Johannesburg

I didn’t realize how much I missed home till the cat and I got home. The skies. The food, the vibe. It’s home right? It was particularly nice to take the cat there. She has been to many places in Asia and all around the USA but never Africa. Never even the southern hemisphere. I have tried to explain it to the northerners up here but the truth is

Joburg is like nowhere else on earth.

Happy Hebi

2013. Year of the Snake.

I am in South Africa at the moment. When I return to Japan I will post more. The internet here is too damn slow.

Have a good 2013 everyone and thanks for following this blog / my youtube channel.

TUNE TECH RACING e30 BMW cup car

One of the many racing cars built by my cousin’s company, TUNE TECH. Incidentally, if you own a BMW and are in Joburg, go to them. They are the best. Really. BMW dealerships go to them when they don’t know how to fix things.

Happy fappy for Jesus H Slappy

Yes. Our heathen family had a Christmas lunch. For me t was an excuse to consume copious amounts of epic food and enjoy the weather in the back yard with family (whome I may not see for another 3 years) so I put up with the fact that it was marked on the supposed birth of that guy. We’ll try ignore his flock of sheep for the rest of this post though because Tubby is so damn cute!

Shots #74 Hooked.

It’s settled. I NEED an M3. My Nissan Silvia is awesome… no doubt, but the M3 is a whole new world… Without the singing Arab thief and his pet monkey.

Summer Holiday

In the middle of winter. Yes. I went home for 3 weeks, hence the lack of activity here. Internet in South Africa is SHIT! but hey, who cares about service delivery when you can milk the client and pay yourself a R10 million (1億円)  bonus right? F@CK TELKOM!

Anyway, for R17000 (170 000円) I flew Emirates and thus got a short stopover in Dubai where I met a buddy of mine from Osaka who was also heading to SA to see his lady and so we kicked the second leg together.

Tune Tech ~ Independent BMW Specialists

http://www.tunetech.co.za/

 

Nobody in SA does Bimmers better.

And that is no Joke… If you rolling in one of Adolf’s best and live in South Africa, there is nobody better to take your ride to. I am not just saying this because they are family.

Stopped by the workshop just before closing and snapped some snaps… Pity I don’t have any footage of the jet turbine 1 series race diesel (I shit you not) car or the crazy production car that won it’s first race the other month.

Since the petrolhead in me was truly unleashed here in Japan I the pride and respect I have for my family and the heritage of speed that goes with it has grown tremendously. While my surname does not show for it, I feel the Sing blood pumping in my veins when I hear the roar of a powerful engine.

Shots #4 The Grotto

I cannot remember how many years it has been since it has been this clean. Really.

WOW!

Shots! #03 Me Love You Long Time!

We all knew Tubby was a whore. But THIS!?

The picture says it all.

Ours is the Hubbly that will smoke through to the heavens!

It has been around 21 months since I was last in Johannesburg. I was not driven home by choice but rather by circumstance. Matt’s death was hard on my system and Bryan’s death pushed me to a level of negative emotion (for lack of any simple explanation of the tumultuous pain of losing a brother) I was spinning out of control.

I had the money.

I found the ticket.

I went home for 8 days.

I am not going to go on about the reasons anymore. Those that understand, do.

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On my first night back in the city of gold (or as it was on that day, The city of Cold) Trio and Tyrone brought me the best birthday present I have ever gotten (apart from the one My mom gave me at 7am 30/04/1984 and the one my Dad gave me 9 months prior)
 
Kevin.
The hubbly circle was as complete as it could have been with Cody in Yank and James doing whatever it is James does with his life these days… Tubby filled in for them so its all good :p

I have changed drastically in the past 21 months but there are some things that can not be beaten. and sitting at that table in the yard with your brothers of blood and brothers of steel.

 

WHO THE F@CK DO YOU THINK WE ARE!