Due to the weather, we have to abort the 2K drive. We went up Gotong Jaya instead. A much slower than normal run but not a bad one.

On the way up, we saw one accident involving a taxi and a road divider. It was near a blind corner and few of us had do the emergency maneuver (aka brake hard, steer and pray nobody hit us from behind).

On the way back, we saw another accident on Karak. This time involving a white Nissan with a Singapore plate. earlier, the car overtook us on the way down nonchalantly. It has a loud blow off noise (modified maybe) so we let him pass. I guess his enthusiasm or shiokness overshadow his skills. Hope he is ok.

Personally, I was just glad we are able to see how dangerous the KK drive might be in this wet condition. Going home safely is our main priority despite our manly-man need for adrenalin rush.We did just that

Scooby’s turbo failed on me few weeks ago. A few days later, I managed to get a new replacement turbo installed. I was very lucky to get one as my old turbo was rather hard to find. Somebody ordered the same turbo but backed out last minute His loss is my gain.

Ever since the ‘operation’, Scooby engine has running rough. The new turbo and old CPU mapping is causing Scooby to jerk at slow speed. Blardy hard to drive.

Last Monday I sent scooby for tuning. Ken did a fantastic job. The power has increased by 15 whp. The combination of new turbo, new air filter and a new engine oil can brings my car to BMW 335i power band. Who would have thought? I am very estatic.

Tomorrow, a bunch of us will drive out on our favourite back-roads. It’s going to be fun.

I have luncheon at KL Convention Center today and before driving back to office, I drop by at Starbucks near Aquaria. While ordering my usual kopi, the barista said I looked familiar. I was thinking my face must be so ‘common’ that I look familiar to everyone. Happens to me many many times.

Turns out that she recognized me from my years or working at Starbucks with my notebook. LOL. She remembered me  from my days sitting and working at KLCC Ground Floor Starbucks.

I am not sure if I should be proud or the opposite? One thing for sure, I am an addict.

In Singapore, most people will go to Orchard road to do their shopping. I on the other hand go to Toa Payoh for my shopping itch. What’s there? car aftermarket parts of course. 

I am currently in Singapore for work and pleasure After my meeting, i dash off to Subaru showroom in Toa Payoh and got a couple of things. I got STI air filter and a SWRT Team Shirt I would have bought few other parts but I promise not to mod Scooby anymore. BTW, the STI pads are freaking expensive!! RM2K for front and back. Sheech…

The brain is the most complex equipment god gave us. Keeping it together is a challenge. Nowadays, my brain is constantly being barraged with new stuff, process new information, find solutions to new sets of problems and try to keep it all together. It’s tough

One of the item in my bucket list is  “to drive at Nurburgring”. Most car enthusiast will have it on their list as well but not many can realize the dream. I will.

Somewhere next year, I will fly to Frankfurt, get me a car, drive to Nurburgring, rent a track car and drive to my heart content. it is not going to be cheap but we only live once :p It is estimated it might cost me RM10K for the trip. This does not include if I crash the rented car…hopefully not la.

For people who have not heard of Nurburgring, you can read it here (official) and here (non official). I recommend you read the latter   The track looks like below. It was describe as

Thirteen miles long. Over 70 turns. Blind corners. Jumps and drops. Sun on one half of the course, rain on the other. Can there be a more challenging and exhilarating track?

An accident might look like this (if you are driving a Ferrari of course)

or if you are driving a KTM x-bow, a crash will look like this…

Enough said. I am going

It is an easy question to ask but a hard question to answer. Wants and needs are different. I want a Porsche but I don’t need one. I want another > 320gig mobile hard drive but I don’t need one either. I want another credit card but I don’t need it. See what I mean?

Sometimes we must be careful in asking cause we might get more than what we bargain for. Case in point – my work. I want to make more money. I am making some (money) now but I have to spend 12 hours a day doing things to earn it. It’s not what I would imagine it would be like but nothing comes free Some food for thought – at some point, for every additional dollar you earn, you have to put twice the effort. Worth it? Not sure la.

Point is, being happy with what you have is important provided the basic needs are met.

 

I canceled 1 credit card today. Yup, you guessed it – the HSBC card hehe. I was a bit upset that they do not want to increase my credit limit.  I am guessing they do not have enough information to increase the limit and they forgot to ask for additional supporting document. Regardless, it’s done.

Time is priceless. No matter how rich we are, we can’t buy it. I am missing my thinking time. Nowadays, I think on the go. It’s not the same as really sitting down and think THINK. Get it? Now that I am at the throne. I can think for awhile LOL

My credit cards have seen better days as I have been using them very frequently. Last week I called HSBC for replacement cards as the ones I have are falling apart. Lo and behold, the replacement cards came within 48 hours. Efficient….I like.

Yesterday, I saw the bill. they charge me RM50 for the replacement card. HELLO!!!!!! I did not lost the card. I did not abuse the card. All I did was use it frequently.

This is the price consumer like us pays to banks like HSBC. All I can say is this. If they don’t like my business, I will go to somebody else. Expensive…I don’t like…