Some Things I Hate About You

Hello folks!

As the title of this blog suggests, this is gonna be about me bitching about a few of the things that I hate about YOU!! Well, actually its not really "you" per se...I'm just gonna go on about the things that other people do that really peeve me off...

1) Latecomers- This is first on my list for a reason...I HATE people who come late!!! Its alright with me if you are a max. of 10 mins late...I don't care for your reasons...you were completely stoned...your alarm didn't go off...your mum just asked you to be her maid-of-honour at her 5th wedding and you were completely stunned (btw, if she's gone by 3, you shouldn't really be surprised anymore)...but yeah, whatever!! Save it!! I don't give a damn! When you cross over that sacred 10 min mark, two things happen...first of all, I stop waiting for you...second of all, I leave hating you with a vengeance, at least until you apologize and grovel at my feet, or do something exceedingly nice for me. If I can be bothered meeting up with you, you'd better have the damn decency to be there on time!

2) Attitude from people in Hospitality/Customer Service- People in this sector!! Seriously, you'll get paid to be nice to other people...Even if you'll are having a day from hell, you'll are supposed to smile and politely ask "Can I help you?" or whatever it is you'll usually ask...WITH a damn smile!! I don't need shitty, disdainful, condescending attitude from you!! I can get all that from almost every other older person on the street...

3) Grannies who get together every single evening for daily discussions on how to effectively destroy other people's households with rumours of infidelity and the like...Like seriously, you'd think that these were nice, old, pious women, but damn!! when you hear stuff like "Ai! Did you hear??? Ravi is having an affair with Sushma and seemingly she is going to have his child soon...his poor, poor wife...I must let her know", or a similar story involving other unfortunate characters (while just stopping to say "Hello aunty" out of respect), and the next morning you hear the same story exaggerated 10,000 times via other grannies, it is seriously unnerving and definitely deserves a mention on this list.

4) Picture this...you are stuck in one of those mofo bumper-to-bumper traffic jams and are already annoyed coz you're gonna be late for that appointment with Mark or whoever (who probably doesn't freakin turn up anyways!!), and then you have this bloody psycho driver who goes ballistic with tooting his car horn!!! Like seriously!!!! Are we retarded enough to just sit there and think "Oh yeah, today I feel like blocking traffic on purpose"?? I DON'T THINK SO!!! What does he expect us to do?? Fly??

The fact that this is a really short list just reinforces the fact that I'm a really nice person who is generally content with life and just overlooks its many faults and failings...Any of you'll who disagree with the "me being nice" bit, leave comments, yeah? :)

Imola, Michael, Rubens and Ide

Technically, we have around 12 days before we go to Imola for the next GP, but since I literally live for F1, I couldn't resist blogging yet again...

For all you wonderful people out there who have been visiting my blog, thank you...and I think you'll will be very thrilled to know that I'm done with posting blogs/bragging about my Melbourne GP weekend (I have been flaunting the fact via other means such as wearing my Ferrari cardigan to uni, and why not!! I might as well live it up!! Must add that I got very good responses...)

Right...so coming back to Imola...Firstly, I like Imola very very much...It is a very close toss-up for me between which GP I like better-Imola or Monza...Both circuits are fantastic and challenging, and the Italian passion at both races makes it heaven for a Ferrarista like myself...Last year's San Marino GP gave the tifosi a glimmer of hope in what was otherwise a season of famine (even though I am devoted to Ferrari, I do not consider the win at Indy to be anything more than a farce...it was positively unsettling actually!!)...I am seriously praying that the Bahrain podium isn't going to be our only pride and joy for this year though...

Also, rumours are floating around that Schumi might be staying for at least another year at Ferrari...In all honesty, I would love Michael to stay on...He is physically fit at 37 and he still hungers for wins as much as he did in his earlier years...Despite being a 7 time World Champion, I think the desire to dominate is still very much there...Only now, he has to contend with younger blood in the forms of Fernando and Kimi, which in someone like Michael probably inspires more motivation than fear...I hope he stays on, but only time will tell, I guess...

A couple of other things...I wish that people would just leave Rubens and Ide alone for a bit...Both of them are definitely struggling in their new teams, but seriously people, give them a break!! Give them a bit more time to get settled into their teams and get a feel of the new car and its settings...Instead of being so harsh on them, provide a bit more support, yeah??!!

So Melbourne's a part of my history...now what??!!

Hello to all you wonderful folks again!!

Am just trying to wrap up my account of the Melbourne GP, so I thought I'd just put down a couple of my very random views on life post-Melbourne...

1) I wanna go back to Melbourne...like seriously...I do!!! F1 or not, it seems so much more inviting than Perth...Am bogged down with uni and assignments at the moment and none of them are doing any favours for my enthusiasm or motivation levels...Besides that, I've been snapping at everybody and have not really been a happy camper since I got back...I wanna go back to Melbourne!!

2) I am such a fanatic of Formula One that although I went in person for the Melbourne GP, I actually got one of my aunt's to record the entire coverage of Channel Ten, so that I wouldn't miss a moment of the F1 weekend...Was damn pissed off though when I saw that Ralf had actually been to the Essendon vs. Sydney AFL game (WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GO TO THAT DAMN GAME!!! In fact, we hadn't really heard about it until we were returning from the track on the tram and then we were thinking..."Oh yeah, we should have gone to see Essendon play...Ah wells!!") DAMN!!! What were we doing???? How did we miss that???!! *sigh* Am damn cheezed off!!

3) I was watching the aforementioned video re-run of the post-race conference yesterday and I loved the bit right at the start of the conference where the journalist was introducing the drivers

"...Ralf Schumacher from Toyota, Kimi Raikkonen from Team Mclaren Mercedes and getting his "first" win for Renault this season...Fernando Alonso from Renault..."

At this point Kimi turned to face Fernando who returned his gaze and both had these huge beaming smiles on their faces...Nothing was said between the two title contenders, but I can so imagine what they were thinking...

Kimi (smiling): "First??? Wasn't it your second, man?? So wish it wasn't, but still, it sure ain't your first win in 2006...He's got it soooo wrong!!"

Fernando (returning Kimi's smile): "He's got it soooo wrong!! It is my second one dammit...can see that you've realized that too Kimi...good work!!"

That little exchange was nice to see...Kimi is not as rigid as I initially assumed him to be...

4) Life goes on...Melbourne is done and over with...Hopefully this was just the start of a series of GP's that I will be attending in the future...Looking forward to it!! In the meantime, I shall satisfy myself with the fact that Imola is two weeks away (I'm suffering from severe withdrawl symptoms already!!) and that I have my final year project and 1000 other stress initiators to keep me company until then...

More Melbourne pics (Part 3 of 3)

Fernando Alonso during qualifying on Saturday...P1 eluded him...

Michael on the grid before the formation lap

Ralf on the grid on raceday

Ralf on the grid looking totally adorable and focused...getting ready for the formation lap

More Melbourne Pics (Part 2 of 3)

Michael's first and only pitstop on raceday...he retired on lap 33...very disappointing for me...

The spectacular demise of Jenson's Honda engine left the poor bugger to take that very long walk back to the pits on the final lap...around 20 metres from the finish line...he looked so incensed in the post-race interview, and with good reason...

PJ, Leenz and myself on the track, in front of the podium, post-race...Next time we need to be on the other side of the fence...

Close-up shot of the nosecone of a Toyota F1 car...Taken during the pit-straight walk on Saturday morning, I think...Horrendous weather that morning...left us all really sulky and cranky

More Melbourne Pics (Part 1 of 3)

Hello all!!

Thought I'd upload a few more pics from my GP experience...So for your viewing pleasure, I present...

Fernando Alonso during the driver's parade...I think Fernie is a really nice guy and all, and a damn good driver but for some reason he wasn't very accomodating to his fans at this time...

On the other hand, Rubens was more than willing to spread the love with his infectious smile...I like Rubens...Fingers crossed, I hope he does reasonably well at Honda this year...

Juan Pablo on the starting grid on raceday...He was looking quite calm and ready before the race...was stretching out and chatting to his team personnel for a bit...even got a pat on the back from Norbert Haug...pity the race didn't end as well for him as he and Mclaren might have wanted it to...

Kimi Raikkonen...I must say I'm kind of warming up a bit towards the boy...I'm a bit biased against him coz he has always given Michael so much trouble in the Championship, but he is a very very good driver (the fact that he is good looking doesn't hurt either!!). Here he is on the grid just before the commencement of the formation lap.