tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57344561626951131992024-03-14T16:20:37.446+08:00BlogDeMartinBlogDeMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431126066343738277noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734456162695113199.post-51344027954699076922011-04-09T08:58:00.001+08:002011-04-09T08:58:00.887+08:00It's Love, It's PENSo how does a guy's ideal girlfriend gonna be? Well, she's gonna be:<br />1. nice looking. She doesn't have to be extremely beautiful, yet nice and comfortable to look at. And appearance can be a very subjective thing, some may say she's beautiful but some may say otherwise. That's why every guy end up with a different girl. <br />2. Unique. Oh yeah, every girl in this world is unique, no doubt of that, but it's just that if this specialty is what a guy want.<br />3. Size and....size. No offense but yeah this is true. Some prefer skinny girls and some prefer the chubby and cute one.<br />4. Stuff inside her head. That's 'What the H*ll is she thinking!' <br />5. and 'Whoa! She's capable of doing that!? Unbelievable!'<br /><br />Then a guy come to this cross-road:<br />The 1st path is to this girl: Very capable girl. Cooks very good food, plays piano very well, really lovely personality, hardworking, Perfect housewife type. Her body's like Mariah Carey. <br /><br />The 2nd path is to the other girl: Quite capable, but not as capable as the 1st girl. She can cook, but sometime mess thing up little bit if you request something she's not familiar with. Somehow lazier. She's gonna complaint if you ask her to work too hard. But she's still as lovely as the first one, fun to play with and she got a very cute face and body like Tae Yeon from SNSD (Girl's Generation); perfect for those who love kawaii Asian girl.<br /><br />So who will you choose for this guy?<br /><br />You see, i was having this problem, in choosing...not my girlfriend, but my next camera. Same rules apply and finally i chose the 2nd path. I just want my camera to be more compact, fun yet versatile and expandable. So yeah, i choose to love it, and it's PEN.<br /><br /><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TZ-uzcWgNHI/AAAAAAAAAlE/GbPJ04HdYas/IMG_5606.JPG?imgmax=800" alt="IMG_5606.JPG" border="0" width="720" height="540" /><br /><br />BlogDeMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431126066343738277noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734456162695113199.post-58757131716810445882011-04-01T20:12:00.001+08:002011-04-02T06:02:42.890+08:00Beauty ContestOld vs New:<br />Olympus E-PL2 vs Canon S3IS <br /><br /><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TZW_LoZVayI/AAAAAAAAAko/J_tCaarOfrk/DSC05822.JPG?imgmax=800" alt="DSC05822.JPG" border="0" width="720" height="479" /><br /><br /><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TZW_OA2LtiI/AAAAAAAAAks/Fdy8yUkXbm0/DSC05823.JPG?imgmax=800" alt="DSC05823.JPG" border="0" width="720" height="479" /><br /><br /><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TZW_XUOeOiI/AAAAAAAAAkw/APmRz5x-tUo/DSC05824.JPG?imgmax=800" alt="DSC05824.JPG" border="0" width="720" height="479" /><br /><br />It's like a girl who just turn 18 vs a woman who has given birth to 5 children.<br />Different category indeed.<br /><br />Let's check out some of those who belong in similar category:<br /><br />Who's the sexy chick here? <br /><br />Canon G11 vs E-Pl2 vs Sony NEX-3<br /><br /><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TZW_jMOnAlI/AAAAAAAAAk4/tsVSamqQGE8/IMG_5623.JPG?imgmax=800" alt="IMG_5623.JPG" border="0" width="720" height="540" /><br /><br /><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TZW_lu_90wI/AAAAAAAAAk8/5gTuO2oHMm4/IMG_5625.JPG?imgmax=800" alt="IMG_5625.JPG" border="0" width="720" height="540" /><br /><br /><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TZW_fjYkCmI/AAAAAAAAAk0/0IWG_EXAthw/IMG_5618.JPG?imgmax=800" alt="IMG_5618.JPG" border="0" width="720" height="540" />BlogDeMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431126066343738277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734456162695113199.post-54019120114959549992011-03-04T09:46:00.001+08:002011-03-04T09:47:45.790+08:00Boom boom pow my ears!<img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TXBBczdlY4I/AAAAAAAAAkY/4yTmtERuluQ/IMG_5127.JPG?imgmax=800" alt="IMG_5127.JPG" border="0" width="540" height="720" /><br /><br />Well, after waiting for 2 months, i finally got my new earbuds. It's Sennheiser CX-300II.<br />In the beginning i wasn't thinking of getting an expensive earphone because I've spoiled 4 earphones in 3 years.<br /><br /> But, yeah, there's alwasys a but. Expensive earphones = better quality = better noise insulation = provide better protection to ears = burn my wallet gao gao. <br /><br />So i found out that in UK they sell this Sennheiser CX-300 II cheap: GBP 17!<br />In Australia they sell A$60-A$70<br />In SG and Malaysia they sell approx. RM210<br />See the difference now? Hell yeah!<br />So i did some research on it and decide not to get 1 from ebay nor Amazon UK because there're record of people getting counterfeit product from both websites. Then there're people saying that there's a UK website selling genuine Sennheiser: MyMemory <br /><br />MyMemory sell this earphone a bit more expensive though around GBP20 but they can shipped the product to AUS. Therefore i give it a try.<br /><br />Till today i can't confirm what i received is 100% genuine Sennheiser because i never see or use a genuine CX-300II before. But the 1 i received has amazing bass, great noise insulation and looks really genuine. So yeah probably it is real. But it's made in China though. <br /><br />So yeah, if you intend to get an earphones, maybe you can try online purchase, provided the website sell genuine products. It saves some of your hard earn money but it definitely kills your shopping experience. Online shopping is soooo 'no feel'.BlogDeMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431126066343738277noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734456162695113199.post-4803553398662399032011-01-03T21:06:00.001+08:002011-01-03T21:06:11.029+08:00布里斯班Brissie的180天布里斯班 - Brisbane,有些澳洲的人,会叫它Brissie,可能是念起来比较顺口吧。没想到这么久没update我的blog了,上一次update我的blog,就是我刚到brisbane的时候。已经来了这里6个月,应该谈谈它了。<br /><br />我从来没有到过西方国家,Brisbane是我第一次到达的西方城市。而在我来Brisbane前一个月,我才到台湾旅游,所以会感觉到发达的西方国家和发达的东方国家的差异。<br /><br />其实我到达Brisbane时,没有很surprise的感觉,也没有觉得,‘哇!好酷噢!’的感觉,或许是因为很清楚来这里的目的-不是来玩的,是来念书的,所以没有多兴奋,只有‘噢,好吧,开始新生活。’心里多少有些不安,毕竟第一次来到陌生的国家,又要从零开始。来到时,连自己的房间都还没找到,还好有朋友借我暂住她的家。<br /><br />要来Brisbane之前几个星期,才知道原来有一些朋友已经在这里念书了。这消息让我松了一口气,在这种时候有朋友相助,真是雪中送炭。不只如此,他们的存在,真的让我比较不会孤单,这时我才发觉,如果一来到这里却没有朋友,真的会很孤单的啊~<br /><br />刚到Brisbane的时候是冬天,虽然最低温是8,9度,平时15, 16度,但对我而言,好冷呀!我从来没体验过冬天,偏偏一来到就是个冬天,再加上冬天的太阳5。30pm就下山了,还真的很不习惯。<br /><br />Brisbane City呢,他们有给它特别的名称,叫做 Brisbane CBD (Central Business District),CBD之外的区域,就叫suburb。这些名词,我在马来西亚听都没听过。拿Selangor做个比例吧: 就好像Bukit Bintang + KLCC那一带叫CBD,Ampang,Cheras,Damansara,Subang这些就叫suburb。<br /><br />一般上,这里的店都会在5pm左右关门,除了grocery store (就是马来西亚的giant,tesco,everise这种)就会开到9pm。到了星期四,suburb的店会开到9pm,而CBD的店照样5pm关门。星期五,CBD的店开到9pm,suburb的店开到5pm而已。就好像Thursday, Sunway Pyramid开到9pm,但是Sungei Wang开到5pm就关门,然后Friday就Sungei Wang开到9pm,Sunway Pyramid 5pm就关门。然后其他时候Sunway Pyramid和Sungei Wang开到5pm就跟你讲他们要关门了。这种现象如果在马来西亚出现,多好笑,但在这里,大家都可以接受,可爱。。。<br /><br />在这里的生活费相当高,即使不convert去马币还是满高的。租个房间就要澳币140-150一个星期,搭一次巴士或者火车就要澳币2-3,还好我是学生,可以享有50%折扣。如果在7-eleven买个mineral water,要澳币3元。可能是因为这里工资高吧,法律上工资最少要澳币15一个小时,所以生活费也一样高。<br /><br />在沙拉越,kolo mee是便宜的食物,西马就是roti canai,nasi lemak了。这里呢,就是balabababa,i'm lovin it - 麦当劳拉!麦当劳啊,hungry jack啊(马来西亚的burger king,来到这里耍酷,换名字),都是这里最便宜的食物了。这里晚上也没有mamak stall的,路边也没有burger stall的,要吗就去mcd,要吗就order domino pizza,pizza hut这些。<br /><br />不过brisbane还算是一个多元化的城市。这里到处都是亚洲人 - 华人,韩国人,印度人,日本人比较少一点,黑人也比较少一点,缅甸人,然后西方国家的人啊,像意大利人,德国人,还有。。。我不大会认西方人,看到也不懂是哪里来得。所以这里的食物也很多元化。我常常都会吃到韩国餐,日本餐,因为他们的餐馆也好多。在这里,除了burger,pizza,sandwich可以变成fast food,kebab,sushi也可以变成fast food。这里的fast food sushi很特别,长长一条,叫做sushi roll,我第一次看到时,真的傻眼了。还有sushi roll里面放satay chicken,可爱。<br /><br />在马来西亚,我们有几次上巴士时会跟司机打招呼,下巴士时会跟司机说谢谢呢?在这里,部分的人上巴士会跟司机say hello/hi,下巴士时会说声thank you。我发现到,如果心情低落时,上巴士时跟司机打个招呼,给个微笑,司机也给予同样的回应,心情会顿时开朗了起来,我想这就是为何人家说对别人好,自己也会感到开心的原因吧。当然部分的人也是会把司机当透明。不过,要我回马来西亚对司机say hello and thank you,想想有时还真难,因为他们的态度有时真的很不友善。<br /><br />除了司机,店里的服务人员都会很亲切的招呼顾客,如果不需要他们的协助,他们会自动闪开,不会一直像盯着囚犯酱看着顾客。如果讲他们polite,他们还真的很polite,不过有些真的很敢用行动表达自己的想法。一些洋人,当他们兴奋时,或者是喝到有点醉时,动作会很大,声量也会提高。如果这时刚好给亚洲人遇到比较racist的就真的衰了。Racist的洋人会突然间比你中指,当你过马路时会哔你,然后骂些难听的,更倒霉的话会被丢酒瓶,鸡蛋。像我就被丢过一次鸡蛋,还好鸡蛋没在我身上破掉,不然我得忙着刷衣服了。<br /><br />其实这里的治安相较于马来西亚的治安,是好很多。但是想到自己是华人,亚洲人时,夜深一个人走在路上还是会感到不安。怕的不是会被人打枪,强奸就不可能了,哈!担心的是遇到酒醉的Racist洋人,因为他们都好壮,好大只,一拳打过来的话,我就惨了。<br /><br />在马来西亚,绝大部分的房子的外墙都会漆上油漆,而在台湾,我发现到他们的建筑都很喜欢在外墙铺上瓷砖,在Brisbane呢,好多房子都会暴露它们橙色的砖块。它们外墙若是用砖块建起来的,就会让那些砖块暴露,不会再铺上一层油漆,可能是为了cut cost吧,因为我发现到如果是比较豪华的房子就会铺上一层油漆。所以常常在这里常常会会看到橙色的房子,就是很洋人的feel。<br /><br />如果想要看到世界各国的俊男美女,来这里,不,应该说来澳洲就对拉~这里的国际学生很多,到处都是国际学生,而且真的很国际,特别是亚洲来的中国人跟韩国人,真的很多。我万万都没想到,这里的韩国人,真的很多,原来他们也跟华人一样,喜欢把孩子送出国念书,不然就是搞移民。啊,没来到这里,还真的不知到韩国人是如何的。我还记得以前在马来西亚念大学时,如果看到韩国人,会感到新鲜,来到这,麻木了,哈!<br /><br />在这里也可以看到很多残障人士驾着电动轮椅出来逛街,也有很多爷爷,奶奶级的人单独出来逛街。他们好像很习惯自己出来逛逛,虽然是残障,上了年级,还是这么有勇气。可能是残障设施齐全,治安好,公共交通方便,所以他们才有办法独自出门,因为他们真的都搭公共巴士的。<br /><br />暂时就写到这,如果想看brisbane的照片,可以到我的facebook: www.facebook.com/martinhowe<br />我懒惰在这里po照片了,因为该放的我都放到fb了,=DBlogDeMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431126066343738277noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734456162695113199.post-75764922079361876262010-07-26T19:30:00.001+08:002010-07-26T19:30:45.487+08:00Taiwan Trip Part II KL-HuaLian<p>The day after i reached KL, i went to KLIA again but this time, i was with my brother and the two of us were about to fly to Taiwan for a 8days7nights trip.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1vlcpbyAI/AAAAAAAAAeo/Zl3iSmUKO6c/s1600-h/IMG_808712.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_8087-1" border="0" alt="IMG_8087-1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1vnNKTKoI/AAAAAAAAAes/Yh5KF4HrWSg/IMG_80871_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a></p> <p>Of course this time  i was travelling in Economy Class. Not rich enough to fly Business Class mah…( the Business Class i bought for KCH-KL was below RM270). This was actually my first time travelling to oversea by air and therefore, i am a total stranger to KLIA’s international departure terminal.</p> <p></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1vp7t7qwI/AAAAAAAAAew/rb74R_SXXHI/s1600-h/IMG_35232.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_3523" border="0" alt="IMG_3523" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1vrJZ_JHI/AAAAAAAAAe0/EyrZH7P6ANw/IMG_3523_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1vswhc4CI/AAAAAAAAAe4/3kCPwoR8zZM/s1600-h/IMG_80902.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_8090" border="0" alt="IMG_8090" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1vuIauHmI/AAAAAAAAAe8/nh54fy6wJiI/IMG_8090_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1vv25FwrI/AAAAAAAAAfA/TwZLXtwnKnM/s1600-h/IMG_35392.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_3539" border="0" alt="IMG_3539" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1vxBeSHyI/AAAAAAAAAfE/BIKg5ydP8lw/IMG_3539_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a></p> <p> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1vzAFYIxI/AAAAAAAAAfI/gyg11dcZ5no/s1600-h/IMG_35352.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_3535" border="0" alt="IMG_3535" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1v0JQkYtI/AAAAAAAAAfM/FUtA1b3aI4w/IMG_3535_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1v1wtLbBI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/WyYSxfy5dCg/s1600-h/IMG_35412.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_3541" border="0" alt="IMG_3541" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1v3OrhRWI/AAAAAAAAAfU/y-jdWdQDJp0/IMG_3541_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1v30_CekI/AAAAAAAAAfY/Nc1YlIVcGJ8/s1600-h/IMG_35502.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_3550" border="0" alt="IMG_3550" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1v52x9F3I/AAAAAAAAAfc/dlJdfeoerCQ/IMG_3550_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1v7SlQy8I/AAAAAAAAAfg/kh4Oj6trhRw/s1600-h/IMG_81022.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_8102" border="0" alt="IMG_8102" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1v8LHm9II/AAAAAAAAAfk/rOW3G_xe3UU/IMG_8102_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a> </p> <p><em>This  is the train that brings passengers to KLIA’s satellite terminal building from the main terminal building.</em></p> <p><em><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1v-JjIyUI/AAAAAAAAAfo/zHGHYh1drUQ/s1600-h/IMG_35612.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_3561" border="0" alt="IMG_3561" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1v_WkKpCI/AAAAAAAAAfs/u1sKr7Kj1j4/IMG_3561_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a> </em></p> <p><em>Welcome to the Satellite Terminal Building.</em></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1wA5ti02I/AAAAAAAAAfw/1I3vRdU3pFA/s1600-h/IMG_81112.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_8111" border="0" alt="IMG_8111" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1wCmrtWBI/AAAAAAAAAf0/8IRuVU8HRMY/IMG_8111_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" height="244" /></a></p> <p><em>Lift in the Satellite Building. </em></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1wD2axIJI/AAAAAAAAAf4/8r-_gwufDQA/s1600-h/IMG_81122.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_8112" border="0" alt="IMG_8112" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1wE-G8V2I/AAAAAAAAAf8/Vfs-53hrpfI/IMG_8112_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1wIa8NUeI/AAAAAAAAAgA/QnkYhBtlo3E/s1600-h/IMG_35662.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_3566" border="0" alt="IMG_3566" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1wJ2dCQbI/AAAAAAAAAgE/7WSDQEyErVw/IMG_3566_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p><em>How i wish every airport has this kind of chair.</em></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1wL36zH9I/AAAAAAAAAgI/TV_bvN7oMBo/s1600-h/IMG_35672.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_3567" border="0" alt="IMG_3567" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1wNkncdkI/AAAAAAAAAgM/X1JMNg5CKqY/IMG_3567_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a> </p> <p><em>A mini tropical jungle in the middle of the Satellite Building.</em></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1wP6v4tOI/AAAAAAAAAgQ/ORIN6DldHLA/s1600-h/IMG_81182.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_8118" border="0" alt="IMG_8118" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1wR-14KII/AAAAAAAAAgU/T19uC9nxAWQ/IMG_8118_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1wTj4JQaI/AAAAAAAAAgY/Q0h2rfeIAzs/s1600-h/IMG_81252.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_8125" border="0" alt="IMG_8125" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1wVQcUDOI/AAAAAAAAAgc/ZEpjdznuD4M/IMG_8125_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a> </p> <p><em>Time for boarding the airplane.</em></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1wW7TKNKI/AAAAAAAAAgg/dTkZBEJ8H2g/s1600-h/IMG_81272.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_8127" border="0" alt="IMG_8127" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1wYKLx3DI/AAAAAAAAAgk/haD-NTEdCIA/IMG_8127_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1wZ7YYyyI/AAAAAAAAAgo/gIQ0zLQ7faI/s1600-h/IMG_81302.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_8130" border="0" alt="IMG_8130" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1wbAoDYlI/AAAAAAAAAgs/gWDojDcv1NI/IMG_8130_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a> </p> <p><em>In-flight infotainment navigator.</em></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1wdeJsW2I/AAAAAAAAAgw/HEZKJYmfxqI/s1600-h/IMG_81402.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_8140" border="0" alt="IMG_8140" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1weW32EvI/AAAAAAAAAg0/RQ0ZInBTrAA/IMG_8140_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1wga5WtQI/AAAAAAAAAg4/8GEhoURtItM/s1600-h/IMG_81422.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_8142" border="0" alt="IMG_8142" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1whQfLDeI/AAAAAAAAAg8/_mwazzmVeXM/IMG_8142_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1wi_3hMrI/AAAAAAAAAhA/0I_SCvyv--8/s1600-h/IMG_81462.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_8146" border="0" alt="IMG_8146" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1wj1XuzbI/AAAAAAAAAhE/-w-D69h3wDU/IMG_8146_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1wlP2QUAI/AAAAAAAAAhI/uxkXrd1mH40/s1600-h/IMG_81482.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_8148" border="0" alt="IMG_8148" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1wmFza2oI/AAAAAAAAAhM/GDhyV73COAY/IMG_8148_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1woaWvFeI/AAAAAAAAAhQ/q4l7jVK--LE/s1600-h/IMG_81552.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_8155" border="0" alt="IMG_8155" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1wqa9uRaI/AAAAAAAAAhU/lM2bnv_CrV0/IMG_8155_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1wsX756TI/AAAAAAAAAhY/2kWiC7hsmX4/s1600-h/IMG_81562.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_8156" border="0" alt="IMG_8156" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1wuZQGt8I/AAAAAAAAAhc/otUhuchFlSE/IMG_8156_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1wwgUY9GI/AAAAAAAAAhg/b2E8UrVyehY/s1600-h/IMG_81572.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_8157" border="0" alt="IMG_8157" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1wyQPk_EI/AAAAAAAAAhk/MzmiLR7_kWs/IMG_8157_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1w1NVS8zI/AAAAAAAAAho/XpRLBLvxJ6s/s1600-h/IMG_81582.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_8158" border="0" alt="IMG_8158" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1w2k1A3II/AAAAAAAAAhs/CSA_zk2BbeU/IMG_8158_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a> </p> <p><em>After 4 hours ++, finally reached TaoYuan International Airport.</em></p> <p><em><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1w4x7M_MI/AAAAAAAAAhw/ykD1dWt6IME/s1600-h/IMG_81592.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_8159" border="0" alt="IMG_8159" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1w6nTPn3I/AAAAAAAAAh0/7clIqt3Pt1s/IMG_8159_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a> </em></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1w8Md4BvI/AAAAAAAAAh4/riUVJ02wt7g/s1600-h/IMG_81632.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_8163" border="0" alt="IMG_8163" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1w934sStI/AAAAAAAAAh8/exfv6dZdtow/IMG_8163_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" height="244" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p><em>What a cute dog! Its duty is duty is to sniff passenger’s bags.</em></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1w_2p0EVI/AAAAAAAAAiA/TPg2uU5uYog/s1600-h/IMG_81642.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_8164" border="0" alt="IMG_8164" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1xBQytXQI/AAAAAAAAAiE/u7cdzI76zCg/IMG_8164_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1xDh-4yDI/AAAAAAAAAiI/HV_Uo9xh-Ow/s1600-h/IMG_35882.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_3588" border="0" alt="IMG_3588" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1xExs51XI/AAAAAAAAAiM/oBWXwMiBQDk/IMG_3588_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a> </p> <p><em>Bus to Taipei Central Rail Station. It took approximately an hour to reach the station. In Taiwan they call these buses 客运. 1 way from TaoYuan International airport to Taipei Main Station is TWD90 per person.</em></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1xHYEn5CI/AAAAAAAAAiQ/M-ovGOTjPR0/s1600-h/IMG_35772.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_3577" border="0" alt="IMG_3577" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1xIjQ3BUI/AAAAAAAAAiU/hiEOAWbg_P4/IMG_3577_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1xLBdiIcI/AAAAAAAAAiY/telYIaY9QUM/s1600-h/IMG_35782.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_3578" border="0" alt="IMG_3578" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1xMSjjNTI/AAAAAAAAAic/9s8ghxA2F1E/IMG_3578_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a> </p> <p>Taiwan’s famous 槟榔西施. </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1xOVkZXkI/AAAAAAAAAig/u91bfcoYeKM/s1600-h/IMG_35902.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_3590" border="0" alt="IMG_3590" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1xPydZH5I/AAAAAAAAAik/DX07wGLH4vo/IMG_3590_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1xSv-JSmI/AAAAAAAAAio/3szAih9Tpeo/s1600-h/IMG_35912.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_3591" border="0" alt="IMG_3591" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1xUMjwhGI/AAAAAAAAAis/nAJtvW7iack/IMG_3591_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p><em>Counter to buy ticket to HuaLian.</em></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1xV_6NGAI/AAAAAAAAAiw/bVuIYVfWlSQ/s1600-h/IMG_81742.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_8174" border="0" alt="IMG_8174" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1xXZKmLvI/AAAAAAAAAi0/bLSNIQLkhBo/IMG_8174_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a></p> <p><em>The ticket to Hualian Station from Taipei Main station is TWD 340 per person, it took us almost 3 hours to reach HuaLian….</em> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1xZXGSuZI/AAAAAAAAAi4/pe97w144mI8/s1600-h/IMG_81772.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_8177" border="0" alt="IMG_8177" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1xbRtNuWI/AAAAAAAAAi8/E5KjM49YZ9k/IMG_8177_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a></p> <p><em>欢迎光临~This is what they said when they greet each customer in every shops in Taiwan.</em>  </p> <p></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1xdFh82QI/AAAAAAAAAjA/kdb_hV1DdYs/s1600-h/IMG_35952.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_3595" border="0" alt="IMG_3595" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1xd7-iK0I/AAAAAAAAAjE/D-FURnRuMcw/IMG_3595_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1xfn7OiZI/AAAAAAAAAjI/U45U26i03bs/s1600-h/IMG_81812.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_8181" border="0" alt="IMG_8181" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1xgr963wI/AAAAAAAAAjM/F4KgkSGukcA/IMG_8181_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a></p> <p><em>Waiting the train to arrive at the platform.</em></p> <p> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1xjGeB3EI/AAAAAAAAAjQ/KLVrMxPsie4/s1600-h/IMG_35962.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_3596" border="0" alt="IMG_3596" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1xlpyFHAI/AAAAAAAAAjU/rquGVC1jLsM/IMG_3596_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p><em>In Taiwan they called the train 台铁. It’s like KTM in Malaysia but trust me, KTM is nowhere to compare with it.</em></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1xnJLYpzI/AAAAAAAAAjY/3LdccVSnkaU/s1600-h/IMG_81882.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_8188" border="0" alt="IMG_8188" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1xplFU3rI/AAAAAAAAAjc/5afCllzwxHs/IMG_8188_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a> </p> <p><em>HuaLian Station.</em></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1xro7V12I/AAAAAAAAAjg/RoKbDGK63Vs/s1600-h/IMG_35992.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_3599" border="0" alt="IMG_3599" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1xtKu1LEI/AAAAAAAAAjk/zxcB23LFgMU/IMG_3599_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a> </p> <p>If we wanted to take a shortcut to go to the opposite side of the HuaLian station, we could buy a ticket to get into the train station and walked to the opposite side.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1xu4krP9I/AAAAAAAAAjo/-U2HpNC-LzY/s1600-h/IMG_81902.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_8190" border="0" alt="IMG_8190" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1xwBInH_I/AAAAAAAAAjs/Q1_aKYpHscI/IMG_8190_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1xyyav6VI/AAAAAAAAAjw/Aj6EFYBfpmk/s1600-h/IMG_81912.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_8191" border="0" alt="IMG_8191" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1x0uiP-tI/AAAAAAAAAj0/wQtcYG5xP0k/IMG_8191_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1x24m5GxI/AAAAAAAAAj4/e1N5x1JqZvY/s1600-h/IMG_81922.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_8192" border="0" alt="IMG_8192" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1x4Vx6jZI/AAAAAAAAAj8/bEnj-wDBlxE/IMG_8192_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a></p> <p><em>The place we stay in HuaLian. It’s not hotel, more like hostel for backpackers. In Taiwan they called it 民宿.</em></p> <p>By the time we reach our hostel, it was already 2am ++ and the next morning we woke up at 8am. This was the open ceremony for the most tiring trip i’ve ever had in my life, yet it was fun.</p> BlogDeMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431126066343738277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734456162695113199.post-90110832491624698952010-07-26T19:16:00.001+08:002010-07-26T19:16:40.944+08:00Taiwan Trip Part I KCH-KL<p>I flew to Kuala Lumpur from my hometown Kuching, a day before flying to Taiwan from Kuala Lumpur.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1uRQIZGdI/AAAAAAAAAdo/ayhjJKFlozw/s1600-h/IMG_35032.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_3503" border="0" alt="IMG_3503" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1uSL-9QoI/AAAAAAAAAds/HL7ZzthOkgs/IMG_3503_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a> </p> <p>That is a ticket for Business Class. I never mean to buy Business Class ticket but i was forced to do that in the end because in the beginning i bought an economy class standby ticket and then there were no  more seats available for economy class two days before my flight to Taiwan. I did not want  to wait for seats for the following day’s flight and therefore i upgraded my ticket to business class and luckily, managed to secured a confirm ticket.</p> <p>For my whole life i never fly in Business Class before and therefore it was a whole new flying experience for me. The seats are better, the service is better, the food is better, the drink is better and the spoon, fork and plates are better as well.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1uTPsXgkI/AAAAAAAAAdw/UHgD9kyW5PI/s1600-h/IMG_35052.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_3505" border="0" alt="IMG_3505" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1uUHpco1I/AAAAAAAAAd0/1x_Gm7peBXk/IMG_3505_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a> </p> <p><em>Huge and comfortable seats</em></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1uV2ZeZdI/AAAAAAAAAd4/IjWgnyz2D3A/s1600-h/IMG_35082.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_3508" border="0" alt="IMG_3508" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1uXK4CMrI/AAAAAAAAAd8/_ahasGfEX1o/IMG_3508_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a> </p> <p><em>A glass of juice and a hot handkerchief was served before departure</em></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1uYoss6CI/AAAAAAAAAeA/YOPyuzT9hmA/s1600-h/IMG_35132.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_3513" border="0" alt="IMG_3513" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1uZgNNAvI/AAAAAAAAAeE/MTs-wxwEOQI/IMG_3513_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a> </p> <p><em>Nice meal</em></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1ubMHJlXI/AAAAAAAAAeI/bQZF_cumTQc/s1600-h/IMG_35142.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_3514" border="0" alt="IMG_3514" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1ucYPL52I/AAAAAAAAAeM/aly48vzVGcQ/IMG_3514_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1ueYT4XqI/AAAAAAAAAeQ/RWx412TRKJo/s1600-h/IMG_35152.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_3515" border="0" alt="IMG_3515" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1uf5GJd0I/AAAAAAAAAeU/wLiKd0NBQjE/IMG_3515_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1uh5lE40I/AAAAAAAAAeY/0-8J6ziO9Co/s1600-h/IMG_35162.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_3516" border="0" alt="IMG_3516" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1ujcyOANI/AAAAAAAAAec/O0swUmKo4Lo/IMG_3516_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1uk4YeFJI/AAAAAAAAAeg/Vqjw0WPJEoc/s1600-h/IMG_35172.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="IMG_3517" border="0" alt="IMG_3517" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_5GJTnb8XoGY/TE1ul9H2VgI/AAAAAAAAAek/GNBcUfRFVAM/IMG_3517_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a> </p> <p><em>A cup of coffee is then served after the meal</em></p> <p><em>For those who never tried Business Class or never tried MAS’s Business Class before, this may be a good reference for you. I believe flying in Business Class to oversea would have better service and food as the one i had is for domestic flight only.</em></p> BlogDeMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431126066343738277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734456162695113199.post-46039951178387326882010-07-11T01:08:00.001+08:002010-07-11T01:10:22.180+08:00Taiwan Trip Preview<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLeSFMav8f6RLMQhoR_0aB75C4X4EN-wHpQfUzw7QJOZft6bGFcOODr6ZiWWVLIgrcryx81_wYsQ25yS-gMY2mEQ-sKPd2p8M9UlQ5-UdDjCCsZwgq25QyJyiUaupadeFtX677M33Zn7J9/s1600/Taiwan+2010+Trip.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLeSFMav8f6RLMQhoR_0aB75C4X4EN-wHpQfUzw7QJOZft6bGFcOODr6ZiWWVLIgrcryx81_wYsQ25yS-gMY2mEQ-sKPd2p8M9UlQ5-UdDjCCsZwgq25QyJyiUaupadeFtX677M33Zn7J9/s400/Taiwan+2010+Trip.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492325774505175202" /></a>Taiwan Trip post is coming soon. Hopefully i have the will the write the post with a beginning and an end.BlogDeMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431126066343738277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734456162695113199.post-42774178482724936552010-05-18T12:48:00.006+08:002010-05-18T13:11:17.088+08:00GALLERY<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWDzqUQfnUL5t-JtBl2BCX4K3iAqt15B_E6v6Dso-Fba0CPcm-8a3DdyI6RLGl5srV5b02hfIOuGd_GbBJXaNP4nDJxDyqqKp6HpjBwRXkAYJ0_Qayp_PUhlpSSrMy4Q765x1CqMLnIham/s1600/IMG_7896.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWDzqUQfnUL5t-JtBl2BCX4K3iAqt15B_E6v6Dso-Fba0CPcm-8a3DdyI6RLGl5srV5b02hfIOuGd_GbBJXaNP4nDJxDyqqKp6HpjBwRXkAYJ0_Qayp_PUhlpSSrMy4Q765x1CqMLnIham/s400/IMG_7896.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472470198961570146" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i>redang island</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu4Qtl-eODckRRDHSnLQiMKV2dnGDSLcBPLV0Gg6EhaMwk_waCBVQ8TX9-0Gtx4QLcgPy9z1xeAA2CwAcY8yOIxpBzICxWesWrlJkGp5or6cUTjUk-_2wZ_3_wnq4Gho_Yj3stvFQ8qLHd/s1600/IMG_7800.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu4Qtl-eODckRRDHSnLQiMKV2dnGDSLcBPLV0Gg6EhaMwk_waCBVQ8TX9-0Gtx4QLcgPy9z1xeAA2CwAcY8yOIxpBzICxWesWrlJkGp5or6cUTjUk-_2wZ_3_wnq4Gho_Yj3stvFQ8qLHd/s400/IMG_7800.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472470190255150866" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i>redang island</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><a onblur="try 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center;"><i>htc's phone launching event</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja2vNlWctoCCiCDfiWnloUkLAOdxm10ox1rzA2diyl4RN5KIg80B3pk8KG_0Q_b9ii-hbJBc8S1LLBG3wB0JvTVMeXhBpGqp203M1SpCiUXAZHs-t41YrxxW1Mvc1x_HXs_AWaoWRIJl_C/s1600/IMG_3098.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja2vNlWctoCCiCDfiWnloUkLAOdxm10ox1rzA2diyl4RN5KIg80B3pk8KG_0Q_b9ii-hbJBc8S1LLBG3wB0JvTVMeXhBpGqp203M1SpCiUXAZHs-t41YrxxW1Mvc1x_HXs_AWaoWRIJl_C/s400/IMG_3098.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472468610973832210" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i>tanjung emas, muar</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) 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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2_V64e1lSMXQybWRFpQXH9scbwYK4rq8AKfV9sESFwMKwMLMAfwrO6-Fjbd7oHWIrvKR1quP7dvZ7EhFCfMC1c1jySgOPUpTROSaS1j7M13dHa-FoGTXCOQbzevNhmFdX2I7eDv74MWBz/s1600/IMG_2817.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2_V64e1lSMXQybWRFpQXH9scbwYK4rq8AKfV9sESFwMKwMLMAfwrO6-Fjbd7oHWIrvKR1quP7dvZ7EhFCfMC1c1jySgOPUpTROSaS1j7M13dHa-FoGTXCOQbzevNhmFdX2I7eDv74MWBz/s400/IMG_2817.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472468258335082786" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i>inti ex-roomate's 'fortune lamp'</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" 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center;"><i>kuching</i></div></div></div>BlogDeMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431126066343738277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734456162695113199.post-11913772641182754152010-02-09T18:14:00.000+08:002010-02-09T18:15:19.415+08:00【亚洲周刊】 马华精英加速流向全球异乡绽放异彩<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">马来西亚最近短短十八个月内,就有逾三十万人移居国外,而这还不包括在新加坡工作的庞大马国人群体。大马独立五十几年来,估计超过一百万人才外流。政策的不公平丶发展空间的窒碍,以及近年的政治风波,加速以华人为主的马国人才外移。从潘健成丶谢清海丶云惟彬,到蔡明亮丶杨紫琼丶梁静茹丶戴佩妮,具多元文化优势的马华精英,在全球的异乡大放异彩。</span><span class="fullpost" style="display: inline; "><br /><br />林友顺丶萧伟基<br /><br />从噗浪(Plurk)创办人云惟彬到创作女歌手戴佩妮,从为英国王室成员设计鞋子的周仰杰到率先研发随身碟的潘健成,从香港缴税最高的基金经理谢清海到国际名导演蔡明亮,他们都有一个共同身份——旅居海外的马来西亚人。多年来,马国背景的各领域精英遍布世界各地,他们为了追求更大的发展空间丶更美好的将来,於是在海外打拚,背後的其中一项重要原因,是马国政策的缺失,留不住人才,导致马国独立五十几年来,已有逾百万的人才流失。<br /><br />苏小湄是一名小学教师,年约三十岁的她最近冒起移民海外的念头,且越来越强烈。她多次对朋友说:「我若有经济能力,我一定会移民。」澳洲是她首选的移民国家。苏小湄很羡慕她多名同学多年前到海外留学後就成为当地的移民,她们之中五人在澳洲,英国丶香港及中国大陆各有一人。事实上苏小湄不是唯一具有移民海外念头的人,不少人与她一样由於各种原因无法移民。与许多人一样,苏小湄欲移民的理由很简单,因她对马来西亚当前出现的情况很有意见,这种情况并未因零八年在野党强大後有所改善,这让她失落丶失望丶沮丧。<br /><br />就如许多发展中国家那样,每一年马国许多专才因各种原因流向国外。从一九五七年独立至今共有多少国民移民海外,政府从来没有公布,不过外交部副部长柯希兰日前在国会回答议员的询问时露出端倪。他指出,从零八年三月至零九年八月短短十八个月内,就有逾三十万名马国人移居海外,不过,这个数目只是在海外工作及有向马国驻当地大使馆登记的马国人。而在这两年里,也有五千八百国民放弃马国国籍,成为外国公民。柯希兰也透露,在零九年首九个月内,就有高达二十一万人移居海外,这其中,约一半是专业人士。此外,另有五万名马国人在海外留学。<br /><br />柯希兰公布的资料让马国人对人口只有二千八百万的马国人才流失的速度与比率感到震惊。资深在野党领袖林吉祥相信,马国自五七年独立至今,估计有一百万人才流失。首相署部长纳兹里在零七年对国会说,马国建国五十年里,估计一百万至二百万人才外流,他指这些人是「向钱看」而移民,一旦赚够钱後,他们就会返国。执政党国阵总协调蔡细历则估计,目前在外国工作的马国技术和专业人才达九十万人;他认为这是一个非常庞大的数目,其主因在於一九七零年开始推行的扶持马来人的新经济政策和行政偏差。<br /><br />学者普遍认为,外流人才华人为多。前人力资源部长冯镇安日前透露,政府成功吸引回国的数百名人才,八成是华人。而从人口学的资料来看,华人移居海外的人数庞大,对目前只有六百多万的华人人口而言也是很高的比例。华社研究中心主任文平强在《马来西亚华人人口比例下降:事实与回应》的论文中指出,从五七年独立至九一年,华人人口的自然增长是三百三十八万人,不过在同时期华人的净迁移率是一百一十万人。他也指出,华人在上世纪八十年代移民情况严重,在那个年代,增长的华人人口就有一半(三十九万人)离开马国。他说,若华人没有移民海外,华人人口应可保留在总人口的三分一。目前华人占总人口约百分之二十五。<br /><br />早期华人是从中国移民而来,不过在一九五七年马国独立後,政府关闭移民大门,中国人再也不能移民马国,华人人口基本上是依赖自然增长。从独立至今,华人移民大潮基本分三个时期,七十年代因种族冲突丶政府推行扶持马来人的新经济政策,这导致许多不满不公平政策者决定移民海外,其中许多人是为了孩子的教育。在当时,政府对国立大学的录取采取配额制,五成五大学学额必须保留给土着,这使到许多华人子弟无法进入大学,而在外国,尤其是澳洲,永久居民的孩子可以享用免费教育,因而吸引许多家境不错的家庭移民,确保孩子得以享有接受高深教育的机会。<br /><br />八十年代马国经历严重的经济萧条,马国的主要经济命脉之一的锡矿场也因国际锡价暴跌而纷纷倒闭,许多华裔子弟冒险远走他乡,日台丶英美及纽澳等先进经济体成为华裔子弟淘金的天堂,在当地非法工作以赚钱养家。<br /><br />九十年代马国经济起飞,政府也实行经济与教育开放政策,在海外非法工作的华裔子弟纷纷回返;私立学院的设立也使华裔子弟拥有更多深造的机会,华人移民的情况明显的缓和。许多在当时移民海外者是因在海外留学後留下工作。<br /><br /><b>掌握多语成为优势</b><br /><br />零一年至零九年马国进入政治不稳定期,前首相马哈迪零三年退位後,人们一度寄望接任者阿都拉能为马国带来希望,不过,缺乏魄力的阿都拉不仅不能为马国经济带领另一次的起飞,他也因无法压制执政党巫统党内右派势力的抬头而使种族主义言论大行其道,伤害许多人民的心。地球村的出现加上中国及越南等国家的崛起令许多外资把资金从马国撤离,海外充满就业机会,国界不再是人们远行的障碍。<br /><br />雪兰莪及吉隆坡中华大会堂会长陈友信表示,马国移民在近年来有增加的趋势,这主要是国内的推力及国际的引力加大使然。他指出,由於国内政治不稳定丶经济发展缓慢,加上中国的崛起,许多跨国公司需要懂得英语及华语的人才派驻中国,这使到同时掌握多种语文的马国华人成为跨国公司吸收的目标,促使许多华人流往海外。<br /><br />也是私立英迪大学理事会主席的陈友信表示,在零八年三月大选在野党打破执政党垄断地位後曾让人们对这个国家充满希望,许多有意移民的人也搁置移民计划,可是经过一年的演变,人们对朝野政党的表现感到失望,也对两线制(两党制)的形成不抱乐观,人们再次以双脚表达不满,离开这个国家。他认为人才流动在全球化时代是一种趋势,没有人可以阻挡。<br /><br />执政党国阵青年团幕僚长符策勤指出,人们移民很多时候是出於无奈;他说,过去两年来马国政治没有太大改变丶经济没有改善丶外资萎缩一半,导致人们出走。他表示,政府必须有所行动,阻止人才的大量流失,否则国家将面对灾难,变成一个落後的国家。他认为,政府应该整顿行政体系,推行公平及透明的政策。他也批评当前行政体系的不足是因干训局(灌输公务员爱国思想的机构)长期灌输种族思维所致,以致政府欲推行开放政策时面对诸多行政阻扰。<br /><br />代表官方思维的外交部副部长柯希兰认为,马国人移民海外的原因主要是教育丶就业及结婚。相对於新加坡丶港台及欧美等国,马国的劳力市场薪酬远远不如人。由於汇率的差异,马国人在新加坡工作,其收入相等於在国内的二倍至五倍之间。不过,学者普遍认为,收入不是人们移民所考虑的一切,工作环境丶前途丶成就感也是移民们的考量。政策研究中心主任林德宜表示,薪酬是马国人移民的其中一个因素,其他因素包括孩子的教育及前景丶国家社会与经济政策及对行政体系,如警方及司法信心不足。成绩卓越的陈彩玲在马国从事研究工作十年後决定离开家乡,到新加坡从事研究工作,因她认为,「在马来西亚,我感到窒息」。她指出,现在的研究团队,六成的成员是马国人。<br /><br /><b>澳洲是移民首选地</b><br /><br />根据柯希兰向国会提供的资料,在零八年至零九年间,澳洲是马国人移居的首选地,高达二十七万人,而移居美国也有三万一千人,台湾是马国人移居第三多的地区,共有约一万四千人。政府显然没有把在邻国新加坡工作及定居的马国人视为移民,若这个数目统计在内,其人数会更大。在野党行动党主席卡巴星数年前到新加坡接受治疗时,前往新加坡医院探访他的行动党顾问林吉祥发现,为他提供治疗的医生大部分是马国人。槟城首席部长兼行动党秘书长林冠英则指出,他在零九年到新加坡招商时惊讶发现,在新加坡政府医院工作的专科医生,四成是马国人。<br /><br />另外,根据香港入境处数字,去年十二月,有一万四千三百九十五名马国人居住在香港。已在香港发展的马国背景精英,包括企业家郭鹤年丶「打工皇帝」惠理基金创办人谢清海丶前卫生福利局长杨永强丶大律师清洪丶演艺经纪人陈自强丶舞蹈家王荣禄丶男高音柯大卫丶教授林幸谦丶「反高铁」等社运组织者之一科大助理教授陈允中等。<br /><br />赖安洲是台湾成功大学毕业的马国侨生,在成大考获硕士学位後,於美国普渡大学攻读电脑工程博士,学成後在英特尔工作了三年,零五年到香港科技大学任教,零八年离开教职转战金融业,目前是万福投资管理有限公司的市场推广董事。他表示,本身比较锺情於中华文化,加上中国的崛起,所以很早就有到中国人地方发展的念头。<br /><br />赖安洲也曾想过回马发展,但他坦承「不欣赏大马的不公平」,且没有从事学术研究的空间,所以虽然父母在大马,但他还是选择到其他地方发展,「父母也不希望我浪费生命」,而选择香港的其中一个原因正是「离家较近」。<br /><br />但值得一提的是,马国外流人才绝大部分仍保留马国国籍(只成为外国永久居民,不是公民),尽管他们当中有许多人配偶是外国籍,子女也在外国出生,但会尽量为其子女也保留马国籍。这当中家庭因素很重要,因父母及兄弟姐妹等仍在马国,所以他们认为「根」仍在马国。<br /><br />马国人才外移原因,除了外国收入较高丶留学生已习惯外国生活丶配合外籍配偶之外,也和某些领域在马国发挥空间较小有关,例如讲求创作自由的电影,出生马国的台湾导演蔡明亮,零七年第一次在马国拍的电影《黑眼圈》,就因为被指呈现过多马国的丑陋一面而被禁。另外,在中文文学及中文音乐领域,在马国都被排除於主流之外,且市场不大,台湾於是成了马国中文创作及音乐人才的发展重镇。<br /><br />行政偏差及不公平政策也许是过去人们移民的主要原因,而治安败坏丶希望享有更大的个人自由似乎成为当前人们流向国外的原因。在马国大学马来亚大学毕业的锺慧娟表示,她在数年前在新加坡当文员时曾获马国教育部录取为教师,可是其马六甲家人要她留在新加坡工作,不要她回来,理由是马国治安不好。现年二十八岁的郑凯玲拥有人力资源硕士学位,她最近决定移民澳洲,理由非常简单,因她认为澳洲的犯罪率较低,夜间行走不用担心意外发生。政府明显了解治安对国家经济及社会产生的冲击,警方最近也积极展开防范罪案行动,在市区里的社区设立警亭丶社区主要公路设立检查站,以求在一年内把国内的犯罪率降低两成。<br /><br /><b>马来裔中产阶级也移民</b><br /><br />激进宗教思维的抬头也让人们对马国社会是否会趋向保守感到忧虑。在为移民与否而挣扎的女工程师纳达莎指出,她越来越感到行动不自由,她不能自由地与异性上街,因这将引起人们的负面看法。这种行动不自在感对曾在海外留学的马来知识分子尤其强烈,并导致他们移民。海鸥集团董事经理陈凯希指出,目前不仅是华人移民,马来人移民也有增加的趋势。前人力资源部长冯镇安就表示,过往移民海外的人才是华人,现在马来人也越来越多。他指出,仅仅在英国就有约二千名马来人才,他们大部分在资讯科技丶金融及医疗领域。公司设在吉隆坡的移民顾问罗伯特透露,近年来前来该公司询问移民澳洲情况的马来中产阶级明显的增加。他说:「这都是受高等教育的马来人,他们把马国与外国对比,他们对马国的行政体系感到沮丧。」拥有三十年处理移民申请经验的罗伯特表示,马来人移民海外在五年前是罕见的,不过现在是越来越多。他认为,马来人移民除了是国内因素造成,也因全球化所带来的国际人力市场大流动所致。他指出,现在的年轻人所追逐的是有更多机会的地方,他们不想在一个无望及停滞不前的社会呆一辈子。<br /><br />在人才严重流失之际,马国却收容了逾百万名低技能外劳。前任首相马哈迪讽刺说,马国喜欢把一些「无脑」的人引进来,却把一些「有脑」的人送出去。政府非常清楚人才流失的严重性,二千年时任首相马哈迪雄心勃勃订下二零二零年打造马国为先进国目标时,宣布一系列配套以求吸引在海外的马国人才回流,政府希望该计划能每年吸引五千名专才回返,以解决马国人才不足的问题。不过,执政成员党马华公会署理总会长蔡细历指该计划彻底失败;他指出,至二零零七年,申请返国服务的专才约千人,当局只批准约六百人的申请,而最後回返者只有约四百人。他认为此计划失败的原因在於行政体系繁文缛节及没有就业保障。<br /><br />事实上,许多「自我流放」在海外的马国专才都有意返国服务,只是行政偏差丶移民政策保守及官员僵硬的思维导致这些人返国无门。在海外居住丶从事医学研究工作近二十年的陈毅一直想回家,无奈他所从事的高端医学研究在马国还没有这种需求,也没有这种设备。为了回返家乡陪伴年迈的妈妈,拥有博士学历的他在二千年马国推行招收海外专才回国计划时,决定放弃在美国费城大学高薪研究员工作,降低自己的要求,申请到马国国立大学偏远的吉兰丹分院当一名讲师,可是当局却以他持有的「印度大学文凭并不受政府承认」为由拒绝录取,让他感到不可思议及百般无奈。在申请失败後,他转向较靠近家乡的新加坡国立大学申请研究员的工作,他的印度大学文凭并没有成为任何障碍,他毫不考虑地举家搬到新加坡工作与居住,使他有更多机会与居住在吉隆坡的年迈妈妈相聚。<br /><br />陈毅只是马国逾百万移居海外的专才之一,他的情况也是许多马国海外移民的遭遇,文凭不受承认丶返国不受欢迎丶回来後无法发挥,因此只好无奈的继续离乡背井,为其他国家作出贡献。家,对他们来说是那麽近,可也是那麽遥远;他们一心想为国家作出贡献,可是国家似乎并不欢迎他们回来,结果得益的是那些对他们张开双手丶给予一切便利丶懂得惜才的国家。<br /><br />在全球化的年代,世界各地都在争夺人才,但马国在这场人才争夺战中,却背道而驰,不仅无法吸引外国人才,连本国人才都无法留住,如何矫正这长期以来的不当政策,留住人才贡献所长,考验政府的智慧。■<br /><br />二十四卷 七期 (2010-02-14)</span></span>BlogDeMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431126066343738277noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734456162695113199.post-30747502298167667252009-12-15T23:08:00.001+08:002009-12-15T23:09:08.113+08:00石油的诅咒<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(49, 54, 95); line-height: 25px; ">东姑拉沙里说, 他宁可大马没有生产石油.<br />这不是风凉话, 而是沉痛的陈述.<br />我多少可以了解姑里的话中隐喻.<br />石油是老天爷赐给一个国家的额外财富, 属于天降之福; 然而, 就如同老子所说: "福兮, 祸之所伏" ------福, 可以是祸之根源.<br />正如一个有福气的孩子, 含着银匙出身富贵之家, 没有温饱之忧; 别人喝清汤, 他喝血燕窝, 别人挨快熟面, 他吃菲力牛排; 人生之路, 已经铺好地毡, 等着他平步青云.<br />其实, 这是福气, 不是坏事 ----- 如果能够善用加利用的话.<br />至少, 喝喝燕窝, 吃牛排长大, 身强体壮, 耳清目明, 读起书来, 记忆不褪, 打起架来, 虎虎生威.<br />但是, 如果被财富蒙蔽了双眼, 破坏了大脑; 用财富来满足吃喝玩乐的欲望, 不知人间疾苦, 若千年后, 财富散去, 成了败家子一名, 穷途末路, 悔不当初.<br />此时, 宁可出身平凡, 踏踏实实做人.<br />石油, 也是老天爷的恩赐. 如果好好利用, 乖乖不得了; 如果美国当年地底没有蕴藏量丰富的石油, 也不会迅速崛起成为超级强国.<br />问题是, 石油之于大马, 犹如财富之于二世祖.<br />这方面, 姑里清楚不过, 他是国家石油公司( Petronas ) 的创始人之一, 35年前, 亲手规划国油的管理, 以及石油资源的应用.<br />他说, 按照原本的计划, 石油的开采有所节制, 确保能够长远持续; 而石油收入是用来发展教育, 推行现代化, 协助我国晋身高产能, 高收入的国家.<br /><span style="word-wrap: break-word; line-height: normal; color:Red;">不过, 当石油的管理大权落入当权者手中, 一切走了样, 大量开采, 任意挥霍.</span><br /><span style="word-wrap: break-word; line-height: normal; color:Red;">政治人物用石油钱来兴建双峰峰塔, 以及各种华而不实的大型计划, 并且用来挽救失败的公司, 购买昂贵武器; 一部分也进入权贵在海外的银行户头.</span><br />石油资源成为某些人的工具, 加剧了独裁统治, 破坏宪政民主, 也腐化了政府和工商界的菁精.<br />石油财富被滥用, 如同吸毒者滥用毒品, 用来刺激亢奋,不息和满足不道德的欲望.<br />石油加速了大马的沉沦.<br /><span style="word-wrap: break-word; line-height: normal; color:Red;">60年代, 大马还不是石油生产国, 我们的社会经济水平, 在亚洲是首屈一指.</span><br /><span style="word-wrap: break-word; line-height: normal; color:Red;">70年代发了石油财, 大马开始走下坡; 而没有石油的新加坡, 香港, 台湾, 和韩国等, 却向上提升, 依靠公平廉洁的制度, 开创竞争生产力, 进入现代化的行列.</span><br />换个角度, 大马石油的黄金时期快结束了. 如今, 石油收入少了一半; 再过两年, 就是石油净入口国.<br />或许, 着可以敲醒一些人的脑袋, 从新振作.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:#31365F;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 25px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:#31365F;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 25px;">original url: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: normal; "><a href="http://cforum2.cari.com.my/viewthread.php?tid=1813662&extra=page%3D1">http://cforum2.cari.com.my/viewthread.php?tid=1813662&extra=page%3D1</a></span></span></span></div>BlogDeMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431126066343738277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734456162695113199.post-8940907561514296922009-11-18T22:27:00.003+08:002009-11-18T22:48:42.152+08:00Update!<div style="text-align: justify;">So long I did not update on my current status. I've finish my 6th semester in Diploma last month and currently having my 2 months holiday. However, I've started doing my voluntary internship at one company in Subang for 8 weeks. Currently I am in the 2nd week of the internship. Not having holidays, not having college life but having working life right now.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If everything goes as plan, I will only go back Kuching on Chinese New Year, which is around February next year and ya I can't wait to go back to eat kolo mee, beef noodle and sarawak laksa. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I have something to share here:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Facebook</i> is really a powerful social networking site. It helped me to get in touch with some of my old friends whom I have not seen them for 7 to 8 years. I was so happy when I got to see how much they've changed or have not change. I was also very happy that I can once again keep in touch with them, especially when I finally found a person that I have been searching for 7 years.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">One more thing about Facebook, recently through Facebook i found out that one of my ex-schoolmate or my senior, a lady, fall sick due to leukemia. I was surprised and upset when i see the notes posted in Facebook because from what i remember she is a very nice, friendly and outgoing lady and like what my friend said, good person should not be punished, only bad person should be. I am a Christian so I believe there's always a God's intention or God's reason behind every unfortunate events, which is yet to be known. She is undergoing treatment and I really <i>wish her good luck and speed recovery</i>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Sorry for not posting any photos in this post. I know some of you (including me) do not like to read a post with uncountable words but this is a special post, so photos are excluded. </i></div>BlogDeMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431126066343738277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734456162695113199.post-81466403613646239382009-11-18T22:14:00.002+08:002009-11-18T22:26:31.964+08:00If u wan to visit Melaka<div style="text-align: center;">You must:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGguaxoiwZnKexQFhlHRZO-N2NIDIiR4PcxWgfXogNbjQBTyfXuz_5VCc1xzn5O4ZDvm6vC01s3uDkvrjPVp7n2_q56a9sxZGCSQS6SaY0eIoJKZlPmBgNYamQunO79T4g5kxOsB8fFxMM/s400/IMG_2369.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405447020462695906" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">1. Go with a bunch of friends or families.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6o7WuMSrX8P-uqJyTbY2OL5zZHlZEF1mpqU5OItQVgYhhRCjj6GrxHCkECKDEiRUU-7oT7FtessZ-vonij67b2IT1z-hPnkAgKXVipwlwzOoEiZWcTJiTJySzAUNBCISyL4jamJokHdZo/s400/IMG_2348.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405447025164535938" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">2. Eat Chicken Rice Ball.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg73loKGSpCMJ7EXMKjpu48HRDnveQM1DgPN8OpPfznM_-znXKWpSZiwjlZNyLLhH6vy3sQqW6w9Q_pQdtYbdyV1uZOd6JQw8W89udgPS2CQBf1Sgn5Z_FNmOESGgNTxh8wVbXWufLLyJdh/s400/IMG_2489.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405447036723312994" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">3. Visit Kota A'Famosa.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh7UD8j1p_vfF3fHr3_F94xQAi-Nfu4Dzhgfh85-Qjei-53LaRCuK2iWXCBO8yGK7N0W3uG0q8D6XlUcvtbTBYfq8dFE4ISi2a1NxbjMuujbYPAoeN4vybaL3q8PsYV72WmplZRePDo0VZ/s400/IMG_2528.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405447041741169794" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">4. Have a walk at Jonker Street during weekend.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXsce1iDKs504O7tDclxguKTmJq8CoakrDeZX3BOHGDAMjqp9b9Xytz6NAwA4LZRS7-9ydTrrJrt7Q1vuYDWhYMDxrg-qnlWTg5S5HaAIy-f7gePOX1KOHFP_5CA-1KfAvMvawKQnySSpX/s1600/IMG_2792.JPG"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSSsTFHlEvEr7wbfK8JoQLlNrclvd9LEvfbwVbRfOsuU76N5jQugO6Y1v2QxiJvX8VZBgGZGXFb4Nnl-NrZIieCsXCC0ZNw59w58mJJRx9QA1Sux9TArgRYXYmUQDtvRjtoMwWTRklIM46/s1600/IMG_2729.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSSsTFHlEvEr7wbfK8JoQLlNrclvd9LEvfbwVbRfOsuU76N5jQugO6Y1v2QxiJvX8VZBgGZGXFb4Nnl-NrZIieCsXCC0ZNw59w58mJJRx9QA1Sux9TArgRYXYmUQDtvRjtoMwWTRklIM46/s400/IMG_2729.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405447292856875122" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a>5. Try the taiwanese beef noodle.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqaJJOzaGyMQWxyLsIMWe9qAuM88D3_6_em5UHPszxyxGbrNpPIbXo24Mu4h36JhTE_gWm11OVunp_zGqBkbQYZ3Ey6lQ9mJR6F-T2-iwjGP9Sl5kMeR20zgGHAwrEorBFeJaBeZs4ezSu/s1600/IMG_2676.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqaJJOzaGyMQWxyLsIMWe9qAuM88D3_6_em5UHPszxyxGbrNpPIbXo24Mu4h36JhTE_gWm11OVunp_zGqBkbQYZ3Ey6lQ9mJR6F-T2-iwjGP9Sl5kMeR20zgGHAwrEorBFeJaBeZs4ezSu/s400/IMG_2676.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405447292059244258" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a>6. Take a ride on Eye On Malaysia.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2zxKk5SOhwG791D9f-JCIZCGX_ESFkmGImHlM-hDouaTr7VsXSKjVINOBDF9R3wMbuHm0WCxi0gCtIkoZIZdwB7cdGKUug_CYg3IGpTH1Fg9wHE_-I3VZQrNKQRyngNV4SJYp1QMFjuHM/s1600/IMG_2670.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2zxKk5SOhwG791D9f-JCIZCGX_ESFkmGImHlM-hDouaTr7VsXSKjVINOBDF9R3wMbuHm0WCxi0gCtIkoZIZdwB7cdGKUug_CYg3IGpTH1Fg9wHE_-I3VZQrNKQRyngNV4SJYp1QMFjuHM/s400/IMG_2670.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405447287620350306" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a>7. Enjoy Satay Chu-Lut.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJlqyxQDkKOpZcfOAFy-ydzT7EiAdxENVCazuPGu1Zde6y7qw8JiLZHnX-TQ4LXMnGPftcIcWWtLLX-BwIk1rmXQlZiu1xDRUmox82M6VyysP9jv-MbFGBJcqZWVaaNvbkNec560Tb6m0U/s1600/IMG_2614.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJlqyxQDkKOpZcfOAFy-ydzT7EiAdxENVCazuPGu1Zde6y7qw8JiLZHnX-TQ4LXMnGPftcIcWWtLLX-BwIk1rmXQlZiu1xDRUmox82M6VyysP9jv-MbFGBJcqZWVaaNvbkNec560Tb6m0U/s400/IMG_2614.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405447280516418930" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a>8. Visit St Paul Church.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfMQtgzawlXHDmzPkwKD2tWPc6msJTa2lupIA120DDB8bFjVbmNCeCoHALVPTt4_xGriDV3zWa3-YCe0-oRnp8Dpifvo7WnjV6HNlpI91Q0854Ez0rYE37DfwBnDM4fy06IcJGzmSGURe6/s1600/IMG_2567.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfMQtgzawlXHDmzPkwKD2tWPc6msJTa2lupIA120DDB8bFjVbmNCeCoHALVPTt4_xGriDV3zWa3-YCe0-oRnp8Dpifvo7WnjV6HNlpI91Q0854Ez0rYE37DfwBnDM4fy06IcJGzmSGURe6/s400/IMG_2567.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405447050198735010" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">9. Have Nyonya Food.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXsce1iDKs504O7tDclxguKTmJq8CoakrDeZX3BOHGDAMjqp9b9Xytz6NAwA4LZRS7-9ydTrrJrt7Q1vuYDWhYMDxrg-qnlWTg5S5HaAIy-f7gePOX1KOHFP_5CA-1KfAvMvawKQnySSpX/s400/IMG_2792.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405447299395372450" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">10. Play paintball at A'Famosa resort.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Melaka is a nice place to visit and there's more activities you can do there besides the above mentioned. Cuti-cuti Malaysia~!</div>BlogDeMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431126066343738277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734456162695113199.post-1830867750823567382009-09-29T21:19:00.004+08:002009-09-29T21:56:41.574+08:00Upcoming Perodua MPV<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeCRWHXwwst87Nw-yGq8w8Eq27FE_7dgG4aTKQnaQAhRYa4VGL2aTfIIFDGS1_uS3FMT0rUctVGXoRuUV-8Osf-rZvgoDi6BiFC2RIsqGyiIshIajU081NANMb0zXSoWD5dk_Y0SrfzoB_/s1600-h/DSC00109.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeCRWHXwwst87Nw-yGq8w8Eq27FE_7dgG4aTKQnaQAhRYa4VGL2aTfIIFDGS1_uS3FMT0rUctVGXoRuUV-8Osf-rZvgoDi6BiFC2RIsqGyiIshIajU081NANMb0zXSoWD5dk_Y0SrfzoB_/s400/DSC00109.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386879425165538274" border="0" /></a><br />What's the best selling MPV currently in Malaysia market? Nissan Livina, Proton Exora, and probably also the soon-to-be-retire Toyota Avanza. After a few months, I assume all of these will have to make their ways for the up coming Perodua MPV.<br /><br />It is scheduled launch at Quarter4, 2009. The name of this MPV is yet to be confirmed but it is base on Toyota/Daihatsu model called Passo Sette.<br /><br />I manage to find some leaked photo from the internet and would like show it to all of you.<br />Basically what Perodua has done are some cosmetic changes on the exterior and the interior to the original Toyota's/Daihatsu's, which they had done to all their models: Kancil to Myvi to Nautica and etc.<br /><br />Compare to the original version, the exterior of the Perodua's version is more agressive and less 'Nippon style' which suits Malaysian taste generally. The headlamp is sharp and has similarity to the new Hyundai Genesis Coupe's. From what the photos show, I believe the High Spec model has projector lamp for their headlamp.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRaUgQ147OdKyAn0SSgSa7jNagAFyh-MRuQZxCSMOS5y3ZKIXP3BfJ5a6OXIJQuPMnodDXwDljpXKBGc88uWyRJ5Fa3YvPN_m7vv1YpcMc6hVM_bZrDQvpwhvwl3UXsZmqeKUDFaNlz-ce/s1600-h/DSC00108.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRaUgQ147OdKyAn0SSgSa7jNagAFyh-MRuQZxCSMOS5y3ZKIXP3BfJ5a6OXIJQuPMnodDXwDljpXKBGc88uWyRJ5Fa3YvPN_m7vv1YpcMc6hVM_bZrDQvpwhvwl3UXsZmqeKUDFaNlz-ce/s400/DSC00108.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386879415819849714" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR5gfhipWLTEGfxTdIlny0Za6vwQJ1LZ2hXcaxhpX31BybtEnHqIJnMd9Cq3kbopgxsohQ8XiNPDJLoNBXydkNQcW2j_0elJi8oNK3E3M00eMSOsHPofI40tZ5SCSpQZ0l4-dlsXzfKDk2/s1600-h/DSC00110.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR5gfhipWLTEGfxTdIlny0Za6vwQJ1LZ2hXcaxhpX31BybtEnHqIJnMd9Cq3kbopgxsohQ8XiNPDJLoNBXydkNQcW2j_0elJi8oNK3E3M00eMSOsHPofI40tZ5SCSpQZ0l4-dlsXzfKDk2/s400/DSC00110.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386880203011474802" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjyR2OsYm6YmRfdN4CG-QV4ar6FzYHL0rUIi2SQ-I8Ru-neCmmFcH18RPNv2KKZPc_JxIdN8nbHCsjugfzoMqNpN93FZ3bhxmlQ99YPzfpLB68nQYAgX-mOIdOP1NJ5prvJT6M5qOqkF3f/s1600-h/DSC00111.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjyR2OsYm6YmRfdN4CG-QV4ar6FzYHL0rUIi2SQ-I8Ru-neCmmFcH18RPNv2KKZPc_JxIdN8nbHCsjugfzoMqNpN93FZ3bhxmlQ99YPzfpLB68nQYAgX-mOIdOP1NJ5prvJT6M5qOqkF3f/s400/DSC00111.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386880208074362706" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3KaChWQaTK81nNISNAPFe5KFlP7xRMJXg1kAIg3rxswfpNRUyoy3KwVGP-Q8AKXJLQtN9OnMFy20qeVYv6X2T0C1rLY15BHyQsUBhVYZkwzDB6JiJJSshestiJNBgo7FrB0lsOIrSupgF/s1600-h/DSC00112.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3KaChWQaTK81nNISNAPFe5KFlP7xRMJXg1kAIg3rxswfpNRUyoy3KwVGP-Q8AKXJLQtN9OnMFy20qeVYv6X2T0C1rLY15BHyQsUBhVYZkwzDB6JiJJSshestiJNBgo7FrB0lsOIrSupgF/s400/DSC00112.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386880214289858002" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCxqkEzXcVG5_Xaq8u9Ui8AFAcOCCMyOp9ISvfnr0DjZK9SGLmuYg56NBFdaFelSmL_w9vDJHdvo5PQVJO5RkUVDcBAtF4dKtyBE0o3UgTypAv2zcsNWQ4pg8bK7nifwLinrIYYS9pMbqp/s1600-h/DSC00114.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCxqkEzXcVG5_Xaq8u9Ui8AFAcOCCMyOp9ISvfnr0DjZK9SGLmuYg56NBFdaFelSmL_w9vDJHdvo5PQVJO5RkUVDcBAtF4dKtyBE0o3UgTypAv2zcsNWQ4pg8bK7nifwLinrIYYS9pMbqp/s400/DSC00114.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386880220840395250" border="0" /></a><br />The interior, on the other hand, well.....cheap looking and....still....cheap looking compare to the original one (but frankly speaking, the original 1 also not that expensive looking). Perodua even replace the gate shif gear to ordinary one.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9gEBxuD3SkVDgH8pXWrA5AM_a31hGLBderlkDLOcNv3u4RrbFMh4RYTZh9daRk4PufmMYAx5gd7gW-mrG9ri9jm3PrO1u13Bf9Dyz5_XLpJMdDWtGwHEV7uop17nIipW1S0N9zgxh9g3B/s1600-h/Image008.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9gEBxuD3SkVDgH8pXWrA5AM_a31hGLBderlkDLOcNv3u4RrbFMh4RYTZh9daRk4PufmMYAx5gd7gW-mrG9ri9jm3PrO1u13Bf9Dyz5_XLpJMdDWtGwHEV7uop17nIipW1S0N9zgxh9g3B/s400/Image008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386880928042621938" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9n2OvOBbSbIQG9diA_DtCVof_EnhNi6mOk-ToX2A5bfhdTy8QKCRZzu0yXXn36nQIsyeDzTSQ7BifTjCByWIVkxYaRDPQIcSaghiAhoL8doumJ6SVxDmMSnP2F9-Fz7iCaS_hTsicjt-6/s1600-h/DSC00105.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdxKzui3T4EZYfvwBx2aNUTQnhOZMjxnTIhg-oR2ScjBcz5yY7AojVWWq6064BZ5eLes8tSvyF-fRSEfof51-c-Z16gVQFr8KYrTMo_CaUbSvwZXkaRa-tMrcR7vE7OlhKtLvqJmLAtxtC/s400/DSC00107.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386879405152679874" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoBKJifBVjUWaiWYjFmS-jhFenDT1pG_gVaAm06h2eEjKQsTzXnj2sVB3kaPDuq66uJo1FUhdqCvCAn3pwgtUMhYKl3-AVHmXlrkv3amrc_9A2gjIGabXNb_mE2TNsTCkZSr4XzuvnE6nC/s1600-h/DSC01385.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoBKJifBVjUWaiWYjFmS-jhFenDT1pG_gVaAm06h2eEjKQsTzXnj2sVB3kaPDuq66uJo1FUhdqCvCAn3pwgtUMhYKl3-AVHmXlrkv3amrc_9A2gjIGabXNb_mE2TNsTCkZSr4XzuvnE6nC/s400/DSC01385.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386880920146166050" border="0" /></a><br />I believe this MPV will hit Avanza's market hard because it will be priced similarly to Avanza, as well as Proton Exora but Proton Exora's is a much bigger MPV compare to this one. So stay tuned for the 2nd round of Proton v.s. Perodua battle.<br /><br />For related older posts, click here:<br />http://martinhowe.blogspot.com/2008/12/2009-2nd-round-proton-vs-perodua.htmlBlogDeMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431126066343738277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734456162695113199.post-40416509477115096952009-09-08T16:13:00.000+08:002009-09-08T16:15:16.101+08:00李光耀在新马分家前两个月的一场演讲<h3 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="http://ccliew.blogspot.com/2009/09/blog-post_7084.html">李光耀在新马分家前两个月的一场演讲</a> </h3> <div class="post-body entry-content"><style>.fullpost{display:inline;}</style> <p><span class="fullpost">李光耀在1965年5月30日,在利达民众联络所成立四周年纪念的演说稿<br />各位朋友,<br /><br />在我用福建话开始演讲前,在此我感到很荣幸能够与你一同出席利达民众联络所成立四周年纪念。<br /><br />简 单来说,我想说的是,我对这个选区巨大的转变感到非常骄傲。在1961年,这里发生了一场大火,由废墟中,我们重建了整个社区。这可能是全新加坡的典范, 甚至可说是全马来西亚的典范,如果我们准备宽容对待彼此,建立一个马来西亚人的马来西亚,一个不分种族、语言、宗教的马来西亚,在生活中共享平等。<br /><br />一 些人可能会在想,为何我们对他们任意妄为的说法保持沉默,你知道的……『马来人大团结』(Malays unite)……他们到处在喊这个口号。人们感到担忧。如果在华人社会中,你听到有人说:「福建人大团结」,那些非福建人将会说:「这是什么意思?这是在 打压全体的非福建人吗?」同样的,当他们说『马来人大团结』,我们会说:「这是什么意思?」<br /><br />巫统总秘书说过:「不管你身在何处,紧记,你是马来人。」我说:「这是什么意思?」我以为在宪法中,我们都是马来西亚人,我们应该团结一致,可是却不是根据巫统总秘书说的「我们大家都是马来人,不是马来西亚人。」<br /><br />好吧!我说,我们最好现在决定一下:我们是马来西亚人,或我们是马来人?因为我不可能成为马来人,那我就不能成为马来西亚人,而61%的马来西亚人民可成为马来西亚人,可以效忠马来西亚,除了『马来西亚人的马来西亚』这个概念。<br /><br />可是要成为马来人是非常困难的,因为你需要做出很多东西才能成为马来人。因此,我说,最好我们决定一下,不要等五年、十年。<br /><br />同 时,我要告诉你其中的理由,为何现在决定更好。首先,如果你允许这些人每天在《马来前锋报》(UTUSAN MELAYU)和《世纪前锋报》(UTUSAN ZAMAN)告诉马来人说:「马来人大团结!马来人大团结!」——他们说的都是种族,而不是国家,他们挂在口中的是『种族』(bangsa),从来都不是 国家——如果这种情况持续两年、三年、四年、五年的话,将会非常难改变这种根深蒂固的思想。因此,我说,最好现在决定,我们是否要继续这样下去,因为如果 太迟进行改变的话,那将会很困难。你知道这个人,巫统总秘书在国会里头说些什么吗?他说:「无伤大雅,我可以说『华人大团结!华人大团结!』」他还未对自 己正在做的事计算其重要性。<br /><br /></span>他所谓的马华叫华人团结的意思呢?他知道华人将不可能在马华的旗帜下团结,因为他们是『政治太 监』(political eunuch)。你知道什么是太监吗?太监就是不男不女的人类。因此,从政治角度来看,这些人没杀伤力。因此,他们说:「是的!你去叫华人团结吧!」心知 肚明,他们不能在太监的旗帜下团结。<span class="fullpost"><br /><br />可是,如果我们站起来的话,真正的华人会站起来说 道:『团结』,你知道接下来五年会发生什么事,这42%的人口。这个国家将会发生什么事?我想这是个很愚蠢的谈话。这是这几年我们为新加坡所抗争的事,自 从59年、60年、61年、62年、63年,你都应该晓得。你知道联盟如何以种族为基础利用基层和人民,我说,这是没有前途的。<br /><br />可是,我将告诉你另一个原因,为何现在就决定是必要的,而不是以后。因为现在对我们而言比较容易,如果他们不要『马来西亚人的马来西亚』,可做出替代安排,你知道的,其他方法。<br /><br />你 看吧!宪法中的承诺必定导向(成立一个)马来西亚人的国度——一个马来西亚人的马来西亚。同时,如果他们不这样做的话,他们必须使用违背宪法的方法来停止 这一切。因此,我说,如果你要做这件好事,现在就做!对我们来说会更好,也让我们更容易的做出其他的替代安排。什么是替代安排呢?关于这点,我们不要谈得 太多,可是如果真的需要的话,那我会说:「看吧!那些想要『马来西亚人的马来西亚』的州属可以团结起来。」我可以立即联想到三个地方:沙巴、砂朥越和新加 坡,我可以联想到其他地方,好像槟城和马六甲。我甚至相信柔佛——柔佛苏丹或许不想加入印尼,所以巫统建议它独立。他干嘛要这样做呢?<br /><br />或 许,这位巫统总秘书……我阅读报纸事得知他来自苏拉威西(旧称Celebes)他在那里出生长大,并在战前来到新加坡。或许,他想要重新加入苏拉威西,可 是我相当肯定柔佛苏丹不想加入苏拉威西,因为加入苏拉威西将等同加入爪哇,和加入印尼,意思即是对他们低声下气。如果他们坚持要这样做,那我会说,现在就 说,我们可以做出替代安排;越来越好,同时,他们没有足够力量,他们没有足够的武器以武力通知这个马来西亚;办不到,这是不可能的。去统治一块八万平方英 亩的沙巴和砂朥越,马来西亚的1½倍,之间相隔一个一千英里的海洋——他们想要统治它?他们想要驾驶着联盟的『帆船』(Kapal Layar),航向沙巴和砂朥越对它进行统治,而无需英国、澳洲和纽西兰的帮忙?<br /><br />我说:「如果你想做,现在就做。」而且,我们可以把我们照顾好我们自己。我们不要谈论太多的细节,可是我将在现在告诉你,如果这就是你要的,那我们有其他方法来照顾我们自己。<br /><br />可是我说,最好是根据宪法,『马来西亚人的马来西亚』,彼此尊重、容忍、互相协调、在一个多元种族社会中快乐的生活,每个人都是拥有平等权益的马来西亚公民,无论种族、语言和宗教。<br /><br />这 就是我要说出来的信息,不习惯让马来人统治的不止是新加坡人民,你知道他们在国会怎么说吗?哥打士打(Kota Star,即是亚罗士打,Alor Setar)的马哈迪医生说了什么?他说「我们新加坡不习惯让马来人统治,我们不像吉兰丹或丁加奴的人民。」好吧!让我告诉他:当我们加入马来西亚时,我 们从来没有同意过让马来人统治,我们同意的是让马来西亚人统治,从来不是马来人的统治。<br /><br />这全是废话,如果有人相信我们同意让马来人统治的 话,这些人犯了致命的错误。我们从来也没同意过。宪法禀明,基于每个成年人所拥有的权力,所投选出来的代表治理这个民主国家;一人一票;每个公民一票,即 是说,马来西亚由马来西亚人所治理,而我们必须清楚的说明这一点,这是我们所同意的唯一规矩。<br /><br />而任何人,包括马哈迪医生,所说的马来人统 治(Malay rule),我说这些都是一派胡言,而且是在瞎干,因为这将非常肯定会给我们带来极大的不幸(unhappiness),不止是我们,也包括了他们的不 幸,因为我们都知道无论如何我们都要面对这些问题,同时,如果我们向他们显示出我们的团结和强大,并抗拒这些恐吓,这样的话,较大机会他们不会乱来。<br /><br />到此为止,我恭祝利达的人民在『马来西亚人的马来西亚』之下有更多快乐的日子。<br /><br />谢谢!<br />×××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××<br />原文字:<br /><br />Friends,<br />Before I speak in Hokkien, may I just say what a great pleasure it is to be with you for the fourth anniversary of the Delta Community Centre.<br /><br />Briefly, I would like to say how very proud I am this evening to see what a tremendous transformation this Constituency is going through. they had a fire in 1961, and from the ashes of that fire, we are building a new community. And this is the forerunner of what is possible in the rest of Singapore and indeed in the rest of Malaysia if we are prepared to be forebearing with each other, to build a Malaysian Malaysia, a Malaysia in which all Malaysians regardless of race, language, religion, share equally in the opportunities of life.<br /><br />Some people may wonder why it is that we, instead of just keeping quiet and allowing people to say what they like, you know, "Malays unite" ... they shout this everywhere. People get worried. If amongst the Chinese, you hear people say, "Hokkiens unite", all the non-Hokkiens will say, "What is all this about? Is it to wallop all the non-Hokkiens?" So they say, "Malays unite" and we say, "What's all this about?"<br /><br />And the Secretary-General of UMNO says, "Wherever you are, remember, you are a Malay." I say, "What's all this?" I though in the Constitution we are all Malaysians, we are all going to be together. But not according to the Secretary-General of UMNO (who says) "We are all Malays, not Malaysians."<br /><br />Well, I say we had better decide now: Are we Malaysians or are we Malays? Because I can't be a Malay. I can be a Malaysian. And 61% of the people of Malaysia can become Malaysians; can become loyal to Malaysia, accept the concept of a Malaysian Malaysia.<br /><br />But (it is) very difficult to be a Malay because many things have to be done if you want to be a Malay. So, I say, better decide now; don't wait five years, ten years.<br /><br />And I would like to tell you the reasons why it is better to decide now. First, if you allow these people every day in UTUSAN MELAYU and UTUSAN ZAMAN to tell the malays: "Malays unite, Malays unite" -- they talk about race; never talk about nation, they always talk about "bangsa", race; never nation -- if this goes on for one, two, three, four, five years, (it will be) very difficult to change the thinking of the ground. So I say, better decide now whether they are going to go on doing this. Because later on to change, is much more difficult. You know what this man, the Secretary-General of UMNO, said in Parliament? He says, "No harm; I can say 'Chinese unite, Chinese unite'." He hasn't spent his time calculating what is the significance of what he is doing.<br /><br />What he means is MCa calls the Chinese to unite, and he knows that the Chinese will never unite under the MCA because they are political eunuchs. You know that a eunch is? A eunuch is a human being that is neither male nor female. So, politically these chaps can do no harm. So they say, "Yes, you call the Chinese to unite," knowing full well that they cannot unite under eunuchs.<br /><br />But supposing we stood up, real virile Chinese stood up and said, "Unite", you know what is going to happen in five years, and 42% of the population.<br /><br />What is going to happen to this country? I think it is all foolish talk. This is the sort of thing we fought against in Singapore for all these years, from 1959, '60,<br />'61, '62, '63. You know that. You know how Barisan used to go around and work people up on the basis of race. I say that is no future that way.<br /><br />But I will tell you another reason why it is necessary to decide now; not later on. Because now it is easier for us, if they do not wan a Malaysian Malaysia, to make alternative arrangement; you know, some other way.<br /><br />You see, the agreement in the Constitution must lead to a malaysian nation, a Malaysian Malaysia. And if they want to stop it, they must use unconstitutional methods to stop it. So I say, if you want to do that, do it now; better for us, easier for us to make other alternative arrangements. And the alternative arrangements? Well, we don't want to talk too much about it. But if really it is necessary, then I say, "Look, all those States that want a Malaysian Malaysia can come together." I can think of three straightway: Sabah, Sarawak, Singapore. I can think of a few others like Penang and Malacca. I can even believe that Johore -- the Sultan of Johore may not like to go and join Indonesia as has been suggested by UMNO Merdeka. Why should he? Perhaps, the Secretary-General of UMNO ... I read in the papers he has come from the Celebes; born there, bred there; came to Singapore just before the War. Well, maybe, he wants to rejoin the Celebes. But I am quite sure the Sultan of Johore do not want to join Celebes because joining the Celebes means joining Java and joining Indonesia which means going right down. If they want to insist on this, then I say, say so now. We can make alternative arrangements;easier now than later. And, they have't got the capacity; they have not got enough guns to govern this Malaysia by force; cannot be done; not possible. To go and govern 80,000 square miles in Sabah and Sarawak; 1½ times the size of Malaya; 1,000 miles of ocean in between -- they are going to govern it? They are going to sit in the Alliance 'Kapal Layar', the sailing boat to go there and then govern Sabah and Sarawak without the help of the British, the Australians and the New Zealanders?<br /><br />I say, "Better say so now if you want to do that." And we can look after ourselves. We don't have to talk too much of details. But I'll say now, if that's what you want, then we've got other ideas of looking after ourselves.<br /><br />But I say, best of all, Malaysian Malaysia, stick to the Constitution; honour each other; accommodate, make adjustments, live happily in a multiracial society. Everybody equal malaysian citizens regardless of race, language, religion.<br /><br />This is the message I want to say. It is not just in Singapore that people are not accustomed to Malay rule. You know what they said in Parliament, Dr. Mahathir from Kota Star? --"We in Singapore are not accustomed to Malay rule. We are not like people in Kelantan and Trengganu." Well, let me tell him this: when we joined Malaysia,<br />we never agreed to Malay rule; we agreed to Malaysian rule; never Malay rule.<br /><br />This is all bunkum. Somebody has made a grave error of judgment if they believe that we agreed ot Malay rule. (We) never agreed to it. The Constitution means democratic rule by representatives of the people on the basis of adult franchise: one man one vote; one citizen one vote which means Malaysia is ruled by Malaysians. And we want to make that clear now. That is the only kind of rule that we will agree to.<br /><br />And any talk by Dr. Mahathir or anybody else about Malay rule I say is very follish and very reckless, because that is the surest way to bring about a great deal of unhappiness not only for us -- because we know that any way we have to face problems -- but unhappiness for them. And if we show them that we are united and strong and will stand up to this intimidation, then there is a better chance that they won't try.<br /><br />So, on that note, I wish the people of Delta many happy years within a Malaysian Malaysia.<br /><br />Thank you.</span></p></div>BlogDeMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431126066343738277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734456162695113199.post-87773668538291535872009-07-24T21:07:00.000+08:002009-07-24T21:08:29.364+08:00The Damaged Brain SystemJULY 23 — One of the wonderful things about living in Malaysia is that we devote so much of our resources into building brain power. We love smart people in Malaysia. Parents spend an obscene amount on tuition classes.<br /><br />Let’s look at some of the major initiatives by our wonderful government to increase our brain power:<br /><br />1) Malaysia will produce more than 100,000 PhDs by 2012<br /><br />2) Creating “knowledge” workers and “world-class” IT industry via the MSC<br /><br />3) Almost all grants by MOSTI is geared towards science and technology<br /><br />4) Building new universities left and right. In the 1980s we had fewer than a dozen universities — now we have more than 20 public universities and an equal number of private universities<br /><br />5) “Apex” and “research” universities allocated extra millions of ringgit with the aim of getting into the top 200 university rankings<br /><br />6) All sorts of academic prizes from all sorts of dubious exhibitions<br /><br />7) Smart schools<br /><br />8) All sorts of scholarships — JPA alone gives more than 2,000 overseas scholarships. If you include Mara and GLCs and private companies, the number is probably somewhere about 6,000-7,000 overseas scholarships plus thousands of local scholarships<br /><br />9) “Brain gain” programme where we try to entice successful Malaysian scientists to come back to help our R&D<br /><br />10) All sorts of government-backed programmes like the invention awards, best ICT Company, PM’s innovation awards, smart partnership, etc.<br /><br />Yet, somehow we seem to be going the opposite direction. Mind you it’s been there for more than a decade already and, correct me if I am wrong; the MSC has been a dismal failure since the “knowledge” industry has not taken off and no major Malaysian IT inventions since the inception of the MSC. Cyberjaya is still years behind Singapore.<br /><br />In fact, the most famous “Malaysian” IT invention — the pen drive — was invented in Taiwan by a Malaysian Chinese who could not even enter a public university here. He had to go to Taiwan, get a degree there (which is not recognised here!) and invented the pen drive there. So today, the world thinks it’s a Taiwan invention! Malaysia Boleh!<br /><br />The brain gain programme is so successful that almost all the scientists who came back to work here have resigned from the public universities or government research centres, and the bulk of them have left for overseas again. Needless to say, their major complaints were racism (almost all were non-Bumiputeras) and red tape. But no one wants to admit to this since it’s not a very smart thing to admit failure.<br /><br />Meanwhile we are rushing to produce 100,000 PhDs. Since most of these 100,000 PhDs will be awarded by local public universities you really have to wonder about the quality. But who cares? The important thing is to graduate 100,000 “doctors” of dubious quality so that they can train the next generation. After all, the majority of these PhDs will end up as professors in our public universities and they will supervise the next generation of PhDs. Remember the movie “Dumber and Dumber”?<br /><br />Is it any wonder that our public universities’ ranking is dropping fast?<br /><br />On top of that, we have decided to stop emphasising English at the high school level. No wonder international schools are celebrating — their student enrolment will go through the roof from next year onwards.<br /><br />And to ensure that we have the right environment to produce “Towering Malays” and “world-class” Malaysians, the mainstream newspapers here follow the same editorial style as China’s People’s Daily and the old Soviet Union’s Pravda. Truth is not as important as propaganda and the promotion of racism and racist ideology. Malay newspapers are free to preach racism as long as they reinforce “Malay unity” and Malay dominance. News is only news if the government says so.<br /><br />In the arts, local productions cannot reflect reality. How else can you explain government directives that Mat Rempits and transvestites cannot be shown on Malaysian movies and television. The way it works is like this: if we don’t show Mat Rempits and transvestites, then they do not exist! See how smart we have become because of all the government investment in educating Malaysians? Very soon, there will be no prostitutes or gay people in Malaysia.<br /><br />Just to be sure, the government has just announced another round of books that are banned in Malaysia. In total more than 2,000 titles are banned in Malaysia. Some authors do not even know that their books are banned. Reading is a dangerous habit for a knowledge nation.<br /><br />Meanwhile religion, or the official view of religion, is shafted down the throats of young people through television programmes and in the schools.<br /><br />You really have to wonder how on earth Malaysia produces thinking citizens since all around them the system, from the mass media to the education system to the universities, is designed to damage the brain? The whole system is designed to produce a non-thinking, non-critical person who can easily be manipulated by propaganda.<br /><br />It is really mind-boggling that somehow young people have managed to escape this system. Of course there are thousands who believe in the system and are basically brain dead, especially after reading the Malay newspapers and watching the local television stations. But there is a significant portion of young people out there who have managed to overcome the attempt to control their mind. I take my hat off to these young people. Without them, Malaysia will have no future.<br /><br />http://themalaysianinsider.com.my/index.php/opinion/jameschin/33100-the-damaged-brain-systemBlogDeMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431126066343738277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734456162695113199.post-86409198182533327032009-07-01T19:07:00.003+08:002009-07-13T21:00:36.224+08:00Digi Campus is here~!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOZJZfhLFtqZEa3xDS9JUaPFYTODj71iKZTxAF1amaW2wqxxNQzLglpIkVCz2HMZUKhnBZIW0fj_rFG-E6Xbs2b894ZgWwa3uzF2oCrl_qcHuXBMCPJMovv7rp52FWnndEm6YpWBxT6-Up/s1600-h/IMG_1298.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOZJZfhLFtqZEa3xDS9JUaPFYTODj71iKZTxAF1amaW2wqxxNQzLglpIkVCz2HMZUKhnBZIW0fj_rFG-E6Xbs2b894ZgWwa3uzF2oCrl_qcHuXBMCPJMovv7rp52FWnndEm6YpWBxT6-Up/s400/IMG_1298.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353448155404034034" border="0" /></a><br />Digi Campus, a prepaid plan specially tailored for university/college students.<br /><br />Ever since last year, i've already heard about Digi Campus. It was tempting, providing lower rate for voice call and sms compare to Digi normal prepaid plan.<br /><br />However, it wasn't tempting enough for me, because at that time, it has some sort of zone policy; meaning cheaper voical call and sms can be made only when the user is within the campus zone and all the benefits from Friends&Family will be gone once using the Digi Campus plan.<br /><br />Then my brother asked me, why don't i sign up for Digi Campus. I told him that Digi never come to my college to promote it, which was kinda sad, because when i first came to Inti-Uc, Hotlink has already provided their user to send sms to same network for 1 sen each within the campus zone.<br /><br />After around a year, Digi renewed their Digi Campus plan. they canceled the zone policy, and allowing Digi Campus users to call for as low as...FREE!. Users get to call other Digi number for free after they used RM2 on voice call per day.<br />As for sms, users will only be charged for as low as....FREE! to 11 F&F number.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUyYNIecZUZJy2Ps4cJVnU5QLu6Tt8RB2bC9unGkhaawpzpb8Xa9WcNthXJqnh9DuBlSzDeXbsywOjHBt3MWZu4YyqLJmop5ab1pNgDIIl-7poZi8Aa5U8eMXonxBWiNsncGqbqd6kFtq4/s1600-h/chart.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 252px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUyYNIecZUZJy2Ps4cJVnU5QLu6Tt8RB2bC9unGkhaawpzpb8Xa9WcNthXJqnh9DuBlSzDeXbsywOjHBt3MWZu4YyqLJmop5ab1pNgDIIl-7poZi8Aa5U8eMXonxBWiNsncGqbqd6kFtq4/s400/chart.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353448151385112690" border="0" /></a><br />Ok....that is very tempting for me. Because i was previously using beyond prepaid plan ( i guess only long term Digi prepaid users knows what beyond perpaid is), which was very expensive for making calls. Somemore, Digi finally come to my college to promote it!!!<br /><br />At first, my friend told me that one must buy a new number to get the Digi Campus plan. I had doubt for what he said and decided to check out Digi web page for more information and found a solid statements that says current Digi prepaid users could switch to Digi Campus.<br /><br />I don't want to get a new number to either replace my current number or as secondary number because that will be too troublesome for me and i might stop using any of these number within one year time, with more than a hundred fifty ringgit credit left.<br /><br />Today, i walked pass their booth in my college, and asked one of the promoter about it. He answered me:' Yes you can maintain your current number! Only that you'll have to wait 2 weeks to activate the plan'.<br /><br />All i did was just filling up the form and wait for 2 weeks, somemore, i even recieved A4 size box of free gift from them after the registration.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXLeiay_ycj0JWMdg7VjRWGaRZAp7BJg7EBiIY3d4O-wDCIkjf9kzGX3lrLLlW1oKmH4E1vRpqtid-hQAp7I8HgMt2Y-u5JZtEsST642dcKANM__FU99oI-PVFZTnqISbqpMt7VvhxryHW/s1600-h/IMG_1299.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXLeiay_ycj0JWMdg7VjRWGaRZAp7BJg7EBiIY3d4O-wDCIkjf9kzGX3lrLLlW1oKmH4E1vRpqtid-hQAp7I8HgMt2Y-u5JZtEsST642dcKANM__FU99oI-PVFZTnqISbqpMt7VvhxryHW/s400/IMG_1299.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353448160074061634" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDlLqPvZDNtczjh6fTEWuLOCbg6_6uvBQLtkOZoJNTdxY5zvuds6VzSYOtqkpIEGaZ5hJVzCGvW5uIUhv1OWVLmv30zM9DzLIrb1DUuou5O2BUEZ0tSOls7u50AT6WPnsyRYfvvt50ho1F/s1600-h/IMG_1302.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDlLqPvZDNtczjh6fTEWuLOCbg6_6uvBQLtkOZoJNTdxY5zvuds6VzSYOtqkpIEGaZ5hJVzCGvW5uIUhv1OWVLmv30zM9DzLIrb1DUuou5O2BUEZ0tSOls7u50AT6WPnsyRYfvvt50ho1F/s400/IMG_1302.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353448160821042130" border="0" /></a>There's 2 packets of Nestcafe Instant Coffee, discount vouchers for various stores and an various Digi Campus stickers from the gift box.<br /><br />I'm still not sure whether my plan will be changed to Digi Campus after two weeks. What i'm trying to say here, is that you can seriously consider Digi Campus if you are still a student studying at college or university. I hope Digi will go to Sarawak's universities and colleges to promote it because Sarawak is one of Digi's main market for prepaid.<br /><br />Log on to <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Digi.com.my</span> to get more info. Mind you, i don't get paid for witting all of these. =D<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">UPDATE:</span><br />Within less than a week, my prepaid plan successfully changed to Digi Campus. So it's proven that one can change his/her current phone number's plan to Digi Campus provided the number is under prepaid plan.BlogDeMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431126066343738277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734456162695113199.post-41178364658598186772009-05-25T00:35:00.002+08:002009-05-25T00:55:06.215+08:00Tagged by BoeyIf Boey didn't remind me, i would not know she has tagged me in her blog. Paise to Boey as i didn't read your blog that frequently.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1.Besides your lips, where is the favorite spot to get kissed?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Hmm...cheek, maybe.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">2.How did you feel when you woke up this morning?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Hot, cause it was 1pm.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">3.Who was the last person/people you took a photo with?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">If not mistaken that person or should i say they were Ah Tan, Shun Ping, Vui Yee, Ah Phua and his Kuantan friend. </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">4.Would you consider yourself spoiled?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Somehow yes, cause i have a very caring family.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">5.Will you ever donate blood?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">I've donated twice. =D</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">6.Have you ever had a best friend who was of the opposite sex?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Better opposite sex friend, yes but best, not really.</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">7.Do you want someone to be dead?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Nope.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">8.What does your last text message say?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Tonight you free to do moral assignment?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">9.What are u thinking right now?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Finish this tag.</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">10. Do you want someone to be with you now?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">No, cause i want to go to bed after doing this tag. =D</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">11.What was the time you went to bed last night?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Last night i didn't went to bed, it was this morning 7.30am.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">12.Where did you buy the tee you are wearing now?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">I don't think i am wearing any tee now.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">13.Is someone on your mind right now?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Yes, Boey, she wants me to do this tag. </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">14.Who was the last person who text you?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Ah Phua.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">TEN Lucky Person to do this quiz...</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">1. Jessey</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">2. Jin Jin</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">3. Wan Ling</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">4. Yan Kai</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">5. Lik Ming</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">6. Ian</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">7. Yee Lin</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">8. Christine</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">9. Janet</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">10. Kim Tu</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">15. Who is no. 2 having a relationship with?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Ah Le.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">16. Is no. 3 a male or a female?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Female.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">17. If no. 7 and and no. 1 get together, would it be a good?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">That would be a pair of lesbian.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">18. What is no. 1 studying about?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Nursing.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">19. When was the last time you chatted with them?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">1--Forgot already.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">2--This afternoon, left msg at her blog.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">3--</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Forgot already, last few weeks i think.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">4--Last few days in messenger.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">5--Just now.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">6--Just now.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">7--Last few weeks i think.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">8--Last few days.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">9--Omg, forgot.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">10--Forgot.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">20. Is no. 4 single?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">I think so.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">21.Say something about no. 2.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">She claimed herself to be angelic, but erhem....</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">22.What do you think about no. 2 and no. 6 being together?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Can't imagine.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">23.Describe no. 9.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Cool from the outside, hot from the inside.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">24. What will you do if no. 6 and no. 7 fight?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">They will never fight so i will never do anything.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">25. Do you like 8?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">A good friend she is. =D</span>BlogDeMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431126066343738277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734456162695113199.post-55359202195631837422009-05-15T22:50:00.003+08:002009-05-15T23:09:22.493+08:00Nothing But the Truth'Nothing but the Truth', is actually the title of an American film which open in US last October.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWgGbjhwgaoIFf__LF3ZWkzYWOqT-awx9JxXmI9Jwev66PNYOb9wt5u3zu9_e_UYBX9w8AQKRsecvTCeckXAvPyTja3nJRVcKenVS4N3iKzQ248yRUhhkmrQC44DEp5mEPo3-4Dek-557E/s1600-h/nothing_but_the_truth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWgGbjhwgaoIFf__LF3ZWkzYWOqT-awx9JxXmI9Jwev66PNYOb9wt5u3zu9_e_UYBX9w8AQKRsecvTCeckXAvPyTja3nJRVcKenVS4N3iKzQ248yRUhhkmrQC44DEp5mEPo3-4Dek-557E/s400/nothing_but_the_truth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336067762358232578" border="0" /></a>If you like <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Beckinsale" title="Kate Beckinsale">Kate Beckinsale</a> who acted as a nurse in the film 'Pearl Harbor', or you like politics and of course, the nasty parts of the politics, or you have the interest to be a journalist/ reporter/ serious blogger who writes stuffs about politics or you are those who, from the day you know what the word 'ambition' means, you promised yourself you want to become a lawyer when you grow up, then you should probably watch this film.<br /><br />There's no bing bang boom, Holloywood style action scences, exotic scences that can make your nose bleed or superheroes flying here and there to save the world or romantic dinner and sweet talks in this film so you should know what kind of film I am talking right now.<br /><br />Seriously, I think it is a nice film, inspired by a true event but not exactly based on a true story.<br />I'm not going to give my further opinions or comments for the movie. Just WATCH it if you are interested.BlogDeMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431126066343738277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734456162695113199.post-40083372990494151452009-04-25T15:46:00.005+08:002009-04-25T19:59:47.504+08:00Cakes....Yummy<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Kuching</span> Bakery/Cake Specialist, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Taka</span> Bakery, organized a preview or 'try-it-out' (Sorry, i can't think of any suitable word, blame my broken <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">English</span>) session for their latest products this afternoon at their new outlet at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Jalan</span> Tun <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Jugah</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Kuching</span>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtm75X20dmzrm_GDDomL-O8GOJhQYXUmYc-F8gy6ux2YmXNJ1i5_BOn5jAxJ3W_xk8xct72sSCeG4IbhZYfhIixVbcN3AJPHV_6yxyDNZPY7PcXxau5LpiynDom62xDQpdWND2EfyOoXO6/s1600-h/IMG_1188.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtm75X20dmzrm_GDDomL-O8GOJhQYXUmYc-F8gy6ux2YmXNJ1i5_BOn5jAxJ3W_xk8xct72sSCeG4IbhZYfhIixVbcN3AJPHV_6yxyDNZPY7PcXxau5LpiynDom62xDQpdWND2EfyOoXO6/s400/IMG_1188.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328534122090339858" border="0" /></a>I was so lucky to be invited by my friend to try out their delicious and yummy new cakes which are yet to be sold to public. FYI, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Taka's</span> staffs worked together with a Taiwan Si <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Fu</span> to produce these new varieties. Although i am no expert in cakes tasting, these cakes do taste good for me. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Some more</span>, they really makes you want to eat them, because they look so tasty.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguB94fSIDOOKbSgdY3lwphipbVgfrirMfrjPiCdrjMZJz9pCrMQWHejnpDdlhm85YX04i8HykZ6vlcNq01sgE-DZPx-y9dLQgCoFa4moPJj6uoLqaq9Nh7-S4nL5j3A-cTcJjVPpMkkUQw/s1600-h/IMG_1187.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguB94fSIDOOKbSgdY3lwphipbVgfrirMfrjPiCdrjMZJz9pCrMQWHejnpDdlhm85YX04i8HykZ6vlcNq01sgE-DZPx-y9dLQgCoFa4moPJj6uoLqaq9Nh7-S4nL5j3A-cTcJjVPpMkkUQw/s400/IMG_1187.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328534118774443970" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicoP6R3Ln4h9gCPPSxNnWi_v9QvmIdS5O8IVxnavZxGjVC4eTt6S961BC5YzyTB7gyNluFFpM5bF93qXC4ic5VMfnWCzggQzdkTs7uoU1VcUhkI8mJsklCwgwpaSpvxQ5VLI2CBfG18SGP/s1600-h/IMG_1186.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf8o2vJOjWvHET7Hnuj5JcL_bVSfkljZ_W9VD446JsepbmFQT5inXYdQkvq6JLmbUad9FIcGBmVt48DlIZHluFPG-7HB4GoikKaTDeLD2U4Ho9F6XUMmPrukEWLD9LCNRAeekeQD3WeWQK/s400/IMG_1181.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328533860325322898" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1UFTDF-OYshri3N9l8MlYaTYfm01RLEvUouPI6Pj8ndRNr6vIfHh05eW6yLTcb6Su0QlcGBmWEIJxuEYyIQZ8BNhQWUyG_JO6SDKLbI0qw5-AH_JKDhABT2atnIWKHE-cGEgKv_-FwZfX/s1600-h/IMG_1179.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1UFTDF-OYshri3N9l8MlYaTYfm01RLEvUouPI6Pj8ndRNr6vIfHh05eW6yLTcb6Su0QlcGBmWEIJxuEYyIQZ8BNhQWUyG_JO6SDKLbI0qw5-AH_JKDhABT2atnIWKHE-cGEgKv_-FwZfX/s400/IMG_1179.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328533854202629522" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw_iyFcTbie0ZIu4Qef4c8OhP3BCVV06sXhx_zOVdUQXSF4_-JGEwl_GmTk3FzqjzSn7Yp76v7_Ch5Jsp489PS5-sLEXRoOwA_ZGkpp2Nj1ah_j9SJDkpp_s_ohztifVTzP4Hw0ADLLZel/s1600-h/IMG_1177.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw_iyFcTbie0ZIu4Qef4c8OhP3BCVV06sXhx_zOVdUQXSF4_-JGEwl_GmTk3FzqjzSn7Yp76v7_Ch5Jsp489PS5-sLEXRoOwA_ZGkpp2Nj1ah_j9SJDkpp_s_ohztifVTzP4Hw0ADLLZel/s400/IMG_1177.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328533854115095682" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8jz8kxPImi3VpoQ7zyQiCtyWwLU7c_f7DJRMAs2FdoPusqUx84rhnzNAZhWeP2HJa7ft0_UJxXYmuaetIlZ4pxtSZjtQ87_rW2oJi-iY_XIt8TWqEAAditsLD5NFiF8KSz-L2su0SJp4N/s1600-h/IMG_1178.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8jz8kxPImi3VpoQ7zyQiCtyWwLU7c_f7DJRMAs2FdoPusqUx84rhnzNAZhWeP2HJa7ft0_UJxXYmuaetIlZ4pxtSZjtQ87_rW2oJi-iY_XIt8TWqEAAditsLD5NFiF8KSz-L2su0SJp4N/s400/IMG_1178.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328533857697770962" border="0" /></a>Those placed at the top of the shelf are not for sell...yet.<br /><br />I did not take photograph on all the new cakes as i was busy chatting with my friends while i was there, my mistake =P. For those in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Kuching</span> who like to eat cake, wait patiently for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Taka</span> new cakes as they will sell it to the public very soon.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilmyZCHHsconkqi8HKOCj4X3CHVCnXDl47YcUxsgTgEUPaxWQ_dMcqgDD8l6nRHSxfH6eHAuuoBlQAfAAIBezgmq5N2_7icik8Akl2qji8Ao5a84CNn2u1lNVPeKXC1IghHvAVAfOdZqYz/s1600-h/IMG_1175.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilmyZCHHsconkqi8HKOCj4X3CHVCnXDl47YcUxsgTgEUPaxWQ_dMcqgDD8l6nRHSxfH6eHAuuoBlQAfAAIBezgmq5N2_7icik8Akl2qji8Ao5a84CNn2u1lNVPeKXC1IghHvAVAfOdZqYz/s400/IMG_1175.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328533847616061714" border="0" /></a>Yup, they are part of my friends who were invited as well.<br />External Link to the new products:<br />http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=75505&id=772113466&ref=nf#/photo.php?pid=1667996&id=772113466BlogDeMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431126066343738277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734456162695113199.post-54120591520178186792009-04-15T14:14:00.002+08:002009-04-15T14:22:34.907+08:00Proton Exora to be launched tonight<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWRw8e6dxItaQ9BQcaq-9P2_IobKGx_E-fFH-uVZoQncYydrUAvl4xE4_Rl-yMx1xgrD1F3KPFHUCMji7qzcLJw6V7xYsWq-q9TpZxTVnZSdtiVqZmkoLnK15eH1c1mY2qTJYlZEnffLb4/s1600-h/exora02hmd.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWRw8e6dxItaQ9BQcaq-9P2_IobKGx_E-fFH-uVZoQncYydrUAvl4xE4_Rl-yMx1xgrD1F3KPFHUCMji7qzcLJw6V7xYsWq-q9TpZxTVnZSdtiVqZmkoLnK15eH1c1mY2qTJYlZEnffLb4/s400/exora02hmd.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324798257938198258" border="0" /></a><br />For those who have not seen the exterior of Proton Exora, here it is. It will be launched at KL Convention Centre by our new Prime Minister.BlogDeMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431126066343738277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734456162695113199.post-48402591423455476862009-03-28T12:02:00.003+08:002009-03-28T12:11:46.228+08:00“地球一小时”—财团的救赎券<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_xyi-EOjLEBkIiO5_mR5u_P1gMe9ToyzL4_jyneyXcT8osnzA0YaUWVzmqg4g8HrJVbG2xtluiVRBykBE4Orodm5VPmugyR7fm4J7uFaoAEIaVO22IAAUfThaHStIQC2B25kvr1H-CtOD/s1600-h/Earth-Hour-Logo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 294px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_xyi-EOjLEBkIiO5_mR5u_P1gMe9ToyzL4_jyneyXcT8osnzA0YaUWVzmqg4g8HrJVbG2xtluiVRBykBE4Orodm5VPmugyR7fm4J7uFaoAEIaVO22IAAUfThaHStIQC2B25kvr1H-CtOD/s400/Earth-Hour-Logo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318085650560633778" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Today 8.30p.m, an Earth conscious event-60 Earth Hour, will begin around the globe and last for an hour.<br />The objective of this event is to create awareness among human beings that the earth is being badly polluted now and need to be saved.<br /><br />But there's another side of story for this Green Event. Read below:<br /><br />各个主流媒体大事宣传,各大公司财团纷纷响应的“地球一小时”(Earth Hour),无不让全世界多个城市把3月28日这天当地时间晚上8时半至9时半变成万众瞩目的聚焦所在。<br /><br />这个由世界自然基金会(WWF)和澳洲悉尼晨锋报(Sydney Morning Herald)所合力发起的活动,于2007年3月31日第一次举办,有220万参与,据说为悉尼市在那个一小时省下电源2.2%-10.2%。2008 年,这个活动扩散到其它各国的城市,据说有5千万人参与其中。到了2009年,“地球一小时”活动进一步扩大到全球各地更多的城市,83个国家的2100 座城市参加这场盛会,而马来西亚的吉隆坡、槟城等城市也参与其中。<br /><br />据悉 ,这个活动的目的是要推动电源管理,减少二氧化碳的排放量,今年更把焦点放在气候变化的课题上。<br /><br />当“地球一小时”的宣传活动如火如荼进行的时候,很多人都纷纷表示支持这项活动,但是到底又有多少人真正了解解决气候变化的问题,并不只是靠“从改变个人习惯开始”就能成事,而这是一个制度性的问题,需要去制度上进行改变。<br /><br />今天全球的环境问题,包括了威胁着地球生物生存的气候变化,是资本主义送给人类和地球的一份厚礼。盈利至上的资本财团,为了掠夺更多的财富,不仅剥削广大的劳动群众,还不惜一切地去掏空地球资源(如过度开发森林、过度开采石油),推动污染性强的工业(如汽车工业)去牟取最大的利润,结果将千疮万孔的地球留给世人以及我们的下一代。<br /><br />目前,人类已经掌握可以生产不污染环境的绿色能源,去推动社会发展,如风力发电、太阳能发电等。要将能源生产从化石燃料转化为可再生又不污染环境的能源,并不是天方夜谭的事情,是可行而且是可以立即落实的事情。但是,各国政府却诸多借口地拖慢减少排放二氧化碳的目标,无非就是要照顾大财团的盈利。什么开发绿色再生能源需要高昂成本,只是用来欺骗大众的借口,如果社会继续依赖化石燃料去发电或推动路上行驶的车子,储存量日益减少的化石燃料价格将可以继续攀升,而财团的盈利滚滚而来,什么污染什么气候变化都不是盈利最大化所关心的。<br /><br />当然,气候变化已经是一个不可否认的事实,而且威胁着全人类和地球生物的生存。但是,那些盈利财团做的,就是去响应那些“感觉很好”(feel good)却没有改变到什么的,将自己表现得有“社会责任”的商业宣传活动。像“地球一小时”这样的活动,就是最廉价的宣传,还可以帮忙促销自己的品牌,真的是何乐而不为。<br /><br />我们不用质疑当初举办这样一个一年一度熄灯一小时的活动有着什么不良动机,只不过,这样的活动已经演变为资本财团用来“漂绿”自己的宣传手段,变成资本财团在大肆破坏地球生态后买回来的“赎罪券”。<br /><br />近年流行的一些“绿色”概念,非常符合财团“赎罪”之余又不影响让它们继续通过剥削劳动人民和地球资源去累计自己财富的生产关系。什么“碳排放牌照 ”(carbon credit)之类的“排污交易”(emission trading),只是在资本主义市场机制操作下模糊人们视线的障眼法闹剧,并不能解决大量碳排入大气层的问题,我们更应该主张的是“把碳留在地下”,不要再有任何碳排放。<br /><br />“地球一小时”是个可以参与的活动,没有什么理由要阻止任何人在3月28日熄灯一小时。但是,要逆转当前资本主义将地球推向毁灭边缘的形势,不是一年熄灯一小时,或者是一个月熄灯小时,甚至是每天熄灯一小时,就可以实现的。我们要实现拯救地球,如玻利维亚总统莫拉雷斯所说的,就只有推翻资本主义制度。<br /><br />我们可以将整个地球有阳光的地方,用太阳能发电机去覆盖;我们可以在任何有风的地方竖立起风力发电机;我们可以大规模发展以电力推动的公共交通,而让所有人无需依赖排放最多二氧化碳的私家车……这些都将为劳动人民制造就业机会,为社会带来发展,而且很轻易的就可以实现,就是在资本主义底下被财团和它们的打手政府们所拦路。<br /><br />因此,在拯救地球生态的运动中,我们需要建立起群众的力量。这个捍卫地球环境的运动,不能是告诉我们去“牺牲自己”的运动,因为那些叫我们“牺牲自己”或 “由自己本身开始改变”的人,往往都是不会去改变自己和整个社会制度的既得利益者。我们要的保护地球运动,也是一个会让人民有工作、社会继续发展、人民生活更好的运动。<br /><br />在此,要对2009年3月28日晚上熄灯一小时的朋友们说的是,当你熄灯的当儿,不要只是想到自己个人的生活方式,更应该去想想我们全部人所活在之中的荒唐制度。我们迫切需要的是将摧毁地球和人类生活的资本主义制度连根拔起,而不只是制造一个看起来比较“绿色 ”的假象。BlogDeMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431126066343738277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734456162695113199.post-41045503492063941132009-03-24T23:29:00.001+08:002009-03-24T23:31:19.821+08:00Layman explanation for Financial Crisis.<object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Q0zEXdDO5JU&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Q0zEXdDO5JU&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iYhDkZjKBEw&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iYhDkZjKBEw&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object><br /><br />Some writting by another author:<br />http://mises.org/story/3263<br /><br />Those studying Financial course, this might be helpful.BlogDeMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431126066343738277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734456162695113199.post-82230072530069595442009-03-24T21:24:00.002+08:002009-03-24T21:52:55.007+08:00AlJazeera 101 East On Sarawak Issue<object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RX8in2voMl0&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RX8in2voMl0&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fzm5BwNH8xM&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fzm5BwNH8xM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object><br /><br />Very informative clips. Well, you can never expect local stations like TV1,2,3, NTV7 or 8TV to do this kind of interview. If not mistaken, Astro also got AlJazeera right? No? I'm not sure because my house no longer subscribe Astro but I think even if Astro has AlJazeera, this episode will be filtered by Astro. Why? Thanks to media freedom restrictions in Malaysia.<br /><br />When people out there claiming that they are the 'Bumiputera' of Malaysia and asking for special rights and special treatments , the real 'Bumiputera' are being isolated and left out. Moreover, Malaysian are too concern on West Malaysia issues and hardly pay attention to East Malaysia issues. When Sarawak and Sabah helped BN to win most of the seats last March 08, only they start to visits East Malaysia more often and give more funds to these 2 'States'. Sigh...<br /><br />So Malay, please take care of the other 'Bumiputras' out there. You're not the only bumiputra in Malaysia who deserves better treatments.<br /><br />Chinese and Indians, please help these true bumiputra as their living are like in the pre-independance, as if they are not moving forward like us. Read my previous post and you will understand more. We, as Chinese and Indians, know the feeling of being left out and isolated by the policies that favour the other race more, therefore we should lend our helping hand to those who are in a worse scenario.<br /><br />As for the natives of Sarawak and Sabah, please unite and fight for your right. Do not give up because in the early days, Chinese and Indian really sacrificed alot to fight for their rights and they really get something in return, like citizenship, which are great things for their younger generation like me. So you too, must fight for what is important to your younger generations. Do not betray your tribe and stay united.<br /><br />Those who love Borneo, East Malaysia and Sarawak, please please please, love this place in a correct way.BlogDeMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431126066343738277noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734456162695113199.post-60399787280737555432009-03-06T15:19:00.000+08:002009-03-06T15:20:59.629+08:00贪腐阻碍飞行医生起飞<h2>砂70万原住民等待救援<br /></h2> <div id="postmessage_56850783" class="t_msgfont"> 贪腐阻碍飞行医生起飞<br /><br />作者/砂拉越·杨煦 Mar 06, 2009 02:11:01 pm<br /><br />【砂拉越·杨煦】去年十月初,我到乌鲁柏拉甲,在一座长屋内遇见一名悲伤老人;他的女儿不久前难产而死,女儿的前夫也已不在了,两名分别七岁和三岁的孙子和他相依为命。<br /><br />他一直说医生的疏忽导致他的女儿失血过多而死,他的女儿躺在手术台上老半天,却没有医生为她诊断。“在民都鲁医院,我问医生要做什么,医生说不要紧;后来又跟我说要输血,我找了十个朋友来,可是我的华人朋友刚到,医生就说我女儿失血过多,死了。”<br /><br />“如果医生愿意帮她动手术,就不会这样了。我跟医生说,如果你帮她动手术,我女儿就不会等太久,然后失血过多而死;但医生很大声回我:‘我是医生,还是你是医生?’我很生气,很难过。我要起诉他们,起诉那些医生。”<br /><br />他驾著老旧的小货车,一边诉说一边小心翼翼地走著凹凸不平的山路;我不语聆听,记住了他那佈满哀伤的脸。<br /><br />回来后,与刚从乌鲁峇南回来的阿邦提起这事,怎知道他也跟我说起一样的事。他刚抵达那里的某村落,村民便告诉他,前村长家里办丧事,因为应提供医疗支援的单位不尽责,村长的女儿最终等不到医疗支援,因难产失血过多,死在家里。<br /><br />阿邦轻描淡述,语气却充满愤怒。我依然只能不语。<br /><br />70万原住民等待救援<br /><br />当砂拉越州首席部长泰益玛目特地飞到瑞士看牙医、到澳洲做体检时,砂州内陆地区仍有70万个原住民在期盼最简单的医疗服务,在病痛的无望中等待医疗救援,但结果却常常令人失望。<br /><br />过去24年来,政府以飞行医疗措施为偏远内陆居民提供最简便的医疗服务。全马目前就只有沙、砂两州仍有飞行医疗服务,而这个由联邦卫生部掌管的飞行医疗服 务分两种:一是飞行医生服务(Flying Doctor Service, FDS),另一是医疗遣送服务(Medical Evacuation Service, MEDEVAC)。前者原则上由医生和护士每个月前往固定村落一次,为原住民看诊;后者则在发生紧急状况时,以直升机将重病或发生意外的村民从内陆村落送 到市内医院。<br /><br />虽然飞行医疗服务由来已久,但施行过程却差强人意,巨额的飞行医疗服务不但没有为原住民带来实际援助,反而让特定团体用以自肥。尤其政策不透明、巨额合约在桌下交易,令无法得到医疗服务的原住民无助彷徨。<br /><br />在砂拉越,内陆原住民主要遍布中南部与南北部,这两个地区的原住民近年受到财团的伐木业与种植业侵袭,面临严重的生存危机。更甚的是,在土地被侵犯的过程中,这些原住民并没有享受发展的好处。<br /><br />就以砂拉越北部峇南县为例,目前预计有7万1700人生活在2万2066.8平方公里的县区,县内有24家公共诊疗所,但只有弄拉玛公共诊疗所有一名医生驻紮当地;偶尔每个月有一名医生前往姆禄公共诊疗所提供五天的门诊。<br /><br />位于偏远地方的其他公共诊疗所完全没有牙医和医生,仅靠一、两名经过本地大医院三年专科培训毕业的医药助理(Medical Assistants)及两年半训练的两名社区护士(Community Nurses)驻守。<br /><br />孕妇水陆折腾至少八小时<br /><br />由于飞行医疗延误或无故缺席造成的憾事,当中最多的莫属难产的孕妇。若没有紧急医疗飞行队伍,一个难产的孕妇得坐船、步行、坐车至少折腾八小时以上,才能从峇南地区抵达美里医院。对孕妇而言,这种惊险旅程确确实实是在死里求生。<br /><br />因此,内陆地区孕妇难产而死的例子远比城市地区来得高,而这原本是可以避免的,可惜,对看一颗牙齿都要飞到瑞士的泰益玛目政权而言,这问题根本入不了眼。<br /><br />在泰益玛目治下,难产孕妇、备受病痛折磨或年迈衰老的的70万名内陆原住民犹如生活在这片土地上的二等人种;他们承受的痛苦向来少人关注,也不会有什么具体措施解决他们的问题。<br /><br />卫生部规定飞行医生服务每月到指定村落探访一次,但长久以来承包此服务的直升机公司条件不足,且医护人员短缺,导致原本应该每个月固定的看诊服务减少至一年平均只有六至八次,有些村落甚至一年不过四至五次。<br /><br />平均一、两个月一次的服务已经非常不足了,但飞行医疗的服务还是常常因为一些人为因素而停止运作。今年一月,美里居民写信给报社,投诉飞行医生又停止运作了。<br /><br />联邦政府将飞行医疗服务合约授予飞行公司的决策过程不透明,导致飞行医疗服务时常处于停工状态。最为严重的,要属在2007年的飞行医疗服务,因承包合约的弊病而全面停止。<br /><br />飞行医生合约授予空壳公司<br /><br />在2006年初,联邦卫生部与财政部将2006年4月开始、为期四年的合约交给西马一家称为“SAR直升机公司”的空壳公司,这家公司不但没有直升机,也没有航空作业证书(Air Operator Certificate, AOC)。<br /><br />据了解,联邦政府与SAR直升机公司的四年合约,数额相信高达马币6400万元;换言之,医疗飞行服务的飞行开销为每年马币1600万元。<br /><br />1600万元诺能使飞行医疗服务正常良好也就罢,但每年耗资千万元,却没有半架直升机在执行任务,荒谬得令人愤怒。<br /><br />2007年过去,飞行医疗服务就这样停止运作一年。联邦财政部与SAR直升机公司合约在2007年11月12日终止,但政府却已缴付合约首六个月的费用(马币800万元),这笔款项将如何处置?到底合约内容为何?对不起,没有人知道。<br /><br />更令人质疑的是,隶属联邦财政部及卫生部的庞大数额飞行医生服务合约,为何会落在一家没有航空作业证书及直升机的空壳公司,且拖了一年之久都没有解决?<br /><br />砂拉越内陆原住民长期面对各种生活条件不足和被压迫的问题,却没有获得多大关注。当非马来人被视为“寄居”而力求认同之际,对这些不得关注、不被当一回事的内陆原住民来说,他们才真是最需要拥抱,被当作与我们平等共居的“寄居者”。</div>BlogDeMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431126066343738277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734456162695113199.post-82556896999625869982009-03-04T13:24:00.003+08:002009-03-15T03:15:53.301+08:00Proton Exora Teaser ImageFor those of you who read newspaper recently, you should probably see some black and white advertisements on Proton soon to be launched 'Proton Exora'.<br />Well, those are black and white images so it's hard to observe the details of the car.<br />Then, a local automotive blogger managed to find 2 high resolution images which are exactly the same as those advertised in local newspapers, only this time they are filled with color.<br />You can download these images and enlarge them to observe the details of Proton Exora's interior.<br />Observe carefully and you will see a few features that's been added to this model which can never be seen on current Proton's line-up.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlbznHKE2kMftiA0nFpBoTsm_AOHeJ4LvfBA7fKAajwEKaws_QTWBED_XOrM_s1JMQ1lUZ-KZw7N3BVpGUtLhyqOURvX3AXOKeL2y__B0Xj3-sh24JG8q9EKH0cNHLw9HckVOOzEiyAz8M/s1600-h/proton-exora-meter-panel-hires-large.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 283px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlbznHKE2kMftiA0nFpBoTsm_AOHeJ4LvfBA7fKAajwEKaws_QTWBED_XOrM_s1JMQ1lUZ-KZw7N3BVpGUtLhyqOURvX3AXOKeL2y__B0Xj3-sh24JG8q9EKH0cNHLw9HckVOOzEiyAz8M/s400/proton-exora-meter-panel-hires-large.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309199481532370994" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8pB64uR_j5hZABkV2NflmjTcglG8vJ9sxmRY7nYRyiV_XdS7q0vxhx-xksDqzjz3cbYvhpCK8BW9-XYRu_MQ3AVyhtjdLW8Bb_Y9YVKIwZFqya3do_L_hfMOquuRICgZ3Y4ENu2IBBPTc/s1600-h/proton-exora-seats-dash-highres.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8pB64uR_j5hZABkV2NflmjTcglG8vJ9sxmRY7nYRyiV_XdS7q0vxhx-xksDqzjz3cbYvhpCK8BW9-XYRu_MQ3AVyhtjdLW8Bb_Y9YVKIwZFqya3do_L_hfMOquuRICgZ3Y4ENu2IBBPTc/s400/proton-exora-seats-dash-highres.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309199681884912546" border="0" /></a>For your info, this is a 7 seater multi-purpose-vehicle powered by Campro CPS 1.6l engine, which set to be launched at April 2009. Price starts from RM72k. Proton Exora will be a serious competitor to Nissan Grand Livina and Toyota Avanza.<br /><br />UPDATE: (15-03-09)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho9rDtpxvbx-BMtVZ-Tja6v0Xd63G0kD4M9B71184CBAROkuR1wvqJ7_GGKn6Y73dW39skLNYzsqP2YI71VpZXl1EZ7jCuoYjABE0XhyrHu79kjaQQiJOqQiJUi7a_3jcH_Sqn5DI2M2j0/s1600-h/exora-seats-large.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho9rDtpxvbx-BMtVZ-Tja6v0Xd63G0kD4M9B71184CBAROkuR1wvqJ7_GGKn6Y73dW39skLNYzsqP2YI71VpZXl1EZ7jCuoYjABE0XhyrHu79kjaQQiJOqQiJUi7a_3jcH_Sqn5DI2M2j0/s400/exora-seats-large.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313123478010534498" border="0" /></a>Most of the local automotive blog and website have posted their Proton Exora prototype test-drive reviews. If you're interested to find out more. Feel free to visit the following websites:<br />Paultan.org<br />motortrader.com.my<br />lastcaronearth.comBlogDeMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431126066343738277noreply@blogger.com0