small meet up with some friends..

just came back from esplanade and i met some of my friends there.. just wanna say congratulations for the white vip ride who took 3rd on the carshow yesterday.. hope he would bring more people to learn more about vip style..heh heh..

botak's car and soon's silky vip ride..

not bad this kind of kits but i prefer simple and clean style..

this is fully JDM hello kitty version..kawaii nehh !!!!

Happy Birthday Malaysia ! ! !

Merdeka is supposed to be celebrated by Malaysians from all walks of life. I can’t deny most of us are enjoying the prosperity brought about by the founding fathers but there are still some struggling to get by in the rural areas. I hope government will continue helping the needy so they can also have a good life.

I wish the country will stay prosperous, peaceful and harmonious for the future of our multi-racial citizens and for the pride of the country which has reached its 51st year of independence.

MERDEKA ! MERDEKA ! MERDEKA !


Anyway I didn’t celebrate today because I was working….. *sigh*

jealousy...

About Jealousy

Most everyone experiences a visit from jealousy, the nasty green-eyed monster, at some point in their lives - whether it's over a best friend's career success or a gorgeous person flirting with their loved one. We tend to think of jealousy as a single emotion, but it is actually a mixture of a whole bunch of feelings; it can manifest itself as sadness, hurt, anxiety, fear, loneliness, paranoia, self-doubt, anger, and even extreme rage. While we can't necessarily stop this unpleasant sentiment from dropping in from time to time, we can control how we choose to act when it hits. When it consumes our thoughts or triggers behavior that can harm relationships or another person, that's when jealousy is truly a monster. The first step in breaking free from jealousy's grip is recognizing the problem, which your results on the Jealousy Test will help you do. The second is taking a deeper look at the real root of the problem: for every jealous feeling there is an emotion lurking behind that is much more significant than the jealousy itself. Jealousy is just the finger pointing at the fears that we are afraid to face. More often than not, the culprit is a feeling of low self-worth and a fear that we are not good enough to hold on to the things that matter most to us.

i was browsing on Mcnet forum and saw this topic about jealousy.. kinda curious so i tried it..

http://discoveryhealth.queendom.com/jealousy_men_abridged_access.html ( MEN )

http://discoveryhealth.queendom.com/jealousy_wom_abridged_access.html ( WOMEN )

Finally the result of my test was 22 point but what does my point mean?

Most people experience a certain amount of fear that their loved one could leave them for someone else. After all, these things happen, and when they do, it is usually very painful. You, on the other hand, appear to have a complete lack of jealous feelings. If you were honest with yourself while taking the test, this means that you are extremely secure, strong, and independent. You know that if your partner ever leaves you, you will survive with your self-esteem and dignity intact. You realize that even though you might love your partner very much, s/he is not the only fish in the sea, and that you would eventually find happiness with someone else.

this was amazing !! it really reads out my mind here..cool !!

Back to crap again…

Hows my blog now? I was busying choosing template for my blog lately and finally this is the one.. There’s some problem with the wireless connection at my shop so that’s why I only can log in during night time but at night time was only for my HM so don’t have the time to crap here..heh heh

I’d just received mail from Diamond Zeus VIP club last few days and busying sticking those stickers on my ride.. Yippee!! Finally I’m official member of the club now and proud to be the 1st to stick those stickers on my ride in Miri. Vip Dream Club sticker also i’m the 1st one to stick that time. Actually I really miss back the old days but I still support the club even though I was a Dzeus member now.. Just hope I would make Dzeus in Miri area like same old days with VDC that time. Dzeus VIP club is base on Kuala Lumpur and they got a boutique shop that sells VIP accessories such as DAD, Garson and Junction produce. This club already got 1 year plus and there’s around 500 members through the whole Asia. Cool huh?

anyway thanks Yong for the Megasound Audio Team stickers..

Forgiveness...

I read this from the newspaper this morning and stumbled upon this... really nice ! !

Forgiveness is letting go of the pain
and accepting what has happened,
because it will not change.

Forgiveness is dismissing the blame.
Choices were made that cause the hurt;
we each could have chosen differently,
but we didn’t.

Forgiveness is looking at the pain,
learning the lesson it has produced,
and understanding what we have learned.

Forgiveness allows us to move on
toward a better understanding
of universal love
and our true purpose.

Forgiveness is knowing that love
is the answer to all questions,
and that we all
are in some way connected.

Forgiveness is starting over
with the knowledge
that we have gained.
It is saying:
“ I forgive you, and I forgave myself.
I hope you can do the same. “

Last night's "yum cha"........

Last night i was called by Yong to join Megasound Audio Team "yum cha " session at Yu Ha Hai Seafood Restaurant. They were going to discuss about the trip to Sibu for the SPL competition. I went there around 9 something and met some of the Mcnet kakis joining too. As u know i'm a shy person so i didn't talk a lot and that i just hear their conversation only.. paiseh.. Later Yong decided to find a place to have a short show of Ah Kong's ice system and they decided to go Megashine there..

his front ain't bad just the grill should sprayed black so it wont look blank..

getting ready to show..

all Megasound members gathered to watch the show

i love the LEDs and the lights effect.. really deserves to get champ ! !

so this is the thing which make those cool effect but it costs a bomb..

they tried to flash it to the floor and the effect is so cool!!

even the imperial mall wasn't spared at all!!!

this would cause you blind if u look at the laser lights..

shuffle anyone??

Anyway, i would glad to meet some of the members and they're all so friendly. I hope to learn more audio system from them coz i only know about VIP styling only.. heh heh

my busy day...

though day for today, these days a lot of customers ordering this pau. i don't know how to call this in English but this is a replica of a fruit. As i know they use this to pray the gods or using it for birthday events. every time got festival, surely got people order this. i learn this from my big sis and this time I've done it all by myself without any worker help me cause this ain't easy to make..the filling for it is red bean so u can request to put other filling also can but it would be different price. i don't make this everyday so anyone want to purchase this must make an order earlier so i can't prepare for it.. next month i gonna do this all alone again..

close up look

this one need a lot of time for this leaves..*sigh*

finished steamed up

sprayed colours to the paus

completed..what a though day!!

VIP Style - Definition by CEO of Junction Produce

Standing in the middle of a convention hall outside of Philadelphia, Takahiro Taketomi looks a bit like Bogey. His eyes are stern and focused and ringed by the charcoal hue of lost sleep. His short black hair is neat and smoothed and shines. He doesn’t smile. In fact, he speaks with a grimace and like he is always about to light a cigarette.

Taketomi is one of the self-proclaimed founders of VIP style, the next great Japanese micro-trend to surface in America. “Bippu style,” as it is colorfully known in Japan, starts with a high-power luxury sedan. The car is slammed on ultra-thin tires and trimmed with boxy body kits. At first glance, a VIP style car might look like any tuner sedan on its way to Hot Import Nights, but there are specific details that set it apart.

A VIP style car might have a billet grille or metallic trim lines or polished wood inside. Window curtains are big. So are aftermarket emblems and hood ornaments. The look is a bit like Scarface Goes to Japan. And legend has it VIP style has roots in the yakuza (organized crime in Japan). True or not, Taketomi makes a strong case on its behalf.

Through a translator, Taketomi tells us he built his first VIP style car, a Nissan Cedric, in 1993. Three years later he founded Junction Produce, which specializes in products for VIP style cars. Today it is one of the best-known marques in VIP tuning and has its brand on everything from body kits to wheels to cuff links and bracelets. Junction Produce is also the first company of its kind to make a big push into the United States.

According to Taketomi, true VIP style tuning is limited to only 10 Nissan and Toyota models: Nissan President, Cima, Gloria, Cedric and Fuga; Toyota Celsior, Century, Aristo, Crown and Majesta. That’s it. Since most of those models come with powerful turbocharged engines in Japan, VIP style cars are rarely tuned for performance. More important is that they’re slammed as low as they can go on the widest wheels possible. Most of the other tuning parts somehow assist in this goal.

VIP stylers use air suspensions to raise their cars to install the wheels and tires and then lower the car on top. Tires are stretched beyond their limits to fit on oversized wheels. Extreme offsets are used so the wheel lips kiss the fenders. And it’s not unusual to see 245/30R tires on 19x10.5-inch wheels—the tuning equivalent of Fat Albert wearing the shorts of his enunciation-challenged friend Mushmouth.

Kelvin Tohar of Falken Tires, which is helping to spread the word in America, says, “It’s not the safest thing to do and Falken doesn’t recommend you do it for daily driving, but it’s the style.” Falken has partnered with Junction Produce to hawk its line of FR452 tires. In exchange Falken promotes Junction Produce at tuner shows and SEMA events, like the International Auto Salon, where we met Taketomi.

Tohar, who has his own VIP style Lexus GS 300 that he calls by its Japanese moniker Aristo, tells me elegance is the underlying statement. “At car shows, most [owners] won’t raise their hoods because it disrupts the flow of the car,” he says. “Even the Junction Produce exhaust is more of an aesthetic.”

Elegance is the word that’s repeated like a mantra by VIP style owners and companies. But it’s a strange sort of elegance. VIP style companies like Junction Produce, Wald and Auto Couture have logos that look vaguely Oxford Street but are more a Japanese version of mafia royalty, without any ironic subtext, like you’d imagine the parts delivered in purple velvet bags, à la Crown Royal.

And the parts aren’t cheap. Outfitting a car VIP style can run up to $20,000 and beyond. But as Tony Montana says in Scarface, “You gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the women.”

Friendship...

Friendship is a lot like food. We need it to survive. What is more, we seem to have a basic drive for it. Psychologists find that human beings have fundamental need for inclusion in-group life and for close relationships. We are truly social animals.

"Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation." George Washington (1732 - 1799)

"Reveal not every secret you have to a friend, for how can you tell but that friend may hereafter become an enemy. And bring not all mischief you are able to upon an enemy, for he may one day become your friend."

Saadi (1184 - 1291)

"I've learned that all a person has in life is family and friends. If you lose those, you have nothing, so friends are to be treasured more than anything else in the world."

Trey Parker and Matt Stone, South Park, Prehistoric Ice Man, 1999

"Go through your phone book, call people and ask them to drive you to the airport. The ones who will drive you are your true friends. The rest aren't bad people; they're just acquaintances."
Jay Leno (1950 - )

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How i wish some of my friends would know the true meaning of friendship.. T_T

New Sau Pau

yup.. this is definitely my working place. Anyway, i personally wanna thanks Dasolve to have organise a 1st food hunt on my shop and uploaded on his Makan Maniacs site (http://www.makanmaniacs.com/search/label/Bakery) Actually he didn't put a lot of pics in his site coz i wasn't sure what he was doing that day, if i knew i would let him take more n more pics.. sorry yah das..


This is what written in Makan Maniacs by Dasolve...

Looking for a place which you can sit down, enjoy the cool breeze, have something nice and "smoothy" while chatting with friends? Look no more. New Sau Pau Cafe at Boulevard gives you the feel and relaxation that you need!

All the breads, buns, you named it, are the heart and soul of the owner. Why i said so? Because everyday he had to start working at 4am to start making them with great patience to make sure the best is served for his customers, those who had tried the sau pau will most likely "take one and never stop asking for more"

I went there and tried his well-known sau pau (baked bun which usually stuffed with pork marinated with Chinese barbecue sauce) and it definitely a thumb up on my opinion. Why? there are few things that i focus on what a good sau pau are:

1. the dough
Dough definitely plays a major role in sau pau as it determine the softness and the tenderness of the skin. Usually if the dough is not mixed properly, it might ended up a hard skin which makes even the biting very hard and not that easy to digest. Their sau pau however has no such problem when i had it. Without proper skills and correct measurement, it is hard to achieve the standard. Definitely a thumbs up from me.

2. the content
Content of the sau pau also very important. If it is too salty, you cannot taste you are eating sau pau at all. If the content does not taste anything, it is just as if you are eating a plain bread. Their content for sau pau however just nice.

3. the ratio of dough and content
Ok for me i think this is very important for just any kind of bun. Many places had the dough too much and little content, making it hard and not enjoyable. Their sau pau however i tested it and it is easily halved without broken into small pieces. Once you put in your mouth, just a few bites and you can feel as if it just melt in your mouth!

4. Control of heat in baking
The outcome for each bun is equally well-baked and definitely has controlled the heat well. I can see the consistencies are high in controlling the heat. If the oven is overheated, usually the base of the bun will be burnt, which make it bitter.

Ok enough talking, i would strongly recommended this place for anyone, regardless of any ages, go there and try the sau pau. It will get you finger licking! Those you worry about ruining their dietary programme, give a try on their different varieties of drinks even with yogurt or sugar-free!


This signboard just changed because the old one looks blurry and some customers cant see the signboard. Later no people come then i cham lor.... coz the shop just only opened 2years so not a lot of people know this place yet..


the shelf are the place where i display all kinds of buns for sale..


self service as u can see tray and plates were displayed there.. and don't forget the pau steamer at there too..




This clock was really eye catching for every customers when they pay for their food. Mostly of them asked me where i bought it. Actually my sis bought it at Bangkok, Thailand.. u can see it was using beans and raw item to make the clock. awesome huh..

u can even sit on the bar table and enjoy watching tv while eating our buns and paus.

if you're bringing your loves one here,this is the best place to sit because its more romantic. heh heh heh

This gun looks real huh? Just for display only and its bought from China.

A lot of people got curious by how we close our shop. Time for me to show of here yeah.. so far its the 1st in Miri too..

u can see there's a steel rod attached to the door..

its been pulled by pressing the remote control..

tada!! completed already heh..

for the rear shop was so tiring coz it hasn't have any motors to pull the door up so we always use our strengh to close and open it. haizzz...

A bad example of DIY

Sticking Blings to ur ride is part of fun in moddin ur ride.However excessive blings without proper concept and management can be dangerous.

U'll be judge on the following pics

Toyota Camry US version

Workmanship fail and the mix matching of colours just didnt work out !

my sis new ride (SC 430)

My 4th sis just changed this ride not long ago. Her Harrier haven sold out yet coz that car still used by my brother-in-law. She bought it at Jackson Motors. What had done to the ride is rims, tinted and chrome plates. I personally added points to that. Just lack of S&F.. *sigh* should go for Vip styling..





The Lexus SC series is a personal luxury coupé sold by Lexus. The SC features a front engine, rear-wheel drive design and seating for up to four passengers. The first generation SC debuted as the V8-powered SC 400 in 1991, and the I6-powered SC 300 was added in 1992. Both first generation models were produced until 2000. The second generation model, the SC 430, went into production in 2001. The SC 430 features a hardtop convertible design and a V8 engine. The first generation SC was largely styled in California, and the second generation SC was mainly conceived at design studios in Europe.
In Japan, the related third-generation Toyota Soarer, with which the first generation SC originally shared body design and multiple components, featured a separate lineup of vehicle configurations and different powertrains. The fourth generation Soarer, largely identical to the SC 430, was superseded by its Lexus counterpart in Japan when the Lexus marque debuted there in 2005. At present, the SC is the sole coupe in the Lexus lineup and carries a U.S. base price of $65,455 and a UK base price of £54880 (approx $112,000).

If me, i would rather buy a Toyota Previa and mod it like the pics below.. slammin ! !