Car + Owner = Fever + Funny Dream

By now if I say I'm having problem with my car, it is not news anymore. My friends and colleagues would remark it's time for you to change to a new one! My car would celebrate its 8th birthday come end of March. Maybe it is time to change. Syyyy... don't let my car hear this. It will probably get very sad after what we've been through together.

There were family trips near and far, countless trips carrying things as I move to a new place (two new places actually), working outstation trips, daily commute to office, going places with my friends, protecting me from harsh elements of the weather, protecting me from morons on the road...I don't have a single scratch despite being involved in 3 minor accidents, celebrating victory together as we overtake bigger and more powerful cars while driving uphill and many other special moments together. Sigh!

Few days ago I went to Melaka from Klang and back without any problem. But from Klang to my place, the worrying dong dong sound re-appear, very faint as compared to last time. I started not feeling very well too. The next day I have to conduct a training despite my running nose, sneezes and stuffed nose. I have to alternate between speaking and breathing and wonder whether the participants can hear me clearly.

I wish I can just cancel the class but I'll have problem replacing it, as there were also outstation participants. Unfortunately, we don't have any backup trainer. Unless you're hospitalized, the training will go on. I wanted to go to our panel clinic after the class but it's already closed. Alamak... I never bother to check their closing time before this. Other panel clinic might be closed too and to go out of the way with my car condition... I think I should just wait for the next day.

On my way back home, I stopped at a nearby workshop to get my car checked. After explaining the problem, I asked the mechanic to send me home because I'm feeling feverish. Normally I would wait there and read a book or magazine. Later the mechanic called to tell me the problem is due to bearing again, this time from the other tyre. I told him to do whatever he needs to do... as long as I can use my car tomorrow. Almost 3 hours later, he called to say he's on his way to fetch me. I paid the bill courtesy of credit card and felt so thankful for the extra service at no extra charge.

Second day of training was another challenge. I was feeling asthmatic probably due to phlegm. I have to move slowly and did not move around as much so as not to aggravate my condition. I felt like my rib cage was crushing and I was desperately gasping for air. I went to the clinic during lunchtime and got a colleague to massage my back for a while before I continued my training. Sigh! All I can think of was to end the class for that day. Thank God my car was OK already.

I'm still recovering though and last night I had a funny dream. Normally you'll start hallucinating if you have high fever and I thought I don't have fever anymore but the dream felt more like hallucination to me.

I was registering for a course and it felt like I was not in Malaysia. As I was searching for my dorm, I discovered Ben is going to be my roommate. The dorm was small and cramped but we got our bed. Suddenly the dorm grew bigger or maybe it was somewhere else but I didn't think I ever left the dorm, a big car stopped right inside it. It was having problem. Ben and I decided to help when we saw HRH Sultan Brunei stepped out of the car. He was alone. We tried checking the car for him while he waited and then I saw Keen. She's lying down at a nearby bench feeling very guilty. She's supposed to take care of HRH and now Brunei will blame Malaysia for providing a car that broke down to their King.

I think we managed to fix the car since in the dream I was fantasizing about the gifts HRH will present to us for helping him. Our dorm will be decorated nicely and it will be bigger. Then I woke up. Ampun Tuanku! I never in real life fantasize about your riches in any way at all. The only get-rich-quick fantasy I have was of unknown great grandparents leaving their inheritance to the first daughter of their second granddaughter hehehe... Otherwise my siblings and cousins would want part of it :) So selfish of me isn't it to want the inheritance alone. Well... it was my fantasy so I can be selfish in it for a while.

Ben and Keen will ROTFL when I told them about my dream :)