Brighter among the stars!

I was playing 4x4evo2 for 2 hours just now after came back from partime work.. then i went outside the corridor house and lay down on the chair look above the sky at night.

Its Aprill!!!...damn it!

I never realise how hard this few days starting last march. It made me realise being grown up in the adult world is really hard than being me few year back....i'd prefer life 10 years backward. Back then i was on 17, life is good its just like those in the teenage comical story book. .. you only have to think just few task you need to accomplised: Study, make friend and play hard. Counting year foward after graduation from university and now standing in the year 2007 my shoulder began to carry heavy burden which once our parents carried for our living sake. Work...work...work...work.. yup money doesn't fall from the sky and money make the world turn around like water flows from waterfall, rivers and into the sea. I wish there would be 48 hours a day...half working for employer for decent salary and half for family and self ambition. I hate the idea of money for everthing in live. I hardly enjoy myself having a slot of time to go out enjoy riding my bike, playing games and meet people...time always full with office jobs and partime work all for money; then pay bills, electric, water, taxes, house hold necessity, car loan, house loan, insurance, medical, food, parents allowance, brother and sister education funding and my study loan that i use in the past. Arrrggghhhh... heavy burden!

I used to read Christian bibles about house Jesus used to live in the days where civilisation was moderate and just enough to live with natural resources live fishing and agriculture. There on part that took my attention in the book "worry nothing, thin nothing on material gains and daily task that burden us, enjoy life and worship...in the after life we will gain what was lost". I wish i was in the same path as Jesus live but nowadays things isn't fair in commercialisation world.

Today is "Good Friday", even after came back from church i still have to go out full filling my part time job on computer task and some graphic work at my contractor place...then i came back home, grab out some hard earn cash from my pocket, then i realised i lost my touch some important things to do than just working my ass for money. I should have spent more times with my family and quality with my friends, all work make me stray away from social activity.

Its been a month without rain right here in my town. The night sky is couldless. The moon shines so bright!! Its beautiful..i can see stars that shines more beautiful than any other days..the stars is like people shines in the dark. I wish i was one of the star which shines much brighter that anyone else and let people below the sky watch me in awe.

Who's cooking this weekend....lame*

My older sister sucks at cooking! man i wish she improve her cooking yet she even complained i did even touch her food for dinner. I hope she didn't invite her boy friend to taste her cooking. Yuk! My cook taste better then her.

SIXTY-7 body shell re-edit.

I made some private test run on track in some of my cousin's PC. He and his sister was watching my designs roam around the track using "Race View" cam in 4x4 EVOLUTION 2 game. It was perfect view like contorlling remote control RC cars. Slowly the audience picking up opinion and hinted that i should improve the frontal nose of the car chasis hood. The say it was a bit long/protruded out wards and feel abit of 90's exotic cars like the days of Lamborghini Countach. The latest design for frontal chasis and hood suppose to be short nosed and flat just like today's TOYOTA VIOS and 2007 HONDA CIVIC which is short and as close to front wheel fender which most real life manufacturer says it much better that way because for car with front located engine should be place behind front wheel instead of sitting above the engine. The wheels serve as extra obtracles or natural impact bumper before reaching the engine thus pushing the engine impact inertia towards the passanger inside the cockpit. Designs must take into account of driver safety too. The above picture the body shell, it is re-improved short nosed SIXTY-7.

Bird attack!

I'm not lucky today, I was cycling racing ahead of the pack try reaching the finishing point first spot. Cycle along the coastal road then suddenly i felt as if little pebble of rock fell on top of my helmet "tap", "tap"!..i peek a little above my lid...hhmmm??...none! So i keep on pedalling and then "tap!", "tap!"....peek up and i see a white wing flew pass by and made a back turn in a dash...hmmm??.. I keep on pedalling a few meters and there's go again..."tap!" tap!"...a bird flew pass above my head and do some roll barrel 360 up and down sweep in attacking position aim towards my white helmet at high speed! ....WTF!!!....so i accelerate like made fear it would break through the lid and crack my cranium skull. .....I can still hear the bird wings flapped above me like wild! "Shuuuu!! you mad bird! git off! @$%$#^#$". I was like pedal to the metal at high speed until i reached the finishing point and took sharp cornering into Esplanade lot near the beach meeting up with the remaining mountain biker at the parking lot. I braked infront of them and made a big huuufff puuffff breathing. I was like " Did you see that?!"..."See wut?!" the replied. A few minutes later came another of our riding buddies from Poland......."Mad bird! mad bird! wut a wanker!" He was earing a white helmet too..i get it now.

OMG! I'm lazy bumm!

I think i absent minded this month, I forgot to update my blog and check my mail for important request and some stuff. Glad i've checked today and replied to the sender, some are important ones including 3d projects and agreements. Wheww!, glad i've checked that out. Sorry if some of you out there waiting for my e-mail reply. I guess getting as old as 28 can get your brain slow mo like my grand parents.
Some good news is that more and more people grab some of my designs for their productive project including making mods, 3d game development and also fun simple 2d games. I'm really exciting and thankful to those guys who are really supportive an interested in my models. It really make me wanna make more for them. Awesome!

Slack day at models

March! Its march! Omg! This month of march I should get my butt working. Talk about way behind schedule I completely blank minded about SIXTY-7 model. I need to UV map some mirrored body parts in Z-modeler to make left and right side of the car looks synchronized in appearance. On the other I’ve receive a request from female fans propose a special request to ask me to make a special SIXTY-7 with pale pink, pearl white and golden gold lace color theme…..a cute side feeling of the car. As for me I’ll just put it aside first and see if I have enough time slot to built those after completing the original SIXTY-7 models.

Beneath the sunset.

I’ve gone cycling today evening, unlike everyday sunny weather today is much special day. Me and my buddy cycle anti clock wise on our usual route follow along where the wind blows and not against it. Its was not a fast ride we used to cycle like athletes but instead we did an easy ride, pedal easy on the crank and slow down on the speed to enjoy the scenery as wind blow to our face as we stroll along side the coastal path. It was sunset by the time we cruise along the coastal beach, the sun sets down in golden orange color flashing the sea in golden liquid. I release my hand from my handle bar and let it steer freely as my hand wave up into the air and I gaze up into the sky. Wow! Its beautiful…..way up I see a cloud formation pointing and drift towards the sun. It looks like a column of giant floating island of heaven with trails of mini golden shaded clouds forming stairway up to the peak of the heaven’s summit. Just below the cloud it looks like some dusty trails blown like big cotton wool underneath the floating island just like scenes from dust storm from Sahara desert. The back ground sky is all golden orange + pink violet atmospheres. A sight to be holds and inspired….exotically wonderful moment to experiences the scene that comes once in a blue moon. I’m really proud and lucky to be born outdoor type of man and born life outside the box. I wish I could duplicate those moment and clone those environment inside 4x4 EVOLUTION 2 driving experience. It does reminds me like being inside the game’s stock track AUTUMN LEAF as shown in the picture above.

Latest updates for 4x4EVO2 game.

One down few more to go, yup! i've just added extra work on 4x4 evolution 2 UI (user interface) modification. Few set of UI from variable themes already uploaded into my website ready for download plus UI patch, tutorials for those who wants DIY (do it yourself) UI making. Yesterday i manage to make 8 sets of UI and expected to break it till 12 sets plus Luke's LEGO based theme to support his track making mods. After getting all 12 up there then i'll procede with sounds, decals and tweak up possible scripts to change the feel and sights on game UI...make the game feel more new rather stick 5 years on boring interface. As for yesterday work updating website and upload all my works it really worn me up till 3.00 am. Its been a while i haven't stretch my finger on keyboard and mouse on web updates which now make me feel like old man and slo mo when waiting my file to be uploaded into webserver....yeah 3 websites taking care of really test my level of boredom while waiting it to finish FTP. For the first time custom made DODGE RAM 1500 appear on scene at my web frontpage twisting and drooling the mind of visitors and fans of 4x4evo1/2 community...mind boggling no more guys because the ride only to be available as item for treasure hunt event in the future. Tonight i have to stuff i need to work on reconfigure my bike and work out on Luke's custom UI sets and 2 of my pesonal UI touch. Yum! yum!

HEAVEN vs bike tube.

Today is Ash Wednesday, a day that i should go to church by 5.30pm (compulsory). But few hours earlier at 2.00pm i sneak out for mountain biking ride to nearby rocky trails and some downhills track under super bright cloudless blue sky and super hot sunny weather. Flew here, jump here and there. With all those fun i have I have funny feeling that i would missed my church attendance,lol. Few miles ahead i made a huge leap down from the top of the ridge and landed on two wheels with front tyre pinch flat at bright sunny afternoon at 4.00pm. I pulled out my spare tube which recycled from previous pinch flat with few patch of glue to fix the hole and stuff it back on the wheels while the broken tube put back into my bag. I pumped the tube and the tyre back to full air..yipeee!! Then a few rolls it punture again..so i pulled out the tube and checked...stupid little torn stab the tyre, pulled it out and throw away..repatched and pumped. A few roll and suddenly a hissss of air leaked out, pull out the tube again and checked...the old glue patch peeled, i renew the patch and slap a new glue patch...pumped the air again. So i roll the the tyre...it was full and ready to go. Few minutes and meters away rolling my tyre again flat to ground zero...again i pull out the tube and checked where the air leaked, this time its the opposite side of the tube area with on old previous patch peeled off again. So back to step 1 and pumped. A few roll...flat...pull out tube...patch..pumped.., A few roll...flat...pull out tube...patch..pumped..A few roll...flat...pull out tube...patch..pumped..A few roll...flat...pull out tube...patch..pumped..
Arrggghhh!!! its 4.45pm! Why this happen to me....this tube sucks! ...thinking back and look back up into the blue sky i smiled and say "If you can hear me LORD please make this tube works so i can get back riding back home and in time for Church....i'm going back for YOU".
This time i pumped and the tyre back to full air. Roll few meters and stop for few minutes to hear any air hissing for leak....nope. So i cycle way down the steep hills and through bumpy technical trails and off to home. Reached home at 5.00pm super fast. Put my bike into my room and took bath..then do this and that, took my car keys and...wait check my bike tyre....its flat! ..."thanks LORD, i think i got YOUR message loud and clear".. and so off to the church i go.

Working on mini tutorial on 4x4evo 2 UI and patch.

Ok, i've been working for more than 3 days setting up tutorial to implement changes on 4x4EVO 2 UI (User Interface) changes and user can mod it plus made few patch to make it possible for user to make themself custom made UI. Work still in WIP and expected to finish off by Saturday. Messy work on HTML editing for tutorial purposes...actually i hate html editing...waste but hey, save me headache from incoming noobs. Hope to see it available at my website by this weekend.

Catching up with everyday events..

uh oh!...damn i haven't put any updates on my blog and also on my websites. Sorry being lame with no news about what happening around my work desk. Just like i in previous week, February is my break time....the sun, the winds, blue sky and hill top..every afternoon. At night it my payckeck hours. Sunday xtreme day and etc....phewww...i really missed 3d modeler work. Well a lot of things happen back few weeks since my last updates recorded in here.

1. Congratulation to my sister for getting 1st prize for 21 inch plasma TV
2. Nuggets every Sunday morning…….i feel sick. I hope I’ll cook better one next months.
3. Night shift is bad for health… I hope I could get better part time jobs on computer.
4. After a months of dark cloudy and gloomy rainy day finally last Saturday sunshine break through and welcomes the blue sky and white clouds. Good thing my bike don’t have to swim through the monsoon flood no more.
5. Clothings stay dry.
6. Friends offer cheaper bike parts.
7. More urban bike jumps every weekends, public and cars stay alert.
8. Watch more anime episodes than working on my 3d models.
9. TV boring, Pc rocks.
10. Office work is boring, I don’t think human can evolve by confining them self behind the desk.
11. WTF these mosquito come from every nights?…sheeeesssshhh!!
12. Fast internet connection…..i guess our local ISP fixed their bandwidth after earth quake hit Asia months ago.
13. Try spend $2.00 below everyday so I could save up on bike upgrades and computer gadgets purchase.
14. Valentine is a lonely day…

Also I would like to send my heart felt condolences to our mountain biking buddy Mr Gilbert who’s his wife past away instantly after involve in tragic road accident and his son suffer broken leg on Sunday 11tth February. It was shocking for us and traumatic for Gilbert to face such news about his love ones. I also saw news and picture on the local paper….that was horrible sideways impact on the car, driver’s door heavily knocked out again a tree. I hope that Gilbert and his surviving children will stay strong and live on a normal life and may his wife be remembered in beautiful memories and seek peace and happiness in the heaven.

Blue sky!

Finally the rainy seasons is over! Its been two days and the sky is so blue, the night sky sparkle twilight stars and yes! Reward myself full days outddoors on two wheels. Don't worry! i haven't ditch my 3d work aside in the corner... i'll be back active on 3d stuff soon :D

Cold breezy rainy day.

A kilometer away the sound of wave pounding the sandy beaches much louder and noisy that ever. The wind seeps into the door howling push cold wind into my house. The weather have been very cloudy and rains heavily very ofthen in the morning...which spoils my plan to go out for mountain biking both yesterday and this gloomy Sunday morning. I been munching lots of calories in the morning...egg, nuggets and sausages hoping i could burn them for noon activity..well postponed tomorrow so keep it under the skin. The whole day i'm on PC playing Ripmax Radio Control Simulator and checkout some files for 4x4evo2 games..let say house cleaning the files. I wish tomorrow will be a brighter day.

Day 2: take a break..have a kit kat...watch anime.

Since this week and forth will be a week break away from 3d modelling tools and task every night i spent some times watching some collection of anime episode that i've been keeping for long time. After night shift and get back home... i pull out disc of episodes from 'Chrono Crusade' to keep me entertained. Tonight i supposed to watch episode 14 and 15. It was great but not as good as AKIRA movie. Watching anime is a great activity for me,... pull out some great stuff to watch help me refresh my brain. My brain kinda like VCR recorder...as i watch i actually record back into my brain and put the into sequential library of movie so i can remember back and rewind the movie and play back again whenever i go...that's memory power! Whenever i feel boring i just recall back those episode and movie enjoy as if jump into virtual world and be part of it.

Enjoyable weeks.

Ouch! man...thing going pretty slow as snail around here especially on the design developemtn side... i also forgot to update my blog to tell you guys updates on 4x4evo1/2 and some designs for our gaming and modelling community. Its been weeks i haven't blog some updates but i think those weeks should be rewarding for me to get my burden on designs and models off my shoulder. Those weeks i spent more times with my family, friends, pc games and finish up some collection of anime episodes behind the desk. I manage to get special part-time work on graphics design for my friend's father company at night which explain why i didn't have much time to pop-up with updates on my blog so soon.... late at night i pretty worn out and doze to sleep...z.zzz..zzz...zzzz. Made some good cash and spend on upgrading my bike and put aside some few for February special day....emmmmm!!.
January and February 2007 will be my breaking month to cool myself down and enjoy my life before i head back on the drawing board. Btw i was thinking dumping some parts from SIXTY-7 like wheelsets and part into my website download section as an advance. I haven't decide yet but i need to arrange suitable time slot to make it available in pairs. Wheeewwww! what a week!..

Toy from the past.

A toy from the past. XCALIBUR...a replica of my kiddy minded dreams. Still it was my best lightweight 3d models and well enjoyed dune buggy vehicle models. Just this evening i was trying it our for a ride around the Autumn tracks, it rolls over through any terrains flawlessly in 4x4evo2 sims. Back then in real world,my uncle used to have an Radio Control buggy almost jut like this. When i was a kid he used to live round my house and his room fill of models from Radio to mini scaled plastic kits. My eyes caught on his RC buggy collection which he used to bring it out and let it sprint around the sandy track infront of our house. Playing Radio Control models was expensive hobby back then. As a kid i can only watch him control this mini wonder round and round the track which attract much crowd nearby. I remember having to drool all over the shopping window glass which housed a big box of R/C models of "TAMIYA Super Sabre" and "TAMIYA Boomerang" pretty expensive for a kid like me.
But now i'm grow older and no need for real thing to be in my hands, i can always have on virtually and share with others thanks to 3d modele tools and 4x4evo2 sims, with race cam view and PS2 via PC to USB adapter i feel like kid again...my my 20 years went by so fast!

Dream of wonders.

I had a dream...
Was driving in a car, the cockpit was very wide in width, two seater type everthing covered in dark leather covers, seated in a very relaxed nap posture type chair with leg reaching the accelerator almost straight vertical level with the chair. I can see the hood of the car dark high polished violet dual tone in pearl essence color viewable through very aero slanted windshield. I was driving into the office compound reversing the car into parking lot. Then in few second i passed out and awake....wondering why i had such dream. Anyways violet color car isn't my choice of color even if to put it into my designs. Wonder what was all about.

Ride to the edge.

I crashed a lot on mountain biking this week after tryout few steep downhills and some wheelie jumps, on the scene: all around me are hills, valleys, rocky slope, cliff and stalagtite type terrains with deep gap way down below. Its just me and my bike jumping around gripping every corner of terrains, balance through narrow slippery rocky trails and hop/leap over the biggest possible obstacles. Sometimes i slipped crashed, fly over bar and land head first, side ways, and even worse grab dear life at the edge of the cliff 6 storey high after almost slip at the end of the cliff. Damn i was lucky to be alive. Back on my feet looking down the ravine i was wonder was if i did down there..... That's the price i have to pay for going into extreme sport,exciting but risky. There's an important lesson i can learn being at the edge of between life and death: You'll appreciate your life much more than you ever experience and felt before...every minutes is meaningful and no rules govern and restrict your freedom. heh! i felt good! I should do again everyday. Live strong.

Pocket burner day.

I burn lots of budget today, spent mostly on bike maintenance.....its necessary. Part worn out badly mostly on drive trains, gear shifts, and traction system. Gobble more than half of my salary. Some parts have to be order from overseas which costs a lot since my bike can only be fitted with special custom parts. I'll have to wait 4 days until the bike is up. Anyways no regret for that because such investment worth benefit for my health, fitness and trouble free pleasure since i'm an adventurous dude. Actually i suppose to get a Playstation Portable (PSP) today but our local SONY shop stop ordering due to lack of customer response and less game titles available for PSP. I'll stick to my trusty NGAGE this time..again.

Happy New Year! Good bye 2006, welcome 2007!
Wishes all 4x4evo1/2 community, 3d modeler, gaming fans and all my friends a happy new year and may all the wishes and dream this year and after be a successfull and prosperity for those who have the will to achieve their goals and success.
Well for me i hope i could expand my work with ideas outside the box, plus putting 3d models into more realistic approach to real world demand hence my moto " bring design closer to reality" as pronounced 6 years ago. Also i'll be concentrating more into getting people gather around and enjoy online together for an adventure ride this mid. I hope the server will be around to host our adventure 4x4 simulation drive. With site, forum,chats and stuff in the community i hope i could these community into real virtual driving community via 3d simulated environment just like the Matrix with common interest; car, trucks and track. Let's go!