Ponyang...

Actually, my husband hates it when people give names to non-living things, if you know what I mean, hehehe! But then, I can't help it. I have to give name now since I have to identify it from my rented car like for example whenever Randy's asking which car to use.

For 1 month now, I've been renting a car from Enterprise which I use going to/from Indiana-Illinois every week. Before, I usually leave Randy at Illinois where he just takes public transportation going to and from work. But just recently, he was able to get an Instructional Permit. With that, he can drive as long as there's somebody with him who has a valid driver's license. At first, there's no need for us to buy a car at this point, coz he can't drive without me. But then, for him to be able to acquire a valid driver's license, he needs to take a road test for which you must bring your own car or probably a friend's car.

But sad to say, our friends near our place all own stick shift cars...which we both do not know how to drive. So there, we decided to buy our own. It's a 2008 Pontiac G6 which so far is a good make/model. It has also this On-star feature which they gave us free for 1 year. The feature is not only cool but more importantly, delivers safety and protection to the car and users. They also gave us free 30-minute call time so I can call Randy or whoever without having to pull out and dial my phone.

Picture on the left is our own car while on the right is the rented one. I opted not to use "Ponyang" (yep, the name of Kaye Abad in Tabing Ilog aside from "Eds", hehehe!) going to Indiana due to the countless potholes and terrible driving condition. So, I just use the camry going on weekdays, driving more than 350 miles per week (since it's just adopted, I did not assign it any specific name). But I have to admit, I really love my rented car more than Ponyang, maybe? or maybe not...I don't know. But what I know is I easily get attached to things. I find it hard to give up or sell things which I have for a considerable period of time. Would you believe that at once, I rented a car which I had for more than 1 month (my longest time of renting before) and when I returned it, I literally cried and cried! Randy was at first laughing but when I still continued crying, he then started to pacify me. He proved at that time that I really value things as if they are really "living" things. Well, I guess that's one of my weird traits... when I was younger, whenever my cousins would sleep over at our house my parents would describe me as "...wag mo gagalawin gamit nyan, magagalit yan sayo. Pag sa kanya, sa kanya lang." That's probably also why it's not really in my character to borrow things...if I need it, I should have it. Is that bad or good?!?