Free at last... A year worth of 3D models projects have past.

Today i feel very happy and glad the burden now are wipe off from my shoulder. Previously i was hammered with too many contracts and special request. Out of 7 project: 4 success and 3 a failure. Good thing both side between me, the client (game developer) and also the publisher didn't even have any serious issue about deadlines, problematic critics or critical conflict that cripples the project. Last January i was almost create tension with UI developer because of misconception on the models design versus the game background glad it turn out as the so called on the job stress and we understood each other. Few months later another contract coming in from big shot company this time is even worse, the client want more than a dozen models of non-replica models to avoid branding licence/loyalty. Time partition between big client and small client was a fuzz and left a big mess. At the end of the day i gain something and i lose something. It was a good experience. The big project was ended early July and now waiting for the pay cheque (buying a new bike and pay house loan..lol). Then comes the bitter part, i forgot the small client. So i settle some remaining project and e-mailed him for feedback and confirmation. It wasn't goes as planned because it was my fault for the late submission, luckily the new models was bought by other enthusiast models collector for half the price of original price tag. All remain until now is 6 memorable models for me to keep. One of them is very special which i haven't practise my special work for long time (Check the picture above..for other 5 models check the previous months blog report). Maybe i publish a book about being a 3d artist experiences. lol. Good try moto.
Oh yes, for those "previous" client/customer who read this blog. I'm really sorry if i did anything wrong throughout the developement and also thanks for giving the golden opportunity. Hope we could work out a new project and make new stuff some day. Thanks.

New visitors...meow!

Looks who talkin' in the morning. Another new cat on the block show up infront of our house seeking for a house job, it meowing, meowing the whole morning to seek our attention. So i went out to gave some interview. Almost persian breed with pale blue eyes, soft fur and very friendly and approchable attitude. Its must be abandoned by some family or got lost on his way to his master house. The poor thing was hungry so we gave it some drinks and food and try to protect him from other dominant house cat (the our white cat) from harming him. This new comer seem to like us very much and always roll over our feet hopping us to scrub and pat its belly. Too bad my mom didn't gave any green lights to keep him..but any he's free to stray outside or home until our mom change her decision to keep em.

Da power lunch.

What's for lunch Dav?....Junk foooooooddd. For bachelor men on the go.
I don't cook for today, so to keep me in high spirit and energy i eat this...good stuff for adult. Kids don't try this at home. In 5 hours i'll be out on my mountain biking activity in full blast.

Something about seminars and meetings.

Today i came back home at 5.30pm, took bath, and gather around for dinner untill suddenly my mom persuade me, " Son accompany your uncle for seminar event near the school hall for "Peace and community responsibility" talks. ...I was making a blank stare at my mother giving sign of denial. I say no..no.i don't like seminar. After few argument my task ended only to send my uncle to the school hall and came back home after that and wait for his phone call to pick him up again.
I hate seminars, its the gathering of people who seek for truth, hope and reliable source of inspiration and spiritual purpose. Its for those people who can't even think independently and relies on people talks to feed their minds with foreign infomation..even if it doesn't suits a person need. Most of all if it talk about world peace, save the planet, stop the war, eliminate corruption, abortion, family stuff, politics and etc these are consider useless if the speaker came from people who just know how to talk but no action. We want action, don't talk crap and made us wasting time warming our butt and sleep with some flying words of yours. Action, action. Talk less more action. If you want world peace then get up your ass and talk to the world in the television and brain wash the world leader or those who responsible. If wanna crack down teenager's social illness don't just talk and blame the teenager, action! ..find the root cause of the problem and eliminate from below. If wanna save the world from polution and save the ozone..action! stop using car and stop using plastic bag on your way out from the hall, don't just turn the car ignition on spew some fumes and shout at the windows "Green peace!"... walk. Stop crapping and do more action. Action speak louder than words. Move your ass people!
Worst come to worse is motivation speaker. This speaker talk more carp than other type of seminar speaker. They treat audience as if we need some mental rehabilitation and some brain wash to make us perfect, this also include the audience who come there to worship him/her for their amazing talk. If they clapped it mean the speaker succesfully seduce and tricked their minds into it. Usually i lock my brain and let me myself do the self motivation. Only no brainer who lose hope in life goes to seminar. Seeking the lights? Motivation for success, enlightenment, friendship, business opportunity..c'mon do your own research before you get tricked by these people....they just want you money and support to cover their backs. The best way to protest in the seminar is by sleeping and snoring. If want to play decent just pull out some magazine and nudge your head a little as if you're following his lead..faking it. Sometimes i was wondering why do we need to pay fees for some seminar just to hear some dude yamming by him/herself.

The Information Technology job.(IT) - Dilema

One beautiful morning (almost)...i went to the office and someone pop-up out of nowhere saying, "Hey! this walkie talkie not working..could you please trouble shoot the problem..i think it ain't receiving anything." Few minutes later.."Hey, CCTV not working", "Yo! telephone got problem", "My camrecorder not functioning", "Microphone not working", "I lost my data", "E-mail not working", "Internet down", "My spreadsheet got virus", "Can't download music into my phone", "My PDA phone got problem", "Move this computer to here and this table to there", "Got problem with electric sockets", "My network account lost", "How can i hide this data?", "How to hack this file?", "Help me fix this home PC", "New user coming in", "I want internet in my phone", "I want super photo quality printing (Old canon BJC printer)", "I got new notebook, pls install this and that", "Movie player can't run", "Can you help me type this document and that document", "Can you fake this graphics and that picture", "I want to format this computer because MS words corrupted"....and so on. From our main HQ office to the outskirt of town help and assistance always in need. There are times i have to run up and down from the building, do phone calls, appoinment/meetings for support to client, make records, do server administrative task, internet, e-mail system, network account, design this and that, do clerical jobs including somebodys work, this and that. Sometimes people treat IT people like me as mobile computer encyclopedia or the IT Swiss Army Knife moving around helping people out.
Sometime when i see my job description it says i should do this and that, not beyond my designated jobs put for some people anything related to consumer electronics or almost have computeristic feature will automatically assigned to IT people to settle the problem.
Lets me give you a scenario, a mechanic and a car. So you know how both items related right? A mechanic fix a car. Right!. Mechanic don't drive you to the airport like a taxi driver, mechanic doesn't help you to drive the car around like a driving teacher, mechanic doesn't help you to clean the car, mechanic doesn't do beautiful paintjobs and design some accessories. Right. So car mechanic do job specifically on car maintenance. Right!
How bout IT people? There's a technician, server administrator, database specialist, programmer, helpdesk, LINUX/WINDOWS support, network engineer and etc. But somehow nowadays especially where electronic and computer consumerism become rampant people view this IT jobs as one. It means "That guy is computer guy (regardless what specialised he/shes in) so they knows how to do it". Yup! the popular belief adopted in any commerce society in a company. Thinking a computer related job can fix any broken computer stuff even its outside the job scope. As for my case my job is support but one feet on the administrative job and another feet on technical support which until now no ones know what job or even job title should have assigned to me. The salary? well.... ..i have my ways to cover holes in my pocket sort to say. Working in IT area especially where you're located at low level job is not as relaxing as other cheap job in the market. IT job labour sells like hot cakes, demands are high and cheap but this job always been heavily manipulated and max used by people because the computing technology and the electronic devices that relates to it is vastly in huge amount owned and widely use all around the world and its the key that accelerate our business world. No computer technology business means go dead and your profit will be robbed by other advance run business company. And yet IT area always remain at the support and services level for company that run business that is not related to computing products. So IT dept doesn't make much profit..it sucks money for manitenance and technology purchasing purposes, employer usually tends to reduce the cost on this department and pushes it labour capacity and skills regardless the impact the IT employee gets...low wage. That's why IT personnel won't last long in the IT dept because as the push their work scope more they will gain more skills and then leave the company for high opportunity prior to their gained experience and this infact also something got to do with unsatisfactory salary. My colleague mention, he will go where the field is greener" In this so called "third world" country the effect on fresh IT graduate is devastating, 70% unemployed (2002) even in previous year they been promised by govenment education institution that IT industry will boom provide wide job opportunity for them. Facts is wrong, company just need less employee but highly skills to run IT Dept because these group don't make much profit except for the support task. This culture infact will go on for another 5 years (2010) if the economy doesn't improve. No matter how much ones study in information technology the so called skilled IT worker will landed at cheap low level work force allocated under support worker. Unless he or she is business minded and get away from the work heirachy into profit making level...open up an IT company like MICROSOFT, SUN MICROSYSTEM, CITRIX, ORACLE, GOOGLE, YAHOO and etc.
Even unfortunate befall into this IT worker but they are one of the most cunning and lucky people to gain mass amount experinced and skills based on changing pace of technology. These people able to penetrate any market and jobs available to them as they progress thoughout their work experience. From one year standard low level support group they can become almost anything they can be as long its related to computers: Graphics designer, online businessman, web portal entrepreneur, lecturer, mechanical engineer, system analyst, photographer, novelist, magazine publisher, nutritionist, consultants and etc. How can that be possible?... now here's the trait, IT people dealing with information, information worth money and knowledge, use that knowledge and you can gain another job perspective. IT control information and how it flow...you can also say what evey information flows around the net and around the world they holds and can anytime took control of information need for any organisation on the net...stock market, educational system, investment information, stocks control, entity information, commerce statistic, global news, propaganda, military strategic resources, health archive, world history archive, currency rate changes, product price and also some confidential records....if the can filter out the usefull information and block it from gain by other party you can see the worl economy plunge by this culpurit. The once look down people are the people who is holding your the worlds life string.
The most respected discipline feature of an IT personnel is "ETHICAL". Without this anyone one in IT Dept can blurt out information they just discovered leaking all the stuff which is confidential to certain associated group. This people also located ontop of the food chain when it comes to private confidential information encapsulation. In fact these people have to jump into private information regardless the impact or how confidential the information it has to hide from the public because if anything happen to the information, lost, damage, corrupt or gone the IT people are the ones who have to put their hand dirty, dig out and recover those stuff for them if the employer or client requested to do so. You should be thankful if these guys save your files/data else he/she would smile some cash which also means threats in other ways.
Level of ethical ones has can be measure how much experience does a person learn when handling secretive/private information which worth alot for a company or the benefited association. First well have to see how much education background ones gain from learning from the past institution.

1.GENERAL IT Certificate holder, absolutely made for technical support specialised in non-secretive and non-private data handling. They need more than 3 year to realised the responsiblity to handle confidential data. Their easy to go experince based on their current education knowledge and skills worth only below administrative level. Should there be any need to delegate, probation and monitoring is needed.

2.DIPLOMA in IT certificate holder may have probably most doubtful ethical work value. Because they knew having such low certification means less responsibility and less professionalism enthusiast. Mostly reflected on how much they've been paid and nature of work skills they learn from college or university. At Diploma level student learn some basic computing, business structure, communication skills and popular computing program like SQL, FORTRAN, JAVA J2ME, C++, Visual basics, hardware handling and stuff commonly needed for intermediate company/organization. There not much concentration on how to handle data/information in computing because studies are much related on how to use them not how to keep them save. Not much moral or dicipline teaching at diploma level based on my past experinces.

3.DEGREE in IT certificate holder have high value of work ethical and discipline in handling confidential data, how to use it in proper manner and how to safely filter out the bad and the good data. This has been taught and higher level because at DEGREE level, students learn to be responsible and knew they will be assign as single administrative work reponsible to decide how the data would be organised in the company. DEGREE holder have high demands for administrative work and decision making in the company because it their nature to be entrusted with such work in the future.

4. MASTER/PHD...not much to say...all i know these people is in R&D and engineering purposes. But highly ethical...yup!


So are you still looking down on IT people?
Now Bill Gates from MICROSOFT is the most concrete evidence of successful IT people. Now everyone in the "WORLD" bows to WINDOWS. Without it your life goes kabunk!

Scenes from my biking adventure.

How's the sunset over here? wanna see? Here are some cool snapshot i've taken during my mountain biking rides, its beautiful especially when going out riding near sunset time. There's not much people able to enjoy outside with the wild and nature and enjoy life freely. I spent hours outside until the night stars come out to brighten the nights. Cycling is not about sports, its about being free to be where ever you want to be. Bike = freedom. Some people think having a car or fuel driven motors would get you a beautiful places hidden from urban things. You know what...not really. Glad i'm not one of those people. Happiness, speed, peace, adventure, thrill, danger. Feels like INDIANA JONES on two wheels everytime i'm out there mountain biking armed only with full imagination and courage to face anything that come face to face with my bike. "LIVE FAST DIE OLD".

Mountain biking, yeah!.

Wednesday 5.02pm, i press the car accelerator and push my way as fast as i can to get me back home quickly. Reached home 7 minutes later. Change my clothing to some rugged apparel, strap on SPD clipless shoes, gloves, helmets, Nokia Ngage, Sony Walkman, helmets and finally my best friend FASTRAX (my bike). By 5.30pm i'm on my way... first stop 40 meter stairs drop...zooomm!!, then bunny hop my way nearby some ditches..whamm!!, reaches small bushy trails, cross the path to the cemented public sidewalk and on my way for 50KM trips around my hometown MIRI. The blue sky almost engulf by orange violet fantasy dusk, wind blew over my body, my feet was like walking on floating clouds, my hand steer the way while eyes enjoy the beautiful sights and scene that can't be enjoyed inside enclosed car. Cruising at constant 35-45km/h my adrenalin start beating, my opponent are cars, trucks and bad ass motorist, i moved into dangerous road and draft behind big cars like "Need For Speed UG" wannabe. Experience zero drag and gave a maximum pedaling power pushing the bike max 67.8km/h. The lady driver of TOYOTA WISH was not in the mood to be chased and draft behind her MPV. So she hit the gas at 70km/h leaving me eating smokes, so i shift another lane and caught a cargo truck speeding at 58km/h...haahaaa!! an opportunity! So i pedal all the way for next 15km trip towards Brunei borders along the beach highway, all the way i got tonnes of some hany hard hitting music to keep me pumped on the road. 6.30pm i turn around and head back another few kilos to the highest hill in MIRI town (Canada hill). Few minutes later i'm in the mid of getting up there, pedalling them hard, shift gear to mid chain ring and at rear sprocket no 5, grinding hard..good thing the TEFLON coated lube from WHITE LIGHTING did a good job for smooth shifting operation. Heat pumping at 134 beats per/sec and few minutes later i'm at the top of Canada Hill, i cool my self with easy spin to relax my feet from acid lactic gathering around my muscles. Then i jump to the nearby path leading to some bushes, the hills packed with savana like grass just like the one you saw in africa with only few leafless tree after gushed by the wind. An eagle way up high looking down at me sqeeeling and guarding me from below. The could be snakes around these place so i have to be cautions. The trails going back downwards to sea level is very narrow, bumpy and bushy, good braking control is a factor. My rear XT discbarke didn't work well because i haven't replace RM $60 worth brake pad yet. So i just made a sign of cross and pray may luck upon me when doing high speed dive on bumpy downhills. I ram down through the narrow bushy path finding my way to another remote rocky trails decending down at 45 degree downhill drop fast and made sharp switchbacks..speww some dust. My MANITOU front suspension really eat some bumps! I went down the steep cliff...creak! crack, crock!, streetchh!!, ..then leap over a small ledge and found my way back to the main civilized road and head towards a very rocky hilly park towards airport road via road side. So i manage to catch up one of the passing big 4 wheeler and draft my way at 48Km/h effortless pedals. A car behind me NISSAN SENTRA honked me as if if i'm slowing him down and blocked his way..but i don't give a damn...so i speed up passing the truck around and drafting behind another moving bus. Going up, i can see the beaches with sparkling golden ocean on my right view as if God pour the ocean with rich golden liquid jewelery. The backdrop was beautiful! Fantasy orange violet two tonne color melt your heart as if heaven gave its last beautiful day to human on earth. 6 minutes later i reached the hill and cycle up on slippery rocky path way up to enjoy the top view of the whole city where its the only place to experience max wind breeze from the ocean. I climb down my bike, sit on dusty rock facing the sea and enjoy the sights and unparallel beauty of sunset. Sweats runs down my cheek quickly cold and evaporate. I switch my Mp3 album, play me some soft tune from beautiful anime sountrack. I feel light, trouble free, freedom, enjoy and troubled free from everyday civilised life of human greed for luxury. Here i am with god and nature. Sometimes when i'm up there i can feel he's looking at me wondering as i lift my hand up in the air reaching for the beautiful sky. At 7.00pm stars started to emerged behind violet pinky sky. Its time to go home. Small birds and swallow flying pass me returning home, i should too.

Oh Sh1t, no wheels!

I was damn happy when i found a small 64MB MMC card storage which previously used to store some of my last year project and early 2006 works. It was dusty slotted between my old wallet which i kept underneath bunch of old mountain bike magazines. I pull out my Card reader and took a peek of my old project archive. Jackpot! Found an old models which previously requested by specific customer which ordered last year between Oct 2005 and Feb 2006. 7 models altogether constructed on moderate polycount with smooth poly and texture adequate for common computer processing power. These are replica models requested attached along with invoices, original blueprint, sketches and plain custom texture. Some model made under old 3D Studio format, others under milkshape and other are standard SMF compiled for 4x4evo2. All 7 models lack the most vital item on every vehicles needs: wheels. Yup all the wheels are missing. Tracing back my memories i did make some wheels for it ranging some 17" street to 18" Dodge 5 spoke replica but somehow its not in there. Did i remember making any wheels for it or was i lazy back then. Heck 7 months ago i was busy with office work so maybe i got this brain damage or what so ever that forget the stuff i made. So without wasting any time i pull out my 3d tools and start models a new wheel for respective models. When finish i'll track down these client and see if i can track them down and send them the bills. yeah!

Ho! ho!.. Prosperity Sandwich.

Men love to eat, no doubt and women have to face the fact that men adore women that knows how to cook. To make men happy she must prepare good meal..this also lead to happy family. To conclude: Human happiness came from stomach. Today is not for that cause of it but to celebrate the "begone" gum pain. Yeah finally i can munch nice goodies and fill my stomach to the fullest like some pot belly builder. Now looking at my shrimp sandwich snacks on my computer table while working on my 3d models. yummmy! Since the sandwiches full of fat maybe tomorrow i should go out ride my bikes to burn off some excess energy.

A day off duty.

Due to the sickness problem i had on my tooth and gum ache which lead to minor fever and throat problem, i took a day off from work after just arrived at my office early in the morning. I went to Human Resources dept to for annual leave application and grant permission from my boss for early leave. Then drove to public clinic for light medication and then on my way home. At home i took a deep sleep, hot and sweaty ones because the pain haven't subside. By 2.30pm i woke up feeling just ok, open the fridge and took handfull of cereal bits and took a slow bite. A little improvement than yesterday because i can munch and swallow much effectively to fill up my empty stomach. I expected should be able to recover my sickness by this midnight if things go well

Day 2: the agony and pain.

Yesterday was horrific day, the pain and agony of gum pain and birth of new tooth was unbearable. I didn't eat proper way like normal people do. The only food i ate yesterday was breakfast. Skipped lunch and a few spoon of dinner but swallow few spoon of meal like a snake without munching it. Not only that i also swollen my throat since the rear gum jaw muscle and throat interconnected. I took early sleep because i almost felt sick. All night i just opened up my jaw to make sure those painfull gum didn't accidentally squished in pain. Later few hours pain struck without warning as if the new tooth trying to push way up toring the gum. I like rolling left and right, roll around the bed to cope with awfully painfull moment feels like i couldn't make it till morning, almost planned to take a day off from work and spent on the bed recovering the pain. Fortunately i woke up at 5.30am with minimal and but itch aching teeth, pick my tooth brush pour alot of minty tooth paste and gently brush my teeth. Then later for breakfast i took a box of "Honey Stars" cereal and munching using the front teeth. We'll see how it goes later on.

Painfull Sunday.

Today i opened up a pack of cookies for quick breakfast, a slight munch on the cookies at the rear teeth....OUCH!! OUCH! pain! pain!. It was awfully painful and irritating itch on my rear gums..why?!. I dug using my finger to reach my rear right end teeth and notice my gum have this bumps. Looking at mirror i notice a new rear big tooth emerge below the gum. ..Again? It looks like this is not the first time i had these problem. Early this year my left and right side lower portion of my jaw start to grow new set of teeth which is awfully painful to endure because it penetrate and rip tore my pink gums open to make way firt thos new tooth. I really began to hate my hormone. At age 28 and now started to grow some tooth?, what the!..!! The right side already grown new ones two months ago...now its the second set? I don't really understand much how this human hormone growth works. I hope it would be a plus sign if it distribute its hormone for height growth. lol. Looks like i won't be enjoying nice munch food this week. All this pain keeps me in agony and keep on pitching the gum all over to minimised preasurised pain. Awww!! Tomorrow is Monday, working days..hope i don't bring foward this grumpy face......hhhrrmmmm..

Teddy Bear for special Birthday girl.

Today is a very special day for a girl in our Information Technology Department. Its her Birthday...well its belated, since her birthday suppose to be yesterday but she didn't turn up because she applied holidays yesterday, luckily she was here today for work. So i send her a special gift for typical female present...yup! stuffed animals: Cute medium size fuzzy TEDDY BEAR. Very beautiful cute present.. few days earlier i went to shopping mall to do my typical window shopping for toys like Radio Control car spare parts then i stumble very nice looking and cute teddy bear, this stuffy animal is really different than others and you can feel that it is much special than other products shown off the shelf, very soft, warm hearted feeling, mild cream color well match red santa hat and also cute looks at affordable price. It looks very harmony and peacefull joy feeling. As soon i touch the teddy bear it reminds me of picking up a soft persian cat because the fur on the teddy bear far comfy and gentle to my hands, so i was thinking this is an ideal gift for a birthday girl present. So i took the Teddy Bear out, get a birtday card, ribbons, purchase it and take it back home with me. Its very cuddly in my arms feels like i want to get one for myself. Happy Birthday JENNY!

But if that was my "girlfriend" birthday i will buy her BIG BIG BIG! teddy bear so she could cuddle all day long and almost can sit on it and sleep,lol. Maybe some other day if i'm lucky enough to have myself a girlfriend.

5.30am....just like any other day..lame..

Huaaarrggg *yawn*, its morning 5.30am... today just like everday 5.30am is common number for me to remember to get up work and become slave of a company 6 days a week, 4 weeks a months, 12 months in a year,...and bla bla bla!. Luckily its Saturday today so half working days untill 12.00 noon. Then i'm free to do my stuff then, looking foward for great cycling hours in the afternoon and work on new wheelset models later on. Now i should get my tooth brush, soap, towels to refresh myself...cold bbrrrrrrrrr!!

Picking pool of genes from NEMIXIS into Prototype CD18

Huuuu yeahhh!!... i'm awake yeah! thanks to cof....i meant hot chocolate! yeah. Its nearly 12 midnight. Luckly my brain much active today and did feel sudden sleepy diseases. Well right now i suppose to inspect my last project "NEMIXIS CD 12.0 XL-GT" models meshes and see if some parts can be remove and implant into "PROTOTYPE CD18.0" models to save up the development time and also take out my several linear trademark signature of my SupermotoXL insignia like the "X" beam structure on the rear chasis and dual blade slanted head lights into new models which will be an off-road to be models soon. This to ensure genetical inheritance of previous models brought foward to new models to indicate evolution and family of models similarity and also indicate my models signature through the production line. I want that "X" marks to be around much longer period into my 2006 year end edition. Other parts salvaged includes some high poly bolts from the wheelsets, disc brakes, and XENO2 suspension system which ideally works on 4x4 EVO2 polycount limitation. Well see how it goes. Tomorrow i have to do some research to come out new wheels design for this new PROTOTYPE CD18.0 models.

When your time comes to an end.

I went cycling by pass the cemetery which was located beside the river bank, it was cold and you can feel the “thing” presences all over the places. Then comes the breezy wind swept dried leaf from the tree as I pass by as if autumn season is coming. The place abandoned and just like how they are now separated from bodies that return to soil and to be forgotten by people whom once with them when they were of the living back then. The grave shall be their permanent memories. How sad it was when your time is come to an end and to be forever forgotten and erase from our solid state society’s memories. Unless you’re the one whom contribute something big to the human society. A famous proverb mentioned: “Tiger dies leave stripes, man dies leave name”….unless you are some famous big shots like Abraham Lincoln, Genghis Khan, Ray Charles, Winston Churchill, Henry Ford or anyone who made into our history books to be remembered as icon and hero. But not everyone can become the fame and to become hero in a single snap. Nor people wanted to die to be forgotten. Its really a shame to be born and die like that without having to contribute to the people on earth and leaving back traces of you and to be remembered permanently in history book. What the purpose of life I you’re to be born wasted and empty…are you society trash. …figure it out. For me I’m working on it, to find place for my name and to die leaving my name in the history book when time comes. My future may branched depends how much effort I put into, maybe I’ll be a famous designer? a game developer, Bill Gates rival? Political fundamentalist? Actor? Public hero, drift racing legend?...what can 28 year old do? who knows. One thing for sure I’ll leave my stripes and to be remembered by many people for this I contribute before my time comes. Make my father proud, made my mother smile, make my brother and sister happy and make peace to people on earth and beyond. Hope I’d bring some good memories back into heaven and share with holy people over there in the future.

I am a sleepy head.

Well my sister suppose to wake me up at 12.00am midnight after she use the computer while i'm taking a short nap starting at 10.00pm and estimated awake by 2 hours later to fresh my body after heavy mountain biking exercise late evening. Previously my head and concentration started to blur and body getting heavier and powerless to concentrate when working behind the computer that's why i took early short nap.
She did wake me up at 12 midnight so i could stay awake to access internet and play some online games (RAKION) and do some 3d modelling for extra pocket money but it seem that i couldn't just boot up like that. I remember that were shadowy figure of my sister at my room door and from blurry distance it spoke in echos "hey, i'm done using it..wake up, wake up!".... but i fell back to my pillow and adjusting my trusty brain to wake me up 5 minutes later for cold OS boot. Then after few moment i woke up feeling very light and things getting darker as my NOKIA NGAGE pull the alarm clock, at those gleeming LCD light i looked at the sceen...it 5.30am! Ahhhh!!....dumbass i am didn't wake at midnight to settle heavy project and part time project workload plus some internet task. I wonder if that was some coffee effect i ditched or was it i really damn tired at the office by daytime. ...who knows....

Put less on Coffee..

Coffee is bad......if consume for long period. You see recently i have problem with coffee, after i drink it i feel super active and refresh in the morning. Highly active in the office by day but dramatically tired when it reaches evening and quickly doze off at around 9.30pm due to lack of energy...no energy left to spent another wonderful night playing games, 3d modeling, online gaming, watching video and etc. Thats why if you didn't see me pop out on the internet at evening till midnight (my hometown time zone) then i might probably accidentaly slept on my keyboard, lol. All those energy been used and pump up to the max last morning. The effect was really bad, I almost loose concentration when driving back home, no power to type on my keyboard and my eyelid felt heavier than ever. As soon as I laid my head against the soft, comfy, cusshy pillow I quickly fell asleep without warning and slept 9 hours till morning and the process repeated over and over again. So last 4 days ago I stop taking daily consumption of coffee, after few days later my brain and body metabolism gradually recovering back to slow to normal state. Previously I drink coffee almost daily since 3 months ago because i need to keep myself alert in the office by morning and hoping to stay focus by evening when i get back home and work on my models. Coffee contain Caffeine chemical which boost our brain alertness and force the our body cell to consume every energy available to boost our metabolic rate at short period. Caffein is like having a Nitrous Oxide in your car and help boost it power to the max regardless how much the limit can the engine take until it cracks up. Here are some links and FAQ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine. I also drink coffee before taking off a long trip on my mountan bike for cross country exploration, it keep me awake for long hours and reduce tiredness through long hours of endurance. But for compensation at the end of the day i'll ended up drowzy, headache and quickly weaken and fell asleep due to extreme exhaustion. Back behind my working desk a high coffee consumption also give some negative effect that you can experience an abnormal feeling to your body :

1. Heart pumping pretty fast and gain slowly, also felt like something swollen.

2. In about 7 to 9 hours your brain started to loose concentration, eye lids getting heavier and your body began to sway.

3. Stress builds up, sweaty skin and sticky, place face indicate the blood didn't carry enough food or source of energy to dissipate around the body because its been used earlier as the result of caffeine boosting/energy force consumption.

4. You feel you body lack of muscles. Emptyness inside. Powerless.

5. Fell asleep without warning.

Another FAQ links right here for your knowledge:
http://www.mercola.com/2003/dec/10/coffee.htm
http://http://www.ineedcoffee.com/00/03/myths/

Well its ok to consume coffee like 2 cups a week but daily like 3 cups per day is way over. Possible diseases like ulser may happen to stomach or even worse if you don't control your drinking habit. Most project leader or people like me working late wee hours by night consume much of this caffeine booster drink but think about it...you may not wanted to spoil your body biological clock to offset your body timing system like active and resting schedule eg. sleeping. Now i'm changing and enjoying hot Chocolate, packs of cookies and a good early sleep to maintain optimal health. Also a good project schedule so that i won't messed up my time and force my self to work on my project. Smart move.

Bad dream...change parking stratergy.

Ouch! Woke up terrified....i dreamed my car been stolen which parked beside the road after finish some business at the shopping mall. Then suddenly i woke up...5.30am...time to go to work. I seldom have any dream that made my heart goes *lub *dub *lub *dub *lub *dub very fast. Damn i was panic hard in that dream. It may be a sign to come and warn me something in the real world. Later i'll change my parking strategy where my car is exposed to public view for better security and safe where bad mean people doesn't harm my car. Must pull out something so nobody can drive it away.

Ghost In The Shell: 2nd GIG

Its very typical of me staying late at night watching anime episode till the end before start another new series the next day. Today i just finish watching a very famous iconic anime titles "Ghost In The Shell" under special episode "Standalone complex: 2nd GIG" season. If you're an anime fans looking into political and conspiracy genre this is the best for you. I've been watching this franchise series ever since it was aired as a movie in mid 1990's. Its not suitable for teenagers or public viewing since it has political rated content and story line that would crunched your brain out to understand the plot. This anime mostly tell story how mankind come upon civilisation where humanity are bounded by augmented machined body parts and network linked human memories that incapsulate in artificial body which considered to be normal in around 2029. In reality it will be someday we encounter such biotech civilisation. Masamune Shirow the person behind the creator of anime character design, ideas and his philosophical I.G production animation crew did very well to come out a story which spontaneously teaching us about the impact of future and thing to come through this animation movie and series. ....ahh!!.. to many thing to tell about the details. Try google around for the info regarding this GITS animation if you wanted to know more. Tomorrow i'll be watching "Beyond The Clouds" animation. Oh don't worry i'm not that lazy bum to abandon my 3d modelling works... i've just settled 2 hours of 3d work per day on personal side.

Thief break into my car! .... that s** o* *he b**h!

8.00 am...Another beautiful Sunday morning, with beautiful sunlight shine through the windows of our church, hours later i done my prayer and went out sude where i parked my car. Another church attendant stood there stunned with his family garthered around to astonishment to what they seeing things i couldn't glimpse around so ignore and just dash back to my car planning to head to nearby restaurant for nice breakfast. Reaching my car then something glittering behind the seat...OHHH SHH***TTTT!!! Someone broke into my car through the back windows and reach the door lock to access the cockpit. Damn! Looks like not only me but also another family car just infront of me also gets the same fate have break in at the same rear spot. I didn't lost anything valuable to me. From the mess the thief cause it looks like it interested in something like handphones, mp3 player deck, big hard cash and something that could trade but luckily none inside my poor little car DAIHATSU have those stuff but i could have gotten it if i fail to follow my instinct. Earlier before i went into the Church i almost planned to leave my SONY 1GB MP3 player and Nokia NGAGE phone inside the car glove box but suddenly another voice struck me in the head saying i should leave those thing behind, almost reluctant but then i followed my illusional advice. Truly it saved my belonggings when the break in happened. Both me and the theft victim didn't made any formal report to the police because it would take lot of paperwork and extra stupid report fee so expensive than you can almost use those payment to fix the damaged part of the car...so we lose some legal claim for insurance which require authentication claim for our damaged cars. Yeah our local police sit their lazy butt whole day doing nothing but eating tax payer money. That what you get living in so called Asian third country region where when it happens around the neighbourhood people just don't give a damn. Car break-in and real grand theft auto happens almost everyday, not only that they can even steal cars, also house furniture and valuable even your property well guarded behind the gate....surprisingly it happened during day light. Yesterday my office buddy loose his SUZUKI VITARA to some midnight theft. Police get lots of those reports but none of them manage to solve the problem. Day light snatcher on motorcycle (happened to my mother), daring bank heist, samurai robbery and stuff happens to an extend it almost like part of the community life. Law inforcement suucckss! What the hell there doing with ur tax money. Ok, let back to our mini car topic, so the damage looks minimal to you but forme that's hell of some money to spent on fixing the damage they left, the thief nade heavy dent on the door ledge near the windows plastic seal, they also scrap some paintjobs and dirtied my car cushion. That would took almost half my month salaries to fix that thing, i need my money to fix my mountain bike front shox and frame.....if i saw that damn theif i'll screw him and bash his little balls with my baseball bat..make sure he has no pe*is to walk back to his wife or girlfriend. This evening i went round on my bike and hi-res camera for man hunt, take photos and make sure he got good skabs on hos face if i stumble the culpurit.

Get some pop-corn: its LAST EXILE

Today is Saturday, halfday work and then by noon head back home and spent good times on my favorite anime episodes. I just finished watched anime titled: LAST EXILE...all 26 episode till the end. Good stuff if you like to enjoy the story plot and graphic stuff. I really like the scene on how the producer blend 3d graphics and cell animation. It really inspire me to create nice looking models and good texture design. LAST EXILE is a story about an alternate world like those in mid 1940's culture with sci-fi sky fortress battle ship and old school red baron style airplanes dominates the land seeking freedom and liberation againts dominant ruler on the other side of the world seeking for new land for domination. Character and mechanical design are top notch, should see how they render those vintage airplanes thing they flew on deep blue sky. Nice, touching and action packed anime. Tomorrow i should start watching another anime. "Ghost in the Shell: 2nd GIG". Its going to be a long day.

Searching for perfect simulation platform.

Few days ago i bought this "Crashday" game from Atari publisher at my local PC shop. My buddy Patriot also bought it and have fun for its ability to make instant tracks. The game have a very good early development tools complete with tutorial and on the fly mod tools available for download (http://cidesigns.freepgs.com/cday/1_introduction.html). Today i went back home early to test some feature in Crashday and see if it could help me interested putting my design and models to run in that game. This year i'm looking foward to expand my models deployment not only in 4x4evo1 and 2 but also other potential game with major changes in graphics and physical enhancement apply in the game to boost realism looks on my models. At first KC forum (http://vales.com/flatout introduce the game FLATOUT but it lacks of total control and feeling "ownership" and of your vehicle/creation just like how you grab you models and touch/experience every corner of the models you built...failure. Two, then comes XPAND RALLY game...nice graphics and major plus on replay and camera view angle but also lacks similar to FLATOUT, don't feel you have total control over the vehicle. A year later CRC (Cross Racing Championship)..good game and handling but cheap GTA (Grand Theft Auto) style graphics with expensive modeler tools to spent just to model a vehicle for that game. Currently i have a near realistic car game which have similar characteristics to popular console game Granturismo...these are PC's SIMBIN FIA GTR: nice car handling, physic, engine, speed and etc..but also lack most on graphic feeling you own a PC which is 3 year behind on GPU feature. Worst it support limited polygon amount which is around 8000 kilos of polygon for performance sake and lots of redundant LOD work. Now CRASHDAY, still under review, not in a hurry to jump in.
I played for 3 hours, some feature satisfied me the most is the 'baked' model rendering, updated graphics, appearance enhancement, multiple cenimatic camera angle and it dosen't hurt your brain to start model a vehicle for CRASHDAY since tutorial and tools made availble on the fly. Thing that are in doubt is handling and graphic bugs which the developer left in a mess and put some garbage expecting future mods to clean it up. Its really hard to drift in the game since every car tuned stocks for agility and duel mode. So looks like user have to tweak manuall via text pad program to edit the vehicle handling and feeling. Now i'm still reviewing and see how it goes.....my next design should be sitting on much better game physic and graphics..a must for next step in SupermotoXL Designs.

My portable computer aka laptop..

Yesterday i was in the storage room where i kept my old personal stuff last year. I was looking for my hardisk where i store my customer requested truck models that was built last february ago and expected to sell it of by this week. Behind those dusty boxes i found this old Pentium P4 motherboard ASROCK branded with 256 RAM, Intergrated SIS graphics and LAN. It was originally belong to my sister but now she use my old AMD system for playing game. Lucky me i could use it as my mobile desktop since i couldn't afford a decent laptop. So today i just got my salary and spent half of it buying cables, atx power supply, mini size keyboard which everthing can fit inside 15" travelling back. Good thing i have LCD that could put this system as portable. This may sounds funny for everyone who treat it as DIY mobile PC wannabe but it does a good job finishing some jobs like spreadsheet, internet access and also run just on on 3d tools like Z-modeler. Junky system but usefull.

Tour de Pokimon town.

Well today i suppose to tutor you some car driving tips but i'd like to take five first cause i'm taking some rest after hard cycling on my cross country mountain bike. I manage to take some snapshots above sea level view of my town. If is rendered in 8 bit color it may look like some ala POKEMON city. Above place where i take some snapshots is a perfect place for me to relax and enjoy the scene and breezy wind from the sea. I've been cycling alot around these area and it very romantic if you hit that spot during sunset. Sunday the best, i can enjoy lovely Orange gold plus violet fantasy sunset above the sea and enjoy cool breeze wind up on the highest hill in my hometown MIRI.

oooookeee....today i'm taking my day off and hand off from my modelling tools, so take a break. Maybe tomorrow i'll put some updates on Prototype CD 18.0 models.
But today i'm in the mood telling you some funny stories which i always encounter everyday on my way to work.
You see every day i always go to work on my cute little car (actually it was my mom ideas getting this Mr. Bean car for me. One Red color and another is Violet) Its a 4 seater Daihatsu Mira variant with local facelift kits. Very economical fuel saving car ideal for small city that can slot any small gaps between any roads and can max up to 160km/h.
As a driver for a small car there's alot of funny encounter along the way when you drive on the road especially those kind of expression around the people who drive along beside the road. Just image how do you feel if you're driving a brand new superhourse power BMW, Mercedes, Lexus or other luxury car been dusted/smoked by small cheapo car and if its behind you it still can catch up with you infront of the public 10x times cheaper than your. You sure felt ashame having chased by a small car even you push your expensive horse power to the max....what a shame putting hundred of dollars for supercar been screwed by a small car and yet could catch up at heavy traffic and higways..bwaaahahaahhaaa.
If you're driving this small car you can easily test some driver physcology who drive along near by you.
DRIVER PSYCHOLOGY TEST:

#1. Whenever there is a small car infront of them definately they will try to by pass you or cut the line thinking small car is slower than bigger ones even though the small ones move faster than them.

#2. Small car are annoying to them. They are slow. Powerless. Easily to bully and have no respect due to its value....that's what the bug car owner think of you. Try this one out. If you drive a big car at slow pace and tumble a car that's trying to move out from the side junction definately they will wait you to pass safetly. But if you're on small car and driving fast they don't give a damn and just press the accelerator. So what did i do...yeah hit the gas and make them a day they wont forget.

#3. Small car is like a small fly around you. They just pissed you off. If you driving a small car and try to cut over a big slow moving expensive Mercedes Benz and back into the speeding lane leaving him/her behind you ..later you can see that car will chase you back to gain the actual driving lead and take back the shame of getting dusted by small car. This rich man car behaviour is called "cover shame", it means "My car is not some cheap loser and shall not bow to poors man car" that what's in some every luxury driving have in mind. you may encounter this kind of driver 80% chances in long stretch urban area.

#4. Parking behaviour. 87% percent of small mini car owner will suffer dented doors due to harsh bang by another big car doors regardless the driver or the passenger itself. When they notice they make a dent they won't notify a sorry message yet they walk away with it and say "Ah, cheap car..he can fix it in less than a pack of toilet paper. Small car owner should install Teslas coil if they car about their car...every played Command & Conquer strategy game game?

#5. If there's a traffic jam people will blame the small car that cause the problem even though its the other car that stall infront of it but is a physcological behaviour, its a common sense you'll need to find something weak to blame on.

#6. When driving a small car 70% of the time you will encounter a big car behind you speeding doing the so called "drafting" or bumper to bumper kiss telling you to move over and make way for them event though there a big space on the left or right side to by pass.

Above may be some cons but small car can also have pros and big advantages. Other than fuel efficientcy and space saving size below are few advantages:

#1. Is small width measurement help you do evade heavy traffic. Not only can sip though small gaps but you can also join use the public sidewalk along with jay walker if you're in desperate situation, plus this ca are lightweight and can easily climb over some roadside obstacles. When you do that try pull down the windows and give them a smile to those who stranded in the traffic. You'll sure be invited with some fingers and angry jealous mobs. Laugh all the way bros.

#2. Small car have small turning radius. It handles almost like a Go Kart or mini grandprix car. You can drive anywhere inside the urban building, shopping mall corridor or public recreation park. If you watch the movie "The Italian Job" you'll know how fun it is. Just remember the security guards.

#3. Here some fun part. Most cars will probably try to catch up with you and gain position infront of you to so called "cover shame" or "taking back pride". If this happens keep cool and relax, if the guy behind you giving an impression that he felt insulted by your car for cutting him off give him some taste of your medicine. Try get away from him but at safe speed and distance but if he trying to cut you off from the side and giving and evil grind or some bad expression on you. Keep the speed at parallel rate and look out for another car infront of you. If another car infront of you located at the same side/lane where your opponent trying to cut you out then you're in luck...maintain speed and block em. He or she will back off and return back to kiss and eat some dirt/smokes behind you again. If you keep on doing it on along they way you'll notice the car will back off from you and away from you at slower speed indicating he's losing to you and pretending that "oh, its just some itches on my leg that pressed some gas on the car..why should i bother with small car". I'm sure when he/she get back home she'll get stressed and shame of his/her own car for losing to el cheapo car and yell some nonsense to his or her love ones. For you its fun messing around with peoples mind but remember don't do this often and always make way for ambulance or people who are in needs. Apply this wicked tricks to wicked and ego driver only. Hey don't tell people its me teaching you some bad stuff, use your own judgement. Always drive safe, wear seat belts, check air backm driving licence and remember god and his guardian angels.

Ok lastly i want to tell you some simple drving skills and technique on small cars.
Small cars doesn't have much handling and safety specification like as expensive car does but you can do some "know how to drive skills" on safe level.

1. Small car have lousy braking and cornering, When you brake in the straight line even though its a close range emergency brake DO NOT quickly pull the handbrake. Press the foot brake at 70% but do not totaly 100% lock the brake. Quickly shift "DOWN" the gearbox SEQUENTIALLY at fast pace to provide heavy mechanical engine friction which as a brake when transfer to the wheel. When the speed is at ease the you can press the foot brake at 90% to 100% so that the rubber tyre have time to grip the ground without skidding at high speed lock brake.

2. To slow down at the corner without having to suffer speed loss and speed gain after bypass the corner apply mild braking preasure and let go the brake a bit, use gearbox "DOWN SHIFTING" as your mechanical engine brake. The when the car is at stable cirnering position and the body doesn't tilt much apply the accelerator/gas to gain some speed and momentum when you almost clean the corner.

... need more tips wait for my next post
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Very slow day today as i got stuck on my bed with flu on returning home. Good thing my brain is working as usual just the hand felt heavy for mouse click and dried eyes. So i did some future planing starting this coming month that i should expand my modelling capability to realism approach. As my models getting high polygon and demanding a better graphics to display actual design physic so there's a need for the game graphics to catch up. 4x4evo1 and evo2 are some great games for modelers to expand creativity, i'm planing to add another game into my list, yes you guess it "CRASHDAY" (http://www.crashday.com).
I've made several research about this game, indeed it has several criteria that interest me alot, the game graphics and physics match my taste. The wheels have radial blur effect as it spins, good camera angle like console Ps2 Granturismo, Life like handling, almost CG graphics, great crash and particle effect, lively environment effect......yup, it fits my check list. So far its not yet official that i'll jump into it but i've got enough budget to buy CRASHDAY game CD after i sold of models of custom classic cars to a Canadian client plus extra budget to fix an old computer with good power supply case. I'm also waiting to sell of another truck for my buddy who requested last December, that should give me enough cash for video capturing devices which will be used to record preview of upcoming models and designs....a major plus for vehcile models design publicity. I'll try to roam around down town for the game after i get well soon. yukkk!!...medicines suks.

The hot sun and the flu.

I woke up this morning hoping i could make a move on my hobby and update my website to bling* bling* status. There's something hold me back, head felt heavy, stomach felt like water reservoir, dryed body and watery nose **sniff **sniff. Heck i got flu! Recently o just get back home unpack my stuff and went out again to enjoy outdoors under the sun. It was damn hot and i went cycling without taking any waterbottle to hydrate me along the way so after hours i ended up like dried prunes. So woke up today i got it on the bed. So what i can do now is sleep tight an turn on the videos so i don't get bored. I got few box of tissue alright.

Progress: Rough windows.

Slow progress on Prototype CD 18.0 model. Just shape up a rough windows on the side wall of SUV and planning to partitioned the next day. Its really hard to shape up smooth glass surface for the windows because i have to bend some curve manually by hand since the modelling tools doesn't offer much on "auto curve spline" tools. Think it this job as pure hand made models. As usually this is weekends so mostly i take my time spending quality times playing games, watching videos and listen to music, plus settle some outstation part time jobs for my client. Also my stomach seems to be upset after several tasty prunes which spoil todays modelling mood. Not only that my forum at www.hostedboard.com add another bad hair day to the list. Good thing the chatbox running well to keep my buddies and the gaming community inform about the news and stuff. Weekends not really as good weather as thought to be, gloomy clouds, rains and windy. I plan to ride my mountain bike but mother nature keep everyone stay back at home. By night its really cold and windy. Listening to heavy rain drops on the roof and gushing winds really keep me thrill at sleep as we speak right now. Cold chilling and exciting night for me.

Crashed my forum!

Huuuaaaahhh!! i crashed my own forum when editing the configuation file. Since i can't get into the server and retrieve the backup looks like i have to create anoher one. booo hooo hoooo hooo...... Wait i have anothe one... lets not waste time, lets make one.

Day 2: Molding top sheet

As you can see the top section models started to mold an SUV shape. Still not finalize yet how the top body line and roof would look like. My aim is to design something between Euro American and have import feeling plus conceptual shape of concept 4x4 models. Since my mind boggling which shape it would take I decided to shift the 3d faces and vertices up and down left and right on the 3d modeler view pan to see how much sexy can this vehicle would be…roughly. Its just like swirl a sheet of paper around to come up with an idea once the shape take random form. NEMIXIS also was build this way too..... but this Prototype model CD 18.0 will soon triumph over NEMIXIS CD 12.0 because expected high poly and more complexity without having to depend on texture size. Today I bought some cheap used 2nd hand motors magazine to preview and get some ideas and acquire actual SUV size and measurement of base models so that I wouldn’t ended up building and oversize vehicle like my last models. lol

The making of prototype CD 18.0

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I guess some of you who are modeler knew the so called "Standard way" to build a 3d models of a vehicle. But if you jump into my world and start building one things might not look as expected. You see some profesional modeler start building by setting a layout of blueprint behind the scene and start modelling on top of it. That's why they are good at "REPLICATING" Me? i'm different. I start from a small object called the "ARC". Yup, starting from the fenders. Then from there i mold it like clay and let the hand decide what shape it would come out to be.
Now today you're going to witness realtime and step by step how Prototype model number "CD 18.0" was born. No official name yet given to this model but well give it later after the whole modelling process completed. This would take several days to complete a perfect vehicle model so keep on visiting my website and blog to see what happened during every process.

Todays tools i'm going to use is Z-modeler. Since i don't know how the hell CD 18.0 would look like but i know it would be like an off-roader similar to modern day 4x4 SUV but more toward Concept Design, My brain very clowdy and ambiguous so i'll start making some basic that is create round rods, slice it below to make it an arc as wheel fenders then attach straight sheet of plain polygonm bend on corners and now waiting to see what shape should i mold next on the side walls....what high poly? Yup, my intention going to be high poly. A GPU killer.

Test drive this..

Ahhh..... Today is a very special day.. What? oh....because today all my client works are completely done and my mind are completely set free from stress and burden. Now i can start thinking and continue making some custom models that i always dream of. As usual the further i go into time the higher to polygon would be. High? yup! Luckily i do some parallel working that is since i know i'll be making upcoming truck i've already created a perfect vehicle configuration file *.TRK performance setup sheet for my new offroader so that it wouldn't be such a hassle to make one after the models been completed. Good thing it was tested on my low poly TEST MODELS as shown above. Above? yup...this is my limited and very special models not yet open for download to the public. Yeahh keep on drooling peeps...lol. Ok..ok it will be available soon.

Get back home play RC plane.

Buuuuzzzzzzzz...z.zzz.z.zzz My very affordable RC airplanes simulator. All i need is just an analog Playstation joytick connected to PC via usb adapter and RIPMAX RC Simulator. Good thing this one doesn't spill the nitro and burst into flames. Got this cool game from a local shop and give it a try, very fun and really feels like your standing there alone watching your self fying and do some cool stunt without having to crash real ones. Time to show off some stuff to my buddy "Luke the Dude" at my local website forum. lol

Why drive when you can drift.

Lets..drift! Here something that i would like to tryout everytime i finish building a car or truck. If it drift smooth then its a major success and the setting built approved for fun ride instead of racing. Also see if the drift looks good with the design package. Drift is not about performance racing. Drift racing originated from japan is usually treated as an art of racing style. Like doing variable paintbrush tilting on the painting canvas. An ideal car for drifting usually should have broader body design with rear wheel base much wider than front base. The front should be narrow enough to sharp steer around the corner and quickly grips a perfect drift line. The rear should have wider body to lower the center gravity to avoid the car from tilting rollover sideways thus enough big weight momentum to skid sideways. Thats why any hatchback cars or rear engine exotics can drift much easily because of momentum and inertia store on it rear.

Looking for new ideas.....

Looking for inspiration? I got these cheap motors magazine from Friday special offer book stall. Now looking this new motors trend and understanding the design taste between both Euro, American and Asian import vehicle design. Seems that different country have its own identity of itself. I need to read those cuz somebody ask me to built something that is suits his hometown truck enthusiast. Also in the magazine most designs tend to be plastic feeling. The future is made plastics...where all the good hard aluminum body shell gone to?

Play is good

"All work and no play make jack a dull guy". Yup, all day work keeping me highly under preasure. I have this habit of buying some games but dump it aside after playing for few minutes. Maybe its the adult mentality when you grew old.... tired, lazy, sleepy and no time to play this and that. Everything concentrated on making some income for family and my love ones, so busy with commercial stuff. Usually i always planned to play games whenever i get back home from work thinking all those drooling FPS game, Half-life 2, Splinter Cells, HALO, NFSMW, FIA GTR racing, JANES F/A18 flight sims and etc. But at the end its other way around....i get back home, take bath, iron my shirt, having dinner, 30min watching tv at 8.00pm. 30 minutes later my head started to spin and began to yawn, body getting heavier, eyelids heavy....almost grab those mouse and keyboard but it looks like my distance between my joypad and my hand become to far to reach, the gap become wider and wider. At the end of the day i fail to enjoy some cool games. And as usual i woke up time at 2.00am where i have to brush my teeth, stir some hot coffee and began my part-time work as 3d modeler/artist until the next rooster call at 7.00am...Everyday with my trusty 3d modeler program, Corel and the internet.

Models benchmarking

Today i tryed audit some of the models i've created and benchmark its 3d processing power on my system. Visually the wheel models have reach it polygon limit where so called "visual smooth poly" have reach it peak where polygon count is not much of concern since there nothing to improve on. The current models that i've created called "NEMIXIS CD 12.0 XL-GT" almost killed any 2005 top notch PC spec because its polycount is much heavier than any average models available in any racing games. Looks like all i need to do next on my models is smart polygon management everytime i need to created the next models for end 2006 and 2007 and try to outsmart the default texture size 512x512 in EVO2 on how to make it details without killing the texture space and wasted UV mapping. Check the picture above, NEMIXIS polygon versus the game environment.

Reconnected....finally

Finally my ADSL internet connection is restored, its about time those TMNUT (TMNET company) get my life back in place. Been through tremendous headache for 5 days without internet especially those people trying to reach me for urgent business.
The internet at my office won't help me much of transferring files over ftp and it banned access tp specific site via company proxy because our MIS boss restrict access to unknown site that includes www.blogger.com. Looks like everthing have to be done at home. Anyways good thing i'm back, my hotmail clogs with mails, unreplied forum, un-updated blogs, delays FTP some files and etc. Still my biggest fear is my client who may think i'm Missing In Action for 5 days. Meanwhile my buddy Kevin bought me a simple software for my birthday for me to record in-game scene into standard AVI video capture, it really help alot to recording in-game event since i have some plans for some 4x4evo1/2 video clips. 40GB hardisk space already clear off for video recording swap to record special moment driving on my custom made vehicle. Probably make a cool trailer of up coming off-roader after 5 months soon.

Spank da ISP! Again?!

Once again a day after my broadband internet connection recovered the exchange connection line is down again! since last friday. Till now there no available connection running at my home for 3 days! Shizt! I've contacted this poopy people at TMNUT! (TMNET) http://www.tm.net.my/ for help. Yeah right, called them 7 times a day for 3 days. What are these people are doing, sitting behind munching lunchbox and waiting some hefty customer money in their pocket for free!??! Here some extra links for your FAQ about our ISP http://www.google.com.my/search?hl=en&q=tmnet+sucks&meta= I'm sure my client gone screw me for MIA with some of the modelling project for not being repond some feedback over the net. This afternoon i'm going to their ISP HQ and kick their lazy butt!

Yesterday night drive.

Yesterday after work, i took my time drive around the city find some spot for a good dinner. Found a spot at local cafe. Paid RM 4.50 for a meal which include fried noodles with prawn toppings and cold ice coffee on micro crunched ice. A good time to relax before heading home, while sitting there idle took a sip of coffee while staring outside the glass looking at night stroller with my walkman plugin into my ears. What an adult life i have, wish i could be in my teenage years in college where i can enjoy most of my time playing with my buddies, hit the playstation, PC games or jump on the bike and do some crazy stunts behind hte forest. Ahhhh well, right now it all about time management and work you azzes for some stable income. Once i get back home it, turn on my pc, run my 3d tools and another world in me will light up. At night i have to finish up my models, legal overseas documents, settle foreign tax, sign here and there, check e-mail and do some texture models fix.

I don't MEOW you..zzzz...zzz...zzz

When ever i get back home from work every evening, i always walk around infront of the corridor to greet my cat to say hi.. anyways he took a glance, starring tiger like ego and then turn the other way around and continue its cat nap.
This is my cat...sort of... unlike other cats that i own throughout my life this one is much far different than any other cats. Very "passive". Doesn't even "MEOW" a sound, doesn't socialized with other cats, his best friend is a white stray dog beside the street, doesn't greet or atleast allow us to pat him, try to hide/shy away from us evertime we approach. This cats have long been residence in this house even before we move into our new house (which my family bought abandoned 15 years ago before we get to move in last year) originally occupied temporary by my mother's sister. According to my grandma this cat (we called him "Whyte" due to its Persian white color) was long abandoned by its mother while he was still infant and manage to struggle for living on its own untill adult. So you can see no living things taught this cat how to communicate/socialised with others. Anyways it does do helpful thing like scare off those rats/pesky rodents entering our homes. Despite its physical feature this is much of a rare breed, small tiger like body and face physic with blue eyes. Its really mind challenging to understand what "Whyte" wants since it just stare at you and doen't give any indication and "Meow" any signal. Everyday he just stare outside leanning againts the ceramic floor staring at the yellow/purple dusk sky waiting for something he was hoping or wish for. I guess it really tought me to appreciate life and people around you instead of being lonely and unsocialized. My family always welcome any cats into our house. Its been our long tradition to love cats.

TMNUT!!!

Well this is not the first time i encounter this problem, It happened yesterday when i get back home late evening. Turn on my PC as usual and click to connect to my internet broadband connection. .."Fail to connect".. So i click and connect again..and again... and again ...and again... Shizt! Its been 10 hours now!.. I called the TELEKOM for help service and so far it didn't help me out. Wonder if their cheap China made DSL modem problem or their typical annoyance ISP problem. Usually there alot of internet broadband services breakdown in MIRI city very frequently.... sometimes daily. If you want to know my ISP provide here some FAQ about them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streamyx

Now here the real truth!:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TM_Net

Their serices is the most horrifying and hair pulling. Sometime it takes months to reply you a solution or hands on customer services. Worse they monopoly the telecomunication communication market. STUF services at 1MB/s! They claim the best in ASIA..wut an azz!! I've looses alot of important daily work over the internet cuz of that lazy people behind those comfy desk of blood/money sucking company. Almost all my salary spent on that TMNUT!

Red Morning.

This is the 4th time i wake up much late than my usual wakey time, 6.30am instead of original 5.30am. Not only that i wake up with headache and nosebleed. It didn't bleed realtime but it just reservoir in there when i wake up and spew it in the bath room. Dark reddish blood..ewww. It may be occcur when i was asleep in the midnight, that night felt very hot even with fan and ac turn on all night. I slept as early as 9.30pm a very good practice but ended up over slept. Maybe i shouldn't force myself to continue dreaming and stop hugging my comfy pillow.

Another day in the office.

Another busy day at MIS Dept (Management of Information System). Looks like my friend behind the desk at the programmer section concentrating very hard on their work. The girl way behind (in the picture) likes to eat ice cream while the dude beside her showing the finger is the NINTENDO hardcore fans defends that the new Wii console rocks. I'd say the new upcoming Nintendo Wii will be the next Sega Dreamcast doomsday. Check the Wii preview of its game, you'll notice their game title comes with standard 2 gen polygon.lol. I'm now saving my money for PS3.

Cheapo Hardisk to the rescue.

At last another hardisk for the month of June! This adds to hardisk number 8th that will be stack with another 7 mechanical block under my PC hood. Just now bought this hardisk from my office buddy for half price under 2nd hand status: 80GB HITACHI DESKSTAR, 7200 RPM ATA/IDE hardisk. Suitable to backup most vital work and material used for my modeling development. Storage backup have always been my highest priority ever since i was hit by data losses disaster few years ago....always reminds myself MAXTOR hdd sukz!.
Since early this year January till now my development file have double up to almost more than 80GB and expected to jump up to 140 by end of the year. Most of the files that tooks more space are Corel *.CPT texture files that usually takes max 540MB per files. One models usually have 34 sets of CPT files and each doesn't really fit into any typical CD or DVD disc. Not worth burning backups into DVD unless its a final products.

Time shift.

1st week of June, i received my usual salary, pay bills this and that and by night i stroll around the town relaxing myself at the coffee shop plus a huge meal of KFC. Ahh...alone since no one with me that day. After that went to some toy store around the mall for so called "looking for inspiration" for new models design. Along the way i grab some cold big cone of ice cream and sitting near by the waterfront to calm my mind. What a day...tired after whole day of work in the office because my superior ask me to go around the company and various department for software auditing while another part of my brain thinking what to do next by mid night since i have some on going project to settle. Btw i'm good at time management only just that my body have to tweak up the flexible time shift so i don't doze of at times needed. I get back home by 8.00pm took bath and quickly asleep on my bed. Today i'm trying to change my biological clock since i'm trying to cope with tonnes of work. Usually i sleep at between 11pm or 12am, but now change it to 9.00 and wake at 2am six hours later. This should give me enough time to workout my new models before morning work to the office. I woke at 12.30am, wow! that's way early and feel refresh. Its very silent and peacefull night, perfect time to workout my assignment...nice chocolate biscuit and hours of MP3 to keep me going till morning.

Cracked machine!

This is something that really makes my day even worst, everytime i want to see an output of my models inside the game it crashes, bluescreen, error 00X000, startup error, long beeps, blue screen... and blam ble bla bla, ....Check at bios for CPU tempreature its around 88 degree celcius at boot up.... wtf?!
I've opened my cpu case and checked the CPU placement. Problem detected: The clamp that holds the CPU heatsink to the holding plastic cups cracked! Yup the plastics base cup cracks causing the metal clamping disengage and the heatsink didn't seat firmly on CPU. So i use some steel wire to manually clamp the heatsink forcefully squishing the CPU until i get a new mobo clamping solution. GIGABYTE motherboard manufacturer and COOLERMASTER heatsink should improve the clamping gizmo in the future else i'm gonna put them in the Hall of Lame. Crap... waste my precious time fixing this fag!