...sadly it's true....

this message goes out to a friend of mine.

I know I ain't much of a talker if you didn't already notice. LoL. But I've been through similar situations and life just isn't fair. If it were there wouldn't be sad people in this world. I believe that everything has to be balanced. Yin and Yang, Good and Bad.

Feelings can be damaged but that can be fixed. Life is too large to sulk and be sad over something that has already happen. I know you're sad but look on the bright side, you've got friends who care and that matters most because they will be your Saviour although you might not know it at first.

Well I can't say that I know everything about these situations. But I'll help in any way possible, 'cause I don't like to see my friends being sad. It makes me happy that other people are happy. :)

If you ever trip or fall over make sure you pick yourself up and dust yourself off and be a stronger person.

Cheers.

TMNT

Cowabunga dudes! A phrase that I haven't heard for many many years. It's nice to see that some people still take a liking to TMNT and I know that my generation grew up watching the cartoons that aired on Saturday mornings every weekend. I got up just to watch these turtles kick butt. Be seriously this movie in this century has shown us how technology has evolved and what to expect in a couple of years time. Some people might not like it cause it's kinda dark, yes I do agree, but that's how it is. This isn't the original cartoon anymore, but people who had read the comics that one popular comic artist drew and sadly enough I can't seem to remember his name.

I walked out impressed with the technology they used. Although they did use the 3d tech from another animation that I just can't remember. Arrgh my memory. So thanks to Rosie, Edzil and GF whose name I also forgot gahh! *sorry bro** plus Sam who tagged along.

Andy's Movie-O-Meter : 7.5/10

Spelling Lessons at Lunch

I had lunch the other day at a place near work with Stan, Glad & Sis. Here we were having economy rice and while we were scooping our veggies and meaty meals we heard a cry for help on how to translate a hokkien word to english that happens to be Fried. I helped the nice lady that runs the place regarding that word and slowly walked to the next tray to pick up some delicious chicken. Then another cry for help on how to spell the word Fried. A nice gentleman did the honors by spelling slowly..and we all heard...F-I-R-E-D.

Then some of us actually looked at each other and felt stumped on what we just heard. Its like those moments that when you know it's wrong but your brain just needs a few more little seconds to register it to confirm the mistake. LoL. We giggled and laughed, sadly enough we didn't bother to correct that mistake. Lord have mercy on our souls. ahahahahahhaahah....fired pork! weirdly enough none of us took that dish either. haahahahahahahhah.


The Infamous Fired Pork

Photos from my Short Holiday

Felipe Massa Interview


Left to Right : Me, Nigel, Kenneth


The girls that we hanged out with that night

A Short Holiday - Workshop, Party and Sleep?

Wheee! It's the start of a long weekend for me. The management is nice enough to give Good Friday and Easter Monday OFF days. The team decided to head to Genting Highlands for a holiday, they will leave on Friday evening. So what does that mean for me? A trip down to KayEl.

Started my seemingly long journey from Penang at 10am and had a 2 car convoy with Gladys. We left around 10am and took a slow and steady drive and arrived around 2pm. Then it was off to the workshop for me, Ian again dreaded the green suby at the shop with weird problems. LoL. Guess Suby is part of a test subject for diagnosing some issues. Well at least we all learn something new from all this.

Bridgestone Tire Launch Party
After a few hours of sitting around chatting we had to get ready for a Bridgestone Tire Launch party. The party was held at Rums, I think that's the correct spelling. Lots of nice Tuner cars were lined up outside the parking area beside the Ferrari F1 car. A private party that is by invitation only pass was given to me and goodie bag was exchanged for it before entering the party. They also provided food to eat, we all chowed down everything and had a couple of beers. So the party then started around 8pm, the nice MC introduced some videos from Bridgestone and mentioned that Felipe Massa will be here too for a short interview. There was some games, fashion shows and dance shows on the stage which filled up the remaining time after the interview. Although I must say that it's a little disappointing, maybe because there wasn't enough chicks to check out and it was Thursday too. LoL. Oh well the goodie bag was enough to fill that hole.

A Friday at the Workshop (as usual)
On Friday I spent almost the whole day at the workshop as we try once again to tackle the weird issue that Suby has. I would like to thank the workshop boys for staying back and doing their best to get this sorted out. So after dinner we just hanged out at Ian's place till well I decided to get some sleep and rest for a long day on Saturday. The team planned a Genting trip so my plan was to meet them up there.

Genting Trip with the Big Red Chicken Wing
Since Suby wasn't in any shape to climb the hill, I was offered to drive the "Big Red Chicken Wing" which is my Sifu's car nickname. It's truly a special experience to drive the legendary car. At the top I met up with everyone and we checked into the hotel room. Most of us went our own way to spend the day. I spent most of my time at the casino (I wasn't luck though) and everyone then met up at lunch before deciding to get tickets for some rides. I didn't have a chance to experience the outdoor roller coaster rides because I didn't want to keep the car up here for 1 night. A few of us went for the bumper car ride, that was fun. Then around 3pm I headed back down to the workshop where I did yet more waiting and thinking.

One of those Saturday Nights at the Club
After the shop closed Ian, Nigel and myself went for dinner nearby and talked about what was planned for the rest of the night. It was a Saturday night, so it was either Mamak, Clubbing or KaraOKe, we went for KaraOKe last week and Mamak was a little boring. So Clubbing it was, headed to Rush. I've been to this club a couple of times last year and it was happening!. The place would be crowded and it was a challenge to walk past people to get to the toilet. But this time it was kind of disappointing, it was no longer THE hang out spot anymore. We kinda noticed that at the entrance, but we decided to hang out here anyways since it was close by. There were some cute chicks but somehow we weren't that interested. The party ended early because of MPPJ who decided to raid the place. Nothing much happened at the raid, so we just decided to leave and head home.

And then it's Sunday....
I had to leave Suby behind again so she'll get better. So I gave Gladys a call to hitch a ride in her car back to Penang. Thanks Ivan for driving.

Kelisa to Impreza

Some people ask me what it's like jumping from a K-Car Kelisa to a Monster Impreza.

Here's what I wrote:

http://www.grassracingautosports.com/andykow's_review.php

***Special Thanks to Jiannin for editing the photos and attaching them to my story**

picking up Suby and another weekend in KL

Finally it's done. Everything has been opened and cleaned and replaced. Seeing Suby in 1 piece again is good. Although there are some minor issues with the throttle position, it makes using the air cond in normal days kind of hard, but I'll live. So I decided to drive the car back to home anyways, after an overhaul like that the parts needs to run-in to ensure it works perfectly in the future. So I have a drive limit to 3500 rpm, believe me when I say it's really really hard to drive this car within that low limit. Thanks to YSKHONG Motorsports for all their hard work and superb workmanship.

My weekend in KL was interesting, I finally met up with my best friend from Primary school. I haven't seen him for 14 years! It's a miracle how technology makes the world smaller. We met up at 1-Utama Nandos for dinner and chat about old times. I'm sure we'll meet up again sometime for a drink old friend ;)

Saturday night in KL, the gang actually wanted to go out and do something, so we all headed to Morocco or something like that. We all decided to do something different, so it was KARAOKE night! Fun fun fun. Thanks for the good times.

Next week...KL again!

missin' Suby...badly.

..suby on hoist..


..the boys working on the engine..


..part of the engine..

photos from the weekend

...down to business, that's my serious face, keke..


...having a coffee break...

thanks to Rosie Sis for tha' photos.

tha' Finals update

Sunday, it's the finals for the Honda PS2 F1 challenge. Weird, I didn't really want to attend this event but I had the time so I gave it a shot. In total there were 8 contestants and everyone was told to be on time and wear the black t-shirt that was provided by the organizers. 6 out of the 8 people wore the shirt and the judges stressed on the rules and regulations. But they left the decision to us for a fair decision to allow those without the t-shirt to race or not. So I raised my hand to let them drive and so did another guy. In the end it was the majority that won, 4 to 2.

The event got on the way and this time they made it a little harder by setting up Monaco as the race circuit and under wet weather too. I noticed that alot of the computer assistance was still turned on, which made it a little easier to drive. To win you have to obtain the Fastest lap out of the 3 laps that are provided.

In the end I finished 1st and got 1x F1 Grandstand ticket for 3 days worth about RM1700. But the win was by Disqualification. It so happens that one of the competitors who didn't bring the t-shirt was the one who had the fastest time and knows the game inside out and he plays it almost everyday. Mind you he was 4 seconds faster than my time, I was the fastest of the lot that has never played this game before. Lol. A special thank you to Erik, i think that was his name for defaulting the prize to me. It's kinda sad, to get this kind of win but rules are rules and I voted against the rule to allow him to play without the shirt. Thanks again Erik.

....and an end to one eventful weekend.