K[p] First Long Weekend

Having my reservist and this is the very very fist time we get to book out on a Friday! Yes, same color but very different life. We get to stay in camp most of the time and book out on a Saturday late afternoon, or even Sunday morning! After so many siong in-camp, this is a good break.

Jon should be racing today in his new engine. Hope it ROKs. Maybe he will get some wet weather which he thoroughly hates....hee hee. Anyway, we should be in for some fun karting with a few first timers on the 6th April if they don't become wet blankets. But have a backup plan, if they do become wet blankets, should be watching the F1 race in Bahrain on telly then.

To answer JoNs question on why I do not like LH, well, its in the Heart. I don't see it in him. Very difficult to explain what Heart is, but just look at Kimi, Ayrton and Jenson. Look at what they have done for others too besides themselves. Of cos my driving cannot be compared to them, I spin all over the place! Hmmm...in this case, maybe can be compared to Massa...haha.

Sepang F1 - HOT!

my journey to Sepang start out at about 4am on the Sat
1st, i had to drive to Jurong to get one of my colleague, Yane.
then to Telok Blangah to get Nic and his galfren.
and by the time we are ready to depart from WFF office,
CNA came and interview Yane, and me. just do it, and we can
all be on our way.

*ps. if anyone has the footage of our appearance on the news that
evening pls contact me! =P

since we did not have tics for the qualifying, we went to collect our
tics for the raceday. and Shop!! and i am very delighted to be able
to purchase my McLaren team Victory tee!

race day itself is HOT HOT HOT, and i have sunburnt skin to prove!
we had our lunch inside the grandstand area.
all this for a AFFORDABLE RM25....... and u have the privileges of
eating all these under a palm tree. how nice!

oh, once the F1 cars start their installation lap... passed right in
front of us the sound is soooo bloody loud!! in the end, had to fork
out 2xRM20 to get ear plugs! darn it!

the race was quite a bored. nothing like the incidents in Australia.
nonetheless, it was quite fun to see or TRY to see the car whizzed
us by at almost full speed!

F1

if u ask me, i really do not think we will see any more spins
from Lewis Hamilton than it is from Kimi.

let's not forget that Lewis will be more adaptable to throttle
control than computerized traction control. as his years in
karting and GP2 will not be lost 'suddenly' after a year with
traction control.

now come the question, why KP do not like Lewis? i dunno.
maybe because Lewis drive (much) better than KP???? hahaha

but in all seriousness, this season will be the drivers competition
as much as the car design and computer prowess.
just look at Massa, his Ferrari's slower than Kimi right from the
winter testing. is his car different? or is it just skill? i think the
latter.

so.... with 2 F1 races back to back. I will have my own kart race on
30 march. hope the new engine will be up to scratch. and imptly,
i will be ready and prepared. losing track time in the last 2 races
really put me in the back foot in terms of physical and mental
readiness.

well, this is racing. and anything can happens. rain, crashes, last,
1st, pole or components failures... just hope the race will be just
good for me at the end of the month

and looking forward to my trip to Sepang too
=)

K[p] - It REALLY rained in PJ

Oh Yes! It really rained in PJ on the 9th when me and JoN went in. Too bad thier Rats were not in working condition, so I took the fun kart which I have not taken in a very long while and absolutely hated it even though the track was soaking wet. Looked real comical in a yellow rain coat I bet.


But after that, took kart No17 out for a spin. This kart is attached with a 100cc IAME engine. Now, thats a I and not an L...haha. After two laps trying to warm up the tires on a wet track, I took it a few notch up and started spinning. Since this comes with a direct drive, the kart had to be pushed to start it up again. Have to really learn how to control a 100cc and above kart in the wet.

Looking forward to the start of F1 for the VERY first time! As this time, traction controls are OFF! Hopes LH starts to spin like crazy too...heehee.

K[p] - It Rained in PJ

Supposed to go PJ on Saturday, but found out it was booked for a company from 10am to 4pm, which is practically the whole day! The guys at PJ wont have time to entertain us. So we postphoned it to Sunday, only to have someone escape from prison and caused a huge jam on the causeway! But I checked the webcam today and don't see much of a jam, probably everyone is staying away from it due to the huge jams reported since last Wednesday. But I pity the guys working in Singapore and staying in JB, they told me they reached home at 11+ close to midnight instead of the usual 9.30pm. And they have to wake up at 4am to catch the bus to work the next day!!!

Anyway, this morning I was at PJ and it started to rain! I was wishing for rain for the last 3 months! If you need to know, I would rather kart in the rain now using the rental karts. So I quickly got them to bring out a kart for me and was in glee......and then.....I woke up!!! Sigh.