Malacca Day 1

12th August
Meet Teo, Jac and his wife at Woodlands custom. We'll be using the woodlands custom since they stay in Woodlands, and we'll have breakfast before meeting Kwok, Elaine and Suyin at the toll before heading straight to Malacca. The drive took less than 2 hours and once we reach Malacca, we had lunch at the popular Hoe Kee chicken rice.

Welcome to Malacca!


Hoe Kee chicken rice.




Managed to find a parking space just right outside the shop.


This is how pack it is.


Mug of drink?


Nope! Chilli!


Chicken rice balls. Suyin thought why we ordered so many fishballs! Hehehe...


Helped myself to the rice balls! Had 8 fishballs! I mean chicken rice balls!


The spread! I love the soup and the chicken feet in it!


The number of people account for the number of chicken rice balls.


We got some peanuts. Pretty delicious.


Once we're done with lunch, head down to the hoteh which Suyin had booked.




Scenery around the hotel.








Elaine and Kwok trying to pile on top of me.


Once all of us settle down, we got ours ready for a walk around town and did some sight seeing. Suyin was dying for a cuppa and we got ourselves some coffee, and I saw this nun who is quite high tech. :P



Kwok has been to Malacca before and she brought us to this place called Farmosa. And I saw this doraemon, in PINK! NEw version? Hahaha....




We walked over to this used-to-be church that was turned into a fort.


Trishaws all decorated with colourful flowers!


Group photos.




Some pics on the fort(church).










Malaysia's National day is coming, and we see flags flying around.


Christ Church Malacca.




My t-shirt is all sweated up in the afternoon sun!


Elaine was bugging for the popular chendol and all of us join in to satisfy her craving! I gotta say it's really nice!












I got a video of the chendol making process as well. Look closely, it's not electric powered! It's those olden days kind of machine.


We saw some buskers that had snakes and lizards for tourist to take pictures with.








We went to check out this war ship as well.


On the way back, we saw this pair of tourist police on horses.


And we pass by this place that sells lottery and since it's my birthday, might as well give it a try. Bought my car number and our room number.


We shopped around Mahkota Parade shopping centre before we head back to the hotel and change, then head down to Jonker street, the night market.

1st stop is this store called Madam Goh. Dunno got any affliation with our GCT wife or not. Hehehe... :P


And they sell this werid looking thing, which is actually a kind of cucumber, dried up, and it is used for cleaning plates and stuff. It's like a sponge for washing! Feels really soft and rough. Should have bought one home to try. But I don't do house chores. :P


There is some stage performance going on as well. This event is for the police and the people to exchange some conversations or stuff. The chinese wordings too difficult for me to understand.


Came by a few dialect clans house as well.

The Hokkien clan


The Hainanese clan. Which is also my dialect, but I dunno how to speak! Hehehe... :P


Some pictures of the stalls in Jonker Street.

Dim Sum


BBQ Cuttlefish


Doraemone Uno Cards!! Regret not buying!


Elaine bought one of this ship that she liked alot.


We had dinner at this stall.


Our spread.


The so spicy curry!


And I was giving a speech! See how serious they are listening to me! Hehehe... :P


On the way back to our hotel, we sort of lost our way. And with the ship that Elaine bought, it took up quite a space and with 4 of them squeezing at the back of my car and Teo in the boot.


I stopped at the petrol kisok to ask for direction and also to shift the box to the boot. That's Teo sitting comfortably in the boot.


Finally we reached our hotel, and I got a surprise from them. We all know it's my birthdaym but I didn't expect them to celebrate for me just before the clock strike midnight. I also didn't expect them to buy me a cake or anything. Bascially the day's been too tiring and all I want is a good rest.

Elaine, Kwok and Suyin actually stayed in the carpark to wait for me and Elaine to finish our smoke. I didn't realised that Teo, Jac and his wife have already gone up to prepare the surprise. They actually kept the whole plan tight lipped. They got an ice cream cake, and also Teo had one of the group photo we took to be developed, put it in a Winnie the Pooh photo frame.

When we were at Mahkota parade shopping centre in the afternoon, I actually bumped into Teo while walking back to meet the other. Elaine was actually with Teo but when they saw me, they splited ways cos Elaine was holding the cake! Teo actually told me she got a stomach ache and need to go back to the hotel. I wanted to follow Teo cos I've already waited an hour for them sitting on the sofa, for Kwok and Suyin to get their hair done in the salon. So I wanted so much to go back to the hotel to nap and since key is with Teo, I should follow her. But she kept telling me Jac and his wife are waiting for me, and her stomach is really bad so she gotta run. She ran off and I didn't even suspect a thing. Such good actors they are! During this, Elaine actually walk around the corner and I didn't even see her!

Once I entered the hotel, lights were dimmed, and the cake is already on the table, with the Winnie the Pooh photo frame.




NOW! This surprise doesn't end here. As we know it's an ice cream cake, it was starting to melt, while we're all taking photos. And when I mentioned that the cake is melting, Kwok thought I was saying the candle is melting. Of cos the candle melts, cos it's burning! Guess what! Kwok just went closer to the candle and BLEW MY CANDLE!!! KWOK BLEW MY CANDLE!!! AH KWOK ACTUALLY BLEW MY CANDLE! Even before I made a wish or anything. I looked at her in shocked! All of us paused for a second! They saw my expression! I was still for like 3 seconds looking at Kwok!

She finally realised what a grave mistake she made! And I'm gonna haunt her for the whole year till I get to blow my next birthday candle! The whole night, I kept bugging her on blowing my candle! And till now, I'm still harping to her for blowing my candle!

This is just for photo taking sake. The candle is re-lit and this time I got to blow the candle. But.... AH KWOK BLEW MY CANDLE!


After eating the cake, we wanted to play mahjong. But we're all too tired, all went to bed.

Happy birthday to myself!

Finally hit the 30 years old mark! The big Three Zero! Hehehe.. ;)

Will be leaving for Malacca at 0700hrs.

Better get some sleep though I took a nap last night.

Thank you all for the well wishes!

On Bended knees

5th August


Got this video from a friend. This song is an antique but have we all really look into the lyrics and the meaning? I may have heard this song before. And I've to admit I didn't even think twice to listen to this song clearly. Just when my friend showed me this, it does brings weight to this song and no wonder it's one of the hits.

6th August
Had lunch at Fish&Co in Changi Airport with Irene and Patrick. They came down to gimme my birthday present. So thoughful of them. We had this huge huge mug of drink (Forgot what it's called), I reckon it's a one litre mug. Taste good but too big for one person. For 2 still ok.


Maddie suppose to come back from Jakarta today but she smsed me to tell me she missed their flight back, again! This time it's the traffic jam. Partly also they left an hour later than the time scheduled. Would still make it in time if not for the traffic jam. Told her that day when I sent her off that I believe she will extend her stay in Jakarta. And she really did, in a way. Hehehe..

7th August
Went down to JDM to go through some details about the CF bonnet GB. Also to pass them 2 spoilers which we will be making a new design to fit onto our ride.

Had coffee with Nelson at 58, and we both were "bombed" by chilli! We had some snacks and they had a bottle of chilli which is filled up, capped. Suddenly, the cap shot up to the ceiling and the chilli slowly spill out from the bottle. I reckon the bottle of chilli is too pack and the chilli is spicy, creating heat thus the air in it expanded and popped the cap! Both of us got bits of chilli on us and Nelson had his handphone and earpiece splatted with chilli! What an encounter! Hahahaha...

Went home to rest after coffee with Nelson. Been a long day so a good rest is well deserved.

8th August
Picked Maddie from the airport, and sent her home. Told me about her trip in Jakarta and stuff. She enjoyed herself indeed.

After sending Maddie home, met up with Louis to change my engine oil. I've bought the new Texas Revolution Titanium Lubricants from Louis who is helping out in his family business. Apparently this new lubricants is very well received by those who've used them. And also I've negotiated with Louis on organising some group buys, lucky draws and stuff for our car club.

Went home to rest after changing the engine oil. Was suppose to meet the guys for coffee at Mr Bean, but was cancelled. So decided to head up north to Malaysia and test out the new engine oil which I've changed in the afternoon. I enter through the Woodlands checkpoint but came back from the Tuas checkpoint. During this journey, got to drive on the highway and thus I'm able to test of how my car reacts to the new engine oil. Transmission is smooth and also the temperature did dropped by 2-5 degrees.

Simon had some deals going on and from what he mentioned, he seems confident on this deal. So he wanted my help to assisit him in monetary terms. Met with him at around 0300hrs to pass him what he needed.

Head home to sleep. Gotta wake up in 2 hours time for work.

9th August
Happy Birthday to Singapore.

Yupe, it's my country's 41st birthday.

Friend sent this pretty interesting video as well.


And I had a Singapore flag on my windscreen to celebrate her birthday.


10th August
Head down to IP and go through details with Patrick on the drift events he will be organising. Spend some time there before going for the weekly meet up at GV.

During the meet up, we were talking about the tuning that Richard did for some of us. Alex's setup on his car is rather similiar to mine except for the FMIC. So decided to let Richard tune my car and test out if there will be any difference if I were to use Alex's map that was used to tune his car.

Richard going through his laptop to check on the graphs and readings.


I was happy with the tuning he did and so eager to try out the tuning, so went up to Malaysia again. This time, I'm travelling at more than the speed cut limit and it is going faster as I slowly step on the accelerator. I believe I was travelling at 220-230km/h! And the oil temp is at 90 degrees! Woooooo Hoooooo!!

11th August
Wanted to see the fireworks show that is to celebrate the country's birthday, and also before I leave for Malacca to celebrate my birthday tomorrow but overslept. Yupe, it's my birthday tomorrow, 12th August! Spent the evening resting at home. Get my stuff packed for Malacca and also to update my blog.

Will come back from Malacca with plenty of photos to share!

Nusajaya Sprint Test 2006

29th July

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It was suppose to be an exciting day cos we're organising our first drag event. Yet mother nature ain't helping us by causing quite a downpour in the late afternoon when things were about to get started. We had the tentage up, the marshall, time keepers, crowd control, almost everything that's suppose to be in place up and ready to go. Just too bad, it started to rain and we've to postpone the event to next day morning.

While some competitors' drag cars were towed over, it would be pointless for them to tow them back to their workshop and back again the next day. We had a few cars parked under the tentage. And someone is has to be there to look after the cars. Since we've to be back again the next day early in the morning, it's wiser for us to stay over the night, so we spent the night over at Nusajaya.

While Dennis is waiting for his gf, his cousin and his gf to meet him, Nelson and Cutie this couple are going home to Woodlands to wash up and return to spend the night. Whereas for Thomas and I, we head to town for dinner, had a short rest, then head back to gather again at the shed.

While waiting for the couple to come back, as Dennis went home to wash up, only Thomas and I were tasked to look after the place. Pretty spooky consider it's the Chinese 7th month, and the place is pitch dark, except for the shed. As a matter of fact, nothing was there except for those light bugs flying around.

The N&C couple were back about 0030hrs, and to kill time, we played dai dee and chatted the night away, cracking silly jokes and poking fun at each other, till Dennis is back with supper, which by then is already about 0330hrs. Everyone is tired after the day's work, so we decided to call it a night, get some sleep in our cars and wake up early in the morning to prepare again.

Took some pictures to kill time.




30th July
This is how I slept through the night. Took out all four head rests from the seat, latch them down to make it flat, and slept comfortably through the night. Took me some time to figure a way out to make myself comfortable and I'm quite amazed by how the seats can be levelled and accomodate my height of 1.85m, with more then enough room to spare. I love my car more, day by day to know what my car can do!


Woke up at about 0830hrs. Good weather. Nice sunshine. I actually took a peek at the sky at about 0630hrs to catch the sunrise, but it wasn't much of a sight, probably cos I'm too tired to be bothered by it. Wash up, prepare the stuff needed for the day. We made some changes to the barriers and cones, shifting them to make room for a service road. Brief through what is suppose to be done for the day.

This time mother nature helped us out abit by keeping the early afternoon sunny. And we had the participants doing some trail runs on the drag strip with the newly done up Xmas light that Valentine brought home to improve on. Just before the sky turns dark again, we've already started the competition. But mid way through the event, it rained for a moment, more like a short drizzle, not really affecting the drag strip.

Here are some videos which I took.






Anyway the whole event ended well. It was our first event and we couldn't complain much as we're learning. We got plenty of feedbacks from the participants and now we've a list of stuff to ensure that it is being replaced to make our future events more successful. It all ended at about 1700hrs, which 6 winners in 2 different class of competition, prize money totalling up to RM4,400.

It sure was a super tiring day, all of us dead beat and tanned. Went through certain details before leaving the place after we've packed up. We could have left early, but because of some fella's car was parked in the skid pan, we don't know where he went to so we locked the gates leaving the car there while we were discussing over what was our thoughts for the day.

Since the keys were with me, I couldn't care less to this fella when he came over to us asking how he would be able to leave the place. I told him the guy with the keys have left the place, so there's no way we could open the gate for him, and he'll just have to think of a way out. Amazingly, he managed to drive up on the terrain in his Honda Civic, not without causing some scratches to the bottom of his bumper. He thought he would be out of the place after going through the terrain. But we've also locked the other gate. Hahahahahaha... :P

He came to us again, telling us the gate is locked! I acted as if I don't know anything and gave him the shocked look to know the gate is locked as well. So to say, we're all stucked together with him!! Hahahaha.... :P Well, since the show is on, we've to continue the act. I told him the guy with the keys is suppose to leave that gate unlocked and after we leave the place, we will lock it. He actually though it could be some of the spectators lingering around who locked it since we left the lock unlock there. Hehehehe... :P

The reason his car was parked in the skid pan is because he was there to watch his brother riding in the terrain with his scrambler. Early morning there were a group of scramblers using the place as well. And one of the organiser of their group has the key. So instead, I got him to call the fella with the key and help us open the gate. We had to stay with him though the keys were with me. He was with his father and gf. His gf was quite a looker but too bad she stayed in the car all the while. his father actually said we had the keys but we don't wanna open. Then again, we stayed and left together, what has he got to say then! Hehehehe... :P

Well, without this episode, wouldn't have gotten acquaintance with this chap. Quite a nice fella I would say. Not in any frustration to think he would be in this situation. We exchanged numbers before parting ways and whle waiting, we chatted about what was going on and how this place would be done up in future, while the rest of the guys we packing the drinks up to our cars. We left for Dennis's home to drop the drinks, then had dinner before leaving for Singapore, of cos a car wash before we head home.

I bought these banna fritters in between the event when I leave to pump petrol for my car. It's RM1.00 for 7 pieces! 1 piece is half of a banana. And it's still very cheap!


Dinner! Enough to feed the 8 of us consider that we didn't had lunch. In fact some of them didn't had breakfast and lunch!


Dozed off while waiting for our cars to be washed, vacuumed and wiped dry. Finally, home sweet home at about 2230hrs. Went to bed immediately.

31st July
Woke up at 1400hrs feeling groggy. Hangover from yesterday's event. Looked at my phone, 7 missed calls! 1st miss call start from 0930hrs, and it's a private call. Good thing I switched my phone to silent mood. If not this idiot who called so early in the morning gonna get a good lecture from me for waking me up.

Finally back to work after 2 weeks of leave. Need to get the hang of going back to work and start the daily routine. Didn't do much for the day at work except for stock taking after we closed the store at 0100hrs. All done and home at 0300hrs.

1st August
Woke up late afternoon for work again. Gotta worked alone for the night cos my staff screwed up the roster that they tried to planned. Well, not the first time working alone, not such a big deal.

Saw Simon on MSN. Been some time I chatted with him and been almost 1 year I last saw him. Since we're both awake at 0500hrs, I picked him up at this place for supper, or you can say breakfast. Talked about how he's been doing, what were his plans since he has already completed army. Having not met him for more than a year, I realized he has become more mature than before. More sensible and began to make plans. It's really good to see him this way.

Sent him home at about 0700hrs, and bumped into his mum who is on her way to work, instead gave her a lift to work. Anyway I've not talked to her since last Chinese New Year on the phone and since I've bumped into her, might as well. Chatted a bit during the trip to her workplace. Just come usual words of concern about Simon's dad and grandma whom I've visited in Muar during her birthday 2 years back. Or is it 3, I forgot.

Anyway, dropped Simon back home, I finally slept at about 0900hrs. While most people are at work, I'm going to bed.

2nd August
Met some of the SMAC guys for lunch as usual at MS. This evening got a meeting with Thomas, Dennis and Nelson in JB, with regards to the event we done few days back. Need to sort out all the expenditures and go through some details about Singapore Lancer Club (SLC) wanting to rent the place from us for a one day event.

Ran my errands after lunch, met up with Nelson in JB at about 1700hrs. He's in there to do his exhaust, while I'm free, went there to see see look look. Meeting began at 1800hrs at a cafe. Took us so long to go through every thing and to brainstorm on what we need to do for the next event we're gonna organise. We can really talk through the night and it's time for supper.

The infamous curry noodle for supper! There are char siew (sliced roast pork), fishballs, fried bean curd, clams and vege. Spicy hot but delicious!


Reached home 0400hrs. All dead tried of the brainstorming and discussion.

3rd August
Maddie's birthday! Smsed her last night while she's iat MOS. Was suppose to go Zouk with her but the meeting with the guys is more important. Anyway she got a bunch of friends to celebrate for her. Since I'm meeting her today to go to the temple with her before she leave for Jarkata to celebrate her birthday with her Jarkata friends.

Pick her up at 1230hrs, went to the temple, have lunch and reached airport 1430hrs. Her flight is 1530hrs more than enough time for them to check in if her friend were to come on time. But her friend was late, thus they are unable to board the flight I've booked for them. Cos check in has to be 40mins before flight departure. They check in 30mins before......

Good thing the customer service guy is kind enough to place them on the next flight without any additional charges. Who can resist the pitiful look on their face, right! Hahahaha... :P

Took this picture when she's at DFS to buy cigarette. Like those chocolate stick that comes in bigger packing, bigger sticks.


Left her with her friend so the 2 ladies can have their girls talk. Pretty inconvenient with me around. Anyway need to leave for the usual Thursday meet up at GV. There was a new stall selling Bak Kut Teh so a few of us try this new stall and see how good their food is.

We had the standard pork ribs. Ordered vinegar trotters and salted vege with roast pork. The vinegar trotters is highly recommended. Whereas the Bak Kut Teh nothing to shout about. Soup is too diluted and the taste of the soup has too much of herbal smell.


Nelson took a picture of this sign. Did some photoshop to it and it reads, OKT Thomas P/L site office. OKT actually stands for Or Kui Tao, which is in hokkien. It means pimp in english. Hehehe... :P


We hanged around for some time before going for a drink and as usual, some men's talk. Went home about 0200hrs but couldn't sleep. I had to force myself to sleep cos I need to work later at 0600hrs.

4th August
It's really been some time I went out so late and sleep at this late hours and wake up at 0500hrs for work. Really very tired at work in the morning. Took a nap when I end work at 1400hrs. Got a dinner appointment with a new girl I know, so I took a nap before picking her up at her house. At least I got about 2-3hrs of sleep if not I will doze off while driving. We had dinner at Newton since she's craving for chilli crab. Drove around town for a while, and send her back.

Just got home not long ago at 2100hrs to complete this blog for now. Still feeling tired, so am gonna take a nap soon.

Gdnite. ;)