Jeremy Clarkson Quotes from "The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly"

"The reason American cars are cheap is because they are made from melted down Action Man." (He really hates American-made cars)

"In many ways, this car is like herpes. Great fun catching it, but not so fun to live with it everyday." - On the Corvette Z06

"It certainly isn't pretty. Honestly, I'd rather look at a baboon. In fact, come to think about it, I'd rather look at the back of a baboon." - On the Prius 2003 model

"So, it's not beautiful. It's not fast. It's not particularly economical. Not DESPERATELY safe. And now it turns out it isn't even bullet-proof. Sheesh." On the Prius 2003 model after a certain Billy Bob shoots it.

"Hmm.. this means the Americans have had the car for a hundred years and they are still going no faster when this whole place was cowboy-central." On the 2007 Ford Shelby GT500 Mustang, 4.6 L, 300bhp

"This was built for straight lines." - On the 1968 Ford Mustang 390 GT

"Sure, the Shelby has more horsepower. But trust me on this, it doesn't matter. It REALLY doesn't matter." - On the 2007 Ford Roush Mustang V8

"While this may look like a large executive saloon with enormous wheels, it's actually a modern-road-burning muscle car." - On the Chrysler 300 SRT (Street & Racing Technology) 8 based on the Mercedes E Class, 6.1 L V8 engine, 425 bhp

"The extraordinary thing is though, none of the noise it makes are NOISE. I mean, you thought that it got one of it right, by accident, but NO! Honestly, it's like farts. Loads of different types and I don't really wanna hear any of them." - On the Cadillac XLR V V8, 443bhp

"You would imagine then that the American motorists didn't care much for Jaguar's new XK 8. They'd probably find the 4.2 Litre V8 too small and they wouldn't care to hoot that it's made from aluminum. So it's light and agile. So what?" - On the Jaguar XK 8

"It has an 8.3 Litre V10 engine with 510bhp and you could use an engine like that to move a moon out of orbit." - On the Dodge Viper

"What I love most of all is that it's quite, civilised, and sophisticated. But you can sense, that the back end, wants to come out and play." On the 2008 Ford GT

Cheers.

In Perfect Denial

A Beautiful Lie by 30 Seconds to Mars.

Approved by my Audio Artist since June '07.

Cheers.

Mash-up, a MAJOR one

This arrangement sounds so good on my Audio Artist. Jon Schmidt has superb talent. Now, I can't help it, playing it over and over again.

Cheers,

Cinderella Man

The Korean producers of the Korean drama series, Cinderella Man, certainly played their cards right, with the Europeans. Only on the first episode, I have seen a 2007  snow white BMW M6 cabriolet. The German-produced car is said to be the World's Fastest 4-Seat Convertible. This 5.0 liter, V10 baby is a gem. Put the pedal to the floor and it wails a superb exhaust tone when you hit 8,250 rpm line.

Wald's side skirts body kit and Brembo GT 4 piston rear brake kit, 13-inch cross-drilled rear disc rotor.

Wald's rear Apron splitters body kit and quad-tip exhaust system.

With Wald front Apron spoiler body kits and Brembo GT8 piston front brake kit and 15-inch cross-drilled front dist rotor.

Next on the list, it is the BMW F01, or the 7 series. This baby is a 2008 production for the '09 model. I am not too sure whether the one in the Korean drama is the twin-turbo V12 or V8 engine, but it sure looks fine to me. It comes with a 8-speed transmission and either 4-square pipes for the V12 or 2-square pipes for the V8. The Germans always improve their iDrive Navigation System (which can be annoying at times when it does not work properly). It comes in 4 colours: Sophisto Grey, Cashmere Silver (the one from Cinderella Man), Imperial Blue and Mineral White.

Then we have the British Bentley. The producers certainly have high-class taste in cars when it comes to the 2007 black Arnage. This fine thang has a 6.8 liter Rolls Royce V8 engine (my mind just went somewhere else) churns out a bhp range of 450 to 500 depending on the version. Bentley will cease its operation in this year though. Bye bye beauty.

What can I expect more from this drama? You and I will just have to wait and see.

Cheers.

Tropicana City Mall Revisited

My Lady...

I went to Tropicana City Mall for the third time yesterday. I didn't buy anything, just snapped some pictures that I missed during my first 2 visits. My parents, brother and I didn't go anywhere else much because we were there for a purpose.

Here are the pictures:

Hyundai automobile exhibition. Vehicles include  Santa Fe, Tuscon, Genesis Coupe, and Getz.

I would love to try dining at this place. Love the classic bicycle.

Cheers.

A Day in Town

Fancy some chinese tea?

After all is said and done, Anna and me found some US time. Class ended circa 10am and we headed to MP. First thing we do is, have lunch at BK. We both have been wanting it for so long. =D One sad thing that had changed at BK is that, there are no more drink refills. The manual refill is only available till June. Oh well, everyone is cutting cost now. I want to find a white formal top from Padini so we headed to DP. I did not only bought a top, but I bought flats as well, from Vincci. =D I had a RM10 voucher from Vincci so I put it to a good use. Huhu..

Then we headed to Nichii where we both tried this tube dress. Being the girls we are, I took some pictures. On the way to Bear Hill, I spotted another Mark X while driving. We headed to Z-Hair to have our routine trim. Anna had her trim. I had a cut. Straight line back! Like in schooling days, only wayyyy better.. so as I say. Haha.. I took the before picture but I have forgotten to take the after. I will soon. So here are the said pictures.

We are twins in our own way.

The said Mark X

Before

Before

Afters.. well.. a little later.

Cheers.

Broken Prison

After 4 seasons to find out that Michael Scofield's mum is or rather was, working for The Company? And that Lincoln Burrows was adopted resulted from his parents who worked for The Company met with an accident? I always know something's fishy because of their different names. This isn't Prison Break anymore, after Season 1, the storyline gets complicated and dull although full of action. But anyway since I'm still following the series, I'm eager to know what Scylla really is apart from it beinf helpful in the future. I also want to know why Scofield and Burrow's mother, Christina Scofield's intention towards Scylla. Is she going to sell it to the highest buyer? And will happen to General Jonathan Krantz? What will happen to Michael and Linc? Will the early pregnancy test of Dr Sara Tancredi approves positive and will she be able to keep it? What will happen to Michael and Sara then, when this is all over? That is a lot of question unanswered. So much anticipation. 

All I could say is, stay tune. 3 episodes left. A 2-hour finale concludes Prison Break.

But one good thing is, this will be the season finale. (I know there are fans who would disagree with me.)

Cheers.

Labour Day

I started my day with finishing up my very last assignment given to me and that is my Decision Support Systems (DSS) report. It requires me to find a DSS software that either has one of these elements: data warehouse, data mining, business intelligence (BI), and of course decision support. So after a short research, I picked IBM Cognos 8 BI. The report was completed circa 9am and I proceeded to printing it.

Having a lunch date with Anna at 12.30pm, I set out early to bind and submit my report. Then I received a text message from Anna asking to push lunch to 1pm. I called her and I said I'm already in campus and I will drop by her apartment to spend the extra time.

I wanted to have my lunch at McD as I have not been consuming fast food for 2-3 weeks. But, since it was Labour Day, McD was full as a can or sardines. So we went to Nando's instead. Here are some pictures (blurry pictures for some because I only use my Z610i phone to snap, malas nak charge my canon camera).

Nando's (unpaid) model

Olympus (unpaid) model

Do these children mannequins look weird to you?

Later that day, I had dinner at OUB with my family and relatives who are back for the long weekend. Then at 11pm, I had Tandoori Chicken with my brother and cousins in Pak Putra, Kota Laksamana. Tak bole tahan makan jer.. adoi.

Cheers.

Not-so-lucky Day

Thursday (30th April), it was not a good day for me. It was the day for my Final Year Report (FYP) submission, but that was not the problem. You see, in the FYP guidelines, it is clearly stated that we need to submit TWO light blue cover report (hard copy) and ONE CD (soft copy). At 11am, my reports were ready to be submitted. But as soon as I went to the faculty office, they said I have to submit TWO (freaking) CDs AND bind my research papers together with the report. So, that was fine, as well, as I still have the time to rush home which is 13 minutes away, burn another CD, go to the binding shop to add the additional research paper, in time for my tutorial class at 12pm. I was Mika Häkkinen for a moment and the heat of the day does not help at all. Before I left the house, my mum asked me whether I have taken all that I need and I said with confidence, YES! But I soon learn later that, that was not the case.

So, I rushed back to the binding shop and as I got into the car to drive to campus to resubmit, I found myself searching high and low for the other copy of the CD. I said, "Sh*t! I left the other CD on my computer table! Sherilyn, you are in beyond the valley of forgetfullness." (Mumbling to myself, I hope no one saw me as they would think I had gone cuckoo.) At that instant, I dialled Mum on her mobile phone to ask her if she sees a CD on my table while I know well I left it there. And (cold) truth be told, my purple CD is resting peacefully, probably laughing like a devil at me. That time, it was close to 12pm. I told myself, I can't rush back now, I'll miss the class.

And guess what? I waited in the class for a (stupid) 10 minutes and no one turned up. The reason? You'll probably know. Class was cancelled, not that day itself, but apparently, the tutor told the whole class last week. I went furious but keep my cool. I must not be paying attention to him while he was talking crap in class. Well, crap claimed its victory that day. Smiling down wickedly at me saying, "HA! That's for not listening to ME!". I said, "CRAP!"

By that time, Anna was at the faculty office to submit hers. After that, we went lunch together and this was nearly 1pm. I poured out all my frustration (at myself) to Anna. Being the best bud that she is, Anna was a good listener, she always will be. *smiles*

I headed home after filling my tummy, took my CD and drove straight to campus to re-resubmit. I breathed out a sigh of relief.