 |
sorry i’ve been ‘missing in action’ for over a week but i have good reason(s) and i’ll enhance your life by listing them here: 1) my laptop blanked out on me. most of my blog posts and general day to day ‘stuff’ is done from my portable and everything that normally happens during the day on a computer pretty much ran into a brick wall at that moment. 2) Songkran. if you’re not familiar with Thai holidays, this is one of the biggest and longest with celebrations and vacations lasting nearly 9 days. many local ‘farang’ (foreigners living in Thailand) find a way to get away from Pattaya as it turns into a virtual mine field of places to get soaked from giddy revelers who stand streetside waiting to drench any oncoming vehicle including unwary motorcyclists (which most of us are). so, its been pretty quiet in the shop with little ‘new’ traffic and only a few regulars stopping in to chat.
there is good news though: we got our first Thai adult member! his name is Tic and he’s from Bangkok. granted, he grew up in the USA and spent a few years working in Singapore before re-settling in Thailand but… hey, its a start! we’ve heard NanoTrax is considered ‘high-so’ (aka high society, upper-class, expensive, etc) so the average Thai doesn’t feel comfortable even walking into the shop let alone joining as a member. i’m not sure why though. i do speak Thai, Joom is Thai and we welcome everyone equally, but we just haven’t figured out how to get more Thais to come in, participate, join and support the shop. anyhoo… Rome wasn’t built in a day. we also had a visitor from Germany who races Mini Z at home. his name is Willy and he brought several of his cars but was disappointed because our layout this season is a bit too small. he seems to think dNano are a bit small for him but perhaps we can convince him to get a rental and join us for a club race when everyone gets back in town?
 |
speaking of club races… this week’s F1 Sunday was quiet and, as i’ve said, all our members have either fled Pattaya, are stuck in Europe due to the volcano eruption or just went home for a few months to work and save some money to come back. no race report, no pretty girls, just me and my new red Ferrari F40. i’ve been running with the yellow body but figured a Ferrari isn’t a Ferrari unless it wears red (sometimes). i’m considering replacing my aluminum with the new X-Power Racing Wheels for the next race – lighter is faster, faster is better! as usual, if you need to contact me just drop an e-mail to qon@nanotrax.net, its always great to know you’re reading – l8r!