September 27, 2003
Sad Dad Bad Had.
"Poor sad Dad. What a bad day Dad had" -- or something to that effect, from Dr. Seuss's Hop On Pop.
Or more precisely, a bad week: to add to my general state of anxiety, a pile of ungraded ethnographic description papers, unprepared assignments and quizzes, an unwritten speech, a looming deadline for a grant proposal that will never be funded, another impending deadline for a paper proposal for a conference I'm almost 99% sure I'm not attending, a bout with a cough and a cold, and having to tend to a sick child (Izzy obviously got sick too), my poor clunker of a car failed its smog test for the first time. Right after I already spent good money on a new muffler too. (The adventure isn't over: I still have to get it tested next week -- and I'm already accruing late fees on my registration renewal -- after getting a new catalytic converter and thermostat.) Most of my non-teaching days this week were then spent either sitting on a bus or waiting in a coffee shop.
On the bright side, my Califone (see below) arrived this week, and so did a little slew of records, including a 45 by the Dynasouls (or the Pinoy Beatles), with Tagalog versions of "Ticket to Ride" and "She Loves You." Rock!
Sunny, even if you put new mufflers, cat converters, thermostat and what have you, you'll still fail the emissions test if you don't get your engine tuned to specs, thats means a proper engine tune-up. Your engine is not burning gas properly, maybe mali yung air-fuel ratio.
If you were here i'd take a look and help you at that, but....
Posted by: dyno on September 29, 2003 03:30 PMI passed it yesterday, salamat sa dios. Last month lang na tune-up, so the engine should be ok.
It's an '89 Honda Civic, 100K on it...
Posted by: the wily filipino on September 30, 2003 10:09 AM