Archive for July, 2007

Eagles and Chickens

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

Once upon a time, on top of a faraway mountain, there live Eagles. They fly freely and soar above storms. 1 day, a yet to hatch Eagle egg fell off it’s nest and landed into a chicken’s nest in the valley. The egg then hatched into a small eagle. Because the eagle grew up with chickens, he always thought he was a chicken. The chickens were taught to eat worms and runaway from snake, the young eagle followed. After many years has passed, the eagle has already became a “chicken” but he couldn’t help but to wonder why there are birds living on top of mountain and can fly freely. So 1 day, he asked a chicken fren. “Hey, wanna try flying like the eagles?”
Then the fren replied “Although u may look like an eagle… but we are juz chickens….. and chickens can’t fly…. we feed on worms….”
The young eagle got very upset and he wondered if he will ever be able to fly in his life time. After much considerations, he decided to give it a shot, so on a cool evening, he climbed up to the side of a tall mountain and try to fly. Because he havent been flying all his life, the eagle is unable to control his wings properly and kept falling off the side of the mountain. With wounded wings, he returned to the chickens and the chickens laughed at him. He hasnt give up yet, and he ask his chicken fren again. “Hey, why can’t we fly freely like the eagles?”
Then the fren replied “We are chickens…. we are scared of snakes and we eat watever that’s left on the ground.. remember?”
The young eagle got more upset, but he is still unwilling to give up. He then climbed the mountain again after his wounds are healed and after much attempt, he finally succeeded to fly. He met up with some of his Eagle frens and they together soar above the chickens and they feed on snakes.

Nobody can influence you on who you are, but everybody can influence you on who you think you are. - If you allow them!

What can $1500 buy you?

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

Maybe a set of good coilovers?
Maybe a good fund of unit trust?
Maybe a good package of digital SLR camera?
or
Maybe a good unit of computer!

With $926 + $179 + $379: 
* AMD 5600 2.6GHz 2MB cache
* Asus motherboard
* Kingston 2GB RAM
* GeForce 8600GT 256MB (DirectX 10)
* Samsung DVD writer
*  Keyboard + mouse
With
* Windows Vista Home Premium OEM($179)
With
* LG 19″ LCD monitor

Because i need a computer….. i bought 1…. WOOHOO!!~

FD2R vs FN2R

Sunday, July 8th, 2007

It’s a tough choice between these 2 cars. Both are civic type R, 1 euro while the other JDM. Being JDM, the japanese mod everything towards performance and leave the car looking just like another civic. The euro civic looks a lot better but lose to the JDM in terms of performance. 

What attract me on the JDM is it’s 225bhp engine, Brembo brakes, and price at 100k. What turns me off is the boring interior(especially dashboard), plain exterior which look just like another civic sedan and the fact that the car is still with 4 doors, they didnt bother to reduce the car into a coupe. 






Comparing with the Euro civic, it doesnt look very exciting on the outside, but it’s atleast a 2 door hatch. 2 door hatch seems to be the way to go for the past civic type R as EP3 and EK9 are reduced from 4 doors. The interior’s astonishing! Very well done and even the tach meter looks so special. Nice glowing dials fill the dash and controls feel so futuristic. The VSA system which enable individual wheel braking has yet to be tested but is cool to try on track days. The sad part comes later, the car is about 80kg heavier than the JDM, it comes with cheapo brakes, has a 201bhp engine and cost 106k.

So, which will you choose?

1st of July - New rules

Sunday, July 1st, 2007

Let’s see which of the rules affect me..

7% GST, no smoking in pubs(good for me), new CPF rules, GST yearly offset, anymore?

Let’s see, 3 out of 4 is about $$$, wake up if you think this world is not affected by $$$….