Sweaty and ready for some Formula Drift Singapore 2010!!! Big post…
Formula Drift Singapore came and went and here’s my adventure…
I do apologize in advance if you’re hungry and enjoy good food you’ll be craving some goodness in t minus 2 minutes and also apologize for lack of car photos but still enjoy the sites of my Singapore adventure…
And also while in Singapore it’s like 95 degrees with 90% humidity Real Feel of like 110 degrees
On the road again, well obviously can’t drive to Singapore but the Keep Drifting Fun fellas Will and Josh stayed at my crib so they dropped me off curbside at PHX airport to rendezvous in LAX with others…
Thanks Will and Hobo…
Will & I in the Westy…
Hobo and F-Roegge…
From PHX to LAX sat next to this dude Kris, good dude, has a Z knows Formula Drift and was just a good convo about cars…
Here’s myself + Jim & Ryan aka Formula Drift founders, these are the crazy faces that brought you the FORMULA DRIFT Championship and allows drifters to follow their dreams of being professional drifters, RESPECT!
Now, CHECK this dude out…
All iPad haters, users or whomever + artists… Met this dude Steve on the loooong flight to Singapore yet he was stopping and staying in Japan (it was our layover en route to Singapore) for a couple months, super good dude.
Steve Curcuru is his name and illustration/sketching/awesomeness is his game!
Please take a look at his SAMPLING OF HIS WORK HERE
Steve’s BLOG HERE…
Here’s a sketch Steve created on his Apple iPad. I was across the aisle so I’d watch him pepper in some sketching here and there off an initial “spotting” of the Singapore Airlines flight attendant in their signature flight attendant uniforms…
I actually pointed on this girl to Steve as she without being characterized looked VERY animated super slender, bob dark hair and large lipstick covered red lips…
So here’s the image he sketched….
Here’s Steve and his work…
Now here’s a video of the iPad program Brushes playing back the strokes and virtua sketch on the iPad, so sick!!!
Little known fact I grew up wanting/craving/aspiring to be an animator when I was young, I love cartoons, animation and just artistry in this nature… His style is so solid and divers, nice meeting you Steve and hit me up when you want to come to a Formula Drift event or kick it in AZ…
Landed in Singapore at 1:30AM or so…
Ryan and Jim
Singapore Changi Airport is soooo nice!
The Singapore Flyer at night…
1st of many shots of it…
Ryan’s not Emo but more Eye Mo..
Love this dude Jeremy…
Hey look who it is, Dai Yoshihara! He’s a Formula Drift judge at these events now…
That’s Marcus Lim in the middle the man behind Formula Drift Asia… and Jim of course
Setting up the track…
BTW yes it’s on the F1 Singapore track… yes that’s the F1 paddock and yes that’s the backdrop for this event, so rad!!!
Ryan and I at the Fountain of Wealth in the palm of the Feng Shui designed 5 fingers buildings…
BRING IT ON!!!
Nice REBEL8 in Singapore…
FOOD…
let me start by saying I NEVER went hungry… Marcus and crew insured that we eat the best food and as much of it as we can!!!
LOVE IT!
I wanna go!!!
F1 Singapore
Podium where the F1 winners stand!
Good looking Murano on some Volk Racing TE37‘s or at least look like em’.
Next stop… lunch at Jones the Grocer, seemed like a spot that could easily be in Santa Monica Promenade, haha
Good beer, wine, cheeses, meats etc…
even some ex pat wives hanging…
Never had this beer had to have it…
Duchy Originals, was good…
Nice…
And this beer
Little Creatures from Australia, I kept both bottles to bring back but room service threw them out, bummer…
Yes that’s ice in the beer they insisted so do it up…
Like Ryan’s face, hahaha
Track time for a minute…
Sculptures all over Singapore…
Back to the Hotel Re!
My view…
Food at the Hawker market, love these things…
BIG ASS BEER!!!!!!!!!
Big beer + big dude + REBEL8 + stinky fruit aka Durian…
This is one Hawker Stall…
These are all the plates we smashed that were once full of food!
Here’s what was on them…
Garlic prawns…
Stingray…
Chili crab…
Some crazy looking fish staring at me while I ate him!
Shaved ice with corn on top, yep sweet corn and chocolate shaved ice, surprisingly GREAT!
The wrecking crew..
Beer:30…
GSD on the phones…
Proper press conference…
Andy Yen and Dai …
TMTMTL Tony Angelo… The Man, The Myth, The Legend…
This dude rules, Kiki man…from Thailand, he handles biz…
This is Kiki’s sweet wing design, I like it for some reason…
This is his “back up” S15 Silvia…
SPOILER ALERT!!!!!
This is Tengku Djan’s “Prince of Drift” and newest Drift Alliance Ace winning S13.5 chassis…
Singapore Flyer again…
Dai again but this time catching some beauty sleep…
Casual drivers briefing…
Nissan Cefiro’s all over Southeast Asia, i like this one with the R34 headlights and taillights + the color scheme OD green with orange graphics looks tough!
“Fanga” Dan Woolhouse from New Zealand came and *SPOILER ALERT* grabbed 3rd in his Goodyear tires RB powered Holden GTO…
The spirit of Marilyn Monroe hangs out in the elevator of Hotel Re!
The streets…
Oh yeah one of my favs in the world!
Din Tai Fung dumpling house…
Funny name…
Decorate your own cake spot… Cool concept could be big in the U.S.
The bus had an action figure playset on the dash…
Track time…
Kiki’s teammate, Murata in the S13…
Proper drivers meeting…
Call em like you see em I guess…
The grid…
The gulch..
Ryan and Dai getting pinned…
Never say Dai, ok then!
Like the beer carrier thingy..
LOVE LOVE LOVE Range Rover Defenders and 2 of my favorite colors of cars!
So gambling is growing in Singapore so they’re building more casino’s here’s one that’s GNARLY!!!
HUGE and looks like a spaceship docking station or something!
Marina Bay Sands…
They opened this Double Helix bridge while we were there…
Some building built to emulate durian fruit, rad
Never had it until now, good stuff…
Boiled broth with pork ribs in it, yummm
Dai liked it…
Andy….Yen
Andy REALLY likes his dessert!
Clark Quay & me…
Subaru patrol!
Jim Liaw and I on track…
Myself, Dai, Jim and Marcus…
This dude was STOKED!!!
He asked me for my NOS Energy Drink bottle (They don’t have it there in Singapore but all know it via the NOS commercial and Chris Forsberg) and Exedy clutches drink holder…
So I stoked him out and gave it to him, he’s pumped!
Tengku Djan and I post his victory!
I gave the Formula Drift Singapore champ, Tengku Djan a gift/prize of my own an Incipio case for his iPod Touch…
Then I stoked Dai Yoshihara out with some INCIPIO cases for his iPhone too..
Here’s the winners, 3rd Dan Woolhouse , 1st Tengku Djan and 2nd Tan Tat Wei…
“Well that’s a wrap for Formula Drift Singapore For Ryan Sage and Jarod DeAnda, well see ya next time!”
Hooked up Jeremy with a new INCIPIO Feather case for his iPhone too!
Spreading the INCIPIO love internationally!
Some off road Volk TE37′s, love!!!
Back for more food at a Hawker market…
Yumm, broth, noodles, beef and beer!
btw 100 degrees w/ insane humidity!
Hit some SUPER Chinese club/bar thingy…
Went from mellow to awesome when everybody showed up!
The victorious one “Prince of Drift” Tengku Djan rocking the purchased not given, YET! DSTROYR Street Sweeper tee, Jon lace this dude!…
Jeremy showing off the table top beer dispensers, rad!
A super tired Dai, Djan and drinkin Tony…
NOT J pop more like C Pop!
Tengku Djan, myself, Tony Angelo, Davide from Thailand (drifts the red S13) and Kiki on the bottom with the bald head…
Tony and Djan’s wife Shan…
Saw this car while in the cab…
Full replica Spoon Sports EK, rad!
I still LOVE EK’s…
I had one btw…
Newspaper article in The Straits Times about Tengku Djan and his wife…
Dai, Jim, Tony and I grabbing some food in Norita, Japan airport en route home to LA then final destination PHX for me…
LAX= U.S. soil
I’m happy to be home but believe me I feel soooooooooooooooooooo BLESSED for all the opportunities, friends, experiences and life I get to live, thank you to ALL involved from the people I encounter to those that I WILL encounter that read this blog!!
THANK YOU, Each and every one!!!!!
Until next time…
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1.Thailand looks awesome
2.Holden GTO with RB=AMAZING
3.Great beer as usual
4.You all must spend a fortune on eating out when your out at drift events.