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[thepotentialof2007]

A Xitter thread from September 22, 2023:

Fastest Pitstop @/FastestPitStop:

Andretti has reportedly moved to the final stage of FIA selection to become a Formula 1 team. The FIA has rejected the proposals of Hitech, Rodin Carlin, and LKYSUNZ, an Asian team financed with 1 billion from an American fund. Regarding LYKSUNZ' project, it was planned to have their headquarters in Asia and Africa, and to provide opportunities for drivers from both continents to get an opportunity to drive in Formula 1.

Simon Dau @/there_is_no_if:

Oh you are planning to have your headquarters in Asia and Africa, and provide opportunities for drivers from those regions to join F1? We've already got Zhou and Albon for Asia and Lewis kind of covers Africa for us too, so no thank you very much. Next!" 🤦‍♂️ #F1 #FIA

michael taylor @/wordsbymt replying to Simon Dau:

You're closer than you think. I personally heard Bernie Ecclestone call Hamilton "the African" at Monza...

Simon Dau, on September 22, 2023: Yep, latest interview with DailyMail, published earlier today:

"I'll tell you Max is one of us. In our sphere of Formula One nobody is like Lewis, nobody is." - Bernie Ecclestone saying the quiet part out loud. #F1

For completion, here is the same day reply to Simon Dau's initial tweet from LYKSUNZ's PR representative:

LYKSUNZ Steve Price @/PlanBstudio replying to Simon Dau:

Not just drivers. [edit] Eventually our entire team will be talent nurtured from our academies. Bringing people from underrepresented communities, cities, countries, and continents in to a global motorsport. Challenging the face and voice of F1 for good.

[apex-man-47]

The inbound curves on the mountain road of “Life”

(tl;dr - life update + reflection)

Well, a brief pop onto Discord also kinda did remind me of some few things.

I guess I have the freedom to rather be one with my own targets for once, and wow it feels weird planning them out as of rn. The twists and turns that are popping up I guess involve not only me working to a duo of major personal goals but rather possible firsts yet again for one of them. I guess me working that internship taught, if not shaped me to fit in with that  9-5/6 type of culture pretty well.

In terms of other things, I guess I also have some stuff I probably should put orders in for once I move and set everything up - for it may help making my place slightly more nicer. I also do realize my previous searches for automotive-based memorabilia can finally be tended to!

Along with that, I guess my main/major target is something due in somewhere close to a year or two’s time. This kinda does relate with something I’ve had a little bit of consideration for due to that one thing popping up in my mind a few nights ago. I guess once I move in for good in early August, I might start gradually working on maybe 3 different branches at once - relating back to my “ups and downs and curves of life” philosophy by making my mountain road slightly even more uphill for a little bit and then evening it out with a few “Fuji Speedway”-style curves.

In terms of non-car related stuff, I do realize I have two of my own plans focused on helping me probably be a lot more positive than before on life - and still be enjoying it. I guess that explains why I do have a little bit of a road trip sometime in the first weekend of September - taking care of two (or more) things at once.

Now, to reflect upon these past few years is going to be slightly hard. But here goes nothing.

These past 4 years worth of undergrad were surely worth it. I had my fair share of ups and downs for sure, but I guess I persevered long enough to rather walk out of this particular arc having finished a worthwhile thing. To be still committed up until this past year was one heck of a challenge - given what happened outside of uni too. Personal records were set, experiences were had, and yet I guess I also had my fair share of actually thinking about some solid plans or targets way back then due to being influenced by a lot of the local culture here. 

Y’think it would be a smooth sailing, fun time, right? Well, I surely had a few downer moments where I guess I had to really take a break - and I guess last year was where I felt like I found my thing to be doing to cool down my mind. Then came the big thing of last summer, just in the brink before I had that internship spot. This, I guess also made me experience a different vibe that felt enjoyable. Outside of the downer stuff, of course, life was more like a neutral & bland wave of regular things - revolving around uni work and general life things.

I will say that I guess I was more geared towards bettering my grades these past few semesters - thus leading me to avoiding quite a few uni-held events in favor of just chilling at home online with friends I came across in some places. This was where I did find out about Discord, and wow, I guess I’m inclined to hold voice chats on there a lot more now that I will be in an unblocked area soon. I guess my destressor was to be in the realm of gaming whenever on my days off - leading me to rather also be enjoying the realm of sim racing a lot!

In terms of experiences - there are some I guess I will keep for when I go for meetups, but I can spill on a few, as follows, by years. Yep, I can expand on these too in meetups, no worries!

2015 

first two long distance trips! (KSA + Oman) - I drove both in full distance, taking rest stops where need be. Got to see Al Waha Crater!

Dubai 24h race - I actually attended the race start, and actually came back in the evening with family.

First car - November 2015 brings in the Fortuner that graced my IG/SC/FB for the following years.

2016

Day of heavy raining - First experience driving in a heavy flooded area, c. March

April 24, 2016 - 15k km on the odo! (racked that high because of the winter trips)

Batmobile spotting

Yacht Party the day before my birthday

Nikon D5300 = acquired

Hectic summer (uncle’s wedding & a selfie + LA!)

DREAM CAR SPOT

2017 

First taste of a “Cars & Coffee” meet

Uncanny timing on a Bentley spotting

JDM Fest + “Overdrive”

Turned 20

day trips to Abu Dhabi - securing a personal target, and my nickname in my group

Winter BBQ

50 degrees Celsius.

2018

January’s uh, surprise at the Dubai Mall + Canada trip in winter!

PS4 came!

Internship experience + Work-related group dinner

Car club expedition/meet

Canada trip + surprise random reunion with old friends (c. last August) + another road trip record for the books

Motorsports Expo = surprises + Abu Dhabi family trip surprise

GTA Effect w/ the Fortuner

IG Highlights discovery

2019

FINAL SEMESTER OF UNDERGRAD

Finding a YT’ers car

First excursion to a local classic cars dealer + actual thought about a CC project

discovery of what happens when one posts tooo much in one day

Getting close and personal with a 1 of 50 type of car

GT Sport becomes my go-to. Enjoyed FIA racing

Racing leagues get me intrigued

Avengers: Endgame. Nuff said

Final presentation was of a subject I liked a lot + Surprise certificate

Trip to Jordan, and an Umrah + a surprise nickname from relatives because I forget to do proper rest-based stops not only on one road trip, but on all 3.

70k on the odometer.

Creation of my side account to clean up my list of inbound posts of stuff.

Surprise news of being eligible to graduate + actually getting some stuff done

League signups & discovery

“Graduation” series of posts = reflector on a key topic over the past few years.

Night driving

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And that’s it so far.

Quite a lot to read, but I guess I got it done with.