…one each about my classes, the current F1 season, and how I’m feeling now (well, not quite now by the time this post get blogged, as I’m writing this entry on my iPAQ PDA while waiting for the time to pass till 5.30pm’s shuttle bus from the Timbuktu Nilai campus back to civilization).

Well, 3 weeks into the new semester, and I’m starting to get used to the trouble of travelling by bus to class on a daily basis. One pleasant surprise about the courses I’m taking this semester is that it is entirely 100% coursework based… That means no final examination to sit for… Helluva relieve, I tell you!

Another thing is that I have a 4-day study week with no classes on Fridays! smiley
That’ll help a lot in coping with the stress of 2 hours bus ride on a daily basis and in catching back on sleeping. Everything else in college is boring, 4 semesters here is starting to be really boring and feels like mundane routines.

Spent most of the weekend watching 9-ball pool and Formula 1 Grand Prix racing. Star Sports showed the live telecast of the San Miguel Asian 9-Ball Tour Taipei leg. In the final, Efren Reyes defeated the Korean Jaeng 12-10 in a close battle that almost resulted to an upset victory by the Korean when Efren was trailing him in the scoresheet. Much to the fans’ relieve, Efren managed to pip the Korean to the title, his third in the Tour this year.

As for Formula 1, the Spanish GP was really boring. Not much action (come to think of it, didn’t remember that there were any major overtaking moves in that race) but Renault started to improve again, despite their lack of testing of the new front wings developed by last week as it rained massively during their testing time in Silverstone. Heard that they reverted back to last year’s front wings and it did help secure the 3rd and 4th placing in last night’s race.

If you didn’t know it by now, the race last night was a Ferrari 1-2 finish with Schumi clinching the 5 consecutive victory this season (that’s 5 out of 5) while nursing his car that had a cracked exhaust. BAR wasn’t that lucky, despite having the pace to challenge Ferrari, as Button was stuck in traffic due to bad qualifying effort while Sato were, well, just being himself I guess (haven’t seen much from him except the blistering practice times this weekend).

So, it was a boring race, with overtaking only happening during the pitstop sessions. Honestly, if Bernie wants to axe more European races to allow for races in other countries (that allows tobacco advertising), this should be top of the list (as compared to Silverstone). I think Monte Carlo have better overtaking chances than the Circuit de Catalunya!

Darn, it’s not even 5pm yet… I think I’ll bore myself silly until 5.30pm comes…

And I really hope that the boys at the McLaren team can pull their acts together and push MP4-19B spec out as soon as possible. They’re really lacking pace and reliability! BTW, any form of negative comments about McLaren’s performance this season (or any positive comments about Ferrari) is NOT welcomed. This is a sensitive matter and don’t come flaming me here in this post. Consider yourself warned! *grin*