No matter how many times you withdraw what you’ve been eyeing for, no matter how many hindrances may be, a good run with your closest allies would not deter any disturbances. And such is Merge Philippines’ quarterly fun run to the east side of the metro, a good hour of winding roads and blue highways up the hills of Pililla, Rizal. The plan was to have taken place by late summer, but due to a few events from here and there; we really have to push it out of summer. But it was worth the wait for all of us,  [ Read More ]

“Summer is kind of like the ultimate one-night stand: hot as hell, totally thrilling, and gone before you know it.” As much as the kid in you will tell you it can’t wait for summer, the words “I’m bored,” inevitably cross your lips and sometimes sooner than you think! While we do enjoy the freedom that comes with the summer months, we still like to have a little structure to our fun. The Philippines climate is tropical. It can be divided roughly into two distinct seasons, the dry season and the rainy season. Now I say it is roughly divided  [ Read More ]

A few weeks ago, we had a joint EB with a few clubs in the city and were hosted by our brothers and sisters of MazdaTech. It was such an event that made us think how far this club has been through and how they maintained the solidarity for the last eleven years…..mmmmmm Yes…eleven solid years of undying passion for the institute. What made them thick, I thought for a second while gazing all the parked cars in awe. FRs after FRs….and I said to myself, when can my club achieve such a feat and still compose its individuals on  [ Read More ]

MazdaTech Philippines, Inc. is an organization for Mazda and Mazda based vehicle owners. The “club” was conceived on March 2000 and was incorporated in 2003. After successfully conducting several activities nationwide, the club is now past its 10-year existence and was able to gather other clubs in joining them to pursue what most car clubs have in mind..”Camaraderie, Brotherhood and Safe Motoring”. I was feeling the urge to scan all of the post in our MeregPH forum, to update myself and police a few irregularities…then lo and behold to my eye’s content…the thread got longer and more than a handful  [ Read More ]

16th of April 2011 marked the 1st Anniversary of Merge Philippines and the run started off from the Libis area and grazed thru the winding roads of Sta.Rosa, Laguna to the hills of Tagaytay City. Though the number was not as significant, it clearly represents the pick of the bunch from the MergePH’s family’s usual suspects. The convoy landed at Robinson’s Tagaytay for a feel of the local breeze over-looking the nearby seascape while the crew stretches their muscles from the twisters of the road. Impromptu photo-ops are always in place for the group and such grace that their steeds  [ Read More ]

Merge Philippines or simply MergePH, started in the summer of 2010 and the weekly meets around the metropolis made this humble club grew in a respected manner of close knit friends, car enthusiast or not…the club consistently catches the general public’s awareness. All makes and models of cars, even motorcycle riders get to meet us and join in on our discussion of pure brotherhood. The weekend kicks off on Saturday with most participant having registered at our threads and forums (www.mergeph.com). Having discussed the ways of the automotive convoys, and with the participant’s driving skills and road safety knowledge, we  [ Read More ]

Summer Evening Classes with Larry Feliciano February isn’t summer in Manila, not just yet.  But it did felt as one last night when 1970s rally legend and LFP’s main honcho, Larry Feliciano, grazed our GT for a bit of Q & A. A bit of Q & A?…this was like three hours of point and shoot questionnaires from MergePH & MazdaTech guys. Three hours of golden car rules and tuning adversities from years of local and foreign experiences.. Yes..the evening was a handful and hoping everyone can still extend the midnight classes of never ending road gripes and heartburns. Larry  [ Read More ]

Summer crept in one afternoon within these threads and there was a certain vibe that came with it and woke up most of us from the forum naps. As hot as a summer virus, is last weekend’s impromptu joint eyeball with the good guys from MazdaTech! Lined along the inland stretch of Libis with the familiar burger joint, comes the trusty steeds of MazdaTech…from the initial generation to the most current little green hatch catching our eyes like a Photoshopped picture came to life. We also get to catch a glimpsed of an old 626 that spelled w.o.w. I’m not  [ Read More ]

If I may say so, the driver of this Frankenline, was christened as Ehsan, and is one of the core’s busiest bees, trying to obtain life’s pleasures. For the love of his Japanese Tuner, he’s willing to allow mother nature to take away months to years waiting for his dream machine to come to life and live the realm of “to punish and enslave” engine motto. The ride is a Nissan Skyline R34 GT, the last of its generation. Its looks are a cross between the R33 and the R32, a fab looking car and with interiors updated yet again  [ Read More ]

August 21, 2010. 7:30PM. Petron Gas Station along Quezon Boulevard. This date marked the first Joint Eye Ball that MergePH initiated with our friends and club mates of the Naughty North Club. The jollity did so much for both clubs that it extended to the wee hours for some. Cars lined up, conversation flowed, and definitely numbers where swapped over. The Club. Naughty North aka “NN” was established on the early shopping days of December 2006. A good number of the pioneering individuals came from diverse car clubs and strong-willingly structured guild, as we say it “barkada-based” of the North  [ Read More ]