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4.30am on a cool, damp November morning and its cold and dark, and I reach out to punch the button on my alarm clock to cut off the buzz and I stretch a bit, shivered a little as I get out of bed and into the bathroom for a splash of cold water and it hits my face like a sheet of small sharp needles, bam! and I wake up a little more, curse a little more and I ask for coffee, make it strong

Cant embed the photo. Looks like a beached whale...one Hell of a lump of Lubber Blubber. http://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/...620-354157.html AsiaOne Wednesday, Jun 20, 2012 SINGAPORE - Passers-by were shocked when they saw a man lying stark naked outside Somerset MRT station yesterday afternoon. Pictures sent in to citizen journalism website Stomp show a man who appears to Chinese lying face down on the empty grass patch opposite the station entrance. Stomp contributor and eye-witness Mrbz said he believes the man is a cleaner at the MRT station. He said he saw the man drinking Tiger beer in the cleaners' room facing the skate park earlier in the day at about 4pm. "I saw many beer bottles inside the room," he said. What happened next shocked him as the Chinese man then went outside into the open to shower himself in beer and strip naked. He was later caught by the police about 10 minutes later.

I don't start topics very often but just came across this link which I thought I'd share. http://www.openculture.com/2015/12/simple-sabotage-field-manual.html So apparently it's about a declassified CIA/OSS manual from 1944 and it's hilarious at how many of the point can be found existing in our workplaces of today. You can even download the pdf manual from the CIA website: https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2012-featured-story-archive/simple-sabotage.html Managers and Supervisors: To lower morale and production, be pleasant to inefficient workers; give them undeserved promotions. Discriminate against efficient workers; complain unjustly about their work.

Another one for the 7th month files. I wonder how this happened? Suicide? Spontaneous human combustion? Unfortunate smoking accident? A woman's charred corpse was found at the Ceylon Sports Club at Balestier Road yesterday morning. According to Lianhe Zaobao, an eyewitness last saw her on fire at 11.50am, when she fell onto the grass. The Singapore Civil Defence Force was alerted to the incident and rushed to the scene, but she had already died, reported the Chinese daily. After her body was removed, the silhouette of her scorched body remained on the grass. Six women and one man later appeared at the scene, and one of the women who was middle aged and wearing a yellow sari had to be helped to her feet by the others. The group later went to a nearby HDB estate and met a young man.

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IT GONNA BE TIME FOR A FIELD TRIP FOR ALL YOU OVER GROWN YOUNG BOYS!!!!!!!!!!!.... This field trip can consist of... (besides the main objective).... *car wash (but of course)... *makan session (chinese (Bak ku teh) or malay (Nasi Lemak) or restaurant (jap buffet) or watever... *can visit a car workshop look see look see do service/alingment/or watever if hv time... as this is no hurry... nothing to rush about doing it... we shall try to fix a time when we all can... SO PLACE YOUR VOTES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Did anyone see this petition? Online petition

http://www.temasekreview.com/2011/04/05/on...lded-in-an-smc/

With the COE boomz , wonder if the show room is crowded or not this weekend? Anyone went car shopping this weekend care to share?

What do you guys think of army field rations? Maybe I have bad taste but I quite like it. The fruit bar and green bean is nice. The chicken curry tastes the same as canned chicken curry. The only disgusting meal is the savoury rice. That slimy and heavy rice packet can be used as a weapon to slap people. What's the most exotic field rations you have ever eaten? I don't suppose there is a beef steak meal? I heard that in America, they have dried field rations to save weight. In an emergency, you can use your own wee wee to rehydrate the food. You all dare to eat?

Saw on the newspapers about PM having their public CNG test drives for over 20 models...any report from those who were there??

OK last night went into JB for petrol fill up. Then decided to run around the place to look for CNG stations. Tampoi Utama is already known. It is a single CNG filling pump island in a Petronas station. Nothing special. This one is easy to get to. However, from the Malaysian NGV community, there is one off Jln Datin Halimah near Larkin. Users of the station reported great gas pressures with it. So much so the JBers call it NGV Sentral. For the uninitiated, CNG fill up is all about pressure. There are two kinds of systems in place. There is the direct from gas main, pass through filter, then dryer then into compressor and into storage tanks and finally into the dispenser. Then there is the mother-daughter station. This is when the CNG tanker rolls up, fills up the storage tanks with gas via a compressor. Logic will tell you the type from gas main has the best pressure. Well, the mother-daughter type can have good pressures too depending on the compressor but if the tanks are empty, there is low pressure. So actually, the more you pay for the fillup = more pressure = more gas = stuffed your tank like Christmas turkey = good = more driving range before next fillup. Very different from petrol. The Malaysian NGV community did complain that when mother-daughter stations are empty, you can fill only RM1.00 of gas which only see you a couple of km to your dismay. The one off Jln Halimah is the type that is from the gas main. Same type as the one building on Toh Tuck. The Mandai and Serangoon ones I heard are mother-daughter setup. So unlike petrol station, fill up when you see a tanker just pull out of the station for a mother-daughter station. So here I went galivanting into JB looking for this station. It is called the NGV Station. (duh!) according to the Petronas directory. So I traveled along the highway (Abdul Razak?) that goes towards Larkin. Exited the highway and went into Jln Datin Halimah. I traveled as far as I could but could not find it. It was listed as being on Jln Petaling. So I turned in there and went as far as I can and ended up in a bus depot! Mind you, it is damn dark. So I came out. Asked some locals and they said it is at the BP station at the end of Jln Halimah. OK so I came out and found the BP or rather BHP station. To the uninformed, BP in Malaysia has given up retailing petrol and transfered their stations to Boustead who now markets the petrol as BHPetrol. BH as in Boustead Holdings. I still can't find the NGV Station! OK I gave up so I pumped petrol at the BHP station. Ah! sweet RON92 from BHP. This is my first time using it. Hmmmm..... EM of Malaysia colors their RON92 red. BHP colors it green. Then I noticed red JB taxis pulling in and pumping up their tires only! They didn't even stop for petrol. I went towards a cab driver to ask him where the famed NGV Station is. Immediately as I approached, I "heard" the near silence of his engine. CNG converted confirmed! He told me it is behind the BHP station. I was perplexed because I don't see anything behind the station. So got into my car wondering what he meant by behind. Then I saw a taxi turn into the BHP station but not actually turning in. There is a small road beside the BHP station entrance. So I followed it in and was rewarded by the NGV station. The taxis were lining up but the fill up looks fast because the pressures are higher. I stopped and went in for a look. There are 3 filling islands and fills 6 taxis in a go. A taxi driver asked what he can help me with, I told him I was visiting and acquainting myself with CNG in Malaysia. Asked how is payment. He replied it is cash only. Don't even need to walk to the counter, the attendant collects it on the spot. For RM8-9, I will like them pay on the spot. The dispenser is just like a petrol dispenser except you don't see litres being pumped in. You only see a gas pressure gauge. Got white and then there is this 1/4 that is red. I guess you don't go too much into the red zone when filling up. There is a currency display as well so you know how much you pumped. After that, I went home. BTW, it was 1am this morning. So the NGV station opens 24/7. So this ends my NGV Station FR.

Yesterday was loads of fun with the couple of us having made it there. Using (stealing) the following preview photos, here is my take on the track:- The track goes in a clockwise manner (some went counter). The first bend was an upslope right-hand, requiring some decent power to bring the car up. Slightly treacherous right now as the tip of the corner goes off into mud (somewhat like Port Dickson), so care was taken during the initial climb and drift initiation. The continuation was a downslope drift that will take you into a left hand drift, followed by a small right hand hand upslope to the area with the black barrels. Continuing after the barrels is still the right hander that will take you into a sharp downslope left hand drift (careful of the wall) The wall is up already and infront of the tree in the middle of the photo. Careful not to hit it during that left hander Then it's followed by a medium length right hander to bring you back to the main straight to the hill climb shown in the first pic. Overall, it's a good track to learn on, but it requires more run off areas without so much mud.

Well... we managed to survive the heat once again... Guys who turned up... (in no particular order) 01) Dudemobile 02) Volk74 03) Skodarr 04) Lightspeed 05) Virus 06) Octaviafan 07) Moeykf 08) Superb 09) Koolaba 10) Portblack 11) Cola80 12) Ron 13) Kevinlapon Started off with us all going to the arranged carpark which couldn't take all of our rides, so we parked on top of the car mart instead after which we had some idle chat chat, exchanges about what stuff has been going on regarding our rides... some test drives ... some oooohs and ahhhhs and drools over the 2 Superbs , topped off with some recce by Dudemobile and Skodarr for a good spot to take photos Formed up under some traffic control by stand in RSM (who claimed to be only the COS) and then some photos taken by various guys with their cool SLRs after which we were chased off by the security for "taking photos in a private compound", we parked all our rides at the nearby shade and topped of the meetup with some drinks and more chit chat at McDonalds. (Many thanks to the guys who paid for the food and drinks ) Great turnout, great formation, great time... great meetup! Thanks alot guys! [inline IMG_2068.jpg] [inline IMG_2086.jpg] [inline IMG_2023.jpg] [inline IMG_2053.jpg] [inline IMG_2058.jpg] [inline pana01.jpg] [inline IMG_2075.jpg] [inline IMG_2091.jpg]

Hi all, Thanx to MadeD single handedly pulled out this extra organ from my Aveo, here are some initial observations after 1 tank: +ve 1. torque/horse powder/pick up... everything also went up up up. 2. now no need to press hard on accelerator liao. 3. nice~ engine sound especially right after starting the engine. Fierce... 4. no audible hooting sound as long as rpm never go beyond 3k. 5. because no need to push the car harder, fc actually went down slightly -ve 1. maybe because torque, etc, gone up, or maybe due to strong air sucking action, car actually vibrates more especially at higher speed 2. need to 'cham' brake from a longer distance and harder due to higher torque, etc. 3. subconsciously want to driver faster faster & faster. hmmmm, need more discipline on this. 4. don't know why but rpm actually went up. E.g. Used to be around 2.2k at 80km/hr but now already 2k at 70km/hr, 3k at 100km/hr. I thought rpm supposed to go down? Some leaves stuck in the air intake? Anymore to add from bros & sis without resonators?

Hi all, stumble across this forum, a chance to find out what other ppl really think about SG http://www.singaporeexpats.com/forum/ftopic1633.html

Saw a silver Picanto recently at penjuru lane. Look not bad but wonder hows the report for the actual field report of this car.

Sorry no pics. In the dark and even with spotlights, prosumer digcams are quite useless. Arrived there at 10+ and the races are already going on. RM10 per person to enter. To park within the pitstop area garages requires another RM20 but the plus point is after signing some indemnity form and stamp on your arm you can participate as driver or co-driver if you feel like it! . You will be given a participation tag. A nice thing about parking in there is that you can keep an eye on your car at all times. There is loud blaring hip hop music from the speakers. Makes you feel like you are in NFS: Underground . Lots of SG cars there. Some are decked out decals. Many fierce machines. A Skyline, some WRX, numerous loud exhaust Satrias and the infamous blue powerful Wiralution which nobody wants to race with. There is this RX7 there. Very fast. The amazing car in the NA category is the Swift GTI. It could keep up with FI cars ! We watched the races from the pit crew barrier. Lots of burned rubber smell and smoke. There is some fair play and friends paired up for each race. Usually FI cars together and NA cars together. I was co-driver for 3 races and then I popped into my little car for a single race. Of course I lost. . Never revved her beyond 5k. It was fun. The last sprint was at 1:15am. We adjourned to return but the return trip was very eventful. A car suffered a coolant system leak from a burst flexihose and the same car hit some rock or something which caused a tire blow out. Car was relatively unharmed, no accident but there was a delay as we scrambled to get it underway with a spare tire.

Hi folks, These are some of the picture taken during the trip.. S2P2 will be covering on some of the Fast & Furious Story while I will be posting other pictures taken. 14 May Nothing much taken as we were travelling in the night.. Lester were behind the wheels for the first 280km. Pic 1 Picture taken while we are in JB. 15 May Gadgeter took over the wheels from KL-Ipoh.... 50km after the last Toll Plaza (Ipoh), Gad starts to see stars... Lester took over the wheel. Pic 2 Taken in a tunnel 500++km away from Singapore, 150km away from Penang. Gadgeter took over the wheels 30km away from Penang. Pic 3 Travelling on Penang Bridge

Hi all, Went over to Komoco Motors over the weekend to test drive the Hyundai GETZ. Liked the look of the car, and it drove quite well too It's supposed to be a mini-MPV and so the room height of the car is better than that of a normal saloon car. As a guy of simple taste, my only grouse with the GETZ is that there's no manual version. Asked the sales executives there about the manual version but was told that Komoco has no intention, whatsoever, in bringing in the manual version. Took a look at the MATRIX as well. Wasn't too impressed with it, my main complaint being the fact that the speedometer (and other reading gauges) was located in the middle of the dash-board Weird! The nice set of wheels aside, I was trying to get a look at the much talked about Ginny. Unfortunately, she was in a sales meeting. I was told by other sales people, however, that Ginny's pretty and the gentle demure type Nonetheless, I saw two other sales executives of note - Cheng Cheng (or is it Ching Ching) and Jenny Cheng Cheng's the voluptuous type, with a preference for short skirts and translucent clothing in general . Long hair, not that pretty though but I'm sure all her other qualities more than make up for this Jenny's the slim type with fair complexion, hair reaching just beyond her shoulders. The jeans-type of girl but like Cheng Cheng, has a tendency to flaunt her *ahem* assets - she was wearing quite a low cut top when I saw her Looks like I seem to be more adept at describing women than cars Anyway, since I'm on the look-out for a 1.3 or 1.5 car that is something like a mini-MPV (rather than a saloon), and my budget is 60k to 70k, here are my list of possibles for anyone who shares the same preferences: Hyundai GETZ Honda FIT/JAZZ Daewoo KALOS Toyota IST My personal preference is for the GETZ as I think it is value for money. I would like the Honda FIT/JAZZ but the car is at the high end of my budget . In any case, I'd appreciate any feedback on the selection of cars above, and of course, anything you have to say about the sales persons Btw, it seems that all the nice-looking sales executives are all former SIA stewardesses Milgram