Sunday, October 24, 2010

2010 FORMULA 1 KOREAN GRAND PRIX (Yeongam)

What a race!!! Actually... more of half a race! There was a lot of anticipation for the Korean GP but this certainly wasn't necessarily a good start for the track. While it was predicted, the rain was more 'damaging' to race then expected. Most of us expected a processional race with the top 3 maintaining their positions. However, as with any race that is wet, it's unpredictable, and unpredictable it certainly was! Both RBR drivers were out either with a driving error & engine failure.

Admittedly this was quite unexpected but it's great to see F.Alonso & Ferrari back at the top (sorry all! ;-))

Anyway, there are still 2 more races & if this race is anything to go by, anything can happen. So, this will be a great end to the season.

In the meantime, apparently I managed to gather the most points in this race (not that it helped a lot!), so everyone pretty remained where there are. The table as follows :



2010 FORMULA 1 KOREAN GRAND PRIX (Yeongam)
Choice Points Previous Total Pos
VF SV 0 MW 0 FA 25 25 734 759 1
NF SV 0 MW 0 FA 25 25 723 748 2
C&AL SV 0 MW 0 LH 18 18 721 739 3
TC SV 0 MW 0 FA 25 25 660 685 4
R&SW MW 0 FA 25 LH 18 43 632 675 5
CCK MW 0 LH 18 JB 0 18 621 639 6

2010 FORMULA 1 KOREAN GRAND PRIX (Yeongam) - Meog-Eulgeo!

Although most of us (if not all) have tasted/experience Korean food, this is a fairly uncharted territory when it comes to doing it ourselves. So, rather than attempt at creating an authentic Korean meal, we opted instead for the next best thing that the Koreans love.... Bar-B-Q!

Since the race was delayed due to the weather, it was actually good timing as it allowed us to have tea & we had one of our all-time favorite, pisang goreng, all the way from Jakarta!
 Once tea was over, we started setting up the Bar-B-Q pit for dinner. Note the 'charcoal' used. Quite effective although it was a bit of a slow fire, it was nonetheless, quite useful.
 To begin with, as always, BBQ sausages for the kids..!!
 Although this looks a bit morbid.... in actual fact, in it, lies some very delicious fish!!
 Prawn fritters..... quite savory & tasty!
 The fish that was in the pit earlier...
 A variation of the fish, this time Korean BBQ sauce! yummy!!
 I had wanted to attempt Kim Chee... but there was sufficient time, so we bought it ready-made instead
 Very refreshing salad...Japanese style - courtesy of Mr.Chew
 Bar-B-Q in progress







































 Really nice BBQ Beef Steak... medium!!






















BBQ Squid....!


































 
 
 


The sinful indulgence did not end there... for desert we had a BarBQ Banana with mashmellow & butterscotch - courtesy of Pat!
 





































I attempt a Korean dessert which didn't exactly turn too well but I guess drinkable ;-)
It's called Su Jung Gwa but this is a simple version as it's taken as a form of tea.























That's it... quite a feast as always. Since there are 2 races left, and with Brazil being one of them, we could potentially only have one more of the F1-themed meals. However, I understand that Party Central will be closed during the last race at Abu Dhabi, so this is essentially the final race (at least for this year) that we get together as a group.

I'll continue to post the results of course & if there any 'food gatherings!' ;-)


Thursday, October 21, 2010

2010 FORMULA 1 JAPANESE GRAND PRIX (Suzuka)

Firstly, my apologies for the delay in updating this. Juggling between 2 'jobs' (stay-in dad & working from home!) can be quite a challenge!

In any case, there's really isn't much to say. RBR must be on some sort of steroid-filled green tea or the sashimi they had literally gave them RAW power!

Taking 1-2 puts them is a clear path to the team championship, although with S.Vettel taking first, the same can't be said for M.Webber. With just 3 more races to go, F.Alonso is now in 2nd with S.Vettel with only 14pts difference to M.Webber. So, it's going to be an interesting last few race.

The next race would be interesting as this will be an even playing field since this is a new track. I would go as far as to say that if RBR wins this, it's almost certainly a sign of their imminent championship victory.

It'll be interesting for sure...

As for our little league, we now have a new leader in VF toppling C&AL who 'dominated the charts for 7 races! Looks like it's going to be interesting for us as well, at least for the top 4...  :-(




2010 FORMULA 1 JAPANESE GRAND PRIX (Suzuka)
Position Driver     Points
1 Sebastian Vettel   SV 25
2 Mark Webber  MW 18
3 Fernando Alonso  FA 15
4 Jenson Button  JB 12
5 Lewis Hamilton  LH 10
6 Michael Schumacher  MS 8
7 Kamui Kobayashi  KK 6
8 Nick Heidfeld  NH 4
9 Rubens Barrichello  RB 2
10 Sebastien Buemi  SB 1
11 Jaime Alguersuari  JA 0
12 Heikki Kovalainen  HK 0
13 Jarno Trulli  JT 0
14 Timo Glock  TG 0
15 Bruno Senna  BS 0
16 Sakon Yamamoto  SY 0
17 Nico Rosberg  NR 0
Ret  Adrian Sutil  AS 0
Ret  Robert Kubica  RK 0
Ret  Nico Hulkenberg  NH 0
Ret  Felipe Massa  FM 0
Ret  Vitaly Petrov  VP 0
Ret  Vitantonio Liuzzi  VL 0
Ret  Lucas di Grassi  LG 0


2010 FORMULA 1 JAPANESE GRAND PRIX (Suzuka)
  Choice Points Previous Total Pos
VF MW 18 SV 25 FA 15 58 676 734 1
NF MW 18 SV 25 FA 15 58 665 723 2
C&AL MW 18 SV 25 JB 12 55 666 721 3
TC MW 18 SV 25 FA 15 58 602 660 4
R&SW MW 18 JB 12 FA 15 45 587 632 5
CCK MW 18 JB 12 FA 15 45 576 621 6

2010 FORMULA 1 JAPANESE GRAND PRIX (Suzuka) - Oishii tabemono!!

Since this was during exam season, a few of us got together & still managed to conjure up an impression Japanese meal mostly thanks to Pat!  So, for those of you who couldn't make it, this is what you missed!!!

Is this impressive or what! Typical Japanese, sushi!
 A form of sushi, with all it's ingredients
 A closer look at the sushi wrap. Nothing beats a do-it-yourself sushi!
 Some of the ingredients
 The very important sushi ingredient... fish roe

 A closer look at the other sushi
 My first attempt at the ever popular miso soup
Once again... this is what you missed! ;-)

 All in all... very very delicious... (if I may say so myself!)

Sayōnara& arigatō

Monday, September 27, 2010

2010 FORMULA 1 SINGTEL SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX (Singapore)

Well... well... another F.Alonso-Ferrari win!

That's 2 in a row and FA is really closing up on MW. It's going to be an interesting end to the championship at least for the Driver's championship. Apparently LH is giving up on the driver's championship so, it's possible that it would only be a 2 horse race between FA & MW.

As for the constructor's, it's really for RBR to lose it although the gap to McLaren is not that significant, but still quite a gap to Ferrari. Nevertheless, with 3 or 4 races to go, anything can happen.

It's 3 or 4 races as the latest news seems to indicate that the Koreans are having trouble getting the track ready in time. 1 race less can certainly change a lot of things.

Anyway, as for our little league, we have a new leader, courtesy of Lewis Hamilton! This gap from 1st to 6th is now 100 pts! C&AL's total points are a bit worrying! ;-)

Here it is..


2010 FORMULA 1 SINGTEL SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX (Singapore)
Choice Points Previous Total Pos
VF FA 25 SV 18 JB 12 55 621 676 1
C&AL FA 25 LH 0 JB 12 37 629 666 2
NF FA 25 SV 18 LH 0 43 622 665 3
TC FA 25 SV 18 LH 0 43 559 602 4
R&SW FA 25 LH 0 JB 12 37 550 587 5
CCK FA 25 JB 12 MW 15 52 524 576 6

2010 FORMULA 1 SINGTEL SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX (Singapore) - Ho Chiack!

Our 'friendly' neighbor whose food are not completely uncommon to us.

Nevertheless, food no matter where it's from, is always good especially when made by us Malaysians!

Mostly familiar stuff... but good stuff!
 Made with my own grubby hands.... siew mai!
 The ever popular Singapore dish, Hainanese Chicken
 The really delicous pei-tee
 and complimentary to the chicken, bean sprouts, aka taugeh!
 The whole spread once again..



All I can say is... wah lau!!!

Monday, September 13, 2010

FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO SANTANDER D'ITALIA 2010 (Monza)

So.... with everything to play for, Ferrari finally delivered when it matters most. Given that it's been since Brazil 2008 when Ferrari had pole (I know... amazing isn't it?), it was crucial to grab as many points as possible. As we all know, F.Alonso didn't exactly have a good start, which is not surprising since this is not the first time this year. Even more surprising is that F.A has always been a good starter during his time in Renault, but somehow, perhaps Ferrari's starting/traction is simply crap.

Nevertheless, J.Button got the better of FA at the start but as we also know now, it was the pitstops that made the difference. Apart from that, there's of course good ol 'I can't wait to get in front' Lewis H, which got him to the gravel trap instead. By then, he had barely even completed half the track! The other interesting event was S.Vettel literally used just 1 set of tires till the end of the race & only made his mandatory pit stop at the very last lap! Which kinda of proves that the tires can actually last that long especially when Monza is considered to the be fastest track in the whole F1 calendar.

It should be noted that both the current championship front runners did not score well today which also means that the competition is still far from over. This is especially true since the points scored for 1st-3rd is a lot different than before. The next few races will be very interesting indeed....

As for our little league... again, not much have changed other than the points difference between 1st & last is getting bigger & bigger!


FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO SANTANDER D'ITALIA 2010 (Monza)
  Choice Points Previous Total Pos
C&AL FA 25 JB 18 LH 0 43 586 629 1
NF FA 25 JB 18 FM 15 58 564 622 2
VF FA 25 JB 18 FM 15 58 563 621 3
TC FA 25 JB 18 MW 8 51 508 559 4
R&SW FA 25 FM 15 LH 0 40 510 550 5
CCK FA 25 JB 18 LH 0 43 481 524 6