life's a .......: May 2007

FAT foot!

on thurs after badminton, i took a shower at radu's place. as i walked out of apt around 11pm, my right foot was itchy. got progressively more itchy, ended up scratching it all night half awake/half asleep. woke up in am with foot hurting, and still VERY itchy. wore tennis shoes instead of normal work shoes 'cuz foot was sore. at end of work day, i took off shoes to switch into flip-flops, to notice my FAT FOOT!! i could barely walk!! red, warm, swollen, painful...did i have cellulitis??? right before going to LA for memorial wknd? i gave myself some antibiotics...and i'm cured!! actually, i doubt it was infected, as i only took 1 pill...i know i'm bad, breeding antibiotic-resistent organisms in my body! but it was sooo swollen and painful for 2 days, i limped everywhere! good thing i was car-bound for 6h to LA on sat--i couldn't do the usual sports i do on wknds anyways! by sun, it was much better, mild limp--and today, near perfect! time to get back to sports!

bought a car!

it's been over a week, but i bought my new car--identical to the previous one, $3 cheaper! =) too bad AAA is giving me $800 shy, but i guess $800 to "rent" a car for 5 months was worth it! i still love it, haven't really driven it though as i'm still using the rental. as of fri, i'll be driving my new zoom-zoom! no need for pics--you guys have all seen it!

update on car wreck

it's been 2 weeks since MVA (motor vehicle accident), here's the update:
repairs on my care will be about $14,200. yup, you read that right.
current value of car sadly is only $17,000.
salvageable parts is about $6,000 (estimated).
thus, AAA my insurance has deemed my car a total loss. =(
bye bye mazda 3.

good news--got the police report, other party is 100% at fault, cited for 1)improper merge into traffic, 2)no posession of license, and ) no proof of registration/insurance on hand. This means my insurance premium will not go up.

bad news--i am waiting for the cash amount that AAA will offer me, TBD early next week. I'm hoping it's at least 20K, but doubtful. Fortunately, the body shop I brought my car to is a certified Mazda shop, and the owner is good friends with the people at Oaktree and Alamden Mazda, and says he can get me manufacturer price on any Mazda I get. I absolutely LOVE my Mazda--in fact, i traded my first car rental (chevy colbalt) for a Mazda 3 hatchback rental, and i just LOVE it! so i guess we'll find out soon if i get a new car, and what color i should go for now!

only 5 months and less than 5K miles...

yup, my baby mazda 3 got into accident...story goes i was driving straight about 35mph, this huge black dodge ram 4x4 pick-up decides to bust outta his parallel parked position and do a complete U-y and runs right into me. He never looked to see if any cars were around. Very very mad. Other driver was some 20's white boy with 3 fat black girls (sorry, but it's true). Girls smoking cigarettes, had some take out food in car...picture didn't look good for him. Police happened to be right behind me, the officer-in-training witnessed it so hopefully i don't have a pay a penny. Now car is in shop, waiting for cost of damages to see what to do next. so very sad. at least i'm ok.