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Drift clinic at UITM… my name on the STAR,..

But … abit wrong la.. the info.. i din start drifting when i was 18… i only started last year.. when i was 20..

http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/3/16/central/17134806&sec=central

Taking on the men at drifting

Story and photos By GRACE CHEN

NOW you can learn how to burn rubber in style at a drift clinic and be part of the fast and furious crowd.

At the marching field next to the Palapes Centre in Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM), there is no shortage of jokes about women drivers.

But a participant Leona Chin didn’t seem to mind, as she was out to prove them wrong.

Clear day turns foggy: Thicker smoke from your tyres means better drift.

True enough the 21-year-old had the last laugh after executing a perfect figure eight in a seemingly out-of-control style of driving.

This plucky lass has been drifting since aged 18 and her instructor Ser Meng Hoi is one of the top three drifters from the D1GP Malaysia series last year.

Though she is aware that this drift session is only for beginners, Chin said she took part in it because she wanted to “play in a safe area.”

When asked if she was aware that she was wowing the spectators, Chin only giggled in reply.

Drifting, as the term suggests, is a style of driving where the car is forced to oversteer while lapping a tight corner.

It is a spectacular display of vehicle control and guts, and drifters from advanced levels are known to spin rides centimetres within each other in a seeming attempt to bump each other off the track.

But one of the four Defying Grip instructors 28-year-old Ee Yoong Cherng who was conducting the drift clinic at the UiTM marching field that day did not allow that with the 12 participants.

He reiterated that the session was strictly for beginners.

“It’s a kick-start course for those with zero experience. This is when we feed them with the basics of hand-and-foot techniques. Participants will be introduced to the roundabout drift and figure eight where they will learn how to change directions. It will be a low speed affair of 60 to 70kph using the first and second gear,” he said.

And doing it correctly is something that Ee emphasised as he addressed his class of adrenaline-seeking pupils who must have been in a bout of daredevil manoeuvres earlier in the session.

“Whatever you do, don’t let go of the steering. All those drifting videos where you see the drivers doing such things are wrong. If you do that, you lose control. Who knows where your car is facing at the moment the steering is let loose. You might crash,” warned Ee who has four years experience in show and competitive drifting.

Raring to go for the next round, the class murmurs in agreement before heading to their cars.

When asked about what he thinks of Ee’s brand of instruction, first-timer Timothy Hardie Ketit, 32, said he was patient and knowledgeable.

Ketit, a seasoned autocross driver who met Ee in November in Malacca said he wanted to learn drifting since then.

“When you are known as a ‘drifter’, it makes you feel proud. It gives you class. Compared to autocross, you feel the adrenaline more. It’s like freezing the moment when your car goes sideways,” Ketit said when asked on why he chose to attend the clinic.

Contrary to perception, one does not need to have a fancy sports car to be part of the clinic.

Ee said the basic requirement is a rear-wheel drive car with limited slip differential (LSD).

Each participant was charged RM120 and you have to bring the car.

Clinics are usually conducted at a ratio of one instructor to three participants and held from 9.30am to 6.30pm at announced locations.

The next drift clinic will be held at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) in Bangi on Sunday.

Those interested call Ee at 019-323 6353.

new phone :D

i got new phone liao yey

brown color… a bit like Lv / Gucci Colour hahha.. rocks!

i love the functions too

today i went to watch Drift @ UITM
i took only 2 pics here is one

Eye Injury

Sunday morning woke up 4 am … my left eye was hurting badly.!!

i was in pain… and was trying my best to ignore the pain.. it it got worst and worst.. at 7am i woke my mom up and told her my eye was hurting.. she drove me the the eye hospital in Pj ..
there was no doctor around and mom had to call the doctor to come and check on my eye…

i was so pathetic… i had to be wheel chaired to the room and was tearing like mad…
it was difficult to open my eye… there was a shapr pain everytime i open it.. and it was all blurry..
i was very worried.. so was my mom…
i waited for the doctor to come for an hour… and when he came he checked on my eye.. he said that it was due to overuse of contact lens and my eye was Seriously DRY. so he prescribed me some eye drops and asked me to rest at home for the next few days

i came home and jus sleep the whole day… everyhour putting eye drops.. in the evening it got better.. it wasnt as pain as in the morning… i felt more relaxed….
at night i was able to open my eye with no pain anymore… and i could see clearer already.. lucky i didnt turn blind :<

i was able to see and do stuff normally already..
thinking it was the last day of new year… i decided to play mahjong … one last time … i won the First Session … he he he.!!

then i went to sleep

today i feel much better … i even went to college like normal alreaddy…. no more contacts for me =,=

Penang Trip CNY

Went to Penang on the day b4 CNY… it wasnt really JAM …

took some pics

have a look

Copthorne Hotel View

fireworks

SParklers

Reunion dinner at Forum Restaurant

CNy day 1: LiLY vegetarian shop

Seafood dinner ^_^ at gurney

On the Way home it was Very very Jam :<

stuck on NS highway for 6 and half hours