Easter 2

 2. Easter Saturday

We went go karting! What was even nicer was we went at about 5 pm. So we raced from daylight to sunset to dark. It was 4 4-lap races. But believe me it was quite enough. Really tiring. There's the group. Top L-R: Nic, John, Dean, Francis, Fred, Chai, Helmi.

Bottom L-R: Me, Cynthia, San Wen.

This was my 1st time going for go karting, so it was pretty scary but when we got started that all went away and just wanted to have fun. The karts were twin engine and went to about 100+ km/h, so yeah, thinking about that is pretty crazy, but when you're driving it, frankly it don't feel all that much. But few hours after I finished, I thought, that shit was nuts.

Here's the breakdown. Race 1, we were all pretty much just getting used to the driving and the track and were a bit hesitant to put our foots down all the way through the track, so yeah, was pretty alright. Though Chai spun on one of the corners I think.

Race 2, I started to get more into it and in one of the corners spun off the track onto the sand. Being a bit over enthusiastic going into the corner. Came in 2nd to last. Because after the spin, I stupidly sat there and did not know what to do. Then the guy told me just keep going. Then I did, so that kinda shook me up a bit.

Race 3, This 1 I did alright I think being a bit more conservative. I started 2nd on the grid, and finished 1st cut off the guy that was in first.

Race 4, This race was the most awesome one. I was placed 6th on the grid, Helmi 7th. At one turn he overtook me, then I went all mad crazy and dogged him down. And we were cutting up each other throughout the race. On the last lap, I braked really late on 1 of the corner and slid past him but was again a bit too hard on the accelerator and he slid past me on the 2nd to last corner. And he got past me again.

I think light people have a better advantage, the car accelerates faster. But still, good fun. Hope can get more friends to go next time. Overall, I finished 7th which was not too bad, considering I had 3 spins and 1 off the tracks, lost points from that. great fun.

So after that, went to grab some food. Actually wanted to go to Ciao Italia but they were closed for some reason so went to a Mexican place, which I never been though I passed it a gazillion times. It's just a few minutes from my house! Anyways, it's called The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, after the movie. The portion was humongous. Geez, did not know. So we ordered quite a bit and could not finish it here it is, tacos, enchiladas, etc.

Easter 1

This is a bit off from what I usually do for the blog. But here it is, because it was all great fun.

1. Paint balling on Good Friday

This was really awesome. Went to bed on Thursday night at 10 something, and picked up San Wen from the airport at 2.30 am, he just came from Malaysia for Easter holidays. Then got back home at about 3.30 am. And slept on till about 6 am. Got ready till and left at 7 am. We went on to the paintball place. Started around 9.30 am.

Well, some people would just freeze there and know not what to do when they start playing paintball. Yeah, I'm not one of those. Once the call started for the first game, I went on kamikaze mission and rushed through the center of the field and yeah, got shot in about a minute and was out of that game. Game 2, I was a bit smarter and looked around but still went through to the other side and shot at the enemy. Got 1 and the 2nd guy, I shot to his left, right and above him. And he shot me once and got me. So, had to practice better my aim. Lesson learnt. After that, pretty much got the hang of it. Next one, I sneaked off to the side, and shot off 2 people before getting killed. The one after our team dominated and were left with 7 people (it's about 15 a side by the way). Then there was one where me and several other guys volunteered to hold the fort. That was fun. Then several other games which were also fun.

Overall, it was really lots of fun. And we finished off at about 3.30 pm. Would so definitely do this again next year and hopefully can get about 40-50 people. That would be great. As you can see, no pictures. Cos we kinda all forgot to take any, seeing how awesomely fun it was.

Only took picture of one of my bruises. the next day  Ain't that bad. And it doesn't hurt all that bad either. Just very good fun.

End of the Dream

I had a dream, the dream that ended all dreams. It was bittersweet but momentous and affecting. This is the end of that chapter, and I shall begin work. It needs to be fulfilled, for better or worst.