seriously, today was a day when everything seemed to be running out. and what's worst is that all that threatened to run out were of immense importance today!! but i'm glad it struck me to put some cash into my wallet last night, otherwise i'd probably be feeling quite pathetic with only a few coins in it.

as my bro said, today is really a day of 'contingency plans' sigh. anyway i'm kinda tired to type out the whole series of events, it was a remarkably un-believable and frightening experience. but i did learn a whole deal today though.

so i think i'd just write what i've learnt from today's lessons:
1) never assume i'd be able to go home for lunch (i planned to reach home at 11, but i reached at 6pm instead)
2) always charge your phone battery or bring a charger (my hp batt threatened to die on me when the car ran super low on petrol and when i was in some godforsaken place in sg)
3) never procrastinate pumping petrol even if this means making a detour to thomson
4) petrol is consumed at an amazing rate when u drive at 90km/h
5) the distance from my bro's camp to the nearest shell kiosk is exactly, or rather, slightly less than 10km
6) drive at 60/70km if you want to conserve petrol
7) always keep a lookout for nearby petrol kiosks
8) street directories are never quite reliable
9) make friends with people who know where the petrol kiosks are
10) try not to beat the red light and make illegal u-turns when desperate
11) try not to hold the street directory and drive at the same time (i admit i'm not as pro as aloy who managed to find his way to parkway doing that lol)
12) armour camp MOs are anal and inflexible and unkind
13) i drove a total of 130km today (4 times back and forth ntu and the army camp)
14) inventors should invent ways in which cars can share petrol
15) i'm not sure if this works, but this is what i did to save petrol (coz on hindsight, i think these things save battery instead haha):
-turn off the aircon
-turn off the radio
-not turn on the headlights even though it was raining
-minimise my direction signals
16) and lastly, but most importantly, JUST BELIEVE (copyright anna haha), cross your fingers and hope for the best. (i found the kiosk when the petrol meter was blinking furiously and indicating that i had less than 1km of petrol left)

on a side note, my bro came up with an ingenious contingency plan in case the car really died halfway to the petrol kiosk. he suggested that i park the car at the side, hail a cab to the nearest kiosk, buy petrol and a FUNNEL, and take the cab back to the car. HAHAHA. funnel omg. that's sth else that i learnt today. do pple really use that when desperate?

anyway i'm so glad i'm meeting up with anna soon to play MAHJONG!! lol i realised all my friends are always so busy during school term. i shall make it a point to meet up with everyone this hols =) but first.. the dreaded exams. i hated biz law, and c law isn't any better bleh.
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