Here I am, just a little over a month.  Car trouble, again!  Poor apple (my car’s name hehe!). :'(

My car’s engine stopped working last friday. I ended up leaving my car near our office, while I hitched a ride with a colleague on the way home.

I consulted with several people, They had various suspicions on why apple failed me:

• water entered fuel pump thus making it unclean.
• overheat
• spark plugs

That’s the reason why water kept leaking out & apple kept overheating.  Boom!  Apple broken 🙁  *sniff sniff*

Bought a new radiator for apple today (installation at Php 350).  I learned that there are 3 kinds of radiator we can buy:

• metal radiator (Php 7,500)
• plastic radiator (Php 3,200)
• surplus radiator (Php 2,500)

I got the plastic radiator as the metal radiator is wayyyyyyyy over my budget.  Actually I never really had a budget for this, another unplanned expenses for me 🙁

Hopefully, apple will not fail for me again this year.

Before I end my post, I would like to thank the ff. people.:

• Echo for checking on my car last friday morning and shared several theories about car parts.  Found me a parking space as well that day.
• Benj for helping me leave my car at the Caltex station & giving me a ride home last friday.
• Jeff for accompanying me almost the whole saturday.  I really appreciate the time you spent helping me fix apple.
• Alex, though currently in the province, helped me find good deals on radiator.  If not for him, I could have spent much more money.
• my friends, colleagues, online friends who checked on me through text, YM, FB, giving me advice on what to do, offering help, etc.  

Allow me to send my greatest gratitude and appreciation for all the help & concern you’ve given me.  I’ll never forget this and you can surely count on me when you need help 🙂  Thanks friends!

As we join the cause to make October 20, National Thank You Day, a national holiday, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the 2 most important people in my life.

I would like to thank my mom & my aunt for taking care of me, for putting up with me, for sacrificing for me and most of all, for loving me unconditionally.

My mom raised me all by herself while my aunt treated me like her own.  I learned a lot from them about life.  I learned to be strong, independent & learned to appreciate the love & care people give to me.  I won’t be surviving now if not for them.

My mom’s & aunt’s love and their lessons on life are most precious to me. These are the kind of lessons that can never be learned from school, but only through family. This is something precious that we all get from the most important people in our lives.

We rarely see each other. We live in three different countries. I may not be blessed with a large family, but having two of the most wonderful people in the world as family is enough for me.

Tears fall as I write this post…

My mom and my aunt is family.  They are my life.  No words could ever express the depth of my love for both of them.

I love them both…

I’m writing now to support a blogger friend 🙂

On October 9, 2009, The Philippine Blog Awards will have its event at PETA theater.  The winners from different categories will be awarded.  The categories are divided into 2: Main & Special categories.

For the 2009 Bloggers’ Choice Special Award, we will need to make a post indicating which blog that we are voting for.

Since micamyx is a friend, I’m hereby expressing my vote for micamyx.com at the Philippine Blog Awards Bloggers’ Choice (National).

If you’re a blogger and have established your blog before June 2009, you can also vote!
Here’s what you need to do:

1. make a post that expresses which blog you’re voting for.
2. fill out and submit the voter’s form at the Philippine Blog Awards Site.

You can see the nominees here.

Good luck & congratulations to all PBA nominees! 🙂