Jarod DeAnda

I’ve been M.I.Laysia….

By Jarod DeAnda, December 22, 2009

So I’ve been MIA or should I say M-I-laysia, I was in Malaysia for the 1st ever FORMULA DRIFT Malaysia…
Great event, great driving, great crowd and overall GREAT experience…

Some music I listened to while on my Malaysian trip…
Julian Casablancas, love this dude!

Sunset in AZ…

Flying to LAX to rendezvous with travel partners Ryan Sage and Jim Liaw Founders of Formula Drift…

Jim and his gorgeous daughter…
Rawwrrrr!

Never NOT working are we fellas!

Peace Kobe and LA….

These 2 buttons made all the difference in the world on a 17 hour flight to Bangkok…

Hello BKK…

Sunrise in Bangkok…

Atta boy Ryan, getting Dark!!! Reeeee….

Fluffy white stuff…

Best meal out of the 4 we had collectively on the 20+ hours of airtime that doesn’t include waiting and other travel details…

We’re NOT in Kansas anymore…

Sigha…

Ingridients for BEER are so basic and awesome!

Hello Malaysia…
SOOOO many palm trees, I’ve never seen so many!

Cup o Corn? hahaha

Pretty nice hotel…

Time for some proper Chinese food!

Suckling pig…

Ryan sucking the suckling pig jaw…

Dai gets down!

Kiki from Thailand’s Silvia, fresh right?
He’s a good dude and ended up getting 2nd overall!

This man right hear pride of Malaysia Tengku Djan ended up getting 1st, congrats man!

I’m seeing a new hood trend, what do you say?

Fresh R34, clean, nice and drivable!

Ryuji Miki came to compete in a Supra and Daijiro Yoshihara came out to be an FD Judge…

The 3 FD Malaysia judges, Andy Yen, Dai and Ryan Sage…

Really? the dog holster like Carlos from The Hangover, haha

This is NOT the drivers meeting, this is the day before just a meeting with the drivers, hence the casual environment!

Goodyear Tires had a killer spread and party hosted Friday night…
They love Carlsberg in Malaysia…

“Stretched” coffee, pretty good!

The track and bleacher set up…

My friend gave me a pair of these new small speakers called X Mini…check em out…

This is the Malaysian Fire Squad, that camo is sick!!! right?
He gave me his hat later on the event!

Top 32 car parade…

Ryan, Sweaty and ready to party!

Proton, the vehicle made in Malaysia driven by Rifat and Indonesian Rally champ, Malaysian people loved this car…

“Rrrrrreeeeeeeeeee”

I love customs like this, for real super fresh…

Sweet car cover! Formula Drift USA drivers need these!

Ivan Lim from Singapore drifter for Binter Tire and Goodyear has a solid ride, hence the ILLEST & FATLACE stickers I graced him with!

Top 16 intro Mad Mike Whiddett smokes the crowd out and the Goodyear remote control blimp… He eventually ends up 3rd overall…

Ryuji and Mike…

Lightning McQueen MR-S…

Seriously?
I’m HOPING the engines have some ummfff to push all that fiberglass around!

Loving the Cayenne GTS…

Of course not!

The Formula Drift USA gang and Jason from FD Asean…

Packed out crowd that rocked like 7 waves around the track!

Told ya I got the hat… I traded him a camo DC wristband…

Tengku Djan celebrating after I announce him the 1st place winner!

The podium!

Kiki and the “Man Band”, they used to be boys but are now men!
Good dudes and some nice cars from Thailand…

Congrats Mikey, see you in the USA in April!

Kiki, see ya in Thailand!

I can see the Petronas towers, lets hit KL…

1st dinner!

The posse…

The fish looks like it’s from another planet, something from District 9…

Kuala Lumpur tower…

Club Luna…
Fresh…

Congrats Tengku!

2nd tallest building in the world… Petronas Towers…

At the base…

Thanks Mikey…
One for PJ even, he was STOKED!

Peace out Malaysia, it’s been real!

Where’s Wald..errghhh Ryan Sage?

This gentlemen sat next to me and didn’t speak English all he said was “Boston” and he showed me and eventually gave me these boxing gloves as a gift he makes boxing equipment in Pakistan and is going to Boston to sell them, that’s what I gathered, nice guy even though we didn’t understand each other at all…
I love his blank stare for the picture it speaks volumes…