R.I.P Heath Ledger

"If you take just one tiny thing out of your past, I believe it will change the position of everything else so I try not to have any regrets in life."
-- Heath Ledger

Clearing out the fridge

I was clearing out the fridge, getting rid of some expired food. When I got to the vegetables which sweetie and I bought a couple of months back but didn't have time to cook, some of them were rotten and dried up and some were....growing haha. Only the onion decided to make the most of it and sprout out.

Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X : Photos

I found it weird when I found this mounted to the HOOD!






Gotta love em' Brembo's














A special thank you to Ivan Khong for taking me out in the Evo.

Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X

Evo IX

I've always been a fan of Rallying and when I started watching the World Rally Championships I was mesmerized by the sheer speed, precision, skill and bravery that was shown by all the drivers in the sport. Of course on tight twisty tarmac, gravel and snow roads all these cars would have to be 4wd to be able to get the outmost grip. If you've managed to catch the WRC in the 21st century the 2 main manufacturers that are at the top of their game are Citroen and Ford. But turn the clock back and let's focus on the late 20th century, Japanese manufacturers Mitsubishi and Subaru were fighting for top spot with legendary drivers like Colin Mcrae, Tomi Makinen, Carlos Sainz to name a few have driven these finely tuned machines to their limit. Enough history let's get to the main topic.

If you hadn't already notice, the Lancer and Lancer Evolution models have slight differences on the outside which makes it hard to identify most of the time, but then again I have never seen any Evo X on the road here. I wondered why and looking at the price tag I can understand the reason to the limited number of units on the road. As I was approaching the Evo X I did notice the wider body kit and bigger tires, these caught my eye first. The next few things that I notice was the twin mufflers, diffuser and hood vents. "How about the intercooler?", well I didn't notice that because it actually looks like the radiator. Boot space was really limited, the engineers decided to put the battery and wiper fluid bottle there and to add to the space limiting a sub woofer too. I must say that the sound system was pretty impressive, well I'd expect that coming from a Rockford Fosgate system.

After I got in, I was only impressed by the surprisingly comfy Recaro seats. Everything else in the car was just normal. Radio panel is flushed and takes up most of the dashboard's space, air conditioning dials look somewhat similar to what we have in our local cars, not good. The automatic gear stick had a nice touch. On the steering you have your standard radio controls, behind the wheel there are the shift paddles. After spending 10 minutes looking through the dials and settings there were some buttons you could press to disable or enable some electronics which I won't go through in detail here. But I will mention that the auto gearbox has 3 settings, Normal, Sport & Super Sport. I didn't get the chace to play around with the other electronics like Tarmac, Gravel & Snow.

Off we went for our joyride and I was....dissapointed with the power. There was alot of lag before the turbo kicked in, changed the gearbox setting to sport...once again there was lag but the gearbox is more aggresive and shifts faster. Changed the setting to Super Sport and let me just say that I am not impressed with the car at that point, it took a full 2 seconds before the turbo kicked in and vaulted us down the straight. Top speed would be around 230km/h with a little push. Handling is pretty much depended on the tires, winding roads..no problem, but the turbo lag does make it hard to keep the speed up in the tighter sections. Suspensions are too soft and is okay for a nice cruise but when you push the car it is way to soft to take corners on the limit. Brembo brakes has good feel and does its job well to slow down the car.

So what do I think?.....the Evo 7 is faster than the Evo X hands down, and for the price to get one of these I'd have an option to get a BMW 1-Series. Not to say that I don't like it, but it just is lacking alot for such a buy.

More photos to follow.

‘The Rise of the Lycans starts Jan 09′

This should be an interesting movie to catch.

A new Hobby

I've always been a fan of photography, when I had the chance to play around with one I'd ask a million questions. Really got into it sometime last year but I didn't manage to buy one then. But it's a new year and I didn't really get myself a present :)

After talking to a few friends who have experience in DSLR cameras I was really looking forward to getting one. It seems alot of people are getting a DSLR and I can understand why, it is pretty cheap to start now compared to 5-10 years ago where film would be a factor.

So I went shopping and tested both the Canon 450D and Nikon D90. Although you can't compare the models because one is a higher range than the other, but I wanted a unit that would last for quite some time. After much comparing and reading I decided to go with Canon. Why Canon? Because of the price, Nikon is known for it's vibrant colors but when it comes down to the important part which are the lens, they cost more. Canon on the other hand is sharp and lens cost nearly twice less than Nikon. But I must say that the Nikon D90 was really excellent, feel of the body and everything else was great, but it was way out of my budget. Guess I might just consider that as a 2nd body in the future.

I also decided to add the EF 50mm f/1.8 that really makes shooting indoors so much more fun. Here's a photo of Zoey :

I'll be posting more photos from time to time, enjoy.

Special thanks to William, Zey, Jack Loh, Admiral & Others for all their advise and guidance!

Misssed Armin...again :(

Once again I managed to miss Armin Van Buuren spinning at Zouk last Saturday. Last year I knew too late and it seems I managed to find out a little late once again. Although I had 1 weeks notice it just didn't feel right to go clubbing this weekend, so I decided to join the boys for a night at the Casino where I spend 3+ hours watching them play.

Oh well maybe sometime later this year I hope.

A Brand New Year!

Goodbye 2008! Hello 2009!

Can't believe it's already been a year, time does fly. I believe now is the time to make new resolutions and cross off all the old ones. I kinda lost the list for 2008, but I think I did manage to cross off about 2 items.

Thinking back 2008 was kind of a blur to me, I remember taking a big step shifting down to KL, becoming GRA Champion, buying a TV. But best of all is being closer to my Sweetie, Zoey & all my friends who have supported me. I will cherish all these moments, thanks to all of you who have added joy into my life.

My new year's resolution? Try to wake up and be on time to work :D, Drive to victory once again in GRA, earn more money, buy a house, blog more. I hope everyone had a great New Year's, quite a few people are sick due to the Flu bug. Take Care.

Photos GRA Round 5 2008

Sweetie finishing 2nd Overall in 2008


Legendary Mr. YSKhong


Ian "TRD Boy" Khong geared up


Mr. YS in an AE86, a car he won rallies in


Lazing about with Ivan "DarkHelmet" Khong


Thanks to Ho for all the photos!

Happy New Year!

Greetings everyone! Thanks for visiting my blog and HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009!