Krabi Day 1

Then came 5days Krabi trip with Agnes and another couple, WC&EP. Just a free and easy trip to relax and rewind. On the day we reached it was raining and so we stayed in the hotel which we booked earlier, Aree Tara. One of the best hotels I've ever stayed. *Thumbs Up* Service was good, room was nice, clean, and beautifully decorated, breakfast was good though simple.

The room, nicely decorated

The balcony The Pool

The nice tropical design Aree Tara

Room 402

Ham, Sausages, Onion Rings, Noodles, Rice, Pan Cake French Toast, Salad, Omelet, Mix Fruit Yogurt was among the several main dishes for breakfast

Later that night we went out for dinner at some local restaurant. The lady boss was very friendly and recommended us some good food that they had. Ambient was lovely, dimly lighted, decent food, pricing was average.

Then we went to look for some local tour for the following days. We decided to take 2 full day trips.

Finally after 6 months..

August ending soon. It's been half a year since I last post anything on this blog. Been quite busy lately with everything. Work, work and work. Had some breaks in between. Went up genting for a weekend with Agnes to celebrate my birthday. Enjoyable and relaxing weekend.

Me & Agnes in Genting (May 2010)

Happy birthday to myself :)

Then, had some competitions going on continuously during june till july. It started of with perodua ecochallenge , followed by shell ecomarathon then by formula kart. Perodua ecochallenge was pretty much redoing what we did last year with a little improvements. Being team lead was much easier as there're juniors to work on the details while I oversee their work. But still nearing the competition there were still lots of last min work which I had to take care off myself. We stayed days and nights in school. Testing around campus was done till dawn. Several nights before the competition was almost sleepless. Finally winning the competition was definitely rewarding.

Then came Shell Ecomarathon. Was a great experience as it was totally creating a brand new vehicle and lots of trial and error to be done. Similarly, nearing the competition, it was also sleepless nights. Solving each and every problem that rose up. Even during competition days, last minute work and fixing and solving. Still we manage to meet teams from other universities and even countries. Meet some friends, sharing knowledge, ideas, and exchanging opinion. Truly a great experience. Some even had great techniques and technologies that was a huge leap away and worth learning. However, we, like most teams were having trouble getting up the hilly Sepang circuit. We did all we could to get up as much as possible over the hill but still. We were very close but still not good enough. More preparation will be needed for next year.

Team USM Gen2

With Pakistan Teams

Formula kart was a totally different competition compared to the two previous. Both perodua ecochallenge and shell ecomarathon were focus on fuel economy and efficiency. In shell ecomarathon, the best teams could get up to about 2000km/L. Surprising ain't it? Almost unbelievable but it's true. However not practical as a vehicle on the road. Formula kart is all about endurance. How capable is your vehicle to endure the 30lap race and also speed, being the first to complete the race. We got it running and was working all night long to push the car to go as fast and possible. However things just broke down during the last minutes, we work our way through to fix everything up. We got it running on the race day, but luck just wasn't with us. We were flagged at the starting line, but our car just gave way on the 2nd lap. We left with disappointment.

That was the competitions that kept me busy all these while, besides my own project. Then came Amy's wedding, twin sis of Agnes. Wish them happiness forever.

Then I went down to Sg for CY's convocation. Just a weekend trip, down south. Congrats to him.

Recently I just came back from a 5 days holiday in Krabi. To be continued on the next post... :)

Yawns.. time for bed.. Nights..