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.

100th Image posted on the net

Ahahaha... okay, this might be a crappy blog entry, but it's a feat worth celebrating nonetheless~
At last, my first milestone is achieved; the 100th image i've posted since going active in the net.

So, how to celebrate it? Err... well... for starters, i've posted the 100th image below, so feel free to look it up. It is one of my rather recent artwork. As you can see, i've also changed the image on the right side of this blog to this image. Err... what else?
Oh heck! Okay, fine, it's not that much of a celebration...

Darn.

The 100th image posted by bvc100 on the net. Banzai3~!

Seatbelt for life

Right. I've posted this thing at Friendster's bulletin board, but i'll go over this again as a reminder to all of us.
As we know, as of June 2008 it is a law for rear seat passengers to wear seatbelt. As a reminder, the seatbelt placed in your cars are not meant as a cosmetic item and isn't supposed to be hidden (some of us tuck the belt anchorage away under the seats, what sort of an idiot are these people?).
Okay, based on some comments and reactions i had from others, i can say that some do realize the importance of the seatbelt while others just don't give a damn. Look, enough with the again 'Government' thing and the so called plot/scheme some psycho have put to suck money out of your wallet. The bottom line is this: Seatbelts are there as a measure to reduce the risk of having a severe injury that can cause death. Ask yourself this: " Am i stupid enough to end my life if i get involved in an accident because i don't want to wear the seatbelt?". Some of the interesting reply i got from asking around (and i'm not joking) is:
1- Tak selesa-lah pakai seatbelt (i'm not comfortable wearing a seatbelt)
2- Perlu ke? Aku tak bawak laju pon (Do i need to? I'm not traveling that fast)
3- Alah... pakai ke, tak pakai ke, same aje (Well, it doesn't make any difference whether i wear it or not)

Very amusing. So amusing in fact that these people will either die in vain in an accident or get flung out of the car and... imagine it yourself what the outcome will be. I might not be qualified enough to say this but, for all i know, every single car that has a seatbelt have been engineered properly. Regardless whether it's installed in a Rolls-Royce, Proton, Perodua or other car makes, it was placed there with one goal: Reduce the risk of having a severe injury in an accident.
Here, i'm begging you the reader to buckle up everytime you drive. Heck with the stupid reasonings on not wearing it, it's much harder to justify why you died after being flung out of the car(front seat and rear seat passengers) or crushing the person in front of you (for rear seat passengers). Remember, if God were to ask you "Why did you neglect your safety and not wear the seatbelt?" when you die in an accident, what sort of answer can you give Him?
Think about it...

Your choice; either buckle up and minimize the risk of serious injury or simply choose between:
a. Smashing your face on the steering wheel
b. Crack your head on the A-pillar
c. Get ejected outside and hit a tree or something...