Andris Yan

My reservist involved in the National Day Parade fly past… Where the Chinook flew past the parade with our Singapore Flag… Well, actually, the Flag is more of my reservist focus…

On the 23rd Jun ‘08 Monday, 1202pm, he passed away, at age 90… It was a moment I didn’t want it to come at all… But this is life, it is a cycle of all nature…

When he was on his way to work and walk to the bus-stop, I would shout out to him from the 12th storey where I lived, and we waved each other goodbye…

When I was living with my parents, I would go to have a short stay with them during school holidays, and he would bring me and my cousin to the playground and bought ice cream for us… There are so many things I learn from him… He was someone who I respect alot…

Last year end, I visited them, and I neglected the elder ones, only talk little with them, while only focus on talking with his son… I felt really bad…

Subaru 555 Rally car

With "Xenon" headlights on…

Taillights on…

Headlight details…

Rear lights details…

Night time, before Night Rally Stage starts, getting my STi ready for the battle!!

Time to battle with scars!! It’s Rally Time!!

As always BMW is my all time favourite!! Gave it a bright red coat of paint!!

Next few targets…

R/C Impreza…
2009 Maserati Quattroporte

Anyway, found another chill out room in my home again… Hope to decor it to make it as comfortable, cosy yet simple as my mind can visualised it to be… Till next time…

Just happen to remember that the family’s old old car has just passed year number 12!!

Seems like my family has been really making full use of it since mid ‘96 till now…

Yup, it drinks fuel, 50 litres of fuel covering only around 500km even on light footed, which translate to about 10km per litre, no good at all… Indeed the engine wear and tear is showing signs here…

Overall, still running fine, just that very slow acceleration is now less smoothly, it jerks… Showing signs of the some areas or sensors related to the throttling is getting less sensitive…

I doubt it would last this long if me and my family drives it daily… Nowadays, it’s either we covered only short distance within a week, or very long distance once a week. Fuel prices is a burden these days… But once a week drive doesn’t affect that much…

Ok still hope that this WIRA  can last till the day I can afford a car, but by then will Singapore have ERP everywhere? Will fuel prices rises to $3 per litre? I strongly believe these factors will become a reality very near future… Let’s see the space… Meantime, enjoy life, no worries, let’s work hard and play hard and appreciate life around us, forget about others!!

Last week went to compasspoint to shop around. At the toys department, I happen to see those 1/18 scale models and spotted one of my all time favourite, a CLS!! Almost grabbed it and heading for payment!!

Then spotted its price tag ($69), so decided to inspect its condition before committing it. Saw that it wasn’t that good. At such a price, I expect good quality products, so I didn’t give it a go… Then flip the box around and saw a sticker some sort like the toys distributor address. So decided to head home and yellowpaged for it.

Yesterday, after work (finally cleared majority of the paperwork!!), went straight to search for the distributor and WaLA!! Found it!! And I got a very tip top condition CLS at a retail price of $47!! That’s $22 off from other shopping centres!! WohoO!! Next time, I can get model cars from there!!

So here are the pics of my newly owned CLS…

Out of the box!! It’s photo taking time!!

Front Quarter view of the CLS

Rear quarter view of it

CLS500 engine compartment, a V8 engine

Front view of the interior

CLS, a strictly 4 seater, sedan and coupe crossover concept car

Glossy metallic paint, using actual car paint

Side view

It’s a Mercedes

CLS front wing and rim, with brakes in sight

Back to the box!!

That’s about it. That’s my very CLS dream indeed… Below are some of the range I wish to collect in future,

- New S-Class
- 300C
- Quattraporte
- Rolls Royce Phantom LWB

Currently, some are not available, even if they do, they are going to be very expensive… See how is it… It’s such joy to collect models, just keeps me happy for a day at least!! Till next time!! More blessings to come!!

Hi there!! Haiz havent been feeling good these days… or months… Anyway got myself a Digi-camera… So can go take pics whenever I like…

Actually this week off days plan was to camp at Punggol Marina… Riding bicycle along Changi Coast Road… So far only the latter one managed to realise half of it…

Today drove to Changi Coast Road and Naval Base area to check out the cycling track there, but too bad, couldn’t even park my car to get down and walk around to explore the place… The plan was to explore first before bringing my bicycle over for a ride…

Managed to find a new place… Take a look…

How many places in Singapore where you can see light blue colour sea water? So far this is the first place I can find it… The view is panoramic…

On my left is ehrm… where the East of Singapore is…

Then on my right is CBD… Below is a closer view… But very foggy…

Here’s the restaurant where you can enjoy the  scenery and sea breeze… Bet at night the ambience would be even nicer!!

Yup, see those attap huts, people can sit in there enjoy meals and sceneries… Wah, next time if I got girlfriend I sure bring her here!!

At the same time, while having meals, enjoying sceneries, you can see aeroplanes flying above your head preparing for landing near Changi Airport…

So far, this is a place that is very close to what I’ve experience in Australia, in terms of overall scenery, ambience, and the feel good factor… Yes it is that close except for the weather… Haha

So this is the place… Operating 10am to 10pm, serve wide varieties of dishes…

So I left Changi headed towards Cosy Bay… Guess what?! To my surprise, Cosy Bay has ceased operation!! Sad… What’s left is only the platform extending out to sea with the lighthouse… Sad… Such a nice place and it… Haiz… Felt very disappointed, I decided to drive to Marina South to look see… Along the way, took a few pics of the Singapore Flyer…

Singapore Flyer…

Here’s one view of Singapore Flyer taken at Marina South… Damn, I hate to say again… Marina South now is a dead town man… All shops are in the process of demolishing, it’s just a dead town lah… Can forget about gathering there… Just when I thought such nice places are rare, it gets even more rare!! SG is getting boring…

Driving along ECP, with the city on my left…

Driving along ECP towards Changi Airport again, heading back to Changi Coast Road… See a plane preparing to land at the airport…

Forgot to turn on my camera to burst mode, which is to take continuous shots when holding the shot button… This is at Changi Coast Road… Saw one SIA plane taking off soon…

AhhHH, it took off right in front of me and I’ve just missed taking the entire picture of the aeroplane…

There it goes, up in the air!!

Up and up in the air!! It’s nice to see the plane roar its engine, speed up and take off right in front of you… It’s very nice!! It’s more spectacular when the runway wet and when the aircraft starts its jet engine, u see the water spraying behind the plane… WoOO so nice!!

Went to Changi Beach and saw one shore line, the only one that stretches out to sea and it is a flat beach which ehrm… slowly merges into the sea water… It was low tide that’s why the extended beach is reveal…

It is only a small piece of beach that extends out to the sea, I was fortunate to see it for the very first time after so many years of visiting the place…

Then up ahead, saw another plane taking off… Don’t forget, Changi Airport is behind me…

Saw quite a few streams of water flowing towards the sea, I found it quite ehrm interesting, so took a pic of one of it…

After all the exploring, I decided to head home and continue my trip at night after the rain had stopped…

So after a meetup and some chit chatting at Queenstown Park Macdonalds with Steven, we decided to head to Mount Faber… So I can enjoy the sceneries and take MORE pictures!!Haha… Here is the first picture pointing towards the west of the island taken at the highet point of Mount Faber…

Here is one shot pointing towards central of the island which is CBD area…

Here’s Sentosa in view…

There is a bar at Mount Faber… Very nice ambience indeed…

With candle lit on the tables… The place is very cosy indeed… I like it…

Ok till then… Take care!!

Yes as promise, the pics of Kukup weekend holiday on 1st till 2nd March ‘08… Went with my family, excluding my elder sis, with my Uncles and Aunts… Ehrm… the place is quite laid back… but overall the feeling was pleasant…

The entrance to Kukup…

The information counter…

The street at Kukup, the one and only…

Mobile market…

Low tide… This is a cleaner side…

Kelongs…

Fishing boats…

Boat full of fishing nets…

Me at the fish rearing village out at open sea…

Though cant see hear in pic, the actual situation is that some ikan bilis are placed on the stick, and the fish would aim them by shooting water out from their mouths such that the ikan bilis would fall into the water and these fishes can eat it… Incredible arent they? And there is never a time these fishes miss a shot!!

These are two examples of the fishes I saw… Instead of fins, the have legs to crawl on shore… Weird fish…

This pic is taken from the rooftop of the resort we are living in…

At day of arrival seems to be boring but during evening the excitement begins… BBQ dinner, fireworks… The BBQ dinner was great, all fresh seafood BBQ, great taste, great ambience… Imagine sitting on a platform with sea surrounds and the dishes were served, best part is there are no limitation to each dish served, such that we can order them over and over again until we are full!! Joining such trip is  really worthwhile such that all spent was only RM80 and can enjoy fresh seafood!! Hmm, should find more of such places in Malaysia… Next target. Desaru!! Haha

Ok that’s about it. Till next time!!

BMW has just launched their 5 series base model, 520i, hence, I participated in the BMW driving experience to feel how good it is. Driving BMW!! It’s my dream come true!!

Anyway initially I thought I can bring friends along to have a ride so I asked Steven along since he couldn’t book a slot, but in the end only participates are allowed to seat in, apologies to Steven… But end of the session there was a joy ride for everybody, so at least Steven had feel how the BMW was being pushed to the limits!! Haha

Driving along Changi Aviation Road to the BMW driving range…

The place is so HUGE!!

That’s the white 520i I was driving and I was the first driver and the first car!! Shiok!!

Me familarising with all the high tech gadgets in the 520…

Orientation drive before actual driving starts…

WooHoO!! Here’s the fun begins!!

The driving includes Emergency braking, lane changing, obstacle avoidence and finally a timed competition…

Yup, after the driving course, me and the 520i I’m driving… Loving it to bits!!

The rear view of the car…

The dark grey leather interior of the BMW I’m driving…

Yes it’s automatic, but the gear lever is new edge design, very user friendly hence easy to use!! I like it!!

Classic instrument dials…

Beige interior looks good too!! So creamy!!

Front interior looks, nice lah cream colour!!

That’s Steven trying out the rear of the 520i…

These are all 520i BMWs that were used for the driving course, mine was parked the other side, that’s why isn’t in the pic!!

After the timed competition among drivers, a total of 5 BMWs parked along side…

That’s the tag I got… BMW 520i Driving Experience… Nice!! Driving it was good!! Owning it should be even fabulous!!

Ok… that’s all I’ve got… Got to thank Steven for being my camera man… Haha… Anyway I’ll upload my weekend trip to Kukup with my family a week ago this coming week!! ENJOY!!