Monday, November 03, 2008 . 10:16 AM

Another weekend, except that it was my birthday weekend and non of my friends had time for me. Yeah, at times I wonder why I have so few friends too, but well, I've been like that for a quarter of a century and should be used to it.

At least I'm lonely when I'm alone and not lonely in a crowd. Somehow, I think that would have been worse.

So what awe-inspiring thing did I do last weekend? Well, let's see... I rose bright and early at 10.30am to get my PDL, skipped gym for a decadent brunch before dashing down for my first-ever driving lessons. Yup, I was actually behind the wheel for once and I survived the experience. Not once, but twice!

Course I did it again on Sunday night on the dark roads of Bukit Gombak. I think there were a lot of pissed off drivers in Gombak last night, but what do I care? The most important thing is I managed not to knock down any pedestrian! Considering my lousy motor skills, I am kind of amazed.

How bad am I behind the wheel? Well, let's see... I can lose my way playing Mario Kart. My hand-eye coordination is virtually non-existent and I think my instructor is a brave, brave man to let me take control of the wheel. Since he puts his life at risk everyday, every hour, I guess he's used to living life on the edge. Wonder what his insurance bills look like... Hah~

But fun though driving is, my beef with it is... payment. In cash. Two lessons last weekend cost me 154 bucks. I know, I know, my shopping costs more than that, but hey! I don't shop that much nowadays ok? It's like a quarterly affair now since my colleagues here don't really appreciate what I wear. There's no competition... I mean, who do I dress up for? The aunties or the workshop guys? Seriously...

So between the driving lessons and my insane credit card bills (those Fahrenheit boys had better be worth their weight in gold, man!), I'm wiped out this month. I'm so screwed that I don't really want to contemplate my finance status. That big plan about starting treatment for my face? Looks like I have to shelf it.

I know I am not realistic enough, which explains my credit crunch. But at least I'm not several grand in debt. Nope, I'm not pointing fingers at anyone. Lord knows I've been in debt before and I hated every second of it. Technically, if I have 7 grand now, I should give it to Gramps to pay him back for park of my degree course. But... well... can I settle for visiting him more often? I'm sure he'd rather see more of me than to see his money back. Or so I desperately hope!

Let's see... can I get a car at 25 after all?