So I didn't get to school today due to my leg, hari tu patah so aku off for a couple of days from school.
Errr okay, nadalah. Teachers all went for convocation and the school's off. I get to woke up at 3.00PM, and I guess it was enough rest for me. I had to send my assignment by tomorrow and I thought I decided to do my assignment. But I didn't! Instead, I thought that I would fiddle around with 1M again. So yeah, supposingly to go at Qam's house to do the assignment together but I didn't (AHAHA) .. I went down to kaybee and bought several stuffs to start my project.
I was thinking to update my engine bay this time, as I actually already modded my Airfilter Box few days back. It's a homemade CAI-style airbox modification of which, you drill holes (before the filter element intake) and allow more air to draw into the airbox.
The original airbox.
Oh before I move on, I got this idea from the forums. Just to make sure that you're not thinking that I'm just damaging my engine by doing this. Moving on, the hole point of the mod is to allow more air. Obviously, I need to drill several holes. Took my dad's electric drill, and made several holes away.
Once done drilling several holes, I used the sandpaper (1200 Grits) and shaved off several plastic bits and smooth out around the holes. This to ensure no plastic bits are still left and you don't want the bits to go inside the engine! I also sprayed the airbox around the holes to make it look a little bit cleaner.
I fitted back the airbox into the car and bolted back all down, and went for a test drive. So what difference does it make? .... Engine sounds good now. Gives out the darth vader-like inside your engine and it's loud! (Making bypassers look at you when you're accelerating), and power wise.. probably a little more, but not really that noticable. Anyhow I'm quite satisfied with this mod until I get the proper CAI Kit (And that's the Neuspeed P-Flow Airfilter kit).
The next mod I've done was dressing the engine up. I bought a Red Spray Can and a roll of Carbon Fibre Trimming sticker. A Razor-blade knife and double-sided tape. I was looking for a aluminium tubing to feed cold air to my airbox. Unfortunately I can't find any of it at the local hardware store.
First I undo-ed my battery cover. I painted the cover to a Brilliant Red/Orange look. I didn't had any Primer, so yes... I had troubles getting the paint on. It was dripping, and had to spray several layers, and I think I overdone it too, LOL. Then I cut the carbon-fibre sticker to fit over the usebox cover and the airbox cover.
After carefully measuring and cutting, I put the stickers on. Since the engine compartment has quite a warm ambient, I layed down the double-sided tape for the carbon-fibre sticker to stuck on. I guess it would help a little bit more.
More mods to come soon as usual again. I wanted to do the door pillars for Carbon-fibre trimmings aswell but it was already dark after I've done the fusebox and airbox cover. I guess that'll be on Friday (that next day I'll be having Software Engineering paper! .. Uh, Sunday then). Xnox, out. :))
P/S: Sorry for the shaky images btw. The camera phone sucks really.
Sincerely, xnox.
Monday, May 5, 2008
2:27 PM
Okay let me just update this thing. Been busy lately, and no.. not busy revising and sorts for my exams. Instead, I think I'm slacking too much for my final papers. I am certainly missing something. I'm missing some pieces of puzzles and bridges for a gap.
Moving on, last Saturday was my Hardware Technology paper. I think it's fairly okay, well I guess the structured questions wasn't that bad than I thought. I did forgot some important points like Pipelining and Hyperthreading (
Qam? Owned).
Just after I got out from the examination hall that afternoon, I checked my phone and I received a text message from Maziz (My band's guitarist) and said we were going to perform in the evening arah rumah entah I wasn't sure at first. It was confirmed later that we were playing at Khairul's anyway. I don't know him, but damn that night was an adrenaline-filled in me. Now my neck hurts like hell. Saw
Nazmi too at the gig, and few others that I know. The gig ended at 1.00 AM, and I got home like two hours later prior packing the equipments back. I knew I'm going to be tired tomorrow. Oh yes, tomorrow it's Sunday... No I'm not going to have my long rest and sleep till late afternoon. Heck, I forgot that next day that my relatives were coming over for Doa Selamat at our house.
I had to woke up at 9.00AM, but slacked off and made it to 11.00AM instead. My mum wasn't very happy about it. Early morning sudah my mum bising2 because of me, hahaha. Took my bath, then pakai-ed my cara-melayu.
The guests came around 12:00PM. The occassion kinda occupied me the whole day, and I didn't got time to update my Twitter or any sorts. I realised that it's exam week anyway, so I can't revise either. My cousins raided my bedroom and played my brother's PS3. That was about 3 in the afternoon. Most of the other cousins went home already. Laughters and jokes made the afternoon, and by 5.00PM, finally everybody went home. Took bunch of photos too which I'll be posting a tad bit later.
I was tired at the end of the day. and still bearing the pain in my neck. Gah, this would take me about 4-5 days to finally heal. I can't even look at my surroundings comfortably without moving my body orientation to where I'm watching. I feel like an inflexible piece of human body, walking like a robot everywhere I go... Okay maybe that sounded exaggerated, but you get what I mean. I still can turn my head a little though.
So yeah, suming all up.. my exam week:
- Pain in the neck
- Slacking, revising in the last minutes.
- ...too much 1M wishlists nowadays.
3 more papers to go.. Data Communication and Networking, Software Engineering and Ugama. Heck, even after the exams there'll be assignments to be done. I can officially say that by June then I'm free from college. Industrial attachment (TelBru by the way), and I guess that'll keep my brain working.
And uh, that's all folks. Ending this post is a screenshot showing what I'm currently doing on my Monday afternoon during Exam week. :))
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Sincerely, xnox.
Friday, May 2, 2008
6:23 PM
1. At what age do you wish to marry?
- After I graduate, and then some time later.
2. Where will you go if someone sponsor you a tour ticket?
- Any upcoming Dream Theater's Concert.
3. What's your favorite thing to do?
- Washing car when I'm stressed, hahaha.
4. Do you think money can buy happiness?
- Apparently yes in our world.
5. If you can have one dream to come true, what would it be?
- Being a millionaire under
1st Quarter
6. Do you believe you can survive without money?
- Nope.
7. What are you afraid to lose the most?
- Everything I had once, errr..
8. What's your favourite kind of movies?
- The ones not like "Impak Maksima" and other cliche movies.
9. If you win $1 million, what would you do?
- My car, pc, and music equipments for my band.
10. If you meet someone that you love, would you confess to him/her?
- Depends on who are we speaking to.
11. List out 3 good points of the person who tagged you?
- Azie - Kiyot, nice and kambang. (^^,)
12. What type of person do you hate the most?
- One that uses you, yes.. being
used.
13. What is your ambition?
- Musician, else.. somewhere I can use my geek expertise. Wth.
14. If you can teleport once, where would you go?
- No idea.
15. What do you think is the most important thing in your life?
- My future.
16. If you could undo doing one mistake in the past, what would it be?
- I wished I wasn't involved in any relationships.
17. What is love?
- Love is happiness, and I've yet to experience one.
18. What music have you been listening to recently?
- An "
Hourglass" away, waiting for the "
Hell's Kitchen" to take its course "
One Last Time" and I'm "
About To Crash".
19. What is your least favourite animal?
- Err, entah.
20. Are you a bookworm?
- Nah.
Completed, and no I'm not gonna tag anyone, maybe next time. :D
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