Congratulations to Vladimir!

Today we’ve finally picked up Vladimir’s car. He was waiting for it for about six month or so, while it was customized for him and shipped here.

The car is a brand new Lexus IS220. Deisel, manual, packed with features.

We went to Lexus offices in Nicosia, where, after a few final paperwork touches, we were shown to the car. The Lexus guy gave Vladimir a lengthy (half an hour or so) tour around the car and its features.

You won’t believe how much stuff is in there!

Apart from the usual things like ABS, traction control, remote control keys, and GPS navigation system there are things I wouldn’t ever thought about – CD/DVD player, rear view camera which goes on automatically when reversing, front lights that can turn on when it gets dark, which also follow the car’s direction instead of shooting straight all the time, memory for a lot of settings, etc, etc, etc.

The beauty of this car is definetely in the details. Having listened throught the tour, I have a good idea about many of them, but surely not all.

So, congratulations dude! You’ve got yourself a really nice piece of technology. Drive safe!

Getting fat again

I was off my diet on Sunday with loads of food and drinks. Also, I haven’t been in the gym both on Sunday and on Monday (closed due to holidays). Not only that, but I didn’t have any exercise what so ever.

So, I wasn’t surprised when I clocked in at 116 kg today before the gym. After a minor work out, I left weighting 115.6 kg. Tomorrow we will start again with serious work outs. And I am already back on the diet.

ID card

I’ve got my Cyprus ID card. Brand new and shiny. Made of plastic. I am a proud Cypriot now.

P.S.: I’m still missing the proper driving license, but I’ll get it first thing after my trip to Russia next month.