Things

     Been awhile since I did an update. Things been somewhat okay I guess, I'm just bummed that I'm back to where I was before my trip to the Philippines. Finally got the Fiero running again with the help of my dad, now I'm just fixing some of the things on it like the sun visors and repainting the side trim under the door. Still needs a lot of work. On a side note making decals for an apparel company and tuning shop has been running okay. Not a fast business like I kind of hoped it would be, but that might come soon along the road. Plus it's some sort of small income for me.
     I also had an incident right after I got home from my vacation, broke my right wrist for the second time since 2004 and in the same exact location. I got a small plate put in and drilled for good just so it will probably break again somewhere down the line. I'm not sure if I will be updating this thing often or whenever. I'm starting to take my time on giving things away to those who I love, miss dearly, or are my friends, no this doesn't mean I won't go all suicide and that shit. It's just I feel I just need to see new things and start fresh, perhaps focus on important things. Plus I have too many things and would like to dwindle my items down. I've spent a lot of my time on this stupid computer which id draining my life away, also stupid things happen on it that I experienced over the years. I just want out of that, so yeah that's all I have to say right now.

The Journey

     Its been eight years since my last trip to the Philippines. Now it's time to relive all those experiences again. From entering the airport, to take-off, to prolong hours of siting, to landing and reuniting with some of my relatives. This trip will again be forever remembered in our memory. This is the kind of adventure I've been waiting for so long.
     I always adore the feeling of flying, especially the take-off and landing parts. I just like to see the speed, wing flex, and the feelings that the plane go through. The only draw back is that there is just barely enough room for me, but hey that's just typical economy class. What I also find fascinating is as I fly across the world, I see how beautiful this planet is. I find it amazing how us humans as individuals are just a mere speck. Just to think, over 6 billion plus people live on the earth and can create an affect that can cause an effect on other humans and even the planet itself. Anyways, I'm going to continue my three week journey and experience this fun all over again, lol.

My Pondering Mind

     I've been thinking a lot lately about things to come later in my life. Some of them I think I may know the conclusion to, others are just unknown. I tend to be a bit pessimistic about a few things, or just have no hope on a positive outcome to it. I don't know, right now I just think I should just isolate myself a little bit, focus on my own things, and let my life take its own course.

:/

Spectating

     Yesterday I went with my best friend down to on of the Miller Park parking lots for an event of autocross. We met up with more friends and had 3 of the crew's cars registered to race. The objective was to basically take your car (stock or modified)  and go through this coned obstacle course and see how fast you can go through it with out hitting the cones. If you hit the cones, you get time added to your overall run time. It was fun to spectate, watch friends race, and hang with the rest of the friends. What made it even more interesting was that it rained really hard too during the last half of the session runs. We all got into our cars and talked and stuff, ate a lot of food and had a lot of good laughs. I would say it was another awesome Sunday in my books.

     This event also gave me the strong urge to fix the Fiero enough and see if I can register it into autocross. I seen another 88' Fiero Formula out there racing and made me want to just get in and race. I have strong hopes in my future that I'll be racing a car in events like this making my life seem more positive and hopeful. For once I can actually enjoy life again and set back some of the things that have held me down aside. Oh and the idea of getting a Miata is growing onto me more and more now. :D

Cuttin' & Fixin'

 
     Dad told me to cut down some tree limbs that were scrapping on my neighbor's house, so I got those knocked down as well as the ones that were about to hit our house. I messed with the Ranger truck today. The ABS and brake warning light both were on as I was driving. Found out that the brake fluid was low so I added some more. Also after 6 months, I finally changed the serpentine belt on the pulleys. She now sound peaceful and quiet like a kitten sleeping on your tummy. :D

     Overall a good productive day.

Drifting

 
     Yesterday I went to a drift/car show event in the outskirts of Chicago called Automass. I went with two of my good friends and had an awesome time hanging with them and running around in Chicago. Got some hotdogs, Filipino food for Ina (mom) and I and took TONS of pictures. I even bought a Dragonball Z t-shirt which was epic. I also stopped at my first ever tattoo shop, but I didn't get a tattoo, instead I ate some delicious cheesecake over there, lol. We went there because one of my friends wanted to get his tat retouched, but the tattoo artist forgot about his appointment and was working on someone when we arrived. But, I also got an estimate on a tattoo that I wanted to get and was well.. pricey but not too bad. As for now I will hold that idea in the back of my head.

     Overall I had an awesome Sunday, was worth procrastinating on my homework, and worth the sunburn that is now on my face.

Recovering

     Well, my family including my uncles, one of my older cousins and my young niece are here in the hospital visiting my grandfather. He seems to be slowly getting better now. He still seems to be very sedated from the drugs, but his vital readings are showing ok.

Grandpa

Being that this is my first time doing these blogs, I might as well make this my personal blog.

     Today I though this was going to be a regular day of my weekend, but was awoken by my father who told me we must help my grandfather to the hospital. Since the beginning of January this year, he has been gradually getting weaker and weaker. Today he was barely strong enough to keep himself on his own two feet out the door with his walker. He almost fell over, but luckily the door was there to catch him. Just as my grandmother drove him to the hospital, my family received a call that he had suffered a mild heart attack and that his heart had stopped but they managed to revive him back to life. If he wasn't there, it would have been over for him in the house.

     The doctors and nurses were able to get him all stable and he is in the ICU hanging on there. But what really got to me was how much my grandmother has and still love and care for him. They have been married for over 60 years. When I saw my grandmother slowly pat his head, I almost lost it. I just never witnessed seeing that kind of love and realize how long they held for each other. All I can think now is that I hope my grandfather will survive. He has taught me something that I have always loved to do, and that is fishing.

     Just like what he did to my own father and my uncles, he has taught me how to fish ever since I was four. Sort of like a hand-me-down trait in the family, I loved to spend the morning and nights with my grandfather just to go out and fish. I always heard him whistle some tunes and throw a couple of jokes and laugh. The best memory that I ever had between the two of us was when we went night fishing on Lake Puckaway for catfish. The calm cool nights, the frogs croaking, him whistling under the moon, and the constant overload of catching the fish, it was a picture in my head that I can never forget. Plus I can never erase all the things he taught me and the intense rough-housing and playful hitting that we would do when I was a kid. I have a feeling that my family and I are beyond lucky to have this loving person in our family.