A Day of Getting Many Things Done

Saturday. Today was a day of getting many things done.

I rose early at six and went running. It had been a long time since five kilometres had felt this exhausting. I should recover properly before classes begin.

Gebu Got Arrested by the Police

This is the main event in today’s record!

At half past seven, I messaged my friend Gebu and asked him to take me to the local Subaru dealership for a test drive. UwU. Having finished a two-dollar breakfast sandwich from McDonald’s, we drove toward the local dealership. On the way, Gebu saw a yellow light.

Gebu accelerated toward the intersection!

The light turned red.

Gebu Drove Through the Intersection!

The police car behind us - its lights began to flash.

No more needs to be said. I will accompany him to court next week…

Picking Up the Car

Fortunately, the police did not actually take Gebu away. After giving him a ticket, they allowed him to drive on. We arrived at the local Subaru dealership on time.

I had made an appointment on Wednesday to test-drive a silver CPO Crosstrek, yet somehow someone bought it yesterday. Truly infuriating.

Since we were already there, I might as well test-drive something else: a white Crosstrek Premium and an Impreza RS. Who knew there were such good roads in this village? But this used 2026 Impreza RS somehow had what looked like an indelible coffee stain. No, thank you.

After the salesperson explained that the price of a new car was negotiable, I asked about it in a much better mood. The discount was around three thousand dollars. The dealer may have padded the price somewhat, but I made the deal anyway. It also spared me another week or two of running from place to place in search of a car, which was a good thing.

This part of the story took us to around one in the afternoon.

Climbing for the Second Time & Making Wontons

This part is shorter.

Once the food I had ordered online arrived yesterday, I began thinking about wontons.

The first thing I did after picking up the car and returning home was prepare the meat filling. Only when it was ready did I realize that I had forgotten to thaw the dumpling wrappers, so I had no choice but to wait until evening.

At around five, I went climbing at the climbing gym with my good friend L-san. How is she so good at it? I will get up and go swimming tomorrow morning.

After returning to my lodging, I made the wontons. I seem to possess some divine power: whenever I make dumplings, wontons, or baozi, although I have never weighed anything precisely, the filling I prepare is always exactly enough to use up all the wrappers.

I added baby napa cabbage and an entire knob of fresh ginger. They were delicious eaten piping hot. While preparing the filling, I experimentally added a spoonful of shacha sauce, though in fact its flavour was not easy to discern.