About Me

This was a very hard piece for me to write. I don’t really think much about myself so I had to mostly rely on what others said about me.

The first thing I heard was; people said I was really nice. Well obviously I know that, I’ve never been rude to somebody for no reason. The second thing was that I am very loud and rowdy. The reason I am very loud and rowdy is because people won’t ever notice the quiet ones. The quiet ones probably have the assumption that people will say something bad about them. In reality, people will always talk negatively behind your back; do whatever you want to do, say whatever you want to do and have a good time. One of the other things people said is that I piss a lot of people off. I don’t intentionally try to make people mad, but I sometimes realize that I need to think about what I do or say before I do it. These are the most common things that my friends have said about me.

Although I am pretty clueless about myself-which is a bad thing, there are three things that I know about myself that I’ll probably never forget. One of the two things is that I did martial arts (Hap Ki Do) from grade four to grade eleven. I really liked it. When I use to diligently train, I was able to shoulder roll over a few people, kick with very nice form, and I was pretty good at self-defense either. I use to attend the NE location (which was the headquarters before). But then the headquarters moved to Bowness. Although I could have stayed at NE, I went to the NW because of the better training. It took me around 35 minutes to drive there. Around grade 11, I usually had to miss it due to having too much homework, or studying for a test the next day. So I had to drop it for a bit. On the good side, I started teaching at the NE location for the summer break, which I really liked. I really miss it and I want to go back to it as soon as I can.  The second thing is that I am in love with cars. But not expensive cars. I want a normal every day car (or a car that has a good engine), and turn it into a race car. I would do that by adding a turbocharger, a nice sounding exhaust, making the car lower (but not too low) and adding a nice tune. Some cars I really like that have the potential to become a race car or more of a race car are; Toyota Chasers, Nissan GT-R’s, and a lot more I can’t think of at the moment. My love for cars also goes hand in hand with my love for photography, which is my third thing I know about myself that I really like. Instead of talking about my love for photography, how about I show you the photos I took?

My Life and the Things About it

This was a very hard piece for me to write. I don’t really think much about myself so I had to mostly rely on what others said about me.

The first thing I heard was; people said I was really nice. Well obviously I know that, I’ve never been rude to somebody for no reason. The second thing was that I am very loud and rowdy. The reason I am very loud and rowdy is because people won’t ever notice the quiet ones. The quiet ones probably have the assumption that people will say something bad about them. In reality, people will always talk negatively behind your back; do whatever you want to do, say whatever you want to do and have a good time. One of the other things people said is that I piss a lot of people off. I don’t intentionally try to make people mad, but I sometimes realize that I need to think about what I do or say before I do it. These are the most common things that my friends have said about me.

Although I am pretty clueless about myself-which is a bad thing, there are three things that I know about myself that I’ll probably never forget. One of the two things is that I did martial arts (Hap Ki Do) from grade four to grade eleven. I really liked it. When I use to diligently train, I was able to shoulder roll over a few people, kick with very nice form, and I was pretty good at self-defense either. I use to attend the NE location (which was the headquarters before). But then the headquarters moved to Bowness. Although I could have stayed at NE, I went to the NW because of the better training. It took me around 35 minutes to drive there. Around grade 11, I usually had to miss it due to having too much homework, or studying for a test the next day. So I had to drop it for a bit. On the good side, I started teaching at the NE location for the summer break, which I really liked. I really miss it and I want to go back to it as soon as I can.  The second thing is that I am in love with cars. But not expensive cars. I want a normal every day car (or a car that has a good engine), and turn it into a race car. I would do that by adding a turbocharger, a nice sounding exhaust, making the car lower (but not too low) and adding a nice tune. Some cars I really like that have the potential to become a race car or more of a race car are; Toyota Chasers, Nissan GT-R’s, and a lot more I can’t think of at the moment. My love for cars also goes hand in hand with my love for photography, which is my third thing I know about myself that I really like. Instead of talking about my love for photography, how about I show you the photos I took?

Reading Ladder

Reading Ladder February 2017

Night by Elie Wiesel x2

Page count: 120 x 2

The story of a young man during the Holocaust. The main characters name is Elie Wiesel and he talks about the hardships he has to go through with his father.

Rating: 5/5

An amazing piece of writing. In just 120 pages, Wiesel talked about all the problems and hardships he went through. Really showed the life of a Jew during the 40s and made me feel like what was happening. Made me love my loved ones a little more too.

Total page count: 240

Pages per day= 8.57

Focus RS vs STI

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Focus RS vs STI

In previous years, the Subaru Impreza WRX STI was always in competition with the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution. Ever since 1992, the STI and Evo were always competing, trying to becoming the better rally car. Through the past year, Mitsubishi ended the production of the Evo due to high production cost and low sales. There were also some issues like the Transfer case blowing up and a lakh of interior comfort for the price. A sad thing for Mitsubishi but a business opportunity for other car manufacturers. Ford took matters into their own hands and released a sports model of the Ford Focus, the Focus RS.

There are many differences between the two cars. The RS features a 2.3L turbocharged 4 cylinder and is running 350 horsepower at 6000 RPM and 350 ft-lbs of torque. Compared to the STI that has a 2.5L turbocharged 4 cylinder that runs 305 horsepower at 6000 RPM and 290 ft-lbs of torque. This is something quite surprising because a car that has less 0.2 L of less displacement is making 45 less horsepower, it raises many concerns.  Both of the cars feature AWD and have different driving settings depending on the environment you are put in.

For the 0-60 times, both of the cars are pretty similar. The 0-60 MPH of an RS is 4.6 seconds, while the STI is 4.7 seconds, top speed is 165 MPH for the RS and the STI has 159 MPH. Relating to the type of gas, the RS actually takes 93 octane while the STI takes 91 octane. Depending on where you live, 93 octane could be a little hard to find, which makes the RS just a tad bit more impractical, unless you tune your car to run 91 octane which would also decrease the horsepower.

The rally experience for both cars is pretty amazing. The STI has a pretty intelligent system. It mostly operates in FWD but when traction is needed, the engine will split power to the rear wheels 60/40 split torque between the front and rear. It really helps in any environment that the STI is stuck in, it’s very hard for the car to get stuck. Compared to the RS which can have up to 100 percent of the torque going to the rear wheels. Many individuals who have drove both cars have said that the transmission on the RS is better and has quicker shifting compared to the STI. Best thing to see which one you prefer would be taking both of them for a test drive and seeing which one suits you.

The end decision is yours now. Both of the cars are pretty similar. The STI is an iconic rally car that has been talking business for the past 2 decades. While the RS is still new, it’s slowly bringing its reputation up. Which one are you going to pick?

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How my Life Will be Like 10 Years from Now.

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Picturing my life in 10 years, when I’ll be 27, many things could be happening. I could be working, attending school, travelling the world, having a wife, or maybe even having a kid of my own. But only two pictures come into my mind 10 years from now.

The first thing I can realistically picture in my mind is that I’m going to be at that part in my life where I’ll be having a stable job. The stable job that I would wish to have would be in the Mechanical Engineering field. I’ll have one of my dream cars that I wanted to have ever since I was in high school, an Audi RS7 Sportback. The Audi RS7 Sportback will be my daily driver. On the side, I’ll be building a race car, which will preferably be a 1999 Toyota Chaser. The Toyota Chaser will be one car that I’ll have as an occasional driver, which means ill only drive it maybe once every few week .  Hopefully, I’ll have a beautiful wife, and maybe, just maybe I’ll have one kid. I’ll be obviously living together with my parents – if they want to, and we’ll be a big happy family. As of right now, this is all I can see in my head for this picture.

The second thing I can realistically picture is; I’m going to be traveling the world. And I’ll be hopefully be travelling the world with either my wife after my marriage, or my fiancé. A few places I really want to explore are all of India, The US, Europe and the United Arab Emirates. Even though I was born in India, I’ve only gone back once and that was in 2007. I didn’t really go to any attractions; I just stayed in Punjab and met my family. If I was to go in 10 years, I would get off the airport, hire a driver, and go to the Taj Mahal, Mumbai, Goa, and end it off in Punjab to visit my family. If I was to go to US, I would rent out a nice SUV and go road-tripping. I would start in Seattle, then go to San Francisco, LA, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Miami, New York, Washington DC, and end off in Chicago. Then take a plane back to Calgary. If I was to go to Europe I would like to explore the Netherlands, Germany and the UK. I would just buy a one-way ticket and return whenever I feel like I have seen whatever I wanted to see. And to end if off in United Arab Emirates, because UAE is a beautiful country. Also I want to see how cool Dubai looks and I want to see the tallest building in the world.

To conclude this blog, I am 90% sure this isn’t probably how my life will be in the next 10 years. Many things can happen that could change how I’m going to picture and live life in the future. So the best thing to do in my shoes is to just go with the flow, live life 1 kilometer at a time.

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