Car maintenance is never ending…! Now we are plagued by problematic interior problems – with the front doors and the power windows! The seats on the driver side also need a new foam pad and we also want to change our seat cover. Sigh! Anyway I’ll be taking it for repairs either this week or the next – once we get some free time to do it.

Zyke’s current favorite hobby / pass time / exercise is the go-kart ride. We take him to a park that is far from where we live just so he can have a great time.

My eldest son is so fond of cars. Most of his toys are cars, and he has a huge collection of tomica, matchbox, hot wheels and other diecast cars in various scales and types. When he learned how to play video games, he simply applied his love for cars onto his new found toy, which meant that he played famous racing games like Need for Speed, Gran Tourismo and other racing games on the PC, PSP and iPad.

There was a time when my office mates were surprised to find that my son knew about actual car brands and parts like NOS electric fuel pump or rotating mag wheels. It was as if my son is a mini expert on race car matters.

My wife has a crazy idea that we should just rent a car when we get to Bohol. She wants me to drive them around the island visiting all the important places. The thing is, I am not familiar with the roads and the important places that we want to visit are not clearly marked on maps. A gps tomtom might help, but being a province I doubt I’ll even get GPS response. So for now, I will have to say no, and just get a country side tour package.

I went with my dad to take his car for a change oil. Instead of the entire process ending within an hour, it took us hours because of a few simple mistakes on the part of the technician and my dad. Its not as complicated as changing thrust bearings, the mistake was in getting the write oil filter model. Which meant that we had to go to the store a second time to buy the right model…

The word “Traffic” is alive again in my social network. Most of my friends are probably stuck in the crazy December traffic. I’m not sure why but last year, I did feel the wrath of December traffic – it was crazy, main roads turn into slow moving car parks!

Malls are probably to blame because of the many great shopping deals and discounts they offer. They even offer deals that can match home depot coupons in terms of savings. However people do not save anything – its just an illusion. What happens is the customer will simply spend the “saved” money onto something else.

Thankfully I am now working at home and far from heavy traffic at the comfort of my own house.