Two days into my holiday ... gradually getting into the rythm of things. I found it a bit odd in the beginning - to not doing anything the whole day !! ... I spent the whole morning today in bed reading Scipio ... I think I fell asleep intermittently, nothing to do with the book, it is just the eyes suddenly have the mind of their own ... and they decided to have the rest at my own expense. I decided around midday to go for a drive on my dad's old suzuki 4 wheel drive, and when I said old take that word literally and with a superlative !! My dad never use it outside the radius of the village, that is why he doesn't give it two hoots whether the bleeding thing is road-worthy. I bet u .. in fact I am willing to put my one month salary that if it was in the UK, it is probably now has a new life as a can of Heinz baked bean in Mrs Dorothy cupboard !!

I must be brave - or crazy - or both - to take it for a spin. I considered it as getting into the spirit of thing really. Malaysians (speaking as Malaysian myself) have this carefree attitude when it comes to safety and health issues ... just try driving in the busy pekan (town) during a peak hour (which usually around about evening time and during pasar malam i.e., market time) .... if you have a pace-maker it is advisable to be a passanger - and ignore this advise at your own peril !! just imagine a middle-aged woman with two kids at the back of a moped (no helmets on any of them mind you) balancing buckets full of shopping in front ... wheezing right in front of you without looking left and right ... multiply that by twenty or forty (that is a conservative estime anywhere) ... they expect you to see them but not the other way around !!!