went to mang mario for an impromptu fix (my fresh air vent got stuck in open so i get to smell all of metro manila's fine air inside my cabin at at the same time enjoy less than stellar cooling in while stuck in midday traffic).

arrived at his place before 8am last saturday and promptly became his first customer of the day. second, and third customers for the day arrived less than 5 minutes later. hehehe! ganda timing ko. after dismantling the car's underdash, his assistant discovered that the servo motor enabling the vent's opening and closing was unscrewed. unfortunately, the mounting point of the motor was so inaccessible that they might have to dismantle other components inside pa. since i had an important appointment before noon, i opted that they just close the vent temporarily and i will just go back there when i have more time to spare. just before the assistant put back all the panels in, he cleaned the cabin's microfilter.

when it was time to pay up, i asked mang mario how much the damage was. i received his standard reply of "bigyan mo na lang siya ng pangsigarilyo". i gave the guy p200.

my 200-peso question is: how much should a "pang-sigarilyo" tip cost?