Whiners (Again)

This was taken off a car forum. I don't think I need to elaborate and highlight where the obvious problem here is. It is no doubt the photographer is at fault for avoiding the "victim" here but isn't it clear that everything happened as you have prepared for them to be? If anyone recognizes the importance of any situation or event in this case. Wouldn’t it be fair to say sufficient steps should have been taken to ensure that such an incident won't happen? A backup plan or a contingency plan is required if the situation calls for it and it's obvious we need to do that for a wedding.. People "STILL" refuses to admit mistake and loves to point finger at something else.. Cowards do that.. Real men will say- I freaking messed it up and I will freaking do what I can to clean up the mess.

For those tying the knot...

This road sign couldn't have said it better ... okay for those who lives in Melbourne would know that this sign is at Brighton on the way to St. Kilda ..

The next sign I'd hope to see is "No U Turn on Marriage road"

Durian Intake Charger!

Beware ....

Haze came and went, weather is changing from humid and hot to more humid and hot… the mood here overall took a backseat and sort of on cruise control anticipating the couple of public holidays that are upcoming …
Christmas seems to be the big one that many are waiting for.

But then again the toils seem the same …

Life is not getting any easier.

There are many entrepreneurs in the market …some come up with ingenious products and solutions others comes up with a lame gimmick and half assed marketing to sell a feel good idea to the gullible few.

These days you can’t believe in what you read or see … many gimmicks shows poorly written technical notes which sole purpose is to confuse the minds of the gullible and most of all the uneducated … some like to slap a couple of bogus or meaningless Dyno charts to justify that their “gadgets” can indeed add horsepower to your car ….

Many fail to understand that nothing comes cheap … and all these small devices are merely useless bull being added into their expensive rides and risking a total melt-down of their engine and delicate computer systems …this is what Icall sad.

At the end of the day the cheap half-assed marketing gets to you … especially true for “gadgets” made by backyard companies without any investments whatsoever in real R&D due to their limited capital… Putting stuff into your car not only poses risks to your property (car) but also carries a certain amount of risk to your well being …. Imagine doing 180 on the freeway and suddenly your entire engine shuts down and you loose all control to the vehicle? That’s totally unimaginable but can happen to the gullible ones.
Like medication you wouldn’t take any drugs brewed in someone’s backyard with the neighbors’ cat being the only clinical trial subject?

But frankly we can’t really blame the gullible as many people in Singapore likes to get something for nothing …it’s a culture and mentality … that would allow unscrupulous cheap-skate so called “inventors” to siphon your hard earn money into their own pocket.

However, it’s fair to trust manufacturers who have the mass to support their claims – e.g. Pivot voltage stabilizer. These companies are indeed large enough to have the capacity to QA their products hence I would buy something from them.

In contrast some home-made backyard Tan Ah Teck locally made products has to come under greater scrutiny because we are not sure of their quality… the more desperate they seem (half assed marketing) the more wary we need to be ….there are tons of Voltage Stabilizer …some use fancy naming which is totally meaningless …..choose wisely ….your life and ride is priceless ….
So all …beware of such people out there! More interesting stuff is on the way- stay tuned.

Fuctitude

Hickhau - sniffing out the real fuctitude (noobie)..
"are u "fuctitude"?? if you just got your grande , you should join us fiat bros over at fiatitude.com and voice out.. the bros will help you easy .. instead of gettin a nick like "fiat-hater" and b*tchin.. unless this is your first car or you know nuts abt italian rides?"

Fuctitude is a dude who somehow hates the dealership for Fiat in Singapore for some reasons- Obviously this joker has his own axe to grind with them but what WTIC report found out things may have happend this way:

Totata Racing Development

Pplater's RULEZ

When would we have people who are Pro P Platers? They are often misunderstood ....

MOONCAKE FESTIVAL IS HERE

The Definations -Mid-Autumn Festival is also known as “Harvest Festival”, which is one of the most well known Chinese Festival none other than the “moon festival”
The Date -The date of Mid-autumn Festival also known as Chinese Moon Festival is on the 15th moon day of 8th Chinese lunar month (Chicken month). Since the new moon day is the first day of a Chinese Lunar Month. The first day of 8th lunar month in the year 2001 is 17th September 2001, the Moon Festival is on 1st October 2001.

This is a day to worship the moon god. According to folk legend, this day is also the birthday of the earth god (T'u-ti Kung). This festival signals that the year's hard work in the fields will soon come to an end, with only the harvest left to attend to. People use this opportunity to express their gratitude to heaven (represented by the moon) and earth (symbolized by the earth god) for the blessings they have enjoyed over the past year.The Chinese believe in praying to the moon god for protection, family unity, and good fortune. The round "moon cakes" eaten on this festival are symbolic of family unity and closeness. Pomelos are also eaten on this day. The Chinese word for "pomelo" or "grapefruit" is yu, which is homophonous with the word for "protection," yu, expressing the hope that the moon god give them protection. Moon gazing is another essential part of this festival. On this day, the moon is at its roundest and brightest. This is also a time for lovers to tryst and pray for togetherness, symbolized by the roundness of the moon. Unlike most other Chinese festivals, the Mid-Autumn Festival is a low-key holiday, characterized by peace and elegance

The Bengs and Lians

We are familiar with complex sexual display in males, and theories as to how such indulgence can be an evolutionarily justified use of resources. But little attention has been paid to the female's role. The Ah Lian is a good model in which to address the question: as well as behavioural displays, Ah Bengs attract females with decoration displays on the rides (commonly Cheebics, Getz or Vios), a unique breed of cars known for their high ratios between loud and performance. And it seems that Ah Lian’s behavior can be a factor in maintaining complex displays in Ah Bengs. Manipulation of a male display trait (Product Stickers on the car body e.g. HKS, Momo, Recaro, Brembo) shows that in the initial stages of mate choice, all Ah Lians respond to this decoration. But in the later stages, younger females continue to focus on stickers while older females use Ah Beng behavioral display to choose a mate.
It was thought that the use of vocalizations by males to attract mates and defend territories is widespread in birds but uncommon in mammals. This is untrue according to the WTIC Research group. In the Night spots Ghin Nah Breed of Singaporean males defend small territories in and around their mediocre rides and produce complex audible “vocalizations”. During the night, Ah Lians move about within these territories, and Bengs with Lians in their territories have higher ONS success than Bengs without Lians. To determine call function, we recorded Beng’s vocalizations on the Clubbing scene around Zouk and made behavioural observations of the focal Bengs and nearby Bengs at the time the calls were given. Noisy Techno Beats were directed mainly at other bengs whereas Chinese Pop (e.g Andy Lau etc) were used primarily in interactions with Lians. Two other types of music coming out of the rides were given independently of any observable context and may be involved in territorial defence or conspecific notification.