I just submitted nominations for the Fairvue fourth annual weblog awards

My driving license is expiring tomorrow, so I finally got into action and sneaked out from work to renew it this afternoon. I love driving! The minute I reached 18 (the required age), I signed up for driving lessons and took the test. It gives me a sense of freedom and makes me feel that I can go anywhere I want, whenever I want. It's also challenging weaving around the traffic. I don't consider myself a reckless driver, but I can be quite impatient at times.

I used to dream of buying my own car the first year I start working. But I very soon realize that that's an impossible mission in Singapore (unless you are blessed with wealthy parents) where you have to take into account sky-high COEs (Certificate of Entitlement), road tax, insurance, parking, ERPs (Electronic Road Pricing) and CBD (Central Business District) charges etc. I would be lucky if I can afford a car in the next five years. After calculation, I would need to at least double my pay to be comfortable buying one. So now, I can only content myself driving my dad's car at night and on weekends (which is subject to earlier booking than my bro).

# posted by Shopaholic : 9:06 PM