Malaysia vs Chelsea

I was quite surprised as Malaysia lost ONLY 2-0 to Chelsea. The only reason probably was because Chelsea played really badly or Malaysia coach B. Sathianathan did a very good job. The only reason i am saying that because he shares the same name with me ;).

I am so proud and I am wearing Malaysia Jersey (Blue Nike) today as a respect to the team for not loosing 7-0 like Chengdu Blades. Its surprising when we Malaysian are proud of this achievement despite loosing the game. Welcome to the Bolehland !!!

This was the goals scored against Malaysia.

The First goal scored by Anelka and the second goal is score by Ashley Cole.

Selangor EXCO may get Toyota Camry

Finally someone read my blog and gave the Selangor state goverment the idea. So when will my Camry be coming?.... hehehe

This is from Friday 25th July 2008 The star

SHAH ALAM: The Selangor Government is now hinting that it may choose the Toyota Camry as the official cars for its state executive councillors.

State executive councillor for Local Government, Studies and Research Ronnie Liu said the choice was appropriate as the price of the car was reasonable and maintenance cost not high.

“Personally, I feel the Toyota Camry is the best choice and have made the suggestion to the Mentri Besar (Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim).

“However, he has not made a decision. But I feel there won’t be any objection as the Toyota Camry is much cheaper than the Mercedes,” he told reporters here yesterday. – Bernama

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Take two

I have always wanted to share this video. A friend of mine showed me like a year back and I couldn’t stop laughing when I watched this video. I find this both video is damm funny. One is in Malay and one is in English. It’s not the actual translation.

Malay Version


English Version

Mercedes is cheaper to maintain ?

It was reported that the Terengganu state government has purchased 14 units of the Mercedes E200 Kompressor costing RM245,000 each (Taxless). (Rm 3,430 000 in total)

Mentri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said said the state government had planned to purchase the cars for a long time now to replace its Proton Perdana V6 Executive fleet in a move to cut cost.

“Proton Perdanas go through continuous long-distance journeys. It's costing us a lot of money due to high cost of maintenance. “We are not saying that the national car is not good but in reality we are coughing up more money for maintaining the Proton Perdanas, particularly the gear boxes,” he said.

Ahmad cited the example of the Proton Perdana of state Commerce, Industry and Environment committee chairman Toh Chin Yaw, which has twice undergone expensive repairs to the tune of RM50,000 in the last 36 months.

"In the long run, Mercedes cars are cheaper to maintain and could also save us fuel costs.

“This is the state’s long-term plan – we are farsighted. The cars could also fetch a high market price when sold as second-hand cars.

"We had evaluated from all angles before deciding to buy the Mercedes E200 cars,” he added.

Ahmad also denied that the oil royalty money was used to buy the cars.

"In the first place we have yet to receive the oil royalty from the Federal Government.

“The funds to procure the cars were from our own coffers and has nothing to do with the oil royalty money,” he said.


X-seelan ;

I didnt know that Mercedes cars are cheaper to maintain compared to Perdana V6. Probably Perdana V6 is expensive to maintain because it is MADE IN MALAYSIA. " I guess i have been dumb of using Kancil 850EX. I guess i should book a Mercedes E200 today

If its gonna cost RM50,000 to repair and maintain. Then be smart sell and buy another Perdana V6. I am sure its cheaper.

We are not saying that the national car is not good... ? Then what is good?

If you going to buy a car that have low maintenance . Taxfree somemore. I suggest you to get a Toyota Camry 2.0E which cost only RM 85,022.31 (Labuan Price which is taxfree) or perhaps even Toyota Camry 2.4V which is the full specs at RM98,742.60.

If you are talking about saving fuel Toyota Camry runs on a VVTi ( Variable Valve Timing with intelligence) Engine which is design to provide speed and also save fuel. No doubt that In the United States, the Camry's largest consumer market, it has been the best selling car for nine of the last ten years starting in 1997, with the only exception being 2001. (Source Wikipedia)

Let us do some simple maths ;

RM 85,022.31 x 14 = RM 1, 190, 321.34

RM 3, 430, 000 - RM 1, 190 321.34 = RM 2, 239, 678.66

With the balance money you can buy a least another 26 Toyota Camry 2.0E, and they can give me 1 for giving this idea. ;)

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Comedy court

I was going through you tube and found three new video by the comedy court duo Allan Perera and Indi Nadarajah. This guys are really good. I have added their video in the right column. Here is my favorite video's.

You can watch it more in their website.
http://www.comedycourt.com.my/

You can also view in the Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/user/comedycourt?ob=1

This video is a typical mother and daughter conversation.
This is entitle All Indian Food

Did you know that.......

• Fried Chicken is from India but they change the spice with egg yorke and ajinamoto.
• Pizza is a Hard Curshed Masala Thosai
• Nacho's is Papadam
• Salsa is onion and tomato chutney
• Spanish Paella is a Briyani
• Spaghetti and Salsa is from Iddiayapum (Puttumayam)

All food is from India. Nevermind if all the indians are starving.


This video is a typical “kudikaran” conversation in a bar.
This is entitle ASAP

"This one you press the draft and wong will you a draft beer straight away"
"ASAP is (Amma Said Ask Appa)"


This video is a typical chinese conversation in spa.
This is entitle Executive Spa

This is a great video in the spa. This duo can really immitate chinese like many Malaysian chinese speaks.

30 Ways to Save Fuel

I was going through Youtube and i found this video. I do hope that this few tips would help you guys to save on fuel. I am sure most people including myself having a hard time coping with the fuel hike. I use roughly 1000 per month for fuel, toll, parking. Guess what i am only a student and i am driving a Perodua Kancil 850 EX.

Full tank for kancil is now RM70.00 ;(

How To Save Fuel

• Pump up your tyres. Keeping your tyres inflated is one of the easiest and most important things one can do to improve fuel economy. If a range is recommended by the manufacturer, the higher pressure should be used to maximize fuel efficiency. Lower pressure hurt the fuel economy by increasing the rolling resistance.

• Drive at moderate speed. In highway driving, over 50% of the power produced by the engine is used to overcome aerodynamic drag. Drag and thus fuel consumption increases rapidly at speeds above 90km/h. On the average, a car uses about 15% more fuel at 100km/h, and 25% more fuel at 110km/h compared to when it is doing only 90km/h.

• Clean the air-filter regularly. Clogged air filters increase fuel consumption by restricting airflow to the engine, and thus should be cleaned/replaced when necessary. Clogged air filters can increase fuel consumption by up to 10%.

• Start up the car properly. With today's cars, it is not necessary to prime the engine first by pumping the accelerator pedal repeatedly. Do not crank the engine excessively. This only wastes fuel. When starting the engine, idle it no more than 30 seconds to warm it up. An engine will warm up faster on the road. However, avoid sudden acceleration before the engine has warmed up sufficiently.

• Travel light. Avoid carrying any unnecessary weight in your car. On the average, every 50kg added load in your car will increase fuel consumption by 2%.

• Drive in high gear (overdrive).The engine runs most efficiently between around 1,500 and 2,500 rpm. To maintain these low revs you should change up through the gears as soon as practical and before the revs reach 2500 rpm. For automatic transmission cars, you should always switch on your overdrive to help saving fuel.

• Anticipate traffic ahead. A driver can reduce fuel consumption by up to 10% by anticipating traffic conditions ahead and adjusting the speed accordingly, and avoiding tailgating and thus unnecessary braking and acceleration.

• Avoid strong acceleration. Go easy on your right foot guys. The fuel consumption remains at a minimum during steady driving at a moderate speed of about 90km/h. Keep in mind that every time the accelerator is hard pressed, the engine goes into a "fuel-enrichment" mode of operation that wastes fuel. The vehicle should always be gradually and smoothly accelerated.

• Minimise aerodynamic drag. Additional parts on the exterior of a vehicle such as roof racks and spoilers, or having the window open, Roof racks are bad for fuel economy increases air resistance and fuel consumption, in some cases by over 20%.

• Don't let your engine idle. Minimize fuel wasted in idling by stopping the engine whenever your car is stopped or held up for an extended period of time. Idling more than a minute consumes much more fuel than restarting the engine.

• Use the air-con sparingly. Air conditioners can use about 10 per cent extra fuel when operating. However, at speeds of over 80 km/h, use of air conditioning is better for fuel economy than an open window for an open window increases wind drag, increasing the overall aerodynamic drag of your car

Are you an engineer ?

How do you know if you are an engineer?

You know you are an engineer when,

• You have no life - and you can PROVE it mathematically.
• You know vector calculus but you can't remember how to do long division.
• You laugh your heads off at jokes about mathematicians.
• You've even calculated how much you make per second.
• Your favorite James Bond character is "Q," the guy who makes the gadgets.
• You have a habit of destroying things in order to see how they work.
• You have never backed up your hard drive
• You'll assume that a "horse" is a "sphere" in order to make the math easier.

Engineers and the other half of the half empty-half full theory.

To the optimist, the glass is half full; To the pessimist, the glass is half empty.
To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.(now, that makes sense!)

Toyota Vios J

Toyota a car of my dream. Toyota once again launch a new model of Vios which is Toyota Vios Model J. Toyota has finally executed their intention to offer a Vios model for under RM70,000. It is priced at RM69,800. This is for the manual transmission. There no airbags, foglamps or alloy wheels but you do get an MP3 CD player albeit not integrated, and other safety features such as ABS remain, which is used more in day to day driving. Adding a 4-speed Super ECT automatic transmission pushes the price up to RM73,500. The second generation Vios available in E, G, S and now J form have collectively been selling about 2,500 units a month. They are targetting 700 sales a month from the new Vios J.


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