1238 - Vanilla Ice Cream

For quite some time now my go-to ice cream flavor has been vanilla ice cream. Let me explain why.

It is, for me, the most complementary flavor I can have. I can eat it as is, or mix it with other ingredients and it will still taste good. Usually I mix peanut butter and bananas to the vanilla ice cream. Sometimes I use hazelnut spread. On occasion I've dumped black coffee on it.

It just fits in with almost any ingredient I want to mix with it. Heck, I even dip fries on it.

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1237 - June

Finally June has arrived. I bid may a heartfelt farewell, and whatever notable stuff that happened during the month.

I can say that May wasn't that great of a month in some aspects of life, but I do think overall that it was still a good month. I still have my health and I am still functioning, which is a win already.

Now that it's June I hope that better things happen, no matter what the case may be. So here we go.

Out.

1236 - Exercise Updates

The hot season is in full effect, and add to that summer vacation for my daughter, and continuing my morning exercise routine has been a challenge.

While I can still hit my weekly goals, it has not been easy. I have decided to do my workouts only on weekdays instead of my usual 6-day routine. This will hopefully help me stay consistent with exercising since we don't have to get up as early as before and sleeping in has been my norm more often.

I still try to jog, but instead of going out around 4am I go out a bit later. Lately I forced myself to jog slower, around an 8:00-minute pace, and I was able to do four laps without stopping for a water break. So hopefully next time I jog I can maintain this pace just so I can do four laps.

Aside from this I am still continuing my kettlebell exercises, and hopefully I can have some spare cash so I can buy a heavier kettlebell so I can hopefully get a bit stronger.

Hopefully when school and cooler temps return I'll be able to go back to 6-day workouts.

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1235: Preventive Maintenance Service

The Wigo had it's preventive maintenance service (PMS) earlier today. I had to bring it in on the sixth month because I noticed the rear brakes squeaking when slowing down to a full stop at a slow speed. Jon Jon, the service advisor, told me it most likely needed cleaning and checked it out. So far it seems like that was it.

I was also informed that the next PMS would cost a bit more since more maintenance is needed for the car aside from your typical 5000km stuff.

Having the Wigo's PMS done in the dealer (or casa as we call it locally) made me realize we made a few mistakes with how we had our Rav4s serviced. We didn't do it regularly, or every six or so months, and sometimes waited until we did 5000 km which sometimes took a year or so. Another issue I realized was that when we sent the Ravs for PMS was that we never asked them to check or change the transmission fluids.

I've seen some reels/shorts/videos online that while Toyotas used to claim that their transmission fluid was lifetime, this basically meant that it was assumed you'd sell the car before the transmission gave. In reality it was better to have the fluids flushed every so often.

Had I known this information years ago then maybe I would have had those done on the Rav4, and maybe the transmission wouldn't have needed costly repairs. I'll never know though.

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1234: My Bicycle

A few days ago I had a quick bike ride. My dad wanted to ride his folding bike so I opted to accompany him just in case.

It was a quick, less than 2km ride inside the village. My bike was covered in dust and the tires needed inflating. It was fun though, and challenging to ride again after all these months. I should try to ride my bike more often.

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