island tales #46

damn it, i have the hiccups again. and it's those painful hiccups that feels like someone is hammering your chest.. from the inside. *hiccup!*

ouch. im guessing it's the custard cream puff i had for lunch. anyone knows if custard cream contains lactose? hm. that would explain it though.

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yesterday i was off on an exciting adventure! sort of. the car felt rather odd lately, so i had a quick look around and found that the tyres were kinda sunken. not good... so drove to the nearest petrol station for a quick tyre pump.

now, this is my very first tyre-pumping experience, and i was rather nervous at first. dug out the car manual to find out the correct air pressure... but it turned out the value is written on the frame of your car door (i definitely did not know that!).

also, i actually needn't have bothered: the tyre pumper thingie is digital, and it's already set to 29 psi (=200 kPa, i think), all you have to do is take out the valve caps on the tyre, plug it in and wait for the signal to stop. had chen along just in case, so thanks housemate~

it turned out to be pretty easy after all. and the tyres were seriously in need of air.. 16 to 21 psi, on average. wonder where all the air went?? and you are advised to keep your tyre pumped to save fuel, etc etc....

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note to anyone who doesnt know it yet: the RM1 coin expires as legal tender in december. so don't accept them from shops if possible, and remember to change your coins before then. it's being repeated on the radio daily, so i just had to pass it along... :D