MACAU | 57th Macau Grand Prix 18-21 Nov 2010

This weekend will be the last race for F1 2010, which will decide the WDC 2010 title, and next F1 will only starts some time around March 2010.

Anyhow, this 18-21 Nov 2010, it will be the 57th Macau Grand Prix, quite a tight street circuit.

Just some photos of the arena taken last few weeks.

The venue is just a stone throw away from the ferry terminal.

The colourful seats for the spectators.

A glimpse of the pitstop area.

Info & Parking area.

The pitstop area, the surface is being scrapped off, to make way for new layers of tarmac.

F1 | Mercedes GP vs. McLaren 2010

Mercedes has confirmed the buy-in of Brawn GP, hence for F1 2010 Mercedes will have its own team, yet, Mercedes has agreed to supply engine for McLaren til 2015.

So now the questions are, will Button be paired with Hamilton in the McLaren, hence the all-British team, and Mercedes GP might be having Nico Rosberg as one of their driver.

But what will happen to Kimi?

Some questions need to be answered soon.

From the earlier image of Mercedes GP, it looks like they might retained their silver look livery, whereas McLaren might be back to their orange livery, but all of these yet to be confirmed.

F1 2010, seems to be an interesting one, with Korea as a new add-on track, and the Montreal, Canada is back on the calendar.

Who cares about Ferarri! By mid-season Alonso and Massa might have their rift, just like Hamilton & Alonso, when they were together at McLaren.


Lewis Hamilton's helmet, side by side with the McLaren-Mercedes F1 steering wheel. If you look carefully on the bottom left of the steering wheel, there is a white button for drink, yeap, they do "drink" and drive, or drink and race, rather!

TRAVEL | SINGAPORE | The Fullerton Hotel at Turn 14

The Fullerton Hotel, Singapore.



As many people would know by now, Singapore will be hosting the world 1st ever Night Time F1 race, scheduled to be held on the 28th September 2008.

It will be a street race, and the Fullerton Hotel will be one of the witnesses of this amazing race.

The race will be held within the vicinity of the Marina Bay area, and the Fullerton Hotel is at Turn 14.

If you wanna be a part of the historic event, book your tickets and hotel now, but mind you, the hotel along the race track cost at least $1,000 per room per night! And you have to book it for the "5 days" weekend!

The flood lights are now being tested at St. Andrew's Road, the intensity of the race light is about 3,000 Lux, oh FYI, the normal street light is about 100 Lux, where as the normal sunlight is about 50,000 Lux!

For sure, the road will need to be resurfaced, and the manhole covers need to be welded, or otherwise the G-Force from the over 300km/h F1 car will pull them open!

RANDOM | The Joyous Moment

A joyous moment to celebrate after a fruitful event.


Hugging each other, happy as everything went well.

On another note, it was a joyous moment for the McLaren's Team as well, as Lewis Hamilton won the 1st place in the Melbourne ING F1 yesterday (16.03.2008).

It was an exhilarating race, even as early as before the first turn in the 1st lap, accident happens.

Then there was another accident on Lap26, which affected Coulthard.

I think the new regulation of disabling the Electronic Traction Control has taken its toll, when instead of turning the tyres, Raikkonen just drove straight ahead after passing Kovalainen.

The Safety Car was "put-on-action" for couple of times.

At the end of the race, only 7 cars managed to complete the race, with 3 different teams on the podium, and for the very first time, none of the Prancing Horse team completed the race.

Nevertheless, Raikkonen were awarded 1 point for "finishing" 8th.

Well, there's still a long season ahead, so many drama to come, and the next one will be Sepang Petronas F1 race in KL this weekend.

RANDOM | The Happy Green One ...

... just a simple photo of a green figurine on top of the roof ... looks happy .... hmmm....


... one leg up .. yeaaaa ... I am the happy green one ...

.. on the other hand ... the 2007 F1 season have come to the finale ... or is it ..? ... Kimi Raikkonen might have won the Interlagos, Brazil race ... but the McLaren team has made an appeal about the fuel issue .. and if McLaren manage to win the appeal ... Lewis Hamilton could win the Driver's Championship title ...

.. it was a thrilling race ... turning wide at the early turn .. pushed Hamilton to the 8th place... and then.. another problem occured ... his gearbox suddenly shifted to Neutral ... hence made him to a near halt.. and loses about 40 seconds... and placed him to the 18th position .... and one car to another.... up to the final lap ... Hamilton manage to take the 7th spot! ....

.... another driver that could do such feat is Raikkonen ... even during his days with McLaren.. he's good at passing from those tight spot ...

.. the Ferrari's team had done a very good yet predictable tactic ... even during the early starting seconds ... Massa and Raikkonen were all over Hamilton ... abis bah di kapitnya... inda membagi chance ... .. eh mana saja tah eh ... abis tia udah... tunggu saja tia dorang punya appeal ...

Drive Safe ... kamu bukannya dreber F1 ....

RANDOM | F1 Climax! ...

... this weekend we will witness the Formula One, F1, highly intense competition since the last 20 over years .... .. in 1982... there were also 3 contenders for the top spot during the final race .. namely ... Alain Prost ... Nigel Mansell ...& Nelson Piquet ...

.. Brazil's Interlagos track had witness the last 2 winnings of Alonso ... now ... Hamilton, Alonso & Raikkonen are still on the run of clinching the "Fastest Drivers" of 2007 ...

... can this be the 3rd win for Alonso ...? .. or Could it be Raikkonen of Ferarri ....? .. or perhaps... could it be the young rookie .. Mclaren's Lewis Hamilton ... who has an advantage of 4 points lead from the rest.... of which .. even finishing 2nd in Brazil will do ... hence to become the 1st rookie to win the F1 ever!!! ...

... in F1 race ... the 1st will get 10 point.. the 2nd .. 8 points then 6 points .. 5 .. 3 ...2 ..1 ... and the Driver's standing at the moment is Lewis Hamilton (107 points), Fernando Alonso (103) & Kimi Raikkonen (100) ....

.. hence .. mathematically ... even if Hamilton get no. 7 position .. he still can win the championship ... as long as Fernando .. and Kimi get the 8 or 9 or further .... I still can lay down all the mathematical probabilities .. but hmmm... I just won't do that ...


... the world famous emblem ... the Mercedes logo ... and the engine .... Mercedes V8 which powers the McLaren's .... made a good combo ...

... eeermm.. oh yea ... what if they have an equal number of points you might ask .... well... the winner will then be decided by .. who got the most number of number one .... then the 2nd ... 3rd... and so on ....

... personally .. I'd love to see Hamilton to win this year's Driver's championship title ... because it is good to witness a history in the making ... the first rookie ever to win straight podium finishes .. as well as to win the Driver's championship title ... otherwise.. we will never or extremely difficult to see such thing happens in the near future ....

... and Renault ... u can get back Alonso if u want to ... and hmmm.. McLaren .. u should get back Kimi from Ferrari ...

... remember to watch the F1 this Sunday .. for sure u don't wanna get out of your seat ...!!...

RANDOM | Pool Time ...

... .. found this photo in the archive .... done this shot few years back .....

... and I've just realize that, I've posted this photo in various other forums ... but have not post in this site .....



... so what do one do when they have got some time to spare .... they play "fool" ... main pool .... but with whom?

... oh well ... with who ever they want .... or otherwise .... just play with yourself lah ....

.............. but heeeeeiiiii ... don't play play ah ...... ;)

..... so now you know how they do those special effects in Hollywood .... but this was done in an ultra cheap budget ..... :)

SPORTS | F1 Cars.. Still..... | McLaren F1 vs E-Class vs A-Class

... still along the street .. I was hoping to get a glimpse of the McLaren's Car ... but there's none .... so I went to one of the shopping malls ... then ... at the lobby ... saw another F1 car ... so I just get a quick photo of it ....

... anyway ... for those who are curious about how fast the F1 cars are compared to the normal ordinary sedan ... or compact cars ... here is a very interesting video that u would like to watch... if u haven't done it before ....

.... the McLaren F1 car .... gives a 70 seconds headstart to a Mercedes E-Class E50 .. and the Mercedes A-Class .. A160 ..... enjoy ... :)

SPORTS | F1 Ferrari ...

.... while we are still on the F1 topic ... walking further along the street ... there's another F1 car on display .... the Ferrari .... which is unique in the fact that it produces both chassis and engines for its cars....

... the aerodynamics force of F1 cars are so powerful that ... theoretically ... they can be driven driven upside down on the ceiling without falling .... hmmmm... imagine if they have wings... they could even fly .... because ... the take off speed of a commercial airplane is slower than the top-speed of the F1 cars! ....

... as u know ... the F1 pit stop crew can easily change all the four wheels .. AND refuel at the same time in under ten seconds .... imagine ... if such service exist in the "real world" ... WOW .... there would surely be lotsa demands for it ... BUT ....... the thing is ... how expensive will the charges be!!!?? .....

The F1 Ferrari being displayed on the street of the "Golden Triangle" area, Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for the F1 Season's weekend. (Captured using Canon Ixus i).

BTW ... if u really wanna feel a lil bit .... just a mere tiny bit of F1 experience in your car ... just fill in your tyres with Nitrogen ... (those green coloured hoses in the workshops).. because..... the F1 tyres are filled with Nitrogen gases because of the consistency ....

SPORTS | F1 Malaysia

.. the 2007 Malaysian F1 Grand Prix was held today at Sepang International Circuit...

... Fernando Alonso driving the McLaren-Mercedes managed to get the first spot .... and 2nd was Lewis Hamilton ... driving the same line from the same constructor .... and Kimi Raikkonen driving the Ferrari was third ..

.. the next round will gonna be held in Bahrain on the 15 April 2007 ....

.... Alonso.. is a consistent driver ... and now paired with a very powerful.. souped up car.... he can do more better .....

... Raikkonen .... someone who can really drive.... he might be at number 15 on the starting grid ... but he can easily catch up to the top 3 ... as long as he gets a consistent powerful car.....

The photo shows a Renault's car on display, captured with Canon Ixus i.

.. Renault despite having a good consistent engine perfomance ... have "lost" their brilliant driver... oh well... what to do .... good luck to all the teams ....

MALAYSIA | F1 Concert ...

... it's the Formula One (F1) season again .... as u all know.. quite a number of re-shuffle been made....

.. Kimi Raikkonen move to Ferrari was... uhmmm.. a great loss to McLaren ... what he needs is a consistent machine .... coz he can really drive ...... even if he was no. 15 at the starting grid .... by the end.. he'll zoom thru the top 3 ......

.. Alonso .. he's lucky .. to drive a consistent Renault last season .. but now in McLaren ... hope he can do much better ...... come on lah McLaren .... loads of supporter are having high hope this season ....

.. then ... Renault ..? .. without "star" driver doubt it they can go far this time around....

.... and the rest ...? ... good luck to u all .....

...anyway ...... while in KL few years back ... during the F1 weekend .... night time around the Bukit Bintang area... there's a free concert held there... performed by Malaysia's well-known "Hijau" artis .... Zainal Abidin ... who used to be in the group, Headwind ... (Kepala Angin) ... man ... the Golden Triangle was packed with people from all walks of life.... but it was fun thou .. despite the large crowds....

... Ikhlas Tapi Jauh .... Hijau ... Orak-Arek .... Kita Serupa ..... Inayah ..... Manis ...... are some of Top Ten songs ... sang by Zainal .....

... Zainal Abidin.. performing one of his hits while playing the percussion ...... " .... manis mulut di bibir ... sangatlah merbahaya ...... "

NOTE: The photo was taken with a 4MP point & shoot Canon Ixus i

TRAVEL | The Beach | Beach Football ...?

... OK .. enuff of the yoga thingy ... so what else can u do at the beach .... hmmm... lotsa stuffs actually .... beach volleyball .... beach football ... beach that.. beach this .......... just anything that u can possible imagine ...


... the good thing about playing at the beach is that .... there is no rule.. u can make your own rule in any of the game .... and why is there no rule...?

.. napa kan ... biar tia bah .. ingin-ingin ati bah ... sama jua for fun saja.... ;)

... in the photo above..... guess what they're playing .....

.... hmmmm.. beach football .... u say ...? ... but where's the ball....? ... find the missing ball ....

Golf Asian Tour | Brunei Open

Golf ... one of the most talk about sports nowaday.... families & friends are continuously persuading me to go the green with them .. though I managed to go to numerous driving ranges in Brunei & Australia, be it the real turf, man-made turf or even those multi-storeys driving range... and also hit some balls .. but I still have not got the chance to go the actual green hehe ..

I dunno.. not now perhaps... furthermore thinking of the actual cost of owning the club sets etc.. etc .. and with my photography interest.. Huahahaha that will gonna cost me a fortune .. unless I can make some money out of them.. then that will be a different case... btw name me some people who are really into golf and photography... if u can tell me.. they must have some big income.. and I'd love to do "business" with them ...

Anyway if anyone of u are wondering just how much each of them cost these are the rough figures...

GOLF: A simple golf set will cost u somewhere in the region of BND1000++ ... but it is just a very basic set, the cost will be much more higher once u indulge into a branded and ultra modern set with those carbon fibre shaft or even "Tailor-Made" , hehe excuse the pun.

PHOTOGRAPHY: A simple digital point & shoot camera can cost u few hundred dollars, but if u really fiddle with some knobs, then the cheapest Digital SLR can cost u around the B$2k +/- ... and with additional lens, speed flash, memory cards etc etc .. can get u easily to more than B$5k and if U are a pro. then the equipment can be in the 5 digit zone hehehe ...

Well enuff of that.... the Golf Asian Tour, the 1st Brunei Open was held in 2005 and this year around end of August 2006, it will also be held in the prestigious Empire Hotel & Country Club.

The superb golf course was design by world known Jack Nicklaus. This venue (Brunei Open) was pick as "The Venue Of The Year Award 2005" by the Asian Tour! Well done!

The players were really enjoying their tournament in Brunei as they felt that the course was very challenging, the view was magnificient and of course the accommodation was 1st class.

Many top golfers were in the Brunei Open: Danny Chia, Jarrod Lyle, Rick Gibson, Thaworn Wiratchant, and the Malaysian's Pro Alwi Kamaruddin, just to name a few, were there for the tournament.

Terry Pilkadaris won the 1st Brunei Open. and this year (2006) we'll see another Asian Tour in Brunei with the prize money of USD500,000!

With that I'll leave u with these photos which I took during the Asian Tour.
*Click on the image for a larger version




The magnificient venue...








The official photographer I presume... Hmmm... look at those huge L Lens ... wish I could get hold of 'em ... two sets even ... man .... cool ...


.. baby spectator... future Michelle Wie ...?







... " So how's your game? " ..... "crap... but the venue's great ..."


.... weeeee.... look at me ... just one hand ......

... at another corner of the venue... ... cheap .... BND$10 for 100 balls ....