nothing's an accident

so for those that dont know, my car (well, the car i get to drive. cus im not insured on the other 2... yet! but yeah, anyways.. it) broke down (kinda..?) on sunday. was quite interesting actually. so here it goes..

saturday night, i was driving round everywhere, and the car was fine. no nothing wrong. hurray. then sunday came along. my parents and i went to 9:30 service. or rather, my mom went to teach the lil kids, my dad went to sunday school, and i went to chinese service. why? cus my mother and i were gunna take my dad to the airport so he can head to LA for a business conference trip (oh yeah.. dont get me started on that. he's been getting brilliant weather down there, and his company's treating all 4,000 employees at the conference to a free trip to disneyland tonight. talk about jealousy... *hmph*!). so anyways, my mom's driving to the airport and takes a wrong turn on the highway even tho my dad and i were near screaming "NOO.. THE LEFT LANE! GO FRIGGIN' STRAIGHT!" then she heads for the right lane. so glad ive inherited my dad's sense of direction and ability to recognize roads easily.. but gahhh... so we've stopped at a red light. then my dad sees STEAM coming out from under the hood! so my dad tells her to pull into the next nearest parking lot. but being my mother, she keeps driving not sure whether to stay in the left or right lane *again*. hah.. but eventually, we see a canadian tire not far off so she pulls into that parking lot. my dad then gets outta the car, opens up the hood, and WHOOOOOO steam gushes out like maddd just like in a movie. so i guess the movies dont exagerate. its actually real! then according to my dad, there's "a crack on the rack". wish i could've video-ed it.
ok tivo pause.
just think about that. no steam at all until after my mother chooses the wrong lane by accident. if we were still on the highway, who knows what would've happened? then of all stores we see, its a canadian tire. a store which sells some auto stuff. can you say WOW?!?!?!? and remember, my dad's on his way to the airport to catch a flight. and of all areas we pull into, one of his coworkers (a really good buddy of my dad's) lives in that neighbourhood!
tivo play.
so my dad calls up his coworker to take him to the airport. then he calls up our mechanic (hurray for going to a big church! scac! and my dad being a popular one at church, he'll know someone in nearly all professions.) so our mechanic drives over to where my mother and i are waiting patiently. my dad gets picked up by his coworker and heads off the airport. the mechanic arrives after like 20mins of waiting, goes into canadian tire, and comes out with some cooling liquid or something. then he says he can manage to drive the car back to his autoshop in markham. so my mother and i take over his car, and he takes over our car. hah.. then he takes it back onto the highway. but he's a mechanic. guess he knows what he's doing. and we make it back safely.
so now, while the car's being repaired, im stranded for a few days at home.... or am i? =P NOT EVEN! haha... back to the old school way! find others who can drive, or just walk, or ttc it! it works! but seriously.. if steam started gushing outta the hood on saturday night instead, i would have no clue what to do! =\ other than pull over and call up daddy. =)
talk about blessed, accident free, and everything working out just fine!
now.. if only my exam marks will be just as fine... haha.
F - freaked out
I - insecure
N - neurotic
E - emotional
yeah i know... from the Italian Job. good movie. what can i say? im in media studies. i watch movies. shut up. have a good day.