Sorry, guys, I fell sick Monday and was unable to take the car into the shop on Thursday. Will do so next week, I promise.

My Hyundai Getz Gina is ready to go back into the casa for her 35,000km checkup. I’ve scheduled her for next week at Hyundai AutoHub Global City – the only place I really trust to do my checkups nowadays – and the initial estimate is somewhere near Php3,300 for the whole thing. That’s pretty good! (As usual, you can expect me to place the checklist of things they did to the car.)

No real problems with my Hyundai Getz right now, save for – and only because I’m particular – a possible windshield wiper replacement. The right wiper seems to be curling up, and no folding seems to be helping. That’ll set me back somewhere near a thousand bucks, PHP1,500 at most, because it’s a special wiper that isn’t available over the counter at Blade. (Or is it?? I should check!)

I’m scheduled to meet up with my friend Hazel Gonzales, a Philippine makeup artist who owns a Philippine photography studio in Quezon City. I want her to be impressed by the quality of my two-year-old Hyundai Getz, so I hope everything’ll be perfect before I meet up with her. She and I will collaborate on some projects together – these may be out-of-town, so you can bet I’ll be taking pictures with my Hyundai Getz!