Going back to the birth place

Its time were going back home to the peaceful small tme in the middle of Borneo island. An approximately 3 hour hefty drive from MIRI city passing through BRUNEI border then back into the state on the other eastern side where then we reach to a small town called LIMBANG. MMMmmmmmm..... feels like young again....except with that driving part and immigration queue up. My parents, brother, sisters and relative went along for a holiday retrun to my grandma house for family reunion this coming Chinese New Year which is 1 day from now, we only have 1 grandma left that is our father side. Her house was on the country side up the hill above the horizon were i can enjoy nic`e view overall the sight. Stood this humble house is her loyal 3 loyal doggies and a cat who have been a good trusty grandma companion for years.

Sorry guys XAVAGE on holiday mood.

Yup you heard it. On holidays, for good reason its better that way because this month our local Internet broadband services provider (TELEKOM) http://www.tm.net.my doing some internet cable maintenance undersea so will have slow upload time till 31st December or next January. So keep sniffing some updates later. XAVAGE models will be released soon after internet goes ok.

Christmas 2008

Merry Christmas to everyone especially to my family, relative, friends and the community of internet especially the 4x4evo1/2 community and modelers around the globe. Honestly speaking 2008 was a bleaky year with so many tragedy, misfortunate case, political instability, bad luck, crimes and fake stuff in the market especially that tainted milk issue from china and economic slowmo. The chinese regards 2008 or the number "8" means wealth and fortune but i believe fortunes always comes with a price to pay for, "No pain no gain". Everyone tought Chrismas is a day to be happy among humans because "its end of the year", "oh finally we can share our present and gift" or "its a day to forget everthing and be happy and have a midnight party or gathering".....this is sad. "Christmas" or known as "Christ" + "Mass" (gathering of christ celebration) is a day bto remember Jesus birthday and birth of christianity and good will on earth. A day to remember him and his sacrifices.

On Christmas eve me, family, relative and friends gather around for a big feast of dinner plus with prayer to our Lord and thanks to Jesus for his sacrifices. We having a great time and my stomach are full with delicious dishes...hardly move, by the time i got home i quickly doze off into sleep mode. I'm glad my mind is empty only to think all about the purpose of Christmas. Then the next day on 25th its all rainning whole day, i was happy though....let the rain wash everthing into fresh new leaf. My friends and family went out for some gathering while i have to stay back enjoy my days on my computer and taking my chances doing some work on my PC and project. Throughout the day my meal consists of Christmas cakes and pudding on the table. Some animes videos, 3d models project and some r./c simulator to keep me entertained while rain cat and dogs dropped furiously on my roof. Was cold yet exciting. lots of missed call on my handphones but i'm sure they understand i need to be alone this christmas. my "XAVAGE" models release for 4x4 evo1/2 on my site is not yet released due to slow internet upload bandwith but i'm sure my fan can wait for another day or two since i'm all wash out tired.

2008 is a year of bad luck. Is a year of "Trust no one" and "be myself year" which is worth a lot for me. Its also a year to remember that my gandmother returned to her creator and may she reunited with my grandfather and live happily every after in god's heaven. Happy birthday jesus.

Monday brain syndrome.

As usual every body have these "monday brain syndrome" every time we get back to the office on every monday first day of the week in the office. Still have that wooozy comfy feeling of Sunday sleepy and relaxing thingy. Then when you wake next day its like sudden shock being getting up that lazy bum and hit the cold shower cuz you need to get back to corporate world....not Haiwaii paradise......awwww...working day already. You wish weekends should have 3 days break. May the earth spin slowly......
Just like any other day my job is squishing my brain pulling out ideas to come out with software solution, too bad ideas don't just pop-up out of the blue. Its seems ideas doesn't spark out that easily. Sometimes it take week and months to come out with software solution. On the other hand another section of my brain manage to cough out abundant of ideas for new car design in a wrong time..hhhhuuuuhhhhuuuuu. come on brain..think think think...

Grandma hometown: Part 3 -Monday

Monday 23, Time to go home. Before that leaving the place my favorite uncle who is my mother's little brother gave a me a nice present to add to my Radio Control collection. I was surprise to receive a high quality built R/C buggy made fully from cold forged alloy chassis that was made back in the early 80's. Its was a collectors item a TAMIYA SUPER CHAMP. Wow!!! i was excited and thanked my uncle who was a hard core Radio Control enthusiast. I packed my things and head to the airport along with my little sister and 3 cousins who were heading to the same flight destination as i do. I had great times and felt glad that i renew my visits to this place after absent for more than 5 years. Glad to be on tour.

Grandma hometown: Part 2 -Sunday

Sunday 22, Its burial event. 7.30am in the morning still cold and chilling. I didn't take my bath cuz i here you don't smell much, just brush teeth and wash my faces. Taking bath around this hour is like pouring buckets of ice cube over my body. A nice hot natural tea and biscuits for breakfast. Later at 9am we prepare some food to be cooked in mass amount for our incoming guess during lunch time. Food mainly some fresh buffalo meat, rice, vegetables and hot tea. At 10 guess have light morning snacks and then later its time for the burial ceremony where we load the coffin into the truck to be carry over to our native cemetry. There we have the usual departing prayer for our grandma and some ground work to bury the coffin. Its took almost 2 hours under the hot morning sun. By 12pm noon everyone back to my place for mass lunch ceremony and feast on tasty lunch. Being as hungry as horse i munched 6 bowls of crusty beef floss....yummy!! i don't usually have this kind of chances back at my home. Crusty flossed beef is always been my favorite. According to our mother side tradition funeral ceremony last for 14 days which usual activity include night rosary prayers and big dinner for family, relatives and friends.... it means it doesn't end there yet. So lots of work to do for 14 day, Luckily i'm not going to be long enough here to witness the ceremony because i need to go back to my hometown in MIRI and get back to work....that will be on Monday air flight going back home. At 3pm i followed my father to visit my grandmother of my father side which located few kilo's away from another side of the village, Reaching there we were greeted by our still in good shape grandmother and hos loyal furry friend, 2 cats and 2 dogs. I spend few hours in their house minalyb taking bath, snoring during nap, playing with furry friends and enjoy the view on top of the hill. She still the only grandma we have left. By night i have to pack my things, greet goodbye to my relative as i have to go back to the urban side of the town tagged along with my sister so that we could catch early flight next morning. So we stayed at my mother's sister house.

Grandma hometown: Part1 -Saturday

Ok so we know my grandma already went back to our Fathers house in heaven. So i'm sure she's now in peace and happiness in gods house. Amen.
Its been years i haven't gone back to my grandparents hometown in Limbang city, they usually live outskirt of the city far into the green country side where real friendly people live closely in harmony and live under true meaning of helpfull neighbour. I finally went over by plane last Saturday morning for funeral visit and at the same time visits cousins, relative and people who we closely tied as family. From the LIMBANG city took 30 minutes to reach the remote country side by car. As i grew older i pretty like the village where my grandparents live, its so refreshing peaceful and friendly. You dun have to worry about money life, Food and resources is all around us by nature. At my grandparents place by noon we have to prepare some meal for guest to arrive. At night everyone gathers around like big family reunion including close friend and neighbouring villages. Then later we gather for prayer to my grandma and the rest of the night as usually some people will sleep over our house while other elder hangout drunking, laughing and chatting all night until wee morning...its usual life scene nothing to be shocked about. Sleeping in country side is cold and chilling. You don't need air-cond around here. Its all natural with dense wet cold fog surrounding the house. I have to tuck around the corner of the living room cuddle my body as compact as possible to maintain body heat as there's not much blanket to cover myself as there to many room fully crowded with overnite people.

Fun time..2 day extra holiday.

I don't feel good this week due to extensive dry coughing and tooth pain. Gonna take two days leave to relief my health and also going to make appointment with tooth doctor. 2 days is a long day especially when i start wake up very early in the morning and do something usefull so that at the end of the day there's nothing wasted at the end. ...it make you day felt longer. I'm very excited since i have more room to settle daily task and also complete some project which left in the dark for a long time. Lots of people says i should settle the EXAGE model, yes i do have the urge to release the new car but i have another important matter to settle under the same topic. This month i've built 8 models for respective client so its kinda appropriate i should take a break or two to lay back and relax my brain. Good news is the my pocket is back bulge again, gonna fund my bike maintenance, mini-z, computer upgrade and personal grooming. Life is good when you're a 3d modeler. Its fun.

Forgot my own birthday today. Happy birthday.

My days is just like any normal day, i wake up, take bath, go to work, play and sleep. Regardless its holiday, special day or new year. Everyday is the same nothing surprise me or to be celebrated. Even today is my birthday, i just treat my birthday like normal days. Nothing special about today. As usually i just go about my daily do's and enjoy what i do best today solo.
I was surprise people over internet forum reminded me that today is my birthday. I'm glad and very happy that someone very distance, unseen, but united digitally/virtually do care much about personal thing. I'm very mature when using internet. I know my judgement when trust people over the net. Actually i trust peopler more over the internet rather than people around me that's is infront of me. Ya we know its a cruel world we live in but that a reality.

Night tuning.

Like everytime after several runs tuning is a neccessity. Like this one it need chamber and toe adjustment plus i need to put cement solution onto the loose pinion gear near the ESC module. Hopefully tomorrow i have less tuning work and get back to the modelling and design work. Oh no! Its working days tomorrow.!!!

Fun afternoon with R/C

Here's what me and my buddy enjoy this afternoon. We have superb spin off around the track near the seaside. Luckily i bring over 3 sets of battery cell to me hours of fun time. Good thing is that the weather was superb fine and the wind blew strong cooling us off while having fun chasing around the track. My holidays well spent.

Morning till noon..out to the city!

Today i just do my usual routine, wake up, brush teeth, bath, go to morning church prayer, back home to wash clothes, then go out for breakfast and enjoy the rest of the day out just like any single male do around the world. Anyways this sunday is just like any sunday except unexpected encounter in the afternoon...but later. Armed with PSP equipped with Go!cam (Chotto cam) camera i wen't off and head to the city. Lets start up with me having breakfast, i don't cook my breakfast on sunday so i just head to the town cafe and grab mouthfull of local "KOLO MEE POK" noodles and cold chocolate drinks. 8.55am... not much people around me, most of the shop owned by chinese probably out busy cleaning their house ready for chinese new year so things gone pretty quite around here. I finish up the noodles and sip my drinks pretty slowly while await for nearest mall behind me to open at 9.30am so i could go in to the game shop and grab some accessories for my PSP and HDTV cables for video output. Its nice to be alone on the table without people around me nagging or bothering while i enjoying thinking my sekf what to do next or imagining some creative ideas or maybe next design on my 3d models. The sun begin to rise high and the sunlights rays behind the green leaf making scenes like i'm somewhere near spring seasons. A great view from breakfast table. 9.40am the Mall haven't open yet, i've left the spot and walk towards my car planing to drive to pick up my little brother on his was to his school driving lesson. After an hour i dropped him at the driving school and drive to the nearest mall where the could have sell some PSP accessories that i was looking for. I'm in! there was lots of people..i walk among the crowds...lots of faces..man with family, happy couples, young , old people and some wondering around amuse themself...among them are my cycling buddies held hands with their newly wedded wife and some a husband break away from the shopping crowds into the cafe lot chatting withold buddies while their wife busy shopping. Ok so i head straight to the game shop ..2 hours later i found none PSP accessories i wanted...gawd! Time to fetch back my little brother from driving school.......brrooooommm!!
At the school i arrived early so he still driving around the circuit mini car "Daihatsu MIRA aka KANCIL" round the corner. I snap some beautiful picture behind the fence near by almost dried up pond with my favorite PSP. The water lily grew fast ever since my last visit. Would it be nice if everthing is green around the city.
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We'll get huge reservoir of oxygen so i wouldn't choke off some carbon fumes whenever i do some urban cycling.
Hungry! so we went out for fast food at E-MART, the menu was sucks anyways but my immature bro likes it. The fast food store was like wanna "Mc Donald" but stinks!. The price was a killer and the looks wasn't as like you seen on TV...was all gimmick. Too bad i was stupidly fall for that and my little bro go just for the bling* of it. I wish i had a real food but just enough to keep my stomach shut up. This burger wasn't look like this in Australia but in Asia was all baddy made burger but people was retard to fight rights of having a quality food that you pay for. It was like "that's ok" comments ot "shut up and eat". I'm fall for it so i ate it just for my stomach.
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My little brother go for luxury 2 pieces of chicken set which burned my pocket. I should spent more on getting a PSP batteries or at least a special gift for upcoming Valentines day...hey wait i don't girl friends, yeah i should have spent more on my bike yeah!...ehheemm! After stomach full to the brim (almost) we went around window shopping and checkout the crowds around the E-mart. All i was thinking in there was "PSP stuff! PSP stuff! PSP stuff! PSP stuff! PSP stuff! PSP stuff!".
Mom call in suddenly at 3.30pm..."Head back home son and help move out some furniture around the house..your sick grandma droppin in!"....oohh nooo!

Happy days returns!...big plan this week

Peek outside my house....bright windy hot sunny day!..Alright! its a brand new day for me! starting today i'm going to have a week of holidays from office work. A big plan to start the week full of usefull activity! Good, the weather is soo fine, sunny and hot! Reminds me being young at 12 jumping around with friend out into country side like Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Fin....their kiddy life almost similar to mine...that was in the past i hope i can relive that glories adventure moments. Time top grab out my bike and dash into the urban wilderness! ..best was to relief stress and refresh my mind so when i come back home i could design my models at ease tonight. Oh yeah this week i'm planing to finish off the truckm models as soon as possible so i could release is it quick and move along with 2 SDK models to be deployed at the website. Some third party user already waiting behind lines to port my models into various games add-on. Also next i will proceed with the release of the long awaited "SIXTY-7". February new model release is going to be super!