How To Survive A Late Night Drive Alone - For Ladies

If I were given the option, I'll definitely choose late night driving for long distance travel. Obvious reason is SPEED TRAP FREE!!

So based on experiences with driving alone late night, I picked up some useful stuff...

1. Be confident with your ride.

...but not blindly. Make sure your car is well serviced as what recommended by manufacturer. Before kick off the journey, the simplest tasks u can do are:

• to ensure the engine oil is at Max mark on the oil level gauge,
• check coolant in the coolant tank as well as the radiator by removing the cap (make sure to tighten it back!!),
• inspect the oil & water pipings for any loose connections / leaks,
• and most importantly indicator lights for all these shall ON few seconds when u start the engine: ABS, Airbag, Engine Check, Battery, and Oil Pressure.
• Headlight, taillight, fog lamp, break lamp are functioning.
• Last but not least, ensure safe tyre pressure & condition.

2. Frequently monitor the engine temperature indicator while driving.

It should not reach the Hot area! For my car, it always below the middle marking. Then I know I'm good. While at it, be alert if any of the indicator lights suddenly comes ON.

3. Don't get tired / sleepy / moody / stressful.

Plenty of sleep would help! One or two cans of caffein definitely my lifesaver! And plenty of water. Ahhh don't mind the toilet break. Plenty of them on the highways but be sure to stop by the big ones since more people there for your safety! Turn up your radio volume, sing out loud & enjoy the privacy :-)

4. Just ignore the whatever shadowy figures u might see.

... even how curious u are to know what they are! Once i saw big black shadows along the dividers and i went "woww what's that?" and they are trees :!: well, victoriously distracted me for few seconds uhuhhh... If u are observant, u might have realized that other cars' lights reflection & even the roads' can play tricks on our eyes. They may appear & form a silhouette, shape or sometimes looks like somebody passes by very quick.. I do see few times (sangat suka imagine weirds things!)... just keep in mind, no one wants to cross the road in the middle of the night ok.

5. Keep on someone's tail if u are not sure. But not too close.

If u are not familiar with the road cornering & inclination, don't try to be a hero by staying in front of others all the time. It requires certain level of skills to play around with your headlight and spotlight to check on the road. Let the experts lead u. I usually take the Alor Setar exit when i'm going back home in Perlis. Means I have to drive through freeways for about 50km. It's not easy in the dark. Yet another tips girls, follow cars u trust, I love tailing white Lancer thinking that someone tall, good looking, masculine driver is in there, so I feel safe! Joking :lol:.

So there you go... few tips from me... If u have more, include them in the comments ok! :-D

Drive safe does not mean drive slow. Be careful and alert is!

Something Pretty..... Funny?? Embarrassing??

I was at gym this evening... i straight down to the toilet once i've secured my stuff in the locker.. all toilets were full and somebody was settling down her 'business' with really badddd odor coming out from one of the cubicles and the smell kinda spread out the whole washroom area.. i was lucky to not get to wait any longer when the furthest toilet was freed and i was in hopes of not getting into the 'one'.. & i was lucky again.. while i was in, somebody (i think its the cleaner lady) spoke loudly from the outside, "hishhh sape ber** ni? busuknyer!" and was agreed by somebody else (most probably just somebody passing by) "tu la busuk betul", and followed by the first lady again "awak lain kali nak ber** pam dulu, takyah tunggu habis ber**" goshhhhhh i was giggling inside the toilet to hear their conversation!

i can't imagine how totally embarrassed that girl was, if it was me, i swear i won't be around for months! luckily i wasn't outside by that time, i don't think i can even dare to take a look at who the 'culprit' was.. sometime, some things are just couldn't be helped and better just let them be right? who the hell in this world has nice feces odor and no one ever can control it right? for me i think she was totally humiliated by the way she was spoken to... it does not need to be loud & in public.. everyone smell it.. u just have to stay away... that easy..

Does Long Distance Relationship Work?

SURE CAN!!! Mine already almost 3 years now..well we broke up once ... but i'm going back for good next year yeayyyyy!! No more long distance relationship!!! yup it's hard real hard i tell ya! so i think it'll last if you are away for some limited time at most 5 years...more than that i don't think it'll work..but who knows..it all depends on TRUST, CARES, and do not forget to get connected as many times as you can..come on it's not 70's now...there's phone, internet....you can talk almost everyday! i think that's what important... "jauh di mata tak semestinya dekat di hati ok" if we don't do the effort to make the heart grows fonder... and try to see each other once a year to recharge the heart battery huhuhh....

daa~~

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What's Your Favorite Childhood Memory?

ok frankly the best memory is being a child itself.. as a child we don't have to think lots of think as we need as a grown up.. for instance we don't have to be curious about our look.. we don't need all that beauty stuff cause our skin already soft and smooth.. we don't think about getting a good result in exam..well some may do but the impact is not as hard as when we are in university or in case of works.. there's nobody will look at us in an auckward way if we are playing with toys at the playground cause thats what children do.. and so on...

ok stop about that... i don't know whats the point i wrote all that myself hahahh ;p... ok about my favourite childhood memory.. hmmm i think there's sure a lot but maybe loads of it that i have forgotten..so i'm going to talk about my favourite childhood memorIES that i still have a memory of...

there was a boy who i had a crush on when i was in school (standard 5 or 6 something) and i THINK he also had a crush on me hahahahh... but well the point is it made me have the enthusiasm to go to school and other school programs.. when in class, yeah we were classmates and i sat 2 rows behind him so i got excited everytime i had to go to the front class say to hand in homework or to talk to the teacher or to answer anything on the board.. because i got the chance to walk pass him and to look at him everytime i went back to my seat.. hahahh yeahhh sounds silly and funny

another thing is i miss spending times with my family... well everyone's grown up now and we don't live together anymore.. my sisters and brother are at college so they stay in hostel..my eldest sister stay in our house in Sepang... we used to go shopping together eventhough its only groccery shopping but the fact that we go shop together really made me exciting about it.. and we used to always go to my father's office at night at the airport...so we always had KFC as a dinner and eat together there... we celebrated birthday either having party where theres lots of friends came which means loads of present hehehh.. or we just celebrate it with having big dinner outside..

i also miss spending times at my grandparents places.. the most exciting part is during fruits season (yeah we have fruits season in malaysia instead of winter, autumn etc...) so we'll go to the fruits farm to pick up fruits while eating at the same time.. i still remember i loved to eat mangosteen which i still do! so everytime i eat them, my mom will only let me wear old clothes because mangosteen will leave a purple+red colour on our hand and as a child i don't bother to wash m hands everytime after eating it, i just wipe my hands on my clothes so the shirts will get the colour as well... huhuhhh... and yeah i miss a lot the feelings to celebrate Eid... well i haven't celebrate it with my family for 3 years now (i'm studying in UK) and insya-Allah i'll celebrate it next year when i finish my study .... and i agree the feelings are different as a child and as a grown ups..

nyummy nyummy mangosteen!!

urghhhh i miss being a CHILD!!!

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