Val and I were supposed to be excited to finally go back to Bacolod last August 19th. But the excitement was overcame with anxiety for the car started to act funny while we were still at the compound transferring our things from the house to the car. The engine kept on cutting off every 5 minutes! We left the compound at 5 am – an hour late from our expected time of departure.
We still pursued our journey hoping that we could reach Toledo port while the sun was still up then my father-in-law would fetch us from the San Carlos port. The car intermittently worked. It was 30 minutes past 7 am when we had the car checked by a mechanic at Toledo. The family were still having their breakfast when we came.
It took us 2 hours to wait. He couldn’t find a fuel pump around town to replace our old one but he temporarily fixed the car just for us to cross to San Carlos port.
patiently waiting and praying for the car to work
Upon reaching the port, we were too early for the 12 nn trip but was just a few minutes late for the new 10:30 am ro-ro vessel. Well, it gave us ample time to rest for a while and take our breakfast.
@ Toledo port
Since then, the car worked properly. It could be because it had rested for a couple of hours. Papa and his mechanic was already waiting for us when we arrived after the 2-hour trip. The fuel pump was replaced and we had another snack at Jollibee San Carlos. Meloy, the mechanic, drove the car to Bacolod via Don Salvador so that he could also test how the car runs while Val and I rode off with Papa. Papa, then, stopped at Don Salvador to show us the Talos Falls.
The red car was still in good condition when we arrived in Taculing where Meloy resides. It was even miles and miles ahead of us since we left San Carlos City. Since Papa, Mommy and I brought back the car to Cebu last March, it only started to show these signs when we went to Kawasan Falls last August 12. Could it be because it doesn’t want to leave Cebu?
