Beautiful Shanghai

It's getting colder by the day in China and after the freezing cold in Beijing it was welcoming to be in sunny Shanghai with a more beareable temperature of about 12 deg Celcius. Went straight to The Bund and it was indeed a lovely sight, more pictures coming but these by the iPhone.

It's cool to be green!

I have been accused of being materialistic and I can see why. All the cars that I love are high powered German or Italian supermodels. All the watches that I love are also likewise. However I beg to differ from such accusations because I love these things from an engineering point of view. Because these cars are beautifully designed and engineered, there are superb cars and naturally,very sought after and expensive. There's a saying in the aviation world, "if it looks good, it flies good too". My last beloved car was a VW GTi Mk V, it won numerous Car of the Year Award internationally, the TFSi Engine also won awards and the DSG gearbox in still unbeatable and copied from all other makes. The other reason I love this car is how VW is able to give big power to a small package. CO2 emission is incredible for a car with sports inclination. It's less of a guilt trip like saying I have the dessert but will run extra 5 km after that.

 However, you will soon realized when crawling in any of the inescapable daily jam in KL that all these power goes to waste! Imagine if all the standstill vehicles shut off their engine for 5 minutes daily! How much fuel we saved and how much carbon foot print we reduced! A few months ago my beloved GTI was hijacked at knife point and as much as I love to replace it with a MK VI, I get a phobia of being hijack again. The quest for a feel good factor while driving not necessary comes from 0-100 dash times or how little body roll exists when I dive into a chicane but from knowing that you are in a seat of future motoring technology and you are saving a ton of Co2 emission a year. Yes ladies and gentlemen you are looking at the proud owner of the latest and last Honda Civic Hybrid in Malaysia! FYI, the Honda CRZ Hybrid just won Japan Car of the Year! I can assure you it's a matter of time before you drive one. So why wait when you can do it now, go on join the green brigade.......don't you know it's cool to be green!
Good article on here.

Time is Money....literally!

My latest acquisition is the Rolex GMT ll Ceramic. This is a practical watch for pilots who frequently traverse numerous time zones in a single flight. More than just a mere watch, I consider it part of my flying equipment. The original GMT were designed for Pan Am pilots. This watch is beautifully crafted, tough and yet refine. My intimate and perfect companion, I love it!

In action at 40K ft!

Top Down Pleasure!

Was back in Kuching for a few days and had the pleasure of being picked up Tim my best friend in by a Porsche Boxster S. Nothing beats driving with the wind in your hair, sunnies on and hearing the wonderful exhaust note from sports car! Thanks Tim. 

Some cuties in Chengdu.

On another trip to china, this time was in Chengdu. Found out that there is Panda research base and took 45 min by cab. You would instantly fall in love with these seemingly docile and not a care in the world attitude of these lovely cute creatures. Just eat, sleep, eat some more and sleep some more but much loved by everyone.

Guanzhou, China

Was in Guangzhou for a few days. Unfortunately it was raining for a few days and I forgot my back up battery so did a limited shoot at Yiuxiu Park and Chinese muslims celebratinn Aidil Adha.

Nothing like......

having the top down in a sports car in sunny Houston!