Bimmerfest 2010

I know I know, I don't own a BMW. "What are you doing at Bimmerfest then?" you ask. A buddy of mine, recently picked up a BMW 335i coupe and is still hyped up on Bimmer love. He wanted to go so I came along for the ride, pun intended.

edit: my buddy's name is Darrell Choa (he got a little butt hurt I didn't mention his name)

Top 12 photos from Bimmerfest 2010 (I couldn't narrow it down to 10):

Cool paint job on this carbon fiber hood


Lazy eyes, BMW style


Classic


Polished BOV and intake plenum, so shiny


OR representing


Loving the new M3 front fender vents/emblem and the matte blue paint


Gurney flap


Old school fuses just chilling


BMW Minh Power


BMW nose jobs






Which one is your favorite? if your favorite is not in these 12, post it up in the comments.

Bimmers Bimmers and more Bimmers

Happy Mother's Day Mom!!!

Best way to a mom's heart is through good food, gifts, and spending quality time with her children. This past Mother's Day we had all of that.

My mommy, people say I look like her, do I?
I Love You MOMMY!!!


Mom gifts
Are you gelling, 'cuz my mom is


Grandma showing off her new bling


My Aunt Dung


Appetizer
Sauteed Mussel with Basil


Entree
Home made spring rolls
Boiled pork (Bacon boiled not fried)



Vermicelli


Boiled shrimp and halved


Veggies



Dessert
"Happy Mother's Day" cake



Chocolate Cream Puffs



Rest of the mommy photos

Backup that $hit up!!!

Instead of risking hard drive failure and losing all my valuable photos and videos, I finally took the plunge and bought myself a Network Attached Storage (NAS) setup. I did some extensive research and ended up picking a Synology DS210j with 2
Samsung HD154UI SATA 1.5TB harddrives. I have it setup with RAID 1, so basically I have 3 copies of my data, 1 on my external drive and 2 on my NAS drives, woohoo!!!

NAS and HDDs



Contents


Samsung HD154UI



Synology DS210j


Be like the Spice Girls and 2 become 1...






Install disk


Install and Setup time





All done, The NAS's new home, next to my PS3!!!

Carbone Lorraine, new track pads!!!

I have about 1 track day left on my current track pads. My current Raybestos ST43 have held up great for the abuse I put them through. There's much hype around these "new" to U.S. pads. The brand is Carbone Lorraine and they have been selling in the Euro market forever, just never in the U.S. market. They go under the name of "CL brakes" in the U.S. market. The main hype is the fact that they are sintered, not your standard semi-metallic or ceramic. More details on brake pad materials here. They are supposed to handle heat better, bite just as hard, last longer, dust less, and require less bed-in, I hope all these benefits are true.

Packaging






Nicely packed




RC6 compound yay!!!


Bedding in procedures... very simple process compared to other brands... Thank you sintered brake pads...


Made in France, I speak French, NOT!!!