Musha Ring Dam A Doo Dam A Daa

The jamming session last night was not a great one for me. We had not enjoyed it just as much as I think I did last month.

But, I guess the MP3 player was good enough for me. I think I enjoyed having it.

It's record feature was good enough too. Only thing was, the jamming studio was probably too loud, as the sound was rather overloading or overblasting.

One other thing was, it's random play mode was too random. It will play the same song after 2 or 3 other songs. In short, it's no shuffle, it's totally random.

I have not set my favorite FM radio stations. Will do it sometimes.


PS: The title was the chorus line of a Thin Lizzy song.

To Record History

I'm preparing myself for the jamming session tonight.

One of the preparation was buying an MP3 recorder. As of right now, I'm still familiarising myself with it.

It's an 256MB MWalker MMP3-B311. It's probably cheap at 179RM. Good enough for me.

Probably other that recording jams, I will record speeches, my in-car solo singing, Muzaffar's babbles, and use it as my thumb drive.

I'm still waiting for the right moment for coffee. It'll be another 2 hours before the jam.

This session feels so penultimate. Can't really tell why.

Maybe it's because of the two hour duration of the music we're about to play.

I can't wait..

A Look Into The Future

I have redesigned STELLAR.

It will be dark maroon in color. It will have some chrome. And a dark ambience. But I'm not sure about the side mirrors though.

I designed it at P&L Minis website. Click on Build It.

I wish they had a darker maroon template.

It will probably look like this, or very close to this.

If I get the chance, probably I will do it this year.

Sickly

Felt so sickly today. I think the Sunday night drive was to blame.

Work and the office seems so far away. I guess it should stay that way.

I think I lied down at least 6 hours on the same spot at the sofa, at daytime.

I thought it would hurt my back, but now I think I felt better.

Feel like eating now. Reading would probably do too.

Up...

The Malaysia Classic Mini Information Center is UP!

Please do pay a visit, especially if you are a fan/enthusiast of classic Minis.

By the way, Dr Ismail Kamus is heading my way. He will deliver a speech at 1pm at SCS HQ. Must not miss this one.

Afterwards, I must go to Harakah office to donate blood.


PS: The title is Muzaffar's fav word in "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"..

Being A Caretaker

I have a few websites under my belt.

This one I'm currently doing. It's my company's. I plan to register it at MYNIC with a proper URL after it's fully updated.

This one, is mine. It's not updated for two years. I don't know whether to shelf it or do something about it. I guess, putting something that will stand the test of time will do just that, while keeping other people updated with changes in my life thru the weblogs I have.

This one, is a website about Mini that I did. At first, it became the MSVCR-MSM website. Then it was supposed to be a website about MASMA, a club-to-be that never materialize. I plan to revive this website to become the Malaysian Mini Information Center.

Another one, is sadly shelved. It's the SAMER9094 website supposedly at Tripod. It is no more.

The BDL Craze

I must find the BDL needle. STELLAR needs it badly. No, actually it's me.

I crave for the claimed fuel economy.

The end of the year is getting near.

I 'fraid that the petrol price will shoot up come next year.

Everything Else Is Superficial

The ship developed a similar problem, as mentioned by the ship staff to a colleague of mine on Saturday.

At first I decided to head to Lumut on Wednesday, but some conflict saw me going there a day later.

There's no major problem with the PLC. It just have this intermittent fault which caused it to run sometimes, and unrun sometimes.

But then again, it seems major.

Most hours are spent checking and rechecking the PLC, whether it will operate properly everytime switched on, or not. We repeat this 5 times. All OK.

Everything else is superficial.

We head back at 8pm.

All in all, we are relieved the ship air-cond works this time. We don't sweat as much, and tempers doesn't flare.

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

Load up on guns and
Bring your friends
It's fun to lose
And to pretend
She's over bored
And self assured
Oh no, I know
A dirty word

Hello, how low?

With the lights out it's less dangerous
Here we are now
Entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now
Entertain us
A mulatto
An albino
A mosquito
My Libido
Yeah

I'm worse at what I do best
And for this gift I feel blessed
Our little group has always been
And always will until the end

Hello, how low? (x bunch of times)

With the lights out it's less dangerous
Here we are now
Entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now
Entertain us
A mulatto
An albino
A mosquito
My Libido
Yeah

And I forget
Just why I taste
Oh yeah, I guess it makes me smile
I found it hard
It was hard to find
Oh well, whatever, nevermind

Hello, how low?

With the lights out it's less dangerous
Here we are now
Entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now
Entertain us
A mulatto
An albino
A mosquito
My Libido
Yeah, a denial
A denial
A denial…

Trying To Master The HIF44

I've had some problem adjusting my HIF44 carb before. Today I tried to change that.

Armed with a half-length flathead, I try to find the new screw hole on the right hand side.

It's a bit flimsy at first, but think I have adjusted it a bit when the idle suddenly went to a complete stop. I guess it's already adjusted for max economy already.

Based on what I hear from the previous owner, the carb probably has the rich-type BDR mixture jet. And according to the HBOL, a 1990s Mini Cooper 1275 uses the BFY jet. I shall see what the IME ought to say about this.

Double Job Took A Toll

Been very tired and lazy today.

Woke up at around 10am. Some pain on my body. And a lazy attitude.

Must be the jamming session last night.

By the way, it's a satisfactory session, as far as I think and feel.

The traditional stick grip I had learnt proved very useful. I think I have more control of the beat strength, though I need to get used to it.

Drawback? I can't roll so fast like I did with symmetrical grip.

But I think it helped me with my singing. I find I don't struggle as much as before.

In fact, I did more singing last night.

But the double job really took a toll.

I had to rest for a few more hours, and straighten up my attitude, before heading back to Seremban.

Tomorrow will be my wife's younger sister's trip back to Ireland.

Gotta nap.

Beta Tester

finally sorted out my company website. It is a simple version of what I can call, beta version. I will host it temporarily at Tripod, which I just did. Finally it's done, sorta. Well, maybe some correction is needed.

With this job being done, I probably will be able to head to Lumut first thing next week.

Now, to concentrate on the jamming session tonight.

Some preparation I did, apart from lots of air drumming (with shticks of course!) is to drink a cup of Nescafe.

That cup will ensure I get to the desired keynote.

And Then Some

Today is our third anniversary. I'm far away at Paka, for Petronas Gas Berhad site maintenance. I just had to wish her that, but this time from a long distance.

I'm really itchy for a jamming session, so I can't wait. I heard from somebody that there is a jamming studio in Kemaman. Since we stayed there, we had to find it.

After quite an effort, we finally arrived at around 10.40pm, at a one-studio place.

We had an audience, but I didn't mind. I guess my guitarist's quite nervous, so he couldn't manage to play. So here I am, playing with strangers, with some karaoke-loving boys.

Muzaffar Drives

I think Muzaffar likes STELLAR.

Since STELLAR went to Paroi Jaya, Muzaffar can now get near to it at will, accompanied by his grandad of course.

Once he kept pulling the door opener and wanting to get in. He likes to drive you see.

He nearly got his driving license, on his 18th birthday (read: in months). If he finally gets it, I have to allow him to drive STELLAR.