It's Thanksgiving So Let's Be Thankful!

Yup, it's Thanksgiving Day so I thought this would be a good time for me to make a list of things I'm thankful for, both car-related and not. Without further ado – in no particular order of importance:

• my Mom, who raised our family all alone after my Dad died and put up with our crap without ever complaining
• my Dad, who I didn't get enough time to be with but passed on enough of his awesome to help me make something of myself
• my family (immediate and extended, blood-related or not) for being so great
• my friends for putting up with my shit
• my co-workers for making a tough job more bearable
• my previous home country of the Philippines for being such an amazing place with such plucky and awesome people
• my current home country of 'Murica for being the kind of wonderful place where a foreign kid can be welcomed and be treated the same as everyone else
• Japan for being an endless source of stupendously wonderful stuff
• Australia for giving my brother and his family a new home (find me a good R34 bro!)
• Nissan for making such cool cars
• Suzuki for making cool bikes (about time with that new GSX-R1000!)
• My friend Lisa and the staff at Sonora Nissan for taking care of my cars among other things
• My friend Dan and his shop for helping me nurse my poor Skyline back to health
• Cicio and the gang at TopSpeed Motorsports for making my R35 into a beast
• Sean Morris for being a valuable source of info and advice on everything Skyline-related
• Mike Ferara of D-Sport because when my Skyline took a dump he reached out to some dude he didn't know to offer help and advice
• All the other cool people I've met who share a passion for my hobbies 'cause they make things a hell of a lot more interesting
• The local gaggle of car enthusiasts here in Yuma for being just a cool bunch of gearheads
• The little things – 'cause if you can find joy in them you'll never have a frowny face
• You, dear reader, because this blog would be worthless without you coming here
• Last but most importantly, God for all the blessings he's given an unworthy bastard like me through the years

Hope all of you have a wonderful Thanksgiving! 

There are two things I'm thankful for in this picture: GT-Rs and tape. Tape's really useful and underrated yo. Image source: Strasse Forged wheels