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Malaysia Diary, Day Four: To Stand Where The Legends Stood

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This photo, taken at my hilariously dodgy hotel in Bukit Bintang, shows three things:

1) A hooker’s lipstick. I’m not responsible for that.

2) Dried blood that I’ve been unable to remove. I’m not responsible for that. I shudder to think about what’s happened in this room.

3) A trophy from today’s MEGALAP at the Sepang F1 circuit. I am definitely responsible for that. Today, I stood where the legends stood, hosting that gold cup on the Formula One podium in an incongruous combination of white linen pants and a black T-shirt that kind of looked like a Jack Daniels’ bottle. We had all sorts of problems at the event, from a broken transponder to my continual missed shifts, but we did it.

I have a lot of complaints about this hotel. But I have no complaints about today.
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Malaysia Diary, Day One: Right Hand Drive

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I’d like to complain about my twenty-two hours in the air from TPA->IAD->NRT->SIN, but the truth of the matter is that I very carefully picked my United Economy Plus seats and I was able to read all 1100 pages of Neal Stephenson’s “REAMDE” as well as a history book on Malaysia, without ever feeling cramped, sick, or claustrophobic.

With that said, I hadn’t really slept for 28 hours when I arrived in the stunning Changi airport and met my main man Bobby from LiveLifeDrive.

“I have a Megane RS265,” he said. “Wait till you see it.”

“You mean wait till I drive it. Give me the keys. Hey, where’s the steering wheel?”

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(I’m Not Really A) Youth in (Mal)A(y)sia

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Black Baron.

It’s with great pleasure that I announce my partnership with Mohamad Azman to run his “Black Baron” Proton Satria at Sepang for MEGALAP in May. I don’t know how well I’ll fare on a brand-new course after a 23-hour flight in the cheap seats… but to me this is what autowriting is all about. Going someplace great, meeting great people, avoiding the pre-written PR story. I’ll let you know where to read all about it soon.