MRT in Greater KL

It is confirm, MRT project will commence next year by Gamuda-MMC Joint Venture after the project is awarded to them. This estimated Rm36 billion project is expected to complete in year 2020 in three phases which will be integrated with existing network such as LRT and KTM. It will contains 35 stops with four interchanges linked to existing rail services, these being the KTM Komuter lines at Sg Buloh and Kajang and in KL, the Putra KJ line at Pasar Seni and Star Ampang line at Maluri. When finished, the 141 km-long infrastructure will serve a population catchment of close to 3.4 mil people over a radius of 20 km from the city centre, with 1.17 mil users anticipated on a daily basis. This mega project is set to transform the whole KL to a world class city with complete infrastructures comparable to Singapore, Tokyo and Seoul.

KLIMS 2010

Last tuesday was a public holiday which I took the opportunity to visit the KL International Motor Show 2010. It was expected to be crowded on that day so I together with my friends, amy n starbucks went to PWTC early so that can avoid the jam packed area. The reason why I so eager to visit to KLIMS because it is not held every year and I like to see exotic cars. Although the entrance fees was abit expensive but I think it is worth. The previous KLIMS was back in 2006.

Overall, the show is quite huge but I am not satisfy with the number of exhibitors there as I expect more. Many brands like Ferrari, Volkswagen, Lamborghini, BMW and Mercedes are not taking part in this year. It is quite a dissappointed show overall but there is some nice displays especially the one by local brand, Proton and Perodua.

Target achieved for Malaysia

In this year edition of Asia Games 2010 in Guang Zhou. With the target of 9 gold medals, Malaysia finally achieved the target today through the woman's squash team by beating Hong Kong 2-0 lead by Datuk Nicol. After a lot of dissappointment by Malaysia contigents, we can cheers abit with some of the unexpected result. Man hockey team had made history by went in the final but had to settle with silver. in Badminton, as expected, China dominated the event and Malaysia came close to win a gold but had to settle with silver through Koo-Tan and only to be blamed with they fancy play. Sepak Takraw again let us down when the team failed to win gold from Thailand and the search for the gold continues. However, Malaysia shows good fighting spirit and credit have to pay to all the team members for their efford. I am sure we can do it better.

100 storey Warisan Merdeka in KL?

The government claims that the fund to build this 100 storey building is not from the public fund. This project was proposed by the government to boost the economy of the country in an aim to become a high income nation. There are many people reject the project as they claimed that it is just a wasteful of money. So, this RM5bil project will be developed by the Pemodalan National Berhad (PNB) in the 10 year time. The project will includes shopping complex, condominiums and the most talk about 100 storey supertall building.

As a skyscraper ethusiast, it will be very nice to see an addition of another supertall building in our own yard. I strongly believe that it can gives us benefits just like KLCC. KLCC project was once rejected by many but today it stand out as a pride of Malaysia. This kind of pretigious project can boost the surrounding area and also it change the skyline of the city as well. But most importantly, feasibility study is the most important one to ensure that it can really provide such a benefits before the project is carry on. All the benefits and weaknesses have to be studied as it involves such a big sum of money.

Sneak view of new Proton

For all of you who are following Buretin utama in TV3, some of you may saw a news about the coming new Proton. Rumours, discussion, pictures about this new Proton Waja is all around the internet since very long ago. This time, TV3 managed to get some sneak preview of the model. As we know, the coming new Waja will be based on the Mitsubishi Lancer where Proton is allowed to rebadged it using the Lancer.

According to the source, this rebadged version will be injected with proton's DNA and of course Lotus engineering which is not available in the Lancer. The new model is ready to be launched with the finish of all the tests. Few of the new model is currectly assemble in Shah Alam plant. It will be available in both manual and auto transmission with the engine specification to be named next month. According to them also, the price will be competitive and set to be launched next month.

Besides new Waja, a facelift model from one of the current best selling Protons will be launched during the KL International Motor Show at the end of this year. Persona just get facelifted. Maybe Saga? or Savvy? Looking forward to this year KL motor show with surprises from Proton.

KTM's ETS......

The new Electric Train Service (ETS) is really much awaited by many. It cut the travel time from 3 hours to 2 hours from KL to Ipoh. ETS is more greener to run, smooth, safe and comfortable. When you see the ETS, it is actually looks like a upgraded version of existing train. Being priced at RM30 from KL to Ipoh which is higher than the normal train is worthy. In ETS, you have socket on each seat which is very convenient for those who have laptop, netbook with them. You even can charge your handphone...haha.......other than that, ETS also have F&B coach to eat, LED TV for entertainment and vacuum toilet. It is definitely better than the old one, and with new option of transportation mode available, people can looking forward to better future. Maglev train with more than 200km/h, perhaps?

Hectic life........

It is already 1 month since my last post. When you notice that there is no new post in this blog, means that I am busy with works. This semester is the busiest ever with so many major assignments which required alot of works. Even it is involving the whole class to come out with 1 report, but it still take us alot of time. Besides that, you can also see many different characters of people, how they do their works and alot more interesting one. We have this big project where we have to come out with a development plan for this town near Kampar which is called Gopeng. Everyone of us has our own part to do and is very important. So, all of us have to put alot of effort to this project. Hopefully the outcome will be the very good one......the best project ever and at the same time set the high standard for our juniors to follow.

Spain is the winner!!!

Yeah, it is Spain vs Netherland in the FIFA World Cup final 2010 in South Africa. Watch by billion of viewers around the world, the score was 0-0 at the end of 90 minutes. The match went into extra time, and the man who named Iniesta scored the important and winning goal just before the kickoff of penalty shootout. He is the hero of Spain. The sublime pass and shoot of Iniesta won the world cup for Spain for the first time. Spain is truly deserve it. So, we will wait another four years for the next world cup in Brazil. Is Brazil going to win it in their home soil, we just have to wait......

Nyonya Kuih

Again, it has been a while since my last post. I have been busy with tonne of endless works since the start of the semester and is still going. Anyway, grab some rest time to post something at least into the blog, otherwise, this blog will grow with spider web and mushroom.
OK, today will be another blog about food. Today recipe will be Nyonya Kuih. Nyonya Kuih is one of my all time favourite especially for tea time to eat with a hot drink. It is actually something like dessert and snack. Most of them are steamed and not oily. Talking about variety of Kuih, they are plenty to name. Most of them are sweet in taste and some may taste savoury. They are also varying in colours, texture and of course taste.Here are some of the Nyonya Kuih:
1) Kuih Kochi2) Kuih Kaya3) Kuih Ubi Kayu4) Ondeh-ondeh5) Ang Ku Kuih6) Kuih Talam8) Kuih Lapis

Football fever is here......

It's here!!!!! FIFA World Cup 2010 which will be held in South Africa. This year edition will set to kick off tomorrow. All the places around in the Malaysia are promoting the World Cup with different ways. I think Mamak stall will benefits the most from the competition and some of them are even installing bigger screen before the World Cup to cater for high demand during the tournament. I saw many places selling different clothes with World Cup theme and different nations.

So, 32 nations will compete for the most prestigious tournament on earth. There are interesting group matches for look forward in Group G which comprises of Brazil, North Korea and Portugal and Group E which comprises of Cameroon, Denmark, Japan and Netherland. My pick to win this year edition is Italy, Brazil and Spain. But these team aren't support by me......My team as usual will be Englang but I think if England is to win the Cup, they need better team play because it will not easy for them and they must play really well. What are we waiting for? Let the game begin.......

tough time.....

It has been some time since my last post back to my last sem where I was so busy with my assignments then followed by shocking incident during study week and finally final examination. After all that, I only have 2 weeks time to rest at home then have to go back to Kampar. I am glad that I made used of the time and managed to recharge some of my body. This week just started new semester as is looking tougher than before. On first day itself already has sleepless night. Hope to do more better than previous and good luck to all my coursemates as well. Take it easy and we will do good. :D

Tao coming to KL

For all of you who haven't heard about Tao before, it is a restaurant that offer ALL YOU CAN EAT buffet with full table service which focus on quality rather than price according to them. You have to try it out yourself before you comment. This restaurant has outlets only in Penang before new outlet opened in KL this month. They specialize in Japanese food, Chinese food, Thailand food as well as other foreign foods. The new outlet in KL is located in Sunway Giza Shopping Mall and they are having the opening promotion with 10% discount and free membership. For lunch, the price start from RM42 and for dinner, is RM 58.

My model assignment......Cubion

This assignment was actually given by my lecturer back to many weeks ago, but we couldn't do much with it since there are also other assignments due in between but this is the earliest assignment we get. We have to prepare a report and a model. The topic is to design a green building in different climate in different topography for different groups. My group get the urban area in tropical climate. For all the weeks before we started on the model, we worked on the report first while designing our building before starting to build.Last two weeks ago, we started to collect materials for the model.

We started to work on the model and it took us around 1 week plus to finish the model until the day before we present. The model making was time consuming and you really need good planning before start. We have faced some problems on the technique to make the model but somehow we still managed to solve it out and that's it, the model named "Cubion" was born. Credit go to our lecturers who was guiding us throughout the assignment. Thanks a lot! Hopefully we still have chance to do model for the coming semester, although it is kinda stress to do it but we enjoy the process of making it. Wish we can do better one next time.

Proton's first concept car

To mark the 25th anniversary of the company, this year, Proton has unveiled their first concept car named Emas in the Geneva International Motor Show. This is also to tell the world that Proton is ready to become a global player. The concept car will likely to be in production in 2012. Emas is also Eco Mobility Advance Solution, is the technology from Lotus. The concept car is designed in collaboration with Italian design house, Italdesign Giugiaro. A total of 3 concept cars ware unveiled in the motor show which are Emas, Emas Country and Emas3. All these cars use new technology which is green and environmental friendly. The cars also focus on efficiency and comfort in the cabin and most importantly design. Next new model that going to be launched is the replacement for new Waja most probably in second half of year. Picture below provided by Paultan.org.

100th All England

This year will be a little special for the All England Championship because it is celebrating 100th All England tournament. So, it will be memorable for those who are going to win titles this year. For sure, we will hope our superstar, Lee Chong Wei to win the man's singles title because it has been some time since we last won it through Hafiz in 2003. Lee Chong Wei is the top seed in this year event and is certainly a favorite to win it but with the return of super Lin Dan, it will make the tournament looks exciting. We all hope they will meet in the final barring any upset. I think if it is happen, it will be the closest fight ever between them because Lin Dan is good in every tournament especially prestigious one like All England and Chong Wei is in the top form after won the first two super series titles. Other than that, hope is also high on top double pair, Koo and Tan. We will hope they to repeat their performance in 2007 where they won the All England and went on to win more titles after that. Wish Malaysia players best of luck. Let the game begin.......love all, play!

2010 Formula 1 World Championship

This year is going to be one of the most exciting year for the formula 1 world championship in the history. First of all, we are going to have a Malaysia-backed team to cheer about which is Lotus Racing which make its return to formula 1 after some time. This team has now formed with 2 experienced drivers in the team. For another team which has the Malaysia brand on it is Mercedes GP. Petronas no longer become the main sponsor for the BMW Sauber team but shifted to Mercedes GP.

Other than the new teams on the grip, in the drivers line-up, Formula 1 legend, Michael Schumacher will make his return to formula 1 after failed to replace Felipe Massa last year but this time, he is officially become the driver for newly formed Mercedes GP. So, we will see the fight between few formula one champions including Jenson Button, Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton. Looking forward to first race of the season in Sakhir, Bahrain. Let the race begin!!!

Happy Chinese New Year!!!!!

Here we are in the year of Tiger as we step in the new lunar year. I Would like to wish all my blog readers Happy Chinese New Year. Gong Xi Fatt Chai~新年快乐~虎虎生威~恭喜发财~have a prosperous year ahead. Most importantly stay healthy, watch your food intake especially during this festive period.

During the celebration of the Tiger year, I noticed that the weather in our country has become so hot that we no longer can really enjoy eating freely during CNY because we can easily get sick. 5 years ago or few years ago, we still can eat whatever we want during CNY and too bad, don't you all dare to do the same thing again. The climate change is the indicator of how bad our environment has badly polluted. What we can do now is stay healthy, avoid outdoor activity if possible during sunny day and help to save environment by using less plastic bags and plant more trees.

New Supertall in KL?

I am pretty sure this news was quite shocking when everyone read about the news of 100-storey skyscrapers planned for Kuala Lumpur. What is in the mind of the government actually? According to the news, this project is part of the efforts to boost the country's gross domestic product. If this is true, Petronas Twin Towers will no longer be the country highest structure. There are three sites in the city have been identified for the development of the iconic tower and two of them appeared to have 100-storey each. Another news claimed that the construction will take place in the first quarter this year. Petronas Twin Towers has been the landmark of Malaysia for quite some time and if they want to build new building that could ruin the image of PTT, the new buildings must have something special and maybe to make sure new Malaysia landmark can carry the name of the country, why don't we rival the current tallest, Burj Khalifa?

High hope on Malaysia Badminton Team

Last Sunday, I pretty sure everyone were cheered for our players in Putra Stadium, Bukit Jalil. Putra Stadium recorded highest number of spectators ever in an event. This is because Malaysia has two representatives in the final for the second round of super series, the Malaysia Open. The best part was Malaysia won both of them with Datuk Lee Chong Wei and Koo-Tan. Lee Chong Wei won his first back to back title after won the Korea Open one week earlier. Koo-Tan also won their first tournament of the year they joined after skipped the Korea Open.

This year will see Thomas Cup held at the same venue and hopefully this stadium will continue to bring more joys to Malaysia fans as we have high hope on them especially Chong Wei. Koo-Tan last won their first tournament was in 2007 and then went on to dominate for some time. Hopefully, this year can see another repeat of their result. However, there are some setback because our backup squad continue to show poor result. Malaysia must find way to come out with strong team to win the honour for the country.

Lee Chong Wei won the first the super series with the absent of Lin Dan but he is improving to become better than ever. With the current form, hopefully, he can give a good fight when facing Lin Dan in the near future which is most likely happen in All England. Koo-Tan must work on their weaknesses on court to become stronger like what they did in 2007.So, hope to see more from them.

New Tallest Building in the World

Burj Dubai was renamed Burj Khalifa during the grand opening on 4th January. I believe the world is watching the wonderful opening ceremony on that day as the ceremony shows to the world no sign of economy recession in Dubai. Burj Dubai was completed later in the schedule following the hit of recession in the city. On 4th January, Burj Khalifa officially overtake Taipei 101 as the world tallest man made structure. Burj Khalifa was started to construct back in 2004 and has a final height of 828m which the top can be viewed from almost 100km away.

Beside being the tallest, the tower holds many new world records such as world's highest swimming pool and world's fastest elevators. No new tower is expected to beat the height of the Burj Khalifa in the next 10 years. If there are any, maybe that will be the first kilometre height tower. The completion of Burj Khalifa has set the new standard for architecture, engineering and construction. Things are expected to get better and better. Really can't imagine the skyscraper going to build in the future.

Happy New Year 2010!!!!!

I know it is a bit late to wish coming to middle of the month but coming to year 2010, we have many exciting events awaiting us. Anyway, first of all, happy new year to all my blog readers, wish all of you stay healthy, stay happy and have a all new beginning for the year ahead.

Year 2010 seems exciting if you see through the major event that going to take place in the calender. In sport, 2010 will see Commonwealth Games in Delhi, Asian Games in Guangzhou and for Malaysia, of course Thomas Cup Final in May and then for badminton enthusiasts, World Championship in Paris. In Formula 1, this season Malaysian will have a team to cheers about which is all new Lotus F1 team which is backed by Malaysia. And the return of formula 1 legend, Michael Schumacher to F1 assure to all new exciting season with more cars on the starting grip.

In the musical world, they are some major artists going to release their new upcoming album such as Beyonce, Nelly Furtado, Natasha Bedingfield and probably Lady Gaga and Katy Perry? Coldplay is about to release their next studio album later in the year? We can only wait and see. Just wait.

As the world economy is in the recovering process, we hope for the best to come and wish that there will have no disaster to happen like earthquake and tsunami that kill people. As the earth is getting sick and the change of climate around the world make people suffer, wish all these to come to an end. Have a good year ahead everyone!!!