Away.

For a few days.

Photo Blog #3: Mosques

Masjid Qariah Ulu Beranang, Negeri Sembilan

Masjid Qariah Ulu Beranang (Interior)

Masjid Lama, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan

Masjid Wilayah, Jalan Duta #1

Masjid Wilayah, Jalan Duta #2

Masjid Wilayah, Jalan Duta #3

Masjid Wilayah, Jalan Duta #4

Gradient

Photo Blog #2: Small Town Shots

Nilai
9 x 10 kg

A Presence

An Old Flag

Cuci Tangan Di Sini (Wash hands here)

Dilarang Meludah (No Spitting)

Note: None of the pictures following the first picture was taken at Nilai.

Photo Blog #1: Nilai 3 Wholesale Market

Textiles and More Textiles

And More Textiles

Flowery Flag
RM15.00 Peace

Stairway to Heaven

Some Pineapple

Nanae Akasaka - Japanese Hot Babe

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Akasaka Nanae

Profession : Actress

Birthdate : 1979-Dec-24

Birthplace : Kanagawa Prefecture

Height : 166cm

Star Sign : Capricorn

Blood type : O

Ferrari Most Passionate Sport Car

The new Ferrari 430 Scuderia will join the road-going V8 line-up alongside the F430 coup and the F430 Spider. This 430 Scuderia has a truly high-performance 2-seater berlinetta which demonstrates how Ferrari's Formula 1 know-how is carried across to its production cars.

The new model is a special series based on the F430 and is aimed specifically at Ferrari's most passionate and sports-driving oriented clients. The Development of the car was focused on light weight, minimum trimmings and innovative technology. All this to exalt the car's extremely high-performance and ability to thrill the driver.


Specifications :

Wheelbase : 2600 mm 102.4 in
Length : 4512 mm 177.6 in
Width : 1923 mm 75.7 in
Height : 1199 mm 47.2 in
Length : wheelbase ratio 1.74
Kerb weight : 1350 kg 2976 lb

Weight distribution : (Front) 43.00 %
Fuel capacity : 95 litres 20.9 UK Gal 25.1 US Gal

Aerodynamics

2007 Ferrari 430 Scuderia Drag coefficient Frontal area C_x

Engine :

2007 Ferrari 430 Scuderia Bore × stroke 92.00 mm × 81.00 mm, 3.62 in × 3.19 in

Cylinders V-8 in 90.0° vee

Displacement : 4308 cc (262.89 cu in)
Type DOHC : 4 valves per cylinder, 32 valves in total
Construction Sump Dry sumped Compression ratio : 11.88:1 Fuel system
Maximum power : 510 PS (503.0 bhp) (375.1 kW)@ 8500 rpm
Specific output : 116.8 bhp/litre1.91 bhp/cu in
Maximum torque : 470.0 Nm (347 ft·lb) (47.9 kgm) @ 5250 rpm
Specific torque : 109.1 Nm/litre Maximum rpm 8640 rpm
Manufacturer : Ferrari
Main bearings : 5
Coolant : Water
Bore/stroke ratio : 1.14
Unitary capacity : 538.5 cc/cylinder
Aspiration : Normal
Compressor type : N/A
Intercooler : None
Catalytic converter : Y

Performance :

0-100 km/h : 3.60 s
Standing km : 20.90 s
Top speed : 320 km/h (199 mph)
CO₂ Emissions : 360 g/km
Power-to-weight : 372.59 bhp/ton

The 23 city wards (ku) are the center of Tokyo and make up about one third of the metropolis' area, while housing roughly eight of Tokyo's approximately twelve million residents. Tokyo is also one of Japan's 47 prefectures, but is called a metropolis (to) rather than a prefecture (ken). The metropolis of Tokyo consists of 23 city wards (ku), 26 cities, 5 towns and 8 villages, including the Izu and Ogasawara Islands, several small Pacific Islands in the south of Japan's main island Honshu.

Midnight Ramblings

I've been reading from The Sun and Malaysiakini with interest. From what I see the after effects of the recent elections, of those that matter to me anyway, are these:

1. It is cracking the political apathy amongst youth. Malaysian politics is now sensational and juicy and suddenly every Tom, Dick, Harry and Sally becomes interested, although they are from Third Rock from The Sun. And we see that we are capable of change. That makes us very interested.

2. We are now free from the shackles of May 13, 1969. If anyone uses it to threaten the rakyat (people) again, we can now proudly point to the General Election of 2008 and say that the people are fed up of racial politics, although some politicians are still grappling with this new-fangled concept. Malays voting for DAP, Chinese voting for PAS, Indians voting for PKR? What is the world coming to??

3. Towards a two-party system! Maybe not that soon, but noone thought that the opposition could win big this time either, so I am keeping optimistic =D

In the meanwhile it is interesting to observe the power struggle, politicians vs. sultans, Ku Li vs. Pak Lah, Anwar vs. Pak Lah. Najib is being really quiet.

I am trying to get used to home life still, in between coughing my lungs out and enjoying the thunderstorms. Food is of course a highlight, as with meeting up with friends. Otherwise I am still trying to find my house keys and my pendant box, both of which have disappeared into thin air. It aggravates me to no end, as I definitely remember bringing them back to KL in my luggage, so they must be somewhere in the house. =(

I went to watch "Ah Long Pte Ltd", a Singapore-made movie by Jack Neo, who is responsible for reasonably good movies like "I not stupid" etc. Ah Long Pte Ltd is a complete waste of a good RM10 and two hours. It was insufferable. I wanted to throw heavy kangaroo punches at the sissy narrator every time he spoke, and every time he appeared onscreen. I cringed at some of the tasteless jokes. The actors actually weren't that bad, Fann Wong was pretty hot as well, but the script - was - horrible. Some people I know did enjoy the movie though. You can learn that it's total crap through the easy way (by not watching it) or the hard way (watching it).

Almost 2am already. Sleep la.

Katase Nana - Japanese Hot Babe

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Katase Nana is a Japanese actress, model, former gravure idol, and former singer on the avex trax record label.

Profile

Name : Katase Nana

Birthday : November 11, 1981

Birthplace : Tokyo

Blood type : A

Height : 161cm

Favorite artist : SASHA

Favorite food : Strawberry, marron

Hobbies : Digicam

Motto : Trust your intuition

The world's Cleanest Diesel Engine Car

Once again Audi introducing their new vehicle the Audi Cross Cabriolet Quattro concept car at the Los Angeles Auto Show 24 November 2007. The two-door, four-seater car measures 4.62 metres in length and combines the genes of a typical dynamic soft-top convertible from Audi with the all-round qualities of a fully fledged SUV.

Sun-drenched Los Angeles and snow-carpeted alpine Bavaria provide the inspiration for the Audi Cross Cabriolet quattro concept car. This cool car was Powered by the world's cleanest diesel engine, and combining the sun worshipping potential of a classic cabriolet with the mountain-scaling agility of a quattro-equipped 'off-roader', the Cross Cabriolet Quattro could form the basis of a future SUV model from Audi.

General Specifications :
Year : 2007
Company : Audi
Model : Cross Cabriolet Quattro Concepts
Engine Location : Front
Drive Type : AWD
Body / Chassis : Unitary Construction
Intoduction : 2007 LA Autoshow

Performance :
0-60 mph : 7 seconds
Top Speed : 240 km/h, 149.2 mph

Engine :
Engine Configuration : V
Cyinders : 6
Aspiration/Induction : Turbo Diesel
Displacement : 3.00 L, 183.1 cu in, 3001cc
Valves : 24 valves
Valvetrain : DOCH
Horsepower : 240.00 BHP (176.6 KW)
Torque : 500.00 NM (368 Ft-Lbs)
HP/Liter : 80.00 BHP / Liter
Fuel Type : Diesel
Fuel Feed : Fuel Injected

Dimensions :
Seating Capacity : 4
Doors : 2

Exterior :
Length : 4620.001 mm, 181.9 in
Width : 1910.001 mm, 75.2 in
Height : 1630.001, 64.2in
Wheelbase : 2810.001 mm, 110.6 in

Suspension : Five-link setup with electro-magnetic dampers

Miki Fujimoto - Japanese Hot Babe

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Miki Fujimoto (born February 26, 1985 in Takikawa, Hokkaidō, Japan), is an ex-solo artist from Hello! Project. She was previously the leader of the popular Japanese pop group Morning Musume but only after a few weeks, a magazine published a scandal which resulted in her resignation from the group. Currently, she is one-half of the duo GAM.

In October 2007 Miki Fujimoto will not attend to the Hello! Project 2008 Winter Concert. Some say she is still under punishment from the scandal early this year.
On February 11, 2008, it was announced that Fujimoto will be releasing a single entitled "Oki Tegami". The single will be a collaboration with fellow Up-Front singer Takao Horiuchi and is scheduled for release on April 23, 2008.

Earth Hour 2008

I am participating in Earth Hour 2008, which is a global movement of turning your lights off for one hour, on 29th of March, 2008. It is a symbolic gesture to recognize the significance of global warming and climate change, and on this date some cities such as Bangkok, Copenhagen, Toronto, Chicago, Melbourne, Brisbane, Christchurch, Manila etc. (click here for comprehensive list) would turn off their lights at 8pm.

You can sign up here to register your support, and tell your friends about it. Apparently Malaysians are quite responsive as we are ranked the seventh in number of supporters, following USA, Canada, Australia, UK, NZ and India. Also you can click here for the list of Malaysian businesses and schools which are participating.

By the way, I googled "climate change", and was quite surprised to find out that Malaysia actually has a group targeting climate change! It is called the CETDEM (Centre for Environment, Technology and Development Malaysia), not a very specific name is it? Anyway there are three major aspects that they work on, i.e. climate change, organic farming and sustainable energy. And apparently it has been around since 1985! Interesting, I shall read more into it.

*To be updated constantly*
To the following list of people who signed up for the event, thank you! =D And spread the influence!
1. Asa - who told me about the event
2. Seow - first one on my account!
3. Melissa Tan =D

Main hall of Todaiji in Nara. Lecture hall Lecture halls are for meetings and lectures and often also display objects of worship. Lecture halls are called kodo. Example: Lecture hall of Toji in Kyoto. Pagoda The pagoda, a structure that has evolved from the Indian stupa, usually comes with three (sanju no to) or five (goju no to) stories. Pagodas store remains of the Buddha such as a tooth, usually in form of a representation. 3-storied pagoda of Kofukuji in Nara.

Over the years, wherever his travels took him, and on occasion this included international destinations, he always headed back to the family sweet shop in Shibamata with no real prior warning to let the folks at home know he was on his way. Even today the ‘dango’ his family supposedly sold remain a popular local souvenir for visitors to the area and locals alike.

Back in KL

The New Zealand time right now is 5:07am. If I stay awake for another 3 hours I would have officially not slept for 24 hours.

Thing is I'm not tired. I think I am, but yet I am not. You can probably make your own judgment from the coherence of this passage.

I have to get used to my room again. After living out of a suitcase for so long, it is unfathomable that I have so much junk in my room. Backpacking gives you quite a bit of perspective of how little you actually need, in this consumerist society.

Emails to reply, emails to reply. I have so many to, and I have to redirect so many people from the travel blog to this blog. People to meet, stories to write, errands to run, articles to read. In New Zealand I was one person. In KL I am one person with many identities across many communities. This will take some time getting used to.

My 15 inch monitor has blossomed into 19 inches. Sweet as.

I should probably get into the business of trying to fall asleep. Nites.

The Most Powerful Car in The World : Enzo Ferrari

Ferrari set out to develop the Enzo as an integrated system designed for extreme performance, in which even the limits of the performance achievable by the driver were enhanced, thanks to a man-machine interface typical of Formula 1.

The Enzo Ferrari is a 12-cylinder mid-engine sports car named after the company's founder,Enzo Ferrari. It is currently the most powerful naturally aspirated production car in the world. It was built in 2003 using Formula One technology, such as a carbon-fibre body, F1-style sequential shift transmission, and

General Info :
Price: $643,330
Manufacturer : Ferrari
Parent company : Fiat Group
Production : 2002–2004 (400 produced)
Miles Per Gallon: --- mpg
Curb Weight: 2767 lbs
Layout: Mid-Engine/RWD
Transmission: 6-Speed Semi-Automatic

Engine :
Type: V12
Displacement: 5998 cc
Horsepower: 660 bhp @ 7800 rpm
Torque: 472 lb-ft @ 4700 rpm
Redline: 8200 rpm

Performance :
0-60 mph: 3.6 sec 0-100 mph: 6.3 sec
Quarter Mile: 11 sec @ 130 mph
Skidpad: --- Top Speed: 217 mph

Dimension :
Wheelbase : 2650 mm (104.3 in)
Length : 4702 mm (185 in)
Width : 2035 mm (80 in)
Height : 1147 mm (45 in)
Curb Weight : 1365 kg (3000 lb

This seems not to bother Japanese fans who understand that the model's details are a role. Secondly, it can be seen as part of a Japanese tradition of developing roles within roles, this can be seen in the behaviour of the masked Geisha and in Kabuki theatre. It can also be associated with ideas that lie deeper within Japanese culture: Firstly, the idealisation of youth which is reflected in such things as 'cutesie' adult fashions and the portrayal by women of themselves (in terms of dress and manner) as younger than they are. For a fuller understanding of both role play and the idealisation of youth in Japanese media and culture it is worth reading articles by Dr Sharon Kinsella, referenced below.

Lisa-Helen Ralph - United Kingdom

Lisa-Helen Ralph - United Kingdom

Age: 22

Ocupation: Customer Service Assistant

Lives: Bath

This year’s Cinderella story is… Lisa-Helen Ralph. By day she guides tourists around Bath’s fashion museum. By night she sits in her room “dreaming of modelling the clothes I describe”. That dream is yours to make or break. But one thing’s for sure: it could also be a nightmare. “I’m under a Honey hex,” she grins. “I got the Top 100 call while running away from a cockroach, and I read the Top 10 letter while being sick.”