settling in

ok we popped online in the morning. then after some research online, we headed to check out another used car yard. but they didn't have much of anything. so we headed back to the first car yard we visited yesterday. after much deliberation, we took the car out with the agent and he drove us around in it. of course, he picked jason up after her returned the rented car. and we basically paid for it after that.for AU$3250 it's quite alright for a car made in 1991. it's a Daihatsu Charade. how many doors? it's a 1.3 sedan. yup it's 4-door, with a boot. aircon and power steering. no central locking nor power windows but that's quite alright.

we then drove up to the elderly lady's home. oh yeah we'll call it our home in time to come. we discussed the arrangement we'll be having and stuff like that. we settled for an informal one because a formal agreement involves leaving a bond with an independent agency that acts in protecting the interests of both parties. but the bond takes over 3months or so to return the bond amount into our australia bank account. by that time we are probably already long gone from australia. hence that formal agreement idea is a no good no good.

finally we popped by subway for dinner again XD and headed back to the accomodation... there was a situation with the car. the rear windshield is tinted. but the tinting layer is already dried up and has bubbles showing. it looks unsightly and supposedly not recommended/allowed on the road. i tried doing something to it. but i'm currently halfway thru doing. the peeling off is a challenging process. i did almost 1/3 for now. it still looks gross but at least parts of the tint is removed already. ya lah i know my skill not as power compared to those garage people but at least i'm working on it... hehe...

next up on our action plan, find out about internet service providers. and when we've moved in on saturday to our permanent location, it'll probably be a lot more convenient. but i guess the internet may take a while so we'll still have to visit the stupid lan shop. dun like the owner. attitude china guy. grumpy fella was complaining even when i was just asking for a bit of configuration help on my lappy to gain access thru his system. :(

*we paid cash in full for our car!*