It has been a long time since I have been able to do much about my hobby. I have always enjoyed fixing old cars. My love of all things mechanical began as early as I can remember. My earliest memory is of a train set that my dad bought for me before I was born. I remember seeing some of the model rail cars sitting on the shelves in his study. I remember them sitting on the shelves to the left of his desk which looked out the window, facing the setting sun. Later on in life I took this love of all things mechanical and tried to fix an old car. I was hooked. I never got the car running but decided to take classes in college to learn about cars. We had a lab in that class, and in the lab we were required to completely take apart an engine, measure all of the tolerances and and put it back together. My engine did run after that. About three years later I had the opportunity to buy an old Triumph GT6+, the photo is of its engine compartment. When I got it almost nothing worked, the tires where flat, the body was rusted and dinged and the windows seals were disintegrating. Over the next year and a half, I fixed the car up. I got it running and began to enjoy it. We sold the car a few years ago, so I have been investing time into my relationships with my wife, children, family and friends. Now I have begun the process again. My brother kindly said he would let us have an old 1967 Mercedes-Benz 230 sedan that he has garaged for the last eleven and a half years. I picked it up last summer and we have been working on it slowly. This time the kids are old enough to join in and the sedan will be more comfortable to ride in that the little sports car. If you look in my blog you will see other post on the status of the repair. What is your hobby?
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Vivian
7/2/2012 02:05:40 am
My hobby is swimming.i swim everyday.
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David Herrera
7/2/2012 02:20:54 am
my hobby is playing video games and hanging out with my friends
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Nathan Ta
7/2/2012 02:21:31 am
My hobby is reading books, mostly ghost books. I do play video games most of my free time, but once in a while a pick up a ghost book and read it.
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Alison Wang
7/2/2012 02:21:45 am
My hobby is to sleep. Sleeping is awesome! Sleeping is so cool.
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sydney zhang
7/2/2012 02:21:57 am
My hobby is sleeping. I'll sleep all night and morning if I can.
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Jennifer
7/2/2012 02:22:41 am
I like to do arts and crafts. Arts and crafts is fun because you can be creative and make things like water bottles, pot holders, or even clothes. It's useful and a great present for others. :)
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jackie
7/2/2012 02:23:25 am
my hobby is drawing pictures.
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Kai Chang
7/2/2012 02:23:37 am
My hobby is taking old clothes and making new clothes.
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Joey Siu
7/2/2012 02:23:37 am
My favorite hobby is to play basketball. It is a fun sport that i like and enjoy playing.
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Garrett Chung
7/2/2012 02:24:07 am
My hobby is sleeping and playing video games.
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Nicholas Lee
7/2/2012 02:24:34 am
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Brandon Shinyama
7/2/2012 02:24:45 am
My favorite hobby is video games or playing basketball. I like playing video games because it makes me have fun relating it to life or it is fantasy.Playing basketball is a good sport for me. It has a lot of action. Or sometimes swimming.
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Ariana Pinedo
7/2/2012 02:25:12 am
People were surprised when I told them that my favorite hobby to do is read because they know that I like to play soccer, and they would except me to say that I practice soccer in my free time.(which I do sometimes)However my hobby to read and... to surf in the summer and ski and snowboard in the winter.:)
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Logan Tanaka
7/2/2012 02:25:36 am
My favorite hobby is basketball. I love basketball because I like watching the NBA. I also enjoy getting trophies and metals. Finally I like doing fun things with my teammates.
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Sean Tat
7/2/2012 02:26:09 am
My favorite hobby is playing basketball.
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Andrew Hom
7/2/2012 02:26:40 am
My hobby is doing anything as long as I'm having fun or enjoying myself. These include video games, sleeping, watching TV, etc.
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Grace Guan
7/2/2012 02:27:44 am
My favorite hobby is mad at my sister in my house.
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Justin lee
7/2/2012 02:32:39 am
One of my favorite things to do on my free time is to play basketball.
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ADRIAN
7/2/2012 02:37:31 am
my favorite hobby is to play video games
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midori
7/2/2012 02:38:30 am
i like reading.i guess reading is my hobby. :)
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Matthew Mayemura
7/2/2012 02:47:20 am
One of my favorite hobbies is playing basketball,this became my hobby because I've been playing it and I've just begun to like it over the years.
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Anthony Montes
7/2/2012 02:49:30 am
One of my hobbies is playing chess with friends. I'm very good at it against people. I can be a very smart at chess because I have won many medals and trophies. I got these in a chess club and I'm proud of myself. My mom,dad,and everyone I live with or see very often are happy to have me play chess well.
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Marvin Chau
7/2/2012 03:54:05 am
My hobby is either playing video games, or basketball. These are my two favorite things to do.
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Ryan Chau
7/2/2012 03:54:50 am
My hobby is is reading. I don't do that much on a daily basis, but when I read a book I enjoy my head's going to be stuck to it.
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Anthony Becerra
7/2/2012 03:55:02 am
I have had many hobbies, but right now my hoppy is the rubix cube. I have been hooked on solving the rubix cube and I finally solved it and solved all the colors. That is my hobby right now.
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Peter Khant
7/2/2012 03:56:19 am
My hobbies are staying active. On my summer days, I don't play that much video games, but loves to play basketball with others or just practice by myself.I also love fixing things, like putting tables back in shape and the chairs.
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Bailey Deng
7/2/2012 03:59:31 am
My hobby is collecting pokemon things. It happened when I was 5 years old. My dad bought me a WII. He bought the very first WII game. It was called Pokepark Wii Pikachu's Adventure. I played for a 2 days and I loved it. I felt in love with what I was doing. So thats why I started collecting pokemon things.
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kevin lam
7/2/2012 04:00:10 am
my favorite hobby is playing strategy games
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Matthew Chan
7/2/2012 04:21:06 am
My hobby is playing online games.
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alex martinez
7/2/2012 04:22:33 am
my favorite hobby is to watch tv inside my house and have a chocolate shake at the same time or playing no stop basketball.
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Erica Yu
7/2/2012 04:23:01 am
My favorite hobby is reading and watching TV
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Helen Luu
7/2/2012 04:24:04 am
My hobby is drawing/painting on my art pads because I love to use my creativity to draw stuff.Plus,I think art is a cool way of expressing yourself.So,drawing/painting is one of my favorite things to do.:)
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Benson Wan
7/2/2012 04:24:40 am
My hobbies are playing basketball, playing games, and hanging out with my friends.
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Kevin Wong
7/2/2012 04:24:40 am
My hobby is playing outside sports like baseball and biking i also like camping
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Wesley Wong
7/2/2012 04:26:32 am
My favorite hobby to do is to build things with anything i find,because it helps calm myself down.
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7/2/2012 04:28:26 am
My hobby is playing with toys having fun and doing stuff a kid would like.
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Darin Pinedo
7/2/2012 04:30:25 am
My hobby is reading and playing video games tehehe
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