the year of 2008 is doing its last call. and 2009 is calling us to wake up.
my 2008 was a year of hard work and nothing else more than that. let's do a quick reflection of what i did.
in term of my career wise, i had a freakin big progression. whatever i'm required to do. it's not because i wanted it to move as fast. but the feeling is like my job required me to move as fast as it progresses itself. i'm some sort like forced to follow the progression as fast as i could while i have to drag people that's behind me to move as fast as possible. in this career year, i may have made people unhappy with my words. here i would like to say sorry. i got no choice. i'm making progression for the company for the family. i have to move that fast i have to drag you guys along. i believe my accomplishment is very significant to the family business i hope the accomplishment could expand to a larger significance to the family business.
in term of my personal life.. yes like alot of people would say.. i'm crazy. in this year i took up so many extreme sports. but it's not that extreme until like those idiots in whacked out sports on AXN. i took up diving, i dived seriously and got all my gear, breaking my bank account for it. and then i also took up rock climbing. yes also breaking my bank accout getting gears for it. and other than that... my driving is progressing as well. and my car needs so many fixes that i have no idea how to calculate it anymore. that's even larger bank account to break. and my consumption of petrol and tires is amazing considering how i'm pushing my car.
my other personal life, as you can read over my blog.. which is for this whole year... it's like a story. 2 deja Vu. and one recovery. that's but nothing is progressing. i'm still myself, although i would love to have someone to accompany me... for someone i might even be a laughing stock for getting myself into puddle of mud again and again. i believe just no luck... plain no luck even play mahjong people see my tiles also say can die.
i didn't mention anything about my family right ? yeah... nothing is changed as well. just that i've been really caught up with work until when i go home i just head to my room.. switch on musics, chat online, read some books and relax getting ready to sleep. that's about it. nothing much.
that's my 2008. summarized in just less than a page. so un cool. i would really wish that my 2009 is better. but looking at the condition of the economy, i don't know how my career would progress how the business would grow. if i'm able to get my Lexus IS 250 :P
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Monday, December 29, 2008
Déjà vu
Déjà vu (pronounced /ˈdeɪʒɑː ˈvuː/ (help·info); French /deʒa vy/ (help·info) "already seen"; also called paramnesia, from Greek παρα "para," "near" + μνήμη "mnēmē," "memory") or promnesia, is the experience of feeling sure that one has witnessed or experienced a new situation previously (an individual feels as though an event has already happened or has happened in the near past). The term was coined by a French psychic researcher, Émile Boirac (1851–1917) in his book "L'Avenir des sciences psychiques" ("The Future of Psychic Sciences"), which expanded upon an essay he wrote while an undergraduate. The experience of déjà vu is usually accompanied by a compelling sense of familiarity, and also a sense of "eeriness," "strangeness," or "weirdness," The "previous" experience is most frequently attributed to real life, although in some cases there is a firm sense that the experience "genuinely happened" in the past.
this is a good word to describe probably what i'm going through.. Déjà vu ...
feels like i'm going through the same time... knowing that most probably it'll ended up like last time.. but yet... still going forward.... hoping this time could be different.
this is a good word to describe probably what i'm going through.. Déjà vu ...
feels like i'm going through the same time... knowing that most probably it'll ended up like last time.. but yet... still going forward.... hoping this time could be different.
interpretation
as an engineer, we get to choose what we want the process/things to work. and if it doesn't work, we get to correct it. keep correcting it until we get it right. that's called feedback.
but in an engineer's life there are things that we don't really get to have feedback or correct them. it's called interpretation of a situation. when we were in a situation, we have to interpret what will be our next move. but if we interpret it wrongly, it will definite affect us. and especially when we made some wrong decision or we interpret it wrongly, people will have perception judgement on us.
i'm in a situation where something is going to happen. but i really can't interpret it correctly. and i don't really have 100% confidence on my own interpretation. because i mentioned before last time that about someone listening to the heart. the heart is the closest connection to your fate. when you stop listening to them, they will stop telling you things about your fate. but previously i did listen but it seems like whatever happened seems so different from what my heart told me.
shall i listen to my heart once again? or whatever previously happened, it happened for a reason, to end a misery or suffering?
but in an engineer's life there are things that we don't really get to have feedback or correct them. it's called interpretation of a situation. when we were in a situation, we have to interpret what will be our next move. but if we interpret it wrongly, it will definite affect us. and especially when we made some wrong decision or we interpret it wrongly, people will have perception judgement on us.
i'm in a situation where something is going to happen. but i really can't interpret it correctly. and i don't really have 100% confidence on my own interpretation. because i mentioned before last time that about someone listening to the heart. the heart is the closest connection to your fate. when you stop listening to them, they will stop telling you things about your fate. but previously i did listen but it seems like whatever happened seems so different from what my heart told me.
shall i listen to my heart once again? or whatever previously happened, it happened for a reason, to end a misery or suffering?
Saturday, December 27, 2008
christmas again
at a blink of an eye... it's christmas again...somehow it sparks a little memory from my past days where christmas means alot to someone... somehow it's now back to my normal life where christmas is just another day of rest.
so what i did for my christmas eve ? yeah i went one U.. crazy ? some say jam like hell.. yeah it did jam like one kind but i wasn't there for any celebration, i went there for wall climbing.. it has been awhile since i last climb. so... climb climb climb... then finish around 10 plus.. grab a burger then head to eugene's shack for a party. and i got stuck between one utama car park and LDP took me 30 minutes to get out to LDP. just plenty alot of cars.
then it's just another year of celebration like previous year that we did at eugene's place. and on the christmas day.... ahahhaha climbing again :) i'm insane.. i'm hardcore.... yeah i'm climbing outdoor this round.. with some minor aching on my muscles... i'm climbing even harder than last night... so... i got home around 4 PM... and my whole body was like aching like mad...
head for a massage.... relief all my achiness and all the ergo problem that i built up in my office. then night time it's steamboat at my place. family gathering.. where all my relatives are here.. big party of people... i brought beer back home... nothing beats steamboat with icy cold beer.
then boxing day... dinner at Ozeki... my parents allow me to choose where to eat as they are treating a fren of theirs for a dinner.. so i choose ozeki. something not everyone tried before... it's just nice... even a MAS engineer that travels the world says he haven't eat such japanese food before.... cool stuff.. the bill came out to be 400 bucks for a party of 5. heavy for the pocket... i'm already pretty light in ordering the food... i excluded stone grill sirloin.. excluded wagyu beef.. :) just some simple yet delicious yet fusion dish... made everyone happy and full.
and that's about it.. :) so fast it's end of the year already... 2009 coming.. not sure what's interesting ahead for me.... hope it's good thing... as i've been a good boy for 2008 :)
so what i did for my christmas eve ? yeah i went one U.. crazy ? some say jam like hell.. yeah it did jam like one kind but i wasn't there for any celebration, i went there for wall climbing.. it has been awhile since i last climb. so... climb climb climb... then finish around 10 plus.. grab a burger then head to eugene's shack for a party. and i got stuck between one utama car park and LDP took me 30 minutes to get out to LDP. just plenty alot of cars.
then it's just another year of celebration like previous year that we did at eugene's place. and on the christmas day.... ahahhaha climbing again :) i'm insane.. i'm hardcore.... yeah i'm climbing outdoor this round.. with some minor aching on my muscles... i'm climbing even harder than last night... so... i got home around 4 PM... and my whole body was like aching like mad...
head for a massage.... relief all my achiness and all the ergo problem that i built up in my office. then night time it's steamboat at my place. family gathering.. where all my relatives are here.. big party of people... i brought beer back home... nothing beats steamboat with icy cold beer.
then boxing day... dinner at Ozeki... my parents allow me to choose where to eat as they are treating a fren of theirs for a dinner.. so i choose ozeki. something not everyone tried before... it's just nice... even a MAS engineer that travels the world says he haven't eat such japanese food before.... cool stuff.. the bill came out to be 400 bucks for a party of 5. heavy for the pocket... i'm already pretty light in ordering the food... i excluded stone grill sirloin.. excluded wagyu beef.. :) just some simple yet delicious yet fusion dish... made everyone happy and full.
and that's about it.. :) so fast it's end of the year already... 2009 coming.. not sure what's interesting ahead for me.... hope it's good thing... as i've been a good boy for 2008 :)
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Lexus IS 250 test drive
finally after so many reschedule of test drive of the Lexus IS 250, i get to drive it today.
compared to the UK spec Naza imported Lexus IS 250, this one is a full luxury spec. the difference is Mark Levinson audio, memory seat, electronic steering adjustment.
start the engine like normal.. depress the brake and press the start button...the steering feels so blardy light....so easy to drive... the accelleration is not instantaneous like 3 series or C class. it gives gradual power... very smooth engine.. very smooth gear box... 6 speed auto... barely feel any gear change.
only one turn off.... when the car is running at low speed... it's bumpy.. it's even bumpier than my vios or camry... but at high speed.. the car is SUPER steady... considering it's a 17 inch.... not 16...
next year they are launching a basic model, which doesn't have the mark levinson audio, Bi-Xenon, memory seat, electric steering adjustment, headlamp cleaner, ventilated seats, calf leather instead of smooth aged leather. but the most attractive thing is that.. the price is speculating around 250 to 270K.. which is a whole 30 to 50K of reduction....
their best selling is GS series... intereting...
compared to the UK spec Naza imported Lexus IS 250, this one is a full luxury spec. the difference is Mark Levinson audio, memory seat, electronic steering adjustment.
start the engine like normal.. depress the brake and press the start button...the steering feels so blardy light....so easy to drive... the accelleration is not instantaneous like 3 series or C class. it gives gradual power... very smooth engine.. very smooth gear box... 6 speed auto... barely feel any gear change.
only one turn off.... when the car is running at low speed... it's bumpy.. it's even bumpier than my vios or camry... but at high speed.. the car is SUPER steady... considering it's a 17 inch.... not 16...
next year they are launching a basic model, which doesn't have the mark levinson audio, Bi-Xenon, memory seat, electric steering adjustment, headlamp cleaner, ventilated seats, calf leather instead of smooth aged leather. but the most attractive thing is that.. the price is speculating around 250 to 270K.. which is a whole 30 to 50K of reduction....
their best selling is GS series... intereting...
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
yet another eventful weekend
it's been yet another long time since i last updated this post.. as you all know i came back from taiwan. and i have hell alot of things to do... also i got order from my customer which is a really good thing at this economy down turn...
in this post... i'll emphasize on 4 thing which happened over the 2 weekend.
earlier the week before...
HPC track day !!!... it's been like 1 blardy year i haven't been pushing myself toward the limitation in driving fast... yes then now i managed to do it... with my own car... properly setup.... wider tires... rebuilt suspension... and it's pure adrenalin.... pure fun.... i'm running group 3 :) which is basically for expert group.. i have fun.. i didn't misbehave on track .... although there are some slower cars in there.. just have my own sweet time and fun time.... but i realise that my tires managed to last for 5 laps only.. before the tires reached maximum gripping temperature.... where i lose my grip over corners... that's how hard i'm pushing my car... :)
then the thing that happened over the this weekend
i was recomended by a friend of mine to be the instructor of HPC events. yes... instructor for driving on the Sepang F1 Circuit. to guide the begineers. and on saturday i had my instructor training...
1st thing in the morning.. i realised that my car's radiator hose broke... what a bad day to start... and i have to get off with a 400 bucks 2nd handed silicon hose. pain... then i managed to reach to the training ground.. slightly late as i have to dissemble my car and go grab the part in another car.. and go back home and install it... and head to the training ground.
the training was really awesome !!! some of those are basic.. but it's something that i haven't been realising i'm doing it.. so.. good training.. the highlight of the training... getting to drive in 2 very awesom car... Toyota Corolla LE... yeah blardy old car with god knows how many years of suspension in it. we all did trash the car on rain... making the car's rear wheel one side leaving the ground when cornering... the 2nd car is the HPC's Celica Track car. VERY AWESOME SHARP HANDLING... infact.. it's easier to drive than my car.. probably it's the lightweight that matters there... yes i get to do autocross on the cars IN RAIN... that's pure fun !... so end of the day.. i go home with a wheel punctured by a SCREW i pick up from the training ground. and knowing my car understeers ALOT.... so end of the day i have to spend 150 bucks to get my alignment done up correctly. hopefully i can perform better.
2nd interesting part
Quattro... yeah it sound like the Audi's Quatro technology which is 4WD... but this one is the club in down town KL. opposite KLCC... Avenue K. this round we started going into autumn bar... AGAIN... it's packed !!! so packed that can't stand.. can't walk... and they got a table at the walk way where everyone walking up and down.... so then all moved up to Winter Bar.... that's the highlight of the night. 10 degrees ambient temperature... cooling... smoke free....and there there's this another room called chill room.. sub zero...nice to hang there when the alcohol kicks in and the face gets red... :) gone home half drunk this round... probably i got tired from the training of driving...
3rd interesting part...
Genting autocross event... after a night in Quattro 10 degree.... the day in genting is 16 degrees when the wind blow... plus... it's raining.... so... blardy cold 2 days straight down. but then this autocross i wasn't rolled under competition class... i was left into a non-competition class.. although i dun have THAT much experience on autocross... there are alot of nice picture taken as well during this event... because they have one of the most happening car club i've ever seen... the mini club.. see how they decorate their car...it's really wicked !... so.. as the day goes... the mini finish their run...and my turn to have some fun.... with the new alignment settings.... i was having hell of a fun... my car is sharp... but a little understeer on low speed. but generally my car's control skill i realise it has significantly went up... and it's real fun.... accidently ... my time was 2nd fastest among the turbo cars... and i won myself car waxing voucher.... :) that's was a bonus of the day.... oh yeah.. did i mentioned i met Leona Chin ? at first i have no idea who's she...nor what she do... then i get to know.. she's the driver of Red Bull racing team for MME race. wow.. 22 year old drifter girl with pro driving license. and a cute little girl... holding a soft toy everywhere she goes...hahaha really doesn't make much sense as she's a pro driver :)
anyway.. this is a blardy long blog... weekend had ended... and time to get back to my work...time to deliver products to my customer... get back more money.. buy a new anti-roll bar for my car.... so that i dun get that much understeer. :)
in this post... i'll emphasize on 4 thing which happened over the 2 weekend.
earlier the week before...
HPC track day !!!... it's been like 1 blardy year i haven't been pushing myself toward the limitation in driving fast... yes then now i managed to do it... with my own car... properly setup.... wider tires... rebuilt suspension... and it's pure adrenalin.... pure fun.... i'm running group 3 :) which is basically for expert group.. i have fun.. i didn't misbehave on track .... although there are some slower cars in there.. just have my own sweet time and fun time.... but i realise that my tires managed to last for 5 laps only.. before the tires reached maximum gripping temperature.... where i lose my grip over corners... that's how hard i'm pushing my car... :)
then the thing that happened over the this weekend
i was recomended by a friend of mine to be the instructor of HPC events. yes... instructor for driving on the Sepang F1 Circuit. to guide the begineers. and on saturday i had my instructor training...
1st thing in the morning.. i realised that my car's radiator hose broke... what a bad day to start... and i have to get off with a 400 bucks 2nd handed silicon hose. pain... then i managed to reach to the training ground.. slightly late as i have to dissemble my car and go grab the part in another car.. and go back home and install it... and head to the training ground.
the training was really awesome !!! some of those are basic.. but it's something that i haven't been realising i'm doing it.. so.. good training.. the highlight of the training... getting to drive in 2 very awesom car... Toyota Corolla LE... yeah blardy old car with god knows how many years of suspension in it. we all did trash the car on rain... making the car's rear wheel one side leaving the ground when cornering... the 2nd car is the HPC's Celica Track car. VERY AWESOME SHARP HANDLING... infact.. it's easier to drive than my car.. probably it's the lightweight that matters there... yes i get to do autocross on the cars IN RAIN... that's pure fun !... so end of the day.. i go home with a wheel punctured by a SCREW i pick up from the training ground. and knowing my car understeers ALOT.... so end of the day i have to spend 150 bucks to get my alignment done up correctly. hopefully i can perform better.
2nd interesting part
Quattro... yeah it sound like the Audi's Quatro technology which is 4WD... but this one is the club in down town KL. opposite KLCC... Avenue K. this round we started going into autumn bar... AGAIN... it's packed !!! so packed that can't stand.. can't walk... and they got a table at the walk way where everyone walking up and down.... so then all moved up to Winter Bar.... that's the highlight of the night. 10 degrees ambient temperature... cooling... smoke free....and there there's this another room called chill room.. sub zero...nice to hang there when the alcohol kicks in and the face gets red... :) gone home half drunk this round... probably i got tired from the training of driving...
3rd interesting part...
Genting autocross event... after a night in Quattro 10 degree.... the day in genting is 16 degrees when the wind blow... plus... it's raining.... so... blardy cold 2 days straight down. but then this autocross i wasn't rolled under competition class... i was left into a non-competition class.. although i dun have THAT much experience on autocross... there are alot of nice picture taken as well during this event... because they have one of the most happening car club i've ever seen... the mini club.. see how they decorate their car...it's really wicked !... so.. as the day goes... the mini finish their run...and my turn to have some fun.... with the new alignment settings.... i was having hell of a fun... my car is sharp... but a little understeer on low speed. but generally my car's control skill i realise it has significantly went up... and it's real fun.... accidently ... my time was 2nd fastest among the turbo cars... and i won myself car waxing voucher.... :) that's was a bonus of the day.... oh yeah.. did i mentioned i met Leona Chin ? at first i have no idea who's she...nor what she do... then i get to know.. she's the driver of Red Bull racing team for MME race. wow.. 22 year old drifter girl with pro driving license. and a cute little girl... holding a soft toy everywhere she goes...hahaha really doesn't make much sense as she's a pro driver :)
anyway.. this is a blardy long blog... weekend had ended... and time to get back to my work...time to deliver products to my customer... get back more money.. buy a new anti-roll bar for my car.... so that i dun get that much understeer. :)
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