Remember my story about MacGyver earlier..
Remember the buddy who cracked open my safe to retrieve the defunct passport that contains my active US visa (that time I absentmindedly flew out to SF without it). Maybe I have not told this tale. He proceeded to put my mom on the next flight to meet me in Taipei. It was a good thing I had a long layover in Taiwan so we managed to pull that off.
My mom scored a last minute trip to see her family for 10 days. Drama.
It was during that trip while I was away, that MacGyver met his wife in a forum I had thrown him into just before I got busy with Bald Empathy Movement.
This post is about the continued adventure that I recently had with MacGyver’s wife. Let’s call her Elastigirl.
The Saturday before CNY, Elastigirl came to drop off mini dumbbells. Her hubby had set me up with a physiotherapist who now looks into all my physical challenges. The physiotherapist says I needed 1kg dumbbells. So Elastigirl brought me both 1kg and 1.5kg!
Of course her benign visit turned into an outing, we drove out to a nearby pond to eat steamed fish. After that we amassed some giant bottles of beer and descended at my place. I love days like these when the yarn is colourful and expansive. We went on till mini-MacGyver started looking for his mom.
On Sunday morning as I was getting ready to get out, I could not locate my pink mini bag (that contains my life - car key, bank cards & ID). It was not long before I remembered that it was hiding under the passenger seat of the Elastigirl mobil! Oh yikes. Weren’t they supposed to drive north that morning!?
I called Elastigirl. “Have you left?” “Yes. Why?” “Did you drive the Tesla?”
Thankfully, electric cars are just no good for long distance travel.
Our minds started to troubleshoot without disrupting any plans. The phone call lasted 60 seconds. We are fast like that.
First I found my spare car key that had been faulty, to access the replacement batteries in the car. Then I attempted to unlock my car with the phone app. Success.
Once inside my car, I replaced the battery of the faulty key to trigger the car to start. Success.
I drove myself to church. Elastigirl was super quick to drop a deposit into my TnG balance so I could still operate without my bank cards! My Sunday itinerary ran smoothly as originally planned. Not a minute behind schedule, but in fact still early.
“I’m never on time, always early” my personal motto stayed truthful.
The last task of the day was the problem-solving adventure.
We devised for me to break into their compound. She sent me an electronic pass to enter the estate. I used a photo of my driver’s license for security clearance. Success.
I drove into their garage and went to stand next to the car. We video called. From 350km away north of the peninsula, Elastigirl triggered her Tesla to unlock in her garage, in front of me. Long story short, I managed to retrieve my pink mini bag from inside the autolocked smart car on the 5th attempt.