Driving in the Snow !!

Today it was really terrifying driving in the Snow. When I left home this morning it was just some flurries mix with rain & it is was still drive able condition hence I drove to work in the morning.

However, when I pass Port Mann Bridge & nearing Surrey it started to snow heavily. I couldn't see the lane divider's on the road, hence it was a very stressful 8 mins drive before I reach the destination. The reason why I was so sure the duration was 8 mins cause my GPS stated that I will reach my destination in another 8 mins. With the roads & sidewalk all covered with snow it was hard to determine if you are driving in the correct lane or you are about to fall into the ditch .... the only thing you can depend on is to drive in the path the previous car left when they drove on the road.

I was thankful that I finally reach safely at work ... Luckily the snow stop about 9 am & the sun came out to melt away all the snow & my drive home from work were snow free.

Next time it snow ... I will definitely take the Public Transport !!

My New Corolla.

Finally, we have bought a Car just in time for Christmas & My Birthday !! We went down to the Toyota Dealership on Sunday 19th Dec as we know that they have some discount on 2010 Toyota Cars. We were actually looking at either getting a Yaris or Corolla & finally we went with a Corolla since the Engine is 1.8 L & it only cost abt CAD 1k extra. At 1st we wanted to get the 2010 Corolla CE model - the most basic model + Air Conditioning & Power Window & TRAC n VSC ... & the price came up to roughly CAD 21,800 (with CAD 2k Discount) BUT we nearly walk out since the salesman wouldn't give me the In-Car Bluetooth as an extra FOC .... then he was so anxious & went to talk to his manager & only to realise that the colour of the car we wanted is all out.

Then his manager came along & recommended us the LE model i.e. with Smart Key System, Auto-Climate Control, Air Con, Power Window, 16" Alloy Wheel, TRAC n VSC, Fog Light, Auto Headlight etc. With an extra of CAD 1400 extra ..... we didn't want so much extra but the manager who coincidently was from Singapore ...... hence he was kind enough to give us another CAD 400 dollars discount & In-Car Bluetooth for Free. So the final total came up to CAD 22,500. (i.e. with CAD 2,900 discount)

Finally, I picked up the car today & was very nervous driving it since I was not very familiar with the car & the road here. Luckily I have my GPS to depend on.







Loving it already !!