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.