In just one week, two major accidents involving bus resulted to deaths of 42 victims when a passenger bus from Baguio City fell into a 100-foot deep ravine in Benguet province and when three victims died including a former beauty titlist in Bicol. That’s why there are some recommendations to look into the capabilities of those drivers driving public utility vehicles.

Drug testing is one of the requirements before drivers can obtain a license and must also be looked into. Many believe it was really useless. Aside from those testing areas where you can only pay for it to have your drug testing result negative, the drivers about to renew their license will only stop using any drug for a month and already he can get away from it.

It must be random test although it is not permitted by law because every one has a right to refuse. That’s why it must be put into law that especially drivers driving public transport must have undergone truthful drug testing and those found out positive must given a chance to rehabilitate himself or will undergo detoxification like those available rapid opiate detox.

Drivers of public transport should undergo training and extensive examination before given a special drivers license that he is capable of driving. As we all know some of these drivers are only conductors and utility men just practicing to drive. Yet if they paid a certain amount to those corrupt officers in LTO, they can be given a professional drivers license without having to undergo examination and actual driving test. What they overlook is the fact that they are carrying the life of their passengers.

I will not let this week pass without bringing my son Kyle to The 2009 Auto Focus Motor Show & Auto Expo in Fort Bonifacio Global City. In this event the winners of the 2009 Auto Focus People’s Choice Awards will be named. The event gathers 15 automobile manufacturers with almost a hundred of their vehicles on display.

I am so excited to see my dream Toyota Hilux pick up truck. I am not sure if it will have the Hilux TRD here in the country and truck accessories available for customizing. Hopefully after in our visit later in the afternoon, I could feature some of the photos of the car displays on the show.

One of our religious feasts we have that entails preparation is our yearly Feast of Tabernacles. This is the most enjoyable feast we have every year not counting its religious relevance where it is believed that the return of Almighty Yahweh’s Son and our Saviour Yahshua Messiah will take place during this occasion. This is where we gather together in a chosen place to have temporary dwelling. We were blessed spiritually because of the blessing that we have attended the feast but we did not really enjoy the place because of the typhoon that hit  us during the week that we celebrated it.

We also didn’t enjoy to much the resort where we stayed because of the rain that prevented us to mingling with each other. The other brethren didn’t make it because of the calamity.

Hopefully next year we will have the most enjoyable one. My prayer is that someday, most of the brethren will have their own motor home, and there will just be motorhome towing that will be brought to each motorhome to the chosen place since ever year, we celebrate it anyway.

Northern Luzon suffered so much from the previous Typhoon Pepeng particularly the provinces of Pangasinan, La Union and Benguet. This recorded damages and deaths. Similarly, Metro Manila also had incidents of damaged vehicles due to flood. Sadly, mostl of the auto insurance don’t include this kind of damages in your contract. You have to pay extra for it if you want your vehicle insured for this situation.

Yet there is another typhoon coming still in the same area of Northern Luzon. Hopefully people now are more prepared for this. They have done lots of preparation since this kind of calamity has been previously experienced although with the advancement in technology, the government agency responsible for this cannot really predict the damage it will bring. So it is better to be prepared always and learn from what experience  has taught us in the past.

Last Sunday when we were on our way to the airport to Boracay. I saw a Ferrari car on the road. I was not really sure if it is Ferrari Enzo because I had only glanced on it and it was fast. If it was an Enzo, how lucky the owner must be because I think only 350 units of this model were made and distributed all over the world. I am not sure if a Filipino owned it or maybe it was not really an Enzo. I have done a quick research about any Ferrari Enzo in the Philippines but I could not find any.

As we all know, it is very expensive. The present price of Ferrari Enzo is E450,000. How much it is in pesos then? For sure even the Ferrari parts are also expensive.   How I wish I could see one here and take a photo of it.

We all love our own cars and I am no exception. I am sure every one of us is proud when we are having ride in a car that shines and clean both on exterior and interior parts.

When I was a kid, I watched my grandpa driving and saw my uncle pamper their cars by washing, cleaning and waxing them. I thought then to myself that the day will come when I would have my own car. I would really treat it the way a father loves his kids. As one automobile advertisement said, it would be “my brand new love’’.

I remember when I first took good care of our van even though the family owned it and I just started learning how to drive. I would always see to it that it was always clean and shiny that even flies could slide when they come close.

The one I am driving right now is a four year old white Toyota Revo. Even though I care for this car so much, my problem is that I don’t have a covered parking space. We know sun, rain and dirt have big effects on the exterior of a car. Even though I often wash and wax the car, it would not stay as shiny as it used to be.

As a result, stain and minor scratches could be obviously seen. I even wanted to have a wash over paint of it to make it look new. Luckily I discovered auto detailing. It is performing an extremely thorough cleaning, polishing and waxing of an automobile, both inside and out, to produce a show-quality level or almost bring back the beauty of a car as it was new.

Exterior detailing could be claying, polishing, correcting of paint defects and waxing. It does not include painting. It only involves thorough cleaning that will bring your car back into its maximum beautiful appearance. It is cheaper than when you have your car painted again. It will be best if your car doesn’t have paint corrosion or damage even though detailing could include rust proofing and undercoating.

Two weeks ago, I was searching for the best auto detailing services that I could have for the white Revo. Aside from I could have it at much less price I could even see much the best effect of it. I been torn between the two auto detailing shops in terms of price and speed of service as detailing could be time consuming process.

I chose the one of a higher price and almost have my car detailed over night than the other of less cost but would have my car detailed for only five hours. I was really satisfied with the way the white Revo was detailed. It looked nearly like it was four years ago. Each and every tiny space that they could clean, they really did.

I have it done in Wipeout AutoCraft along Bayani Road Fort Bonifacio Taguig. Just talk to Japs if you want to have your car detailed. Everything seems negotiable to him. You will experience the work of a car show winner for classic cars restoration for 1967 VW Bettle. 1973, VW Karmann Ghia and 1998 Mitsubishi Lancer GLi. Anyway they offer not just detailing. They could also have your car have body painting, waxing, electrical and wiring services and carwash. If you’re lucky, Japs may even give you a discount as he also did to Suplado.

WipeOut AutoCraft

No. 22 Bayani Road Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City

Tel No: (02) 497-4231

Japs Cell No: )9285065323

I want to thank the wonderful people of TopGear Magazine Philippines especially to the editor-in-chief, Mr. Vernon Sarne. For the second time around as of December 2008 issue, my son’s photos were published in the Letter of the Month section.

I could never explain the feeling when you see your son happy seeing his picture featured in his beloved TopGear Magazine, the magazine he loves to collect and read since he was two years old and continues collecting for almost three years now.

My son always brings the December 2008 issue and shows the magazine to his friends.

To Vernon and all the people behind TopGear, more power and thanks again!