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Journal This is a place where I've been writing jounal entries since I first started my interest in cars. A lot of you remember the old webpage when I had this up, but sadly, I cannot find the old original journal entries... the only ones I have from the old webpage are the entries after I did the SR20DET swap. So I summarized the best I could as the very first entry. Anyway, read it all if you dare. Don't read it all if you don't want to. But it is interesting to see how my car and I have developed over the past year that I've owned it. Journal Entries From: [ 2009 ] [ 2008 ] [ 2007 ] [ 2006 ] [ 2005 ] [ 2004 ] [ 2003 ] [ 2002 ] [ 2001 ] [ 2000 ] Speaking of carbon house doors Tuesday, June 30, 2009  I want. JDM Garden Complete Tuesday, June 30, 2009 Yeah so I got a stage 3 red maple and a stage 2 bonsai. Then I got Mine's river rocks to prevent compressor surge.    All joking aside... I actually do want carbon fiber double doors for the entry way. Does anybody know if somebody makes those? How about suicide doors? OHHHHH!! RIP Michael Jackson Friday, June 26, 2009 Yeah, I'm sure you're all tired of hearing people say that, so I'm giving you something different! I want a civic now Thursday, June 25, 2009 Too bad they don't have these here...     
Now with more JDM Monday, June 22, 2009 Last week we started on a new project... on the house. Where do I put the JDM Ego license plate? 
Jay-Z - Death of Autotune Thursday, June 18, 2009 Somebody had to say it. Thank you. I wonder how "little brother" Kanye will take this? Best Thing I've Ever Seen Thursday, June 11, 2009 Thanks to Nekoball for the link! Ass-First Entry Thursday, June 11, 2009 Ass-first entry is all the rage these days... check out these guys at D1 Street Legal @ Bihoku! Made a Roast Tuesday, June 09, 2009 I know. Who says "I made a roast"? Let's see... old white ladies? Well I guess I'm an old white lady. Heavens to Betsy!  I forgot to take pictures of the roasted red potatoes and carrots and the gravy I made from the drippings (and horseradish sauce!). It was like a mini Thanksgiving meal. Maybe I'll do this next time everybody comes over... it was a bit too much work for just 3 of us. The Original Race Track Monday, June 08, 2009 Back when we would get kicked out of events and yelled at, we used to go to this track instead. map So many memories on this road. On a side note, you can actually double click on the map and see street view. Nice! mybrute.com Monday, June 08, 2009 http://sileightymania.mybrute.com 0 points since 2003! Thursday, June 04, 2009 I was looking for a picture of Suenaga and me back when I got my D1GP license, and I came across this blog... Bleacher Report's Who's Hot and Who's Not - All D1 Drivers and Notes on Who They Are I was for certain I would be on the "who's not" list, but he didn't really have that. But being at the bottom of the list with 0 points since 2003 pretty much sums it up! NICE! Article was written more recently than I thought - in October 2008. Ladies, I still got it. Holla! Used Tire Art Tuesday, June 02, 2009  This stuff is awesome! I can't imagine how hard it was to cut all of that thick rubber down with the steel belts underneath. Check the rest of the pics out at Jalopnik.com Inspiration Thursday, May 28, 2009 I know the video is about JR and his Mustang in Japan, but there is something that is just so inspirational about Kumakubo. Everything that he says and the attitude that he has just oozes the drifting spirit. I think that if he wasn't a professional drifter, he'd probably be the Dalai Lama. Favorite View of the G35 Wednesday, May 20, 2009 This is my favorite view of my G35... I love to see the lips of the wheels sticking out and the huge mufflers. Looks even better at night! 
Meatballs Wednesday, May 20, 2009 Making meatballs is no joke... it takes a long time and it's really messy. Go hug your mom and tell her thanks for making meatballs for you when you were a bratty little kid! I made these the other day... they were pretty good! Using some milk soaked bread and a pork/beef combo made a really big difference. 
Cute isn't a strong enough word Wednesday, May 20, 2009 for my baby. Here she is in her car seat on our way home. 
A cool video from D1GP Anaheim Wednesday, May 13, 2009 D1GP Anaheim from Joshua Herron on Vimeo. Birthdays make me feel fat Thursday, May 07, 2009 We went out to dinner last night at Newport Tan Cang Seafood. It was so good!  Calamari things  Lettuce wrap things  Crab things  Then just to make sure I would feel like a fat person, we went to Beard Papas for some cream puffs. Thank You Honey! Wednesday, May 06, 2009 Look at what my lovely wife got me on my birthday! chocolate covered fruit  and King Taco! 
Thanks Arnold! Monday, May 04, 2009 We paid a $178 late fee to the DMV for our G35 registration today. They said that late fees went up because of budget cuts. I <3 Bloodsport Friday, May 01, 2009  Moving Day Thursday, April 23, 2009 Moving day is officially tomorrow... If you don't have a job, come help me out!! Mixed emotions Thursday, April 23, 2009 red car + concave face white te37 + slammed = hot right? 
Joi Starr Monday, April 20, 2009 If you're into R&B and in southern California, you've probably noticed that R&B practically died on the radio stations as of late. What happened?? I've resorted to listening to alternative and jazz and finding smaller lesser-known artists from the internet. Here's an example of a singer I stumbled across... her name is Joi Starr and she's currently a back up singer on tour with Kanye West. She's a great singer and I like her relaxed sounding voice vs. some of those singers who belt out songs at the top of their lungs (although I like some artists like that too). Hold On - Joi Starr I'll be on the lookout for an upcoming album for sure I have no skills Monday, April 20, 2009 Look at this guy! I am a failure at life! My favorite part is at the 1:05 mark. Holy smokes Words of Wisdom - We Need Critics Friday, April 10, 2009  Good morning. If you want to avoid criticism... Do nothing... Say nothing... BE NOTHING... God is Love Rev Run Read more at Run's Words of Wisdom at globalgrind.com/revrun. Mission Impossible? Thursday, April 09, 2009 Nadine and I have had the worst time trying to figure out where the cats' litter boxes will go in our new house. I HATE litter boxes... they always stink and the cats always kick the litter outside of the box and all over the floor. NASTY! Well... we've been thinking for weeks now and we haven't been able to come up with any good ideas, besides cutting a hole in our fire rated garage door and putting the litter boxes in the garage. Smart right? On a side note, did you know that 80% of house fires start in the garage? That's why houses with detached garages are cheaper to insure... and attached garages have a firewall between the house and the garage. Well, while talking to Dave over IM today, I realized that I've lost sight of my long time goal of toilet training the cats! That solves the whole litter issue and the whole burning my house down issue! If I can do it, I'll be able to walk around the house with my shoes off like a normal Asian and my house won't smell like cat crap everyday! It's gonna be hard... but I'm determined! 
Sad Face Crew Wednesday, April 08, 2009 I was looking at media day coverage from Formula D Long Beach and I had to laugh when I saw this picture of Ken Gushi's newly painted car for 2009.  Look at his crew guy's shirt... and then look at his face. It's the same! When Ken told me about the new paint scheme for 2009, I was pretty excited. I'd have to say that it looks pretty good! Although now that the old RS-R livery is gone... I kind of miss it. It brought back good memories of the old RS-R Drift festival days. Paz and his new S13 Friday, April 03, 2009 Yeah, he sold his ae86 and bought an s13... who'd think that would ever happen?! The car looks really cool and early 2000s style. Nice!  
It's FOB time Friday, April 03, 2009 So I realized there is a dim sum place next to my office... Dim sum for lunch anytime I want? Oh my lucky stars! 
Good Job Dorikin Wednesday, April 01, 2009 House Hunted Friday, March 27, 2009 They accepted our offer! I think I'm gonna be sick! House Hunting Wednesday, March 25, 2009 soo.... we made a bid and the sellers counter offered. we submitted another counter this morning. could this be it?? 
Logan's Erase the Hate Campaign Friday, March 20, 2009 Today he lasted 35 minutes without getting all crazy. Pretty good, I say. For Logan Monday, March 16, 2009 http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=rains dicks All for you, buddy. Up Early Today Monday, March 16, 2009 Decided to get a bagel and some OJ!  
Curbage Part 2 Monday, March 16, 2009 
Not cool, you idiot! Saturday, March 14, 2009 I curbed my 20" Work Wheel on my very own driveway. I am NOT RAD! There is about 45% of the lip that is not curbed... that is the only part that I will look at from now on. Layoffs Friday, February 27, 2009 That title is scary, isn't it? Don't worry I haven't been laid off, but it's hitting pretty close to home. I know people that have been laid off and I know many more who have had layoffs at their place of employment. We had our 3rd round of layoffs here at work and thanks to God my job is still OK. But man, these are scary times... announcements Thursday, February 26, 2009 1. We made a bid on a house today. 2. For lunch, I ate a burrito with FRENCH FRIES in it! 
Happy 1st Birthday Elise Tuesday, February 24, 2009 I can't get over how much this little girl overwhelms my every emotion. Happy birthday little Elise!   
Claro's sandwich for lunch Monday, February 23, 2009 I drove over to Claro's Italian Market by my office to get a fresh made deli sandwich.  This time I picked salami, provolone, head cheese and cappicola. Their salami is the best I've ever had and I'm in love with cappicola. This time I finally had the cojones to try the head cheese. It's not bad! For $5.99 My Silvia Aero Bumper for Sale Friday, February 20, 2009 http://zilvia.net/f/sale-items/241517-oem-aero-bumper-s13-silvia-type-x-jdm.html  Tell your momma! Words of Wisdom - Being Happy Friday, February 20, 2009  Good morning. Do you desire to be happy? (Remember this!) The proof of desire is pursuit.... You must go to happy places. Pursue happy people. Create happy days. If you reeeally desire happiness in your life, you must be willing to reach for it! Never blame anyone or anything for your unhappiness. Life rewards reachers.... Happiness is NEVER placed in your life, happiness is simply placed within your reach! Now go out there and have a happy day.... :-) :-) God is Love Rev Run Read more at Run's Words of Wisdom at globalgrind.com/revrun. My latest obsession Thursday, February 19, 2009 My friend Mark told me he was buying a Porsche 930 (turbo look). Ever since then, I've had this strange need to search out pictures of awesome 930s. I'm hooked!! My original dream garage was to include all of my favorite mid 90s Japanese sports cars: Supra, Z32, R32, NSX, FD... But now I think I need to own a 930 turbo. Black is my fav!     Here's a browner for Logan.  Olive drab with black wheels! Looks like a drift car!  Silver looks awesome too!  Slant noses are really cool looking, but I prefer the classic Porsche headlights. Go here to browse some pics: http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?t=167049 TJ is at it again Tuesday, February 17, 2009 He wants to make a web comic featuring these characters. Hilarious!  And here are some extra characters. I think the left one is Ryan! Haha!  TJ also drew this picture of me and Nadine back in 2002: 
Oh Hello There Friday, February 13, 2009  I dreamed about you, you know. A very sad day Monday, February 09, 2009 I first heard on the news about this incident mid-last week - a 4 year old girl somehow died when she climbed into a front-load washing machine as her 15 month old brother turned it on. My first thoughts were about how tragic that situation is and how hard it would be for the family to cope with something like that. Friday night I found out I was invited to her memorial service... Chills ran up and down my entire body when I realized that I am old friends with the father. I was looking at pictures of their family... wondering what I would do in that situation. Thinking about how one minute you have a perfect happy family and the next minute it's torn apart and you have to try and pick up the pieces of your shattered life. I don't know how I'd cope... I wouldn't be able to comfort my wife and I can't even begin to think about my feelings for my youngest child. I am so sorry about what happened... Words can't express how badly I wish their family strength and peace through this ordeal. It will probably take a really long time to heal... but I hope it's sooner than later. These are one of those moments that make you reflect on your own life and realize how much you take your loved ones for granted. The Dreams are Back Monday, February 09, 2009 Back when I was really heavy into drifting, I used to always dream at night about drifting. Since I shifted my focus on my family, the dreams started to go away and drifting occupied less of my everyday thoughts. Since working on the drift cars the other weekend and picking up some Neovas for my new SSR wheels, I started to think about my car a lot. It started to rain last week, and after some "street testing" in my G35, I started to think about drifting a lot - so much so that I mounted my tires and changed my wheels in the rain on Saturday. I went and did some "driving" real quick. I can't get it out of my head now... I just want to install all these parts I've had sitting around in my garage and I want to go driving again! I've been having dreams every night about drifting, my new wheels, etc. Here's a funny thing I just noticed - my drifting dreams are NEVER at the track. Why is that?? Having a bad day? Thursday, February 05, 2009 This will cheer you up! fancy bento Thursday, February 05, 2009 Dom sent me this and I thought it was awesome! Just had to share... 
Beyonce - At Last Thursday, February 05, 2009 At Last - Beyonce Not the full version but man... what a voice! EDIT: Picture for Fausto:  and one more for good measure: 
Scrub it kook!!! Wednesday, February 04, 2009  20inch curb rash cuz thats how I live son! We can all thank my wonderful wife for this one hahaha! Wheel Swap! Wednesday, February 04, 2009 Nadine and I made a deal... I got to have (most) of her Enkei wheels in exchange for my AME wheels. Done! So I sold them all and then I just left the AMEs on my car for months haha! Well I finally got around to swapping them over and I actually think they look a lot better on her car. I think they work more with her style than they do mine. Uhhh... maybe because my car looks BUSTED?   Her car - nice and clean. Minus the jacked front bumper. I tried to bring it back to life, but dammit I'm no miracle worker!  This is what was left of my car... sitting on Nadine's spares and my favorite white enkeis in the front that I will never sell.  My bumper has HAD IT!!! Who did it better? Monday, February 02, 2009  or 
The New Chun Li? Monday, February 02, 2009  Okay, so there's a new Street Fighter movie coming out and it focuses on the story of Chun Li. I'm all for that - except they chose Kristen Kreuk to play Chun Li... really? Last time I checked, Chun Li was kind of hot... in a non weirdo who is into hot cartoon girls kind of way. How about Kelly Hu?  Yes please! Or Sandra Oh? HAHAHA jk. Obama is President and Inspires Rappers Tuesday, January 20, 2009 Usually Power106 (our hip hop station here) is completely devoid of anything political or anything related to current events. It's really annoying and irresponsible I think. But today it was nice to hear so many people on the radio talk about what's happened today. Here's some of the stuff I've heard today: Young Jeezy and Nas - My President is Black Jay-Z - Lick a Shot for Obama Will.i.am and Common - Yes we can Wow! Hip hop on the radio that's not about strip clubs, hoes or money! Is it snowing in hell? Afternoon in Laguna Beach Monday, January 19, 2009 We were in Laguna Beach last weekend to celebrate my cousin's wedding. Congratulations Jenny and David! The weather was beautiful and we had a nice brunch with a view clear enough to see Catalina Island.  Kristy was busy ducking down playing her Nintendo DS. That's a good looking mustang Friday, January 09, 2009 On Noriyaro.com, I saw a picture from Tokyo Auto Salon 2009 of Daigo Saito's new drift car for 2009 D1GP. I have to admit that it's the best looking mustang I've ever seen!  Decked out in a nice red and good looking aero! Hope he loses those wheels though! Daigo Saito was last year's D1GP champion, which is kind of interesting to me, because either: a) He's improved a lot and has become an amazing driver over the few years that I stopped paying attention to D1GP b) There's not a whole lot of talent left in D1GP or c) D1GP is up to some shenanigans again I guess he could have just been the most consistent huh? I could see that... It's too bad that D1GP has been a bore to me since all of the politics ruined the series that inspired me so much. Daigo Saito can't compare to the likes of Taniguchi, Kazama, Kumakubo and Nomuken. Tacos Gringos Friday, January 09, 2009 I made. Sorry for the bad cell phone pics.     Deep fried to finish off what the Big Mac started. A Big Mac has invaded my personal space Thursday, January 08, 2009 Ok so a coworker gave me his Big Mac because there was some special deal for two at McDonalds. Somebody save me - I'm Chinese and cannot let food go to waste! Happy New Years and this blog is OLD Monday, January 05, 2009 I hope you all had a good new year. I had a fun one with the friends... although it was a little hazy due to all the drinking before hand. I think that we even counted down after midnight already passed. Got any resolutions for 2009? I've never made any new year resolutions, mostly because I'm a firm believer in always trying to become a better person. BUT if I had to choose one, I guess I would say to be a better father. Kristy is really teaching me so much about what it means to be a father and I think it's probably the most difficult thing a man can do. Being a father takes some serious effort - as in life changing effort! She is definitely opening my eyes constantly and making me realize that being a father is less about setting ground rules and being a firm dictator, but more about empathy and guidance. I sound old! Speaking of old... look at how old this blog is!! If you count the time when I was blogging before I made sileightymania.com, I think this blog would be 10 years old. If not, then this entry marks the start of it's 9th year. Are you kidding me??? Where has all the time gone? |
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