A Little Facelift

I have finished a minor facelift for my room, just painted the wall sky blue (done this all by myself! :D) and laid down a new carpet (with my mom's help. Thanks mom!).

Some Motoring Videos

Watch this drift video from "Hot Version". Cars competing is a WedsSport Toyota Chaser JZX100 and a Bee*R-tuned Nissan Skyline GT-R BNR32 with a BNR34 front-end conversion called the B324R. Listen to the latter's exhaust popping sounds!



Also this tour video of the infamous Initial D mountain: Mt. Akina (real name is Mt. Haruna).

Chris Rock Funny Video

Check out this funny video by comedian Chris Rock in his own talk show. Warning: conatins vulgar languages.

Meet The 'Blue Thunder'

Yes, everyone. Meet the car I call the 'Blue Thunder'. It is my Bayside Blue Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec II BNR34 in "Wangan Midnight: Maximum Tune 3DX" game. It may not look much, but it has 700HP at the moment, which allows it to run at speeds in excess of 300 km/h (well, 320 km/h to be exact).

Wangan Midnight

This is currently the anime that is a hit with me. Although "Wangan Midnight" has already been released in 2007, I only started watching it after playing the arcade game of it. Unlike "Initial D", "Wangan Midnight" focuses heavily on top speed runs on the infamous Wangan stretch on the Shuto Expressway in Japan. The story tells Akio Asakura, a 19-year-old high school student, who during a leisurely drive in his Nissan 300ZX (Z31) with his friend Ma and two girls in the back seat encountered the 'Wangan Blackbird', a black Porsche 911 Turbo (964) driven by Tatsuya Shima, a doctor. Akio then decided to chase it down, only to be smoked by the German marque easily. Determined to become faster, he goes to the junkyard because his mechanic friend tells him he saw a wrecked Datsun 240Z (S30) just like Akio wanted. When he sees the damaged midnight blue 240Z in the junkyard, he remembers seeing this car a few years ago with a nice girl in the passenger seat. Intrigued as to why such a classic Japanese performance vehicle is about to be junked, he convinces the junkyard owner to sell it to him. The junkyard owner was told by the previous owner to scrap the car because it is cursed. He soon finds that the car is unnaturally fast due to a highly-tuned L28 engine, bored and stroked to 3.1 L and fitted with twin turbos. He also finds that the one of the car's previous owners shares his first and last name, and had died in a horrible crash on the Wangan. Every person who takes possession of the Z ends up spinning out of control and crashing, as if the car is rebelling against its driver. This gives the blue 240Z the nickname "The Devil Z". Unperturbed by the nickname and dark histroy of the car as well as against the pleas of his friends to give up driving the car, Akio restores the 240Z and bring it back to its former glorious Wangan racing days. It is worth noting that this anime not only talks about street racing, but also dwells on topics such as the technical aspects of a car and also, rare for a vehicle-heavy show, humanity.

End Of The Road

Today is the end of the road for my Sony Ericsson K300i. There is some problem with either the the charging contact point on the phone or the charger itself. Two weeks after I got the joystick problem fixed, this one came up. After much consideration, my dad said there is no point to get it fixed anymore. I am heavy-hearted to say goodbye to it, as this is my first phone that I bought with my ang-pau money nearly 5 years ago. It has been with me through thick and thin and seen my tears of joy and pain. Although its camera is lousy, it has also let me captured some of the best pictures I've taken myself (like my blog's header picture). This phone is also one tough cookie! I have dropped it numerous times and the only problems that it gave me was the charging contact point getting loose and the unresponsive joystick problem. Also, until yesterday it was still running on the original battery that came with it since day one, but it has started showing its age and I had already contemplating of replacing it with a new one already. At the end of the day, it deserves its long over-due rest and I had to finally say farewell to it. The phone is now in a display cabinet in my house, turning it into a "museum piece".

No Tomorrow

Where is my life heading to? Will I be able to find myself again?

晴天 Translated Lyrics

The small yellow flower from the story, Was wandering since he day she was born
Swinging on a swing in her childhood, swinging her memories all the way until now
ㄖㄨㄟ ㄙㄡ ㄙㄡ ㄒ一 ㄉㄡ ㄒ一 ㄌㄚ ㄙㄡ ㄌㄚ ㄒ一 ㄒ一 ㄒ一 ㄒ一 ㄌㄚ ㄒ一 ㄌㄚ ㄙㄡ
Playing an opening theme, looking into the sky I think of petals trying to fall
That day I skipped school for you, that day the flower fell
The space of the classroom, why can’t I see it?
That rainy day that disappeared, how I want to be rained upon again
Never thought that I still kept my lost courage
How I want to ask again, will you wait or will you go away?

That day that the wind blew, I tried to hold your hand
But unfortunetly, the rain kept on falling, until I couldn’t see you
How much longer until I can be beside you again?
Waiting for the day to turn clear, maybe I’ll be a little better then
Long ago, a person loved you for so long
But unfortunetly, the wind kept on blowing, widening the gap so much further
So difficult, there's another day to love again
But it seems that, at the end of the story you still said
Goodbye

That day I skipped school for you, that day the flower fell
The space of the classroom, why can’t I see it?
That rainy day that disappeared, how I want to be rained upon again
Never thought that I still kept my lost courage
(How I want to ask again) Will you wait or will you go away?

That day that the wind blew, I tried to hold your hand
But unfortunetly, the rain kept on falling, until I couldn’t see you
How much longer until I can be beside you again?
Waiting for the day to turn clear, maybe I’ll be a little better then
Long ago, a person loved you for so long
Unfortunetly, the wind kept on blowing, widening the gap so much further
So difficult, there's another day to love again
But it seems that, at the end of the story you still said
Goodbye

Pictures...

...of my new phone, as I had promised. And here they are:

Never Change

You are my only love, my forever love. My love for you will never change and you will always be in my heart. Goodbye.

P.S: Sorry, I love you.

My New Phone

I have finally got the phone that I've always wanted: a Panasonic VS6! I'm really excited because after a long search, I have finally found it. My black unit is brand new (although it's old stock, as the sales person said) and costs RM297. I'll upload photos of it later, but for now here's some official Panasonic pictures for you guys to see.

AE86 Reborn!

After much rumours and countless artist's impression photos, the much-anticipated spiritual successor to the famous Toyota AE86 is finally coming to reality. The soon-to-be-revealed Toyota FT-86 Concept (a creation of Toyota Europe Design Development known as ED2) will feature a naturally-aspirated 2.0-litre D4-S 'boxer' engine co-developed by Subaru and is mated to a 6-speed manual gearbox driving the rear-wheels. While many that are not familiar might think this engine is a diesel (no thanks to the D4-D engine found on the Toyota Hilux pick-up truck), the D4-S is actually runs on petrol. D4-S stands for D4-Superior, and was first seen on the V6 3.5-litre 2GR-FSE engine currently powering the Lexus GS, IS and RX45oh models as well as the Toyota Crown Athlete and Toyota Crown Hybrid. The body is 4160mm long, 1760mm wide, and 1260mm high with a wheelbase of 2570mm, giving it a compact feeling that is easy for the driver to handle the car while able to accommodate four occupants in comfort. This car is scheduled to be unveiled to the public at the Tokyo Motor Show 2009.

Headache

Darn! A headache mysteriously appear after I took an afternoon nap 2 days ago and it has yet to go away. It's already killing me, disrupting my sleep and everything I do.

Never Run, Never Hide, Never Gone...

The last thing I know, is that I can never run from the truth. I can never hide from it, never gone from the inside of me. I have to face the demons from my past...

Funnies: The Drinkers Fault Finding Guide

Symptom: Drinking fails to give satisfaction and taste; shirt front is wet
Fault: Mouth not open when drinking or glass being applied to wrong part of face.
Solution: Buy another pint and practice in front of a mirror. Continue with as many pints necessary until drinking technique is perfect.

Symptom: Drinking fails to give satisfaction and taste; beer unusually pale and clear.
Fault: Glass is empty.
Solution: Find someone who will buy you another pint.

Symptom: Room is spinning.
Fault: Someone is spinning your barstool.
Solution: Vomit on person doing the spinning.

Symptom: Feet cold and wet.
Fault: Glass being held at incorrect angle.
Solution: Turn glass so that open end is pointing at the ceiling.

Symptom: Feet warm and wet.
Fault: Loss of self-control.
Solution: Go and stand beside nearest dog. After a while complain to its owner about its lack of house training.

Symptom: Lap cool and wet.
Fault: Drooling on yourself.
Solution: Change position so that you are drooling on someone else.

Symptom: Bar blurred.
Fault: You are looking through the bottom of your empty glass.
Solution: Find someone who will buy you another pint.

Symptom: Bar is moving.
Fault: You are being carried out.
Solution: Find out if you are being taken to another bar. If not complain loudly that you are being hijacked.

Symptom: Bar looks like a circus.
Fault: You ARE at a circus.
Solution: Go to a bar.

Symptom: The opposite wall is covered with ceiling tiles and has a fluorescent strip across it.
Fault: You have fallen over backwards.
Solution: If glass is still full, and no one is standing on your drinking arm, stay put. If not, get someone to lift you up and lash you to the bar.

Symptom: Everything has gone dim and you have a mouthful of teeth and dog-ends.
Fault: You have fallen over forwards.
Solution: Same as for falling over backwards.

Symptom: You have woken up to find your bed cold, hard and wet. You cannot see you bedroom walls and ceiling.
Fault: You have spent the night in the gutter.
Solution: Check your watch to see if it is opening time-if not treat yourself to a lie in.

Symptom: Everything has gone dim.
Fault: The pub is closing.
Solution: PANIC!!