The Day 'Hujan Emas di Negara Orang, Hujan Batu di Negara Sendiri': Hujan Batu Kita Punyalah Power Sampai Boleh Berhentikan Formula 1!

Dear Diary,

Kalau sanggup pergi F1 Nightrace and Coldplay di Singapore,
takkanlah tak pergi F1 Sepang dan Jamiroquai di tanah tumpah darah.

Especially when your bestfriend / neighbour / favourite local singer and Be Yoga's very first customer
did the opening for the much-hyped-about post-race concert












That's Atilia flaunting her yoga arms before JKay took over the stage.




and when your boyfriend's mom supplied you with kickass grandstand tickets.










and that's the cover for Msia's CLEO April '09 50 Eligible Bachelors issue.
Woot.




USELESS FACT:
For the past 10 years of F1 in Malaysia,
the past winners clocked an average of 1 hour 30 minutes
for 56 laps = 310.408 km (average fastest lap = 210 kph)
not including yesterday's exceptional and record-breaking 33 laps of course.

NOTE TO SELF:
Now. The last few times I drove to Singapore, it took me exactly two hours
from Bangsar to Woodlands checkpoint (estimated 360 km).
Does that mean I was driving 200 km per hour all along?
. . . .

The Day 'I Drive Myself Crazy'

Dear Diary,

You don't have to tell me.

Even I told myself,
I can't be crazier than this:

Agreeing to take up the challenge
to be the next Red Bull Rookie driver
after only a week of my first if not major, car accident ever.

I was thankful I got shortlisted from the thousands of applicants through the online registration
but I was NOT surprised I passed the first round of interview last Saturday.

I have always loved interviews.
Selling my best-self and the best bullshit I can come out with (evidently in this blog),
have always been my thing.

But when I arrived at the second round selection venue at
Shah Alam Stadium Kart Circuit earlier today,
I immediately felt sick in the stomach
when I found out just what I had to do.


PRACTICAL DRIVING TEST.


I have been avoiding DRIVING since the unfortunate accident
that cost me my car and confidence last Monday.

















And they told me that I HAD TO
drive,
drift,
park,
reverse park
the fastest I could
IN STICK
today itself?

They've got to be kidding me.

Apparently they didn't.

So I HAD TO KID myself into believing that
Fact #1: The accident never happened
Fact #2: The test is just another round of Need For Speed: Carbon
Fact #3: I am a good fast driver
Fact #4: I am reverse-parking bonafide
Fact #5: I was not scared at all

Hmmm.

The result?
I actually surprised myself.
I didn't hit any (c)one while reverse parking
and their car didn't go terbalik while I was speeding.

When you believe really hard,
sometimes it could just happen.
Except for Fact #1, which memang happened anyway.

Hmmm.
Hmmmmmm.

With that,
I have Red Bull to thank,
for successfully restoring my confidence
in my own driving.






















Supporting Toro Rosso for F1 Night Race Singapore right after the Ferrari fuel-filling incident. Alangkan F1 driver pun accident, ye tak..



Now that I'm back driving
(nonetheless kereta emak)
much thanks to Red Bull,

I hope Nuffnang's attempt
to cheer me up and revive my comfort-level in blogging
with that all-expense paid trip to Singapore this coming weekend,

will be rewarding too.