And so it continues...

This is my first post in a while. Somehow, I've been too busy being on holidays (trans: 'vacation')! In the meanwhile, I've thought up a name for my dad's silver Toyota Avalon as well. This is the automatic car that I've been driving since I'm still not manual-savvy yet! The Avalon is also Japanese so I've decided to name him after Hiro's friend Ando, on the TV series 'Heroes' (on the left in the picture below):

Ando is better looking, taller and slicker than his mate Hiro. Funnily enough, my dad hasn't quite taken to the name!

More holiday-fun-blogs and photos to come...

And the winner is...(fanfare)...

All right, all right, somehow in the midst of studying for my (one) exam, I've managed to find time to judge the car naming competition! There have been a number of good entries. Melissa's suggestion of 'Blue Steel' was apt since he IS blue, steely and really really good looking! But unfortunately, she decided to name one her fish that, and we can't have two things in the same family with the same name! It would be too confusing. Nat's entry of 'Joey' from NKOTB also came very close since he WAS my favourite and at some stage I had a plan to marry him one day (what happened?).

'Tim Junior' was never really an option...'Wazza' made me laugh and 'Nemo' was cute. I also just thought of 'Ferris' (yes I am a true child of the late 80s/early 90s). Sadly however, there can only be one winner and taking into consideration that it is a Japanese brand car and it will (hopefully) be transporting me from place to place (but not through time!), the winner is indeed Hiro, named after Hiro Nakamura from the TV show Heroes:

Congratulations Kev! What will it be? A Mars bar? Twix? Bounty? I'll even personally deliver it to you in Singapore!!! Quoting Hiro: Yatta!!!!!!

Car Naming Competition!

As I said, I don't have any kids to post pics of but I do have a car!

Those of you who know about my car saga will know that I have been blessed to have been given a car to use during my year back in Sydney. It's a GREAT car with lots of extra features like leather seats, central locking, power windows, power mirrors and a CD (including mp3 and wav) player but...I can't drive it yet! It happens to be a manual (trans: stick shift) and I have previously only driven auto. So I'm in the process of learning (or should I say stalling)!

To celebrate this wonderful gift, I need your help in naming the car! I'm thinking 'Jonah' after my ex-flatmate's ex-german shepherd puppy - since they are both boys that I can't control! See the 'In memory of' section in the side panel.

Please enter your name suggestions by making a comment. The prize (there should always be a prize) is a chocolate bar of your choice. If you're not in Australia, you will receive it the next time I see you (may be a while yet for some of you)!

Another way you can be involved: my car needs 'healing' as the air-conditioner is broken and will be too expensive to fix. Since it is 'winter' (Xining spring) now, it won't be a problem for a while but when the summer comes around, it's going to get quite sweaty. So please be asking that somehow (by divine intervention?) that the air-con will be fixed.