The Deal of the Century

What do you think guys a Maserati 4200GT Coupé for sale in Dubai .... 400BHP on the tap under your right foot when you need it whenever you need it. Pick up chicks when you're not even trying and making guys makes them want to ride with you. *grins*

All this being sold in Dubai now.... at a unbelievable price of $90,000DHS ( equivalent to almost RM 91,000)

if I'm there now i'd buy this in a heart beat but the maintenance cost will tear me to shreds he he so i'd better stick back to my Japanese tuners.

More pictures for you guys to see.

Evelyn's birthday at Texas Road House

It's her birthday and we went out on a sumptuous dinner at Texas road house famous for their steak and ribs ( it's always packed full of people even on a Monday *sweat*)

We have to wait for like 40 minutes eventhough we made a reservation. this is what we did while waiting ;)

Picture below is me and Jun( I've known him the longest in Wichita , 1st guy I've ever met and nicest guy i've ever met)


The birthday couple. Mr and Mrs. Lee



The silliest couple awards go to Mr and Mrs Seet.



Finally we got our table and look how happy Eric is *evil grin* ( this will teach ya to call me a noob in photography )



This was why it's so good there. One of the many dishes they offer.



Birthday girl with me and Petrolhead who thinks he works for SHELL *stoner*




The three musketeers from Mainsgate.... 1 a shy guy , 1 a big guy and 1 is a super strong guy.





FINALLY . we had to do this and make her do the Horsey ride * it was hilarious looking at her spin the hanky panky*

My Lenovo

On an evening decided to try out my external flash that came for the camera and found a nice shot for my car , just to share. Here are my gadgets that I have, how'd you light the flat black laptop ( spill resistant and surge resistant with a finger reader * how cool is that * he hehe he)

The ultimate question , I need a new Daily driver.

It's so unpredictable but I've got to let my current car go , I'll miss her lots as she was the best car I've ever had in US ( fast , look beautiful and reliable).



And now to the question , a 4wd turbocharged jet or a euro muscle M3 coupe? Yes if you notice I have a thing for Red color.
























Thoughts? opinions?

oh here is what my friend jun did when he over pushed his stock turbocharged miata.

Last Track Day of the Year in Wichita =~(

The day started out wet and damp and was kinda cloudy too, most of the drivers were nervous about the wet condition as none has ever drove in the wet. The location is Hallett track located south of Wichita in Oklahoma.



Here is kevin arriving at the scene of combat with his lethal 2.0 vtec civic which weighs almost nothing.

What does a red valve cover mean to you? In the world of racing it's feared on the track as well as on the streets * hint hint kev , don't whack me for this*

The driver of the Civic , menacing on the track though but not in person *laughs*. Then we have the MR2 below which is equipped with a machine gun external wastegate, imagine even the SLK55 AMG also has to give way to it * no kidding man*.


Not allowed to talk much about what's done to it , but just say the driver is as crazy as the Japanese( want to know why? see below). Tadaa the deadly combination of Terrence and Kevin

*Note the left hand with the mini NOS bottle*


here we have Jun's turbocharged Miata going against the Ariel Atom(it's as fast as exotics mind you guys who don't know nuts on cars).

And off they go with the race starting early at 9am.

The civic squeezing into the pack and leaving them into the dust



MR2 ready to take it's first kill of the day on a STi which supposingly have 350awhp. Then we have the all time hang-around Jeremy and I at the grass snapping pictures and taking videos.


A new guy joined in , welcome B chai. Evo driver *evil grins , we all know it*

One of the Sti below with a cusco roll-cage. looks fast though but disappointing on the track.

A wide view of the MR2 passing by with his trademark Piu Piu (HKS SSQV).


I have no idea what Mr.Civic is doing though.
The Ariel Atom that was lapping everyone like crazy , these things should be thrown to run with the big boys GT class not puny HST guys like us which daily drivers our car *grumble*

Ah yes , not to forget the prestigious mercedes SLK55 AMG that joined the last 2 session but was more like taking it's own sunday cruise.




Well, just to end up the last picture of the photographer for the day event. There goes my weekend, man that wizz by like a supersonic plane down the freeway.


And all this pictures I would say thanks to my all new awesome lens but the price hurts me wallet so deep. *worth it i hope*

Day after day is peeling away like falling autumn leaves for the time i spent here with friends before we part ways again. We'll definitely reunite for Merdeka Endurance Race for sure.

Cheers

Another week gone , another week of memories made

Another week has gone by, time seems to pass faster when you want it to stand still just for a moment. The entire week, I've only tried to finish up my remaining projects before I leave and I'm swamped by medical examinations.

The worst ever was the dental checking , maybe it's Wichita but the experience of doing dental work here for the 1st time in 4 years is horrendous ( I'd usually wait till I get back to KL to do it one shot). To illustrate how bad was it , throughout the cleaning process the dentist and nurse actually had my whole face splattered with water coming out from my mouth. That's not even the worst part, then do not even have a small sink for me to gargle some water and spit the shit that came out from cleaning instead they just put a vac tube and asked me to close up my mouth. I'd never do it EVER AGAIN in Wichita. They even got the guts to pass me a bill of $200 for it.



Anyway, other than those medical examinations I was pretty happy the whole week as I get to shop shop shop and wait for my packages to come one by one. First one ever is my long list of books that i ordered ( never thought Jason read that much eh , you'd be surprised he he) anyway this was the first time i spent $500 just on books *ouch* .

I'd rather buy a diamond ear-ring or something just for the heck of it.

This are the legendary books I bought.

However , my list of new electronic toys just came in one by one =).


I call these my hill of gadgetry. I will do a review on each and everyone of them when all of them get here and when i can squeeze in some time to snap some nice shots of it.



Got myself 2 pair of Oakley's too thanks to Jeremy who said I look good in them ( always a sucker for words sigh*)


And my new Lenovo T61p laptop came as well. this is how my work desktop look at at the moment. Messy I know but it gets the work done ;)

Will update soon again on products review then to my journey to sell and pack things for Camel Country.

Real World , ready or not Here I come

The news has finally came in that I scored a job with the Emirates Group as an Industrial Engineer in Dubai. I'll be managing a group of other industrial engineers who will work under me for benchmarking processes and setting KPI with the accounting department and the list will go on.

Main point I will like to make this blog is to record part of my life which i regrettable never did when I was in Wichita and would like to document my experience working and living in the new land of Dubai. Hope some of you won't bore yourself out reading ye ol' Jason's life stories =).

Yup that is the palm island in the coast of Dubai being constructed and below is the world islands made famous by the shape it's laid out around to form the map of the world.


And finally, the only 7 star hotel in the world. The Burj Al-Arab.




Well so as of now , all I have to do is leave my life in Wichita , get a medical check up ( physical , blood test and all those crap to make sure you won't die anytime soon). Sounds pretty easy eh, but it's not that easy after all when my university and work place is giving me a hard time preventing me from breaking my GRA contract with them which will last until December 5th.

Up till now all I have in mind is getting prepared to head over to the Middle East, as I will have nobody to depend on and it will just be me and my new environment. Hence I start out shopping all the gadgets I need from USA and bring it over later on.

As of now , I've bought some new toys to pamper myself a wee bit . ( maybe a little too much)

(1.) Lenovo T61p laptop
(2.) Canon 400D dSLR with 18-55mm kit lens
(3.) Canon camcorder * cause i like night vision*
(4.) Some effin nice lenses ( Canon famous L lens , a portrait lens and a telephoto lens)
(5.) Ipod nano 8GB 3rd gen ( yes they finally convinced me to get one, so what the heck)
(6.) 2 new backpacks ( 1 for camera and 1 for both of my laptops)
(7.) PDA phone (1st ever and am trying to learn more about it)

Pictures and review( just what I think of them) will be up in 3 days time.

Well thats all for now , some of it is still in the boxes and some of it is out on my table but my room is too messy to allow any decent pictures.

I'll just post a picture of my friend Azim's living room ( he's a tech guy in our group as you can see) and also a walking encyclopedia. Just letting him tune up my Lenovo laptop for faster speed so i do not have to mess with it myself later.

That's Azim , Kevin , Jeremy and Eric.



More to come as I will document my relocation process from Wichita KS USA to Dubai UAE.