I graduated!

Finally, this is the moment I dread for so long. I graduated. I am beginning a whole new chapter in life and I will continue on writing on my blog. I deserve my rest now and shall continue writing in December.

Top 10 worst cars of the century

I read and came across this. Most American and French cars are terrible Piece of S*. I hope this read would be enjoyable to you as it was for me.

http://cartalk.com/content/features/Worst-Cars/results1.html

Tired, so so tired

I've been so busy lately. I have been keeping track of my health by going to gym almost everyday (except Saturday and Sunday). I really need to get myself in shape. I need to start my life right now and I hope to be a completely new Kev. Any support from my readers are so much appreciated. I need to revamp everything and start for a new 2009.

Wife gets scared in a Honda

Look at how this poor Spanish lady gets freaked out from the seats of a Honda. Even if your not amused, her tits are an amazing watch

Alonso and Hamilton ad

Probably old to some, but this is truly the spirit of racing

Cat riding Roomba

Damn this is so cute, seeing a cat circuling on a automated vacuum machine. (Yes, I am so damn bored, anyone wants to touge)

250th post

Well on a bored Saturday, nothing to do. LOL, so just waste a few bandwidth and say, happy 250th post to myself. Damn I am so bored, haha.

Nokia phone test

Ever wondered why your Nokia phones are so durable? Watch this video to see painstaking tests being run on Nokia phones (Thankfully, its not yours in the video)

New companion - Nokia N78

It's been 3 years since I own a Nokia N70. I bought it brand new at the time it was first launched in Australia by Vodafone. So I thought it was time to retire the phone as it has been a loyal phone to me. I am so fond of the Nokia N-series, so I got another one to replace it for the next coming 3 years. Behold, the Nokia N78. This phone is a few steps below the Nokia N95, but its very feature rich and especially for the price I paid. Theres an onboard A-GPS module, FM transmitter and the 3.2 Megapixel Carl Zeiss camera that sweetens the deal. Haha, enjoy the pictures. I will soon use it to take videos of my touge time.

Cadbury Fair

I was bored and definitely had nothing to do after my examinations, so I headed out to the Cadbury Fair in Sunway Pyramid. There were heaps of chocolates over there and definitely the crowd. There's a nice walkthrough that explains about the history of chocolate and how the British traded with the South American tribes dealing with cocoa. A very nice graphical runthrough anyways. Enjoy!

Exams are over, damn relieved

My examinations are over. It happened on the 18th of November. I am now free as a bird. I just certainly hope that I will pass, graduate, get a job, get some money and buy a good touge car! haha. Freedom it is.

Farewell Greddy Toyota MR-S

I was invited by my uncle to drive his beloved MR-S before it was sold. He told me to help him drive his vehicle up to Puspakom in Gopeng, which is 10-15 minutes drive from Kampar town.

This is a remarkably nice car to drive. I would say, this could would definitely whoop my Satria Neo. I haven't driven on a manual for ages, but I still have the touch! Anyways, this car is pretty worth it. The next lucky owner gets to own it for RM88,000 (USD1 = RM3.5). It's a beautifully balanced car, although at a smaller 1.8 litre engine. I wish I had the money to buy this beauty, but sadly, not for now. Enjoy the pictures! MR power!

Mercedes Benz Driving Experience 2008 - Part 6

At the end of the ceremony, we were given out Certificate of Attendance for participating and learning throughout the day. There were three lucky prizes given out to three people who performed pretty well on that day. There was the best male, best female and most improved participant award. I was not one of them, but I was more than satisfied with the experience I had and what I have learnt in order to prepare myself on the road when driving my own Mercedes-Benz vehicle. We drove off into the sunset and I would say, this Driving Experience is definitely fun and worth it. In case that you might want to be the lucky few to join this event, you could either sign up for the next one around in May or just book a Mercedes-Benz sedan with one of the authorized dealers. I highly recommend service and support of sales representative Mr. Edmond Ooi (012-5151700) and Ipoh Motors’ manager, Mr. David Lim (019-5560077) for getting me into this wonderful event.

Mercedes Benz Driving Experience 2008 - Part 5

Before we end the day, we were given a chance to drive around the full F1 Sepang circuit in the E class sedans. We were briefed in the paddock, that we should drive and follow the instructor in his B170 around the track, known as the duck and drake system. When the instructor turns on his emergency lights, the car behind the duck, in front of the other cars will pull back and move behind of the car other cars, so that the drivers are able to follow and learn something from the instructors when going around the course. This was my first time around the Sepang F1 circuit itself and I was very happy to be able to shown around the course by professional drivers, by guidance over the walkie-talkie. . Theres a video of us going around the track, however it was limited to 2 minutes and 50 seconds due to the limitation of my digital camera.

Mercedes Benz Driving Experience 2008 - Part 4

We proceeded to the next part of the exercise, where we learnt how to brake properly when approaching a corner and avoid an obstacle up ahead. We were able to practice on the part of the track, where Felipe Massa spun out during the F1 session in Malaysia this year. We had a go on all cars. The E230 Avantgarde turns out to be most scariest car, as the 2.5 V6 provides so much torque, that it’s probably the hardest to brake and maneuver around the cones. But no doubt, I finally mastered it and Lincoln was definitely most happy with my improvements.

We moved on to the next part where Dean was there to teach us on how to take on one of the corners in the F1 circuit properly without overspeeding. We were taught to be able to enter slowly and exit a corner fast enough so that we are able to catch up to the next car ahead, in case that we were in a race. This was definitely important to learn, as most people aren’t able to properly gauge how fast they are going when they are approaching a corner.

Finally, we approached the last part of the course, where Chow wanted us to maneuver over a slalom course and brake within the box again. This was probably a way to benchmark us and time us on how well we learned and perform today. This was definitely an inter-group competition, to see who times the fastest over the slalom. If you brake and park outside of the box, you will be penalized 1 second for exceeding each cone outside of the boxed area. I did not know my time, as Chow wanted to keep it a secret.

Mercedes Benz Driving Experience 2008 - Part 3

After finishing the slalom course session, we moved on to the other part of the course where we learnt sudden lane change. This was to simulate an emergency in order to avoid a car that cuts into your lane without spinning off the road. We were told to drive through the cones and brake at the first set of cones to swerve right and left hard without braking, to avoid collision with the cones. If we are able to swerve violently, it would activate the PRE-SAFE system, where it tightens the seatbelts, turns off the air-conditioning and winds down the window by an inch, to prepare the driver and passenger in the case of a collision. The window is wind down, so that the airbag can be deployed and gas is escaped through the window gap. Most of us did it without any hassle, but some just plough through the cones.

We moved on to the next part of the track, where we learnt to avoid hitting a barrier in front and braking at 70 km/h and swerve right to avoid the barrier. Chow showed us how we could do it in a B170. We then finished the first half of the event for the day and headed on for lunch back at the paddock. Lunch was again remarkably nice, where Hilton Hotel were the caterers for the buffet lunch we were having.

After lunch and a short rest, we find ourselves back at the pits again and hopping into the cars again. Nathan was there again in the same place we had our first exercise. This time, he wants us to turn off the ESP system in our car and experience over steering and correcting our exit angle while in the wet. Nathan told us that the B170 would not experience over steering, as it is a front-wheel drive (FF) car, so we were told to get into the E-class sedan. Each of us had a go, while some eager seniors were so trigger happy that they spun 360 degrees a couple of times. I had a few times on and did not spin out after a few tries. I was happy to experience to know what over steering was like, since I’ve never spun like that before!

Mercedes Benz Driving Experience 2008 - Part 2

We were told to get into our cars of our choice, while several others will join us as passengers. We were given different choices of cars such as the B170, E200K, E230 Avantgarde and S300L. Nathan explained to us that the ABS and ESP technology, works hand in hand to help us stop our car without skidding, when encountering a wet surface on the road. He drove a car over the skidpan and demonstrated to us how the technology works. Later, he told us to get into our cars and start driving through the skidpan, where the left tyres are on top of the wet surface, where the right tyres are on top of the dry surface to simulate half-wet/half-dry conditions to simulate uneven tyre grip and braking force to simulate a spin. However, thanks to the safety technology, we are to drive off safely without skidding. Each of us had a go on the skidpan. We swapped drivers and cars every here and then, to fully maximize our driving experience.

We later drove off to another part of the Sepang F1 track. We came out of our cars to meet and greet Lincoln. The other participants of the other group colour (Green) swap cars with us and they will drove to the other part of the track to do the same exercise we did. Lincoln explained the importance of how we can experience the stability of the cars by going through a slalom course, with a bunch of cones positioned around to simulate such situations where we have to constantly swerve left and right. Lincoln drove the B170 and demonstrated on how we will imitate what he does on the slalom course and then park right back at the four cones which is an area we shall stop and not exceed outside of the boxed area. After the short briefing, we set out to try and beat Lincoln’s 51km/h average speed around the slalom. I was able to imitate Lincoln’s speed with the B170. However, I was beaten by a E200K at 52km/h.