Legendary Luciano Pavarotti

A great tenor had passed away yesterday, a great lost of talent to those who likes opera music. I don't really know him until 1 year ago, while listening to my friend's collection in his car, I am very impressed of his voice although none of us speaks Italian.

In 1972 he famously hit nine high C's in a row in Daughter of the Regiment at New York's Metropolitan Opera, which he referred to as "my home".

His last public singing performance was at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Turin in February 2006.

You may say that you are not interested in opera music and doesn't care about what happened to him but I think all of us should give tribute to this guy for his optimistic thinking and courage. He doesn't give up on fighting his pancreatic cancer and even perform while suffering from cancer.

Moreover, he still strive to gave several hours each day to teaching his pupils at his summer villa in Pesaro, on Italy's Adriatic Coast until just weeks before his death.

I am sure that he would not be happy for leaving this world before completing his farewell tour but god had taken him away after all...

Highlights of the great tenor's career

1. La Fille du régiment, New York 1972
Seventeen rapturous curtain calls crowned this sensational performance of Donizetti’s comedy at the Metropolitan Opera, confirming Pavarotti’s super stardom.

2. World Cup, Rome 1990
This epoch-making “Three Tenors” concert alongside Placido Domingo and José Carreras made Pavarotti a household name, not least for his heartfelt singing of Puccini’s “Nessun dorma”.

Spice Girls feat. Pavarotti Viva Forever


Pavarotti - Nessun Dorma

Bad experience at Sri Petaling Proton Edar

After having Pork noodle at OUG for lunch, Han Ping, Yen Wei and I decided to show our support to our national car by paying a visit to the Proton Edar located at Sri Petaling, near Shell and Mobil petrol station. Inside there were a few family and couple looking for a new car. Three of us were hoping to test drive the new Proton Persona.

However, when the salesman (David) found out that Han Ping is still a student, his attitude changed immediately, saying that he need a guarantor in order for him to test drive and persuade him to put booking fee (RM50) first. He asked us what car do you all drive and where did you all study. We told them we study in IMU and from his eye I can see he was wondering is that "Itu Mana University"? So he ask us " what is that?". We were like wtf!!!??? IMU so close to Sri Petaling also don't know? Our BPharm tuition fees can already buy a new Persona H-Line and a H-Line Savvy already ok!

He lied to us that the CAMPRO in this Persona is like what you found in Honda VTEC and Toyota VVTI. That time I had a very bad impression on him because even the Proton CEO admitted that the real CAMPRO is still in development and will be available later this year or next year. Currently CAMPRO is just a name, no whatsoever technology inside. Since I am not buying this car anyway, but HP is interested, I choose not to shoot on his face for being a liar.

It is spacious inside, the door close with a solid sound and the plastic quality has improve a lot compared to the one inside Gen-2. I don't like the the steering wheel, it is so hard and rough, makes me wonder whether am I grabbing a rough wooden stick or a steering. Ladies will need to apply more hand cream after driving this car.

It will takes the speedometer forever to reach the 240 km/h top speed.

Looks complicated to me...

Hand rest is made of soft material. Hopefully the power window failure problem has been solved forever.

I am unable to bump my head onto the roof of the backseat even when I sit straight, unlike the Gen2.

Haizzz... just got a little bit of good sales then this Proton salesman becomes arrogant. Even when Yen Wei wanna test drive Honda City V-Tec at The Store there a few weeks ago also got no problem. They shouldn't treat a potential customer like that, even if we are not buying this car for now...

Proton Persona- pride and joy of nation?

I felt proud to know that our country can produces a car when I was in primary school studying "Di Fang Yen Jiu". But as I grown up, the 1st generation Proton car which is in fact older than me by a few months, associated with low quality and using Mitsubishi 1st generation Lancer technology carburetor engine is still in production really disappoints me.


Newer model of Proton Saga, Proton Iswara is not much different except the engine horse power increase by a few bhp.

While Mitsubishi is coming out with its new Lancer Evolution 10, poor Malaysians need to settle with a 22 years old Proton Saga, isn't it a sad thing? Saying national car is the national pride really makes me laugh. I felt rather embarrased to see a dinosour car running on the road. Why they never improve after being given so many years and chances!


The technology and design of this new Lancer is light years ahead of any Proton cars!


Although they have tried hard to improve on their car quality, the new car still lacks in one of the most important aspect - the heart of a car which is the engine.

The same old engine that you can find in the Gen-2 give you bad low end torque, meaning that the engine needs to rev more to move the car from static, directly increasing the fuel consumption which becomes worst when you drive frequently in go-stop-go-stop KL traffic.

Even if they have made modifications to counter this problem, one thing that I had noticed is that they never mention the fuel consumption of this car. Previously they have been boosting that the 1.3L Gen-2 and Savvy can give you a decent mileage, but this time they never say a word on fuel consumption. So for those who is going to spend their hard earned money to pay 7 or 9 years loan to get this car, you should consider whether is there possibility that you need to break a big hole in your pocket to feed this car in order to get it moving.

Personally Persona's design is acceptable to me. This car is price competitively against the MyVi. One is 1.6L small-mid size sedan and another is 1.3L compact car.

Price list:
Proton Persona 1.6AT H-Line Metallic – RM55,800
Proton Persona 1.6AT M-Line Metallic – RM52,800
Proton Persona 1.6MT M-Line Metallic – RM49,800
Proton Persona 1.6AT B-Line Metallic – RM48,449
Proton Persona 1.6AT B-Line Solid – RM47,999
Proton Persona 1.6MT B-Line Metallic – RM45,449
Proton Persona 1.6MT B-Line Solid – RM44,999

Nevertheless, I pick MyVi over Persona anytime if I am going to get a new car when I come out as fresh grads. Engine realibility and fuel economy are the major factors that I made the decision to choose MyVi. May be I will consider Proton Persona if the engine comes with the real CAMPRO, VIM (variable intake mechanism) and CPS (cam profile shifting), otherwise Proton will never get my money.

Breaking News- IMU Canteen Caught Fire!

We have heard many times the fire alarm rang while we were attending lectures, but all of them were false alarm. Today 10.30 p.m., yes is NIGHTIME! Yen Wei, Han Ping and I went to make our 3T3 cells healthy in the culture room. We should be given the most hardworking student prizes, if there is any :) When we were just about to start the cell culturing process, the alarm rang for sometime. Again, we thought it was just malfunction of the alarm system and continued to carry on our work. Although I did take a look outside the lab, but everything seems to be fine to me at that time.

After finishing our work at 12.15 a.m., on the way back passing the lift we saw this numbers that freak us out-When did IMU construct until 58 floor high? After went down to the security check point at ground floor, we saw bomba and the security guards inside the control room.

These 2 cars are so "lucky" that they parked at the place where water was leaking for free car wash. The whole car park is so huge and coincidentally they parked at there.

The entrance was flooded with clean water, what a waste!

Bomba took about 1 hour to arrive after the incidence. Heard someone said that they drove to TPM looking for IMU, hence causing the delay. Come on, IMU is not APIIT lah! Luckily the fire that occur at the Malay canteen was not serious, or else...

If the only entrance/exit collapse due to the gas explosion, how are we going to escape! IMU please looked into this matter seriously. A building should have sufficient escape route to be approved for usage. 3 of us should be considered lucky to get out of there safely!

KL food exploration (Part 1)

Meng Kei Char Siew Fan nearby Jalan Alor-RM 6 per serving.
The roasted pork is crunchy and sweet.
Rating= 9/10
Meat ball (made from beef) spaghetti at Murni, SS2- RM 12
For beef lover like me, the meat ball really taste delicious unlike those low quality beef like Rxxli burger. The serving is so big until my stomach is so full until unable to walk. Suitable for those body builders.
Rating = 8/10

Ice blended Ribenna and Peach. RM 5 (large) , RM 4 (small)
Again, the "cup" as big as a 750 mL beaker will make your stomach burst... If you don't have a big stomach, better save RM 1 and just order small drinks. RM 5 one is seriously too big, it is sufficient for sharing with 2 person.
Rating = 8/10

Blog revive !

Goodbye to the research proposal, because of you I don't have time to blog for more than 3 weeks!

But now I am too free until don't know what to do. Went up to Genting in midnight 1am on 24th of July with a group of classmate, got the chance to get into the casino for the first time, but didn't gamble because I don't want to donate my money to uncle Lim. It will be something crazy I did during my final year university life, driving uphill (I am not the driver though) which looks like what you see in Initial D is dam scary leh... After that, ate a "big pao" which taste yucks and cost me RM5.30.

On the way back to KL the next morning, we almost got into accident (touchwood) at least twice. One is on the way downhill before the last police checkpoint with the signboard "Selekoh bahaya", better trust the signboard for those who think they are Schumacher or Raikkonen coz is really dangerous la, the car without ABS skidded for a for while because the road is slippery after the rain. Second incident was somewhere in KL, the driver with the name initial same as the car plate number fall asleep and drive up to the road sideway... that time i was asleep ... phew....

Yen Wei - a noob driver who think he is Kimi Raikkonen Junior knock his car onto the bump for 5-6 times on the way uphill to Genting. Hahaha, see some scratch mark on the bottom on his car, still say he is Kimi Raikonnen la, padan muka :) Somemore the plastic made bumper become loose on right side. He was expecting to pay RM 200++ for the repair charge.

But he got lucky, the foreman say "ni ti ngo tei mou kai ge, check ha je ma".

So this guy deserve some punishment, 25th of July is his birthday. In the midnight, YW who don't know how to swim was pushed into the pool of Vista C. I am the camera man. So not my fault. Omg, he really noob la, he don't know how to stand one, almost drowned in a pool which water level is lower than him. NOOB NOOB NOOB!!!

My "mou yeng sao", translate to english is no shadow hand

Happy birthday Harry Lim Potter, although your new movie is dam boring in the front part.

I survive !

My life is full of challenges- Firstly, I need to pass Semester 6 to enjoy my holiday fully.

Next, while enjoying the last few days of my precious holiday in Langkawi's Seven Wells, I need to sacrify my RM 1 paddle pop ice- cream in order to get away from a bunch of monkey when eating it half way.

This monkey really makes me angry and I wanted someone to compensate me an ice cream.

No one bother to answer my request, so The Star compensate me back with RM 50 with this photo.

http://thumbnails.thestar.com.my/view.asp?id=1380

Then, I need to drive back from Penang to K.L. even though I am having fever.


Now, I need to prepare oral presentation and draft a proposal for the coming Monday.

Wish me good luck ...

Urgent Message from TELEKOM

To those who have a telekom home phone, please read. Here is the original text received from Telekom:

If you get a call from someone identifying himself as a phone technician performing a test, and this person asks you to touch nine( 9), zero(0 ),hash sign (#) and then hang up... Please REFUSE TO DO SO! By pushing 90#, you are giving the individual, who called you, access to your telephone line and allowing them to place a long distance call with the charges appearing on your telephone bill. We were further informed that line scam has been originating from many of the local jails/prisons.

Please pass the word around.

(Got this from an email, is it true?)

Please sign the petition to fight against crime!

我们对新山治安败坏的严重性，深感忧心忡忡；人民生活在恐慌的恶劣环境中，财物性命没有保障。 以下签名者向我国政府传达我们强烈的心声，希望警方全力以赴， 重点扑灭严重罪案， 还我人民一个安全的生活环境。

Pihak kami serentak merasai keadaan keamanan dan keselamatan di Johor Bahru semakin tergugat dan rakyat hidup dalam situasi yang bimbang dan gelisah. Bersama ini kami menurunkan dandatanggan sebagai satu penyampaian citarasa kami kepada pihak berkuasa, kami berharap pihak polis akan menfokus dan berusaha dengan sepenuhnya bagi membanteras jenayah untuk mengembalikan keyakinan kehidupan yang aman kepada rakyat semua.

www.jbtalks.cc/petition

I had signed the petition, so far about 47k people had done the same, please do the right thing !

"When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.

When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.

When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.

When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out." Pastor Martin Niemöller (1892–1984)

We all are part of the problem...

Nuffnang coming to Penang

The location is Foodloft at Gurney Plaza on 23-6-2007. I went there a few weeks before I got the email from nuffnang. Inside there, you can see they separate the kitchen according to the origin country of the food such as Portugese, Japanese, Malaysian etc...

According to them, kennysia's blog owner is also coming. I should have register earlier because they offer free food to the first 100 participants. Dam! By the way, if you are interested to go, you are free to go but you need to pay for your own bill...