
1) Why did Perodua come up with such a silly design of the 'ngeeeeeeeee' sound instead of a blinking icon to warn the driver that the car lights are still on?
2) Why all CAR EXPERTS are 'no-expert' one?
And one last Q (make it three Qs in total then)...
3) WHEN THE HELL DID I TURN ON THE CAR LIGHTS?!
I mean I left the house around 8.40 A.M. and arrived in the workplace around 9.08 A.M. or so. And all the while it's broad daylight and I remember vividly that I didn't turn on the car lights at all... *scratch head until balding*
Oh Gosssh. Mamma Mia. *shudder shudder*
What a freeeeaky Friday I had today. ;p
One minute I'm happy because today's Friday. The next I'm extremely sad because my car is giving out the super long 'ngeeeeeeeee' sound when I turn off the engine/air-cond. But the next, I'm happy again because when I lock the car, the sound is gone.
So I repeated the whole steps from starting the engine to shutting down the car system to look for that missing piece:
1) Turn on engine, normal. No sound.
2) Turn on air-cond, normal. No sound.
3) Turn off air-cond, normal. No sound.
4) Turn off engine, the nagging 'ngeeeeeeeee' sound is back.
5) Lock car, no more sound.
Okay. Help me here. What's wrong with my car? Why the annoying 'ngeeeeeeeee' sound? Why sometimes got 'ngeeeeeeeee' and sometimes got none? *scratch my head*
But if it's a computer-related problem, I can in no time diagnose and tell you what's wrong with your laptop/PC. I can even pull the parts out, replace/fix it, and put it back for you.
But CARS. Arrrggghhh... You can kill me again and again. I will still be as blur as a sotong.
So what does a damsel in distress will do in this kind of situation?
CALL UP THE CAR EXPERTS FOR HELP LAH.
Of course.
So the first guy I called is my brother coz he's in the automobile business. I bla-bla-bla-ed my story to him and he replied, "Hmmm... I don't know wor. But if it doesn't make the sound anymore then you don't have to worry too much. Send your car to the service centre for a check-up tomorrow."
I tak puas hati. I called my dad and he responded, "Is your car over-heated? Check this. Check that. If the temperature is okay then you don't have to worry too much. Send your car to the service centre for a check-up tomorrow."
Since the both of them suggested to me that the only thing that I can do now is to send my car for a check-up tomorrow, thus I have no choice but to heed their advice. I called up the service centre to reserve a slot for my appointment tomorrow. I relayed my story to the guy over the phone and he screamed, "You definitely need to send in your car for a check-up ASAP!!!" And I was like cham lor, DEAD MEAT lor. I have just sent in my car for a service not long ago and now it needs to be serviced again. I wanna cry-mommy-help.
You see, when you are forced to a corner, you will instinctively fight back for survival. A cornered rat can kill the cat. This is how the never-say-die attitude in your beloved Titoki is born and cultivated. *winks*
"Tai Kor, what's wrong with my car ah?" I asked.
And the Tai Kor replied, "From my experience, it's either the ionizer, the fan, or the air-cond. Send your car to the service centre for a check-up tomorrow."
I TAK... TAK... TAK... puas hati lagi. So I randomly picked another k2ocian in my MSN list, a youngster about my youngest sister's age, and I told him about my car's problem. I was actually more like ranting than asking for his advice.
Abuthen, he managed to surprise me by asking me to answer one simple question.
"Did you turn off your car lights?"
I quickly ran to my car and checked. And blimey me, he was RIGHT. My car lights were not switched off completely. Because of the daylight and the sun's rays, you can't really see that the car lights were still on. I really gotto thank Akira he who saved my car battery and my day! Heh.
So now I have two nagging questions which I'm dying to know the answer.
1) Why did Perodua come up with such a silly design of the 'ngeeeeeeeee' sound instead of a blinking icon to warn the driver that the car lights are still on?
2) Why all CAR EXPERTS are 'no-expert' one?
And one last Q (make it three Qs in total then)...
3) WHEN THE HELL DID I TURN ON THE CAR LIGHTS?!
I mean I left the house around 8.40 A.M. and arrived in the workplace around 9.08 A.M. or so. And all the while it's broad daylight and I remember vividly that I didn't turn on the car lights at all... *scratch head until balding*
Oh Gosssh. Mamma Mia. *shudder shudder*
What a freeeeaky Friday I had today. ;p
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