F1 Was Back

It wasn't often that I got the chance to sit in front of the TV to watch a Formula One race. It was a mixture of the races being monotonous, plus work issues and also time of day.

It was Australia this time, so there was no time zone issues. It started at 2 pm which was perfect. And this being the first race of the season, things were often. And the subject of questionable reliability dominated the day, to add spice to the proceeding.

It was an exciting race. Issues at the start with cars stuck on the grid. An unprecedented two warm-up laps. First corner incident. Retirements from the reigning champion. It was a gripping first few laps. But once the pattern set in, things started to get routine again.

But I must say that I was impressed with Ricciado. He had a good race, and the previous experience with Toro Rosso really showed. Great temperament. Although he finished second. Nice Rossberg had the best package and he clearly utilised it.

Next race would be in Sepang. Not enough to entice me to go, but I felt that some of the F1 mojo coming back. Which could only be a good thing. ‎

Malaysian GP

Lately, the Formula 1 hadn't been catching my imagination. Maybe it was more to do with my age rather than anything else. I hardly knew the new faces, let alone learned about their driving styles. But this being the Malaysian Gp and all, I decided to take notice and was in front of the TV all afternoon explaining to Idlan what Formula 1 was all about. Of course we were sharing the macaroons while we were discussing it.

I also noticed that the stands were pretty empty compadre to the years gone past. Which is a worry as the GP used to be one of the crowning sporting event locally, at least when I was still in the UK. I was also perplexed with the fact that both the Malaysian Open Golf and the GP took place on the same weekend. Somebody may have messed up on the planning I thought ...... They didn't get the memo possibly.

The race turned out to be quite interesting, especially now in the closing few laps, I just saw teammates Vettel and Weber going at each other trying to snatch the lead. Imagine if there were contact between the two, one taking another out. The team meeting would be rather interesting ........

F1 but no Z10

I managed to make some time for myself this afternoon after my ward visit. So, what should I do? Pavilion it was. I wanted to have a look at the new Blackberry Z10. I haven't used Blackberry before in my life but there was something about the new model which appealed to me.

I had a couple of offers at Low Yat, but thinking about the hassle of getting myself another telco account, plus running out space on my trousers to arty another phone, I decided against it. The sad thing was, the vendors there were insistent on me buying one before they allowed me to have a feel of the phone, which I thought was defeating the point. Plan shelved.

Next, I loitered at the mall's foyer after lunch before heading home. It looked like the F1 fever was hitting town. The foyer was filled with F1 cars from yesteryears. A nice sight, and something to keep me snapping away on my camera. Shame that the tickets still cost a bomb!