Toyota Corolla XL

The Toyota Corolla XL

We had this car ever since I was a kid. I’m driving it now. I chose this car because it is economical. It features a 1.3L engine.

The only thing that I don’t like about this car is that it doesn’t have a rev meter.

See? It only has a (I’ll just change it to avoid further discussions. This is my blog. Some things here are not to be taken seriously…) speedometer, a fuel gauge, and a temperature gauge.

A rev meter is needed for the driver to know if it is the right time to shift gears or not.

Well, cars have their imperfections.

“Number 1″, Limited Edition Stevie Ray Vaughan Signature Fender Stratocaster Replica

Wow! All I can say is, WOW! Only 100 replicas made! That makes it really special!

From Wikipedia:

“Vaughan’s blues style was strongly influenced by many blues guitarists. Vaughan is recognized for his distinctive guitar sound, which was partly based on using heavy guitar strings (anything from thirteen-gauge to 16-gauge) that he tuned down one half-step. Vaughan’s sound and playing style, which often incorporated simultaneous lead and rhythm parts, drew frequent comparisons to Hendrix. By utilizing his index finger as a pick a la Albert Collins, he was able to coax various tonal nuances from his amps.”

“Stevie Ray’s main guitars were Fender Stratocasters. His most famous was a sunburst 1963 Strat with a Brazilian rosewood veneer fingerboard fretted with Dunlop 6100 Jumbo fretwire (an equilvalent to this fretwire is Stewart-MacDonald 0150 fretwire); it had 1962 stamped on the neck and body, but 1959 written on the pickups leading Vaughan to mistakenly believe it was assembled in 1962 from 1959 parts. On this particular guitar, he also had a left-handed tremolo installed. This guitar was known as Number One. It had a D-shaped thick neck that was perfect for his large hands and thick fingers. It possessed a deep, dark growl of a tone that was immediately identifiable. The guitar also had a prismatic sticker just below the bridge with the word “Custom” in script letters. This sticker was given to Vaughan soon after he bought it in 1973. Vaughan also had some custom-made stick-on plastic letters reading “SRV” on one of the body cavities. Even though Number One used all stock Fender Strat parts, about the only original parts it possessed by 1990 were the body and the pickups. Over the years, Vaughan and Rene Martinez, his guitar tech, replaced the pickguard, tremolo, and neck. The guitar was meticulously examined by Fender Custom Shop workers to gather specifications for a run of 100 exact copies in early 2004. The pickups were never overwound purposely, but were from a batch of pickups made at Fender in 1959 that had been overwound by mistake, producing Number One’s distinctive sound. The neck was damaged during a stage accident, and a spare was used from another of Vaughan’s Stratocasters. After he died, the original neck was put back on and the guitar was given to his brother.”

Initial D 3rd Stage, Conquered!

At last! I have 11 stars on my Initial D card! I have cleared all the areas a long time ago. But getting the 11th star was difficult. I had to battle other players to obtain points which I needed to level up. Here is a picture of my card:

Name: TAK

Car: Toyota Trueno AE86 GT – APEX

Option: A

Areas Cleared:

Myogi, Usui, Akagi, Akina, Irohazaka, Akina Snow, Happogahara, Shomaru, Tsuchisaka.

Racer Level: 11 Stars

Battle Level: 9

Philippine Politics

I just don’t get it. Why would public servants have greater power than their constituents? I really don’t get it. In a typical setting, the people should be more powerful than public servants. They should be served, not the other way around where the people serve the public servants. (I don’t have time to finish this. I’ll finish it some other time.)

Philippine Elections 2007

Every Filipino talks about it. Well, almost. As we all know, almost half of the population is suffering from poverty and ignorance. What can we do? We are sick and tired of politicians. Many have tried, many have failed. A lot of promises, a lot of disappointments. If I were to vote, I would vote for the following senatorial candidates:

1. Francis Escudero – Genuine Opposition

2. Aquilino Pimentel – Genuine Opposition

3. Antonio Trillanes – Genuine Opposition

4. Alan Cayetano – Genuine Opposition

5. Panfilo Lacson – Genuine Opposition

6. Francis Pangilinan – Independent

7. Miguel Zubiri – Team Unity

8. Noynoy Aquino – Genuine Opposition

9. Sonia Roco – Genuine Opposition

10. Loren Legarda – Genuine Opposition

11. Edgardo Angara – Team Unity

12. (Blank)

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