Of cars and friends.

It's been a long night, but my van is finally almost ready. Fixed a few more wiring annoyances here and there and managed to get my lights working right too. And then I realised, that my new intercooler setup is able to clear a stock bumper. For those who think I'm speaking alien, basically it just means I do not have to cut ugly holes in my bumper just to fit my intercooler anymore. Woohoo? NO. Apparently, my mechanic Mark had already cut my bumper, and he gave me the dark stare of doom as I put forth ever so subtly the suggestion that I wanted to change bumper. I know for a fact he spent the whole afternoon cutting my bumper but aiyaaaa, I can be very anal when I want to. The two gaping holes staring back at me just annoyed me more and more the more I look at them.

Then Samuel offered to give me his bumper, because he says he doesn't mind an ugly bumper. I refused, because I am definitely not going to let him live with an ugly bumper just because I want a nice one. Glen also offered to give me his bumper, because he also doesn't mind a cut up bumper. I refused too, but it's just nice knowing that my friends are willing to do that for me. I am really thankful to have found these bunch of friends. They are people I know I can depend on to help me whenever I need them to, as will I for them. They are the ones who stood by me through my worst periods when I was down and depressed. They will always help me pay for stuff when they know I'm piss broke, and never said a thing about it. You guys and girls are awesome (:

And one thing me and the guys have in common, is our passion for cars. Not in the typical Singaporean sense, simply throwing money at workshops and enjoying the results they get thereafter. We are the kind who will spend hours working on our own cars, fixing and improving them, learning about them inside out. We can have hours of geeky talk about how things work, and improvising ideas to achieve the results we want. That's why all of our cars we can be truly proud of, because we know that we built them through hard work, sweat and tears. There's a very different satisfaction you derive from building a car with your own effort, versus paying someone to do everything. It's rare to find people like us in Singapore, so I would say I am pretty lucky to have found friends like this too. That is what brought us together at first, and that is one of the things that continues to bond us together.

Anyways, I really should be getting to sleep. Till next time!