a pretty fast day for me.

LITERALLY.

did the soldering for my last board a.k.a comparator board.

frankly speaking..

maybe its cos of the 7 weeks break,

my worksmanship on the board was so bad.

never before did the solder spill on other tracks...

but somehow it happened today.

its pretty troublesome to clean the "mess".

if i were want to be a guitar luthier,

i must not be have bad soldering skills!

LOL.

can i say being a luthier is my backup career plan?

haha.

lol my wild dreams are coming back.

before the soldering..was lazy to take the "aftermath". well its not that bad actually. as compared to the first time i tried soldering. hah.

then after a painstaking half and hour of soldering, I moved on to do the IE reflective journal dued next week. i just wrote some relevant stuff and managed to easily reach the half page mark. to be more specific, i wrote about more than a page.

wanted to do some studying for PEEE and Maths..

but i think the soldering made me go high so i felt lazy to revise.

hah.

so it was race day.

yeah played the GTR2.

a super accurate mimick of real life race driving.

it took me over an hour to figure out settings and strategy.

damn it was a difficult game to play.

as stated by reviewers,

playing the game requires a steep learning curve but when used to it..

its pretty exhilarating.

yeah seriously after i know the secrets of this game.

mark today as the first time i'm teaching my bro how to race in GTR2.

-_-.

oh yeah my father,

joke of the day.

i was frustrated about skidding,

so i went up to my dad to ask how he take tight corners because he drives a manual car.

Me: Ayah, when you drive your car, do you drop the gear or apply brakes first?

My dad: *Does the virtual driving motion*

My dad: Erm..eh...alamak i forgot ah...how eh?

Me: *wide-eyed*

maybe its just an experienced driver's instinct to not take notice what he does while driving.

it all comes with a snap of the finger.

LOL.

oh man now i find it scary to trust him driving.

haha joking!

but now,

after a few frustrating skids and crashes.

i made it.

i even bothered to write down the necessary steps needed.

lol.

anyone who wants to try this game tell me.

i'll borrow the disc.

and heres a cornering guide.

1)Apply brakes hard when approaching a turn. IMPT NOTE: NEVER ATTEMPT TO STEER LEFT OR RIGHT.

2)Depress clutch and then shift to 2nd gear.

3)Reduce speed to about 80KM/H(yeah it was that slow..imagine going from 236KM/H to 80KM/H..brakes gone wild eh?) and take the turn. IMPT NOTE: ALWAYS STEER SMOOTHLY. NEVER JERK THE STEERING WHEEL.

4)While clearing the curve, accelerate and shift to gear three.

5)After clearing, shift gear as per normal.

Below are some screenshots of the game.

At the pit stop.

My Ferrari Modena. (((=

One of my awful first races..this time i forgot to clutch before shifting so my engine blew. haha..actually before the smoke there was fire. exhilarating much?