I brought Gina, our new Hyundai Getz, to Makati today. (Yes, it’s a bit of a daring thing to do, but I’d like to live dangerously today.)

Manong Dyaryo, the fellow from whom I buy my Philippine Daily Inquirer,  didn’t recognize me, as did the lady at the Greenbelt parking lot. Ran into Andy from work, who loved Gina’s golden-beige color. As I was parking, I noticed a Hyundai Getz in a lovely shade of green a few cars away. Wanted to make the driver’s acquaintance, but it turns out the driver was already gone.

Last night, I applied a dashboard protector onto Gina’s lovely vinyl curves, as well as Rain-X so when it rains later, I won’t have such a hard time driving. Couple that with the new Cool Water air freshener and longer rear-view mirror, I’d say my Hyundai Getz is quite happy.

Oh, I also switched from Caltex Silver (with Techron) to Shell Unleaded. I read on the Hyundai Getz Philippines Club that Shell is supposed to be more efficiency-friendly. Well, we’ll just see. I’m measuring now.