Japan Timez

The lunatic rantings of a middle aged young guy

Monday, October 29, 2007

Dead man tired

I hope that I have just had my last trip, was in Hong Kong for the weekend, did some work there and also intro M's parents to my mom. It cost me a bloody bomb!!!! M's dad is half paralysed (the vertical type) so I had to put him on business class, then if he sat on busines class, the mom had to follow and so did M.

Then I brought them to Jumbo, the famous flooting restaurant and the dinner cost me about 1k SGD. Wah liau eeeehhhhhh....... grumble mumble........ (precioooouuussssss)

Then on the second night, we were supposed to go to some Singapore style restaurant, but I was thinking, better not go and spend another 1k or I will have to eat bread for a whole month. In the end we had buffet at the hotel and it cost me another 600SGD...... (wallet burst... card melted liao) and the 2 nights stay in the hotel ended up at 1k..... so I spent in all 2k plus just for a weekend...... I think that I have spent more lah... but still damn pain man......

But the good thing is that both sides now know each other or have at least seen each other lah... This is important lah I guess.

I will be posting some pics soon but then till then we will just have to wait. As for my car..... it is running a bit hot. I just thought that perhaps the injectors are placed too close to the throttle body.... I will have to bring the car in soon and have it looked at.... Also the suspension is now squeeking... It is as bad as having Minnie Mouse in the car while I drive..... I guess that that is also the price I have to pay for after market parts.


Peace out and cheers.

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Justice???

Now I can give a name because he has been charged and sentenced. Mr. Regan Lee, the guy who test drove a Mazda Mx5 and crashed it and killed an SE has been sentenced to 10years suspension of license and 7 months jail. There is a hoo haa about how he pleaded guilty and was therefore charged for a lesser crime and so on. However, not being to drive legally for 10years is a pretty heavy sentence.

He is now 26, so by the time he can drive again, he will be 36. Hopefully he will be wiser and more mature.

The problem is that many young guys think about pure power for the car. But then they do not consider the problem of the safety of the car and so on. It takes a lot to do up a car. From engine to brakes to braces to every other thing. It is not just pure power, but stopping power, turning stability and so on.

That was why Little Regan had problems with his Mx5. He was not used to a rear wheel drive, the road was less than optimal and also the car was stock. Most high performance cars already come pretty well set up for its power. But like my car i spent money on better brakes, braces and so on. If not, I would also not dare to "benchmark" with other cars.

So I do hope that now the issue is closed, I do wish that the "other" parties will be able to sue him and make him pay for his misdeed, but I also hope that he will come out to be a more mature driver. It does not take much to make a car powerful. But it also take little to make a car an effective weapon.

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Gin Gwai in Switzerland.... A Swiss Haunting

I jus got back from St Gallen in Switzerland.... Damn long flight man... The flight had to land in Bangkok to take on passengers.... and it took a total of 13 plus hours just to get to Zurich......

Then from Zurich... its a 1 hour train ride in. So was damn tired like a monkey... (hmmm I'm actually a monkey.... hahahahaha) and was told that the hotel had been fully booked the night before and I had to wait till 12pm to check in.... Wah liau ehhhhhhh.... So no choice. lobo around the town.... had a nice slow breakfast (plane landed at 6am and was in St Gallen by 7.30) then really had no choice but to sit in the lobby.

So I guess that because I was damn tired, I started to see things.... like the hotel toilet is in the basement and we had to use a flight of stairs... I thought I saw people below and when i got there... there was no one..... (oooooohhhh shhhooooot).... The toilet was also movement activated... so while I was taking a great big dump... since there was no movement... the lights went out..... damn... doooooommmmm....... #$%^&*(*&^%$%^&*(*&^%$#$%^&*()(*&^%$#$%^

Then luckily at around 11, a room was opened so I got it.... And I was lying on my bed when it started shaking..... At first I thought it was because I was tired..... then because it was quite frequent... I got pissed off...... %^&*((*&^)(*&@#$%^&*()(*&%$#.... don tell me the bloody hotel haunted ah.... bloody come all the way here to be haunted by some swiss ghost... bloody shites...... Call the medium... call the priest..... I was starting to flip out liao.....

But I was also too damn tired.... so i sat down on my periodically shaking bed trying to think it out.... If really ghost... won just shake bed leh..............so then I tried to think it out......(as u can see...... too damn tired so it took a long time to think)..... "when did the bed shake?" Then I noticed that it shook when someone slammed the door..... hmmmmmm..... I knocked on the wall on top of the bed and it was a false wall...... "Ahhhhhhhh" bloody $%^&*(*&^%$#%&*()*&^%$%^&* So it was not a ghost lah...

So I just pulled the bed away from the wall and made sure that it was not connected.... and the problem went away...... I am glad the Simgapore army gave me enough chance to walk alone in the middle of the night in godforsaken places enough to get over my fear of the un-natural...... Bloody made me a man......hahahahahahaha

But seriously..... I am not really afraid of the un-natural or supernatural now.... I just am more pissed off most of the time when something like this happens...... Like my first earthquake in Japan.... I was in a rented apartment that was damn cheap.... I had heard that prices were about 70,000yen in tokyo.... but my rent was 45,000 yen.... wahhhh so cheap!!!!! Must have had an axe murder..... or must be some ghost...... But actually the reason was dat it was damn far away from Tokyo.... hahahahaha.... so at 3am..... in the middle of the night...... just 2 weeks into my stay there.... I woke up to the bed shaking..... the lamp swinging...... and the windows shaking...... NNCCB..... (if you are Singaporean.... u will know what that means... if not.... here is the English version..... $%^&*()(*&^%$$%^&*()(*&^%^&*()(*&^%!!!!!!!!!!!) "Just as I expected!!!! Bloody CCB!!!! Tomolo will go and get my money back.... bloody haunted place man.......!!!

That was my reaction.... I was not afraid or freaked out..... After all... ghost only mah...... I was so pissed... I could not sleep.... so I switched on the TV...... "Earthquake alert..... Earthquake alert!!!"...... "Earthquake?? oooooooohhhhhhh ..... so that was why my bed was shaking and windows too..........." So I got really damn freaked out..... Singapore never had earthquake mah...... I was so scared that I could not sleep for 2 days...... so an earthquake is a ground shaking experience... both literally and in meaning.......

Okay.... gotta ciaos liao mans...... Peace out!!!

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

I am so tired!!!!

I am back again, but I will fly off to Switzerland.... the land of toblerone and Swiss Cheese tomolo.... Wah Lieu eh!!!! I just got back from Philippinese on Sunday hor..... damn suey man..... Many people say my job is damn shiok.... can fly here fly there.... well brothers and sistas..... u can have my job and I will even pay u to take it over man!!!!

My car has been giving me problems again, though I feel that it is or should not be anything major.... It is just that the engine is running hot. Not sure why though... When I turn on the air-con, it get cooler... so should be the fan.....

Also I have not had the time to go and check out the stars and so on too. Damn man..... In a way I hate this job... or maybe it is just the senior management who cannot manage the time tables of the staff.... Anyway..... I am glad that at least while I am here, I can still find some time to go out with my frens and also to catch up with them. I have been travelling so much lately that I do not have any time to do anything over here any more.

But once I come back from Swiss... I will be flying off again on the 27th. This time to bring my mom to meet the in-laws.... This will be fun man.... hehehehehe.... I am not sure whether it will be disastrous or it will be good, but no matter what, I will have the most fun.... I guess in life the only thing u can ever do is to laugh... Even if you cry... even if you fret..... it will not solve the problems.. But if you laugh... at least u will feel better.


Peace out!!!!