New York, New Amsterdam ??

TGIF! I have been looking forward to this weekend. Its the one break I get after all the major move. So, as i said, I’m going for some pampering like a spa massage or something. hehe. Went to saada’s house on wed for more finalised planning. while waiting for her, i went to the woodlands library to look at some travel guides. I’ve been reading about new york and its history. Learnt that New York in the 1600′s was known as New Amsterdam cause the Dutch were one the first migrants there to settle down.  The first in-your-face governor was peter styvesant ( isn’t that the brand of a cigarette?) anw, he made major changes in new amsterdam like post offices, banks, newspaper and all other infrastructures. He ruled for a good 40 years.

But in 1664, English warships sailed into the harbour and to avoid bloodshed, Stuyvesant surrendered and soon after, New Amsterdam was renamed New York (after the Duke of York, brother of King Charles the second). – I didnt know that.

Anw, the commute to Singapore for the past 2 days has been a breeze. No jam coming out of JB – at all.

 

Crossroads

The past week or so has been a challenge in many ways than 1. I’ll tell you that. Firstly, I’m physically drained because my family and I just made our move to JB. We only had 5 days notice from HDB to get our butts outta there. (Unbelievable? Believe it! ) Never-ending pack pack pack after work. I think I just built some muscles

Along the way And then…. Drama happened. To keep the story short – disappointment. Then, first thing monday morning on our first trip to work, our back tyre went flat. We thought we could just make it through the jam with is cause Taufiq had to be at work really early that morning. Somehow, halfway though, the sound of the flat tyre and the rim against the road was just too uncomfortable so decided to make a u-turn to be on the other side of the road where it isn’t too busy. Just as we were about to change lanes, this lorry beside us probably didn’t see our car and scrapped our bumper with a deep dent and ripped it out of its hooks. So it was kindda half dangling. All I can say is that its just a test from the one above -  when everything happens for a reason.

 

I could feel my anxiety level skyrocket. …… All of us were just too caught up in the moment of our car being scratched that we didnt bother about the lorry driver. He didnt even bother to offer help or anything.. #$@%&. Abah couldnt help cause his back was giving him problems. So we had Taufiq change the tyres.. guess what? The spare was flat too… aaaahhhhh!!! Finally, called AA for them to tow the car to Singapore – even then there’s another story about AA and their terms/conditions. I shall not go there.  

 

a few hours and some iced milo later, we got the tyres changed and hopefully continue the day without any glitches.

 

I need a spa massage.