Are Lighter Rims Worth The Money?

been seeing posts in forums pop up where people are asking if lightweight rims are worth it.

well, i myself have been toying with the idea of lighter rims. not only would they look better on the putra but they'll be lighter! by alot.

now, i'll try to make the calculations here explained as clearly as i can. however, if you don't understand or if i have made a mistake with my theory, then please correct me! i don't like to give wrong info so help me work towards providing the right answer if you can ok?

now back to the topic.

let's look at the wheels i've chosen for this comparison. wheel weights were taken from WheelWeights which is THE best collection of wheel weights. really.

i currently have the 15x6.5" Enkei RSF-2 which are these:

quite ugly to me as the spoke design is quite 'ugggggh' to me.
these rsf-2 weight according to wheelweights, a hefty 7.4 kg each without the tyre.

the rims i'm interested in are these white Desmond EVO Regamaster. i've no idea WTF 'regamaster' means but it's a really lightweight wheel that looks the business.

these wheels weigh only 3.88 kg each without the tyre. check out this jap guy's page regarding the wheel: Kotori's Homepage.

ok so if you do some basic math, the rsf-2s weigh in total 29.6 kg compared to the evos which are only 15.6 kg! you'd save 14 kg in unsprung mass. it seems a lot right? but how do we quantify something quite abstract like this? i propose that we look at the price-performance ratio to see if spending about RM2500 for a set of SECOND HAND condition evos are worth it or not. because sadly, the company, Desmond, does not make them anymore. neither can i find the company on the internet. so, oh well.

first, take a look at some formulas i'll be using. we have the rotational inertia of a hoop about a central axis, I=MR^2. where M is the weight of the rim (assumed as a hoop for simplicity) and R is the radius of the rim in meters(m), which is 0.1905 m (taking it as a 15" rim). then there's the kinetic energy equation for a rolling body and since a rolling object has two types of energy: a rotational kinetic energy due to it's rotation about its center of mass (COM) and a translational kinetic energy due to translation of its COM, we use:

K = 0.5*(I,com)*w^2 + 0.5*M*(V,com)^2

I is the rotational inertia as mentioned in the paragraph before, w (actually greek for omega) is the angular velocity of the wheel, M again is the mass of the wheel and V,com is the velocity of the wheel's center of mass.

now we proceed to obtain the rotational inertias of each wheel. I1 is for the RSF-2 and I2 is for the evos.

I1 = 7.4kg*(0.1905m^2) = 0.2685 kgm^2

I2 = 3.9kg*(0.1905m^2) = 0.1415 kgm^2

already, you can see that the lighter wheel has a lower rotational inertia which is obvious. but we still can't quantify it in terms of performance gains. so we must press on to the next set of calculations.

we need to find the kinetic energy of the rolling body (ie. the wheel) at a fixed speed. let's make it 100 km/h which is represented by V,com. converting from km/h to m/s we get

V,com = 27.7778 m/s

this is done to make sure we are working in the right units. next up, is to find the angular velocity of the wheel.

w = V,com/R = 27.7778/0.1905 = 145.82 rad/s

now that we have the necessary information needed, we can plug these values into the equation for obtaining the kinetic energy of a rolling body which for the RSF-2 is:

K,RSF-2 = 0.5*(0.2685kgm^2)*(145.82rad/s)^2 + 0.5*(7.4kg)*(27.7778m/s)^2 = 5709.564 J

and the Desmond Regamaster EVO:

K,RSF-2 = 0.5*(0.1415kgm^2)*(145.82rad/s)^2 + 0.5*(3.9kg)*(27.7778m/s)^2 = 3009.023 J

J stands for Joule which is the unit for energy however, we you guys wanna see it in terms of horsepower (hp) right? so, let's convert these values to hp. i'll convert Joule to Watts first, but in order to do that, we need to divide 1 Joule with 1 second (i assume 1 second for ease of calculation) in order to get it in Watts (W) which is the unit for power. now from watt to hp, we use this conversion factor

1 watt = 0.00134102209 hp

now do some basic maths again, and we can get the required horsepower to keep rotating and translating this wheel at 100 km/h (on the horizontal plane ok, cars don't defy gravity :P)

Power required, RSF-2 = 7.65 hp

Power required, Desmond Regamaster EVO = 4.04 hp

now, how to interpret these values? the difference between these two wheels would give you the amount of hp that you could 'gain' which would be

Nett power gain = 7.65hp - 4.04hp = 3.61hp

this is for only one wheel. so by right, for both driving wheels since the putra is a front-wheel driven vehicle, the total hp gained would be an optimistic 7.22hp! just from using lighter wheels.

let's not get ahead of ourselves here. i should include a 'confidence' factor to that value to bring it down to about 6 hp gained. so, spending RM2500 for this rims to gain 6 hp would give mean 0.0024 hp/ringgit malaysia(RM). let's compare with a camshaft upgrade from powerzone (assuming their cam prices for the 4G93P is RM1500 from their catalogue), based on their claim of up to 20% increase in hp, gives you 0.0154 hp/RM. hmm, so it's up to you actually whether you'd wanna spend that amount of money for the little gain in hp. but don't forget, lighter unsprung mass gives you better handling characteristics and because the overall mass of the vehicle is reduced, you get faster acceleration as well.

man, it's insane if you wanna play NA...so many things to tweak to get the same result if i'd be less stubborn and put a turbo kit.

any monetary sponsors are always welcome regardless of whether individuals or companies wishing to advertise their products (space for sponsor's company logo available and for individuals wishing to sponsor, your name will be placed around the boot/rear wing location of the putra).

This Is Malaysia.

in malaysia, you get to see buses like these run around town unnoticed by the local authorities.



i mean, for fucks sake man, think of the hazard of leaving a metal object scrapping the road producing sparks near the fuel tank. need more hints? then let the bus blow up and send bodies flying onto the street and walls then ONLY will SOMEBODY take action.

some people in certain bodies aren't doing their jobs well if not at all.

there's the number plate, so if you have contacts or power with people in high(er) places, do the general malaysian public a favour and make sure things get done.

Sheet Metal Brackets.

ah, it's holiday time so i decided to fabricate some brackets to keep my banged up apexi power intake which has actually been held by some cable ties over the past few months. so, after much procrastination, i finally went and did it.

took some stainless steel sheets i had lying around my garage and cut it to size then the end product is a very shiny, sturdy and functional piece of fabrication. :)







while i was working, my dog decided to pose. so here she is, ms. brandy.



and a little something i made for deardear with the spare stainless steel bits. shabby i know.

Guess Where This Is.

rate this pic guys. and if you can guess where this is, i'll give you bragging rights. ok?

Go Go Go-Kart Sunday!

it's 9.30am, the spirit of competition was high. when suddenly, BANG!


yup, that's me crashing into john sabah the moment the race started. one lucky cameraman was there to capture it digitally. so how did all this start?

well, Monash Engineering Club decided to hold a 'non-competitive' go-karting event. but how can you NOT be competitive when it comes to racing where fast lap times and 1st, 2nd and 3rd placing count!?!?

yup, which was why i crashed into john sabah. both of us were late-braking into the first hairpin and our brakes didn't bite thus me crashing into john, but things got worse when one of my wheels was up on his, his brakes bit. so i practically smacked john sabah's head with the nose of my kart. oh well. sorry ar john.

but we all had fun. finishing 2nd despite that crash was the most thrilling part for me as after the crash i was down in 10th placing (out of 10 drivers).

preparation. no 'X' pit-stop strategy here.


walking the course to get a feel for it. never been on this track myself so thought it might be a good idea.


shortly after that, we were called back for briefing.


now fast forward to the grand final (fastest 10 drivers compete).


and shortly after that pit-lane bickering, this happened (refer to the beginning if you forgot).


me trying to catch up.


after the race, john sabah describing how the crash affected him mentally and physically.


but at the end of the day, competition or not, we all had fun. :) great day guys! round 2 after the finals yeah.


results for those curious.

Practice and Qualifying
Finals
Grand Finals (Top 10)

Bad Practice.

i was at MPH earlier today flipping through a local car magazine which i won't mention here, and i was going like 'hey, nice car...' when suddenly i saw this:



can someone tell me what is fundamentally wrong with the rollcage of the car?


well, for starters, the front 'A' pillar bars are useless in a frontal crash because:

1. tubes were crush-bent.
2. even my cage by safety21 is BUT the difference is my bend angle isn't as much (about 20 deg. max at some points) as this guy's one which from the pic is like more than 100 degrees!
3. due to the stupidly bent tubes, in a roll, the bend region has already in a sense (crumpled) due to the inherent flaw of crush-bending method.
4. if he really wanted to avoid cutting his dashboard to fit the cage, he should have fixed a diagonal at the biggest bulge of the faux-cage to in lay mans term 'push' that portion AWAY from the driver.

well, i wish the guy best of luck and if anyone reading this blog/post knows the owner of the baby blue dc5-prelude, pls inform him to properly design his rollcage for his occupants and his own personal safety.

people nowadays.

Weight Savings 2.

mum fixed the seat good. all in all cost like RM50 if i include the 10 hrs of labour my mum put into the seat.

tada! i know it isn't the best pic but it was late and all i had was my k750i.


considering the amount spent, i'd say it's a well worth investment, having your mum to stitch these minor damages. nuff said. i mean, RM50 vs RM450, which are you gonna choose considering when you look from the outside of my car, you won't notice the difference until you go up close to it.

well, here's what it feels like to drive a car that is about 100kg lighter than factory. i notice that acceleration is quicker but the key handling characteristic i'd like to point out is that due to a decrease in weight to the passenger side of the car, cornering is not so much linear but more like exponential as in when you start slipping the tires up front they loose traction and then bite the road...the word transient comes to mind. it's funny but i can only assume at this point that it's due to the bulk of the weight up front and biased towards the driver side (the side where i put my ass at).

after putting back the refurbished seat, tools and spare wheel, i decided to whack the same corners again (i'm not telling where but it's a very nice short stretch of downhill road where you can easily hit 100 kph through the corners :D) and found that although the acceleration was not as quick as it was before, BUT weight shifts (left to right) felt more linear than before. maybe i should try without the passenger seat and whack those corners again. or lower the moment created by the backrest of the passenger seat by reclining it till it is almost parallel to the floor pan...hmmmmmm.

oh, and here's rajiv's 4th wife.

Weight Savings.

the car above has gone through a lot. however, let's just focus on the diet program its been on since i got the car nearly 3 years ago. i shall introduce you, the reader to my thesis/final year project which is currently underway where i am designing a lightweight lower control arm replacement for the proton putra.


since i started autocrossing, i've been a fanatic at keeping the weight down as much as i can. and what i've done thus far is remove most of the sound deadening material although there's still some left on the cabin-side of the firewall, most of the insulation material, carpets, plastic trimmings, roof liner, back seats, radio, speakers and antenna, stock air filter box and replaced the driver-side recaro njoy to a sscus non-fia bucket seat and finally replaced the stock muffler with a 2.1" ID pipe. believe it or not, removal of these items has reduced the weight by approximately 40kg. so, from the kerb weight of the car which is ~1050kg, it has now dropped to 1010kg.

on race day, the weight drops by another 35kg with the removal of the passenger-side recaro njoy (notice the torn parts? mum's trying to stitch them back to save me RM450 so results will be posted when she's done with it.);

and the spare wheel plus the tools required to jack the car and change it.

the items mentioned weighed in at 16kg for both the njoy and the spare wheel and about 3kg for the tools. this brings the weight of the car further down to 975kg.

now, why should we reduce the weight of a vehicle? take a look at the proton wira which had a kerb weight of 1050kg 12 years ago when it was first introduced and look at its replacement the proton persona which weighs 1170kg. bare in mind, both wira and persona compared are the baseline 1.6 models with automatic transmission and no ABS. where does this weight come from? it can't be from the slight increase in length (~10cm longer than the wira) but it could be from the added safety and luxury items due to customer demands and advancement in automotive safety.

now if we can reduce the weight, what can we benefit?

1. improved car handling characteristics (Puhn, 1976)
2. fuel savings (Borns & Whitacre, 2007)
3. decrease environmental impacts from reduced CO2 emissions
4. increase in engine performance

just to brush the surface of my points, Fred Puhn states in his book that reducing the sprung and unsprung mass of a car would result in better handling. handling consists of not only cornering or maneuverability of the car but also breaking performance of the car.

fuel savings as mentioned by these two Alcoa Industries reps, have been proven by companies like BMW who have reduced the weight of a test car by 10% and thus experience better fuel consumption by providing 2.5 extra miles per gallon. due to this reduction in fuel usage, impact on the environment from vehicles can be reduced from the reduction in CO2 or NOx gases due to internal combustion engines. since fossil fuel is not a renewable source of power, this reduced fuel consumption would enable our fossil fuel reserves to last just a little bit longer.

on a more personal note, i have experienced quicker engine response due to this reduction in weight due to the fact that the lighter the car (ie. less mass) the less load there is on the engine to propel the car to a predetermined speed like the 0-100 kph time for example.

tune in next time when i discuss the topics of interest regarding my thesis.


ps. all SSG batch mates, there'll be a Alumni dinner in SSG hall

this hall, on the 29th of September, 2007 and all the teachers and current principal would appreciate if we, the pioneer batch of SSG would attend this dinner. have to buy tickets though at RM50 i think. to purchase these tickets, just head to SSG's Principals office and look for his secretary.

Catch Dry?

was at bangsar village doing my weekly grocery and while waiting in line at the checkout counter, i noticed amongst the cigarette racks there was a mini fridge/cooler that had a sign which said,

Dear Smokers,
No chewing, no smoking, enjoy.

or something like that, but yeah, it caught my attention because it was an alternative to tobacco. before i begin, NO, i have not started smoking again...that phase has been long behind me now. just wanted to give this product a shot, because it wasn't your regular nicotine patch or gum that smokers use to get their fix.

so i picked up the 'Cassis Menthol' pack and paid my RM6.90.

this is what you get,



inside, there's about 16-20 little packets with material if not similar to your little tea bags to allow your saliva to wet the 'baccy and you get the 'baccy juice. not too sure how the the older generation used to chew baccy and beetle nuts to get high (were they?). anyway,


so what you do is you take a little packet and stuff it behind your upper/lower lip and 'ENJOY' as the container says...but i was far from enjoyment/ecstasy or what-not.

firstly, you look like you've got serious buck-teeth problem or someone punched your lip to make it look swollen.

secondly, it smells good (like various fruity shesha scents) but tastes BITTER and SALTY!!! wtf man.

so to my parents amusement at the weird facial expressions that i made while the thing was in my mouth i left the thing behind my upper lip while sufferingly swallowing the baccy juice bit by bit.

i tell you, this product would make you rather have a damn ciggy because of the stupid way you look and also because of the taste. to me, it just puts me off.

high? well, i did feel light headed for like 10 minutes but after that, nada.

so was it worth RM6.90? to me, hell NO!

say, TAK NAK to CATCH DRY! :P

however, if you wanna know more, go to GothiaTek the creators of this smokeless tobacco product.

Impak Maksima.

yup, for those who are not familiar with the title, it basically translates to english as 'Maximum Impact' which is the a film produced locally by Ahmad Idham.

i knew i just had to go and watch it. but didn't want to go alone like when i watched 'gengster'. don't ask...but let's just say 'gengster' was a bloody waste of time and money.

moving on. (spoilers ahead)

here's my honest opinion on the movie and if anyone affiliated to the parties involved in the making of this film reads/stumbles upon this, well, just take it into consideration for any future movies you plan to film. i'll try my best to be as neutral as possible with this review.

now after a long string of advertisements, we finally see the intro, which is a 3d model of the internals of the engine working and they go through the turbines (from my POV, the turbine blades were not balanced at all, it was rotating of it's axis and in the real world would have caused it to fail prematurely, but anyway) then you get a visual of the 3d modeled engine bay finally at the very end of the intro you get a view of an exhaust particle escaping the exhaust tailpipe, which signals the start of the action. so thumbs up for a rather detailed model of the engine but there's room for improvements.

after the first race, we are introduced to most of the characters and the thing that bugs me the most is the slang and 'poser' type language used. it's as if they're trying to be hip-hop and at the same time speak in malay, for example when two characters meet each other they'll go 'wassup bro?! malam ni ada game tau? *weird hand gestures* takpe aku setting kereta engko untuk drag la! best punyer!'
hope you get an idea on the way the talk. it's hard to describe really. but anyway, after about 10 minutes of listening to that sort of dialog you become used to it.

nice selection of cars by the way, interesting to see a levin/trueno with a turbocharged F20C engine from the S2000 if i'm not mistaken and some other usual cars that compete/participate regularly in our malaysian drift scene. i'm guessing most of the drifting was done by either ah fai (ser ming hu), tengku djan or the owners of the respective cars themselves.

one awful aspect of the movie is the cliche-d boy-girl romance. firstly, i feel that it wasn't well developed and ended up looking like filler material. it should have been removed from the script to allow more time to elaborate on the cars or the path that 'aye' the main character (don't know how the hell you spell his name) would have taken. we know he was supposed to be a professional driver for proton's R3 but did his brother allow him to go for the tests that he was supposed to take? there was no continuity on that part of the story, which i think would have been more interesting.

on the subject of continuity, people who aren't familiar with KL or subang roads would not have realized but the drifts that were done at the ss15 banked U-turn that connects to the federal highway were linked straight away to merdeka square and then to klcc. i mean how is that even possible? BUT the choice of drifting locations were good despite this illogical progression between scenes.

computer graphics. now i understand that you wouldn't be able to trash someones precious D1 drift machine, but at least try to blend the car into it's surroundings. and also add some realistic physics to the movement of the cars modeled this way. people who have watched it would know what i'm talking about as the cars were too cartoon-like which made it very distinguishable, the real from the not.

all things aside, i went into the cinema expecting something slightly better than 'gengster' but i came out feeling a little better about spending RM9 for this movie and this movie deserves somewhere between 4.5~5 stars out of 10. it was good that they actually concentrated on what the movie was about which was drifting but better scene continuity, computer graphics and dialogs would have given it in my opinion a solid 7 out of 10 stars.

having said that, hopefully the malaysian film industry can only move forward when producing movies like these. we shall wait and see how the next 'big' local drift movie would be like which is - Evolusi KL Drift, which looks promising from the youtube footage of the stunt where they crash an rx7 HERE.

The 3 'T's Rule.

Time, Tutes, and Thesis.

these are the 3 'T's i live by coming into 4th and final year of engineering. ughhhhhh.

anyway, a typical monday morning, i see myself camping in the library from 9-ish am all the way to about 1pm.


trying to catch up on tutes due to lack of TIME!

also got my thesis and all the background reading i've gotta do. headache.

upgraded my workspace to accommodate for my CAD stuff, more desktop space = GOOD.


lemme just say that 20" LCDs are the way to go. it's actually damn friggin huge man. i can fit about two heads into the monitor albeit abit squished.

just a pic i found amusing. if you don't know what 'irony' is, well, THIS will give you a rough idea.

well, gotta go. got a test tmrw...study study study.

"Thesis + Tutes = Not Enough Time"

Buddy-Buddee.

a night of meeting the 1st year students...i feel a bit old honestly amongst them. like there's that mentality gap or something. childish, that's the word. but who am i to judge eh?

anyway,some quick pics for those who didn't attend the event like a certain short ah beng named timothy. haha!

the winning tower (screw the other team that won due to miscommunication)


dear's brother acting out his lewd fantasies with kon 'chibai' wai luen.


my group's drag queen, a freshie named ervin. he really acted the part of a fussy feminine super-model, voice and all.


ms. 'forgot to shave leg hair' melvin


ms. 'fergie look at my lumps and my humps' charles


sorry to the rest of you whom i know not your names but have tainted my mind as the most horrid set of drag queens ever. :P (a tribute to your sporting-ness)



our lovely panel of judges


*shudder*


ms. 'chibai', a winner and most of all a man amongst women


if anyones got pics of me after i climbed the roof top terrace's roof, please let me know ok.

Teaser Beemer.

it's finally here. and here's a small teaser of what i have sitting outside my house waiting to be done up. it's in better condition than the cortina and the interior is in very good condition. the downside? the car can't start because the keys don't match! so will have to get a locksmith to settle that part and then fill up the oils and stuff to see if it'll start.

i don't think this car has run since 1989 though. :P but what the hell, free car what.

the VIN is still intact!!! :D


all the memorabilia found in the car. not listed is a durex condom which dates back to the 80s if i'm not wrong haha! threw it away unfortunately...but it wasn't opened though.

Not As Bad As I Thought.

first day of life as a 4th year uni student...nothing has changed much aside from the scenery.

well anyway, since the putra505 is more or less problem free for now (been 5 days since engine rebuild) i decided to get it dyno-ed so that i could have a baseline for any future modifications done to it to compare.

first feelings after getting the car back from the workshop was that there was definitely an increase in power and the engine revved without hesitation. it's 0-100 kph timing (timing provided by my trusty k750i's stopwatch) before the rebuild was ~10.8 seconds whereas NOW, it's ~9.3 seconds.

from these figures, i could derive an estimate for the horsepower that i could achieve since the car needs to overcome air resistance and as it gets faster, air resistance increases so you'd need more power to overcome that resistance and more power would equal a lower 0-100 timing yes?

ok, i did some hand calculations based on the manufacturer's claims regarding engine horsepower (which i converted to estimated wheel horsepower based on average losses experienced throughout the drive-train) and from there...(long boring theory stuff that most of you won't be interested in)...i got my estimated horsepower BEFORE the engine rebuild which was about 105.89 wheel horsepower(WHP) and i had predicted that due to increase losses due to friction from the crankshaft bearings, connecting rod bearings, etc, my actual WHP should be around 115.91.

i did try to calculate the actual work done via a stoichiometric combustion process but i didn't have actual data on the petrol i use (shell) so i just used the standard value for gasoline given in my thermodynamics text and let's just say the value was pretty close to my other calculation.

back to the point of this post. after getting the result sheet printed out, i was rather disappointed with my WHP as i only got 115.7 WHP but happy because my hand calculation was 99.8% correct. and here's where i have more work to do.

ok, the green line represents the torque(Nm), blue is the Air/Fuel Ratio and red is for horsepower(HP).

just to give you an idea of what the problem is, notice the blue line. in an ideal case (ie. stoichiometric) the line should be a straight line across the page at around 14.5 but in the real world that is not the case and also due to the fact that at stoichiometry, the engine will operate at higher temperatures and has a higher chance of detonation/pinging occureing due to the octane levels we run at(higher octane fuels can run at closer to stoichiometric a/f ratios because a higher octane rating denotes it's susceptibility to detonating at higher temperatures/higher compression ratios). a good air to fuel ratio would be between 13.1-13.8 for most naturally aspirated engines, but mine goes below 13! and drops to around 11 at peak horsepower...which is very very bad.

the guy who did the dyno warned me that i would have to correct this or else my car would overheat on track somewhere around the 10th lap. so, i might not be ready to compete just yet. have to settle this hiccup. can't risk destroying this engine now. so i'll be hunting around for a good piggyback ECU to help my fueling because that is what i need. more fuel to increase the A/F ratio back to a healthy 13.x. if any of you could help me out further on this, i'd be glad to listen. so let's discuss this in the comments ok?

Finally.

so i got the putra back after 9 days of waiting. i can say that the car is pushing at least 115 whp at the moment. hope to find out soon after i get a few runs on the dyno.

but there were hiccups along the way. everything was find until i discovered that my clutch pump was not installed properly or something (has not been diagnosed and probably will never be) and that caused 90% of the clutch fluid to squirt out as i engage the clutch. luckily i made it back right to my front gate when i lost all gear. called the fuckhead mechanics and ordered them to come fix my car now. they did.

but it wasn't until 8.44 p.m. that they finally fixed the clutch pump. their remedy/reasoning was that my clutch pedal was too high, bullshit, it was fine before i sent the car to them now wasn't it. idiots.



after they left, they didn't bother looking for the cap for the grease nipple/zerk fitting, so i have to go to the workshop tomorrow and order them to give me another one. hey, i fucking paid for it man. also, my front brake heat shield was in contact with the disk brake so it scrapped off quite a lot of metal from the shield leaving a small step. so, i had to get this fixed by knocking and bending that metal sheild back into shape, that was around 10.30pm earlier.

i just hope my car doesn't fall apart tomorrow.

that would suck.

"An Affair To Remember"

just got back from a wedding reception at subang national golf club. simple wedding, nothing fancy. just couldn't stand the half-assed singing and lame 'jokes' from the MC.

it was my baby-sitter's son's wedding by the way. she's the one responsible for getting me hooked on to indian food! haha. i basically spent the first 10 years of my life at her house while my parents were at work. so yeah, thanks aunty bobby for bringing me up and to love indian food :D

couldn't recognize most of the kids that she had looked after until my cousin pointed out who's who and i was really shocked at how much they've changed. like there's this brother and sister combo who's i probably 4 years my junior; well the brother looks geeky but the sister's hot! she's got that indian model look, the high cheekbones, the nose, the whole package la put it that way. sorry guys, no picture but if you can dig into my head then you might be able to find it there.

i sat there feeling old. how many of you have felt that eh?

here's the couple walking down the red carpet:


dinner by the Big Rajah




shake that thing...glen(right) is putting on his 70s/80s dance moves


and amidst all the chaos, a kid runs on stage and starts dancing! i swear, it's the funniest thing i've seen in a while, made me feel older though. because if i were to do what that kid did, i'd be seen as an idiot, not that i'd mind la but these are ppl who might get a heart attack if they knew my 'extreme' side.




the star of the night, totally oblivious. kids and innocence i tell you, something none of you readers including myself have anymore.