here is a music video clip from Lamb of God. the song is “Redneck” i just love this difference of the tension between Lamb of God and the birthday party kids/adults.. lol and that guy that get banged by the door… hahha thats just classic lol and not once but twice he gets banged… hahahha but in the end, gives a biiig smile for the birthday girl 🙂 please enjoy the clip!! “Redneck”, by Lamb of God.
***i was just checking my entry and the video does not seem to work… 😦 message saying this video is not available… wtf? its still on youtube!! well, here is the link so please check it out!!
i was planning to sell my car this year… but never mind. hahha. i have a project going on with the car right now. still gathering much money as i could since i am not like Mr. Wang from A.C.E. with the balln’ status lol if he can gimme money, it will be done… hahha. but yea, i am summarizing my 2009 proposal for my new upcoming sponsors 🙂 not gonna write out what i will be actually doing, but here is a simple description of what the goal is.
thats some simple description of the project. plan for the events are some track events, displaying with Auto Concept Elite of course and any other avaiable events. it will be a fun project for the 2009!!
since the last shots i took with the speedlite 580EX II was a big time fail, i practiced. hahha. here are some of the new shots after the practice.
前回５８０EX IIで撮った写真はまったくのボツだったので、練習しました僕。ふふ。そんな数枚。
shot is been taken on a black surface (mouse pad)
写真は黒の下地で撮っています。
another shot. isnt this a kool watch btw? this is “Gallucci” Limited Dragon series 3. it says Dragon but the belt has some kind of a imitation snake skin… lol hahha well it might be a something similar though… its a snake!! hahha. o yea, this watch is only like $350 USD and its automatic crafted with quality. you watch freaks should check it out :) yes Japan has such a great craftsmanship. go JDM hahha
made a post of why choosing a full bucket before. i understand that not all people desires a full bucket. like i listed on the full bucket post, does not recline, too tight, blah blah blah. that is why we have the recliner models 🙂 feedback earned from the full bucket and the actual race scene, BRIDE recliner is a “Sport Seat” instead of a “Racing Seat”.
so what is the difference between a “Sport seat” and a “Racing seat”. a lot of the people brackets the after market seat with “Racing Seat”. but from my point of view, i do not think so. Racing seat is a full bucket. an actual seat that you can enter time attacks or circuit battels, rally, etc where it requires different criteria to enter the race. i do not mean others are not professional compared to the others. but the inspection for, lets say like the Auto Cross series, is less criteria that you have to pass. You can enter a Auto Cross event with the recliner type seat but you cant enter a time attack event with a recliner seat. that is why i placed it as “Sport seat” instead of “Racing seat”.
it does not mean that these “Sport seat” will not perform the same as the full buckets. all the bolsters are designed under the human ergonomics just like the full bucket but with more paddings and a recliner mechanism added for comfort. it will give you a better control over your steering wheel and less body roll compared to your stock seat. your eye level will be lower compared to the stock seats as well but not as the full bucket series. therefore, if you are in need of some more support, but the full bucket is a too much for you, there is a choice of recliner type seat. it will of course cost a little more then the full bucket, but the comfort and the performance you gain from installing this seat is worth it.
the third picture is where we ate. the place is called Ebisu. not Yebisu Circuit like the one Mr. Kumakubo owns, or not the Yebisu Beer thats hella expensive for a 6 can ($17.95 USD). its, EBISU. i ordred the TenZaru-Udon, which is the cold Udon (noodles) with some tempuras on the side. Ebisu gave me 3 shrimp tempuras 🙂 i looove shirmp tempuras..
August 16th was the NISSEI WEEK car show at Los Angeles. since last year, the venue has been smaller… i saw the usual place which is Johnson’s Parking-lot, under a huge construction. by the way, my very first car show was NISSEI WEEK too. i rolled in with BOMEX/Team Insight people that time. and since i bought my Gti, i been there at the show with JP USA for couple years. this year, 2008 was my first time with Team Auto Concept Elite. i just love the team 🙂 great atmosphere around. below are some pics that i took at the event. lemme cover my ass in the first place, the bright light sucks for amateur photographers… hahha.
i really dont like flashes… lol i just didnt like it. hahha. all the photos i take is wihout the use of flash. but just figured sometimes using a flash will be a better exposure so i decided to go buy one. hopefully, i can get use to the flash soon…
as i was readig the msn news thingy just now, found an article about Lionfish invading the marine. they are multiplying quick enough to affect the food chain in the Caribbean’s and off the east coast area. this author states that the Lionfish have escaped from one of the fish tanks in Florida, and now is showing up everywhere. it was not the fault of tank keepers. back in 1992 when Hurricane Andrew struck, they shattered a private aquarium (people have private aquariums?) spilling the fishes into Miami’s Biscayne Bay. these guys eats fishes that are twice their size and sucks them in with one big gulp. one of the research teams have took observation of one Lionfish eating 20 small fishes less than half an hour. Northern Caribbeans alarmed fishermans to capture the Lionfish and divers to report where they have seen them. people say it will be such an “devistating” invasion of the history in the marines if the numbers keep growing. Lionfish are not very aggresive to humans. maybe we dont attract them as much. and their stinging is not fatal. but of course, it will hurt a bunch. one diver got stung, and said it was so painful that he wated to cut his own arm off. sound really painfull to me… well, these guys are gangstas spreading their territories invading the oceans.
yea so found these clips on www.youtube.com people popping pop corns with there cell phone and people not popping pop corn with a cell phone. radiation radiation radiation. how come some did work and some didnt? is it the distance between each cell phone causing a highly radiated area? or is it the difference between the new cell phone and old cell phone with antennas sticking out or not sticking out? hmmm i should have focused on science class back in high school or college… so whats up with it!? should i not use my cell phone any more? or are these just fakes?
*BRIDE ZETA III(F31GMF) shown* of course FIA approved 🙂
so, why choose a full bucket? it does not recline, cant spread your legs, a tight fit, your girl friend hates it, etc etc etc. so what? lol well, not “so what” but… hahha. full bucket is only one of the choice from all the seats if you will be tracking your car, canyon driving, dirt driving drifting, or any of the other sport driving. full bucket type seat is to support the driver and to protect the driver. yes it will not recline because the strength of the seat will be partly lost because of the recliner mechanism between the top portion and the bottom portion of the two shells contouring the seat. yes you cant spread your legs like a gangsta driving because of the supportive side bolsters for human ergonomic reasons and to support your body roll from the causing interia from the vehicle movement. and its a tight fit with same reason. supporting your body. sorry if your girl friend hates it. but hey, think about it when she sits in the bucket. you might be able to get a free shot if shes wearing a skirt. you must be a gentlemen to open her the door to actually open HER door lol.
some people does not quite understand the need of full bucket seat. its not a must need item for a show car because your vehicle is going to a car show and it looks cool when you have them. we make them with safety as our main focus and to improve performance of the driver. for the car, it will be one of the weight reductions. but for the driver, it will affect your lap time. one of the magazines in Japan (forgot if it was Option Magazine or Rev Speed) have tested the seat at the track. first off with the stock seat’s time attack. lets say the lap time was 1minute flat as an example since i dont have the article with me right now. the switch the seat to the full bucket. the time is now 59.82seconds. why? how come its only a change of the seat and became faster? did it give extra horse power? it is because of the minor weight reduction and the driver’s controllability have increased with the full bucket seat’s support. because with the study of human ergonomics upon designing the seats, the seat gives you more allowance upon driving. with the stock seats, your body will move around like a little kid in those ballon filled house thingy. but with the supportive shoulder bolsters and the side bolsters, you have more contorl over the steering wheel with less intertia affecting you leading to a less “kid in the balloon filled house thingy”. lets have drifting as an example. you will be sliding around on the seat cracking your head open if you hit the roll cages. but with the full bucket, you will be securely be seated with much more less movement in the seat. with the full bucket seat, your eye level will be lowered as well just like you are changing your view on Gran Tourismo 5 on PS3 or any of those race games.
this past saturday, August 9th was Nigh Shift Pomona. On the side, there was the Motorcross flying from the ramp making huge flys, XDL Show with the motor cycles doing wheelies and making donuts etc, live performances, hot chicks walking around, etc. and where i was hosting was for the Super Gymkhana which was the very first event together with HIN and Aerodyne Industries.
now lemme just go over with Gymkhana real quick. its something similar to auto-cross but with more usage of the actual track, or course. which means more room for drifting as well. its better to see then listen. please take a look at the clip i found with our race car from 10 years ago back in 1998 racing in class D.
Aerodyne Industries has been hosting the gymkhana evetn for quite a while now. and it was there very first time hosting it together with HIN. special thanks to Thanh from HIN for connecting them together. we had total of 19 drivers. -1 since one of the cars caught on fire. What was not fair was Quoc Ly driving in the race. a Formula D driver running with the amateurs… hahha thats not fair!! well, unfortunately, or fortunate by the judges? lol he did not take first place. as i was judging, Quoc was a bit slow on the speed. Performance point was perfect since he was drifting from start to finish, but the speed was in a lack. the time was only like a second difference but this still made a lot of difference on score. for me, the best run was Quoc (S14) against Omar (FC3S). this was a real hard match to judge for us. with the other judges including me representing LOT USA/BRIDE, Brian from High End, Toshi from Blitz, Keith from Nukabe/Cusco, and Andy from Aerodyne really had a hard time judging on this. the time was really the biggest factor of who took the win. Omar was a second faster then Quoc, leading him to 1st place.
since Brian took some shots from the Race, i will post them under his courtesy 🙂
ブライアンが何枚か写真撮ってたので、載せます。ちゃんとブライアンの名前の下でね:)
here’s the course lay out.
これが今回のコース。
a kool shot with the airplane in the back ground.
飛行機もフレームに入ってて超イケてる写真。
a shot of Omar’s FC RX-7.
オマール号のＦＣ。
was she in the cage or the guys were in the cage? thanks for passing out give aways!!
彼女が檻の中に居たのか、男共が檻の中に居たのか。モノ配ってくれて有難う！！
Drift Speed’s S15. the driver was Takeshi Aizawa. during his last run, the car’s movement was not his usual runs. and i asked him what happen Takeshi-san? he said he worn out the tires when he was doing the burn out to bring back the audiences… lol hey, it wasnt my idea!! hahha
our back yard had a flower so took some shots of it. don’t know what flower it is though.. hahha
裏庭に花が咲いてたから写真撮ってみた。なんの花か知らないけど…笑
boring shot of a flower. how about these next shots?
つまんない写真だこと。じゃー次のはどうだろ？
ahh these looks much better 🙂 doesnt a hard textured flower looks some what erotic? to me it does. the flower seems to be more sexy and powerful. took the shot with Canon’s EOS Rebel XSi. its enough performance for me. the software that came with it, “Digital Photo Professional” is a fair software to develop RAW file to a jpg file. not that hard to use. and it helps to adjust white balance and exposure compensation. dont think adjusting every shots with this will make you a pro though.. there might be more techniques in it, but for now, don’t know much about the software lol. hahha im still plyaing around with it and stuff.
by the way, friday was hella slow!! total phone calls for the day was 8 or 9. not even two digits… wtf?? something wrong with the economy… and one of the call was that “a representative is standing by to speak with you blah blah blah” tape $h1t!! i hate those tape recorders… wasting my energy to pik up a phone…
ちなみに、金曜日はめっちゃ暇でした！！電話のかかって来た合計８か９。二桁もいってないよ…どんだけぇー！！古い？ｗ。経済おかしいでマジでぇー…しかもそのうちの電話の一個が”a representative is standing by to speak with you ベラベラベラ”っつぅテープレコーダー ですよ！？マジでナメてるとしか言い様が無い。マジ嫌い。俺の電話を取る労力お無駄に使わせやがって…マジ勘弁して欲しいわぁー
***CR1AGS, CUGA shown***
*BRIDE ZETA III(F31GMF) shown* of course FIA approved 🙂
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