Thoughts

Right now, I'm thinking

about my son, i miss him
about my wife, i miss her
about my Mini, when to repair this brother of mine
about my father, and his program tomorrow
about tomorrow, when to arrive
about tonight, where to go, what to do
about myself, what I'm thinking

Gotta stop thinking, and head back to Seremban. Wanna see my son!!!!

Have a blessed Eid Mubarak everybody!

Joseph Williams - What Is She Hiding

It's not too often that I see her
So many girls would like to be her
She's so easy to imagine with my eyes closed

There's such a mystery about her
She doesn't give me time to doubt her
Come to think of it she don't give me anything

What is she hiding in her heart
Keeping from everyone else
Will she let me into her heart
If she's never been there herself

She told me beauty doesn't matter
Although without it she'd be sadder
I guess that only goes to show the grass is greener

You got a heart why don't you show it
Baby you don't even know it
Let me in there for a minute and i'll show you


PS: I actually listen thoroughly to the song, and write the lyrics myself. Can't find it on the Net.

Flouride Hazards

This is one thing that those mechanic/workshop guys need to take note of.

Just read about hydrofluoric acid, an acid created by the burning of certain synthetic rubber.

It is actually very dangerous. Other acids may only corrode the skin. This one, actually intoxicate the human body itself. It penetrates deep, ionizes itself with the water contents in the body and produces fluoride matters and other toxic stuffs. No copious amounts of water may clean the penetration, as it may do to the outer skin.

Enough said, it may be necessary to amputate the limb concerned. And even that, there's no guarantee of survival.

All in all, it is also said that fluoride from whatever source can be very dangerous.

All these readings might just be enough for me to avoid fluoride toothpaste forever.

Lessons

Got my "four day five night" infant-caring lessons already. I guess I can handle it for now.

"Muzaffar be a good kid okay!" Daddy said.

Looks like I'm off to Lumut today.

This Night

Elo

Don't feel like going to Amway tonight. Felt so close to home, I feel I should go back to my parents in USJ. It's been quite a while. Ohhh only several weeks! Gotta make up for lost times. Coincidentally my next brother was around too.

Read about MIVEC reviews by Malaysians. It seems to be an expensive commodity, installation-wise and afterwards. So I guess I must avoid it for now. Maybe just some mods to get close to 50 percent increase will do. Think 88hp, and increasing it to Putra spec, all with 1.3 liters of displacement. What should I do to achieve this?

Some options would be,
-To do port and polish to the inlet and exhaust ports
-To install a slightly larger exhaust system
-To use ram intake
-To upgrade the camshaft
-To use a lighter flywheel
-To upgrade the suspension system

Some cosmetic mods would be nice too
-To use 15inch wheels
-To lower the ride height

All in all, 7k should be enough I guess. So, give it another 11 months, and my 2002 Wira Aero should perform better, and look better.

Come to think of it, I guess I should consider the MIVEC conversion after all, since the half cut price will usually be similar to my budget.

Anybody got an idea which Mitsubishi cylinder head will fit my 4G13 engine?

Full Key Finally

I remember last Monday night, when I'm in the car and are in the mood for some crooning. I remember switching off the radio and went on to sing Foolish Heart, my hero Steve Perry's song.

I actually did sing it full key! None missed, and I sing it better, with no nasal sound. Phew! Finally!

However, mine is a very raspy version, just like the vocals of Jeff Keith of Tesla. Significant difference? Way too different! Steve did it very well, and his voice were clean and full of emotions. He's very expressive.

Some other songs that I have sung successfully, albeit with a bit nasal, would be Open Arms and The Girl Can't Help It, also by Journey, the band featuring my hero yet again.

Meanwhile, I can't sing some numbers, such as Stone In Love and Escape just yet. The need to develop vocal pitch is on the way. Any free lessons anybody?

And, the need to be Don Henley or even Phil Collins rages on. How can you sing good vocals when you drum? I'd like to do that. I'd like to be part of history. Imagine doing the technical Don't Stop Believing, or even the simpler Armageddon It, with the same person doing the vocals and drums together.

Five Became A Hundred

Caught in a crawl for 100 minutes at MRR2. Somebody must have crashed or collided with another, or worse, several other. Then at 9.50, when I arrived to the end of the jam, I realized that for 3 official lanes and 1 illegal lane (read: 4 lanes) to merge into 2 lanes is bad enough, wait till you see it merge into 1 lane. The middle lane is completely blocked by this short crane which broke down in the middle of rush hour.

What usually seems to be a 5 minute jam for the whole of last year, became a 100 minute crawl, just by blocking another lane. And guess where is the strategic location of the breakdown? The notorious part just after the Pandan overpass, where the 3 lanes merge into 2.

Gotta get rid of these leg cramps. It's been a while since I'm caught in these types of timewasting jam.

About Muzaffar

Assalamualaikum

Sedikit Mengenai Saya...

Nama: Muzaffar bin Muaz
Tarikh Lahir: 060104
Tempat Lahir: Hospital Putrajaya
Berat: 3.4kg

Terima Kasih

Yang Benar
Muzaffar bin Muaz

Of Hospitals And Floods

Elo

Guess I cannot just only wash cars anymore. I need to wax them too. The rain is very unexpected, and it will last forever sometimes.

Went for weekly baby checkup as usual. She complained of less movement from baby. The clinic admitted us to hospital at once. Was hoping for the baby today, but I guess good things needs waiting. Tomorrow is more like it I would say.

Today is non-office day, so went back home after escorting my special partner to the hospital. On the TV, and off myself. Snoozed for several hours, only to woke up from the sound of the rampaging evening rain.

Went back to ward with some essentials for her. Hopefully she'll deliver our baby tomorrow, or anytime soon.

After dinner, went around Serdang area looking for a cyber cafe, since the one in UPM was closed. Finally after driving through lots of flood and jams, found one near Minlon building. Checked my emails away! It will be a few more days before I might be checking my emails, as my wife will need more attention at these moments.

Tuesday Blues

Today is not good. Had runny nose. it's so irritating to say the least.

Got a lighter already. Now to find time to repair my brother (the Mini, of course!).

An SMS last night from a friend told me that her father didn't make it. He died last Sunday of his lung cancer, which spreads to his head. Hopefully his spirit will make it to the blessed lands.

Wifey not yet having any signs to give birth. It's supposedly last night or even today. But thinking that it will have a two-weeks deviation, I just thought it will be a bit later.

Wifey said, that if baby was the earliest to be born on the 1st of January, baby will be a glamour one. Putrajaya Hospital maternity ward, she said, is visited by TV crews every 1st January. Nice huh!

All that non-important stuffs aside, just hoped that my baby is well and healthy.

You Don't Need A McLaren Anymore

Elo everybody

The title says it all.

With so much lesser dough, you can own a McLaren-beating car for the 0-100mph acceleration.

But in case you need the top speed, just buy the McLaren anyway, and don't even continue reading.

I'm pretty sure that if you read my previous blogs, I've refered you to ZCars. They made such extraordinary or even mind-boggling road-legal vehicles. Based in UK, it's quite difficult to own one of their built machines though.

Go to their website to see how they earn their money.

Basically, to tell you about this machines, it accelerates from 0 to 60mph (98kmh) in 3.11 seconds, and 0 to 100mph (161kmh) in 6.8 seconds. If that's not breathtaking enough for most of you, I don't know what would. At such price, it's a steal!

Personally though, at 15k UK pounds, I would rather have a slower but manageable Mini, with a mildly modified VTEC engine. It should be much cheaper.

Bike Engines And Explosions

The need to come to office came about yesterday morning. I was relaxing, when my PM (project manager hahaha) called and told me that I need to standby to go to Paka for aftersales service of a project there. Lost my mood straight away, thinking about my wife, and our baby who should be due the same week.

Came to office today. Browsed first thing in the morning to relax. Searched for Tunguska river after reading about an email from a Russian. The search result found out about the mysterious explosion I've been intrigued about all my life.

On the other hand, have you ever heard about a VTEC-engined Mini? Or maybe, one with a Rover 3.9l V8? Or maybe, with a Vauxhall/Opel? Here's one food for thought. ZCars Co. modify and fit bike engines to Minis like a treat, and with a heavy price too. Ever thought of spending at least £8500 for them to do this? Somebody was reported to pay £30,000 for his twin bike-engined Mini, with Yamaha R1 engines! Compared to mine? I've only ever thought of fitting a VTEC at most, but not a bike engine!

Cyber Story

ello

I'm in a cyber cafe in UPM area. Tried to find one in Putrajaya, to no avail. The one supposedly in Precinct 8 was closed, I think. So off to UPM I went, assuming there will be one CC here.

I was supposed to check my email for anybody who won my bidding in Lelong.com. It was my old mobile phone, the Alcatel One Touch 511. Last night when I looked at it, I was quite touched, as it has quite a sentimental value on me. It was a birthday gift from my girlfriend, who's now somebody higher in status. :-D

Then I browsed through an email by Webshots. When I saw the winter pix, I imagined my life in USA the last 6 years ago.

I miss my USA days. The wintertime, the summertime, the springtime. All those memories. And most memorably, my long hair!

Creating Melodies

I found out that as a drummer, I can easily create melodies that corresponds to the current drum tracks that I mentally play while driving or working. The melodies are usually for guitars but some bass melodies can be around the drums too. As easy as creating it, I can easily forget it too. Ohh my memory.

Now one thing for sure, I simply can't do the lyrics. Somebody did ask whether I want the "lyrics" from her department, but I'm not rushing into lyric composing or choosing just yet. I should prioritize on the melody first.

But then, I could never read music. I only play by ear. Thus, guitars are out, and basses are out too. Keys? Not a chance! As for me, drums are my musical life. Vocals are secondary. I may hum the guitar or bass parts, but it needs to be played by somebody else. In this case, I have my guitarplayers.

By the way, returning the Jackson RR-3 Guitar back to the shop for the Rogue LX200 Bass WAS THE WORST THING that I've ever done! I should've kept the guitar!

I still regretted that decision 7 years later, which is now. Shoulda kept my hero's axe!

Resolution

In short, here's a resolution from somebody.

To take good care of my newborn
To spend money wisely
To do business wholeheartedly
To be somebody wiser and nicer
To spend more time reading than watching
To have a go at repairing cars
To be better in work management and execution


That's all folks. Thank you and good night!

I Was Caught Air Drumming Again!

Elo there

I feel my drumming bug has attacked again! I kept air-drumming everytime I play an MP3 song of my personal collection. Those rocking ones are the ones to blame. It's so infectious that I need to just control myself from lifting my whole arm section up and beats down without a stick.

Met with Ravi last night. He's one of our fellow subcontractor in a project in Terengganu. Being a car techie, he taught me how to force start my car. First, unscrew the sparkplugs, and burn the tips until it's hot enough, then replug them inside the cylinder head. Then with your foot firmly in pedal-to-the-metal position, start the car. The carb should be expected to fully open its butterfly choke. It should start. Oh well, that's the theory anyway.

Feel i should do it this evening. There's stuffs needed to be sent back to USJ for my parents, and my parents-in-law are waiting in Seremban for our arrival.

Can't wait for my baby to arrive. It's almost time for its delivery. I'm close to being a daddy!

Baby: Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa....

Di...

Di kala ini
Di siang ini
Di Pasar Seni
Aku teringatkanmu

Di hening ini
Pemandangan berseri
Di kala kelaparan ini
Aku teringatkanmu

Lelaki dan wanita
Persahabatan dan perkasihan
Kebahagiaan dan derita
Aku teringatkanmu

Segalanya mungkin
Kata orang masakini
Tapi tak mungkin
Aku melupakanmu

Di kala ini
Segalanya berlalu
Kuteringat segalanya
Aku teringatkanmu


***created on the 25th of October in the year 2000

The Eighties

I love the 80s. The TV, the environment, the school, my old house, my neighbours, my friends etc..

The best TV era was the 80s. You have all the fantasy program available on earth. There was Knight Rider, Streethawk, Transformers, Go-Bots, BJ And The Bear, MacGyver, Tosho Deimos, Voltron, Starfleet etc. It seems that the tv was everything at that time for a kid like me.

Some of the things I remember back at school was, getting a first place in class academically. That was in 1987.

Also, one thing to note was, I peed in my pants when I was 7, only a few days of beginning school. I am not sure where should I do it. I just sat there and let it out. Fortunately, nobody seems to notice, and I managed to get up after 10 minutes and went back to class. I was lucky. That was the first and the last time.

I also remember that I joined a religious primary school at Bangsar. There, I got to know some of my friends from Bangsar, who happened to still remember me.

I remember being bullied by some friends I know, which I fought against and ran away from. Later I saw myself calling out "Bully!" when we get to meet them as loud as I can. I could say that I bullied them back. We never saw them at school again.

I remember the first time I heard a rock band play. Def Leppard it was! That was in 1988, and it's their fourth album Hysteria, produced in 1987, which didn't sell until 1988 that is! It's been 16 years since, and I still liked this album. "Hey But Are You Gettin' It, Armageddon It, You Really Gettin' It, Yes Armageddon It, C'mon Get It". What a rhyme...

I remember refusing to join a religious high school because most of my school peers are going to Victoria Institution instead. I couldn't stand being apart from my peers. But finally I bowed to parental pressure. I accepted SAMER. And it sure could be quite a good choice I made after all. I found some of my friends back again.

All in all, nothing in the 80s is to be forgotten. It's cherished and remembered like all that memory permits.

More about the 80s soon!

Website Blues

I finally reviewed my website last night. And today, I'm going to do something about it. It has not been updated ever since year 2000!

The first thing to do, is the biodata page. Well, this time, I wrote a more mature biodata. After all, the last time I updated it was in 1998.

The second one is the introduction page, which basically tells something about my life on the net.

Then the greetings page.

I think I totally lost my creative side. Not like 5 years ago. Everything seemed to be giving me ideas, ideas and more ideas, just like when I was 13.

Life has to go on anyways.

Bad Crimps

elo there (my copyright aaa that greetings)

Tried to pull the wires out of the lugs, and voila, it happens! It slides out so easily, that the only few ways to do it, will be utilize Pak Syed's folding crimp trick or my own normal both-crimp-on-insulator trick. One crimp on insulator is not adequate enough, so maybe two then.

Lots and lots of books to be arranged at our house's bookcase. Too many books are around. I'm so thinking of getting rid of some. Maybe those magazines Truckin', RC Cars, all those that I won't be thinking of doing for another 5 years.

Read about MIVEC 4G92 engines. Wow! They are quite a nice option for performance enthusiast with Proton Wiras. 172 horsepower, 138 feetpound of torque, all that jargon from a 1.6liter twin cam. Nice nice nice.

Asked for a quotation from a supplier for VDO gauges for passenger cars. I was quoted $59 for voltmeter, $56 for oilmeter, $149 for tachometer, and $42 for ammeter, all in Singaporean dollars. Quite OK for its rarity, albeit a bit too high for the tacho. I may put voltmeter and rpm for my Wira, while for my Mini, I might put in more gauge, voltmeter, ammeter, clock, oilmeter. They have not quoted me the clock yet.

Should learn how to use sandpaper too, and maybe to solder. Too much to learn, just to repair my brother!

Later dude.