Batch A29 Malaysian Flying Academy Rocks! =)

Hello everyone! :)

Actually this is my second day in MFA and we have already started our ground school. We need to attend 7 hours of ground school classes daily from 0800h to 1700h and sit for the Private Pilot License (PPL) exam in 2 weeks time. So quick, isn't it? Yup, the time flies very fast here.

And yet, we feel like waiting forever before we can move to the next stage i.e. the flying phase. It's coz we need to finish our ground school first before we can start flying. By the way, our flying phase is scheduled to be in February 2010. Can't wait any longer! Huhuhu~ :)

Anyway, since it's a long way to go we'll just deal on the ground first, shall we? Speaking of Ground School, it so happened that our very first subject is Air Law. So ironic, isn't it? Hehehe~ Apart from Air Law, other subjects are Navigation, Meteorology, Theory of Flight, Instruments, Piston Engine, Basic Electrics, Airframe System, Radio Aids, Human Performance Limitations and Radio Telephony.

We need to pass all the ground school exams with the minimum passing marks of 75% and we only have 2-3 weeks before sitting for the exams. Who says flying is easy? Anyway, check out da pics ;P



My personal 'Pilots Flying Log Book'. It's just that i have to wait for another 2 months before i can start writing on it. We have to record every single detail of the flying sortie in this logbook :)


We go our Epaulette today!! Yeah, this thing is called Epaulette and only recently i know how to pronounce it correctly, hahaha. White Bar is for the cadets who have not accumulated the required flying hours.

After you have passed all the Private Pilot License ground school subjects and clocked 40 hours of flying the single engine aircraft, then you can wear the Red Bar epaulette ;p

My batchmates ;)

It's called L.L.B. No, it's not Lex Legum Baccalaureus (as in Bachelor Degree of Laws). It is "Look Like Busy". Hahaha. Everyone does look like bz on the first day including ME ;P

Looks nicer with the epaulettes on.

Thorn among the roses? Nope, they are the roses among the other 20 "thorns"!! ~hehehe~

Our dedicated A29/09 Batch Leader. Can't find anyone finer. Looks like he's saying "Do u know what time is it now??? You're late*%^&**%* !!!" Nahhh, he's a nice dude ;P

And it so happened that he's my roommate. hahahaha

Well, that's all for now. See ya! ;)

A Dream Comes True

Hello guys!!How all of u have been doing? :)

Hmmm..seems that I haven't update this blog for quite some time, been bz for few days. Why? I'll tell u why.Hehe.

Well, it's the day that i've been waiting for, that is my enrollment day in Malaysian Flying Academy!!! Finally i've made it here. Hehehehe. There are 22 cadets in our batch including 2 females, and our batch is known as batch A29/09. Haven't met anyone before save for one guy (yeah, that's u Shad :p )

A very beautiful morning at WMKM, where the Malaysian Flying Academy is located

The view of the Piper Warrior and Piper Seneca III parked at the apron (Yes, it's not the same apron that u wear in the kitchen :P )


Actually there's nothing much that we did on the first day, just the orientation session with the the Malaysian Flying Academy staff, briefing by security officers, the instructors and the Principal as well as filling up a lot of forms. Later, we were brought for a campus walk-about by the administration officer. The session ended around 5pm in the evening. So, we thought we could call it a day. We didn't know what was waiting for us for the night, but trust me, it's far from over :P

Sneak preview of the 'nest' where the "birds" are resting

Some of my batchmates

After the session we went back to our room. I've been placed in one room with a friend that i've known for some time - Shad. The twin sharing room is quite nice and comfortable, with air-conditioner bla bla bla as well as housekeeping!! (a good news for a lazy-bone like me hahaha). We were totally tired that day, so we just took a rest with hope that we could fall asleep.

My bedroom


Suddenly at 12:15 a.m, the door has been knocked. A batchmate informed us that we need to gather at the cafeteria, it's time for ICE-BREAKING session! "Ice-breaking" means we're gonna have an orientation session with the seniors in our hostel to break the ice between the seniors and the juniors, which is kinda "light-ragging". I've heard about this before and i thought we were spared when they didn't call us earlier.

Little did we know, A Tradition Is a Tradition, and they did call us. What we need to do that night was to line up on the field next to the cafe and introduce ourselves one by one. Some of them even need to do some actions either singing, dancing or whatever they asked us to do. I could see the red face of my batchmates as they got pissed off.hahahaha. I'm not that mad coz i know the purpose is just for us to get to know each other. So i just intro myself and sang a little song and they finally let us go at almost 2a.m. Hmmm...i haven't figure out of what to do with my juniors later. Maybe u guys can give some opinions. Hahahaha.

Well, that's all for now, the classes have started and the schedule is quite packed, i'll continue writing some other time, adios guys! :)


My life-long supporters...thank you for everything

Kelate kaloh pulok...

Sero nok tulih blog kot bahaso kelate pulok eh, guano wey kelate kaloh lagi nih? Kucar molek napok permainey, Indraputra pulok napok tok menyengat. Syahdu molek sero tgk game takdih. Walaupun ambo tok berapo minat bola (dulu minat la maso zamey2 hashim mustapha dgn "bicycle/overhead kick" dio, pahtu gerry gomez hok hiding (heading/tanduk) bola sapa pecoh bola2), tapi memandangkey negeri ambo main di perlawaney akhir Pialo Malaysia jadi ambo musti sokong. Ko guano adik kakok?

Biarpun ambo tok gi tengok di stedium bukit jalil sebab tokdey beli teket dey jugok atah sabab musabbab hok tok dapat dielokkey, tetapi ambo tetap membuwi sokongey di hadakpan talibesen (bley2 ghohek aye golek sekor nge gu2). Hok maso maing final pialo F.A hari tu ambo siak gi tgk lagih di stedium (14 tahun doh tok masuk stedium), tapi kaloh jugok. Tapi takpo, ambo ucapkey TAHNIAH kepado pasukey kelate sebab berjayo capai sehinggo ke peringkat perlawaney akhir Pialo Malaysia. Tahun dakpan kito tera pulok skali lagi. Kali ni biar buleh wak kelik ko Koto Baru skali pialo tuh. Dok gitu adik kakok? Apo2 pun...GOMO KELATE GOMO!!!

Time To Pack Things Up

Well, there's only 16 days to go before my enrollment day into Malaysian Flying Academy, so it's time for me to vacate the room which i've been living in for 3 years. Actually, i rented the house together with 2 other friends of mine, both are suffering from "malfunction of cognitive faculty" - another words for TOTAL MADNESS (hahahaha, u guys really are mad) :P

It's sufficient to say that it's fun to live here. We had so much great time together. Sadly enough, it's time to move on, to pursue the dream. So today what i did was to pack things up before going back to my hometown. I'll be in Kota Bharu for a week before leaving for Melaka on the 15th of November and the big day would be on the 16th.

Guess what i found when i was packing up my 'harta karun'?

My first handphone!!! It is Nokia 5110. I always keep my "first" of everything except for love. Hehehe~ :)

Medals from high school, way back in the 90's

The partipant's pass - i still keep most of them. Miss those days...

Hmm...my soon-to-be-packed wardrobe + riding jacket (yeah, i'm a fan of Repsol Honda Team's Dani Pedrosa, Andrea Dovizioso and former champ - Mick Doohan)

Last but not least - the uniforms. Dunno why did i buy so many of them, what u see is only half of it. Hehehe :)

I have worn the sacred robe of Advocate and Solicitor, and i'm really proud of it. Nonetheless, i've been longing for almost 10 years to put on one of these "taxi-driver-look-alike" uniforms. It does mean a lot to me.

Well, that's all for now. Still got a lot of things to do with so little time. Till meet again :)

p/s
Sorry for the poor quality of the pics, took them by using phone camera. What happened to my digicam? You don't wanna know...trust me.

The Smile

Hi guys!How all of u have been doing? Well, i'm gonna continue writing about my story and the transition from the world of legal profession to become a commercial pilot.

So, back to the story, after been thinking again and again on which path to choose, i decided to enroll in the matriculation centre of IIUM in 2002, to read law. In matric, the schedule was packed with so many subjects. It so happened that on the first day we attended one class and the subject was Islamic Legal History, we need to introduce ourselves by writing our names, ages, schools and lastly - ambitions on a piece of paper.

So what i wrote was that i wanted to become a commercial pilot. When she read my paper, the lecturer asked which one is me, then i raised my hand. She smiled. I thought she's just being cynical as if telling - "if u wanted to become a commercial pilot then what the heck are u doing now in my Islamic Legal History class instead of Navigation or Meteorology?"

After class, she asked me about my plan and so on, and i told her that i'm gonna pursue my dream again after graduation. Again, she smiled . Then she asked, "why are u here?Is it ur parents' choice or yours? I replied, "i want to get a law degree first as law is my second interest.I'd save the best for last,and yes - IT IS my choice, madam."

She kept smiling. Then she said, "It's a very good plan, at least u know what to do. By the way, my husband is a First Officer in Malaysia Airlines". I startled. Then, i told myself, "patutla asyik senyum je, laki dia pilot rupenye" :) The story continues...

p/s
Senyum itu sedekah, oleh itu - Senyum Sokmo :)

A Lawyer Becoming A Pilot

Once upon a time, there was a little boy whose father was living in Kuala Lumpur while the boy and his mother were staying in Kota Bharu, Kelantan. On every weekend, the father would board a flight to come home. and the boy and his mother would fetch the head of the family at the airport.

Being a regular visitor of the Sultan Ismail Petra Airport at that time, the boy had a chance to see the planes took-off and landing on the runway. Everytime the plane took off, the boy will run alongside the fence and making the similar sound as produced by the CFM56-3C1 engine of the Boeing 737-400.

He started to wonder, "how does a such big,heavy,metal bird can fly up in the sky?" The next question that's begging for an answer- "who is flying this thing?" Later, he found out that they are called PILOTS. Then he said to himself that he wanted to become one, to fly like a bird, high in the blue skies. Then, his journey began..

Well, enough about the fairy tale. We all know who am i talking about :P


What happen next was that, after getting the result for my Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia in 2001, i received an offer to read law in International Islamic University Malaysia (UIA). During that time, i was like half-hearted and in dilemma whether to pursue my childhood dream or to grab any offer that comes first.

After painstakingly considered all the options and with the advice from my parents, i chose to accept the offer first as i think to get a law degree isn't a bad idea at all. As a matter of fact, law is the second thing that interests me. Besides, there's no age limit to obtain a Commercial Pilot License, and having a degree would definitely be an advantage for me. (even one of Air Asia pilots has Ph.D in geotechnical engineering) :P

Former lecturer who became a commercial pilot - Dr. Thirunavukkarasu Jr

But i had to bear in mind that, it's gonna take me another 6 years (managed to do it in 5) before graduation and anything can happen between that time. I knew it's not gonna be easy for me, people study law to become a lawyer (or something related - Magistrates,DPPs etc. ), but to become a pilot?Hmmm...sounds too remote , isn't it? Nonetheless, i believe i can make it through. Just like Miley Cyrus soundtrack in Hannah Montana - Get The best Of Both Worlds! :)

Well, the story continues...

The Blog's Title

Hmmm...don't worry, this blog isn't just about motorsport drifting. It's about a dream of a little boy who wanted to fly like a bird, up in the blue skies. Well, let's skip the "flying" part first, shall we? Back to the blog's title, the word "drifter", according to answers.com, is defined as "One that drifts, especially a person who moves aimlessly from place to place or from job to job".

In another term, "drifter" refers to a participant in the drifting motorsport whereby "drifting" is defined as "driving technique and to a motor sport where the driver intentionally oversteers, causing loss of traction in the rear wheels through turns, while preserving vehicle control and a high exit speed" (quoted from wikipedia.org). Too much of definitions eh?

So, in which category of "drifter" do i fall under? Definitely, i am BOTH. (erkk..u can skip the "aimlessly" part).I do know exactly what i am doing, or at least i think so ~hehehe. As for now, let's have a sneak preview on the fun side of motorsport drifting.

Taking part in local drift events 2007. The AE86 (drift machine) was driven by me myself, co-piloted by a good friend of mine - Shahir and assisted by the rest of the team crew.Thank u guys, kudos to all of u!

Drift-In-Style : IIUM Gombak

DoriCon Chapter II : UiTM Shah Alam

DoriCon Chapter III : UKM, Bangi

The AE86 is now fitted with a new Vertex bodykit and painted in Pure White with pearl. The car is soon to be 'decomissioned' as a drift machine (kete je pencen, owner belum lagi, hehehe). Who knows, maybe one day a new monster will take place? :)

New paintjob with Vertex bodykit

"Decomissioned" drift machine

Enough about motosport drifting, maybe i'll write about it some other time. In the next post, i'll continue writing about the story of a little boy whose dream is to soar in the blue skies. Till meet again folks! :)