Wednesday, September 27, 2006

21km & poor

To school and back home again. It's my longest commute ride....up up up and then down down down.

And then even though I'd rather be biking, I had to pay to keep my car on the road today, a mere ~$1000US. The ups and downs of living in the middle of rice paddies....there are days when I need the car (to leave rice paddy land) and days when I can easily bike everywhere I need to go. Agh!!!

Total: 21km 50min. and $1000 poorer

2 comments:

Joe said...

Was the $1000 for insurance? Or was it for some special type of fee that we don't have in North America?

When I was in Singapore, my friends told me about all kinds of extra fees (over and above insurance) they had to pay just to own a car.

Kirsten said...

it's a "clean" car fee. a tax to make sure your car is clean and safe for the roads. the older the car the more expensive it is! I pay for insurance ON TOP of this fee.