New Perodua Myvi

The new Perodua Myvi officially launched to replace the old Myvi which was launched in 2005. The new Myvi looks more aerodynamic than the old one with changes made to the headlamp, bumper, nose, side mirror, and rear. But the changes were not big and the new Myvi can still be recognised as Myvi. Exterior wise, i do think that the passenger mirror of old Myvi looks more stylish than new one which is curved. Overall, it look better than the old one but doesn't suit my taste. Interior wise, it is stunning especially the design of the dashboard and the features. In the high spec Myvi, you can get a lot of modern features including bluetooth, GPS, EPS and etc. But the high spec one does cost quite a lot with its engine capacity. With the design and price tag, I am doubt to get one.......

Source: paultan.org

Another Phase of Life

This is what everybody have to go through including myself after finish study at university. This final semester started with odd feeling after came back from industrial training. Maybe because it was the final semester of the study. However, mind cannot be off from what I want to achieve in my study. Trying hard to motivate ownself and carry on with the same mentality before industrial training. Trying hard to control emotion especially when we approaching the final examination where we all are separated to respective home and new life. What I did were appreciate every second with friends in university. Now back at home feeling lost in the process of creating new path for my life. Wish all my friends the very best in life.......

Thunderstorm

There was a thunderstorm yesterday evening where after all the thunderstorm, many debris left on the roads, broken roof and fencing, fresh flood, etc.. Never experienced this before in Kampar until yesterday. The water in the drain rised until overflow. Thunder was striking non stop. Anyway, manage to went out for dinner after the rain and today was an another cloudy day.

Award winning models.............

This is full of joy for me together with my team members because we have won prizes in two competitions in 1 month. First, it was the our Cubion concept which won us 1st prize in the Green House Model Design Competition organized by UTAR together with Technological Association of Malaysia (TAM). In the event took place in my campus, we managed to put on the good show in model and competition that won us the grand prize. It was fantastic.

Second competition is 2010 AAET Engineering Science, Technology and Innovation (ESTI) Design Competition which was launched in April 2010 last year. We submitted our design at the year end last year and the result was just released. For this competition, we are required to submit a conceptual designs for eco-friendly low income housing that provide a better quality of life as well as meeting the challenges of climate change. This competition was actually enter by us as one of the assignment given by our lecturer. Too bad, the design of this bamboo house was not as good as Cubion but due to time constraint, we are happy with the merit prize because this is an international level competition. We did it!!!!!

It's Rabbit Year........

I would like to wish all my friends and also to all my family members happy Rabbit Year. May all of us have a great year ahead with endless prosperity, good health, happiness, wealth, good results and etc......This year i went back to my only 'kampung' near in Negeri 9 after so many years of not going back. Not much changes to all of my relatives over there but it is nice to see all of them are doing fine. So, this year, didn't make much cookies as previous years due to weather condition and time. For me, this year I eat much lesser compare to previous years because easily fall sick during CNY. So, this year eat alot lesser to maintain body. Lastly, wish all my blog readers Happy CNY, have a great year ahead.......:D

Taman Negara Trip

Happy new year!!! this is my first post of the new year, 2011, in year of Rabbit. Well, th first thing to do after I finished my internship for 3 mths is go for travel. This time I travelled to Tmn Negara in Pahang which was one of the long awaited destination I have planned for since few months back. This time the plan was smooth and was on!!! I would like to thanks Ms. Amy for her help and also Ms. Hooi for the good arrangements. without them, maybe we need to pay more.

On 4th to 6th, the 3 days 2 nites trip was accomplished with little dissappointment because we expected more in our activities. Too bad, there were not live up to our expectation. But overall, the trip was nice and relaxing. Throughout the trip, we have cave exploration which was not challenging, rapid shooting which was not rapid, nite jungle trekking which was a short one and canopy walk. About the meals, since all of our meals are included in the package, so, we have no choice but to eat what they served. The foods was OK, Nothing much to complain about except for the little surprise we got. The 2nd day breakfast, just when we thought they only served toasts with jam and butter to us, everyone was relieved when fried bihun was served to us.hahax..........full at last.

Conclusion, the trip was memorable and nice. Got thing to complain but still acceptable.......next one maybe Gunung Tahan?........C la how.....

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.