MisCARventures!

Jeff got his car last Thursday and so by Saturday, we were on our first road trip. With his mom as our guide, we head off to Antipolo Church in order to have the car blessed. We arrived around 4:30pm and within 30 minutes and a cash donation, we accomplished what we came for.

We were about to head back when a lady approached and greeted him and his mom. It turned out to be his grade-school teacher who is religiously going up to Antipolo church asking the Lady of Peace and Good Voyage that her family’s petition be approved. Since she was also heading back to Manila, they decided to give her a ride home and delay our plan of satisfying our hungry stomach afterwards.

After dropping her off, we then picked up his sister from work. Together with his nephew and niece, we went to Chowking in Nagtahan. It was there that the brand new car received its first scratch. Blame it on being hungry, tired, and kids crying in unison.

Then last night, the car encountered its first “hulidap ((asking money from a person in exchange of pardon upon apprehension))“. There was a checkpoint installed exiting Chinatown area and since the car had no plate number yet, the policeman asked for his license and LTO registration receipt. Unluckily, he forgot his wallet with the license in it. Good thing though that we were with his mom who did all the “plead for understanding“, otherwise the car would have been impounded. After the negotiations, we then proceeded to where we were actually going… Chowking Pedro Gil.

Whether the jinx was me, his mom, or destination Chowking, that I do not know. But by the looks of it, that car desperately needed another blessing.