582. Lizard!

When I reached home, noticed that both my niece and nephew were staring at a plant. Never seen them so fixated at a plant before. Then they saw me & Ruyi yelled out lizard! So I grabbed my camera and went to her rescue! :P

Finally received my long awaited toy! :) A Koyo Radiator! I promise that this will be the last thingy I buy myself.......until the end of the week. Ando San will be here this weekend, the stars will align once again, and the ancient evil will be brought back to life once again! Muah har har har har har har!

581. Happy Birthday....

....Juliana! :) Got home just before 6 today and switched on the tele to watch The Simpsons. Just as the idiot box was about to power up, everything else in my room died. Hmmm, silence, haven't heard dat in my room in a while. :) No big deal, I'll just reset the fuse box. When I went downstairs and checked the fuse box, everything was at the on position. Rats! It's a power outage. Crap, guess no Simpsons or work for the rest of the evening.

Headed over to Ocean Green to celebrate Jul's birthday. It was a nice to be out of my stuffy room. The food was good and the company even better. Had an interesting discussion about the "wonderful" state of our country. Subha, How and Wee provided lotsa insight on current events. Dr Mahathir in his book "The Malay Dilemma" said, "What was taken for harmony was absence of open inter-racial strife." He goes on to say, "And absense of strife is not necessarily due to lack of desire or reasons for strife. It is more frequently due to a lack of capacity to bring about open conflict."

As can be seen from the recent demonstrations in the capital, Dr Mahathir really knew the hearts of Malaysians. They say prayers can move mountains, if so, then I pray that May 13th will be just another day in the years to come. That all Malaysians would be more tolerant. Well, if dat don't work, I'll just don my ninja turtle costume and fight the evil tyrants and liberate Malaysia.

Anyway, I digress, back to the celebration of Juliana's birthday! Happy birthday Juls! Thank God the power's back on by the time we got home. According to mom, the power was restored minutes before we got home. Guess prayers do get answered! :D

Watched Hitman last nite. Set a low expectation and was quite entertained. If nothing else, the show was a showcase of Malaysian censorship talent. Given, the show has a 18PL rating, but I din know dat it means i get to hear all the "F" words and also a glimpse of the lead actress' breasts. Now I'm not refering to the fact dat the lady was scantily clad, i meant dat the lady was naked and they failed to censor dat. :) and I'm very curious wat words the actors and actress used just before the "F" word dat they have to censor it and not the "F" word. :D It was an entertaining show.

580. Encounter with the FD2 Type R

I've read about it in the magazines, saw it in videos and everyone is raving about it. They say that it's the fastest car out of the Honda stable to date right behind the NSX. I was skeptical. I thot it was just all hype, as on paper, it isn't all dat great. 225PS, 215Nm, 1270Kg. Big deal. Then I saw it in action. It's acceleration was unbelievable! It can take an Evo 8 on the straights. In the corners, eventhough it's a FF car, there's no understeer and very little body roll. How the heck is all this possible in a NA 2L 4 door sedan??? I suspect dat Honda under declared the specs and perhaps the driver has something to do with it too. Bottomline, I am now a believer, but at RM200K, is it a bargain?

You can read more about the 2007 Civic Type R here:
Honda Malaysia: Civic Type R
paultan.org: 2007 Honda Civic Type-R launched in malaysia
paultan.org: 2007 Honda Civic Type-R details
ZTH Forum: FD Civic Type-R launched
Nihon Car: 1000km to test drive the 2007 Honda Civic Type-R

579. Jusco's Member's day!

So today is the day I've been waiting for. Well, not really, actually just wanted to get my golf clubs. The bad news is, the deal I was promised did not materialize. I was promised 25% off and another 10% on top of that & further RM10 cash voucher for every RM100 spent. Reality? Only 20% off and only RM10 for every RM100 spent. Well, end up only slightly cheaper than usual, no massive discounts. The good news? I managed to grab the last TaylorMade 3 rescue asian spec. I'd be upset if they sold out. On the way out, grabbed 3 shirts and 2 khaki pants @ 70% off.

578. Bored

So wat's a guy to do when he has 2 much time on his hands and he's bored? Well, he takes apart his PC's casing and sprays them matt black to make it appear smaller & more modern. Does it work? U be the judge.

Taking the casing apart, spraying the shell flat black & the finished product

Before & After

Found out that Hobi Sports S/B is having a sale until 25th Dec, so decided to hop on over there to check out the price of the mask and snorkel I've been wanting to get. Turns out they're 50% off. So went ahead and got em. Also bought a tank banger. Decided dat it'll be prudent to get one.

577. After umpteen days....

......finally, another update. :)

My, my, so many things happened dat I dun even know where to begin.

Let's start with the not so funny tale of how I broke my wood. Before you guys start going south, I am referring to my golf club a.k.a the driver. The funny thing is I didn't even contact the ground. I took a swing and next thing I know, the head and the ball went flying. Alas, dat's gotta be my most expensive round of golf to date. After that terrible round of golf (which we didn't complete thanks to the rain), we went over to Ocean Green for dinner. It's my first time there and I was very pleasantly suprised with the food. It was nice.

My broken woody

After dat's it's off to QE2 to meet up with Ling & gang. It's a nice way to close the evening.

Next on the list of significant events would be the purchase of my LCD TV. Finally, after considering for a long, long, long time, decided to go for it. Actually it's becoz Ann had a deal from Dell and gave me 5 minutes give her an answer. Turned out to be a really nice "mistake". Guess sometimes rash decisions can turn out well. Haha. I plugged my computer to it and now I can watch TV and "work" on my computer from the comfort of my bed (of course I had to go out and get a set of wireless keyboard & mouse too). I just love technology.

My new TV & the accesories to make it more accesible from the bed :D

My old school mate got married over the weekend too. As always, whenever a school mate gets married, it means a massive reunion for old school buddies. It's always nice to see how far we've come since the days of "teacher, teacher he's disturbing me!". Congrats Poh Hin & Lisa.

I've also managed to watch quite a few movies (courtesy of our friendly pirates of Batu Ferringhi). Balls of Fury, Stomp the Yard, Redline, Blades of Glory & TMNT. All are so so and nothing to rant about.

Oh yeah, finally went to apply for my Jusco Card. This is becoz the sales person at the golf section told me dat they're gonna have a member's day this coming friday. And on top of watever discounts, members get additional 10% off and also RM10 coupon for every RM100 purchase. Actually, I'm more interested in the 10% discount at Starbucks.

Also, Kent will be leaving Malaysia for good. So we had one last poker session @ his house before he left. Dan was also around. It was a riot. Also the story about how the house is haunted made it all the more interesting. Halfway thru, Yippie & gang decided to take a drive up to the Teluk Bahang dam, so since I was at Miami beach, decided to join them for a while before headed back to Kent's.

At the dam

OK, enough bitching for now. Time to sleep.

576. HPC Track Day

It's track day again at Sepang. Despite having only 10 mins of sleep the nite before, the roar of engines and the eye candy kept me awake. We arrived a lil late. Found our pit and it was smooth sailing from there. It was nice to catch up with some old buddies. We only had access to the North Track (The south track was being used by mat rempits for some event). Too bad my car is not ready yet. Haih, guess it's time to get a more reliable car. :P Had a treat riding with Eddie & Jack though. :) I had the job of "filming", keeping time & distracting the driver. Hehe. Can't wait for the next track day.

BMW M3 CSL; Skyline BNR34

El Diablo

Celica; Wald Golf GTI

Mini Cooper S; Civic Type R FD2

Had my very first encounter with the Nintendo Wii at Tony's apt. I gotta say, it's quite addictive. We got home at 3ish after hanging out at Duke Parts. So decided we'll play a bit before turning in. So played a bit we did. Next thing I know, it's 6:45 and I'm all alone. Hehe. So decided to take a nap before heading to Sepang. Must get Wii.............

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My Random Thots:

I'm gonna revise my golf target. Instead of 110 strokes by end 2008, I think I should try 110 by end June 2008. :)