Awww!!!

Ok, my car was damaged because of the deer/accident.
Unavoidably, I’ve got to take some money out of my pocket to fix it. The question is how much.
I took my car to a body shop that was voted Best Body Shop in Story County for a couple of years.
The guy in the body shop estimated a price of $2500 to fix all the damage on my car if new parts are used.
$2500!!!
OMG, I got my car for a price of $3400 only, now you want me to take $2500 out to fix it?
Are you kidding me?
Why don’t I just get another car with that money?

And then, this guy tried to get me some used parts instead of using all brand new ones, and it turned out that I still need to pay a price of $2000.
$2000!!!
I guess I will just go ahead and change the windshield only, which will still cost me a fair amount of money.
My car ain’t gonna look good though, sigh…

It happens that I only have approximately $2000 left in my bank account, and a few hundreds yet to be spent for my credit card.
Here is the calculation:
$2000 (bank) – $300 (credit card) – $600 (windshield and necessary maintenance) – $1700 (air ticket) – $200 (November house rental)
= -$800
WTF?! It turns out to be negative!!!

I still remember what I told my mom at the very beginning of my internship.
“lao ma, after this internship I will have enough money to cover my final semester’s tuition fee, you and dad need not send me money anymore.”
Where the hell is my money gone?
What I’ve got at the moment is far less than the amount needed for tuition fee (10k).
This is seriously a major deficit.

I guess I have pretty good sense of time management, but not money management.
It is already proven.
I think I will buy the air ticket two weeks later, after I get pay for two weeks of work.

To all the people out there, stop saying I am RICH!!!

Sentences that I hate the most to hear at this time:
“If you don’t have money, then what about me?”
“I thought you are very rich?”
“Don’t pretend you don’t have money.”
“Where the heck is your money?”

By the way, I am saying goodbye to Chicago.

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I hit a deer

Ok, I couldn’t help but get onto Facebook and blogs after suffering for a couple of hours since I woke up this morning.
I said I wouldn’t touch Facebook, blogs, and MSN Messenger for a week, but I didn’t make it, not even a day.
This simply proves nothing but my lack of determination, and how addicted I am to these things.
It is important not to get hooked on things like these. I guess I will just start getting rid of them by reducing the amount of time I spend on them each day.
Hope it will work.

Anyway, some terrible thing happened this morning.
I was driving to work at around 6.
It was dark, totally dark.
I was driving, listening to music, enjoying the tranquility of a cold but lovely morning.
All of a sudden, a deer ran out to the road.
I had no time to react.
I hit it.

I was blank.
I don’t remember how exactly the accident was like.
I know I screamed, but I don’t know whether I screamed before or when I hit the deer.
I don’t know if I braked. Even if I did, I don’t know whether it was done before, when, or after I hit the deer.
I don’t know if the deer was crashed into pieces.
I don’t know which side of my car the deer fell to.
I don’t know what part of the deer I hit.
I don’t know.
I was blank.

I didn’t turn back to check if the deer was fine or dead.
Given the size of the deer, I am certain that I didn’t run over it.
Given the fact that my car was clean, I am sure that I didn’t crash the deer into pieces.
But, I doubt it could survive, given the terrible weather (cold and windy).
Moreover, another intern who came to work later told me that a part of the road was full of blood and pieces.
OMG!!!
I guess some cars just ran over its dead body.

I really feel bad, even though I don’t think it’s my fault.
Experiencing it by myself is totally different from hearing a similar story from others.
Hitting an animal and thinking it dead are just terrible.
I just wish that the blood and pieces were clear by the time I go home.
Otherwise I might feel even worse.

I don’t know how much it is gonna cost me to fix my car.
I just hope that my insurance will cover all the expenses, or I might cancel my Chicago trip.

Aww, bad luck!!!

…

Finally MCN is over!
Good job everyone!
Good luck to those of you who have assignments or projects due tomorrow. More luck goes to those who have exams tomorrow.

By the way, I just decided not to touch facebook, blogs, and msn messenger for a week.

Ciao~~~
and good night~~~

Malaysian Cultural Night

So everyone is getting ready for the big day.
I am gonna do my best, give it my best shot, ever!
Are you guys gonna do the same thing, too?!
All the best!!!