My life..a quarter mile at a time

My ride my pride...

2007-09-23T15:50:00.000+08:00

I hereby declare that im not as avid a blogger as i used to be and from now on posts are only going to come once in a full moon (which is more often than once in a blue moon)

Here's an updated post on Charlotte.. She's got newly sponsored decals from Dpro, an autoshop owned by someone who is now a friend of mine....

And also some custom decals i made....

She's looking almost complete cosmetically now... :)

Dpro Autoshoppe decals

Custom numerals on the left

And on the right.

Things i need to get done..

1) New Stainless Steel exhaust manifold
2) Performance Brake pads
3) Iridium Spark plugs

Thats about it..

Oh yea..happy birthday kevin and kyle.... It was a crazy party last night...enjoyable nonetheless.... Now we got to wait a week before kyles party kicks off... more booze! woopedeedoo!

Dougie signing out.

Recently...

2007-08-28T00:50:00.000+08:00

I really dont see the point of me blogging anymore...i take a look at my baby's blog and mine seems pathetic...furthermore we usually almost always have the same things to write about.... and i feel that her coverage of recent times seem so much more comprehensive that mine will ever be... reason being i dont have the time nor the patience....

So here's what i've been up to recently... Gladly, i can say that life seems to have taken a big step up....

First up would be my life in the world of music....

My band Cynosure seems to have taken a step up in the underground music scene thansk to falique. We were recently invited for a gig at a club called Vinyl in Melaka

On stage

My baby who followed me and supported me all the way...

Then my car club... we recently had 2 very succesful meetup sessions and it seems to be expanding! Recent one was at Bukit Jalil, where we found a new mamak which has a really nice sprint course around it....

Line up at bukit Jalil

The table.

Thanks for this pic of my car Jim!

Half the team

this was taken somewhere else but i like the pic...

its getting late now.... im extremely sleepy due to the lack of sleep ive been having the past couple of days...

Well...im living life a quarter mile at a time....and so far, the recent 400m have been really good...

Worked Hard and played even harder.... now im suffering the side effects....

Dougie signing out.

Sublime TT session 17/8/07

2007-08-18T03:06:00.000+08:00

Today was a long day... sent charlotte to the body shop to fix up a dent i picked up a week ago. Damn firehydrant just came right into her boot and left a dent there.. damn firehydrant... :p

brought my baby to a clothes sales thing at an office for a company called Lunch Actually, who are a specialized match making organization.... Interesting line of work if i may say so coz i never knew we had a service of this nature in Malaysia.

Had a fantastic TT Session with the boys from Team Sublime and my baby tagged along....

Took loads of pics with my camera but im kinda lazy to load but the pictures below basically speak a thousand words....

It was good fun meeting up with the guys again and good to see that we're keeping the Team alive and kicking...

The meetup was in Kayu SS2 for drinks and then we proceeded to some secluded piece of road in PJ....

3/4 of the complete line up

Zam's Honda Superbike... Most powerful ride in the Team.

Jamil's legendary 4e

My buddy Tezt's GTti

Mervin's legendary GTti.

Kinda lazy to load all the pics...

Its 3:24am now and i think i need some shut eye....

Anyone out there who has a car or motorbike, loves their car or motorbike, loves engines, is a petrol head and loves chilling out and talking nonsense.... Click on the link below and do a simple sign up just for the fun of it.....

http://teamsublime.3.forumer.com

and no, your car doesnt have to be modded....

Dougie signing out.

My Very Own Proton Spyshots!!

2007-08-04T16:15:00.001+08:00

Notice the recent hype being stirred up by proton about their new 4 door saloon car?
Im not sure what type of marketing stunt their trying to pull, but it seems as if their hoping people will place bookings for a car that hasnt even been released yet...nor has it even been released to the public eye.
But from the little that i know, the new proton is supposed to be a facelifted version of the Gen 2.

So im not sure what i saw that Friday morning...

Well, on my way to work along the NPE after the Sunway toll, i spotted a weird looking black car turning onto the NPE just before Sunway Pyramid. It wasnt until i got about 20m from the car when i realized it has a lot of masking stuck on to various parts of the outer shell....

The front lights were 80% covered but looked somewhat like a more muscular front profile of the Savvy..

The front bumper was also covered up and i couldnt get a good look at much of its styling but it did have the middle nose section ala Proton Waja, only much smaller.

Unfortunately, i didnt manage to get any pics of the front as i was driving and its not wise to turn backwards, take a photo and drive at the same time..

But i did however, get some good teaser shots of the rear and side which was mostly masked up as well...

here they are...

Picture from the back... The whole concept seems to be headed towards a waja replacement... A rather high profile rear end but with very old styling cues which have been seen before... Not so good from the rear view...

Here's a partial side view...Also ather waja-ish with slight rear wheel arches and thre was also a bit of arch at the front fender....

Well..im using a K700i which only has a 1.3 MP camera and im really dissapointed that the pictures suck....

Not sure what this proton is gona be called or wheher its a proton at all.... But i have to say, from the little that i've seen, it doesnt look too good....

Protons designers really need a facelift of their own if they ever hope to create cars which are on par with newer designs. Well, considering that their new team just created a "facelift" for the waja (revised front grill) which is horrendous to me and seems more like a "facedrop", i think theyve got a long way to go.

Dougie signing out.

Shades of grey

2007-08-01T00:49:00.000+08:00

I feel alone and a rather peculiar emptiness....

My mind is clouded... I cant seem to sleep....

I cant seem to understand these shades of grey... although it empowers me to express these thoughts.

Conflicts in expectations, desires and perceptions hardly end well once there is love involved...

The conflict starts with me.... I'm responsible for all this....

My mind has changed with time...but my heart has'nt....

My honesty hurts, my dishonesty hurts even more....
I cant stand being the cause of so much pain..
My honesty and intentions are never meant to hurt... but they always do...
I dont feel worthy.. i dont know how to be worthy....

Im not savouring this slice of heartache...

i know pain doesnt last long.... i pray it wont...

If there was no love.... this pain would not exist....

Know that i love you... its ironic that we have to overcome a storm caused by the love that holds us together...

There always seems to be a piece of this jigsaw puzzle that doesnt fit.

I wish i knew the answers....

I dont want to lose you...

Good things come small...

2007-07-11T23:26:00.000+08:00

Recently, i managed to get some small details done to the car... they may be minor add ons, but the end result is just so pleasing to the eye...my eye that is....if you dont like it then im sorry.... :p

Custom made Daihatsu decals..

Custom made Daihatsu and TRD decals.

DIY painted my calipers red.

A better view of the newly painted calipers.

And last but not least....Visors.... makes the side profile of the car seem a little more complete now...

My baby's "poor thing" face when she noticed that there were more pics of charlotte than of her.... thats not true!!!!

Oh yea...forgot to mention that my career is picking up pretty well...i just got promoted to senior executive status in my company...a nice gradual step up for me which im slowly getting used to....

Next month... ill be getting seat covers, planning on changing the front 2 headrests and maybe get some nicer bulbs.... dont know yet...

But one things for certain...

I need a hair cut....

By the way....Happy coming birthday Jared.... :)

Dougie signing out.

Eye lids..

2007-07-05T23:14:00.000+08:00

My paintjob has just kick started my obsession of cosmetics modifications.... I jts DIY'ed my own eye lids for the car and will be custom making some decals at Dpro on saturday for some empty parts of the car...

Here's without the eye lids...

and after getting about 2 feet of black sticker sheet, inaccurate measuring and sticking...here's what the change looks like...

Up close, the work isnt very good..a few crease lines here and there...but from a reasonable distance, it serves the purpose...

Dougie signing out...

The Facelift.

2007-06-30T04:00:00.000+08:00

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...

2007-06-18T16:06:00.000+08:00

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..

What now....

2007-05-08T23:15:00.000+08:00

I need a new job....

If anybody has anything for me.... please let me know...

Not that my job sucks... i just need a change of scene....

*****end of announcement*****

I hate to admit it but i have nothing to blog about.... dont get me wrong, life is good now...and thats possibly a reason as to why theres nothing to blog about....

But of course theres charlotte... who needs an exhaust which is gonna cost about RM400 or less, then i also want to replace my front disc brake pads with Ferodo pads which'll be about RM170 bucks for a more solid bite...plus, my current pads are slightly "not so good" now, then theres the heavy vibration at the steering wheel which i want to get checked soon... hopefully its just some bushings which need replacing, and OH YEA...i finally decided to spray my rims black and so i have done so about 2 weeks back...the results are fantastic.... :)

And then theres Manchester United winning the English Premier League, the trophy is back where it belongs..... but unfortunately theres no hope of glory in Europe.... Hopefully ill be smiling after the FA cup final with chelsea as well... :)

My 4th year anniversary with my baby will be on this 27th....hehehe...4 years...wow.... and i like the feeling that the "flame"...so to speak.... is burning as brightly as it did 4 years ago....i cant help but smile just thinking about it ....

And what better way to sign of a blog entry......heres my new look for the 2nd half of 2007...

Guess thats all....

Dougie signing out.

Life is like a turbo

2007-04-25T23:47:00.000+08:00

Life is like having a turbo on your car..... You never get enough of boost and you always want more.... but yet, you know what you currently have can be sufficient......

Over the past week... ive realized that the management at my workplace isnt as "alright" as i thought it was, i had a really bad day with love, then i had a really good day with love, i got a call from an organization asking me to go in for an interview which i am excited about, my sister is leaving in a couple of weeks, ive realized that my perception of one side of my family is pretty negative, ive got this weird pain from the right side of my jaw till my right temple.....

Life is also like a turbo because u can spend so much time building it up, improving things, making it better, but it can all blow up in your face without warning.... mind you , it hasnt blown up in mine yet.... neither my life nor my turbo....

Oh yea...i have to gloat that i managed to fix in my "fish valves" with 5 valves to bleed pressure off of the wastegate vaccuum hose and my boost is now at 0.7 bar...hoping that itll show more improvements once i get my exhaust done next month... GOOD SHIT....

And also...i finally managed to coat my rims flat black like ive been wanting to for so long..the results are fantastic.... i always liked the look of black rims since i started modding charlotte.... this current set of rims are no exception.. ill probably paint my brake calipers red when i have the time....

A Turbo can also be related to our love lives.... when u think about it.... Lets just say im the turbine housing, and my baby is the turbine fins.... most of the time both components are working in perfect harmony..... but sometimes seals will break, boost will start to leak, and then the turbo needs servicing....kinda like my relationship..... love you baby..... hehehehe.... ur my turbine fins er.... :)

Then theres friends....Friends are like vacuum hoses, turbine pipings, intercooler pipings and blow off valves.... So many different kinds of friends, but somehow or rather they all play a part in our lives the same way the mentioned components do for a turbo....hahahha.....

im so lame...

Now for some sighing....

I think the one thing stuck at the corner of my mind which is bothering me in a way, is my family life.... on the more positive note, my sister is looking optimistic to head to the states and im sure my mum will be happier with her around.....
On the other hand....
I mentioned it earlier but heres something more specific..... I feel for some reason, emotionally detached from the family ties with my "Tan" blood..... call me ungrateful or whatever....but i cant help the fact that i feel this way.... and i hate how its making me feel coz my dad is absically a big part of this feeling of mine..... I've found it so extremely difficult to love him as the same dad i knew..... it hurts, yet its frustrating at the same time.... Nevertheless, he's my dad and i know for a fact that somewhere in him is the man i grew to love..... sigh...emo emo emo.....

My final comparison of life being like a turbo...is probably how we end our days respectively.... You basically turn off ur engine, and let the turbo rest... as i have to do now in the form of getting some sleep....

Dougie signing out...

Under Boost...Over Spending

2007-04-13T00:28:00.000+08:00

I finally fixed hooked up the boost meter that my baby bought me about a week ago. Managed to tap the vacuum hose to the intake manifold ala DIY and left the lighting wiring to be done by the peopl who actually know about wiring in Mr.Tan's shop... FOR FREE..... wohoo.... Now i can monitor my boost levels and to my dismay, it reads that im only getting about 0.5 bar of boost at normal settings when im suppsoed to get about 0.7 bar..... im just hoping theres no issue with the wastegate (the component that limits the exhaust pressure to the turbine). Ive made a decision to learn by using a 3 way valve known as a "fish valve" in local automotive jargon, to increase boost to about 0.9 bar. Which is from what ive read, the maximum that the stock ECU will handle in terms of fueling....

And so with the money that i saved, i lowered my 2 front springs by 1 coil each....

Theres a theory that cut springs dont serve any good purpose apart from enhancing a car aestethically, but i beg to differ and i say this based on current experience.... The springs are now stiffer because theyve been shortened, takes noticeably flatter corners, is actually more comfortable, and its lowered my car in the front by about an inch and has given charlotte a much nicer stance..... But of course if i get a proper set of lowering springs it'll have much better results... but hey, if i had RM500 bucks or so then of course i would....but then again, theres some other things which are more important... so i wouldnt have spent that amount of money anyway

My car aside, i met up with this guy who owns a kancil that ive seen running around brem park and is usually parked in there.... He found his way to the sulbime forum and well, we had a drink at McDonalds and i got a chance to feel the might of the L2 turbo.... his car is boosting at 1 bar mind you and i swear, it'll give almost any road going sports car a run for its owners money until about 140kmh... which we reached from standstill in hardly any time at all.... all the more tempting for me to hit the 0.9 bar that i want to test out :)

I hate to admit it...once uve got urself in this automotive hobby, its extremely difficult to control yourself.... im sure every petrol head will testify to this....

AAnnnyway....

Works been real heavy this past week.... been working till past 6:30 on tuesday and i was in the office till about 9:30 today, only got to spend hardly an hour plus with my baby : ( But one thing, it makes me realize how much i miss her when i dont see her for a day.... im happy that that feeling is still there, most relationships i know off usually lack it after 3 years or so....so yea...its good in a way

Shaitz im tired but for some reason i feel compelled to blog.... i cant explain this craving but its just there.... and of course i realized that i havent blogged in a while too..... SO this post will serve as yet another cure for the itch to blog and rant about my life..a quarter mile at a time.... ..corny corny corny..... hehehehe...

Oh yes...how could i almost forget the Man United vs Roma game.... what can i say?

now who wouldve predicted...

SEVEN GOALS TO ONE!!!! ahh..that should cover it.... treble glory is in the horizon.... hopefully...

I missed the live game but managed to catch the replay yesterday...and as if god wanted me to watch the game, i jt turned the TV on, and there it was...just starting as well....what mroe could i ask for from the TV gods....

Oh btw, thanks kyle for calling me at 3am in the morning to let me know that we were 3-0 up before the stroke of half time.... i thought i was dreaming when i woke up the next morning...

Life is really great now i have to say.... its been this way for a while now and im really glad if i can maintain it like this... but the one thing that really bothers me but yet, i seem to be passively ignoring, is my financial management.....

I mean...okay...im not earning THAT much....its enough for me to survive as well as for me to enjoy a little....spend a little....have some luxury..... but at the same time, i feel the need to actually save.... as my baby keeps on telling me to do.... SAVE SAVE SAVE..... which is something i should do, but i just cant at the moment..... I dont know if its because im so used to having something to fall back on, ive always dug my way out of situations , or merely because im so overwhelmed with the fact that i can finally buy the things i want, eat nice food, show some generosity, yada yada yada which ive never been able to do before i started working.....

whatever it is...i need to start saving as well as paying my dues.... which i really need to do... but i just havent been able to put much aside for it.... things keep coming up, or i just get so caught up with something..... sigh.... I'll just have to discipline myself and i have to start it real soon.....

Its Friday....yeay....

Dougie signing out...

Dark clouds have silver linings?

2007-04-02T23:08:00.000+08:00

My trip to perhentian this month has been forced to be cancelled.... nuff said...

After weeks of planning, the public transportation of malaysia doesnt seem to have been kind enough to set us up for the final stages of our planned trip.... and what a dissapointment it is... i really havent felt sooo dissapointed in recent times... But heck, dont think ill sit around and cry about it....

In the words of the great limp bizkit... "from the good comes the bad, the bad comes the good...ima live my life like i should"

And true to those words my baby and i were.... because our trip would be cancelled and postponed.... i pretty much went on a shopping spree.... and my baby got something that shes wanted for a while, which is, the Crittertrail X hamster cage thing which looks bigger than my house...

For myself?

I got a new pair of Nike Tiempo Naturale Futsal shoes for RM130 of which i customized a car decal and made a number 17 and stuck it to the heel of the shoe.... As always, the shoes are mainly white in colour, with the Nike SWOOSH and other details in Anthracite (which is like dark grey)... very nice and simple and i got it at a bargain!

my baby bought me an auto gauge boost gauge which was at an offer price at ENEOS.... so their not the most accurate or high end brand of performance instruments, but they should serve me well for at least 1 year or so... and they look good too! I really cant find sufficient words to express how much i appreciate my baby doing that... It's actually my birthday present....teehee.... hopefully i can find that particular stand in the picture...

And although its not shopping, ill be finally settling my speeding fine that i was slapped with a couple of months back... RM150 green ones..

Oh yea... the TOP GEAR magazine is finally on sale in malaysia!! i finally got a look at it but noticed that most of the articles are available online.. apart of course from the more pictures, adverts, contest, additional articles...the RM10 i would pay, i can spare for something else... But heck, if you like cars, thats a fantastic magazine for only RM10 bucks i tell you...

On the way back from work today...i finally heard the full version of Linkin Park's latest single... "what i've done", very trademark linkin park piano riffs, effects, has a more alternative sound to it....but the melody is pretty cool and although it isnt as good as some of their older materials, it gives a good look at wht to expect from the Minutes to midnight album... good stuff...

http://www.linkinpark.com/ <------click here and let it load

I have to say..its been a pretty good month so far....much more ups than downs.... my mum seems to have settled in the US and its a ncie feeling to know tht she's doing alright....my sister seems to be doing fine with her processing to go to the States....my baby is happy and as cute as ever.... charlotte is behaving really well.... heck...what more could i ask for? perhentian aside of course...

just gonna hope it stays this way for a looong while... havent felt such an UP time in life for a long while....

Dougie signing out

Tag thing..

2007-04-02T22:45:00.000+08:00

It had to happen sooner or later....

PART 1: ON THE OUTSIDE
Name : Douglas Robin Tan Hiok Thien
Date of birth : 17 June 1986
Current status : In a Relationship & sort of Married
Eye colour : Dark Brown
Hair colour : Blackish brown?
Righty or lefty : mightey rightey
Zodiac sign : Gemini..

PART 2: ON THE INSIDE
Your heritage : Banana... yellow on the outside, white on the inside
Your fear : losing a loved one... losing my sight a.k.a becoming BLIND
Your weakness : my nuts?
Your perfect pizza : Beef pepperoni with extra cheese and more cheese..

PART 3: YESTERDAY, TODAY & TOMORROW
Your thoughts first waking up : Sigh...monday...
Tomorrow : Sigh...tuesday...
Your bedtime : half past midnight...
Your most missed memory : My childhood when my whole family was around....

PART 4: YOUR PICK
Pepsi or coke: Coke
McD's or Burger King: Burger King...
Adidas or Nike: Nike....coz my new shoes are nikes...ive crossed to the swoosh side..

PART 5: DO YOU...
Smoke: Nope...
Curse: Yes.... if this means saying bad words...then yes

PART 6: IN THE PAST MONTH
Drank alcohol : Does Beer count?
Gone to the mall : With a girlfriend like my baby, every month ill be at a mall.... :) hehehehe
Been on stage : Yeap...
Eaten sushi : Nope....
Dyed your hair: Nope...

PART 7: WHAT WERE YOU DOING
1 minute ago : Answering PART6...
1 hour ago : Driving my baby home...
4 1/2 hours ago : Lying on my bed with my baby...
1 month ago : Probably the same thing im doing now
1 year ago : Bumming around...jobless...

PART 8: FINISH THE SENTENCE
i love : My baby!
i feel : Like installing my boost gauge...
i hate : Cars with loud mufflers who tailgate me....
i hide : My private parts everyday...
i miss : My baby's scent...oh no...im getting ho..... =)
i need : My mother.... my baby....loooovin =) .....a new set of tyres....a new paint job for my car.... Stiffer springs....a more interesting job....a ball bearing turbo.... the list goes on....

Im not gonna tag anyone...

Dougie signing out..

PAL-V...i want one....

2007-03-28T00:27:00.000+08:00

No matter how many attempts litter automotive history, the temptation of a flying car just won't go away.

The latest to float the idea is the PAL-V, which stands for Personal Air and Land Vehicle.
What makes the PAL-V stand out is that there are no bulky wings, just some neat rotors on the roof that fold away when not in use.

Instead of trying to make a car that flies or a plane that drives, PAL-V has come up with a gyrocopter than can do a bit of both.
On the road, the three-wheeler uses a normal car engine that can also run on biofuel. But if congestion looms, you pop up the rotors.
They act like a wing to provide lift, but forward motion is generated by a propeller that unfolds from behind the cabin.

Designed to fly at heights of up to 4,000ft, the PAL-V can reach speeds of 125mph on land and in the air, and it only needs a very short strip to take off and land from.
With a range of 340 miles, the PAL-V could take you from London to Newcastle in one hop.
No prices have yet been announced for the PAL-V, but its Dutch builder reckons it should be on sale within the next two years.
At which point, presumably, pigs will fly. With an accompanying farmer, of course.

This practically fits my dream of wantng to fly. Now i can do it in my own car. One cant help but to wonder if in the future, vehicles such as these become aplenty, whether there'd be floating traffic lights. Worse still, does this mean we'd have to retake our drivers..oops..i mean pilots license?

If i had a choice and were given the luxury of having to pick only one of these...A Carerra GT, an LP640 roadster , a Bugatti Veyron and the PAL-V...

I think you pretty much have an idea of which one im gonna be choosing...

Dougie signing out..

Minutes to Midnight

2007-03-27T23:19:00.000+08:00

Trailer for LPTV 2007 and Linkin Parks latest album...Minutes to midnight.

To be released on the 15th of May 2007.

Initial G : Genting Run

2007-03-26T20:39:00.000+08:00

The car club and i finally managed to get our first major run together. The destination? Genting Highlands via the old road that cuts through Ulu Yam.

The intial meetup point was at aman suria. A hot spot for car clubs and car enthusiast gatherings alike. Ample amounts of parking space and a nice open location...
My punctuality in recent days has been over-efficient.... and as much as id like to think its a good thing, it hardly is because everyone else seems to adhere by the malaysian timing rule which is about half an hour later than stated... I used to be like that once but made it a point to be more punctual....now im having thoughts of returning to my malaysian timing ways....hehehehe

So my baby and i sat and awaited for the rest to arrive... first on time was Desmond a.k.a Deongster a.k.a Conekiller a.k.a guy who won GRA who brought along his girl friend and im embarassed to say that i forgot her name.... One by one they came and soon we filled up 2 tables, paid for our drinks, had a short spell of car watching and then headed off....

Im gonna tell you how small a world it is.... There was this guy who was a friend of desmonds who drove a super fast fire breathing proton tiara which he totaled some time ago.... and then there was this guy who i saw on the road a couple of weeks back driving a very potent looking Corolla LE sporting a paint job ala Initial D's AE86 whom i waved to and acknowledged how nice his car was....Turns out...their the same guy... and i didnt even know it till i saw his car come rumbling past where we were seated.... 20 valve silvertop.... Petrol head jargon i know, but mention it i must... Its a remarkable engine built by toyota... the guys name is Eric by the way... and at first glance, you wouldnt think he's a petrol head...

The plan was to leave by 9:30... but we left at about an hour after.... headed off to fill up erics fuel tank whiles Deongster and Tezt decided to give an Annoying Proton Putra a lesson in driving....Guess when the Putra driver saw charades and an old starlet he mustve thought .... "easy meat..."

... his funeral....

Finally... at about 11pm...we started our journey....

Traffic was heavy that night... we were all split up when it came to the toll and were divided into 3 pairs.... Myself and Deongster, Dave and Eric, Tezt and Noel in his very potent Waja....

and so the first "highlight" if i may say so...occured.....Deongster and i were crusing whiles waiting for Tezt and Noel to catch up along the MRR2 when my baby noticed a JPJ cruiser creeping up our rear end, pulling up beside us and taking a good look at our cars... Now bear in mind my car looks pretty much like it belonged to a granny with a nick for bodykits whereas Deongsters starlet had sponsorship stickers from Q8 adorning the sides of his car... his cars name is phoebe by the way...

The JPJ pulled ahead of me, and with the assistance of a torchlight, waved down deongsters car and pulled him to the side of the road...

Tezt and Noel finally caught up and the next thing i knew, blinking blue lights blinded me through my rear view mirror as i guided the rest to a halt a petrol station about 150m ahead where Dave and Eric were parked... Bummer... Deongster had been stopped...

So we waited and waited and finally he arrived... and burnt a RM50 hole in his wallet....

waiting for deongster

snapped some pics

Turbo fest...

Deongster in action

We were getting restless as the night wasnt getting any younger and i was pretty sleepy by the time, so we made haste and left the petrol station hoping that there wouldnt be a road block up ahead... i was shit scared actually...

But after that... it was pure adrenaline fuelled precision driving all the way...

We had to endure some bumpy roads as we drove through ulu yam town for a good 10 minutes and then we finally made the last right turn to start the climb...

Deongster was leading the way as he was pretty confident of the way up, followed by Tezt, Eric, Dave, Noel and Myself at the rear... i dont think it was a good position as i was getting a first hand smell of their burnt fuel and exhaust gasses.... through the early part of the climb i was taking my time when i noticed that everyone seemed to have sped up a notch and as much as i convinced myself i wasnt going to push too hard.... I had to...it was too tempting to finally test out my car on the windy uphill stretch...

Our line was broken up due to heavy traffic on the way up.... and so dave and i ended up at the back but managed to keep some pace although i didnt really push very hard coz my baby was in the car.... But hell yea it was fun...

Its good to see that even with such a modest suspension setup, i managed to negotiate the numerous S curves, hairpin turns and long sweeping corners.... But of course the rest were far ahead.... and i could see them really pushing it... Couple of ball shrinking moments for tezt pulling some risky maneuvers which i would not even have thought of pulling....there are some things u just dont try tezt..hahaha....

i think i was doing pretty well keeping it fast but not too fast at the same time... getting a feel of where charlottes limits lye....

Throughout the whole climb... the sound of turbines spooling filled the cold night air.... The pitch black surroundings were overshadowed by the sound of blow off valves and roaring engines in the distance.... The road seemed to come to life with every apex.....tyres screaching with every bend negotiated.... Heavy but controlled understeer..... sliding rear ends.....ahh... bliss...

Something of a Tokyo Drift-esque picture came to my head...only that we were driving much cheaper and not so attractive cars and we werent really going sideways....

Hair raising moments nonetheless....

Then of course there was that small setback that i faced.... All that high revving really got the engine heated and the water in my radiator had dried up.... so i pulled over for about 15 minutes, topped her up with some fresh cold water, cooled the engine down and continued to drive up where the rest were waiting....

We did some analyzing and came to realize that my radiator does in fact seem smaller as compared to the radiator on Dave and deongsters 4E's respectively.... but well, if i dont push her, theres no problem....

Finally we reached the top.... here are the pics of our line up...

Tezts Gtti Joan

Noel's super waja... proof that wajas can go fast with modest modifications and a good driver..

Daves Samantha monster 4E

My Charlotte and my baby at the back

Deongsters Champion Starlet Phoebe

Erics Corolla LE ala Initial D AE86

Had some food and drinks at the mamak and i was feeling the effects of the change in altitude...stomache wise....and head wise.... all i had was some hot water and a bit of Tom Yam soup, burnt my throat a little and then left for the drive down... by then, i was feeling much better...

Dumbo feeling sick...

In the car park..with Deongsters car..

From left... myself, my baby, Noels bro, eric, Noel, Tezt, Dave, Desmond, something Leng... (sorry...)

Dave and I..

Tezt and i..looking gay

My baby and i

Then we lined our cars up at the bus parking area and snapped some pictures...

The charades

Full line up..

Then we made our way down and back via the new road where Tezt and I trashed some mat rempits...

What a way to end the night....

Dougie signing out...

Gentings, Noise and a Policeman

2007-03-22T23:04:00.000+08:00

What do the 3 items in the title have in common? Absolutely nothing apart from the fact that their related to this post....

Lets start of with noise which will then lead to the police man....

As you all know...my dear charlotte does not run on any form of exhaust system and therefore makes quite a bit of noise whiles i drive her around.... And also, for your information, there've been an influx of police patrols and road blocks in recent months in and around OUG, Old Klang Road, Happy gardens etc...
So my little incident happened yesterday as i was on the way to BRJ mamak after sending my baby home...
On the way to the mamak i have to climb a slight slope before proceeding to a sharp left turn which leads me to the mamak area.... This slope is pretty much a blind slope as you cant see whats on the other side till you actually get to the top.... Normally the road blocks that the Cops set up is further down along the left hander, but this time, they set up shop just before the left hand turn and well, i got stopped...

The malay cop dude waved me down with his fluoroscent red stick and pulled me to the side of the road... then this indian cope dude came to the passenger side window and so we had out little conversation...

Kenapa you punya ekzos bising?

Sorry sir, i punya exhaust kat depan tu dah bocor...i tak cukup duit mau repair la...

*gives me a believable look and checks the front of my car possibly for an intercooler...

Kasi IC dan lesen...

*so i pass him the stuff...

Douglas Robin Tan Hiok Thien....nama panjang eh...u cina ka?

Yes sir...

Kristian a?

Yes sir..

Full gospel is it?

No sir..im catholic....

Oooo..Catholic... hmm...okok...

*Passes my license back...

Brother... fix the exhaust ok?...god bless you

*he shakes my hand..smiles and lets me go

Well..considering their the cops, they normally dont look out too much for conversions and stuff... but nevertheless, i really really really need to lower charlottes profile...the noise she makes is like going to a gay bar and taking of ur clothes and expecting no one to notice... sorry for the vulgarity...
But YES...i need to get that exhast system done As Soon As Possible....

My car crew and i have organized a drive to gentings... tomorow night...should be fun...at the moment there shud be about 6 or 7 cars in the convoy.... and i havent been to gentings in a while so this should be fun...also i have never driven there before this...in charlotte...

My automotive life aside....

I managed to watch 2 recent movies the past week... The Holiday and the pursuit of happyness.... both of which were really good shows i have to say... Especially in the pursuit of happyness... very powerful show....do watch it..

Theres been this craze for creating tests on other people....useless i must say...but nevertheless... i do it and ive created 2 already.... do take them if you're too free.. better taking my test than reading a book.... hahahaha..... its sad though... my baby got 100% for both my tests... and me with my stone for a brain, only got 66% and 70% for hers... sad but true... hehehe....love u baby...

Dougie signing out....

Frustrations

2007-03-12T23:49:00.000+08:00

I sent my dear car in for her long awaited air cond system fix up... and looking at the weather recently, its an essential part of owning a car in malaysia.... Horsepower aside, comfort is a major factor as well...

So yea..i sent her in on saturday.... and predictably i couldnt get her back on that day itself... theres some major reworking mind you....
On sundays the accesory shop doesnt work... and so i was informed that she'll be done by monday afternoon...of which i requested for a half day at work hoping to pick up charlotte by 1pm...
Heck, today is monday.... and i woke up this morning, greeted by the old and heavily influenced chinese - english accent of Mr.Tan, the owner of the accesory shop , informing me that my car wouldnt be ready by the afternoon and instead i had to pick it up after work....

So what a waste of half a days pay... Met my baby, kev and shane for lunch in a borrowed Daihasu Mira 660 a.k.a kancil which is owned by my aunty... Drove the little thing to work at 70kmh on the NPE and drove back eagerly hoping that i'd be able to pick charlotte up....

Unfortunately, my hopes came crumbling down when i called Mr.Tan at about half past seven.... Unfortunatly theres some welding work left to be done and only tomorrow will i be able to pick her up.... sigh...one mroe day of driving in the mira.... which i am extremely thankful for eventhough its one of the slowest cars ive driven... Heck, it brought me to work and back....with air conditioning as well...so why the heck am i complaining...

SO yea.... Hopefully ill be able to have her back by tomorrow night....

Frustations aside....
My trip to perhentian seems to be getting somewhere, we got essential info for our trip and i think we'll be abel to close all reservations by the weekend...although we'll need a credit card to do soem of the bookings.... so yea..anybody generous enough to lend a credit card...do let me know....
But of course ill pay you back...hahaha.... and sorry, no interest.... just asking a favour....

Oh yea..before i forget which i probably will.... Wynton's bday is coming up...so i think it'd be nice to wish him now....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FATSO DESTRUCTO...

Btw...heres a video fo a murcielago doing a speed run...
Bear in mind that the Jun Skyline does 0-100 in 2.8 seconds.... so this is something...but slightly nothing....

Dougie signing out..

Hamster Dyno Test...

2007-03-07T00:39:00.001+08:00

I just thought this was so darn funny...hahahah

Of late..

2007-03-06T23:03:00.000+08:00

I honestly cant remember when the last time i blogged was.... although i do know its not too long ago, but it seems kinda long.... Just been too caught up with life to even find time to write about it.... ironic.... and for some reason, i notice my chatbox has been deleted.... and it says that its nonexistent???? shaitz....

AAAnnnyywayy...

Been having to work late since yesterday, company was facing some major backlogged work that we had to clear up before the end of the week, hopefully i dont have to stay at work for 12 hours after this.... Takes its toll on the brain....hahaha.... makes me wonder how workaholics do what they do....

My baby has been having some trouble with the life of our hamsters. One of which we just bought to keep the other company, but turns out that bummie doesnt want any company.... by the way, the other hamsters name is tum tum..... and not only are the hamsters giving trouble, my baby's mother is giving trouble about the hamsters.... this is a really good example of the saying "i never saw this coming".... for my case, its applied to me buying bummie for valentines day.... hahaha.... but the smile on my baby's face when she plays with the little fellas make up for it all.... eventhough it cost me one session of futsal...hahaha.....

Speaking of which....i've really regained that passion for football that i lost for a while.... Sunday nights are like, a major event of my weekly routine..... and its good coz its the only form of exercise i get anyway....

Couple of days ago i had a battle of the bands (as u can see in the picture above)
Played alright although i had some trouble with the drumset that was provided, just hoping that we at least get through to the finals.... We played in Universiti Malaya and it seems like a pretty big event with big sponsors so at least i know its worth a shot...
Also with regards to the band, i managed to get some prospective gigs with rebecca...who seems interested in getting my band to play at their mass comm events.... good experience nonetheless..... but thats in april, so i'll just have to wait and see if it matrializes....

Oh yea... my baby and i have finally arranged a date for our trip to pulau perhentian... and after some declined efforts to invite the rest to join us, it seems like its just gonna be my baby and i... which is of course a good thing because we've never been on a trip together before.... really looking forward to it... how i miss that clear, calm ocean water.... gona set aside about 500 odd bucks for the whole trip, pretty worthwhile considering it includes food and lodging and boat fares....

On to the more inferior things in life.... my car...hahaha....
FINALLY...im gonna get the air cond fixed up properly this weekend....gonna cost a bomb but HOPEFULLY it will prove to be money well spent.... and i got new rims as well YAHOO!.... for abour RM300 bucks, a set of 14" OZ rims..... now aint that a good buy... i didnt realize they were OZ until i saw the engraving a couple of days after i fitted them..... good stuff.....

Speaking fo good stuff.. United 1 - 0 Liverpool .... as much as Liverpudlians would like to say it was luck, i have to comment that it all came down to the goalkeeper... who are part of the team and their contribution cannot and should not be seen as luck..... Van der Sar denied crouch superbly, whereas Reina didnt do his job too well when he spilled a ronaldo free kick only for O'Shea to blast it in the roof of the net.... GOOD STUFF...

Shanes birthday is coming up in a while and the guys and i are providing a little bit of entertainment for the night.... things arent looking too bright at the moment coz we basically have done NOTHING in terms of preparation together.... individually maybe, hopefully we can pull this off.... never performed in front of my friends before, haha.... and unfortunately ill be on guitars and not drums... ah well..... Oh yea..by the way, i thought of a new name for the band..instead of the very mundane and awkwardly sounding MIXED BREED, i thought the name SHANES BEST FRIENDS has a nicer and more modern ring to it...hahaha..

So yea, nothing phylosophical about this post, its merely a way of curing the itch for writing which i have come to realize i enjoy doing very much...

SO much for this post..

Dougie signing out....

Nitrus - Kamu

2007-02-20T23:59:00.000+08:00

Umpama bidadari
Yang turun dari kayangan
Indahnya yang tak berbandingan
Terasa bagai disentuh bayanganmu

Sesungguhnya kamu terang, bagaikan cahaya
Yang menyinari hidupku, dikala ku kelam.. kelam
Terciptalah aku tuk kali pertama
Dan akanku buktikan kesungguhan dari hati ini....Hati ini..

Umpama bidadari
Kau selalu menenangkan aku
Biar kadangku terkeliru
Izinkan aku menyentuh bayanganmu

Undoubtedly one of my favourite malay songs to date... although it does seem to borrow a chunk of the verse riffs from another english song of which i cant remember the title...

Dougie signing out

Talk Shit Flower Child (Kong Xi Fa Cai)

2007-02-20T23:23:00.000+08:00

Forgive my retardedly poor rendition of the chinese language.... and Yes, i know that if u pronounce it right the title isnt really as what i made it out to be....

Aaanyway....

Valentines is over and so is Chinese new Year....For me at least...

For valentines...i already mentioned i bought my baby a hamster and as for me, i got a pair of black boxers of which my baby stitched the wordings " I LOVE YOU... always have always will" on the bottom left part of the boxer, a pink heart shaped pillow, and a nice card.... This is proof that regardless of the price, the smallest of things can carry the most of meanings.... Unfortunately the dinner i bought for us was pretty much crap.... we had it at all stars cafe which in simple terms, was a 4/10 experience.... but the carbonara wasnt too bad...

And so Valentines day whizzed by, and the next thing i know, red packets, mandarin oranges, kua chi, mah jong and unbelievably annoying chinese music had burried the "happy valentines" theme in shopping malls.....

Yes... Chinese New Year is here.... it really doesnt seem all that "new year-ish" to me for some reason..... its like, it doesnt carry that much meaning anymore...apart from the red packets.... tee hee....
I had to celebrate the first couple of days of the CNY without my baby who had to endure a torturous trip to penang which ended in disaster when she passed out and fell sick.... I couldnt help but miss her throughout the 4 days she was gone.... but at least i managed to make the most of my time.... I think the last post i did was in a cyber cafe with shane.... Apart from that, i spent some time with cousin chris and we started to play snooker again... like the old days....

AAAnnnyyywayyy...

As with every CNY year in year out.... im bound to lose money when i gamble.... Gambling + Myself = Money going to the banker..... just never works for me.... shit luck i suppose? Now its the end of CNY (for me at least..dont concentrate too much on the 3rd day or 4th day and shit) and im left with a healthy 300 bucks.... 10 bucks short of how much im supposed to have which i lost due to gambling....ironicaly....
Planning to get myself a new pair of shoes and possibly something for the car....

Speaking of shoes...which leads me to brands.... I hate how effective commercials, advertisements and product/brand marketing tactics affects people... prior to this, i was a loyal supporter of the Adidas line of footwear, but after what Nike's marketing team have dished out, its sort of managed to convert me to the "nike" side... i cant say its bad coz Nike have recently come up with some kick ass designs....

BATTLE OF THE BRANDS

VS

AAnnyway...

On to better things... My baby came back yesterday....i spent the whole of today with her... visited her dad, bought her Camera which she'd been wanting for a while now, checked out my shoes and caught "ghost rider" (a certain someone who was supposed to come watch it with me and baby couldnt make it in the end....)

btw... Ghost Rider isnt all that good...... dont get me wrong...its not BAAADD...its just not GOOOOD either... get the picture?

Well.... Im at the end of my holiday... theres a UEFA champions League game between United and Lille at 3am, but i cant watch it coz ive got work tomorrow.... SIIIIGHHH.... work....

Last but not least....i need a haircut....

Dougie signing out...

Out of the ordinary

2007-02-17T03:03:00.000+08:00

Its 3am now in the wee hours of a saturday morning.... My baby just left for penang not long ago and im missing her quite a lot now... she'll only be back on monday....sigh... the long wait...

Apart from that, im not in the comfort of my own home right now... im actually a a cyber cafe with my buddy shane... i just came back from a pool session with kyle and gerard... just as a means of passing time and catching up with the guys...

Guess im gonna have to keep myself occupied till my baby gets back to me...really missing her now .... sigh.....

Tomorrow's gonna be pretty busy.... bringing chris seng lock to do some wiring work on his car, got lunch with the family in the afternoon, gotta meet my dad in the evening, then have dinner with "that" side of the family...ooh joy..... (sarcasm sarcasm) All in the "spirit" of chinese new year....

Oh yea...ive got to mention before i go on that i bought my baby a hamster for valentines... named it Bummie... (because it tends to sleep heck of a lot... it runs on the wheel and falls asleep) hence the name BUM-MIE....sounds cuter than say, BUM-MER?

AAAnyyyway...

Im actually trying to make use of this time away from my baby to catch up on things i dont normally do when she's around.... but it actually seems pretty hard....I practically feel... incomplete... no its not some corny line, but rather its practically how i feel right now without her around....

Perhaps i can catch up on my music while she's gone.... maybe i can meet up with old friends while shes gone.....maybe i can have those late night beers while shes gone...... but none of the above is gonna make up for her absence :(

miss u baby....

Guess ill make a move now.... see wht the weekend brings.....

dougie signing out...

Stranger than Fiction

2007-02-08T22:50:00.000+08:00

Thats the name of the movie i just caught for free yesterday night. Watched the 9:30 show with my baby and so happened that chris chan seng lok and his girly girl were in the same theatre, at the same time, just a couple of seats away...still, we didnt even know we were as close to each other as we were....

Anyway....

Stranger than fiction tells a story of a man...Harold Crick was his name... who lives a rather mundane life, even that is an understatement to how mundane his life really is....and about an author who is undergoing a major case of writers block who is finding a way to finish her latest piece which impossibly involves the actual life of this Harold Crick. Basically, whatever he does is being narrated by that female author. The story slowly unfolds with Harold finding romance, learning the values of life, and realizing that the narrative voice he hears, is in fact real and not a mere sound in his head....
The rest...I think you should find out for yourself.... the movie is great... totally out of the ordinary and is worth a watch....maybe not necessarily in the cinema because of its non-existent special effects (u dont need special effects in a show like this), so do grab a pirated copy of the DVD and watch it in the comfort of your own home.... if u have a girlfriend or boyfriend, watch it with him or her....
Really good film...unless your one of those people with lack of substance and only enjoy shows like crossroads, bring it on...you get the picture.... This show is not at all Shallow....

Douglas does not condone the purchase of pirated items.

The Show sort of inspires you to live life more... although its just a movie, it does in fact carry a lot of messages and pulls on the emotional strings.... Comedy is of abundance as well...as with all Will Ferell shows...

Enough with the life of harold crick...on to the my own life....

My new found fashion

Life's been good actually...in fact, its more than good... in the great lyrics of switchfoot, life is in fact, more than fine....
First off...works been great.... My team is being led by a couple of american gentlemen who have been of great help and motivation to me and the whole team.... ive stepped up a notch, got an increment last month, and have been promised chances of promotion... That being said, work has in fact, taken a turn for the better.... I just did a short recording for my company, as were trying to get an account with Google, so i had to read a script with an american accent....hahahah....i guess all this practice with accents is proving to have a purpose after all....

My baby and i? Well, were doing very very well now.... we just got past some rough patches and i must say its made our relationship more mature.... I can actually feel a sense of, how would you say..... Development.... its taken a step up....and i couldnt be happier...Furthermore, valentines is around the corner....

My car? well.... its pretty much the same....found out that my brakes were too think to be skimmed and i ran the risk of them disintegrating with high speed braking if i skimmed then.... To make things worse, a replacement set of discs would set me back about 170 bucks a piece.... SO now, im just focusing on the air cond for next month... Doesnt bother me too much anyway as the brakes are working fine, the steering wheel just vibrates a little when braking at reasonable speeds....

Family life has worked out well as well.... My sister seems to have gotten herself sorted out, mum has managed to get herself settled in their shifting to California, i just took grandpa and grandma out for dinner at manattan fish market with my baby...something which i should have done a while ago...., but ive still yet to work things out with dad.... sigh...i dont know how im gonna do that one, but im sure it'll come together one day.... god willing....

Well...thats about all thats been happening with me from a large scale.... not too long ago, the usual suspects and I managed to take a trip to Zoo Negara.... Yea, good fun although i thought it wouldve been boring.... The trip has basically been covered in kevins blog and my babys blog...so i dont think it'd serve much purpose here....

Wonder where the next trip will be....

Apart from that, i went clubbing with my dear cousin chris...brought my baby to finally have her R&B music with cousin sarah...met countless people at Maisons....good fun although i couldve done with more drinks....all i had was a beer....18 bucks....sigh....Poor month for me...

Anyway...

My eyes are failing on me once again, and the weather isnt helping much.... really hot here in the computer room.... Think ill call it a night....
its friday tomoro and then its the weekend....yeay...

Dougie signing out....

2007-01-24T23:20:00.000+08:00

All its glory

It comes in the most deceiving and unsuspecting of forms. Wearing a facade of which even the wisest of men will not see through. But behind those blue eyes lurks a darkness that remains unseen till the worst happens.
Tell me where is the evil in a way of life that teaches its disciples the values of patience, tolerance, unconditional love, trust....god...

It hides whiles it whispers its traits, grants you abundance, earns you respect, portrays wisdom and presents you with a new sense of belief beyond any form of belief imaginable.
It attracts people whom you never knew, and draws them closer to you. Presenting itself like a plague of unmatched wisdom it spreads from word of mouth, from voice to ear, from ear to mind, and from mind to heart. You will be exalted, glorified, placed on a pedestal but the one thing....the one thing it doesnt do, is spread to those whom truly love you.... Where there is true love, it will not prevail.....

Bit by bit it consumes you.... by providing unreasonable alternatives to lifes challenges, irresponsibility becomes a way to let others show responsibility, ignorance is patience... Even up to this stage, its true colours are yet to emerge....

Oh how silent it works.... It first gives you everything, and then it takes away the most important things in your life..... and convinces you that they are in fact disposable... It teaches you that nobody understands, unless they accept it, embrace it....

"There is no wrong... they just.... dont understand"

I was consumed... The sheer brilliance of it all held me like a dog on a leesh and i gave my trust and respect as i unknowingly watched it consume the man i looked up to.... Through it all, at the corner of my mind, something held me back....a gut feeling, so to speak.. At the deepest corner of my mind, i knew it was not right or as divine as it claimed to be.

When it mattered, i lost.... how it played my mind a fool all this while with its deceptive methods.... what made it worse, was the disguise that it wore....
I gave in to the man i called father.... and not it.... The trust i bestowed was to the man i called father, and not to it.... i was fooled.

Who was to know, how was i to know... the one person who thought me some of the best values in life, would be its tool... I knew him no longer...

Love for your own kin never dies.... true love will never die at least...and my love for him is no different. Though i have come out stronger, though i have come out all the wiser, though i have come out with a clearer vision of it .... nothing will erase the haunting feeling, the rush of blood, the pounding on my temples, the sheer feeling of betrayal.....and nothing changes the thought that dwells in my mind that he is not the man i once knew.....

To my father... I will always love you for who you have been to me.....and for the man i am....
But to the man whom i looked up to.... i dont know how to anymore.....

just a thought..

2007-01-19T01:43:00.000+08:00

I dont know why...but this thought just came to me....

You can never "know" how to live life.... You just live it.... uncertain and unprepared....you will never actually be "ready" for whats ahead....

Past few days

2007-01-14T17:16:00.000+08:00

I've been trying to get this particular post up for a good week now... everynight i sit down and try to upload the stuff, the com always seems to give me shit....like now....its loading friggin slowly...

Its been a pretty rough but smooth week for me... havent seen a lot of the rest in a while, been caught up with work, family financial situation got from bad to badder (if there is such a word), and im low on cash....
On the brightside...ive got a couple of new aquaintances at work, did some pretty awesome things during the weekend, my baby got her hair straightened and she looks good, my cousin has gotten on with life and i finally managed to get this blog post up....

Family life has been pretty tough as i had mentioned earlier.... im actually still feelign a lil uncomfortable with my dad, money seems to be getting less and less, and there are issues with my mum over in the states. I cant help but feel shitty about the whole thing..... Although i am in fact doing pretty well to cope with it that i must say.... In the coming months, im gonna be trying to find some money from my own pocket to help out with the whole situation, how im gonna manage that, only time will tell.... sigh.... never in my wildest dreams would i have seen that the one thing bothering me is family related.... All i can do is hope and pray that my mum can put the pieces together soon enough....

An old friend of mine will be having his birthday at maison's this weekend but judging by my financial state, going is in fact gona be a problem...even if i were able to go in without paying, i would just feel uneasy coz most of the rest would have had to pay to enter...
In case i havent stated it before, paying 40 bucks for a drink and a couple of hours with thumping loud music and interesting looking people isnt worth it.... Its not worth the RM40 cover charge.... well at least to me it isnt... it doesnt provide me with RM40 bucks worth of satisfaction....unless of course if it were a special occasion...then there'd be a whole new purpose for it...

Speaking of which...Muse are coming down.....and take my word for it, they are one of THE BEST LIVE ROCK BANDS .... Yes they are.... Listen to em live and you'll know wht i mean...

Oh yea, american idol is back...and it seems to have attracted a big bunch of weird americans this time around...hahaha...although there were some really good ones....

Im actually just thinking about it and i feel pretty sad...coz i have absolutely nothing interesting to write about....damn...that is, in no way a good sign.... But that doesnt mean life is bad...nonononono...life is great...its just a tad too....normal?

Think i need to do more things which are out of the ordinary...

Anyway...here's a couple of shots of the more interesting times of the week...

Chris's bday...

Baby and the birthday doofus

Birthday cake

Les Idiots

Charlotte and widebody savvy

Waiting for marcus,charmane,kev,jon...so i started posing...

Satria Neo Club Gathering

Lineup

Head strong..Crash Test Douglas

With the lotus exige at the Proton Center of Excellence..brought my baby there for the Satria Neo Club Official Gathering..

Baby and the Exige..

The whole group. Baby and i are in between the neo's

Oh yea...We'll be appearing in Asian Auto magazine sometime soon coz their representative was there for the photo shoot...hahaha...

And last but not least.. my band and i have finished recording our first complete demo cd....5 songs in total...and although the drums are digitally created, they dont sound too bad... Big Thanks to my guitarist Falique, whos dedication has brought us out 1st "almost there EP"
Hopefully his efforts will bear fruit...

Dougie signing out

middle of january already?

2007-01-11T23:38:00.000+08:00

My last post was on December the 31st.... seems like 2 days ago when in fact it has been about a fortnight ago.... cant remember the definition of fortnight...2 weeks back right?

Anyway...

Firstly..i wanna say i managed to almost satisfyingly kit up charlotte when i bought her side skirts last week.... cost me less than 70 bucks including installation... so all in all..the whole body kit has cost me less than RM200...wohoo....

Works been pretty alright recently.... tough as usual, but slowly gaining stability.... sort of going through the effects of being under-staffed which is being worked on at the moment.... got to know some new peeps as well...

Speaking of getting to know new peeps... Im officially a member of the Satria Neo Club. NET and not .COM....remember... www.satrianeoclub.net ..... some conflict going on there which i dont want to be part of... but yea, met a bunch of new individuals which i have yet to meet but will be meeting in a couple of days time at their TT (teh tarik) session.... and althought i dont have a Neo, i think i wouldnt lose anything if i learn about the car... My baby has the car anyway and its a nice car.... seen a couple of the members rides and they are pretty nice looking....

Big congrats to Tezt for finishing up his paint job...the car is looking great i must say..... and to Choo for finishing his conversion although he's lacking a couple of essentials at the moment.... Sad to hear that Desmond or MR.Q8 will be selling his car.... SO if anybody reading this wants a really really good 1985 toyota starlet with about 200 + on tap.....do let me know.... ill hook u up with the dude....This is a Autocross winning car just fyi....

Oh yea...My big ceylonese buddy kyle came back from langkawi recently, and weve been having this sudden craze for the GAME OF LIFE.... the board game? if u dont know....shoot urself.... its from milton and bradley..... been playing it in mcdonalds for a good couple of hours, played in coffee bean and right now... my other buddy kevin kok lit wen holds the high score of $1,800,000....followed by my baby at $1,659,000 or something like that... so i got to take that title of from kevin as soon as i can...hahaha..dipshit....

Anyway..

The eye lids are beginning to close on me now.... and sad but true, nothing REALLY interesting happened the past couple of days...although this weekend will be a good one... chris seng lok's bday at sunway, Satria neo club meetup, have a choice to go to this event in KL Convention Center for this studio C thing, and the usual night gatherings i guess.....tiring...but good nonetheless..... at least i hope it will be.....

Dougie signing out..

Cheers to 2006!

2006-12-31T12:29:00.000+08:00

Im ushering in the new year of 2007 on a pretty good note.... im sort of past that state of mind i had a couple of days ago, my baby's doing great, friends are great, charlottes got a much needed facelift and i got an increment in my salary by about RM100.... which is pretty good.... and also i got to see my mum and mikey over the webcam just a minute ago.....

Oh yea... Saddam Hussein got hanged.... its probably gonna be a big memory of 2006 for the Americans.... but its meaningless to me nonetheless...hehehe...

We've got some plans tonight...nothing too elaborate with the usual suspects and maybe my cousin..who ive been such much more of since he managed to start this new life of his.... Bearing in mind its the year end, i think its good that he goes through this change and starts 2007 on a positive note.... good to see him doing well...

Speaking of positive notes, here's a couple of pics of charlotte with her new facelift....

New hood scoop and front lip...

Better view of the Lip...

From an angle...raised the hood by about 1cm...
Ill be getting a set of Mugen replica side skirts by next week...it'll complete the whole look...

Really happy with the results although i could do with a paint job...hahaha...its never enough now is it?

My baby got her Neo a set of visors...looks pretty smart too....

Anyway... reflecting on the year 2006 is gonna be pretty hard... coz it happened so fast... i spent the last new years with shane and my baby in my car..... seemed like yesterday but inf act it was almost exactly 12 months ago! crazy..... Hopefully this year we wont be stuck in my car....worse still coz i dont have my air conditioning.....

2006...a year of...

1.my first job..

2.turning 20..

3.My 3 year anniversary with my baby...

4.Ecstacy

5.Charlotte got her turbo... i had that resolution in 2005 for 2006 and it happened! haha..

6.My first christmas away from my mum..

7.Saddam Hussein got executed...

8.Wynton left KL....

9.My baby got her first car!

10.Countless family issues...

SO cheers 2006.... Not the best year.... but certainly one of the more influential years of my life....

My resolution for 2007? Save money! hahahaha.... gonna be tough

Dougie signing out

Father of mine

2006-12-28T02:03:00.000+08:00

I feel a bad energy.... im not comfortable and neither is everyone else... the atmosphere is haunting yet i do it for the sake of him.... I find myself alone with this person who i know, but i dont know..... Im convinced.... im a victim of love and trust.... why did i not know better? because i could not have seen it coming..... and then it happens...

He leaves.... as i felt it taking over.... my sense of sound started to blur, my head began pounding.... I was begging for it to stop.... i start shivering, my lips get cold, and i lose the feeling in my fingertips.... I look in the mirror but i dont see myself.... The view in front of me seems to be spiraling and im beginning to lose control of what i say.... I lose all sense of focus... im unable to focus on something for more than 2 minutes.... i stutter.... my lips get extremely dry and my tongue feels numb...

The paranoia creeps in... i sense fear, anger and hatred around me... i see it in the eyes of those i love but i cant do anything about it... I want to reach out but i cant..... They shed tears but i cant wipe them away.... I know wht i want to do but i cant..... They are more important than i am.... others first...myself second

Love is what caused this pain, but love is also wht i held on to....
the irony of it all...

Then the mind becomes a broken record....never stops thinking. Whos to blame? Where is my car? Whos to blame? Wheres my stuff? Whos to blame? Hows my baby? Whos to blame? Hows sandra and matt? I want to die... Whos to blame? How could he? Whos to blame? But i said yes? Whos to blame?

And then its a sense of safety... regret... guilt... fear... betrayal

I regain my senses... and wonder....

Is he who i think he is?

He is my father.... and after everything...i still do love him....

..... I've never felt so much fear in my life....

Furthermore.... its overshadowed the joy i had during christmas with my family....which, i have to say was fantastic and true to tradition.... never been a christmas where i dont reflect on what a great family i have... eventhough this is the first time ive spent christmas with my mum a couple of thousands of miles away from the christmas tree i see every year....

Dougie signing out

Nobody said it was easy..

2006-12-24T12:35:00.000+08:00

I think ive figured out when to set priorities for different things... and well, above all.... Love normally comes first... be it love for oneself, or love for another....

Things have pretty much passed the bumpy road for me.... things are back to normal now and im in that mood i so love to be in.... and i should be in considering that its christmas tomorrow.

Christmas... sigh.... its not the same as it used to be..... reason being im no kid any longer, and worse still is the fact that my mum's not around for christmas.... Its gonna be the first time ive spent a christmas without her.... sigh... nobody said it was easy right?
Im just glad that my baby will be sitting next to me as we unwrap presents this christmas... she'll be there to tell me how much she enjoys the food that my family prepared..... she'll be there to hug me and wish me merry christmas....

Well...im gonna get back to my blogging tradition of writing about good ol charlotte..... I managed to get her left front window motor fixed and now its working like a charm... and i also lifted her hood by about 1cm for engine bay cooling purposes.... I already ordered a fiber bonnet scoop as well... which i am really looking forward to fitting next tuesday....
Slowly but surely..shes coming together.... for now...

I had dinner at Marche's last night... which so happens to be among my top 5 favourite restaurants..... had a RM40 dinner... which was real satisfying.... and i dropped by my car club gathering for a bout 5 minutes... had things to do after that..... good to see that the car gatherings are getting a bit more "reputable" in a way.... i got back home, went to souled out for becky's birthday get together and then proceeded to a mini drinking session in the Koh residence...hahaha... real busy night.... but enjoyeable none the less.... gonna need more of that in time to come...

Today is christmas eve... tonight there'll be a party with my family.... and in a couple of days time its gonna be 2007..... need i say more? time is really flying...

So i guess ill end here on a very positive note by saying MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

UNITED 3 - 0 ASTON VILLA

nuff said...

Dougie signing out

counting stars wishing i was ok...

2006-12-21T23:45:00.000+08:00

I was so close to ending my 3 year 7 month relationship.... due to so many factors.... all of which was triggered of by an argument over some car forum issues.... fucked up isnt it? and fucked up is exactly how i feel now....

Im seriously at a lost as to which direction im heading now....

I literally told my baby...that it was over...because i felt it should've been over.... i felt it was the final conflict... the last time i'd get hurt or i'd hurt her.... recently, ive been a real success as a boyfriend... a success in terms of succeeding to fail... I've never failed to do something wrong, failed live up to an expectation, failed to read a situation... so therefore i do in fact feel i have succeeded in failing...

Is she hard to please? by all means the answer is yes.... but thats what a relationship is all about, working things out..... I'm not saying im an angel, but im no devil either....

I sometimes wonder how much more can i handle.... i pride myself with having patience, tolerance, and understanding... but i now see that i have none of them.... none to the extent of beign a pride

Oh how diverse the effects of love can be on a man....

We were on the phone for a good hour... me explaining and she listening... i lost it and got myself to let it all go.... waste the 3 years of love.... but then i realized, how much i would be missing.... the part of my life that i was about to let go... and i couldnt..... not after she had softened up to me.... talked to me in that voice that struck my momentarily stone heart... i grew weak.... vulnerable...susceptible...

Her choice of words soothed that pain i was feeling deep down....she began to worry me a little... after which, i almost decided to kill myself...but of course i didnt...

it wasnt worth it... damn right it wasnt worth it.... she didnt want it to end...and i just couldnt bring myself to have it end either....

I dont think im going to relive that hour.... or re-tell the words she said nor the words i said... it would hurt too much.... all i can keep in mind now is that its ok.... I still have her to call my baby...

Even if the world is against her...she is the one i love....always have...always will... as long as she loves me.... Maybe that defines me as a good boyfriend...the fact that i know im trying....no matter if she feels that im inferior, as long as i know for a fact that i've in fact been giving my all... thats what matters...

Am i OK u ask? NO...im not....im lost....lost as ever...

i swear to god, tears ran down my cheeks with no end as i played the song counting stars by sugar cult in my head today.... the tune of the song itself just adds coal to the emotional fire i was feeling....if only i had the cd.... seriously worthy for an episode of one tree hill.... call me emo if u wish, but everyone needs a bit of drama...even if it brings u to tears.... its human nature... we feed of drama... its wht makes life interesting...

Hey, I wanna crawl out of my skin
Apologize for all my sins
All the things I should have said to you
Hey, I can't make it go away
Over and over in my brain again
All the things I should have said to you
Counting stars wishing I was okay
Crashing down was my biggest mistake
I never ever ever meant to hurt you
I only did what I had to
Counting stars again
Hey, I'll take this day by day by day
Under the covers I'm okay I guess
Life's too short and i feel small

AM i OK? No..im still not ok...although i am trying to be...

Im gonna be honest...im wearing a facade now.... covering all these thoughts that i have running through my head.... thoughts i never wanted to have....thoughts i'd been afraid of having.... thoughts which i shouldnt be having....

I sometimes envy those with the freedom of being single.... but at the same time, cherish having someone to love..someone to hold.... someone that having freedom of being single wont let u have....

I cant believe im actually letting this all out.... whats more unbelievable is that im actually feeling better...
sigh..i've lost weight because of all this thinking...not good....as if i wasnt thin enough...

Am i OK? come to think of it.... i think i am... coz i have my baby back..im thinking a little clearer.... and i dont feel like killing myself anymore.... im just very extremely tired now

Im proud of who i am...and im proud of who u are...i hope ur proud of me too....

Im sorry for not being able to be the person you want me to be..... sorry for not being able to understand.... sorry for failing.... sorry for everything...

Dougie signing out...

Mundane

2006-12-15T00:08:00.000+08:00

Life's starting to become a bore once again.... i'd have to say its coz of work being mundane, unbelievably routine, boring and the fact that i have to do something work related on a fucking saturday..... Only thing i can say is SHIT..... Unfortunately thats the rules as far as working for someone is concerned.....

I may sound a bit whimpy whiney or whatever, but the fact is i dont think im accustomed to working during "personal time" as my baby puts it.... i dont even plan to get accustomed to it anyhow..... Even staying back for a half an hour is a biggie to me.... and about saturday, well, im gonna have to be at this venue (of which im no sure where) from 9am to 5pm.... i mean... Fuck...its my whole bloodie half of the weekend....

On the brighter side though, im gonna be having a nice long break during the christmas week...which im really really really looking forward to.... I just hit one of the many milestones in life in the form of having been confirmed by my company as a staff.... officially my first confirmation for a job...hahaha.... yea...significant isnt it....

Bottom line is...i really feel i need a change of scene...although what it is i want to get into isnt apparent yet, im sure it'll come by someday....

Im just so glad i have my baby to brighten my day up after work.... :)

Well.... i'm beginning to realise how much nicer it is with my buddy wynton around.... Him being the most free among all of us and the most willing to arrange stuff, we more often or not had something to do on and off..... Unfortunately im not the sort who is willing to organize stuff.... it scares me coz i actually feel lazy to get out to yam cha with the usual suspects....sigh..... and i do in fact feel left out now and then.... AAnnyway.....

its bloodie 12:19 now.... and im feeling sleepy but i just refuse to sleep.... sigh....

I just updated this awesome video into my friendster profile of a McDonell Douglas AH-64 gunship (helicopter) vs Lotus Elise..... awesome awesome video..... its from an edition of top gear.... basically proving just how agile the Elise is....

Anyway.... dont know why ive been feeling one kind recently.... the brain is working just a little too much i guess.... thinking about the future, whats gonna happen, whts happening now, how much money do i have, what i need to fix in charlotte, my baby, work, work, having to work on saturday, left out, friends....damn....

Christmas is coming up.... so is the end of the year... time is just going by waaay too fast....although it'd be nice if weekdays went by faster... :)

It just hit me that im a miserable Loner..... if i sit alone for too long, ill begin to feel emo.... like now.... its like...i could be out, but im here.... i know for some people, alone time is good.... but not for me....

Okay...my eyes are getting a bit too heavy now.... think ill get some shut eye now....

Dougie signing out...

Shots...

2006-12-13T23:07:00.000+08:00

Here's a couple of photo's that i took the past couple of weeks.... basically sums up quite a bit of what ive been up to lately...

The band....

My point of view..not my drumsticks

Falique and Duan...my guitarist and bassist

In the house... 2nd guitarist Jo on the sofa...

At the car wash

15 year old Pink car for me.... nice new orange Neo for her...

Sublime mini meetup @ Ulu Klang

Bad lighting

Roddies Deto

Kiam's arse

DetomaWHO?

Tezt's Gtti

24 hour McDonalds.... hehehehe

The ultimate Gtti...

The last gathering at wyntons place...

Wynton, charmane and my baby

The dumbshits

Baby hard at work

Au'revoir wynton.... see in in a couple of months

Compliments to the chef.... or chef's...

Dougie signing out...

10.4 seconds

2006-12-11T18:15:00.000+08:00

10.4 seconds....thats how long it took charlotte to reach the century mark on my speedometer from stand still.... 10.4 seconds, is how dissapointed i am on a scale of 1 to 10... Way off the expected 6.9 seconds.... by 4.1 seconds to be exact..... did a couple of runs today and well, ive got some reason to perceive as consolation because number 1: im running without an exhaust pipe..thus, loss of a lot of torque....number 2: im using what could probably be the worse tyres in the world...2nd hand, regrooved..minimal grip, maximum skidmarks.... number 3: me being not so used to peaking the car out yet.. which i of course will work on.... to sum it all up, the exhaust pipe and a new set of tyres better shave off at least 2 seconds from my time of 10.4 seconds..... that number.... TEN POINT FOUR has been ringing in my head since this afternoon with my buddy amir and gavan....

That dissapointed merely rubbed salt into my wound of having a bad start to the week.... last night, apart from Casino Royale being enjoyeable....i had a argument with my baby, i went to a futsal game which never was, and i lost my Adidas futsal shoes which i really really like.... worse still, i had to wake up extra early to get to work by 8:30, on the bright side, i can leave at 5:30....

And that brings me here, 6:22 now on a monday evening.... ive honestly never ever found myself here at this time since i started working....

My baby mentioned that KFC has a new Zinger burger a.k.a Zinger maxx.... which comes with cheese....sounds like a dream come true for me.... Full thanks to Colonel Sanders!!

Speaking of colonel sanders....i mentioned i caught james bond:casino royale last night.... okaaay, so colonel sanders and james bond have nothing in common apart from having a lot of chicks.... im just so funny.... AAnyway, yea, so Casino Royale was in fact a really kick ass addition to the legendary Double-o-seven saga.... really gives james bond a whole new image.... although his Aston Martin DB9R should have lasted longer....fucking gorgeous piece of art.... which im sure would do much better than 10.4 seconds to reach 100kmh.... just take 10.4 and minus about 6.... yea... but heck, an evo or a scooby which costs a quarter of its price tag is gonna give the DB9R a big run for its money... it would probably just leave it in its evo/scooby dust..... but looks wise? no match...

im sad to say this but i think in my baby's list of her worlds most desireable men, im probably at number 146 ....hahaha... Daniel Craig being added to her top 10.... i was 145 previously....who else but Cristiano Ronaldo at to spot :) love u baby....

I had a jam session on sunday....really got to work out practicing my double pedalling and i think ive brought it up a notch....really happy about....takes the pain of thinking about a 10.4 second car.... SHit...

btw..congrats gavan u shithead on ur decision to convert ur engine as well... All the best.... im sure ull get past 10.4 seconds.....

Dougie signing out

frustrations ala automobile...

2006-12-09T12:23:00.000+08:00

Charlotte...oohhh...charlotte....

PROBLEMS.

1.Front left passenger power window motor is spoilt.... estimated cost... RM250...

2. No exhaust pipe = lost power + added cabin heat... cost to resolve...RM500

3. Air cond is not working due to a leaking compressor.... cost to repair.....RM400 - RM500

NEEDS

1.Oil Change.... RM89

2.Denso Iridium spark plugs....RM180

Altogether.... est RM1300 to 1400.....
Priority would be the windows...coz its cheaper than the air cond...

AAANnnyway.....

The gathering come burger feast come last gathering at wyntons house will be on later in the evening.... getting hungry just thinking about it, also coz i havent had lunch yet....

Sundays gonna be good too... supposed to play for this old friend of mine who may be able to hook us up with some not-so-underground gigs..... places like laundry, hartamas etc..... so yea....hopefully that bears some fruit....

A bit of car news for you petrol heads...

Audi TT

Audi is going to extremes with its TT range in the coming years. We can fully expect a TT RS in the next 18 months, punching out around 320bhp from a tuned version of the existing V6 engine. The TT RS will use the dual-shift gearbox (DSG) and have four-wheel drive as standard. Audi engineers won't say much more on the topic, but they have given the nod that the RS will crack 0-62mph in under five seconds. The RS will use the same bodyshell as the new TT, but with further lightening of materials to reduce weight and improve performance. At the other end of the scale, the same Audi engineers say a diesel-powered TT is more than likely in the next two years. The engine will be from the new Bluetec range jointly developed with Mercedes and is set to have 'at least 170bhp, if not more'. It's also likely to come with a DSG gearbox to make the most of mid-range torque that should be in the region of 280lb ft. Closer to the here and now, we can look forward to Audi taking the wraps off the A5 coupe at the Geneva motor show in March.

Heck.. the most modest of roadsters nowadays pack about 200hp of punch.... really makes me think about how long more ill be venturing into this world of making a 15 year old car new.... might as well save up adn get something with just as much power, and hopefulyl a convertible roof...hahaha....

Dougie signing out....

Not so good.....

2006-12-06T22:49:00.000+08:00

First off for the "not so good" was a fallout between me, my baby and the dudes at the car club.... sigh..... arguments, offensive remarks, and basically the departure of me....one of the 2 founders.....
The reason? Well, one individual being straightforward, another individual getting offended, another individual tossing wood into the fire, and a whole lot of individuals voicing oppinions....
Lessons learnt? Think before saying something....thats about it.... and also, contrary to what i normally practice in handling situations (by shutting up and not giving a shit....nothing to prove anyway) sometimes taking situations by the scruff of the neck does in fact have its advantages.... coz then people will know exactly what you want to say.....
So yea...
Everythings alright now thankfully.... never nice to host a car forum with members throwing punches at each other.....

2nd to the not so good.... The underground gig we had.... well, it was bad in a way but proved to be not so bad in the end..... My friends were supposed to watch me, but due to the place we were playing and the people there, my friends left...and it was only appropriate that i get my baby to follow them... we were supposed to catch a movie at midvalley that night...which we did in the end.....
Anyway...i played the gig, feeling a little depressed...but all in all, we did well...crowd enjoyed it and so did i to a certain extent.....
Next up? Record our demo CD, register our materials with MACP and hand it to Traxx fm who wanted to play our songs on air....
If it works out....Great..... Thing is, working does take its toll on free time and contributes to fatigue...both of which will make it difficult to commit to other things..... in this case, music...

3rd not so good.... Charlotte.....
1. making high pitched screeching noises during start up...seems to be coming from the pulleys or alternator..... ive heard other cars and vans making this same exact noise before.... but i never knew wht it was....guess ill find out soon..... hopefully its nothing too crazy...
2. Front Left passenger window control doesnt seem to be working....faulty wiring probably..... shouldnt cost too much....or rather, it shouldnt cost at all....
3. Windscreen seems to be leaking a little bit more than last time.....
4. Wanna get my exhaust setup done soon..... lack of finances doesnt permit it....
5. Still cant repair the air conditioning....
on the brighter side, she's running pretty alright now, i gave her little DIY sprays on the body and rims.... looks a bit different now.... although i did do a very very very bad job..it looks nice from far.... the results of being lazy to tape off parts i didnt want to spray.......
Yea...get the picture....

4th not so good..... Financial...
We've got a party coming up where i've got to chip in about 35 bucks..... add that to my RM150 speeding ticket, clearing of debts, christmas presents... and im left with a not so easy 2nd half of the month.....

That pretty much sums up all thats been happening during the interval between my previous post and this one.... Sad but true...

On a more positive note, we've got a gathering this weekend at wyntons place...of which he's going to be vacating in a while..... So yea, it sort of doubles up as a "last time at his house gathering" type of thing....

Its only 11:35pm and my eyes are giving up on me... so is the result of accumulated nights of little sleep + work..... Ive actually lost almost 5 kg's since i started work.... Im not too happy with it coz i know i lack a little kg's and body mass, so shedding another 5 of that....yea.... not too happy....
Wynton and Kev just gave me a buzz to grab a drink at BRJ's, and for some reason, im just too tired to go....sigh.....thing is, i really need a drink now..... at the same time, i also need just as much sleep..... Oh yea, United are playing Benfica at in about 4 hours time..... i dont think ill be able to catch the game anyway.....

2 more days till the weekend...

Dougie signing out....

Friday night and im at home...

2006-12-02T00:25:00.000+08:00

I feel sorry for myself just thinking about the fact that it's half past midnight on a friday and im sitting here in front of the idiot box...blogging..... on the brightside, i shouldnt feel that bad coz there are a couple of other peeps who are on msn chatting with me now as well....

Anyway.....

Couple of weeks back i met this charade owner on the road, goes by the name of pierre tan..it was one of those extremely impromptu meetings.... The kind where "oh we have the same car...think i'll say Hi.. " sort of thing..... Anyway.... he's joined the car club ever since then.... Last night i met up with him for the first time and was joined by Desmond a.k.a Deongster a.k.a Conekiller.... a friend of mine who i hadnt really officially met yet.... Well..it was a good yam cha session as we could talk...non stop...till about 2 am.....

Weird moment of the night? was when i found out that Desmonds girlfriend Wai Leng, an aussie chinese, was 20 years old and had the same birthdate as my baby..... yea yea yea i know its not that big a deal...but to meet some one of the same age and same birthdate is just...out of the ordinary....

Anyway...

Works been crazy the past couple of days.... my hours have been brought forward by 30 minutes so now i finish at 6:30 instead of the 6:00 that i was used to.... But as much as work has been crazy and tiring, i've actually been doing quite well.... Hopefully it'll pay off during my confirmation.... :)

Tomorrow im gonna be fixing my central locking on my car maybe, and the band has a gig at Giggers at night....gonna be another long day... and i gotta find some time to take my baby christmas shopping....something she loves to do :)

I'll sign off with some car news that i think are interesting introductions to the automotive world....

Lamborghini LP640 Coupe

Lamborghini has chosen the West Coast extravaganza to unveil its Murciélago LP640 Roadster - and it's going to be difficult to miss. Essentially the chop-top version of Lambo's outrageous LP640 Coupe, the Roadster is as subtle as a bull in dark glasses... and every bit as intimidating. The 640, of course, refers to the horsepower produced by the Roadster's 6.5-litre V12, while LP stands for 'longitudinale posteriore', which means the engine is mounted lengthways behind the cockpit. All of which allows the Roadster to spin up to 8,000rpm and develop a meaty 486lb ft of torque - enough to propel it to 100kmh in a mere 3.4 seconds and on to a top speed of almost 320kmh. Yes, that's a fraction slower than the coupe version. But without a roof to provide at least a little protection from the deafening growl of the V12, we're betting that the driving experience will be even more intense. Removing the roof has required Lamborghini to make some serious structural adjustments to stop the LP640 from splitting in half as it hits warp speed. A newly designed frame structure made of steel and carbon fibre keeps the Roadster rigid, with particular reinforcement given to the engine area. Lambo will even sculpt these reinforcements out of carbon fibre if you ask nicely. Lamborghini also reluctantly offers a canvas roof, but warns that it is only for temporary use at speeds of under 100mph. Better drive fast enough to beat the rainstorms, then. Devotees of the raging bull will notice a few other touches unique to the Roadster. The chop-top gets a new rear diffuser, with the exhaust system integrated within a tailpipe, as well as fresh windscreen wipers, a revised rear-light cluster and the option of new Hermera alloy wheels. Otherwise the Roadster stays true to its Coupe roots. The monster 335/30 rear tyres remain, with Pirelli Corsa tyres an option for those who want to test out the Roadster on the track.

The Lamborghini LP640 is, officially my dream car which i can only dream of.... thats why their called dream cars anyway...

Dougie signing out

Oh Joy...

2006-11-28T23:29:00.000+08:00

As if it wasnt enough to block of friendster, the IT dudes at the office have decided to give blogspot the wall treatment as well....

So yea...i guess its no more blogging during lunch time for me anymore..... Therefore, this would be the one of very few monthly posts that i will probably have to resort to from now on...

What better way to start an entry than to talk about ur car ! right? okay...so maybe not for everybody but well, im proud to say that i have finally fit in my 14" steel pancake rims in the rear.....and added about 1cm spacers on both sides.... SO now charlotte has a slightly wider wheelbase when u add it to the added width of the tyres..... from the original 175 to 185.....

the result? Slightly better road holding, more stable entering turns, and the tail does not slide out as easily as it used to..... much much better now....

okay okay...on to the more important things....

My baby..... she was supposed to go for an interview with air asia a couple of days back.... but she didnt, and her reasons really brought a tear to my eye and melted a big part of my heart..... i couldnt help but be touched, and realize that she loves me much more than she says she does..... and im glad, because i love her more than she knows as well :)

There's no other feeling...better than the feeling of being loved..... love you baby....

Works been getting real hectic, internet filters and firewalls aside...... Been getting quite a bit of tasks to complete and deadlines seem to be increasing... gotta wait for approval for things and that doesnt help much...its like, you want to finish a certain responsibility but cant, coz someone hasnt read it yet and hasnt approved it.... yea, you get the picture....

My confirmation will be next month......and its hard to believe ive been working for 6 months now.....

Whats even harder to believe but at the same time is nice to believe is the fact that christmas is a mere 3 to 4 weeks away.... and a week after that is the dawn of 2007.... Whoa..... Im gonna be shedding skin before i know it.....

Time is just flying by at a ridiculous pace.....

Couple of other stuff to update...

1. Ive finished need for speed carbon

2. Charlotte's fuel consumption has much improved after the clutch replacement.... 100km for about RM15..... as compared to RM20 previously......

3. I sprained my ankle on sunday....couldnt even depress a clutch on monday......got back to work on tuesday....should be fine by wednesday.....

4. Man United are still on top of the table....

5. My speeding summons finally came..... gonna be RM150 bucks poorer in december.....

Anyway.... Its about midnight now....and my eyes are beginning to play hide and seek with me..... my ankles slightly aching from that sprain i sustained on sunday night futsal... and mosquitos are having a nice feast under the computer table, my legs being the main course....

Guess its a sign for me to get some shut eye....

Seems like 5 minutes ago i was lazying in bed with my baby..... sigh.... further proof of how fast time is flying....

Dougie signing out....

Just another mamak stall session.... but with a touchscreen camera

2006-11-23T15:30:00.000+08:00

Im gonna be doing this for real one day... Kevin...watch out....hehehehe....

And because it isnt enough to punch u normally, i'll hold a dildo and set my arm on fire!
Like so...

There were a couple of pics where i was wolverine and kev (getting punched) was spidey.... But here's introducing the 3 new superheroes

My baby jane by day, Catwoman by night!

Storm Char!!!

Chris Gambit....

All images were created using the Sony Cybershot touchscreen thingamajiggie...

Dougie signing out

Car News

2006-11-23T14:23:00.000+08:00

Impreza RB320

Subaru is commemorating the anniversary of rally ace Richard Burns' death in the most apt fashion with a special edition Impreza, the RB320. As the name suggests, the RB320 comes with the Impreza WRX STi's performance pack to boost power to 316bhp and slash 0-100kmh to just 4.8 seconds. That makes it the quickest and most powerful Impreza ever, and a virtually guaranteed way to add some serious points to your licence. Unique 18" alloy wheels feature alongside Prodrive-developed suspension, lowered by 10mm at the rear and 30mm at the front. Other RB320-only parts include a revised rear anti-roll bar, chrome mesh front grille, front lip spoiler, quickshift gearchange, sill plates and gear knob.

Well, the impreza just got better. With its trademark boxer engine that produces the tremendous exhaust note with low rev rumbles and high rev roars, it remains among one of my favourite Japanese Supercars of today.

Brabus CLS V12 S

Tuning firm Brabus and the German local police have got together for a big group hug to inspire Germany's car tuning fans to be safe. Naturally, when you're trying to get across the 'Tune It Safe' message, the first thing you do is livery up a Brabus CLS V12 S Rocket in the colours of the local fuzz. With 730bhp from the twin-turbo 6.3-litre V12 motor, the CLS Rocket will hit 360kmh and 0-100kmh in four seconds, so no autobahn-abusing scumbags are going to get away from this jam sandwich. Getting to drive this as your company motor almost makes a career in the German police force sound attractive.

M3's, M5's are not gonna get very far from this beast

EVO IX

It's been a year since Mitsubishi first tickled our fancy with the concept X and hinted that it would form the basis of the next Lancer saloon. Also knows as the Evo. Well, finally, the tickling stops and the driving starts. The new Lancer looks very similar to the Concept-X, if we're to believe this drawing from Mitsubishi's own design board, which the firm says is bang on for accuracy. The car will be hitting the roads in the early part of 2007, and engines will include a 1.5-litre petrol with 108bhp and a 2.0-litre turbodiesel. Why anyone will be interested in these God only knows, because there's also a 2.0-litre turbocharged Evo with four-wheel drive and even more clever electronics to make it handle, go and thrill harder than its predecessors.

Well, I've experienced 1st hand what a stock Evo 7 can do thanks to Mr. Mark Yeo, and not to forget the capabilities of the Evo IX FQ-360, i cant wait to see what the latest edition to this long line of legends will be capable of.

Dougie signing out.

Car things

2006-11-22T11:36:00.000+08:00

I think i've made it very clear of how much i love my car....eventhough its 15 years old and has a faded red paint job which looks pink now..... Heck, it even has a name.... It's been 3 months or so since i got the new engine in, and she's running well now but is still missing a couple of essentials, needs some repairs here and there, and could use some cosmetic upgrades.....

Repairs..... well, ive got this weird "kraaaaaaaahhh" sound when i reverse up a slight slope or reverse with a full turn.... apart from that, my turning radius is still unbalanced favouring the left more than the right....... well.... these are probably the only 2 repairs left before i can classify charlotte as fully functioning..... Oh yea, how can i forget the air conditioning, and a few rubber seals.... the windshield is leaking a bit now....

Essentials.... I'll need to get charlottes exhaust setup as soon as i can... for a couple of reasons....

1. To hide from the LAW..... exhaust noise does attract a bit of attention... but charlotte is rather quiet considering the sound made by bigger cc cars which have no exhaust pipe... meaning that the sound is coming straight out of the exhaust manifold.....

2. Im losing some backpressure = losing some low range torque..... so yea, performance wise, i need it...

3. Fuel consumption. Fyi, a well tuned exhaust setup does make a big difference in fuel consumption figures....

Other items on my list include...

A boost meter..... The example here is one from Defi.... OF course i'd love to be able to get this model but unfortunately, it costs too much.... Probably gonna budget around 250 bucks for a boost meter...nothing too fancy.

Im also gonna need a nice set of rims.... Although im making do with my steel rims at the moment...i wouldnt mind something nicer.... I personally like the Lenso Maglites i think their called.... they've got 4 spokes only, are really lightweight and have a nice gunmetal finish as an option.
I found a pic of this rim on the web.... Its called the Rota Slipstream which i find really nice as well.... sort of looks like a certain rim by Spoon Sports.....price im not sure, worse still is the fact that Rota rims are hard to come by in malaysia.....

This is another design i like.... But this one is from Lenso.... Momo makes a rim like this but more

realistically, ive seen a couple from BRM and JRD and also some other taiwan brands which would probably serve the same cosmetic purpose but lack the same quality and lightweight..... Sigh... Would love it if it came in a nice matte black finish....

Anyone willing to spare me some cash? hahaha.... While you're thinking, do think about giving my car a paint job as well.... White would be nice.... with Dodge Viper style Body stripes in black.... Thats after i get a decent body kit..... ahh.....

Anyway.... I'll just hope and pray until i get them..... heck, initially, i thought i'd never get the engine conversion but i did.... so i guess nothing is impossible.....

But sometime in the future...i think i'd settle for a nice Convertible Roadster.... Turbocharged Toyota MR-S or a Turbocharged Mazda Mx-5 perhaps?

Dougie signing out...

Of gigs and clutchplates

2006-11-20T10:07:00.000+08:00

Its been a good weekend, simply put. Im also very fortunate that its the same case with every other weekend...most of them at least..... just the odd not-so-nice weekend here and there but i never fail to enjoy time away from work.... :)

Aaanyway..

I managed to get my clutch replaced....FINALLY..... after about 2 months of having to drive around constantly adjusting the throttle when the clutch slips, i finally managed to get the whole clutch system replaced.... Initially i'd only intended to get the clutch plate, but after examining the cover itself, the disc part itself had heat marks and was wearing out..... SO i got the clutch plate, clutch cover, and replaced the bearing.....all for less than RM250 ... add another about RM150 to that and it sums up the total i paid for the whole replacement.....

The results? ....... priceless......
The new clutch has tremendously improved charlottes corner tackling abilities as well.... There was a lot of what seemed to be oversteer previously, which was in fact caused by the loss of traction between clutch and flywheel, and then a sudden gain of traction during corners...so there was a lot of sudden turn ins during long corners..... I also managed to balance out the braking... gave the discs a little cleaning at the workshop..... so now theres no more left swerves when i brake hard...... saved myself about 30 bucks to pay for servicing the brake pistons....
Now i cant seem to drive slow anymore.... good stuff......

The weekend was made a bit mroe interesting... Kevin had a casting session to go for of which my baby and i accompanied him. The sessions was at good ol Vic's company.... The next thing i know, my baby and i are taking pictures and having to act out short scenes for this ad. Hahahaha... well, she's been wanting to experience casting before and also she wanted to put her profile in a casting agency...so i guess it was good for her :) ..... and if for some reason we get chosen to do the ad then hell, its an income....hahahah.....

I did mention previously about an up and coming gig which was supposed to be on sunday....well, i have to say we played a good half an hour set although there werent many people who turned up and it was a rather dull atmosphere coz the event had been going on for the past 2 days already. Worse still was the hot and humid weather throughout the day which my baby had to endure whiles we were there.... sorry bb....
Highlight of the afternoon? My sister' first solo performance with me and falique backing her vocals up... She sang my immortal and im proud to say that i think she did a great job.....

I got home, feeling really tired and managed to get some exercise that night.. which im having regrets of doing...coz i feel really exhausted now, im aching all over and i wanna sleep.....

Oh yea, my grandmum's back from her operation and its good to have her home again..... she cant move much but she looks fine.... its a relief to know that shes in the comfort of her own home rather than in a hospital bed...... btw, the Assunta hospital is really high tech, theyve got flat screen TV's in the rooms, state of the art foot massagers, autopay carpark machines ala shopping mall carparks ....crazy.... but apparently the TV channels are crap.... haha...

Oh yes...and how can i forget the official meetup of my car club.... Team sublime... There was a reasonable turnout and was a good overall session...went from Projet Hulu Klang to Mcdonalds in Ampang..... got a short scare when a JPJ officers Waja drove by the petrol station....apart from that, it was great to see the guys again...

Considering the amount of things that happened throughout the weekend, i jsut noticed that i'd spent WAAAY more than i budgeted on transport expenditure a.k.a Petrol a.k.a fuel..... in 2 days i travelled about 400 km.... which set me back about RM70 something.... sigh..... gotta watch the spending from now on..... hopefully i can get my exhaust setup done to give me some better fuel consumption rates.

Its 11:30 now at work...and im feeling hungry.... it was more on the contrary this morning as i had a killer stomache ache whiles driving to work which was probably caused by the zinger burger i had for dinner last night....did i mention i love cheesy wedges with extra cheese?...thank god i had the clutch done so i managed to get to work quite fast before the "gates of hell" decided to open and give way.... hahahaha....

Guess im gonna wrap this up now.... got quite a bit of work to finish up....

Dougie signing out....

Choices

2006-11-16T10:14:00.000+08:00

I find myself in a familiar spot.... the exact same spot i was in about a month back .... Im here again and now i really got to make a choice between getting my clutch plate done or my air cond done...

Here's the deal....

Air cond: Got it fixed a month ago but the whole modified setup isnt too good.... piping work isnt neat.... Mr.Tan has offered to redo everything as he is quite experienced in air cond setups and he has access to some good recond compressors.... All for about RM500

Clutch: Its slipping as bad as ever now and my mum has actually given me some money to fix it up. If i dont replace it, the friction between clutch and flywheel can generate enough heat to screw up the oil seals.... All for est. RM400

The problems : Without my air cond, it gets real hot in the afternoon...and when it rains, the cabin gets a bit humid and the windows fog up, restricting my view of the road..... basically, its the comfort factor.... Without the new clutch, i risk having the car breakdown in the middle of nowhere if the clutch plate decides to give way or the seals decide to screw up.....

At the moment.... my fickle mind is leaning 70% towards the clutch plate....

Decisions decisions.....

breaking the norm...

2006-11-15T10:24:00.000+08:00

I find myself here in the office...it seems an eternity since i last took some time to blog. 2 weeks to be almost exact.

I mentioned previously in my blog that the computers in the office had been firewalled and prohibited from entering certain websites. Friendster being one of them. As if that wasnt bad enough, the internet connection in my house decided to screw up for a good 2 weeks. Thus, i've been deprived of blogging or even viewing friendster.

My baby gave me the idea of just starting one in blogspot and Voila! So i have done as you can see.... Right now im not too familiar with the interface here but by the looks of things, its not rocket science..... and i have to say it does seem easier than the one in friendster.
I've seen a couple of nice background templates etc on other blogspot accounts and i must say i think i'd give that a shot one day..... one day...... I just got to hope and pray that the IT peeps at my office dont decide to give blogspot the wall treatment as well.... sigh....

Aaaannyway...

2 weeks....wow....the days have really whizzed by..... so much has happened in that time and as much as i would have loved to, i wasnt able to put the weeks events down in words.... I dont think i'd even want to start on whats been happening as i think it would take up all my working hours!..... yes....im pretty sure it would....

Fast forward then to today..... i've got a couple of highlights coming up this weekend.... My band was invited to play for a event held by the 4x4 organization of malaysia at the Shah Alam stadium..... That would officially be the biggest venue that the band and i have played in.... Bearing in mind that Shannon has his exams, travels a lot and is not free most of the time, we sort of got our ex-2nd guitarist back to play for us..... Jo....

Jo played with us in 2004 when we qualified for the finals of the Taylors battle of the bands.... he was an alright guitarist then, but i must say he's improved tremendously.... he learns fast as well which is of course a good thing..... We had a short jam session last night but without our bassist and well, it sounded good to me.....

We'll be playing the gig on Sunday and we've got about 30 minutes for our set ...so about 7 or 8 songs should be sufficient to fill that time up... fingers crossed....

Chasing cars by Snow Patrol makes me emo......

Quite a lot of other stuff has happened.... my cousin chris is down for good, couldnt take the heat in the land down under...... Wynton is back as well, but will be leaving soon although his procrastination of his departure date continues till today...hahahaha..... but its good to hear he's planning to start a diploma course in music here in KL sometime next year...... Kyle's dad got him a Volvo 740 which i personally think, suits him rather adequately........ My baby and i? well, nothing interesting but everythings been great recently.... only thing that was out of the ordinary was when we won some stuff from the Mix fm Escape cruiser things 2 nights ago when they dropped by in OUG..... most of which were of not much use to us but they were worth quite a bit.... I got 4 Mall Grandstand tickets to watch the A1 Grand Prix in Sepang which unfortunately, i dont intend to make use of. Im that big of an A1 Grand Prix fan... but All the best to Alex Yoong who is in fact doing not too bad a job representing malaysia....

As with my previous blog, ill go on about charlotte.... The car which i really Love and Hate at the same time.....

I was scheduled to get my clutch replaced by the end of this month....as everything else was going as planned..... but NO.... true to the Nature of the Gods of Automobile Modifying, something HAS to go wrong.... and this time its my air conditioning system again.... The compressor decided to leak and well, the whole setup of the compressor isnt that good.... I got Mr.Tan to check it out and well, he mentioned that he'll be able to do it right and make it work.....

bye bye clutch plate....

SO yea...the money i set aside for the clutch plate is going to the air conditioning.....
I had to put my 7 second dashes to the century mark on hold even longer now...maybe next month....if finances permit...id be able to get it done......
But then again, christmas is coming! enough said...
Fortunately though, my mum has offered to send me some US benjamins to help me out with the clutch....
Thanks mum!

Speaking of which....things with the family have been going through some rough patches for the past week.... but things are better now..... only thing bothering me is my grandma who is undergoing an operation to deal with a tumor issue that she's having...... It really takes its toll on the emotions when all i can do is wait, hope and pray that she'll pull through without any complications.

Well...apart from that...life's been pretty much same old same old.... It really feels like such a relief that i've finally been able to blog.... ive come to realize that what i enjoy most about blogging is not really Who reads what i write, but more so because i can in one way or another, express myself in words...... It's like, letting it all out..... Like a nice fart that you've been holding in, and you finally get to release the stale gas into the atmosphere..... (okok..im getting a bit too detailed)

Oh yea....The car club....we've hit 53 members in less than a month! not a bad achievement.... and we're planning our first meetup this friday..... as much as i'd like to expect 50 people to turn up, it really seems impossible..... we'd be lucky to have even have 20 people show up.....

click here ...http://teamsublime.forumer.com.. in case you were wondering wht the site was....

SO i think this wraps up my return in this very unfamiliar blog space.....now i got to decide whether to continue from here or continue in friendster once the internet at home is up and running.....

By the way, for all racing fans and more specifically fans of Need For Speed..... Get urself a copy of Need For Speed Carbon..... Its worth a play.... and it really brings the customization options to a whole new level..... You can adjust almost every part of a body kit.....from bumpers to spoilers to diffusers to Rims...YES RIMS...... Deep Dish rims with 5 spokes and Super wide Tyres GALORE!!!! If only it was available to me in real life......

I cant say much for the gameplay, but the in game music really does make the racing action really "chi kek" ahahaha..... edge of ur seat kind of stuff.....

APart from that, i really have to conclude that Need For Speed Underground 2 is still better as an overall package......

And also, i finally found myself the REAL English version of Pro Evolution Soccer 6...... with english commentary.....

So i guess that wraps up my return to blogging..... till next post....

Dougie signing out....