Amazing Race, how exciting that sounds?

"Don’t you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to win!" 1C9.24.NLT

I always wish to be part of Amazing Race someday, where I'll get the chance to travel diff'rent places, meet diff'rent people, and try to succeed various challenges. Exciting, isn't it? If you are given a slot by Phil to participate in this reality game will you take it? Well, who wouldn't? =)

My friends have organized a.. what we call the "Amazing Pasir Race!" Yes, you guessed it! We'll do it in Pasir Ris this Sat!

It'll be the opening season, so we all don't know yet how it will turn out, but I believe it'll definitely be packed with fun and excitement.

I think the participants are all excited, so as the Facilitators (myself included, hence I'm blogging about it, haha)

ciao!

c",)

TechLife: ESC key is next to F1..

..but that isn't the case on F1 tracks, where racing cars runs at high speed -- about 220mph (or 360kmh). So unlike using your computer where you can just press F1 key for help or hit ESC key when somethin' goes wrong, F1 drivers' skills and agility does not guarantee that they'll be able to ESCape death-trap when confronted with one.

You probably have heard of Felipe Massa's recent accident during the qualifying Hungarian Grand Prix. I was amazed that after bein' hit by a flying debris [from Rubens Barrichello's car, who's running a few distance in front of him], he still managed to reduce the speed of his turbo-charged Ferrari to lessen the impact of the crash (as he knew he would). Imagine a tiny piece of metal flying @ a rate of plus/minus 150mph speed and hitting him on the head, it would've knocked him out instantly. I guess it's a requirement for an F1 driver to be physically fit and with a sharp mind so that they'll know, somehow, what to do when faced with grave danger.

Some news reported Massa attempted to slow down his car (like pressing the ESC key huh? hehe), while other news said that he appeared to be speaking with his race engineer after the crash (sort of pressing the F1 key for help?). So maybe.. just maybe.. this is the reason why ESC key is placed next to F1. Haha =)

Anyway, I've read in F1-tech site that Massa talked about "how much safety has to remain the priority on the track" (see here for his full statement) after his friend Surtees died in a race few weeks before his tragedy. Isn't it ironic?

I was gonna post the crash footage but all the videos I saw in youtube earlier has already been removed for violation whatsover.. even the BBC news coverage was removed. geez. :(

So how's the added safety measures gonna be in the future race? a closed cockpit? ...or just tightening of screws so no object will come flying in or out of the race track? hehe =)

ciao!

c",)

I look beyond the empty cross...

It's only my second week here and yet I feel so enervated
My mind ain't functioning so I don't have anythin' dash my pen off.
So I'm just gonna share this song I'm currently listening to
I guess this is the loooongest lyrics amongst Jars of Clay songs.

I love this song... and the lyrics too!


Worlds Apart
Jars of Clay

I am the only one to blame for this
Somehow it all ends up the same
Soaring on the wings of selfish pride
I flew too high and like Icarus I collide
With a world I try so hard to leave behind
To rid myself of all but love
to give and die

To turn away and not become
Another nail to pierce the skin of one who loves
more deeply than the oceans,
more abundant than the tears
Of a world embracing every heartache

Can I be the one to sacrifice
Or grip the spear and watch the blood and water flow

To love you - take my world apart
To need you - I am on my knees
To love you - take my world apart
To need you - broken on my knees

All said and done I stand alone
Amongst remains of a life I should not own
It takes all I am to believe
In the mercy that covers me

Did you really have to die for me?
All I am for all you are
Because what I need and what I believe are worlds apart

[Additional lyrics:]

I look beyond the empty cross
forgetting what my life has cost
and wipe away the crimson stains
and dull the nails that still remain
More and more I need you now,
I owe you more each passing hour
the battle between grace and pride
I gave up not so long ago
So steal my heart and take the pain
and wash the feet and cleanse my pride
take the selfish, take the weak,
and all the things I cannot hide
take the beauty, take my tears
the sin-soaked heart and make it yours
take my world all apart
take it now, take it now
and serve the ones that I despise
speak the words I can't deny
watch the world I used to love
fall to dust and thrown away
I look beyond the empty cross
forgetting what my life has cost
so wipe away the crimson stains
and dull the nails that still remain
so steal my heart and take the pain
take the selfish, take the weak
and all the things I cannot hide
take the beauty, take my tears
take my world apart, take my world apart
I pray, I pray, I pray
take my world apart

Poetry: As Usual

Back to my busy days, my usual life
Now I'm just resting & listenin' to Duncan Sheik's halflife
Maybe someday I'll try to learn how to play the fife
And perhaps use it to serenade my future wife
(haha, but I'd still prefer the guitar)

Nothin' much has changed, but I've discovered new friends
Friends at my workplace and at the congregation, they're all Godsend
Life abroad is not permanent, wherever I am I just try to blend
The best days here, as most would agree, are always the weekends

*Sigh* I dunno what to eat for lunch,
Chicken rice? Saba Fish? or baby Kai Lan?
Choices have become difficult when I started to do away with pork
Well, I guess sticking with the usual might still work.

c",)