After much work, Suzi is finally back in action again! 🥰 I've given it three oil flushes so far, and there isn't any noticeable sign of coolant contamination left in the oil, so I'll probably run it on the current oil for a little while, before giving it one final change with decent quality oil.

Also, don't hold your phone and drive, kids. Particularly if your car is a manual 🙃

It looks like that in the next coming months, my time here at this apartment in the south coast will likely be coming to an end. The reason I've been lucky enough to stay here is because this is one of two unused apartments that my dad's current boss owns, and my dad has now decided to start a contracting business with some friends of his, and when he gives notice at the current company he works for, I'll have to move out.

Living here for over a year now has done wonders for my mental health, as it has not only given me a much-needed escape from my somewhat insane family, but it also gave me a taste of freedom and independence that for a long time, I never thought I'd experience, not to mention being able to get away from my gross hometown, so the thought of having to move back there does not fill me with joy at all.

The one upside is that if this business venture of my dad's does well, I can hopefully get stable employment there as a driver, and potentially doing electrical contract work as well. Hopefully with time, I'll be able to afford another place of my own, although with how expensive everything is these days, it certainly won't be as nice as this one. I guess time will tell as to how things pan out.

The Indonesian-import 1997 Suzuki Carry Futura van that's been in my family since 2001 was promised to me several years ago, after my dad stopped using it. Unfortunately, I've kind of been involved in a weird "custody" battle for it with my second youngest brother, who has surreptitiously been trying to take it for himself. This doubly pisses me off, because not only was the vehicle promised to me originally as mentioned, but I've also put a ton of my own money and many hours of personal labor doing repairs and mods to it over the years.

Anyway, at least one part of the battle has finally been won, as I spent a non-insignificant chunk of change getting it taxed and registered in my name, so legally, I finally own it. If I were a complete jerk, I'd just take it and drive it back here to my place, leaving him with no vehicle at all, but since I do actually have some decency, I will give him time to finally find his own damn car before that happens (something which I've offered to help him with many times, but he's been completely uninterested).