What a load of load… what am I saying?

A few weeks ago I was baffled over the preparation of my department for the Proton Tech Week. Alhamdulillah, with assistance from fellow representatives and God’s blessings, things turned out better than expected. In the end, everyone had put their best foot forward and as thousands agree, the program achieved its objectives.

Not so good was Aoi-chan acting up during the preparation stage. After spending countless hours (plus some hard earned and loaned cash), she’s back on track… literally. After fixing her up, I attended one of Sepang’s track day session. And my God, was Sepang great. I had only been there thrice (one for HPC event, other two for a free entrance session for the A1GP and something else), and haven’t been around the track in full. Now I can agree with people that it has to be one of the best track in the world… just ask Michael Schumacher.

After all that, I just gotta get some rest. Which I did take, just a couple of days ago. And what better way was it for me to relax than a short blast up and down some good mountain roads. This time; Fraser’s Hill. Surprisingly, the roads were well maintained (the connecting roads, the one-way road at the hill was faultlessly maintained) and dare I say, more ‘interesting’ than the ones at Cameron Highlands. The only precaution; make sure to fill up at any petrol station (yes, any!) you find on the way there. There’s basically nowhere to fill up once you reach the peak. Apart from this little crazy adventure, the remaining hours of the holidays were spent on sleep and sketching stuff.

And so, what better way to restart my normal work life than getting news on my next assignment. The venue; UK. Yep, UK as in United Kigdomland (as Jeremy Clarkson put it). The only drawback? My convo is smack right in the middle of the assignment period. After some discussion with my parents and advice from colleagues, I decided to take chance and just go on with the assignment. The reason? SECRET. Guess that those of you who are expecting to see me in person during the convo can just dream on… sad isn’t it? However, as a consolation to both you and me, Hassan RXZ will be bringing Aoi-chan to the ceremony. Assume Aoi-chan as my representative. If you have flowers to give me, you can just pass it to her. You are permitted to take pics with her as a momento of my absence… (isk, isk, iskk…)

Well got nothing else to put here, all the related pics should be below, with the usual tasteless captions. In any case;

HAPPY CONVOCATION TO ALL MEMBERS OF G13 FROM THE KULLIYYAH OF ENGINEERING AND OTHER IIUM STUDENTS WHO’LL BE HAVING THEIR CONVO THIS TIME AS WELL!!!

THANKS FOR EVERYTHING AND SORRY THAT I COULDN’T MAKE IT

p/s: Pics to be uploaded later...

PROTON TECHNOLOGY WEEK

Hahahaha!
i nearly forgot to post this one, but what the heck...

You are all cordially invited to:

PROTON TECHNOLOGY WEEK
Date (public session):
1. 2/8/2008=> 2:00pm-5:00pm
2. 3/8/2008=> 9:00am-5:00pm

Venue: Proton Main Plant and RND, Shah Alam Admission:
Free Highlights: 1
. Carnival Area (Like a mini Sure Heboh)
2. Technology Vehicles display - Autonomous car, Saga Red, MSX Concept
3. Proton MPV peek-a-boo
4. Technology exhibitions @ RND office/lab areas (A must visit!!!)

... and lots more

Coincidence or discrimination?

Went to the shop today to find a pair of sneakers for use on the track day tomorrow. Strangely enough, i found myself in a deja-vu. I can't seem to find one that fits me. The strange thing is, they have sizes for smaller feet (up to 9 or 10) and they have big ones (13 upwards), but the never seem to have for the middle bit (11&12), the size i'm using.
For heavens sake, is this a coincide AGAIN or is it a matter of discrimination against us lot with the 'somewhere in the middle' sized feet?
Guess it's time to find out...

Bon Odori Festival pics~~~

These are the pics as promised. Sorry it was a bit on the late side, but still, its better than not posting any at all.
Enjoy~~~

p/s: The pics aren't placed in the order they were taken. There were some videos taken, but i couldn't be bothered to post it here...

The drum beaters ready for action... hold on. One of 'em got a broken arm! Talk about dedication to work!!!

Some VIP making the opening speech; "Aaa... Good morning..", he said. Odd

More ladies in Kimonos...

And the crowd goes wild! Not. This is the main stage and all of the visitors/participants as seen from the main building of the sports complex...

Some of the visitors chilling out

A tribute to the photographers (Amateurs and Pros). The event must've been a slice of heaven for them...

A shot of the evening sky before the event

A Japanese kid playing with the water-balloon-yoyo-thing

Some of the crowds which turned up in a Kimono or Yukata

Dancers and drummers getting ready for the event.

A tribute to the RELA officers. Without them, who knows how ugly the event could've turned out to be...

Some of the Malay ladies with kimonos posing with a Japanese lady and her daughters.

The main stage in the middle of the sports complex field.

Kawaii~~~ 4 Japanese girls striking a pose with their Kimonos. If any of you are reading this, please contact me...

More girls running around with their Kimonos

Another group of Malay ladies striking a pose with their Kimonos

The scene of the food-stalls area

Woah... more Malay ladies with Kimonos

Some old guy trying to attract customers to his stall...

Someone's balloon in the sky...

Bon Odori Festival (12/7/2008)

Had a visit to the Bon Odori festival at the Matsushita (or now Panasonic) Sports Complex yesterday. What’s Bon Odori? Go google or Wiki it. I don’t want to do some documentary here since I want to post as many pics as possible.

So here are the pics... Oh wait. Darn, I forgot to upload it to this laptop! DARN!
(I’ll hook it up later, but for the sake of things, please google it. I know there’ll be tons of pics of the event all over the net.)

By the way though, I didn’t join in the dance. Why? Well… one of the reason was i was too busy filming and taking pics of *ahem* KAWAI~~~ ladies in kimonos. Another reason was that we (yes, I didn’t attend it alone and no, I’m still a loser and the others we all male) had a discussion. Since no fact can be referred to for a concrete answer, we left and went home. But I did get a sort of souvenir, just for the sake of event. What is it? Find out when I upload the pics.

In case any of you are wondering why i don't update as regularly as you thought, well... in my current condition i just can't. I'll tell you about it later.

Bye.