my plane skidded today.... by jonathan

my plane, actually no. it is my car that skidded today
under hard braking into before turning into the car park
where my mech wanted to buy his lunch.

but.... why did i called my car a plane?
and why is my mech with me in my car?

cos of this:
the wore bearing of the right rear tyre.
this wore part of the car produced a sound VERY similar to a plane
sound (eeeee...eeeeee.eeeeee) ... no kidding. and it get louder when
i get faster! so essentially, at some point of time i would really
thought i was in the air, but NOT! and that give me a massive
headache when i drive.

so today, i decided i cannot pretend any longer that i was flying with
a headache. drove down to my mech. he jumped in the moment i
reached his workshop and instructed me to drive around. he wanted
to have the 'flying' feeling too HAHAHA
actually more imptly, he wanted me to bring him to where he wanted
to buy his lunch.

and off we went. FLYING... diagnosis within 3 mins or less: wore tyre
bearing. enroute back to workshop, he suddenly said
"ah... turn here."
here being the carpark entrance to his fav kopitiam with his fav stall

and so i obeyed, jam down the brake hard, tried to turn left into the
carpark but, instantly i heard the tyre screeched.
oh, did i mentioned it was raining?
then i realised the car skidded, veered slightly to the right
though i was trying to turn left.
then, thankfully we stopped. dead stop. unhurt, both car and passengers.
my mech was like..... WAH... how come skidded??? kindda awakened
by that. i remembered he was yawning before he hop in and was
still yawning during our drive

i was more like.... hmmm FUN! as that was best noise my car can
generate and attracted all attention of the people in the coffeeshop
who dropped their forks, spoon, chopsticks and jaws etc.... HAHAHA

so, actually, it did happened afterall. my 'plane' did skidded!
=P

Singapore F1 layout

pic from TNP, this will be the layout of our very own F1 Grand Prix
it will be a high speed layout from the looks of it, and i reckon
the best place to watch this is either from the corner of the Padang
(nearing to the Esplanade) or in front of the Esplanade (near to the
war memorial)

this where one can watch the cars slow down for the corners.
=)

been First.. by jonathan

today, 12 May had been a day of First.

firstly, Nic drove his new Vios, with me as a passenger, into
JB for karting. the session was pretty last min as soccer
kakis decide not to play today and have a little fun on the
track instead.

then, it was another first. this is for KP. the first time he
went karting after being promoted to a FATHER on 28 April.
Asher, now you know where your dad been today liao, it's not
work he went to today! HAHA

then for me, it's the first time i got under 49 sec in a time
attack on the track. fastest at 48.38. it was at present the 9th
on the list. not bad for a bloke who drive an aged car. heehee

today, as mentioned is the first time some of my soccer frens
kart there. they tried out fun kart twice before promoting
themselves to 390cc. well, we know there will be incidents. the
usual spins, of cos. then one of them broke the front
steering rods. luckily, the damages only cost him RM60. PHEW!

on the same note, of accident, today had been the first time
since a long while that we (nic, KP & me) are not involved in
anything spectacular! but i do have bruises on my right leg,
but that's another story of the kart and me... you can call it
a bruising relationship. =| LoL

oh, last but not the very least, today is the first time we kart after
while but more imptly it is the first time we kart after F1 races is
confirmed in Singapore for 2008!
yes, we are a GO! =)

so, first isn't that bad after all.

cheers