Just some thought

I used to say “people must be selfish” MYOB so called.

I say it because why you bother other people stuff when you cannot even manage yourself properly.

Example like you keep helping people on assignment but at the end of the day blame people that they didn’t help you on your own assignment.

Manage your own self properly before commenting others.

yes..i am very selfish as people love to comment.

i do wonder how generous he is…

Talk only no action…

i waited my Ipoh biscuits till the red rain drop…

I waited for trip…but my hope crash because so called “forgot to inform”

Just dump the group member without informing them he is changing course.

Used to be my friend…but now just like a stranger to me.

Looking back, i laugh at myself…real silly to have such friends.

Just to say that think about the feeling of others for your words and actions.

It may look harmless..but it hurts really.

Friends that do not have the heart towards you…no matter what you have done..it just mean nothing to them…

Just dump lah…parathaman quoted…

Life is cheerful and happy after all…why make life so difficult with frustration and tears drop.

I may hurt someone with this post. But this is what i wanted to say after all.

Western Concert

Went to kelly clarkson concert.

Have a shock when she come out.

Why so different look than her photo or MTV.

So fat and plum edy.

No doubt she have powerful voice.

Just western concert not so nice as hongkong or taiwan artist.

Just very simple and short 1.5 hour only.

Just upgrade my streamyx connection.

1mbps package..but get 1.45mbps…thanks TM.

Watch youtube after 12am sure very fast..dunno why…

City VS Mazda 2 @One Shift (page1)

Story and Photos by Raymond Lai - 22 Apr 2010

Can't stretch your budget for that spanking new Civic or Mazda3? Well, the City and the newly introduced Mazda2 Sedan could well be competent but yet more affordable alternatives.

Zooming in

The budget small saloon market has been dominated by a single model in recent years - the Toyota Vios. The Vios is a hugely competent small family car but when it comes to features and specifications, its old adversary, the Honda City easily trumps the perennial Toyota.

The City was first introduced in 1996 and just like the Vios, was specifically developed for Asian markets. The current City is the fourth generation model and just like its predecessor, the City's underpinnings are based on the popular Jazz compact hatchback.

The Vios too is also based on a hatchback model - the Yaris in this case. And then there's the new Mazda2 Sedan. As its name suggests, the Mazda2 Sedan is based on Mazda's small hatchback model. Like the Vios and the City the Mazda2 Sedan is also built in Thailand for the emerging markets in Asia.

Ideally, we would have wanted to pit the Vios against both the City and Mazda but the Toyota model was recently put through a facelift and will only be available at local showrooms in the coming weeks, hence it'll be only a two-way battle here between the well established City and the new kid on the block Mazda.

Bootie call

I have to say that I'm a big fan of the Mazda2 hatchback's styling - it looks sporty, well proportioned and rather purposeful for a Japanese supermini. Its athletic nature does make the relatively tall Honda Jazz look relatively ponderous and a tad slab sided.

The Sedan is similar to the hatchback up to the front doors and both models share the same wheelbase but the Sedan is a significant 349mm longer thanks to the longer rear overhang. Sedans derived from hatchback models typically have a boot extension grafted on to its rear and the Mazda2 is no different. The proportions look fine when viewed from the front three quarter or the side but when seen straight from the rear or the rear three quarter, the Mazda's backside look dumpy and overtly high, at this point, it starts to remind me of the Toyota Echo saloon. The prominent rising feature line along the flanks culminates on top of the low slung tail lamps on the hatch, but on the saloon, the line continues on to end on the relatively tall boot line, hence the heavy rear. On the upside, Mazda's designers have done well to incorporate a C-pillar treatment that mimics the 3 saloon's.

I have never thought that the previous generation City was ever a good looker. To me, it was just Jazz with a slightly restyled nose and an afterthought boot grafted on at the rear - there was no styling finesse at all and the proportions just looked weird.

I wouldn't say the same about this current City though. It isn't easy to get the proportions right for any compact saloon as the booted Mazda2 shows, but Honda's designers have nailed it with their compact saloon.

The City certainly looks dynamic and handsome; especially up front where the FCX Clarity's inspired nose treatment gives it a sporty stance. In addition, the way the C-pillar meets the boot line gives the City an elegant profile and feel, something Mazda's designers failed to achieve with the 2 Sedan. Side by side, the City just looks better proportioned and better sorted than the 2 Sedan.

City VS Mazda 2 @One Shift (page2)

City slicker

Sitting under the City's hood is a 1497cc four-cylinder engine that is largely similar to the one in the top spec Jazz. With the help of Honda's famed i-VTEC technology, the engine makes a really healthy 120bhp with maximum torque rated at 145Nm. In comparison, the Mazda's MZR 1498cc unit musters 103bhp and 135Nm, numbers that are lower than the City's. The 2's engine is a tweaked version of the previous 2 and is also used by the hatchback.

The Honda i-VTEC four-cylinder engine is a real gutsy unit, delivering the compact saloon reasonable go. It feels flexible enough at low engine speeds despite producing its peak torque at a relatively high 4800rpm. The City will take 10.8 seconds to reach 100km/h from rest, with top speed quoted at 185km/h. The motor is quiet enough when pottering along but give it some stick and it'll start to protest with a loud din - definitely not as smooth and sweet revving as Honda's iconic VTEC units.

In the real world, the Mazda's engine also has a nice spread of torque at low to mid engine speeds, making it flexible at moderate town speeds. Refinement is also a key feature at low cruising speeds. Stretch its legs though and the four-pot will get increasingly flustered with a slightly coarse engine note. Outright performance isn't as good as the City - 0-100km/h takes 12.7 seconds, almost two seconds slower than the City's pace while top speed is rated at 170km/h, which is also down on the City's.

The Mazda's cause isn't helped by the fact that its automatic gearbox has one less forward gear than the City's. The four-speed auto shifts quickly enough and is efficient in its operation but the lack of a fifth gear means its ratios are not as closely stacked as the City's to exploit performance. Moreover, the Mazda gearbox doesn't offer any paddle shifters like the City does. Kudos to Honda for equipping its entry level model with a five-speed automatic gearbox - it is still a relative rarity in this class.

The Mazda2 hatchback's piece de resistance has to be the way it handles corners and the slightly more portly Sedan is no different. The steering is pin sharp, quick and a talkative tool, giving the driver real confidence to hustle the car. Body control is excellent as well. Mazda has once again successfully instilled some ‘zoom zoom' into its product.

Just like the Mazda, the City is suspended by relatively simple strut and torsion beam suspension that deliver a comfortable and pliant ride at all speeds.
The City's handling is competent as well but it isn't as sharp or as fun to hustle around in like the Mazda. There is a fair degree of body roll for sure but everything feels stable and well controlled. The steering is nicely weighted but could do with a little more feel and the Mazda's pin sharp accuracy and quick responses.

City VS Mazda 2 @One Shift (Final)

Muay Thai

Although the City is based on the Jazz, the interior is mostly unique to it. The only visible shared parts with the Jazz are some of the switches and knobs. Up front, the drover's seat offers height adjustment but the seat is set just too high. Even with the seat adjusted to its lowest setting, a driver of average height will find the driving position far too high - you feel like you're sitting on the car rather than in it.

Thankfully, you don't get the same problem with the driving position in the Mazda. The front seats are a tad flat and lack support but it is positioned well enough even for the tallest of drivers.

At the rear of the City, the flat floor design means three passengers can be accommodated rather comfortably. The seat backs can even be adjusted for recline on the LX version here. The Mazda is slightly less accommodating in the rear due to its shorter wheelbase but it is hardly a cramped and claustrophobic environment.

A really thoughtful feature in the City has to be the neat umbrella storage area under the rear seat. With a volume of 506 litres, the City's boot should be able to swallow almost anything in the Ikea catalogue. Moreover, the rear seat backs can split/fold 60/40 for an even larger load area. The Mazda's seats too, will fold 60/40 if required but the boot itself is accommodating enough and well shaped even though it is not as voluminous as the City's - it's still a great deal bigger than the hatchback's nevertheless.

In terms of cabin ambience, the City has the edge thanks to better materials, softer surfaces and better quality switchgear. The Thai built Mazda feels as every bit as well built as the Japanese made hatch version but just like the latter, the cabin is let down by a lack of perceived quality thanks to the shiny and hard surfaces and switchgear that feel like they lack substance. The City is also sportier inside thanks to the darker materials and sportier looking seat fabric. The Mazda2 Sedan offers a more conservative and grown up overall ambience than its hatch cousin thanks to the beige seat fabric.

The features laden LX version of the City comes with a factory fitted stereo head unit that is iPod compatible and an interface that is similar to Apple's finest music player. The single slot CD player can also read MP3 and WMA files. 16-inch alloys are another desirable standard feature

In top spec LX spec as tested here, the City is a significant $7k more than the Mazda. A base model City comes in at $3k cheaper than the LX but is less well equipped. The Honda City really makes for a very good entry-level saloon if not for its high price. The newer car here, the Mazda2 Sedan is not only more affordable but also more fun to drive - it puts on a good fight against the City despite being the new kid on the block and proved to be a great alternative if you can live with its rear end styling. The City though, is too strong for the Mazda in the aspects that really matter for a small, no frills saloon.

Oneshift.com Conclusion

Personally gone have a look on Mazda 2 sedan hatch back and sedan. Quite like the hatchback..solid car there…nice door closing noise. Quality wise it is still a “Mazda” no doubt about it.

Do have chance to look on coming soon “Ford Fiesta”…not bad just me and my dad hate the door closing sound…it sound like closing proton saga or to some extent kancil.

My dad still prefer “Mazda” although fiesta and 2 share same platform…fiesta being advantages of having 1.6L engine and 6 speed power shift dual clutch Auto compare to 2’s 1.5L engine and 4 speed auto. Reason given is Mazda is Japan brand…lolz

Japan Brand=Quality, Reliability, and Good!!

Honda CRZ @Autocar Asean

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I know this crz from the concept stage...production version very much toned down compared with the concept..production cost constraints as usual.

Going green…hybrid sports with manual transmission. Future of honda sports car??…maybe

Honda have shown that hybrid vehicle can be fun to be drive and not boring like a computer control vehicle.

Love this function very much…3 mode to choose

Sport, Normal, Econ Mode.

Hope such function can be included in future honda’s in malaysia.

Do wonder how a button can change a car characteristic.

Do read lots of review on cars such as Merc or BMW.

A sport button can change the steering feedback, throttle response, and to some extent suspension.

Hope can try it out in future…haha

Crazy

Been very busy lately.

Feel like crazy edy.

Doing assignment from morning to night.

Giving myself milestone.

I need to achieve this and that on this date.

Trying my BEST.

Holiday going to come. This sem will end very soon.

yey..quite happy with it.

Crazy a bit nevermine lah.

Going to concert again…

Never expect about this concert.

My dad just say “rock star coming”, got ticket.

Just i know is Kelly Clarkson.

American Idol 1st season winner.

Been Lucky really…

4 month 3 concert.

Peel Fresh love concert very much.

Mix Up

Lets talk about H1N1..

ohya..this H1N1 is no more…

No more temperature monitoring all..

No more on the news and so on..

It just wipe out from my mind about this influenza flu stuff.

Didn’t give a damn on it…until

My sis come back from penang…she having some fever and cough that night.

The next day, i received sms from my mom say my sis confirm H1N1.

Landed in hospital and so on…didn’t visit her coz she on isolation.

Lucky still got medical insurance…

unpredictable stuff do will happen…

Got my h1n1 vaccines injection..to avoid getting it…can avoid flu also..that’s great

Why i skip class…a book title i read recently..

A book written by student for student.

Nice book anyway..

I rarely skip class..but then this book cover lots of stuff that happen in our college learning environment.Such as:

We must memorize the CORRECT answer for exam..

Because the lecturer say it is CORRECT.

We are grade according to the exam/assignment marks.

You are distinction student or you are fail student.

We must not show our work to others to avoid they getting higher grade than us.

Download the E-book here

Will try to buy the hardcopy book ..haha

ITZMIN

There is IVTEC,IDSI,DVVT,MIVEC,VTEC, VVTI and so on.

Now there is a phase that is ITZMIN.

Reason being  everything i doing now is parallel and continuous.

Designing required lots of creativity and thinking.

Now i landed with 2 group assignment that required design.

what font ar? which colour ah? background orange or blue?

Transparent or Non Transparent?

I wish i can be ITZMIN.

continuous,variable, and parallel

I do like design a lot…

Should have chosen multimedia course.

Continue my work then.

Sushi Bonanza@Sushi King

Something that is cheap my jalan2 cari makan team sure will not just ignore really…even with lots of stress, we still manage to find 2 hour to go sushi bonanza and get crazy with those people.ohya to utilize the RM20 sushi king card also..if not wasted mah…

How early should we go?..guess what..to avoid crowded and long queue…we reach there at 11am…guess what the shop still closed..so walk around till 11.30am.come back wow…the shop half full lah.. scary really..Malaysian do love cheap promotion..hahaha

 

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Tempura Prawn Sushi ambassador…lolz

para using chopstick…i asked him actually..

Sedap lah..yummy

sleeping or eating..??

Satisfy smile..haha

Brand ambassador for sushi king?..hmm

 

Model shooting by professional photographer Choi Yin..

Comparison between Me and Choi Yin photography skills.

Me….sucks lah really

Choi Yin..The sushi taste nicer right?..lolz

This tempura prawn sushi actually cost RM6 per plate during on promotion time..

Mission Complete..yey..

Photo do bring many meaning…and memories really.I hope to get as many photo as possible for my college life…

England Powderful

Today i got shoot from my lecturer because my english problem..

English =England, Powerful=Powderful

If she found our english problem, she will say england powderful.

In my class, few of my classmates from indonesia and china…

Voila…with indo english+Bahasa Indonesia and china huayi+english

it become england powderful really.

guess what in class, we malaysian student will start talking like them…english+BM till 1 of our lecturer so mad with my friend para and ask is this bahasa malaysia class.

sometime languages problem in my class do bring some laughter really.

Professional Salesgirl if convert to english+indon=

Salisgirl Professinaaaaal…

Feel stress now, my group member joshua give me his assignment work and i need to built up the prototype system using SQL server for database..and visual studio for website interface.

Just pray hard i can finish it because i am real suck in coding part.

A bit phobia with PPM now…because my england too powderful.

Just hope i can swim across the river .

I can do it…I never give up…nothing is impossible.

go..go..go..yey

Potong Potong Potong

This Advertisement by P1 Wimax few months back do caught me surprise…yes is very creative and well hit the competitor that is streamyx.

Ok well, never walk in Green Packet  office before but just drive pass it. Today finally walk in personally but is not good news anyway. Actually bringing my classmate to potong away the P1 Wimax.

Walked in the customer services center that they called P1 P@ddock. yes it is very posh, very nice top class customer services center..with LCD TV keep playing the 15 malaysia short movie and the proudest malaysia book of record cert hanging there…

I and my friend just ask how to terminate the services after 1 year contract..to my surprise the contract my friend sign have become 2 years…and there will be penalty fees and so on…i just know that my this silly friend pay the 12 months subscription fees in one big lump sum last time..damn rich and stop using it for more than 6 months after the services become bad.

To our horror, the system didn’t have the record that my friend purchase the modem for RM199 and 1 year become 2 year contract. The most surprise is the staff ask us for the hardcopy receipt that my friend have 1 year back that is lost…i wonder what stupid useless system they using actually?

After long bargaining…like pasar malam style…we given 2 choices…my friend choose to cut it away and get refund for RM70 because he overpay P1 mind you!!!

Observation i got at the customer services center of P1 Wimax. There will be lots of ppl bringing P1 Wimax Modem (funky black box) and throw to the counter staff and say “i want terminate NOW”.

The staff will reply: “sorry sir/miss, you have 2 year contract..you need to pay RM500 penalty fees and so on”…that the most interesting part now!!!

The customer will start emoing and shouting “your services have no standard at all!!!sometime green sometime yellow and red no connection and now you say i cannot terminate??”

Then the staff will say : “we will send our technician to your house and check”…an autie actually shouted back and say “send what?? technician useless lah..your services not stable lah” and continue saying i have try for 6 months and still the same !!

Arguing and exchange of words happen non stop…most customer will say they cannot accept the penalty fees..it is unreasonable and wanted to see the manager….lolz

potong potong potong…now backfired… become potong P1 really

The staff do told me that the connection problem because of congestion of bandwidth..

she say “how to share a bucket of water that can cater to 50 people but now need to cater to 500 people?”

Ohwell..then your company need to stop getting new customer…

I guess the number of people terminate the services is more than their new customer…

4G?? Fastest Connection??

hmm…joke really…

Malaysia Boleh really.

The customer who walk in and demand to terminate the services actually proof that they are not up to customer expectation and no standard in their services.

potong..potong..potong…potong lah P1 WIMAX.

It’s Gonna Be

Busy…

Tons of works will be crashing down towards me.

Proposal, Website Design(not again??), and etc.

Lots of stuff still pending…

Complicated as usual.

“die die also we have to finish it”-Quoted Para

“We must swim across the River, We already half way there”- Quoted Murgon

Wantan Mee@ Chulie Street Penang

My sis bring me to this place yesterday when i’m back to penang.

She say that this place serve the best curry mee and wantan mee and every penangite sure know about this place. It is actually some stall beside the road..yes really just beside the road…see the so called main road just got 2 lane only..swt

The Wantan Mee at penang is slightly different compared to KL. The noodle will not absorb the sauce so it will not become soggy after a period.

Penang people called it Wet Style Wantan Mee…more sauce lah. The Wantan Mee here taste nice very springy and the is 2 type of wantan fry and non fry given..This big portion just cost RM3..this is what i like about penang because the food taste great and cheap really.

This is Lobak..or meat roll..taste ok only..

Fresh Orange Juice RM2…unbelievable cheap..Milo Ice at KL cost RM2 .btw, i went to a morning market and bought a packet of soya bean drink for Rm0.90.

A big disappointment is that didn’t manage to try the very famous curry mee that is located beside the wantan mee stall. It happen to close on that day i went.

Self portrait…haha..

Will come back next time to try the curry mee…