Grey November

Caught Transformers : Revenge of the Fallen over the weekend and boy was I in for a huge disappointment.

read:spoilers ahead in my rants bout the movie.

1. This movie is IMHO confused in its overall direction.  its starts off slow, then bang boom kaapooww, lame joke, slow, bang boom, lame joke, sexual joke, bang boom, slow motion scenes of megan fox, tearjerker moment, clash booom poww, jumper moment,  joke, gundam 00 moments, then it ends with an EVEN WORSE ENDING THAN THE 1ST MOVIE.
2. There is NO plot, NO script in this movie.
3. The twins are annoying.
4. The Optimus Prime I grew up with suddenly became ultra cold and evil.  Killed decepticons without mercy or hessitation.
5. Ravage was not bad.  Bumblebee again, I reiterate, is a VW bettle around human size, and not some kickass Autobot.  And he CAN talk.
6. I’m confused.  Which is Soundwave now?  The 1st pesking information spy in the 1st movie or that satellite humping decepticon in the 2nd?  Where is his cassettes, his monotone robot voice?  WTF.  My fav decepticon totally butchered.
7. Devastator devastated my childhood memories.  The 1st time you were to see the original devastator you would go “WOW!”.  This devastator makes you go -_-”.  it looks like some retarded sea cucumber sucking in loads of sand.
8. Optimus borrows many cues from the Japanese anime “Gundam 00″.  While fighting Megatron and konco in the forest, he goes into Trans-Am mode and goes on a killing spree.  Against The Fallen (who???), he gets his “00 Raiser” and gains flight and temporary super autobot strength.
9. Jetfire (the old kapal terbang), can jump like Anakin Skywaller in Jumper.
10. WHO THE HELL IS THE FALLEN?  Unicron I tau.  Galvatron I tau.  Quintessons I tau.
11. Megatron in this installment macam watak sampingan.
12. The Megatron-Starscream relationship suddenly became so apparent in this installment after totally disregarding it in the 1st.
13. Regardless how hot Megan Fox is, who on earth are mikaela, sam and whoever?  I only know Spike Witwicky and Sparkplug Witwicky.

I can go on and on bout this.  Argh.

Will have a proper update when I get back from Medan.  With pictures.

Always wanted to do a “How To” on this.

Got a set of front disc brake pads to replace the thinning set on my ride.

Things got really messy and rather complicated/easy, depending on how you look at it.  So the “How To” was aborted =p
Just remember guys, that there are only two things separating you from the tarmac; tires and brakes.
Save on other stuff, but please do get quality products for these. Your life does depend on them.
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bapak borek, anak rintik. happy father’s day dad!

Got a text message from an unknown a few days ago.

It wrote :

“From SHELL!!!

tahniah anda telah mmenangi HADIAH CONTETS SHELL 2,3 MILION.”

Manglish + typos = ingat i ni bodoh ke?

The lappie cable, well, didnt last the previous temporary fix.

Totally unwilling to make HP dealers fat, I decided to cut the cable open to try and rewire it.

The cable has two cyclindrical layers.  The outer layer is like braided silver coloured wires while the inner layer is a bundle of insulated wires.  Take caution while exposing the wires.

1st, you need to get your hands on some normal electrical wiring.  Cut a length off from one and strip the insulation to expose the copper wires.

Wrap the exposed copper wires around the insulated 2nd layer, making sure that the wrapped copper wires encircle both ends of the braided 1st layer wires to ensure there is electrical connection.

Get some good quality insulation tapes, not the lousy ones in the previous post.  A good roll from 3M can cost in excess of RM40.  Wrap the vulcanized insulation tapes around the exposed cable area, tugging the tape with force.

WARNING: DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT EVER EVER EVER NEVER EVER SOLDER the copper wires to the braided wires.  I learnt it the hard way and that took me hours to rectify.

Almost done now.  The remaining issue is the possibility of snapping the newly wrapped joint again.  When that happens, I dont think I can save that RM290 anymore.

Ever wonder what use is an Ikea pencil besides to tulis tulis?

Yeap, use it as a splint.

Its a tad crude.  But it works and there is Rm290 saved.

Yet another DIY today.  This particular one is long overdue.

My kereta’s kepala harimau hilang for a few months now.  Buta tanggal one rainy day.  Head over to any Brother’s outlet in your vicinity to get another Made-In-Taiwan/China/Bolehland spare for roughly RM15 per piece.

Pyring the emblem out is a straight forward process, just use a screwdriver.  The left over double sided tape on the bonet is a bitch though.

Use double sided FOAM tape.  Before taping the emblem on, remember to clean the residue tape left on the bonet using a blade and kerosene/polish.  Careful with the paint job though.

Celaka imitation product again is just THAT much smaller compared to the original (notice: the black marks).

Now, the belakang emblem needs a bit more effort to change.  Pop your boot and unfasten these 4 nuts using a spanar.

Basically you are removing your license plate lighting assembly.  Just in case the previous image doesn’t give a good view on where the nuts are, see above image.  While you are at it, give your car a good wipe after stripping it. =)

The back emblem has a screw holding it on.  Remove it and you know how to reasemble everything.

Anyway, tomorrow is dad’s birthday.  Like dad, like son huh?

PS: Sorry for the horrendous retouching of the number plates.  And my plate is not BOLT HOLE x4 =p