F1?

F1, what is F1? To me it's a pinnacle of automotive engineering. Engineers don't just think outside the box. They tear it up. Certain rules and regulation are set by the FIA so that engineers are forced to develop new technology. Such as banning traction control, anti lock brakes, variable valve timing, force induction so on and so forth.

That is F1 to me. Well, 10 years ago. Now F1 is just a big business. Teams against teams. What I mean here is, Red Bull. It's an energy drink. It has nothing to do with Racing. Torro Rosso, what is that? Virgin Racing, Hispania Racing Team. What is this? These teams are using Renault and Cosworth engines. They don't develop their own. This is not F1.

Back when I started watching F1 around 10 years ago. Most of the teams are car manufacturers. Peugeot, Ferrari, McLaren, BMW, Honda, Toyota. Only some teams are just mere 'teams'.

Maybe some thought McLaren didn't build their own engine. That's true. They only build one recently for their road going car. The MP4-12C (what a name) MP4 is their codename for McLaren F1 cars. I think they did build their own engine decades ago.

Lotus. It's like a custom for them to use other engines. Even road going Lotus cars. At the moment, Toyota is the main engine supplier for Lotus. The latest Evora is powered by a 3.5 litre V6 from Toyota Camry. Tuned of course. Another interesting facts about Lotus Racing. They always come, (or came in this case) with new and simple technology. Such as a side skirting and radio communication between the driver and pit crew. Side skirting. It's design to stop the air from either side of the car disrupting a continuous low pressure airflow underneath the car.

Why I use the word 'came out'. Usually it's Lotus will came out with brilliant ideas. Now Lotus is still 'new'. Further more, rules and regulations are strict. In every aspect. Body building, wings, aerodynamics, engine, ECU etc. I hope Lotus is the same as before.

Rumours has it that the FIA decided to decrease the F1 engines, remove a few cylinders, lower revs and turbocharged. I hope it's true. The reason for this is to produce lower the emissions and lower fuel consumptions. Since global warming has gain huge 'popularity' nowadays.

Anyway, I may have gone off topic here. The conclusion here is, F1 now is frustrating in terms of technology. I hope the future of motor sports improve where manufacturers race against each other rather than teams.

halo

Oi, lama aku tak tulis kat tempat ni. Well, maklum la. Seperti aku katakan dulu, aku ni bukan jiwa penulis. So nak tulis apa pun aku blank.

Now aku coba la tulis pape yg terlintas dalam kepala. Since da berbulan berlalu. Banyak benda gak aku da buat, banyak benda da jadi. Banyak benda tak menjadi. As for today, apa yang aku boleh ingat sangat-sangat is aku beli phone baru. Yes, new mobile. Ok la since aku da guna N73 nak dekat 4 tahun. And even now aku still guna untuk line celcom aku. Phone paling lama aku guna dalam sejarah penggunaan phone aku. Sebelum ni rekod dipegang oleh N-gage QD. 3 tahun aku guna. Hohoho. Phone tu da rosak bukan salah aku 100%. Aku salahkan putrajaya kerna terlalu panas dan telefon bimbitku menyelam dalam sabun yang mencair. (long story, as sad one too). Anyway, alang-alang da cite pasal telefon ni kan. Aku bagitau je la fon apa. Buat saspen pun takde guna since aku rasa berapa kerat la sangat baca blog aku. Kalo ada pun kira bagus sangat la. Even kalo ada orang baca, terutamanye engkau, kenapa ko baca ek? Ok, ok, back to the phone. It’s a Nokia E72. Why?

1. Aku memang dah aim phone ni even before masuk malaysia.
2. Aku dapat tau phone ni murah for the specs.
3. Aku memang Nokia fan.
4. Aku da lama guna N73. It’s time to move on.
5. Ada WiFi.
6. Sebab yang ni memang mengada skit. QWERTY.
7. Kaler cun. Ala-ala gold gitu...
8. Dapat free casing & tali (tali?) nampak macam leather. campur plak ngan kaler ala-ala gold tu, nampak macam aku orang kaya la plak.
9. Processor 600Mhz. Antara paling laju tuuuuu....
10. 16million colors. It’s nice to know that. *bongok
11. Ada GPS. Tu bonus since aku tak tau pun ada.


Dan mami beli TV baru. 13 tahun guna TV NEC tu. Aku rasa NEC pun da tak buat TV da skang. Aku rasa la. Kaler pun da start kuning. Sampai tahap aku tak perasan yang logo Discovery Turbo ada kaler biru. TV LCD Samsung lagi. 32”. Best.... hehehe.... aku siap beli HDMI cable lagi khas untuk PS kesayangan aku. Bab-bab screen ni aku memang trust samsung. Kaler cun gle and it’s recommended for gaming. Makin lebar la aku senyum.

One of my favorite sitcom. Seinfeld, aku da download sampai season 7. Lagi tinggal 2 season lagi. HDD aku da nak penuh sampai terpaksa delete Heroes. Ramai sangat character, aku pun da jadi blur. Kalo focus kat sorang je for an episode. Tak banyak sangat yang dia tunjuk. So aku pun give up la. And Seinfeld kelakar. Berpotensi untuk merendahkan tekanan darah aku.

Tahun ni aku da 24. Member baik aku da nak jadi bapak. Member kat poli da jadi mak. Member skola time form 5 da jadi mak. Junior aku time secondary school da tunang. Aku still camni gak. Shit man. Ada 2 orang pompuan yang pernah kata benda sama. You’ll be a bachelor for the rest of your life. Alamak. Takkan la. But the second one agak lembut skit la. Dia tambah, I see you more towards career rather than family. Ok la, aku terima. Member yang betul-betul rapat ngan aku sorang je da kawen. Yang lain membujang lagi. Apa yang nak aku risau? Chill la....

So, that’s all for now. Nanti lepas 4,5 bulan aku coba tulis lagi. Chow.... salam 1Malaysia....

Tried to upload some pics but tak boleh. shit...

Typical Malaysians Reviews

Kenapa orang Malaysia ni teramat la narrow minded? Aku peminat paultan.org so tiap kali kuar artikel pasal Toyota mesti ada orang komen kutuk macam-macam. Kenapa? Kutuk mesti pasal brek. Yes, memang Toyota ada masalah tapi Toyota kat US je. Kat sini ok jek. Tambah lagi orang US memang suke point salah orang. Dia je la yang betul. Skit2 saman. Anyway, tu diorang punye pasal la. Yang kita orang Malaysia nak emotional ni kenapa? Kita mana ada masalah macam tu. So far aku tengok takde pun orang sini mati sebab Toyota. Honda yang ada masalah sampai terbakar yang memang sah2 model yang defect tu ada kat sini, takde orang mati pun.

And Toyota Vios. Ye aku mengaku design memang pelik. Aku pun kutuk gak kadang2. but ada orang kata Toyota is not a driver’s car. No feel etc. kepada sesiapa yang berfikiran macam tu. Dengar cakap aku coz obviously aku jauh lagi expert dari korang. (korang bodoh la kiranye). Toyota is like Mercedes. Honda is like BMW. Toyota is more into relax cruising. Not for going around corners at high speed. Honda has a better handling. Simple as that. sebab tu Toyota orang tua yang minat. Honda lebih pada orang muda. And orang yang baca kat paultan kebanyakan orang muda. Sebab tu banyak komen puji Honda. Cuba test drive dulu both models then komen. And test drive tu fikir before komen. Jangan jadi bodoh.

BMW announcing that they want to create a FWD car. Macam biasa la. Orang Malaysia kutuk. Kata effect the handling la. Paling klakar, ada orang kata takleh nak drift. Here’s the thing;

1- People who bought BMW are professional people. They don’t drift.
2- BMW are precise machines. Only pro drifters can actually drift it.
3- BMW are expensive. Better get an AE86.
4- Almost all drivers don’t know if their cars are FWD, RWD or AWD.
5- Even if they do know, they don’t care.
6- Almost all drivers just simply drive. It doesn’t matter what drive train they have, as long as they can go anywhere, that’s fine with them.
7- Drive around a corner in a parking lot, no difference at all between a Kancil and a Ferrari.

Malaysians, please.

STOP BEING STUPID!!!

another recall

Toyota Tacoma in North America kena recall. and VW... apa sudah jadi? belilah barangan buatan Malaysia. takkan kena recall beb. walaupun ada kemungkinan bleh meletup... hahahaha

Product recall

As we all know, maybe not all. Toyota loss an estimate $2bn on recalls of its products. Brakes problem for their popular Prius and other hybrids. And a few other models in North America due to the accelerator pedal stuck at the floor mat. And also due to software malfunction causing the cars to accelerate on its own and some Prius keep on accelerating up to 150km/h on cruise control (couple with brake problems, that's the last place I want to be). UMW Toyota Malaysia are damn sure that all Toyota sold here are not affected because the design used here is a little bit different. different eh, so does that mean that our Toyota here is not good as the others? or maybe better (by accident) because they are sure we, Toyota drivers are safe. what about the Prius? I'm sure they are affected. UMW proudly announces when the Prius landed in our shore that they are fully imported from Japan. the affected Prius are from Japan. Prius drivers, beware...

Honda in the other hand also recalls 2 of its popular products. the Jazz of Fit and the City. due to problems regarding the power window, which will trap rainwater the car will catch fire, etc. it’s a bit technical. even I don't understand. In North America, they are recalling 2001 and 2002 model-year Accord, Civic, Odyssey, Pilot, CL, CR-V and 2002 Acura TL vehicles (BBC news)due to airbag. according to the news, the airbag may over inflated and burst thus be able to cause injury or death to the occupants.

Back to Malaysia, so far I heard only Savvy have been recalled before due to its suspension (I guess). wow, only 1. what about other models? I think almost all have issues in power window. Iswara with its speedometer malfunctioning.

Perodua doesn't have a product recall. simply because it's cheap and people don't simply care. all they care is the car moves and that's it.

But don't think that expensive cars don’t have problems. Rolls Royce has rust problems with one of their model. :p

is it human nature?

korang perasan tak berita kat tv mesti start dengan berita truk2? eksiden la, bunuh, rompak, liwat (anwar punye kes). kenapa ek? apa manusia ni ske tgk benda truk2 ke. jarang sgt la berita best2 kita dengar for starters.

lagi satu, normal human behaviour. benda orang buat salah tu kena highlight gle babi. baru silap sket je da kena cop. if benda baik tu igt just for dat day je la. esok da takde sape igt.

korang ada prasan tak...

betapa buruknye perangai manusia ni. benda truk ske dengar, benda truk ske buat, benda truk disanjung. can we change? me as a normal human being, naaahhh, we'll never change...

Papadom

Aku baru je tgk movie tu and yes aku tau aku agak lambat. Maklum la takde time. It’s a good movie tho. About a father who’s always worried about his daughter and loves her so much. Maybe ada orang kata tak logic kalau ada father yang risau sampai tahap dalam cite tu. But still, personally I think the is such a father. Especially a single parent.

All teenagers should watch the movie. It’s just for your info that your parents are not a pain in the ass. They want the best for you and they have been through what we’re going through. Although it’s not exactly the same but part of it is. I’m not a father. But I do have a sister who is 14 years younger than i. so I think I have a slight idea of being a father myself. Trust me, it’s not easy. Watching a sister or daughter (a child exactly) is fun. It’s a challenge.

I’m 24 this year and still studying. Some of us who are the same age as mine may not understand how our parent thinks and Im fortunate enough than I have the opportunity to experience it myself. Life is not easy. I was raised by a single parent. And now I have a responsibility to take care of my sister. I know I don’t have a ‘teenager’ life. I rarely go out if I’m home. But I don’t mind, because I have family. It may be dull to some, maybe all. I don’t mind. It’s my life. I have a life which no other teenager had. I teach me to be responsible and I’m still learning.

Afdlin Shauki, I salute you...

The end? Not really…

Ada a few things la dalam movie tu yang tak logic. For instants. It was shot in UiTM. So basicly it’s UiTM. Mana ada student sana dressing camtu. It’s not because they don’t wear like that. They’re not allowed to. Baju takde kolar is a big no no… I don’t think ada cheerleading kat UiTM. And I believe all the classed are in English. The only IPTA yang ajar in BM yang aku tau is just Politek shah alam. Sebab aku blajar kat situ dulu. Go late night movies and a guy sending a girl in campus late at night right in front of the dorm? With a Mercedes CLK? That’s so not UiTM dude, if TAR College maybe ok la. UiTM shah alam plak tu. That’s my playground for the past 20 year’s la…