Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Resolutions, Cut & Paste AND Create
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Kimi Matias Raikkonen, I miss you.
I've watched Formula 1 since I was a little girl, when I didn't really understand what I was seeing, the cars just looked cool zooming around and overtaking each other.
Michael Schumacher was a household name in my household. But I didn't start watching it religiously, on my own, until around 2006 or 2007.
Michael Schumacher was a household name in my household. But I didn't start watching it religiously, on my own, until around 2006 or 2007.
I began watching every single race, memorizing all the events from each one, I couldn't miss even 1 race (even if it was at 2 am and the next day was a school day) and I looked forward to it every other weekend. My ritual was pizza and F1, while sms-ing/chatting with Ya Wen, my partner in F1 crime.
I was (am?) a steadfast Ferrari and Kimi Raikkonen supporter.
I was (am?) a steadfast Ferrari and Kimi Raikkonen supporter.
This year, I'm not excited about any Formula 1 races at all. Period. It's like my love for Formula 1 left with Kimi Raikkonen at the end of last year :( And I'm STILL NOT OVER IT!!!
Bloody hell, I cry every time I watch F1 now. Why?
Beause when I see 2 red Ferrari cars coming down the circuit, I expect to see Kimi's red and white helmet in one of the cockpits. And it isn't.
I miss seeing the number 1 on the front of Kimi's car.
I miss him and Massa being teammates.
Jean Todt (center) looks so happy and about to cry, like a proud papa at his sons' graduation. He's another one I miss too.
I miss seeing him in the red Ferrari suit.
I miss him winning with Ferrari.
I've never seen him smile this big before :D
Sebastien Loeb: "Come to Rally man. It's great here! No shitty politics like in F1. My trophy even looks like a fancy chio goblet!" F U! _|_
I miss his cryptic interviews in his terrible slurry monotone Kim-lish at post-race press conferences.
I miss seeing him guzzling champagne on the podium instead of spraying it like everyone else does.
I expect to see his name on the timesheets, "K Raikkonen". I expect to hear about him making fastest laps in every race. I expect him to BE THERE. I miss him being the F1 driver I've known and loved for years. It's just all very heartbreaking, and I'm having a hard time accepting it, even after 5 months.
Well, it isn't true that I watched Formula 1 just for Kimi, or I liked F1 just because I like Kimi. I truly do (did?) love it. But! I loved the F1 of the past. The structure of the teams, and the drivers, the tight Ferrari-McLaren competition, the familiarity of it all...
Everything has changed this year. I don't deal very well with change. It takes me a long time to accept things, and adjust to them.
Everything has changed this year. I don't deal very well with change. It takes me a long time to accept things, and adjust to them.
But I guess Kimi is happy where he is now, in the World Rally Championship. He may not be great at it, like he is at F1, but he likes it. Since they don't show Rally on any of the Astro sports channel (as far as I know), I went on the WRC website to look for videos (smart hor? :D)
With his co-driver Kaj Lindstrom. Imagine that, Iceman's got a co-driver now!
Arctic Rally in Sweden. It's so bizarre to see his name on the side of that car.
Rally is some fucking scary shit I tell you!!! Go see for yourself if you don't believe me. Rally Sweden 2010. Rally Mexico 2010.
In the 2nd rally of the season in Mexico, Kimi had an accident and rolled his car off the road. So scary :( I don't understand Finnish so it just sounded like Kimi's co-driver was praying for his dear life the entire time, LOL!!
In the 2nd rally of the season in Mexico, Kimi had an accident and rolled his car off the road. So scary :( I don't understand Finnish so it just sounded like Kimi's co-driver was praying for his dear life the entire time, LOL!!
It's so heart-pounding cause it looks like Kimi's just flying blindly around terrifying corners! But there's no one to overtake T_T It's really nothing like F1 at all. It's gonna take me some time to learn all the technical aspects of Rally, like how I know everything about F1 all the way inside and out.
I guess Formula 1's dangerous and heart-pounding in it's own way too.
It's okay, the people in those photos, Ralf Schumacher and Felipe Massa, are just fine. Thank God.
I love you, Iceman.
Even if you aren't the best at conveying emotions most of the time.
Sigh. :)
Image sources:
http://www.motorward.com/2009/12/official-kimi-raikkonen-signs-with-citroen-wrc-team/
http://38kg.blogspot.com/2009/06/f1-fia-to-announce-2010-entry-list.html
http://38kg.blogspot.com/2009/06/f1-fia-to-announce-2010-entry-list.html
Monday, March 29, 2010
This time last year...
I was in Penang the day after one of the longest and most hectic days ever, only to find that my Astro set had short-circuited and devastated that I couldn't watch the first Formula 1 race of the 2009 season in Australia.
So fast I'm digressing already! *shy*
I say longest and most hectic day because one year ago, yesterday, was my sister's wedding. I was awake 18 hours straight (running about like a mad woman as a bridesmaid, mind you, not just lazing around) after only sleeping for 2, read that, 2 hours cause of wedding preparations!
But fuckaccino, I still looked damn good, didn't I? ;) Shut up, I did.
Anyway, that makes yesterday her wedding anniversary. (Yes, I know I'm one day late. Was so busy yesterday I couldn't even sit down to blog.)
Happy anniversary, Tuach! (It's so incredibly weird saying that.)
Dug out some of my fave photos from the day, taken by the professional photographer, my uncle, aunt and cousin. Too lazy to caption them! It's in chronological order, have fun figuring them out yourself :)
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Can I just say that I love weddings? I can't wait to be a bridesmaid again! Having older sisters is the best man! I'm a guaranteed double-time bridesmaid :D
Except that they can't be bridesmaids at my wedding la, sigh. So all my close gal pals, you're in luck!! Hahaha! Somehow this reminds me of Ashley, and how we used to talk about our future weddings and being bridesmaids at each other's weddings. Good times.
Time flies, things change. One year later, I'm just fine :)
P/S: For those who know what this refers to... Please, I don't need, nor do I want, your sympathy.
So fast I'm digressing already! *shy*
I say longest and most hectic day because one year ago, yesterday, was my sister's wedding. I was awake 18 hours straight (running about like a mad woman as a bridesmaid, mind you, not just lazing around) after only sleeping for 2, read that, 2 hours cause of wedding preparations!
But fuckaccino, I still looked damn good, didn't I? ;) Shut up, I did.
Anyway, that makes yesterday her wedding anniversary. (Yes, I know I'm one day late. Was so busy yesterday I couldn't even sit down to blog.)
Happy anniversary, Tuach! (It's so incredibly weird saying that.)
Dug out some of my fave photos from the day, taken by the professional photographer, my uncle, aunt and cousin. Too lazy to caption them! It's in chronological order, have fun figuring them out yourself :)
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Wheee, great memories! She had such a chio wedding! If mine is even half as nice as hers, I'll be happy already.
Except that they can't be bridesmaids at my wedding la, sigh. So all my close gal pals, you're in luck!! Hahaha! Somehow this reminds me of Ashley, and how we used to talk about our future weddings and being bridesmaids at each other's weddings. Good times.
Is anybody else completely baffled that it's almost April 2010 ALREADY?!? My sister got married a whole year ago, wtf. It feels like just yesterday! But in my mind, I know that so much has happened since then. I just can't believe it all happened so fast.
Time flies, things change. One year later, I'm just fine :)
P/S: For those who know what this refers to... Please, I don't need, nor do I want, your sympathy.
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