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Le Tour de Langkawi came to Kluang again. I missed the event in 2008.

I waited with other photographers by the roadside at 11.15 a.m.

The traffic police blocked all the roads.

Kluang traffic came to a stand still for more than 1 hour.

There was a helicopter hovering above us.

Hey! This was not le tour de Langkawi. Where did he come from? Maybe he was the safety car… er… safety bike, to survey the circuit.

There! Here came the convoy cars. The cyclists should be approaching.

Another teaser bike passed by. Everyone clapped for him.

And then came the convoy motorcycles. Photographers got their gears ready.

Here came the pack leader. Everyone cheered for him.

Ready? Lock on. Shoot! Shoot!

They made a 90 degree turn in front of me.

Waited for 1 hour but they were gone in just 1 minute. Anyway, it was real fun.

F1 season 2010 will start on the 14th March. Will it be broadcast in full-HD over Astro B.yond?

Here is a message I found on Astro’s website,

“ESPN HD (Channel 832)
The most viewed, highest profile programming, showcasing sports’ finest. From the Barclays Premier League to F1, from basketball to hockey, this is sports like never before, all in High-Definition.”

Then in their FAQ, there is another message,

“ESPN HD (However the number of programmes in ESPN HD will start with selected Barclay Premier League (BPL) matches in High-Definition and this will increase over time)”

I wrote an email to Astro for confirmation on F1 and MotoGP races. Waited… no reply. I send another email. Waited… yet no reply.

I am wondering if anyone in Astro is reading the emails.

Frankly speaking, I seldom watch TV. I only watch the National Geographic Channel and the Sports Channel. I am a loyal Astro subscriber. When Astro introduced B.yond, of course I am interested in, but my conventional CRT TV does not support full HD signal. So I bought a full HD LCD TV yesterday.

All the while I was watching Astro connected to the TV with a S-Video cable. But the new LCD TV does not have a S-Video port. I need to revert back to the RCA cable (while still considering to sign up for B.yond). The Astro signal feed to the LCD TV via RCA cable is too terrible to watch. Maybe the sample pictures below can hep you understand the situation better.

Expected Astro B.yond HD picture.

S-Video analogue picture is roughly like this.

RCA analogue picture is roughly like this.

On Chinese New Year day, children play fireworks and fire crackers to welcome the tiger. Hmm… looks like the tiger did appear.

Last night as I was standing outside the house enjoying the CNY fireworks display, suddenly a car pulled over and the driver wound down the windows. He asked, “Does someone someone (I forgot the name he mentioned) lives here?” I answered no. Then he said, “I am looking for him but my handphone is broken. Can you lend me yours for a call?”

I said, “Nice try, dude. Go look for a public phone.”

The moral of the story…. Be careful. There are handphone snatchers around.

I was born on Chinese New Year day. So every year, my family would celebrate my birthday with me on Chinese New Year day.

My birthday cake.

They were singing “Happy Birthday” song to me. My sister snapped this photo.

My brother and I. Any similarity? Any differences?