nEbO - The Quest 2009

i hate waking up early during weekends.. but it's ok since there's $10,000 worth of prizes to be won!







our "passport" for the race









those little kids are going to be no match for trained soldiers!









chiong ah!!!!!

u should see the faces of passengers in the train when the orange shirts stormed in ;P








long story short, we completely screwed up our first stop in a hurry,
morale is all time low as our $10,000 slowly ticks away with time...







The Peranakan Museum









Asian Civilisations Museum









unfortunately, we failed to complete the race in the given time..

it's ok, we had fun rite??








Pastamania moment @ Downtown East








shacked out!



some photo courtesy of Aaron

Singapore Formula1 Grand Prix Race Analysis

Congratulations to Lewis Hamilton on winning the Singapore Formula One Grand Prix! Flawless driving by the defending world champion over the course of 61 grueling laps at the Marina Bay Street Circuit. I have driven a hundred laps or so on the Singtel Simulator last year, (I was the 3rd fastest in Singapore, but not eligible for prizes since I was a staff) what a pity. Trust me, its tiring to complete 5 smooth laps in a row without losing concentration, not to mention 61 of them in the real thing!

Let start things off with qualifying. I was surprised Raikkonen failed to make it into Q3. The highlight of qualifying would be Barricello's crash which brought out the red flag. The Brawn's crash not only helped Hamilton clinch a pole, but also enabled the Briton to start the race with relatively heavier fuel load compared to the rest of other Q3 participants.

KERS gave Hamilton a smooth start off the line, but later had to be disengaged and restarted due to some technical difficulty. Overtaking on this narrow & twisty track proved near impossible. Lap 20, Adrian Sutil tried to take Alguersuari on the inside which end up in collision & taking out the innocent Nick Heidfeld in his BMW, effectively ending the latter's 35-Classified-Race stint, also brought out the safety car.

Rosberg & Vettel, *sigh* what can I say? Both made silly mistakes which cost them their podiums. The Williams driver out-braked himself & crossed the white line while exiting the pit lane on lap 18. Drive-thru penalty stripped him of any point scoring chances. Then we saw the Redbull driver suffered a similar penalty where he was caught speeding in the pit lane on lap 40.

Another blow to the Redbull Racing team came shortly on lap 47, when Mark Webber's brake disc failure resulted in a high speed crash in Turn 1. Felt sad for him, it wasn't entirely his fault. Fast-thinking McLaren brought Kovalainen in for an early pit stop following the crash, gambled their chances for a second safety car session which never did materialized.

Drama continues as the infamous Ferrari pit lane incident nearly repeated itself, on Toro Rosso! This time it was Alguersuari speeding off before the lollipop man gave him the go, nearly pulled off the refueling hose like Massa did last year!

Overall, it was a great race, full of actions, you just wouldn't know what's going to happen at the next turn! I'm glad Hamilton learnt his lesson from Monza. But ultimately, Brawn got the most out of Singapore as they emerge one step closer to both Driver & Constructor titles. Next, Japanese Grand Prix!



photos from: PaddockTalk & SingaporeGP

NUFFNANG INVITES: Boeing 747 vs Porsche Carrera

I am honored to be invited by Nuffnang to attend this exclusive event, featuring a race between a Boeing 747 vs Porsche Carrera 911 GT3, first time in Asia!







arrived @ T3 with my fellow PTI...








we were given a very nicely printed visitor pass...








buffet lunch & performances at the departure lounge. It was kinda awkward as my friend & I didn't know anyone there...








Dining by the runway...








Desserts... and stop drooling onto your keyboard!








transport for the VIPs to the grandstand located just 200m away -.-"








airport staff getting ready for the race...








yes, we were all made to wear the luminous vest...








look at how high they threw her up!









Seet cheering for his favourite airline as it took off in front of us (-_-)"








Hi!!! to the Discovery Channel tv crew








passengers in the SIA flight waving to us,
they must be wondering what the heck is going on?







as if the weather wasn't hot enough,
here comes the beautiful race queens!








the car somehow refused to start,
while the driver is being cooked alive inside that cockpit..








off he goes!

burnt rubber aroma therapy anyone?








the Jett8 Cargo plane on its way to the starting line..
how about a couple of warm-up laps?







the ACES kept the crowd entertained as the plane slowly taxi down to the start line...








the aircraft did not go on the first run, check out the video on the real race:




the Porsche won!! but how close was that?!







how about we have a JetStar vs Helicopter?








we had a good time @ T3, my friend was glad that he could keep that luminous vest, perhaps for his CWO


Thank you once again to Nuffnang (especially Raine) for inviting us to this event, we appreciate it a lot =)