The Facelift.

I've always liked the colour black and white... im not much of an arty farty person but when it comes to colours, i feel i know what im talking about. Personally, ive always liked the simplicity in style of the colour black against a white background.....

Their not loud colours, but the combination stands out when matched and balanced well..

My latest jersey that i bought had a combination of white and black...

When i customize cars in need for speed, i always seem the most impressed at a car with that combination of colours.

I guess thats why the combination is used as a colour for the Yin and Yang sign. It portrays perfect balance.
So enough of this jibberish.

Charlotte had been gone for a week being put under the knife. It was a long wait and i counted the days till Thursday. Mr Sim from the paint shop mentioned that the fastest he could get it done by was Thursday. True to his word, he managed to complete almost everything by 6pm on the promised day. Unfortunately, he closes at 7pm and i get home from work at 8pm.... so it was one last night of which i had a pretty crazy nightmare of the car turning out looking terrible. It was so real i practically didnt feel myself wake up until i realized i was in bed.

Im sure by now its pretty clear that i sent charlotte for a paint job. If you havent guessed it by now, you need to go back to school and return all your qualifications to the establishments you obtained them from :p

ANyway....

Im extremely proud to be able to say that i own her and made some decisions that im very happy with and a lot of blood, sweat and tears have been shed in the process. I cannot deny the fact that i owe my family big time for me to even be owning this car and driving it around. But here she is...ive still smiling since this morning everytime i look at her :) unfortunately, these pics were taken with my handphone camera and arent too clear...they dont bring out the colour as well as id like... but hey, its served its purpose.



View at an angle.


Always liked the front view of the Charade.


Much much better rear profile and a nicer stance with the wider and thinner tyres.


I got these 15 inchers through a swap and RM100 top up with my car buddy Gavan.


Here's a flaw which im looking to fix soon. I was on a tight budget and had only sprayed the exterior....its not as pretty as id like it to be once i open the door. The interior linings are unfortunately, still red. Ive promised myself to get that fixed some day. Got some other things which are more important for now.

What can i say? Im just uncontrollably ecstatic with the outcome. Its exactly as i planned it to be. Just a little touch ups here and there and it'd be complete from the outside.

Im sorry if the car isnt as amazing to you as it is to me.... but im proud of it nonetheless.....

Well... heres whats next up...

1.Visors.
2.New rear brake lamp.
3.Darker tint.
4.New rear number plate. Mine looks like....well....crap....
5.Custom making some Daihatsu stickers to balance the black out more evenly at the rear end.
6.Interior spray.

But to burst my own bubble...my road tax, speeding ticket and insurance renewal have to be paid this month.... such an anti climax....

Dougie signing out.

21 years young...

I think that no one would actually notice this update as i havent been blogging for ages now due to unforseen circumstances, time constraints and my ever hectic work which causes me to feel ratehr exhausted by the time i get home..... Therefore, thats my explanation for not blogging.... not really "unforseen circumstances" actually...

But today... Im off from work after a much more than expected event filled weekend.....

Saturday was cool....a nice laid back pizza party with the family of which i forked out a bit of my own money to buy more than enough pizzas.... Thank god for dominoes Privelege Gold Card which entitles a card holder to a buy 1 free 1 deal....So i bought 4 pizzas and guess how many i got free? Yea..u do the math...

Old folks

middle ages folks

My little cousin Ethan.. apparently we were impesonating Ronald McDonald????

younger folks

My cousin Lynette who celebrated her 30th bday with me...

The Grand-One handing me my birth certificate and some other documents... Me posing as if i'd signed a deal with Manchester United...hahahaha....

I got an overdose of Pizza and ang pows which came up to quite a bit....practically tearing with joy as i opened the red packets... enough for me to finally get my paint job for Charlotte.... its gonna be awesome...

Back to my birthday.... the highlight of the weekend came on Saturday night.... my baby went through the trouble of arranging a small meet up for me at Chinoz in KLCC with the rest of the guys and 2 girls.... I was basically blind folded for a good 20 minutes, almost pissed in my pants when my baby almost met in an accident whiles i was blindfolded, and i was a laughing stock for a large group of foreigners at Chinoz as they observed a young dude, with a tie wrapped around his face walking hand in hand with a hot chick...me being the young dude with a tie around his face and the hot chick being my baby :)

at Chinoz on the park KLCC

I cant thank everyone enough for making my bday a bit more special that i had intended it to be... and more so, i cant thank my baby enough for what she did for me....

thank you thank you thank you.... love u so much...

Only deflation was that this is the first time ever, that i celebrated my birthday without anyone of my immediate family members.... things change i guess... coz now my sister has also moved to the US of A with my mom.... havent seen my dad in a while either....

AAAAnnyway....

Sunday was the actual date of my bday and i was greeted with a nice load of sms's which was a nice start to the day.... more so, i woke up with my baby by my side and we spend the morning just lazying around.... Brought my buddy Shane to do some shopping in IKEA, and headed to futsal later that night.... unfortunately, i played like shit.... enough said....

And so here i am on a Monday afternoon.... taking a day off from work....speaking of which, ive already taken a couple of steps to taking a step out.... i dont seem to see much mroe advancement for myself here.
But yea, im here now and ive finally found some time to keep my blog alive.....

Next up will be a full write up on Charlotte and whats new.... been itching to do a review on my own car now that shes starting to look more complete...

SO yea.. thats wraps it up and until next post.....

Cheers to being alive for 21 fantastic years.... and ill take this opportunity to thank everyone who has been involved in making me who i am today....To my mum, sister, family members, the love of my life, friends and other people along the way....

THANK YOU!!

Dougie signing out..