When we talk about buying a new car, the conversations usually revolve around what model or what brand to get.
However, there is much more to buying a car than actually picking it. You have to think about financing (unless you’re going for cash), downpayments, insurance, registration and even unit allocations before you can actually get your hands on your new ride.
Benz. Ford. Goodyear. Jobs.
If you’re a car guy (or girl), you probably know who Karl Benz, Henry Ford, or Charles Goodyear are: Benz invented the first motorcar, Ford made cars affordable with mass production by moving assembly lines and Goodyear invented vulcanized rubber. These men and others like them have made great strides in making everyday motoring possible.
I remember Ondoy clearly… well, in my case, as clear as that sleepy Saturday morning allowed.
I can still see those floodwaters rising on our street, black at first, and then turning into that sinister brown, telling us that it was already from the river nearby. There was nowhere to go. We were helpless about it.
It’s funny what ideas you get when doing mundane, everyday things.
When I went downstairs to get a kilo of good beef, I accidentally dropped a chunk on the floor. The butcher went down to pick it up, but instead of tossing it in the bin, he just rinsed it with water and put it back with the others… even while I was still in the shop.