I recently stopped by ADNOC Oasis, a convenience store chain owned by the biggest gasoline station in Abu Dhabi, and saw wooden puzzles being sold together with the globe version of the rubiks cube. I hardly see these nowadays that made me recall how puzzle was founded in the 17th century, i.e. when a London engraver and mapmaker mounted a map on a wood sheet and used it in teaching geography.
Once you buy them, you get to disassemble and reassemble the pieces. So I proceeded with the wooden airplane. I thought it’ll be easy; but it required much patience to fix it. Or maybe I’m slow. Hahaha. Hence, I didn’t want the wooden car to be “out of order”. I just left it like that. (*grins*). You want real adult puzzles out there? Try those pretty side tables and other items from Ikea (or its counterpart) that you need to assemble all by yourself unless you ask somebody else who has better inductive reasoning aptitude to fix it for you or you qualify for a free delivery and assembly upon meeting the purchase threshold. Until now I still can’t fix the paper lamp I got from them. (I once thought that I should have just begged from Ikea to sell to me that lamp on display. LOL.) Even if I’m so tempted to outsource its assembly, I’m still enjoying the challenge of putting together the pieces. I’ll share a photo when it’s done. I hope that’s soon!
May we all sustain the energy and inspiration needed in picking the pieces of the puzzle (it’s everywhere!) we encounter in our own lives. 🙂
witsandnuts 
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Gremliness
And I guess you’re good at putting puzzle pieces, — disregarding the Ikea lamp =)
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The Nomadic Pinoy
This so reminds me of a childhood favorite but now that I’m an adult, there are indeed bigger puzzles to solve in life. Ah, the challenge!
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eds
ahhh….mahina din ako sa pag assemble ng mga ganyan. maikli masyado ang aking pasensya. hehehe
happy monday wits!
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upto6only
i like those wooden toys. and ako din medyo mahina pasensya ko lalu na pag di ko mabuo considering na madali lang hehehe.
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Daphne
Being an extremely patient person (sometimes too patient for my own good) the tasks of assembling all those furniture we bought from Ikea falls upon me. I don’t mind, really as long as you don’t hover and pressure me while I am assembling the ‘puzzle’ pieces. hehe
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redlan
Ganda nito ah. Gustong gusto to ng mga car enthusiasts.
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sheng
My kids have this kind of puzzle gifted to them by a good friend, they were also gifted with metal ones. It’s brain-draining, but also good for brain-training.
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Photo Cache
I’m ashamed to admit I’ve never encountered these before. Man I’ve missed a lot in my childhood, it seems.
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Sidney
That is a cool car !
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bursky
waaaah! i was just watching on YouTube about those plastic ‘build-it-yourself’ kit cars. na-miss ko tuloy magbuo ng mga ganun! these wooden versions are a bit simpler and bagay nga ata sa mga bata. 🙂 gusto ko tuloy bumili kaso yung plastic versions cost around 1500. 😦 ahuhuhu… ouch!
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witsandnuts
Ang mahal naman nung P1500 😦
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fortuitous faery
i love puzzles…but the traditional kind, not the 3D or wooden ones. but that might change, because life’s like that–unpredictable. 😛
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Josiet
My son has a wooden car like that but we when we bought it, it was already assembled. Never thought of disassembling it also. LOL! Now, I will check if we could disassemble it.
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Kate
These are great! so much better than plastic toys 🙂
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Jenn
Reminds me of my brother’s “model assembling” days. Me… I don’t have the patience. As for picking up the pieces of real life puzzles, I think I have more patience there. 😉
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kg
wendy is also working on a wooden puzzle like that, airplane naman, the old type. mas bongga nga lang ang wood ng puzzles na yan wits.
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docgelo
i like putting things together too but admittedly, i need tons of patience!
nice toys!
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Ping-i
Even with assistance, it took some time to assemble a desk I bought.
That wooden car is pretty neat.
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dong ho
nice take on this wits! i actually saw a wooden jeepney in paete. a beautiful souvenir.
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arnel2082
I also have these wooden puzzles given to me as a gift, thinking perhaps that I’m good at it. I really thought it was easy by merely looking at it. But holy, until now I have not assembled them back. I have 4 of them and all in bad shape. lol
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krys
I love puzzles! I love putting things together from a scratch! 🙂 This is a nice giveaways for kiddie party.
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