Waves

Long overdued post. Wifey and my little kiddo do need some vacation. So what's wrong with having a 30-40 mins drive to a nearby town of Pandi, Bulacan. Good thing the weather is cooperating on our travel. Mushy weather I have to say but still it's good not a single droplet of rain water on sight. The trip was not that long but I had to say the road is still not in A+ condition after stepping out of NLEX via Bocaue exit. This means low riders would have difficulty on something I may say as muddy + rocky portions of the road. Wallah! Amana Waterpark not yet fully functional other than the wave pool and kiddie pool but the place is quite nice.

Here's some shots from the trip. I may say that their collection of Hero replicas is indeed fascinating, I almost enjoyed their sight as much as my kid and his 2 nephews. The kiddo never failed to amaze me specially on picture takine moments... He indeed love none moving characters a totally opposite on those seen dancing on kiddie parties ;)

Vulcan

Draven's Photography

Our bicol trip would not be complete without taking some photo shots... but who is the one taking shots on the images below... No other than the little boy using our Casio Exilim digicam... What's more funny is that he's making his own funny poses while taking pictures... If only I had a spare camera to take a picture of him on times like these :D

Dropped Accord

Time to let go of my Espelir Lowering Springs... But before the inevitable, I think I'll had my share of some valuable photos.

Dropped 1 finger gap to the front fender

I almost had my target set-up but then with my family growing It's time to share some pains of letting go of some stuff :(... Below is the simple 5th gen that I had in mind...

Black 5th gen

Now back to stock... Maybe some day I'll be able to strut that machine again to it's finest form... But then family comes first to toyz ;)

Stock ride... Stock comfort...

Lakwatsa

An uber long holiday just passed by... Good thing my wife had previous plan for such occasions. Together with my mum, dad, nephew, kid, wife and father in law we journeyed towards Cam Sur... It was one heck of a drive... To my hasty calculations it took us about 10 hours from Valenzuela to our destination. That of course includes some stop over to relax our feet and the rest of stuff... The view was all but amazing. If only the roads along Quirino is all fixed it could have take us less than that amount of time.

Well my kid sure enjoyed "Beee...cul" as he pronounced it... Next time kiddo you'll have your share of the wheel ;) For now grow up and enjoy life...

Wishy Washy

Stroll down the park...
Stop at the red lamp post...
Slowly release the clutch...
Gently step on the accelerator...

The drawbacks are really kicking in. The difference in being an actual mechanic from the norms of being a normal accelerator junkie. Just got the compressor changed and it did hurt when monetary aspect hits you by the head. Maybe am just not fit. So many regrets nowadays. Beginning to think a gentle slap would hurt that much. Then again past is gone, present is what is now and future... What should I do for the future. Worrying that much is not my forte I guess... Let's just roll to tomorrow.

Zoobic...Subic

Another weekend has passed and this time my wife, kid and I decided to have a long trip to Subic. I woke up early around 5:30 to have a close car check. I've checked all four wheels for any sign of problem, checked the engine oil, water level, and the rest of the car fluids(brake, powersteering, clutch). After a round of check, I've decided to wash the car while it's still early.

Around 9:15am we travelled to Petron NLEX @ Marilao to meet the rest of my group mates who'll also travel to join our monthly Get Together that will be held at Subic International Raceway and have some fun moments on Subic's theme park. At 10:00am, 3 accords (2 5th gen and a 6th gen) rolled to Subic via SCTex. The SCTex road was too comfortable even for a dropped ride so I gave in to the acceleration up to 170kph, too bad after roaming SCTex my temp gauge rose to an exhilarating 3/4 mark from a usual 1/4 needle mark. No choice but to take a short stop after the Tipo exit...

Good thing all went well and we arrived safely in the racetrack with my a/c turned off... We initially checked the water level and we found out that the a/c fan is not functioning when the a/c is triggered... Too bad, oh well we can get by without air-con this time, since the weather is not too hot to open the car windows...

After lunch, we watched the rest of the guys in track while doing their laps. Around 3:00pm we decided to travel to "Zoobic" and good thing we were just in time for the Animal parade... My kid sure enjoyed the rest of the Zoo trip. From caged tigers to close-encounter with them while riding a caged Jeepney... My little kid almost went to tears upon noticing the fearful sight of the huge tiger barraging our zoo-ride while our guide feeds the creature with raw chicken worth(200bucks)... But then, this is just first time reactions... After we left the place, my kid starts acting like a little tiger cub in his funny little way...

Went back to the track after the side-trip to the Zoo... Since, it's too dark to travel with a not so functional car... Our initial plan of a day tour changed to an overnight stay. Bad thing we haven't arranged for an accommodation and all the hotels inside Subic were fully booked tsk... Trying to cool our heads, we dine at Meat Plus and have some tasty meal....

Since this trip is what my wife and I calls "Anything goes trip", we stretched an effort to get out of Subic into Zambales acting as Mary and Joseph did looking for a place to stay. Good thing our car helped us in this task... We stayed for a night in a place where both my family and our car is safe... The next morning had a couple of stop before going home (Lunch again at Meatplus and buy some stuff at Duty Free)... Lots of lesson learned but then, we do enjoyed having such adventure.... And of course, my kid now likes playing little tiger cub with the mighty roar hahahaha

It has been like 5 months since this one was updated. So enough for the long drought. Been busy with a lot of things lately. So how was the previous holidays? Not much, but still am thankful that we're still breathing and life continuously configure itself. I'm beginning to sound weird I may say. From configuration and logging etc. so please excuse my unpredictable language. The little kid is healthy and mostly energetic nowadays... The wife is ever supported in every little way.

So what's up with the new year. Not much of plan i guess... Slowly moving into things left to be done last year I suppose. Less miscellaneous expenses I hope although this expenses is what keeps us from being sane :)....

Well I guess that me and my wife just needs to develop another habit. Planning miscellaneous expenses. But then as long as we're happy then nothing could go wrong...