VIVA-licious car

The idea of getting myself a car has always been jumping around in my head since the day I was officially employed. Each time I decided to pay the showroom a visit, I brushed the intention off with the excuse that it was not the right time to do so.

To be frank, Penang is a pretty small island and I am not the type to enjoy travelling across the bridge to the mainland. The only person that I constantly fetch around would be my girlfriend and for the past 4 years, she was away in Serdang pursuing her academic degree. Approximately 70% of the time I spent on the road would be for work-related purpose and before I forget, 1/5 of my monthly salary was used to repay my PTPTN loan. With all these facts taken into consideration, a motorcycle is definitely a much better and wiser choice compared to a car.

Well a few months ago, those reasons might still be applicable. Things are very much different now. My girlfriend has already completed her degree and back in Penang. She has also found a job somewhere across the sea and need a transportation to move around. On the other hand, this country's fuel price was so screwed up that it resembled Wacoal's bra advertisement with the catch phrase of Up Up! If I did not get a car any sooner, I might have to pay even more than the current RM2.70 for a litre of petrol in the coming future.

All the rantings aside, allow me to introduce OUR very own first car, Perodua Viva EZ.


Front view.

I am not the type to keep myself up-to-date with all the car jargons hence you might get much more information about our car from the official Perodua homepage.

I know some of you out there find my choice of car and the timing of purchase questionable but let me assure you that I have no regret about it so far. The fuel consumption rate is one of the lowest and a week after the purchase, the bank interest rate for car loan actually increased from 3.75% to 4.1%. Phew!


This is 乌龟, co-owner of the car.

Initially, 乌龟 drove very slow, averaging at 40 km/h on a straight stretch and 20 km/h while navigating a turn. However, recently I found out that she has improved by leaps and bounds to the extent that I find it a challenge to keep up with her speed while we were on the highway.


乌龟 loves the Pearl Jade colour very much.

乌龟, just remember to drive safely, okie? :)