Bahrain F1 Grand Prix 2007 Winner

14- 15th April 2007

1. Felipe Massa, Ferrari, 1:33:27.515


2. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, + 2.360


3. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, + 10.839


4. Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber, + 13.831


5. Fernando Alonso, McLaren, + 14.426


6. Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber, + 45.529


7. Jarno Trulli, Toyota, + 1:21.371


8. Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault, + 1:21.701


9. Heikki Kovalainen, Renault, + 1:29.411


10. Nico Rosberg, Williams, + 1:29.916

Congratulations to Ferrari!!!!!

1st Experience of F1

Last week on the 7th and 8th of April 07, I went to the F1 race at Sepang. It was a first experience for me to watch this race and the first time too that I went to the Sepang Circuit. Well, it was a truly great and superb experience for me as I managed to view the qualifying race in the Grand Stand, but for the race day, I viewed it from the covered roof sitting. The ticket price for Grand Stand sitting is RM1200, and I managed to sit in front of the Ferrari and McLaren paddock. Don’t worry, I didn’t purchase the ticket, or else I will be broke, but I “borrowed” it from a friend who got extra ticket on the qualifying day. Parking fee near the main entrance alone cost RM150 and there were 5 of us in one car. From the main entrance, I need to walk around 10-15 minutes under the hot red spicy sun to the gate entrance.

Along the way, many F&B stalls and F1 merchandise stalls had been set up. The set lunch is standard, RM25 while drinks such as Coke and small mineral water is RM5. Many Ferrari supporters were here as everywhere you look, you can see red colour. The red hot sun didn’t damper their interest. After showing the ticket, I went to find the sitting of the ticket number. It was a good sitting as it was in front of the of the two famous team paddock, Ferrari driven by Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa and McLaren driven by Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton. Qualifying starts at 2 pm. I need to use the ear plug due to the sound is super maximum. It was a great race, as I managed to watch the pit stop of both Team Ferrari and McLaren and Ferrari Massa managed to take over McLaren Alonso at the last remaining qualifying time to take the pole position. Kimi Raikkonen took the 3rd position while Hamilton in fourth. Another driver which has many local supporters due to the involvement of Petronas as the, BMW Sauber F1 premium partner, Nick Heidfeld managed to get the 5th position.

For the race day, my ticket is for covered sitting RM150. Parking ticket is RM50 under the palm oil tree and need to walk for about 10 minutes to the gate entrance. Since we (me and a few friends) already knew we can’t bring any food or drinks, we decided to smuggle a few mineral water in and we easily managed to do it. Mission accomplish. After they check our ticket, we look for a comfortable spot and managed to find one in front of a so called big screen. So, we spread the mat, joking around and wait for the race to start at 3pm. Once the race start, everybody was making noise here and there to show their support o their favourite team. We wait and waited until 56 laps to finish which finally had been won by McLaren Alonso. What disappoint me was Raikkonen didn’t manage to beat Alonso and Massa drops form 1st place to 5th place. Another driver which has many local supporters due to the involvement of Petronas as the BMW Sauber F1 premium partner, Nick Heidfeld managed to get the 4th position.

Malaysian F1 Grand Prix 2007 Winner

8 April 2007 - 56 Laps

1. Fernando Alonso, McLaren-Mercedes, 1:32:14.930

2. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes, +17.557

3. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, +18.339

4. Nick Heidfeld BMW , +33.777

5. Felipe Massa, Ferrari, +36.705

6. Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault, +1:05.638

7. Jarno Trulli, Toyota, +1:10.132

8. Heikki Kovalainen, Renault, +1:12.015

9. Alexander Wurz, Williams-Toyota, +1:29.924

10. Mark Webber, Red Bull-Renault, +1:33.556

2007 F1 Driver and Team List

Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa (Ferrari)

-I used to hate Kimi when he was with McLaren and competed
with Schumacher, but now, he is the best for Ferarri. Go Ferrari Go.

Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton (McLaren)

Giancarlo Fisichella and Heikki Kovalainen (Renault)

Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber)

Nico Rosberg and Alexander Wurz (Williams)

Ralf Schumacher and Jarno Trulli (Toyota)

Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello (Honda Racing)

David Coulthard and Mark Webber (Red Bull)

Vitantonio Liuzzi and Scott Speed (Toro Rosso)

Takuma Sato and Anthony Davidson (Super Aguri)

Adrian Sutil and Christijan Albers (Spyker)

Buah Keluak

As a Peranakan@Babanyonya, I believe many of us know about the existing of this so called fruit or nut or er......whatever it is called......Buah Keluak. The Peranakan uses these nuts to cooked one of the sought after special delicacies, called Ayam Masak Buah Keluak. Not many people knows how to eat this nut, some may like it and some may totally don't like the nut taste. Even some Peranakan is not familiar with this nut and don't like it too. My mum usually get it from the Pasar Borong or Wet Market, but i am not sure whether this fruit is available at Tesco, Carrefour and etc. It's around Rm9 per pack for 20 nuts.

Buah Keluak nuts come from the Kepayang tree or Pangium edule which is found only in the forest of Indonesia and certain parts of Malaysia. Buah Keluak is a black or dark brown nut from and about the size of and shape of flattened golf ball or Brazil nut. Almost every part of this tree and fruit are poisonous and in fact extract from the crushed seeds can be used to make poisoned tipped arrows. The reason for this is that the plant material is rich in cyanide or prussic acid. To prepare the seeds, they are often buried underground coated in ashes for as long as 40 days, then boiled and cleaned. This process should remove the poisons. However, to be safe, it is recommended that before cooking, please soak the Buah Keluak over-night (my mum soaked it for about one week) in a bowl of water and then, wash it.

After is it soaked and washed, it is used to cook a dish called Ayam Masak Buah Keluak. This dish is simply superb delicious and I am sure, once you try it, you’ll want it for more. You can get it easily at a Babanyonya or Peranakan Restaurant, but it is a bit expensive from other dishes. Anyway, restaurant cooked Ayam Masak Buah Keluak simply can’t match my mum’s cooking. I give 5 + 1 star to my mum's Ayam Masak Buah Keluak.

Funny Malay Pantun

Heard this poem while watching P.Ramlee movie.
Forgot the tittle d, but it was a funny movie.

Kalau sudah suka sama suka,
Tentulah dah tak kenal botol kicap dan botol cuka,
Peduli apa mak dia tak suka,
Apa, dengan mak dia kah kau nak bernikah?

hepy berthday to me

21st Feb 2007- i am 27 and it falls on the 3rd day of Chinese New Year.

Thanks to all my buddies that arrange the cake for me.

From left standing:- Tony, Jane, Teena, Heng, Le Le, Ros (not sure how to
spell her name..sorryar...), Luke Skywalker, Father John Sek

Mencangkung:- Vincent, Ijay, Teng, Chin a.k.a. Cicakman

Fat Sam Finally Bow to Wenger

Apart from the Valentine Day on the 14th Feb, there was also a football FA Cup match between Bolton and visitors, Arsenal. The result was perfectly completed my Valentine Day. Arsenal, after misses so many chances to win comfortably, finally won against their so called bogey team with the score of 1-3 after extra time.

This game was really exciting and tremendously increases my adrenalin level for the whole 120 minutes. The score was a magnificent result for Arsenal, who last year was beaten by them at Reebok Stadium for the English Premier League game.

Bolton manager, grumpy old fat Sam, Sam Allardyce finally has to bow to genius Wenger, who fielded two young center midfield together for the first time, Denilson and Diaby. They perform well and truly fit the philosophy and vision of Arsene Wenger to create a team of Wonder kids.

For me, this result can be considered as a double valentine celebration. Apart from having a nice wonderful steamboat with my girlfriend, this result completed the perfect celebration.

Happy Valentine Day

I wish A Happy Valentine Day To My

girlfriend,

my family,

relatives,

best friends,

friends and to all my colleagues.

GONG XI FA CAI

Another 6 days to go before the Chinese celebrate Chinese New Year Festival. This year is the year of PIG. What so good about PIG year? Not sure, but if I can eat and sleep every time without doing hard work like the PIG, then this would be better. Halo, you dreaming kah?

This time, I had to work until this coming Thursday and then back to Melaka on that same night. Only have 2 days to prepare before 18th Feb Xin Nian.

Just want to wish my family, my relatives, my colleagues and my friends a happy and prosperous Chinese New Year.

My Doggy Dog Poppy

Here’s the picture of my dog.
He has a nice fur and a strong body build up.
He would run wild once I let him out of the cage.
To ask him back into the cage, all I need to do is to throw a piece
of any kind of food into the cage and he will automatically jump into it.

1st Working Day of 2007

Today, 4th Jan 2007, Thursday is my first working day of the year 2007.
My company(how i wish), SONY EMCS KL TEC give their workerd extra
day off due to 1st day of school year. I believe many parents happy,
as they can prepared their children for their 1st day of school.

2007- Where It All Begins

2;38 am, Wed

2 days had been gone since year 2006. It has been a great year for me.
Why? I feel like i am more enjoying my life last year.
This is the most important for me. Work hard and smart, but play hard.
My relationship in my social circle is improving too.

2007- I hope it will be even more great than 2006.
I turn 27 this year and will have 3 years before i turn to 30.
It's not impossible to become a millionaire in 3 more years.
If luck is with me, who knows. 27 years old makes me more mature
and more responsible. No more underage thinking.
"With great powers, comes great responsibility"- I like this quote.
I would like to take more responsibility and work hard to achieve all
my dreams. Dreaming alone would not help me, but i must make sure that
I'll work harder. But remember, sometimes a dreamer is not a loser.

I need to save more money in this year.
Must do my own budget and must control my spending.
Need to cut down all the unnecessary buying and reduce certain
entertainments. More money more happy. Hope that I'll be
health -free by exercise more often and have a balance diet.
No more frequent nasi lemak or roti canai or supper. Wow, this items
are monstrous food. Bad for health, but good to eat.
How i wish i can restrain myself from all the Malaysians food that
surrounds me...tahan, sabar, sabar...tahan..telan air liur....heheheh
Anyway, i look forward myself in 2007 and hope it brings me the bestest luck.

Goodbye 2006, Hello 2007.
May god bless me............

Happy New Year 2007

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2007

May all the dreams come true in this year.
All we need is work a bit more harder and most of all, luck.....
I feel my luck is good on 2007.
Wish my family, my relatives and all my friends a good and
prosperous new year.

Good-Luck

Today, 29th Dec is the last working day of my two colleagues.
They are Miss Ooi and my Arsenal kaki, Mr.Nicholas.
Wish them all the best in fullfiling their dreams and carriers.

How To Eat a Christmas Cookies!

This cookie was given to me and my gf by my close fren a.k.a colleague Kah Peng and bf, Bento as a Christmas gift. I think i know from which shop they bought it, but i forgot the shop name, maybe The Bakers Cottage. Please refer to the photo on how i consumed it...Actually to be honest, i didn't consumed it fully, but err....er.......sorry, the Majlis Perbandaran Nilai took it away.

Kau Tim- each piece consumed a little bit in 5 seconds, the rest is history.....

Merry Christmas 2006

Merry Christmas

to all Malaysians and the world citizens.
How i wish i can be somewhere in Switzerland or London where the
snow falls heavily.
Perhaps it wily come true one day.
Need to work hard man.....

Heavenly Bali

Having a 4D3N trip to Bali from 3rd until 6th September 2006.
Package by AirAsia that includes accommodation.
This was my major trip in 2006.
Was thinking about Bali too long before finally make the move.
Manage to find a good tour package with a good driver and a
good tour guide. OMG- it's too cheap. Rm82 per day. Entrance
ticket and lunch provided. They even open the car door for
you everytime you stop somewhere. Eveything's perfect and
wonderful. Thinking to go again somewhere in 2007.
Beer is cheap, but not for the food, which is moderate price.
Below is the picture which i took and i like it.
Was in front of the Hard Rock Cafe, which was been hit by a bomb
somewhere a few months ago.

Special Strawberry Mooncake

The Mooncake Festival is long time over.
This year it falls on the late of September until middle of October.
I guess it's too late for me to blog about this, but I just want to share a picture of a nice and soft Mooncake that I have ever eaten.

The filing is made from yam and with strawberry topping. For me, this is the best Mooncake that I have ever eaten. Not too sweet, but just nice and ngam ngam according to my taste. Unfortunately, I can’t remember who is the maker of this Mooncake. But next year, I guess, when there is a will, there will be a way to find this Mooncake.

Why No Blog So Long

Hello all,

It has been a long time since I wrote something in my blog. Just don’t have the feeling or I can say, lazy to write and post something here. The last post was on September and today, I feel the energy and passion to write something. Maybe it’s due to I am too free today and got nothing to do at work. Don't get misunderstood- too free doesn’t mean l have no work, but I settled all my outstanding work for today. Tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, different task will find me. Since I have the time today, why not I just post something to past my time and for 5:30pm to come.

Today, I am happy cause there will be a UEFA Champions League football match between the one and only my favorite team Arsenal, who will be against Porto. This match is very important to both teams. Defeat to any of the team, means out of the last 16 round (2ns Stage) and draw means both team qualified. I hope my team can defeat them, but dif it is a draw, then no problem.

Lately, my mind always think of holiday and vacation. This happen since I came back from the Penyu Trip. Went to Penang on September and on November, went to Bali. Next year onwards, I promise to myself, each month must go to somewhere or do something like camping, jungle trekking or etc. Plan …plan and plan…..spend money..spend money….no saving…no saving.. hahaha Chow………….