Life Happens Once. Live It...

This is my baby, my ride...A6 equipped with 4.2L V8 350hp. I'm loving every minute driving it. I still remember it was a split and difficult decision between BMW and Audi for me when I bought it. Original admirer of BMW, I was set to buy 535xi until I test drove this one. While I liked the roughness exterior look of BMW more...the BMW interior was falling short to Audi interior. From the lightning, the dashboard, the details, etc...everything is so perfect inside this one.

But now.....

Dreaming this one R8....I said "dreaming" mainly because of its staggering price tag of $125,000. That is way way way out of my reach :) Spanking new in 2008, this beauty also comes with 4.2L V8 but have a whopping 420hp. I had a chance to see and touch it at this year's Auto Show..... "wow" is just an understatement when you want to describe it

So I think I will settle for this one Q7 instead.... I missed driving an SUV...besides it will be perfect for the crazy weather we are having here in Minnesota. Although all Audi equips with their infamous Quattro (AWD), it is just so much easier to get in/out of an SUV, at least for a tall guy like me. This is my next ride.....I promise....unless I see something better :)

I did not just enjoy driving Audis, I really enjoy the service Audi provides and I truly think they have the best in industry. Every time I need to go to their dealership, I always get the royal treatment (from big plasma TVs to free internet access to fully provided coffees, snacks, fruits...). As long as the car is under warranty, you will get everything covered, including oil changes (which should cost around $120-$150 each time). You don't even get that with Lexus, the luxury brand that widely considered favourites among Asians.

As many of you have been commented on why you can't download music from my site anymore, the reason is Multiply was forced to disable the download feature after it was sued by a bunch of music giant companies out there, led by Capitol Records. That sucks I know but I still love Multiply and will use it for other good things it provides. There also are some other ways around to download the music, it just take more steps :)

Last season I finished in the thirty-some place in Thang Long League (currently the biggest EPL league in VN). This year turned out to be much better for me. The first half of the season has passed and I am in 3rd place . Not too shabby but I am gunning for 1st place  It will be hard cuz these guys are good.

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A 14-year-old Utah boy has been charged for raping his dog. According to the news, the dog has been molested in "unspeakeable ways". If convicted, the teen could face one-year jail time and $2500 fine.

That's very sad and digusting. What is this world has become, people?

This little cutie has been around my work building for the last 2 weeks. I don't know how he/she got here, especially in the middle of a crowded city but apparently he/she drew a lot of secret admirers (that's us) :)  Click on photo to enlarge.

It has been more than a month now but I am still amazed that England was not qualified for Euro 2008, the second biggest soccer event in the world (after World Cup of course). How can they not be qualified? The Three Lions have some of the very best players at the moment (John Terry, Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard, Wayne Rooney, to name a few) and English Premier League is probably the most popular and most watched league in the world. But anyway, the past is the past. With the new manager Fabio Capello, hopefully England can change their fate in the next World Cup in South Africa.

The England's qualifying schedule just has been released. It looks very nicely and comfortable for them as they start the qualifying campaign with the minor Andorra and end the campaign with the relative lightweight Belarus. It would be interesting to see them facing Croatia, who kicked them out of Euro 2008, again.

September 6, 2008: @ Andorra
September 10, 2008: @ Croatia
October 11, 2008: Kazakhstan
October 15, 2008: @ Belarus
April 1, 2009: Ukraine
June 6, 2009: @ Kazakhstan
June 10, 2009: Andorra
September 9, 2009: Croatia
October 10, 2009: @ Ukraine
October 14, 2009: Belarus