Chipped windscreen

Felt dreary yesterday! While driving on the PIE to Bukit Batok, one bloody stone flew out from no where and hit the windscreen of my car. Caused a small chipped and it's right in front of my view. Few cars ahead was a truck filled with tar! Marther farka! Anyway, will be going for my servicing soon when my car reach 16800km. Now it's already 16300km, and that's for almost 4 months of driving! Gosh! 4 months and I drove 16300km, which is about 135km per day!

Anyway, will get C&C to replace the windscreen and also to check the spring absorbers. Seems like the rubber gasket has worn off and it's causing the car to creak. This creaking sound has been bothering me for weeks and I've been trying to figure out what it could be. Even asked my mechanic and a few bros, when non of them knew what could be wrong. Until Devil D sat in my car yesterday while on the way to pick up the rocker cover from another bro. He's quite sure it's the rubber gasket which could have torn off cos it has happened to his car before. Partly also I'd lowered my car and it's adding more pressure to the absober. Or it could be that when the mechanic fix the springs for me, they didn't position the gasket back nicely. Sometimes you just can't trust those mechanic that you're not familiar with. Bugger!

Reached home at 1800hrs and concussed after taking a bath. Sometime woke me up at 2030hrs, but I couldn't figure out what it was. And thought I was late for work, I freaked out and got out of bed! Only to realised it's 2030hrs, not 0830hrs! Felt hungry but too tired to have dinner, went for supper instead at 0130hrs when I woke up then. Couldn't sleep till 0400hrs and I had to force myself to nap till 0500hrs, if not I will sure be damn tired for the day's "activities" later.

Will need to go C&C at Pandan later during the day. We've got the rocker cover from another bro, but realized that the rocker cover gasket broke as well. Since the workshop don't have a spare, had to order on from C&C and only Pandan has it. Now that's another trip from East to West again. Bleah... Yesterday had to rush from PP to GTR, which is at Bukit Batok and then to Tuas, pick up the rocker cover from another bro. His car has to reach then tuning workshop at Paya Ubi, which is at the East by 7pm. But since the gasker won't arrive till today, we'd to postpone to today. Yesterday was CAP => PP => BB=> Tuas => BB => home. If everthing goes as smooth, it will be CAP => C&C @ P => BB => PU => BB => home. Have to go foot massage after all these driving! Hahahaha... :P

Tuas was a good place to speed! The road is long, wide and not much cars around, only trucks. It's really too wide, long and empty that you can't resist from speeding up! I couldn't resist! Hehehehe... :P Took us some time to find the place and since there isin't much cars, why not! :P Chat with Bro J for awhile and admire his car. This fella spent a bomb on his car and he has done it up very nicely. He got his car only like 2 weeks before me and his modifications are much better than the others who has got their car for like 2 years. Well, if he has the money, why not. Took a few picture of his car and quite like what his mechanic did to spice up the look.

The side splinter is what I'll be putting once my bodykit is up (Yes! it's ready! Saturday can install!). But it won't be in this shape. Will be rounder at the edges and will be made of Carbon Fiber. Kekekeke... ;)


This is what I like, the blue rim gasket he used. He took out the fog lamps and install an aluminium pipe to allow more air flow to the filter. I had the intention of removing my fog lamps as well, since it's not much of a use here in Singapore. And it would be more practical to remove it and use it to channel cold air into the filter. Until I saw what he used yesterday, then I confirm my decision to get it done! Kakakaka... :P

Devils outing (Episode 3)

Went to the bank, as usual on my Monday off, and since I had the down pipe in my car which I bought from another ATR bro, went to IP and install the down pipe before heading to JB to meet them. Before going to IP, went to change the wheel nuts to WORKS racing nuts, to match the colour of the valve and stickers I had on my rims, so that it's all of the same brand. And a also cos it sticks out abit more to make loosening and tightening the nuts easier, cos the offset is wide and the holes for the nuts are deep in. Cost: SGD150. :P

Set of blue.


Anyway, had lunch at IP, chit-chat with the mechanics for a while, and bought them drinks, since they helped me out in fixing the downpipe. Done is 10 mins! This down pipe is suppose to give more air flow, and I'm still trying to figure out if there's any improvement to the ride. Seems like the pull is much better and the pick up is smoother. Will try out 0-100km/h and see how many seconds it will take. The last time I tried was 8.3secs. Once the DAMD bodykit is up, definately will gonna be better. Cos of the aerodynamic design of the bodykit. The fitting of the bodykit is really good. And the workmanship is comparable to the original. Only that the material used is different.

Went in to JB to check out the body kit that we'll be fixing. And to see how it will fit onto one of the Devil's car. He called me to check if I'll be going in. And thanks for his "morning call", if not I would have over slept and missed out running my errands. I reach there around 1600hrs after taking my own sweet time to do my own stuff, partly because there were some complications to the fitting, so there's no need for me to rush. Because of the FMIC pipings are blocking the holes to fit the fog lamps and another Devil's car need to change timing belt which took them almost a day. Got another Devil to come in cos we need to see how the bracket is like to fit the fog lamps. Supposedly to have a bracket and will need them to fabricate it inorder for the lamps to fit nicely. Now I'm hoping to sell away my bodykit to cover the cost of this new bodykit. And hope this fella will buy the whole set at SGD1500 and I would have some left to cover the expense of other stuff I'm gonna get.

Here's how it looks on a black atr.




And this is the rear bodykit.


4 Devils




Well, we had dinner and followed by some "rampage" in town. Got home at 0300hrs and boy was I dead beaten. Had only 2 hours of sleep before waking up for work. And it will be another long day, cos need to drive another Devil's car from one workshop to another to get the ECU fixed, since he's in UK now for training, and the tuner is in town, so he had no choice but have us help him.

*Stretches body* *Yawns.....*

Cold Sore

Dunno why sudden got this rashed below my lips. Asked my aunt and sister and they say it's cold sore. What the hell is cold sore?! Sis told me to buy Zovirax to apply and this small tube of cream cost me SGD19! What the hell! Such a small tube and it cost SGD19! Whatever it is, had to apply it every 5 hours...

Looks bad eh?


This 2g of cream, SGD19! Bloody expensive! It'seven smaller than my pinkie!




Dunno much about this Cold sore, so I checked it up online.

Cold Sore:-
I. Definition:

Herpes simplex is commonly referred to as cold sores or fever blisters. It is a viral infection of the skin that may occur once or return again and again. This is because when the virus is cleared from the skin by the immune system it hides in the nerves and is never completely removed from the body. Herpes infections are very common. It is estimated that nine out of ten people have been exposed to herpes. Many people are infected and don’t even know it. Unfortunately those who carry herpes can spread the disease without even knowing it.

Herpes simplex begins as a group of small red bumps that blister. Sometimes this is preceded by itching and burning of the area. The blisters begin to dry up after a few days and form a yellow crust. The crust then falls off and the redness slowly goes away. The whole process takes about 10-14 days. Scars rarely form. Some people experience just some itching or burning in the area while most people have no symptoms at all.



II. Causes:

There are two kinds of herpes virus, type 1 and type 2. Type 1 virus causes 60% of the cold sores so common on the lips and face. The other 40% of cases are caused by type 2. On the genitalia these percentages are reversed, that is 40% of genital herpes cases are caused by type 1 and 60% of cases are caused by type 2. Herpes simplex is transmitted by sexual contact, kissing, or other close contact. Family members should not share towels or linen with someone who has an outbreak of herpes on the genitalia or cold sores. Herpes can spread from person to person even when an infected individual has no outbreak or symptoms. Once you have herpes simplex type 1, you cannot be reinfected with the type 1 virus. You can however be infected with the type 2 virus. Fever, sun exposure and menstruation can act as trigger factors, which cause the virus to travel down the nerves to the skin and cause the outbreak known as herpes or cold sores.
Herpes simplex is caused by the herpes hominis virus.


III. Treatment:

A drug called acyclovir is effective in treating herpes simplex. It must be taken by mouth. There is a cream form, which is basically a waste of money because it only shortens an outbreak from 14 days to 12-13 days and it is expensive. For the first attack of herpes simplex, acyclovir needs to be taken for 7-10 days. For recurrent attacks, acyclovir works best when taken as soon as you feel burning, or tingling in the area. Acyclovir only shortens the outbreaks - it does not prevent new outbreaks from occurring unless taken continuously. Acyclovir should not be taken if you are pregnant, unless approved by your obstetrician. The area should be washed twice a day with a mild soap, such as Dove or Basis. Apply Polysporin ointment to the area once or twice a day to prevent bacterial infection. Some authorities recommend using L-Lysine 500 mg, an amino acid, found in the vitamin section at the drugstore. As soon as you feel burning or tingling in the area, take 3-4 tablets a day for the first 2 days and then 2 tablets a day until the blisters dry up. Also apply Herpecin-L to the blister every half hour for the first few days. This treatment can reduce healing time from 14 days to about 7 days. These products are available at most drugstores. Make sure you have food in your stomach when taking this amino acid tablet. Taking one tablet daily of L-Lysine has been known to prevent fever blisters in some people. Whether you have oral herpes or genital herpes you can spread the disease to others, even when you do not have symptoms. Herpes can spread from the mouth or other infected area to any area of close contact on another individual. If you have a herpes infection you should alert anyone with whom you are going to have close contact. In some states this is the law. Many people are spreading herpes because they do not know they have the disease and there is no law against this form of spread. Chances are you contracted your herpes infection from someone who does not even know they have the disease.

Paris Hilton screwing by the poolside!

Hahahahaha.. She is really screwing by the poolside!
Plenty of my friends got it from me when I send them this picture. I mean, who wouldn't? When it's Paris Hilton and it's about screwing, as in screwing. Hahahaha... :P

1208

Mum called me, asking me if I'd bought 1208 for lottery. I sense I would be in luck, cos my right eyes was twitching when I left home for the birthday party. And I thought to myself, "hmm... Maybe I will strike 4D today...." And hey I did! Kakakaka.. ;)

The 1st thing I aked her was, which position did it appear! 1st? 2nd? 3rd? I'm more keen on the top 3 prizes since the stakes are higher. Who wouldn't be, right! Hehehehe.. :P

Well, it's just consolation prize, and yes, consolation indeed. Better than nothing. ;) I'm still waiting for my car number to strike! If it strikes the 1st prize, I bet I'll get a heart attack! Hahahaha... :P

Anyway, we went to one of the KE7 gang's house for mahjong after the party. I didn't stayed long after meeting one of the ATR gang to collect the down pipe which I've bought from him. Headed off to airport cos one of the Devil is going to UK for a week's training for his new job. His flight is at 2345hrs and he'd checked in at 2100hrs cos another Devil is working at 2100hrs, so gave him a ride to the airport. And there the 3 of us sitting at the cafe inside the transit and chit chatted till 2315hrs before boarding the plane.

After sending him off, the other devil had to go to work and I went down to MB and meet up with the other devils for coffee. As usual, all the talks about cars, and stuff. Left at 0100hrs and back home to catch up with lost time for my sleep.

She called around 1100hrs plus and I am awake already. Talk to her for almost 2 hours till I met up with my aunt and her family for lunch at Serangoon Gardens. At this chinese restaurant that is popular for their Hainanese chicken. Didn't take any pictures cos the food is too delicious and I forgotten about it! Muahahaha.. :P

Well, she's so affected by what happened lately and I guess it hit her quite bad that she's in tears for a period of time. I reckon a person's threshold of receiving all these unhappiness is different and one will just break down when it hit them. Moreover she's alone there in Darwin, I'm not surprise to see her having wild thoughts and thinking too much into what happened. Life's such that there will be ups and downs. Learn from the mistakes and obstacles, stand up and be strong again. What happened has happen. No point dwelling in the past and always be in fear and guilt, be in denial and avoiding the issues. Memories will always be memories and it will always be at the back of our mind. We'll just have to draw a line between all these issues and live one. There is only so much a person can do for another and overdoing it will just be giving in to much. When one gets complacent, will she or he appreciate what was done to them? Does the other party really know what's the main motive of all these actions done for them? Will they really understand? Or are they just too complacent, till they lose it?

Anyway, I'd done what I can do to so call "enlighten" her, and I'm in no position to tell her what she really need to do since I'm not in her shoes to understand how she feel. All I can do is to tell her to follow her heart. Do what she think is right, it's all in her discreet. She's still asking me if I am going over to accompany her. But then, she might be coming back in December. Maybe she can come accompany me instead! Hahahaha.. It's all in the plans, no confirmation yet. We'll see.. We'll see..

Birthday party at Macdonalds (Part 1)

Reaced home at 0200hrs and kocked out immediately. Got woken up by a call asking me if I'm still coming for the birthday celebration! Gosh, I totally forgotten about it, and even couldn't wake up for weekly dim sum! Shows how tired I was and occupied by so many things and appointments that I totally forgotten about this planned party, at Tanglin Mall's Macdonalds! Yes, I kid you not, Macdonalds! Hahahaha... :P

I was late obviously and still groggy from my sleep. They were in a middle of some games and it has started since 1730hrs. I reached at 1830hrs and the party's about to end. And being half asleep and half awake, I couldn't answer the question posed at me. "How much is the new terriyaki burger?". And I had to do a forfeit, which is to wear a party hat, stuff ballons into the back of my shirt and walk to Delifrance and ask one of the waiteress for her number. Hey, getting numbers is no problem. But to be in a party hat, and ballons stuffed behind my back? Thank god there isin't any waiteress in Delifrance, so end up getting a signature from one of the male staff. Phew... :P

Anyway, here are some pics to the party.

Quiz time.


All the "children" and children! Hahahaha...


Birthday Girl


This is how crowded it was on a Saturday! And there are more people around the corner.


Was an "exciting" party at Macdonalds. Birthday girl is sporting though she was shocked that we've decided to held her birthday celebration at Macdonalds. Although it was quite embarrasing to held a party with all adults when it's meant for kids, I reckon maybe it did kindof fulfilled my childhood dream. Anyway I asked the staff if this is their 1st time holding a party when it's actually adults attending, they say no, they've done quite a few for office adults. Thank god, and I thought we're the only crazy people around! Hahahaha... :P

There's a foam party for kids going on right outside the mall. I thought I could join in since I'd just came from a Macdonalds party. Hehehehe... :P

Tanglin Mall's Christmas decorations


Foam party for kids


P.S More to add on after receiving the pics from another camera

Well spent time after exams!

Was suppose to have breakfast at Cartel @ PS cos I'd such good compliments of them, thus decided to have breakfast again. Thought they might have it @ SIglap's Cartel since we will be going to Parkway Parade to check out mobile phones. But we thought wrongly. Thought maybe only @ PS then they serve breakfast everyday, we went to PS. Thought wrongly, again! It's only on the weekends then they serve breakfast. So now we know. After travelling to town, going through SGD6.50 of ERP, then to Siglap, then to PS, we decided to go Parkway Parade and have Ya Kun instead. Since I've intention to check out some mobile phones. After all these driving, we're back to where we were. Hahahaha...

Breakfast @ Cartel PS I took the last time I ate there






Breakfast @ Ya Kun


After breakfast @ Ya Kun, when to check out the N70 and N90, which I've been eyeing for sometime. After checking out a few stores, finally decided to go for the N90. Only think is I can only upgrade my present phone in December when the present contract ends. If not I'll have to pay another SGD100 as "penalty". Had to leave the store empty handed. Anyway need my brother to be there since the number I'm using is under his name.

N70


N90


When to Singtel to check out the phones as well and see what kind of plans they have. Guess what I saw..... Sony Ericsson Doraemon J300i (Limited Edition) mobile phone!! It's only SGD228, without any contracts!! I would have bought it if I wasn't stopped by her. Hahahaha... :P

Sony Ericsson Doraemon J300i (Limited Edition)


A nicer pic. Here they have it in pink. Only saw the blue at Singtel. Not sure if they have pink.


Left the store empty handed, again. Walked into Nokia, just to see see look look. And saw a friend who's working there. Complain to him about the 3230 I'd bought from the them months back and It's been giving me problem ever since. Which is why I'm insearch of a new phone. He suggested that I upgrade the software and try again. No harm trying, just need to spend another hour at PP. Left the phone for upgrade and went to Eyesite to chit-chat with my friends there. Since we dunno where to have lunch and what to do, went there to chit-chat instead. And she's complaining she would have been home asleep instead of spending another hour in PP. Not only has she not slept for the night, I'd also stayed up the night as well. Likewise I'm kindof sleepy too. Fetch her, drove around just cos she wanna try the Cartel breakfast and she still dare to complain! Hmph! Hahahahaha.... :P

Collected my phone, and since we dunno what to have for lunch, headed for home since we're both tired. But then, the day has not ended for me. Sent her home, and I went back home to bathe and met up with some of the Devils for lunch. After lunch went to KTV before going for the meet-up. When we were there at 2030hrs, no one was there, so we switched to MB instead. Sat there till 2330hrs and all of us decided to go Seletar reservoir.

One devil didn't stop in time for the hump and the impact caused one piece of his bodykit to drop. Wasn't an issue since it can be screw back easily. Also proven that this bodykit he made in Malaysia is impact resistant. And this DAMD bodykit is the one that most of us will be changing to.

Soon, my car will like this. Fierce eh. Hehehe.. :P


Here are the 6 if us parking along the road to check the damage.


And here are the 6 of us enjoying ice-cream (yes, there's an ice-cream motorbike selling ice-cream)


One of the devil did this himself. Designing, cutting and sticking all these up by himself.


I will be putting up this design soon along the side of my car. From the front door all the way to the back. Gonna make it big and a statement! NIce?


On our way back, another devil and I raced against each other. From a stationary point, another gave 3 horns to signal us off. The exciting part is when we are about to reach a bend, he slowed down and braked. And because I'm still running on stock brake, while his is Brembo, I had to drive on and brake slowly. The speed that I achieved caused the car to screech when I hit the bend and the car understeered abit. I can't brake immediately, if not I would have skidded off. So I just had to let go of the accelerator, steer back the car in position slowly and stepped on the accelerator to pull the car off the bend. The other 2 behind me almost freaked out and they thought I was about to skid off road. When we all stopped along the road, they told me they almost freaked out and thought I was about to skid off road! And seeing the way I dash through without stopping, they had to give it in to my daring act! Relax lah bro! It's all under control! Hehehe... ;)

Left Seletar at around 0045hrs and all of us headed home. I'm all burned out after not sleeping for more than 24hrs. Moreover I still have 2 papers the following day. Reached home at 0130hrs and go through my notes for a while before sleeping at 0400hrs. Woke up at 0900hrs for my papers. The tireness start to eat into me then. Dragged myself to take my papers, and boy was I shacked out. Thank god these papers are not that tough. And in between both papers, I can still catch some sleep and do some revision. All ended at 1600hrs, went down to MW and collect some documents for my store. Sent my RM and another staff home since I'll be on the way. Now I got the whole evening to rest but they asked me out for Korean food. And since she's not seen me for some time, I have to meet her if not she'll miss me. Hahaha.. :P

It was still early till the time to meet her so I decided to have my lunch. Yes, my lunch. Damn hungry, so had the famous Punggol Nasi Lemak which has an outlet at Katong. The chicken wings is the BEST! *drool....* While I'd reached Katong, received an sms to have coffee at Alexandra. Damn good timing! When I just left that area and reached Katong, then they send me sms for coffee! Even send me mms of a babe, saying they wish I was there. Then again, where I am ain't short of any babes! Took 2 pics and make them wonder where I am and also wish they were here! They thought I was having dinner with some babe and didn't ask them along! Yes, having dinner with babes, but different tables! Hahahaha... :P

2 pics I took to make them "regret"




After my "lunch", pick her up and on the way to the Korean restaurant, the sunset was gorgeous! Can't resist taking pictures while driving, and I so regret not having my D70 with me. And we went to Kent Ridge park to view sunset. Gosh.. It's been some time I'd seen sunset and the evening's sunset is really beautiful! It's her first time seeing sunset at KRP, so quite asight for her.

Here are the pics taken while on the road




And here's one of the pic that turned out to be the best. The rest are kindof blur... :(


Left for the Korean restaurant at 1930hrs. Enjoyed the dishes greatly and I shall let the pics do the talking! ;)


Menu


Back of the menu. Wanna know more of this picture, read on. ;)


Wet towel which turns big after absorbing water. It looked like panadol tablets initially.


Pandora's box?


Nope. Switch for the gas to grille food. Looks like some game pad eh. :P


Stainless steel chopsticks and spoon. The chopsticks are thin and heavy, using it was quite a task. Cos it's kindof thin and slippery and heavy. Can be rather tiring. Hehehe.. :P


Here are the side dishes!


Cold seaweed sour soup! It's really sour and it's cold! Taste like plum juice! Hahaha.. :P


Brocolli, bean sprouts and kang kong. Bean sprouts is nice. I like. :)


Salad with diced peanuts and thousand island sauce, Ikan bilis and lettuce. Didn't eat the lettuce, like the other 2 dish. ;)


Cold toufu. Nice. Left bottom is the grilled pork. Delicious!


The Korean popular dish. Kimchi. Cold, spicy and quite tasteless. Somehow a weird taste to the tounge. Don't like.


Grilled chicken. Not as nice as the pork.


Here's the best! Seafood soup. There are prawns, mussles, plenty of cuttlefish, golden needle mushrooms, pickles, lettuce, flower crabs, and some other stuff which I'm not sure. Soup is a bit spicy. Overall not bad. Quite like it. ;)


Me testing to see if the soup is poisonous with my "silver" chopstick! Hahahaha... :P


No prize for guessing which is male and female. ;)


Desert was Ginger tea with cinnamon. Not bad, but can skip. :P


And here's the story to the picture behind the menu.


[Bek Se Ju story.
Long ago, a gentleman was riding into town when he ran into a most unusual sight. A young man was beating an old man! The genleman halted his horse and order to berate the young man! "How dare you hit the helpless old man!" The young man turned and replied, "This is my son who was born when I was 80 years old!" "I told him to drink the wine but he didn't take my advice. Now he has grown old before I have!" The gentleman bowed down in humlity before the young man asking what miraculous drink might be. He was told about Bek Su Ju and that it was made out of 10 kinds of oriental herbs including Ginseng Radix.]

Overall, I would give a 8/10 for this Korean Restaurant. Since it's the first time I had Korean food, it didn't leave me with a bad impression. ;)

After dinner, we went to HV for some desert @ NYDC. Forgotten to take pictures of what we ate cos I was busy updating the pictures taken eariler on into my ibook. Nonetheless, we enjoyed ourselves at NYDC.

Got a message from her in Darwin that she met with an accident! She got knocked from the side by a salon car directly hitting her on the driver's door and the impact caused her car to overturn and land on the roof top! She was quite traumatized by the accident when she called me later on after coming back from the police station. She couldn't sleep and reckon is still in a bit of shock. Thank god she's fine, just maybe a bit of bruises. Again asking me if I will be going over to visit her. And she actually don't mind paying for my air tickets. :P

Anyway, we drove to town to see the christmas light. We're all disappointed by the decorations and it's really just putting up for the sake of christmas. Here are some pics. Judge for yourself. Hehehe.. :P