12.21.09
We had the vehicle annual check-up in Panyu today, finally.
My usual worry-free style had rendered us a 2-year expiry date on this check-up and I started to worry when I was told that insurance wouldn’t cover a car that is not “”road-safe”.
The guy at the station told me if I did the inspection right now, according to a 2 year validity period, since my last inspection date was in December 2007, that would only give me a certificate till Dec 2009. I have to redo the inspection for it to go until Dec 2011.
The funny thing is, we were supposed to run 2 inspections at the same time which is completely the same. That means the car is finished at the end of the line they bring it back,queue it up and run the line again.
“Can’t you just give me a fine and do it all at once?!”
“Nah.”
The cashier didn’t charge me twice though–said “they wont be so stupid to give you a certificate that will expire tomorrow.” –Now that makes sense!
Whatever it is, they still ran the car through inspection line twice. I couldn’t figure out why?!
Anyway after we waited for a chop that took longer than a brain surgery would take, only to find out we wouldn’t qualify for this chop unless we pay off the new traffic violation tickets.
Turned out last time when we went to pay our fine, on the way back we got ourselves another fine. What bloody Panyu traffic! Together we had another 2 tickets from out of GZ. One was to be paid in post office and the other was to be paid through Rural Credit Cooperation Office, both after they would be issued in the hall next building. When we went to the hall 4 people were working at the same window, none of whom was doing anything intelligent. They said–”Computer broke.”
“Then how?!”
“Go to Traffic Management Department and have them issue the tickets.”
Then Traffic management Office–>Rural Credit Cooperatives–> Post office.
Paid, paid, paid, “now wait 2 weeks for the bill to be settled before you get the chop.” –and imagine the line…and the speed with which it moved.
Figured might as well pay the cleaner and deposit some money in BOA, resulted in more lines, more waiting.
By the end of the morning my pimples were popping out like crazy.
Gordo looked at me and said:”Moon surface again.”
“I know.”
I felt like closing myself up in a toilet room and fist and kick the wall and scream.
In the afternoon I did a thorough cleaning on one floor. My fingers were prunes but it was time to show some true colors to my a-yi. She probably thinks I am a lazy bitch that never lifts a finger but she should know that nobody cleans like the owner.
A dinner we deserve after a day like this–
By the way Linda confessed she doesn’t really read much of the crap I write anyway. She comes for the pictures so here you are:
A picture of XT I took the other day. She digs hole in everything she owns. This is a new sweater but there is huge hole at the back. When we took her out we saw another dog in a nice furry jacket and she in a “holy”
sweater. What a shame–”I am not your Mom. In fact I don’t know you at all.”