Monday, March 31, 2008
New rims and tires.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Scrabble schmabble... Easy as pie.. Not!
DORMITORY: When you rearrange the letters: DIRTY ROOM
PRESBYTERIAN: When you rearrange the letters: BEST IN PRAYER
ASTRONOMER:When you rearrange the letters: MOON STARER
DESPERATION:When you rearrange the letters: A ROPE ENDS IT
THE EYES:When you rearrange the letters: THEY SEE
GEORGE BUSH: When you rearrange the letters: HE BUGS GORE
THE MORSE CODE : When you rearrange the letters: HERE COME DOTS
SLOT MACHINES: When you rearrange the letters: CASH LOST IN ME
ANIMOSITY:When you rearrange the letters: IS NO AMITY
ELECTION RESULTS: When you rearrange the letters: LIES - LET'S RECOUNT
SNOOZE ALARMS: When you rearrange the letters: ALAS! NO MORE Z 'S
A DECIMAL POINT: When you rearrange the letters: IM A DOT IN PLACE
THE EARTHQUAKES: When you rearrange the letters: THAT QUEER SHAKE
ELEVEN PLUS TWO: When you rearrange the letters: TWELVE PLUS ONE
AND FOR THE GRAND FINALE:
MOTHER-IN-LAW: When you rearrange the letters: WOMAN HITLER
Pro-poker!
The 'mamak in charge' is more then happy to accept him as he show her his gold credit card, feed him dinner, and even fix his car. She also ask him if he want to have some 'service' which he declined as he is very tired! So he choose a nice room & tries to sleep!
As the man tries to fall asleep, he hears a strange sound; a sound like no other that he has ever heard, wonderful moaning sound!
The next morning, he asks the 'mamak' who make the sound, but she say,
I can't tell you. You're not a pro-poker!
The man is disappointed but thanks her anyway and goes about his merry way. Some years later, the same man breaks down in front of the same house.
The mamak again more then happy accept him, feed him, and even fix his car.That night, he hears the same strange mesmerizing sound that he had heard years earlier.
The next morning, he asks what the sound was, but the mamak reply,I can't tell you.
You're not a pro-poker!
The man says, All right, all right. I'm dying to know. If the only way I can find out what that sound was, is to become a pro-poker, how do I become a pro-poker?
She reply, you must travel the earth and tell me how many types of poosies there are and the exact number of poosies u have poked. When you find these numbers, you will become a pro-poker.
The man sets about his task. Some forty-five years later, he returns and knocks on the door of the 'service house'. He says, I have traveled the earth and devoted my life to the task demanded and have found what you had asked for. There are so many different types of poosie from white to black color & in between got reddish & yellowish types! I can't tell u how many type of poosies I have poked but I can tell u that all this pokeing have made me think of nothings but pokeing in my mind & my life!
The mamak reply, Whoa! U do all that? Congratulations! Now you are a pro-poker!
I shall now show you the way to the sound.The mamak lead the man to a wooden door, where she says, the sound is behind that door.
The man reaches for the knob, but the door is locked. He asks, May I have the key?
She give him the key, and he opens the door.
Behind the wooden door is another door made of stone. The man requests the key to the stone door.
She give him the key, and he opens it, only to find a door made of ruby. He demands another key from her, who provide it. Behind that door is another door, this one made of sapphire. And so it went until the man had gone through doors of emerald,...
...silver, topaz, and amethyst.
Finally, the she say, This is the key to the last door
The man is relieved to no end. He unlocks the door, turns the knob, and behind that door he is astonished to find the source of that strange sound. It is truly an amazing and unbelievable sight.
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. . . But I can't tell you who it is because YOU are not a pro-poker!
DON'T SWEAR AT ME;
I'M STILL HUNTING FOR THE IDIOT WHO SENT THIS TO ME!
Flabby morning.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Parting ways to an acquaintance
Tri-color sunrise
This is a pic from my kitchen window where I first saw it.
Dinner at Sri Ananda Bahwan
Monday, March 17, 2008
Tougeking stickers!
16th open track day at Dato Sagor
Zoggee organised something similar to Solo and took out timed runs as benchmark for future improvement. I didn't get any pics because all the participants and I were too busy being nosey. Sitting near the timekeeper and watching for others' lap times.
One interesting participant was the Saga from Hell, which I first saw at Sepang's open track on the 27th of Jan 08. This fella ran coil over shocks suspension in the rear and a 4G63T resides as its heart. Heavily modified and torque steers like mad. Enjoy the view :-
*Picture adapted from tougeking.blogspot.com
I had a blast of a time and I finally got Tougeking to drive my car. Despite being and FF layout, balding yr 2003 tires and his first time driving my car, his time was :-
1. 44.78 secs.
2. 44.94 secs.
3. 44.45 secs.
As compared to my own time of :-
1. 47.24 secs.
2. 48.35 secs.
3. 47.92 secs.
4. 47.89 secs.
5. 47.02 secs.
I tried entering the chicane on third gear and missed the following apex slightly on my second run, I didn't think it'd cost me so much. Haiz...
Now I know what I'm aiming for :) Thanks TK for the taxi ride and for the benchmark timing. Thanks also for showing me how to take the chicane, I shall return soon with vengeance and new tires :P
I just gotta say this. IT'S ALL ABOUT BALANCE!!!
Defensive driving exercises.
Med-speed Slalom -> There were 6 cones placed in line and spaced about two and a half car lengths apart. We all started at speed of 60km/h with a 5km/h increment in every following round. Eventually, after around 3 runs, my rear was throwing and I got scared. But Sean mentioned that we'd to be dedicated and not fluctuate. So I went at it again at 70km/h and felt the wonderful adjustability of a slightly sliding rear :P
Staggered gate -> This is almost the same with the slalom except that the cones are offset around two car lengths. As you enter you'll turn-straight-turn-straight-turn. More or less like zig-zagging maneouver. By the time I reached the third cone at a speed of 60km/h I'd oversteered due to the build up of momentum and me upsetting the car's balance.
Threshold braking -> This is where you'd use the full potential of your brakes and grip of your tires. Very fun except for the time that Johan and Yoong fooled me into going at it around 120km/h and they placed a cone smack in the middle of the braking zone. Luckily I stopped just in time, but my bumper did touch the cone although it didn't fall over!
Obstacle evasion -> This was indeed the most fun part of the day when you'd use your natural reaction and all that you'd learnt in the day to evade two imaginary obstacles which are only around a car's length from the braking point. Trouble is that we were instructed to come at it at 60km/h and it's hard to maintain speed when you know you've got to brake. So a lot of the participants cheated by lifting off or braking way before where we were marked out to. We all got a rightful telling from Sean. Due to being chosen as the guinea pig for this exercise, I had to do it at 80km/h. All Sean told me was that, "Imagine you were in the Touge (Jap word for hill run) and a tree fell in front, how will you avoid?" Good example! But I screwed up big time and killed off 4 cones.
Defensive driving with Sean Khoo on 15/Mar
I tried to capture the beautiful wide open paddy fields in the light morning mist. But I was driving slightly over 100km/h so please forgive me as it's a bit blurred.
Our VIP Henry being escorted home on the highway by two Perdana's.
This course was worth every cent. It's a real eye-opener to emergency situations and car control. Do try to go for Sean's course if you have the chance to.
Friday, March 14, 2008
Demonstration at Komtar, Penang.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Suzuki Escudo
Teluk Kumbar touge under construction
The initial part remains the same with smooth tarmac and wide roads. You can see from this pic that the road winds higher and higher into the hill.
A pic of my car at the banking with a good view of the initial sweepers entering the Teluk Kumbar touge!
This is a pic of the downhill showing the initial part of the Teluk Kumbar touge.
Since I still had a few minutes on my hands, I'd just fool around with some angle pics. Darn! I miss my TE.
My supplier had called up so it was time to leave. I'd wanted to make a spin turn (I miss my "Pooh" TE), but I could only manage a slow U-turn in this large saloon :(