Wedding Day - Morning (2 Dec 2007)
Wedding Day Morning Pictures of the Heng Tais, Chee Muis & Tea Ceremonies
Continue Reading 2 comments December 7th, 2007 Submitted by: Adrian
Scale MD500 Heli Body Project
I finally finished my MD500 body which I bought from Singapore Hobby last December 2006. Took me about 11 months, but it was worth the time. Of course I took lots of time off from this project while I was busy with other stuff. Anyway if you were to work on this full time, I think you can get it completed within a week or so of casual hours. Most of the time was spent cutting the body from the moulding. Stickers were placed in quite quickly and installation also didn’t take long. It was a fun project and it looks lovely just sitting there. Perhaps I should opt for an Airwolf body next for my Mini Titan when I’m done with it. Currently underneath the MD500 body is a Zap 400 (Shogun 400) V1.
Add comment November 20th, 2007 Submitted by: Adrian
Online Digital Magazines vs Old School Prints
I was at an RC Helicopter Magazine site today trying to find out more details as to how to subscribe for the print versions but unfortunately they do not deliver to Malaysia. I would have hooked up right away if I was in USA or CANADA because the price was cheap at USD24.99 or so for 12 issues compared to RM30.00 or more per issue when bought locally at the newstands. That’s like USD105.00 Rediculous right?
Anyway the magazine said it was hooked up with Zinio and the first copy of their online version would be available in Jan 2008! That’s soon enough for me so I signed up for an account and downloaded their free offline reader and started to download some magazines to test it out. I would say the entire reading experience is somewhat. Nothing feels better than holding a hardcopy but it’s also comforting to know that I can carry the e-version of my magazines wherever I carry my notebook/pc. To make it appealing, the price is insane for some magazines at USD16.00 for 12 issues (on average). And you know what the interesting thing is? You can subscribe to PLAYBOY or PENTHOUSE at only USD19.97 for 12 issues! Who says you can’t get Playboy in Malaysia? haha.
I can’t wait to see how much the copies of the RC Heli magazine is… if it’s cheap enough.. I’ll definitely subscribe to it!
Check it out at: http://www.zinio.com
COMMENT ADDED 28 Dec 2008: I finally subscribed to RC HELI on zinio for approx USD25.00 about a week ago. As of early this week, I have already read The Jan and Feb 2008 issue which was sent to my Zinio Reader. Talk about getting the issues early! I can’t wait till the March 2008 edition. The issues are simply great. I do wonder when it will be released. It’ll definitely be earlier than the hardcopy will be hitting the shelves here in Malaysia. Reading the E-Version of the magazine is definitely different than bringing a hardcopy of the magazine to the toilet with you. A bit of getting used to but that’s easily achieved. The current Zinio reader is easy and friendly to use.
Add comment November 19th, 2007 Submitted by: Adrian
My First Inverted Heli Flight
I finally did it! Got enough balls to flip my heli upside down for the first time in my life today (12 Nov 2007). Its a day to celebrate! I not only did it once but at least 3-4 times and though they were hairy.. at least I can say I did it. Somehow it’s just different doing it on a real RC chopper as compared to the simulator. The adrenaline was definitely flowing!
One thing that I’ve get to get use to is the amount of negative pitch to feed in to remain inverted. I noticed I was going to the extremes with the negative pitch in fear that the heli would come plumetting down! I guess I’ll have to refine my pitch and throttle changes for inverted flight.
This picture shown here is actually a picture of my chopper from a video which my friend took. Decided against putting the video up as its a whopping 25MB large and the video wasn’t that great as he used my camera in video mode to capture it. Thus its small and unclear plus very shaky. I must learn to fly a little more stable haha.
Note: I was flying my MINI TITAN E325 on stock parts except for carbon blades. GY401, S9257 Digital Tail Servo, HS-65HB for CCPM and FlightpowerEvo25 2170 pack. I was unable to use my semi-busted lipo 1800 Flightpower pack as it the ESC cutoff came into play ever since I put on the S9257 servo. I guess it was draws more power than the HS-65HB I used to have for the tail.
1 comment November 12th, 2007 Submitted by: Adrian
Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween to all my friends and freak of natures out there! TRICK or TREAT! Give me some candy. I wish I was still a kid coz I love candies but then again, when you’re in Malaysia, not that many people celebrate Halloween which is a pity really. It’ll look a bit silly to go trick a treating when people don’t bother buying or storing any treats! Now why is this so? It must be an American kind of thing but then again… I could be wrong…
Here’s some interesting History and Origin of Halloween which I got off the net previously but I can’t remember where!
Halloween’s origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in).
The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom, and northern France, celebrated their new year on November 1. This day marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold winter, a time of year that was often associated with human death. Celts believed that on the night before the new year, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred. On the night of October 31, they celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth. In addition to causing trouble and damaging crops, Celts thought that the presence of the otherworldly spirits made it easier for the Druids, or Celtic priests, to make predictions about the future. For a people entirely dependent on the volatile natural world, these prophecies were an important source of comfort and direction during the long, dark winter.
To commemorate the event, Druids built huge sacred bonfires, where the people gathered to burn crops and animals as sacrifices to the Celtic deities.
During the celebration, the Celts wore costumes, typically consisting of animal heads and skins, and attempted to tell each other’s fortunes. When the celebration was over, they re-lit their hearth fires, which they had extinguished earlier that evening, from the sacred bonfire to help protect them during the coming winter.
By A.D. 43, Romans had conquered the majority of Celtic territory. In the course of the four hundred years that they ruled the Celtic lands, two festivals of Roman origin were combined with the traditional Celtic celebration of Samhain.
The first was Feralia, a day in late October when the Romans traditionally commemorated the passing of the dead. The second was a day to honor Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit and trees. The symbol of Pomona is the apple and the incorporation of this celebration into Samhain probably explains the tradition of “bobbing” for apples that is practiced today on Halloween.
By the 800s, the influence of Christianity had spread into Celtic lands. In the seventh century, Pope Boniface IV designated November 1 All Saints’ Day, a time to honor saints and martyrs. It is widely believed today that the pope was attempting to replace the Celtic festival of the dead with a related, but church-sanctioned holiday. The celebration was also called All-hallows or All-hallowmas (from Middle English Alholowmesse meaning All Saints’ Day) and the night before it, the night of Samhain, began to be called All-hallows Eve and, eventually, Halloween. Even later, in A.D. 1000, the church would make November 2 All Souls’ Day, a day to honor the dead. It was celebrated similarly to Samhain, with big bonfires, parades, and dressing up in costumes as saints, angels, and devils. Together, the three celebrations, the eve of All Saints’, All Saints’, and All Souls’, were called Hallowmas.
BOO! TRICK OR TREAT!
Add comment October 31st, 2007 Submitted by: Adrian
Wedding Shopping at PS Boutique (29 Oct 2007)
May Lee & Lisa (Photographer & Shopping Buddy) at a shop in Petaling Street buying Wedding Stuff for “exchanging of Big Gifts” and “Wedding Day” use.
Continue Reading 4 comments October 28th, 2007 Submitted by: Adrian
Wii Remote Jacket Accessory Offer
Nintendo is now including the Wii Remote Jacket for the Wii Remotes in all new hardware being shipped. For Wii owners who purchased their systems prior to this addition, they are offering to send free Wii Remote Jackets for their existing Wii Remotes. If you would like to request a Wii Remote Jacket, please proceed to their website at http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/jacket/jacketrequest.jsp
Add comment October 16th, 2007 Submitted by: Adrian
Marie Digby - I’m a Fan!
Check Marie Digby out… She’s mixed Japanese & Irish (I believe) and she’s one hell of a looker and singer! Have placed her here on my blog so that I can just refer to it without searching and hear her belt out her version of Rihanna’s Umbrella song. Other cool songs can be heard at http://www.youtube.com/user/MarieDigby . Best of Luck from Malaysia!
Add comment October 16th, 2007 Submitted by: Adrian
Body Shop Sticky Moisteriser?
Here’s a funny story again from May Lee. She never fails to entertain I tell you.
There was this one day when after her shower, she decided to put on some Body Shop moisteriser which was a gift from a friend. 20 minutes after of putting it on, she complained to me that it still felt sticky and wondered whether the moisteriser has expired hence the stickiness! A closer examination of the bottle to check on the expiry date revealed that it was not body moisteriser but rather shower cream! Now that would explain why it felt sticky!
A quick hop into the shower and out comes another funny comment… Hey there’s plenty of bubbles! *LOL* Hmm… what can I say? Perhaps the pink color had something to do with her little boo boo.
1 comment October 15th, 2007 Submitted by: Adrian
Wedding Coffeetea Meeting (15 Oct 2007)
Wedding Committee Meeting at Starbucks @ The Gardens. Am so glad everyone managed to take the time off during their Hari Raya break to meet us for some last minute briefing. Hope you all enjoyed the coffee too!
Continue Reading Add comment October 15th, 2007 Submitted by: Adrian
