of hijab and ferrings

here's a picture i took today. sorry if its not clear (i guess its a good thing too, anonymity for the chick)

but i think we can all see the way she dresses somewhat? classy. yet, still conservative. really nice. that's why i couldn't resist taking a shot. thanks stranger!

can we have more people like her please?

Project FSK

i finally got down to changing my frames and wheels on my pair of blades. i think it was seriously time for a change. take a look at how worn out the front wheels are especially.

and the bearings and rollers were real grimy. so i cleaned those up.

and the best part. cool replacement parts!

and finally, after an hour or two, the final product.

now my legs are just itching to give them a run. yeah.

ok another post

today i had driving! yeah! improvement! felt like rally driver ah. love the feeling of engine brake. especially on that downhill stretch. really shows how effective engine braking is. not much news on that front.

i did arrive late for driving though. why? because my department's big boss decided to have a talk with us nsf's under his wing. oh but then he decided to play a game of soccer with us first. heh. so our 530 bookout became 630. from boonlay mind you. basket. lucky one of my dudes had a car.

but what struck me about the conversation oour boss had with us (nsf's) was that he brought up the topic of journaling. and journaling to him is about 'lessons learned' with regard to the day's happenings. and not merely musings of the day's events. i think i shall incorporate some of that huh?

so what i learned today was, don't let your boss change his plans. because if he does. you'll end up late for driving lesson.

hmm...

yeah where was i? the brother who sent us his heart-felt sentiments about our shared history. that which we had back in our secondary school days. i do agree. time has seriously gone on fast-forward these days. did we really spend time cherishing those times we had back then?
maybe yes? maybe not? i don't know for sure myself. but what i do know, is that i've sepnt those four years (and for the few others, a little more than that) pretty fulfillingly with those guys. we can't predict the future. no one can, except Him. so for what it was worth, i've done what i've done, with 'em.
and yeah, maybe as we look back, as i look back, there might be a little twang of regret as to what could have been, looking at what is. but i'd rather just take what we've shared, the good, the not so good, and move on from there. or here. and maybe make it better.
at least make it stick. insyaAllah.

hmm..

i'm in office right now. with nothing (much) to do. transcriptions been delivered. so i can't say im malingering? now that's a pretty strong word. i would say slacking is more appropriate.
but anyways, i just read an email sent by a brother.

(ok the boss is in. continue this later)

home-work

yeah! 4 hours of transcribing. done. at home. damn...they better not play us out on that Off-in-lieu.

musings

“You have reached the pinnacle of success as soon as you become uninterested in money, compliments, or publicity.”- Thomas Wolfe
obviously im not there yet. i'm still interested in money. very much so. heh.
and on a more random note, here are some pics i took about a week ago. and it wasn't even on my own cam. haha!

that was this gummy bear's first and last picture before he went into my mouth
and this were the pigeons' first and last picture before they (no, they didn't go into my mouth)
flew away.

vroom vroom

dang...third driving session. 2 stalls. i guess that's an improvement, no? i stalled i think 4 times the previous lesson. and this time we were on main roads almost the whole time. not easy. one stall came from trying not to run over an idiot bycyclist who hogged the CENTER of my lane. he think his legs 900cc engine ah? the other one was..well, too many things going on trying to turn out of a filter lane.

oh well. i still think it's way better than the last lesson. a few more of these and i should be going pretty good, insyaAllah.

oh, and im in love with the new Gallardo Spyder. sweet!

it's just like those Mattel Hot Wheels models. best.