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!!!

Better public transport on the way....

When Klang Valley's residents are all frustrated with the traffic condition in the city, especially KL, what else can be better than efficient public transport for our convenient? Previous post, I had mentioned about the LRT extension project for Kelana Jaya line and latest news shows that it will be built according to the plan. Besides LRT, there are also some new train sets, buses and nwe system for the public transport:

1) 850 new buses by 2012
2) 4 bus expressway transits next year
3) 26 new four-car LRT train sets for Kelana Jaya line next year and 35 in following year
4) 14 new train sets for LRT Ampang line in 2012
5) 15 refurbished KTM Komuter EMUs in 2011
6) KTM Komuter to reduced intervals to 7.5 minutes in 2012
7) LRT extension to Putra Heights to be completed in 2012
8) KL Monorail doubles capacity in 2012

These plans are looking good to improve the public transport network in Klang Valley, make sure all of them will be materialised as according to the plan. Hopefully all of us will benefit from them.

Malaysia finally go HD

As the developed country mostly have shifted to High Definition TV. Now it is our turn to go digital. Astro subscribers can now enjoy better sound and picture quality with their HDTV set. Since the introduction of HDTV set in the Malaysia market, they are not in their full use yet. But now everything is about to change as Malaysia slowly shifting to digital TV.

ASTRO has introduced four HD channels and there are more in the pipeline. Astro's HD TV service, Astro B.yond will be available from 18 December. Existing Astro subscribers will have to buy a new set-up to enjoy the HD service. So, for the beginning, the HD channels included SuperSport HD, ESPN HD, National Geographic Channel HD, History HD and HBO HD. Malaysian can now looking forward for better pleasure of watching TV.

Perodua new MPV: Perodua Alza

After Exora by Proton, Malaysia has it second national MPV unveiled yesterday by Perodua at KLCC. Named Perodua Alza, which the Alza, means "to rise" in Spanish, goes on sale starting from RM55,490 to RM64,190. Perodua offers two version which are standard and premium and the advanced version is coming up next march at the price of around RM70,000. The advanced version will come with complete bodykit, GPS with reverse camera, tinted windows and leather seats. In terms of size, Proton Exora definitely has an edge over the Alza. I think Alza is more to Avanza competitor than Exora. But if you are looking for a car for family with kids, Alza is a perfect choice. So after Exora and Alza, what's next? new Waja replacement? Lets wait and see.

who doesn't like ice cream?

I am wonder are there anyone out there who doesn't like ice-cream? I strongly believe that most of us like ice-cream especially for those living in the tropical country like us. In Malaysia, we can easily get ice-cream almost everywhere. We don't even have to walk far from our house to buy an ice-cream. During hot sunny day, ice-creams are selling like hot cake and the motorcycles which carry small 'fridge' with them with their signature song 'Mat kool mat kool kawanku, mari kita ikut mat kool......' are making good money from selling ice-cream.

So, the demand is there. There is why in shopping malls, high class ice-cream retail stores are available in most of the main shopping mall. There are few popular one such as Haagen-Dazs, Baskin Robbin, New Zealand Natural and Lecka-Lecka. Although their ice-creams are quite expensive but it is worth to try because their ice-creams are different from those selling in tube in supermarket. Try once a while is not a problem especially when there are having promotion. Anyone don't want ice-cream?