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The ride of Civic Type R at Suzuka Circuit
Touge between J's Racing S2000 and Spoon FD2
Variety of Catback for Civic Type R (FD2)


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J's Racing 60RS
Civic FD2 Type R Vs S2000
Under 'National Energy Plan'

Under 'National Energy Plan', one (1) clause mentioned:-

  • Exemption of import duty and sales tax on 100% import duty and 50% excise duty on new hybrid CBU cars, with engine capacity below 2,000 cc, be given to franchise importers. This exemption is given for a period of two years to prepare for the local assembly of such cars.
      • Do you think the franchise importers will fully reduce the price of the new hybrid CBU cars?
      • Is this a rebate to the franchise importers to get ready for the competition after 2 years? So sort of rebate to encourage investment on local assembly before tax increase back again?
      • Is this clause mainly benefiting 'Premier Hybrid Cars Sdn Bhd', who claims to be the the first hybrid distributor of hybrid cars in Malaysia (which is untrue)? e.g. Goverment reduce tax ; importer increase profits.

Feedback and share your opinion!

Anyway, I would like to advise people that hybrid powertrains are very complicated things. If you would consider one of those Hybrid Car, it would be a good idea to get them from principals who can competently back your warranty and maintenance.

The Fact of Life: 3M or MMM

From my experience and many exploration, i realised of MMM - Money Motivates Man. And money can buy plenty of power and sex.

This is what happening in the community everyday - (e.g. robbery, commercial crime, smuggling, murder, piracy issue and etc). From Top Down approach, you will be seeing or reading or experiencing MMM happening every moment when you flipping the newspapers, in a work environment, in parliament or may be at home place as well.

From statistical crime rates analysis, crime rates hardly reduce since the law enforcement applied at the very beginning. Man always been with MMM, they will never practice whatever they learn from their religion and their mistakes!

Typical example, the Malays masquerading as Muslims practice on whatever and not what Islam teaches them ; the Chineses masquerading as Buddhist or Christian practice on whatever and not what their god teaches them. As usual, you will be seeing the people challenge another one to swearing on the Bible to proof that they are innocent even though they are very obvious guilty. 

Why they want to make use of religion? Why make use of bible? That is not what the religion teaches. That is People, human that causes all this. It is a people invention just like how people invent many other things about religion that are not true and totally false. One reason, they just want money and can be wild enough to have such many wild ideas. They want to make more easy money by using religion as a stone stepper. A proper religion only teaches people to do right things and not doing 'improper' things for own benefits.

In fact, i agreed that Money Motivates Man is not a wrong thing and it is a fact of life. Man needs to be motivated to work hard to bring up a family and build their career path. But don't go out of bound and stay on the track. If the money that you make are thru dirty tactics, the money goes to charity and the people will not be happy to take your money as well. Because till the end, people will not forgive on whatever you have done to achieve your wild ideas.

Malaysia Today Mirror Site URL

Malaysia Today is being blocked by TMNet (Instruction by MCMC after by-election). To access Malaysia Today please go here http://mt.harapanmalaysia.com/2008/

Update (02 Sept 2008): Malaysia Today is being blocked by Malaysian government. To access use the address http://mt.m2day.org/2008/    You can check the site status at http://m2day.org/ or google for "Malaysia Today ".

The 100 ugliest cars

There is an article in Telegraph.co.uk that reveal (in reserve order) the ugliest cars of all time as chosen by readers of The Daily Telegraph, UK. Of course, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so don’t feel bad if you find the appearance of one or more of the vehicles shown in the list, attractive.

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Among other vehicles that ‘managed’ to make into the list are Subaru B9 Tribeca, four Bangle-era BMWs, the previous 7-Series, X6, current 6-Series and Z3 Coupe, Lexus SC430, the third generation Ford Mustang, Cadillac Escalade, Citroen 2CV, Chrysler 300C, Renault Fuego Coupe, Porsche Boxster, VW Tiguan, Mercedes R-Class, Ford Sierra, Leyland P76, Hyundai Pony, Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X, Perodua Kenari, Peugeot 308, NSU Prinz IV, Lamborghini LM002, Yugo, Alfa Romeo SZ, Nissan Figaro, Smart ForTwo and the Jaguar XJ-S Coupe. Which ugliest cars would top your list?

Refer: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/main.jhtml?xml=/motoring/2008/08/25/mfuglycars123.xml

2011 Silvia & 2010 March Turbo

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We’ve lost track of the number of times we’ve seen renderings from Japanese publications showing what the Nissan Silvia (180SX or 200SX or 240SX) might look like when it debuts sometime in 2010/2011.

In its forthcoming October issue, Japanese car magazine ‘Best Car’ takes another shot at the forthcoming 240SX / Silvia replacement that is said to be based on a modified version of the 350Z's rear-wheel-drive platform.

Additionally, along with the new 240SX / Silvia photoshop, Best Car also shows a rendering of the next-generation March (Micra outside Japan) and in particular, the range-topping sport version. Speculation is that the sport March will be equipped with a 1.6-liter turbocharged engine powering the front wheels.

Tsukuba circuit 7 lap battle (Including Civic Type R)


Fast and Furious (2009) Trailer - Back on Cinema on Next Summer '09

Starring: Van Diesel, Paul Walker and Michelle Rodriguez

EC: Anwar has won

Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is the new Permatang Pauh MP, winning the seat with a majority of 15,671 votes. He polled 31,195 votes against Barisan Nasional candidate Datuk Arif Shah Omar Shah's 15,524 votes. Hanafi Hamat (Akim) managed 92 votes.

Fuel price to be reviewed every 15 days

Minister of Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan said he proposed the review period on every 15 days instead of every month on the fuel prices.The decision was made during a Cabinet meeting on Friday as well. But he did not say when this would start.

He added that, the Government is able to further reduce fuel prices if global oil prices continued to drop. “Rest assured, however, petrol prices would never exceed RM2.70 a litre if global oil prices increase again,” he said. In a word, he mean that the government will simply increase the amount subsidised to keep it at a max of RM2.70.

Hence, enjoy the fuel price on every 15 days first and wish the global oil crisis will over before this Christmas.

Gov't slashes petrol price between 8 sen and 22 sen a litre from Saturday

The government announces that price of RON97 petrol will go down by 15 sen from RM2.70 to RM2.55 per litre at the pumps beginning midnight. RON92 from RM2.62 to RM2.40, Diesel from RM2.58 to RM2.50

Say NO! to VKOOL ELITE

Today I am 'runner' to bring cars fo inspection for ownership transfer. However, the car that i brought for inspection is a Honda Civic 1.8 (FD1).

The front windscreen fail the inspection test as detected 58% visibility. The permitted level is only allow 65% visibility by JPJ regulation.

Hence, I am advice to pull the tint out on-the-spot to pass the inspection. So, it passed.

Conclusion and lesson shows, ladies and gentleman do not tint your windscreen with VKool Elite and go for alternative film which 100% compliance with JPJ regulation. Vkool Elite claimed is JPJ compliance film but in fact it is not. RM500 masuk longkang straight!

Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X Officially Launched In Malaysia by MMM

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Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 2.0
Intercooled Turbocharged DOHC MIVEC
Engine Capacity: 1,998cc
Max output: 217kw (295ps) / 6,500rpm
Max torque: 366N-m (37.3 kg-m) / 3,500rpm
Transmission Type: Twin clutch SST with Sport Shift (No Manual Transmission for Malaysia Market)

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On-the-road Price with Insurance: RM323,888.00 (Individual Private) - Peninsular Malaysia @ Mitsubishi Motors Malaysia authorised dealer.

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Equipment & Standard Accessories Included :-
- 6-speed TC-SST (Twin Clutch Sport Shift Transmission) with magnesium paddle shifters
- Front and rear Eibach® coil spring and BILSTEIN®
shock absorbers
- S-AWC (Super All Wheel Control) System
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brembo®
4-wheel ventilated disc brakes
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18-inch BBS® forged aluminium alloy wheels
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7-Airbag System
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Adaptive Front-lighting System (AFS) with High Intensity Discharge (HID) headlamps
- Aluminium hood with large air outlet / Aluminium blistered fenders
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Electrical slide and tilt sunroof
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3-spoke sport-type leather-wrapped steering wheel with audio and auto-cruise control
- Multi-information display
- Auto-rain sensing wipers
- RECARO®
full bucket leather combination racing front seats
- Fully Automatic Air Conditioner
- Keyless operation system
- Rockford Fosgate® premium audio system with 650W amplifier and 9 speakers

Firefly now fly with the latest generation of turboprop aircraft ATR72-500

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Firefly, Malaysia’s community airline and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Malaysia Airlines fly with the latest generation of turboprop aircraft ATR72-500.

Since its launch in April 2007, Firefly has been operating with three Fokker-50 turbo-propeller aircraft flying to 9 destinations out of Penang and Subang. By end of this year, Firefly would not only have received but will be fully operating five ATR72-500 and serving a total of more than 14 destinations. By August next year, Firefly would operate with a total of 10 ATR72-500 serving both domestic and regional routes.

Presently, Firefly operates directly from Subang and Penang airport. It provides a generous 20kg baggage allowance. Operating with smaller aircraft means less congestion at check-ins and baggage collection thus enhancing customer convenience satisfaction and flying experience. This convenient also includes designated allocated seating for all passengers.

Try Firefly one day (maybe with your love one)! Your on-board experience might be better than AirAsia. :P Most important, Firefly operates at Subang Airport instead of KLIA, which is more convenience fo us.

All-new Jazz : Defy Convention.

The All-New Jazz comes with the 1.5-liter i-VTEC engine, with an output of 120PS power at 6,600 rpm, offering a maximum torque of 14.8kg-m at 4,800 rpm. It delivers instant exhilaration and a powerful ride. To achieve unparalleled driving performance, a class-first 5-speed Automatic Transmission was adopted. It is also equipped with Grade Logic Control that enhances drive, reduces gear hunting and provides faster acceleration.

Honda's responsive 1.5-liter i-VTEC engine outperforms anything in its class.

Maximum output:
120PS (88kW) @ 6,600rpm
Maximum torque:
145Nm (14.8kg-m)@4,800 rpm

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All-new Honda Jazz with the price as below:- (Wow!)
Grade V : RM109,800.00 (OTR)
Grade S : RM104,800.00 (OTR)

Grade V come with additionals/upgrade:-
- 16" Inch Alloy Wheel (instead of 15")
- Door Mirror with Side Turn Light
- Sports Type of Body Color for Front and Rear Bumper
- Exhaust Pipe Finisher
- Paddle Shift & Cruise Control
- Power Retractable Power Door Mirror
- Steering Wheel Audio Control

For the technical part (engine/steering/brake/suspension system) are the identical for both Grade V and Grade S.

Colors? Taffeta White, Alabaster Silver Metallic, Crystal Black Pearl, and Cerulean Blue Metallic (as above).

The owner will be given standard of 3 years warranty or 100,000km (whichever comes first) and 6 months FREE service or 10,000km (whichever comes first) from the date of the car registered.

Interested? Check out at your local Honda dealer for the Display Unit and Test Drive one today! Or... maybe Book one today as well.. :P

You Don't Mess with the Zohan




Adam Sandle cast as Zohan Dvir - An Israeli Special Forces Soldier fakes his death so he can re-emerge in New York City as a hair stylist. 

Check out the highlight video. Nice Comedy. Watched! Buy yourself a movie ticket, walk to the cinema and start laughing out loud (LOL) now!
Cut-price airline AirAsia X has announced it is to begin new Melbourne to Kuala Lumpur flights.

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New route ... AirAsia X will offer flights from Melbourne to Kuala Lumpur.
Photo: AFP

Andrea Rotondi - theage.com.au
August 20, 2008 - 11:28AM

Cut-price airline AirAsia X has announced it is to begin new Melbourne to Kuala Lumpur flights.

- New flights unveiled
- Tourism boost
- $199 fares

The Malaysian-based carrier will offer one-way fares to Kuala Lumpur - starting at $199 including taxes and charges - and four return flights a week from November 12.

The airline plans to increase to daily return flights during the peak season from December to mid-January and then daily from March 2009.

Industry and Trade Minister Theo Theophanous said the announcement was great news for Victorians, for local business and international education services.

"The growth in services exports is being driven by international education," he said.

"Around 40% of Malaysian students in Australia choose Victoria, with more than 7600 enrolments in 2007.

"Given the strong alumni links and growing trade and investment relationships between Victoria and South-East Asia, travel for business and pleasure will continue to expand," he said.

Melbourne is AirAsia X's third Australian destination. Its network includes services to the Gold Coast, Shanghai and Perth.

Azran Osman-Rani, chief executive officer of AirAsia X, said the daily peak season service during Christmas would offer Malaysian and Australian travellers low fares at a time when other airlines typically gouge passengers with high airfares because demand outstrips capacity.

Tourism and Major Events Minister Tim Holding said the new services would provide a significant boost for Victoria's tourism industry, worth more than $10 billion.

The airline's fare sale begins tomorrow and runs until Sunday.

New Honda Jazz Launched Today in Malaysia

The new replacement model for Honda Jazz launch in Malaysia today.

I have not made my way to the showroom to check out yet, else I will take some snap shots.

Meantime, check out at your nearest Honda Showroom to see the whole new model of Honda Jazz...

Civic Type R FD2 Cup

One of the exciting cup with one made race... the FD2 Type R

DC5 Type R versus FD2 Type R
Man gets stuck 'having sex with bench'

August 14, 2008 - 7:28PM

HONG KONG - A "lonely and disturbed" Hong Kong man had to call police to try and free him after his penis got stuck in a park bench he had apparently tried to have sex with, reports said.

Emergency workers took four hours trying to free Le Xing after he attempted to use a hole in the exercise bench to masturbate in a deserted park after dark, the Apple Daily and other papers reported.

Eventually they had to take him to hospital with the bench's 2.5-metre-long metal base still attached to him after attempts to free him by draining blood from his penis failed.

Doctors said the 42-year-old was lucky to still have a penis after the embarrassing incident, reported in lurid detail by several Chinese-language papers here.

Photographs showed rescue workers carrying him to an ambulance on the metal sheet, covered in a red blanket.

AFP

All new Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X will hit the streets of Malaysia

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The new Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X will hit the streets of Malaysia this week through official importer/distributor Mitsubishi Motors Malaysia Sdn Bhd. It will be launch on the 21st of August 2008.

Check out @ http://www.mitsubishi-motors.com.my/lancer-evolution

Another member of Team Pure kaki.

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We have Mazda RX-8, Mazda 3 Axela, Honda Civic Type R, and Mitsubishi Triton (0-100 drag race that is faster than a Satria Neo 1.6) that are in the club. However, more pure's coming up soon! Stay tune.

Olympics Silver medal for Chong Wei

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Lee Chong Wei won the silver medal in the badminton men's singles at Beijing 2008 after losing in the final to China’s Lin Dan 12-21, 8-21.

The world No 2 lost in two straight sets, faltering to Lin Dan, who remains the top men’s singles shuttler in the world.

In previous clashes between the two, Lin Dan had won nine times while Chong Wei had won five times.

The last time a Malaysian shuttler won a medal at the Olympics was in Atlanta in 1996 when Rashid Sidek took the bronze in the men’s singles and Cheah Soon Kit-Yap Kim Hock won the silver for the men’s doubles.

Rashid’s brothers Razif and Jailani won Malaysia’s first Olympic medal in Barcelona, Spain, in 1992 when they won a bronze in the men’s doubles.

Chong Wei got to the final by beating South Korean Lee Hyun-il, 21-18, 13-21, 21-13, while Lin Dan defeated fellow countryman Chen Jin in the semi-final, 21-12 , 21-18.

Despite failing to get the gold medal, Chong Wei is set to obtain RM300,000 from the Government for winning the silver medal. The Government had promised RM1mil as an incentive to any athlete who returns with an Olympic gold medal; RM300,000 for silver and RM100,000 for bronze.

74 Entries To-Date For 2008 Merdeka Millennium Endurance Race

Three days before the official closing date, event organizer Sepang International Circuit (SIC) has received a total of 74 entries for the Petronas Primax 3 Merdeka Millennium Endurance race (MME) including a full grid of 20 cars for Class A for production cars above 1900cc.

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MME Race Tickets for Main Grandstand is FREE (28-30 Aug 2008) and the parking for bikers, cars and bus are FREE as well. Most important as reminder, the venue is proudly at our Sepang F1 circuit KLIA.

Check out the itenary @ http://malaysiangp.com.my/story/mme-programme

Volkswagen Golf MK-6

Volkswagen has decided to just release the initial info for the Mark 6 Golf, with full details to be revealed at the Paris Motor Show. The new Golf carries over the design language that made its debut with the Scirocco.

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Taking on M5...and 911 - The 2009 Porsche Panamera

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Porsche has set the forthcoming Panamera the task of being more comfortable than a Mercedes-Benz S-Class and more sporting than a BMW M5, but in an unwanted spin-off it is also threatening the 911 as the performance leader in the model line-up.

The niche sports car builder's first ever four-door luxury car is due for its global reveal at the Geneva motor show next March and its Australian launch in the second half of 2009.

EU Reserves a Frequency For Talking Cars

The European Commission has recently decided to reserve, across Europe, part of the radio spectrum for smart vehicle communications systems. The decision is part of the commission’s overall fight against road accidents and traffic jams, and the hope is that vehicles’ developers will create wireless communication technology that will allow cars to “talk” to other cars and to the road infrastructure providers.

Check out @ http://thefutureofthings.com/news/1280/cars-that-talk.html

Shall our MCMC do the reserve as well? Since we always say first but deliver last (e.g. cell phone number portability). May be the current minister should plan some thing for this frequency for talking cars.

Blue Screen of Death Strikes at the Opening Ceremony

Turns out that Bill Gates was not the only famous Microsoft identity to be spotted at the Olympic opening ceremony.

Numerous bloggers also observed the cameo played by the so-called Blue Screen of Death (BSoD) - the Windows error screen that flashes up on your computer, signifying that it's time to reboot.

The screen was projected onto the roof of the National Stadium during the grand finale to the four-hour spectacular as veteran Chinese gymnast Li Ning, suspended 70 metres above the stadium floor, "jogged" towards the Olympic torch.

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At the exact moment Li Ning was rounding the lip of the Bird's Nest during the amazing torch-lighting climax, someone snapped this photo of our good friend the BSOD nestled amongst the Nest's steel twigs.

The question is what a projection screen is doing at that location?

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Photo Extracted from Rivercool and Powerapple Forum.

Previously, it was revealed that organisers digitally inserted computer-enhanced images of some of the firework displays broadcast during the opening ceremony.

The BSoD is a bit of an in-joke among geeks and is often used to poke fun at Microsoft's bug-prone Windows operating system. And now it happen in Beijing 2008. :-)

Or... maybe Lenovo machine are not so stable...

Prototype Racing - Lotus Elise with K20A

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Joe McCarthy from Prototype Racing brings the feather weight Lotus Elise equipped with a K20A VTEC engine from a JDM Integra Type R. If you're into racing and you don't know Joe, you don't know schmoe. Joe's been tuning and making one off prototype racing parts before you were born. He's real OG.

From: American Touge 3 - AT3 Video Shoot

'Slow' iPhone 3G glitch blamed on secrecy

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iPhone 3G users in Australia and around the world are suffering from slow internet speeds and poor reception because of a flaw in the device that may have been fixed if not for Apple's immense culture of secrecy.

A source at an Australian telco who did not wish to be named said Apple - paranoid about keeping the device under wraps - only provided the iPhone 3G to carriers the day before it went to market, leaving them with no time to test it thoroughly on their networks.

Users in Australia, Europe and the US have flooded online forums - including Apple's own discussion boards - with complaints of poor reception, slow internet speeds and dropped calls.

The poor reception - often displayed as one bar - and slow speeds are occurring in areas of good coverage and do not seem to affect other phones.

Extracted from: theage.com.au
Story by: Asher Moses - August 13, 2008 - 11:15AM

Sand blasting for best effect on Classic Car Restoration Job

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Sand blasting is a process performed by just spraying, or blasting a certain type of material (in this case garnet) onto the entire shell or specific body parts to remove all layers of paint, primer, and body cement.

This leaves a smooth bare metal finish and visible holes as a result of previous rust or oxidation.

Before the car or specific body parts are sent to be welded, they will be treated with a layer of epoxy primer that would protect the bare metal from potential rust.

According to Ramesh, the blasting is performed based on SA 2.5 Charts where it leaves behind 5% of existing sheet condition that works best with epoxy primer products.

Sand blasting your rusty classic is so far the best thing to do if you are looking to a have body condition that is almost as good as new. Each car is charged about RM3,500.

For more details contact Ramesh from CADBiz Sdn Bhd at 016-3663160

Extracted from Star-Motoring by The Star.
Story by HARVINDER SINGH SIDHU - Sunday August 3, 2008

Some Beijing Olympic Fireworks Faked
Because one organization is responsible for filming the Olympics -- Beijing Olympic Broadcasting -- foreign TV networks had no choice but to accept the altered video.

By Thomas Claburn,  InformationWeek
Aug. 11, 2008
URL:
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210002310

Some of the fireworks seen in television coverage of the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympics games in Beijing were created digitally, according to a report in The Beijing Times.

Twenty-nine fiery footsteps traced in the air above Bird's Nest National Stadium were created using real fireworks. But The Telegraph in the U.K. reports that because event organizers feared they would be unable to capture the pyrotechnics live on camera, a digital effects team spent almost a year preparing a computerized version of the 55-second footstep sequence, which was inserted into the live video feed.

"Seeing how it worked out, it was still a bit too bright compared to the actual fireworks," Gao Xiaolong told The Beijing Times, according to Sky News. "But most of the audience thought it was filmed live -- so that was mission accomplished."

Because one organization is responsible for filming the Olympics -- Beijing Olympic Broadcasting -- foreign TV networks had no choice but to accept the altered video, Sky News said.

Jacques Rogge, president of International Olympic Committee (IOC), called the opening ceremony, "a magnificent tribute to the athletes and the Olympic spirit."

It's open to question as to whether Spanish cyclist Maria Isabel Moreno, banned from the games on Monday for failing a doping test, exemplifies the same Olympic spirit that led to fabricated video.

According to The Telegraph, an adviser to the Beijing Olympic Committee defended the decision to spike the opening ceremony video, saying, "It would have been prohibitive to have tried to film it live. We could not put the helicopter pilot at risk by making him try to follow the firework route."

The video incident recalls another recent attempt to augment reality: In July, Agence France-Presse published and then retracted a photograph of an Iranian missile test that was digitally altered to include more missiles than actually launched.

Daily Horoscope for Gemini - It sounds true...

My browser default is running on iGoogle. So, i have a little column that show a Daily Horoscope from Tarot.com

Since it some how related to me, so i read it. And i found it quite true. Maybe you guys should try to read it from their website.

Sounds true. I must learn to avoid those emotionally issue again. Which it have been bothering me since beginning of the year. Don't be afraid, big man won't get hurt!

  • Daily Horoscope for Gemini

    If you have made a practice out of avoiding commitments, today could offer you a difficult choice. You may present a convincing case around your desire for intimacy, yet still retreat emotionally when someone gets too close to your heart. If there was ever a wise time to muster up your courage, this would be it. You don't need to repeat old patterns just because you're afraid of getting hurt.

         By Rick Levine
         Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Honda Civic FD2 Ventilated Visor

Option 1 - Honda OEM Ventilated Visor

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Option 2 - Mugen Ventilated Visor

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Option 3 - Maintain it as Original.

Which one should i go for? Keep your comments in. Register yourself and feedback.

Gunsai Touge: AE86 vs. R34 GT-R

This video clip is funny. Must watch!

Keiichi Tsuchiya on Toyota Corolla AE86 and Nobuteru Taniguchi, professional driver in Super GT series and D1 on Nissan Skyline R34 GT-R. Direct shot to INITIAL D cartoon.

Natalie Cole - Miss You Like Crazy

This is one of the nice song back in 1989...

I got to listen it at LIGHT FM today. I can't help it, i like 80's POP so much. 

I think i should take this opportunity to dedicate this song to people that i miss like crazy now. :P You know who, is you.

The Official Mascots of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games - They are so cute...
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Like the Five Olympic Rings from which they draw their color and inspiration, Fuwa will serve as the Official Mascots of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, carrying a message of friendship and peace -- and good wishes from China -- to children all over the world.

Designed to express the playful qualities of five little children who form an intimate circle of friends, Fuwa also embody the natural characteristics of four of China's most popular animals -- the Fish, the Panda, the Tibetan Antelope, the Swallow -- and the Olympic Flame.

Each of Fuwa has a rhyming two-syllable name -- a traditional way of expressing affection for children in China. Beibei is the Fish, Jingjing is the Panda, Huanhuan is the Olympic Flame, Yingying is the Tibetan Antelope and Nini is the Swallow.

When you put their names together -- Bei Jing Huan Ying Ni -- they say "Welcome to Beijing," offering a warm invitation that reflects the mission of Fuwa as young ambassadors for the Olympic Games.

Fuwa also embody both the landscape and the dreams and aspirations of people from every part of the vast country of China. In their origins and their headpieces, you can see the five elements of nature -- the sea, forest, fire, earth and sky -- all stylistically rendered in ways that represent the deep traditional influences of Chinese folk art and ornamentation.

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How Google put Bill's grief on show
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But Google's Street View has made a bad situation worse for Bill, from Victoria.

Bill - not his real name - had been drowning his sorrows over the weekend after the Friday funeral of his friend and felt worse for wear when a taxi dropped him off at his mother's home early on Monday February 4.

Feeling ill, he lay on the grass, and fell asleep.

The next thing he knew was being woken up by police in the morning.

He wasn't aware that Google's camera-equipped car had driven by earlier and snapped his picture.

Last week when Google launched its Street View tool for Google Maps, that picture was on display for anyone with an internet connection to see. It has since been taken down after it was flagged by users

Extracted from theage.com.au -
For full article, http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/08/11/1218306724273.html
The Best Pictures From Day One of Beijing 2008
Krispy Kreme to open 20 stores in Malaysia
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According to NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. plans to develop about 20 retail stores in Malaysia, further expanding its operations overseas. Krispy Kreme to open 20 stores in Malaysia over next 5 years from now.
Countdown to Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
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Opening Ceremony for Beijing 2008

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Acer Aspire One

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Pros:
- Great keyboard
- Easy to use OS
- Reasonable Priced
- Twin SD card slots

Cons:
- Small, oddly designed mouse trackpad
- Poor battery life

Conclusion:
The Acer Aspire One is better than most netbooks. It's fantastic for anyone who wants a small, cheap machine on which to type and surf the Web. However, its battery life lets it down slightly. So... just carry the adaptor along wherever you go. :)

Google takes a risky road with privacy

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A day after its launch, Google's Street View has already uncovered a lying neighbour, sprung a cheating spouse and snapped a man sleeping on the job, as armchair explorers pick apart the invasive new mapping tool.

And while Google had vowed to instruct its camera-equipped cars not to drive down private roads and to blur faces and number plates, those promises were inadvertently broken.

Various unblurred images of faces and number plates have been removed from Street View following complaints from users.

Some private roads - including Tiki Road, Moonee Beach, The Mountain Way, Korora, and Beachfront Close, Sapphire Beach, all in Coffs Harbour - have also been removed from Street View, as have images taken inside Wesley College in Glen Waverley, Victoria.

extracted from Asher Moses - smh.com.au

Fur protest shows skin

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Amanda Beard, two-time Olympic gold medallist and US team captain, unveils her nude poster for People For the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) at the Olympic Village.
Photo: AFP

Perodua MyVi on NGV?

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Understood that part of the JPJ regulation, all NGV converted vehicle need to attach the NGV sticker at the rear of the car. Something like the 80 90 sticker.

However, is MyVi running on high fuel consumption? Why this MyVi is running on NGV? I thought MyVi selling point is low fuel consumption. Mmm..... there must be some story behind.

All prospective MyVi buyer, please take note! Or maybe the owner of the above car is just a 'least expensive' person. :)

Apexi REV / Speed Meter GP - Black Edition

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I think i need Apexi RSM for my FD2 to eliminate the speed limiter. From my research, the least cost solution is to get a RSM instead of a piggyback speed cut. This black edition looks better than the normal version which mean to be installed in 'Chin Chong Beng' or 'La La Kia' ride.

What you guys think? Is the black version equally 'beng'?

1901 : Food for Friendship :: 19th Only RM1.99

Enjoy 1901 Hot Dog Only For RM1.99 on 19th of every month.

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Since fuel price and cost of living had increased in Malaysia. Why not go for 1901 on every 19th of the month for a lunch. :P

Why there is a Holden Astra in KL, Malaysia?

Spotted at Bangsar Village this morning as below.

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Photo found at Google Images as below.

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The Australian Bogan official car, Holden Logo as below.

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Conclusion, means there is a bogan migrated from Australia to Malaysia together with this Astra? Or maybe, the owner is a Malaysian but Australian Bogan wannabe. :) :)

Honda Malaysia Racing Team : Introduction Video

As part of the owner of the family of Type R, I am proud of HMRT and Red Emblem because it is an intensely engineered machine. They are ready for the Merdeka Millennium Endurance Race this year. Let's continue the passion for the Reasons to Exists.

Touge with Civic Type R


Petrol prices to float at monthly average rate from September, subsidy fixed at 30 sen

On Friday, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi had announced that the petrol price would be reviewed monthly from Sept 1 based on the average global market price.

Abdullah had said that the new price would be decided on the first day of every month and that subsidy will be fixed at RM0.30sen a litre and would not exceed RM2.70 a litre.

However, there is a big possibility there will be a drop (in petrol price) in September, but it depends on the crude oil market in August. Average oil prices at around USD125, then we will be able to see a nice reduction in petrol prices on the 1st of September.

Information On Cash Rebates FOR FUEL SUBSIDY
As announced by the Government, Pos Malaysia Berhad (PMB) has been appointed as the source for disbursement of the Cash Rebates to eligible private vehicle owners.

The implementation will be done in phases :

  • For Phase I of the implementation, eligible Malaysians whose road tax were purchased or renewed with effective date from 1 April 2008 until 31 May 2008 can start to claim the subsidy at 683 post offices countrywide from 14 June 2008 (Saturday) until 31 March 2009.

  • For Phase II of the implementation, vehicle owners who have purchased or renewed their road tax from 1 June 2008 until 31 March 2009, can commence their Cash Rebate claims at post offices from 1 July 2008 (Tuesday) onwards.

  • For Phase III of the implementation, vehicle owner who have purchased or renewed their road tax from 1 April 2008 until 31 March 2009 at any of the 683 Post Offices or JPJ counters or Myeg, can commence their Cash Rebate claims via PosOnline from 1 August 2008 (Friday) onwards.

For further information on the process and procedures, http://www.pos.com.my/v1/Postcode/pdf/petrol.htm

Memo Starbucks: next time try selling ice to Eskimos

Chris Berg - August 3, 2008

GLOBALISATION has pulled millions of people in developing countries out of poverty. It has sent goods, services and people around the world, linking humanity into a vast network of communications and commerce that has ultimately benefited everyone.

But, still. In the case of one American coffee giant, globalisation deserved to fail. Starbucks makes really bad coffee.

Starbucks is almost entirely pulling out of Australia — closing 61 of its 84 stores. In Melbourne, just five of the 16 stores are tipped to remain.

Sure, the company is closing stores across the world. But while the closure of 600 stores in the United States sounds like a big deal, it is trivial when you consider that there are nearly 12,000 Starbucks outlets in that country.

The demise of the coffee giant's Australian ventures speaks volumes about the challenge of globalisation.

The lesson of Starbucks' Down Under fiasco is simple. Globalisation is a bit overrated. It's much harder than everybody seems to think.

So why has Starbucks worked in the US but largely failed in Australia? The secret of the company's success in the American market wasn't that it sold coffee. It sold coffee culture.

It is remarkable how alien quality coffee was to US consumers. As late as the 1980s, the National Coffee Association was producing advertisements just trying to convince people that coffee could keep them awake. And what small prestige the drink held in the US was occupied by the old "cup of joe" — cheap, stale and reheated sludge poured from a pot.

No wonder that when Starbucks came on the scene in the 1990s, Americans eagerly embraced it. Starbucks coffees may be weak, poorly made and overly reliant on syrups to mask their flavour, but they are certainly better than what had previously been available.

The other aspect of Starbucks' appeal in the US has been its establishment of the cafe as a social hub. From a Melbourne perspective, the typical Starbucks may seem somewhat sterile and too over-eager to appear "comfortable". But it is one of the peculiarities of the US that the idea that a cafe could be a social venue was quite new, at least outside the circles inhabited by the cultural elite. Comfy chairs and pleasant, if bland, music have been just as important a part of the Starbucks product as its coffee.

But when Starbucks came to Australia to bring coffee and the cafe culture to the masses, it found that we already had it. Particularly in Melbourne, we have better coffee and more relaxing cafes than anything that Starbucks brought with it.

Undeterred, the firm simply dumped what seemed to work in America into this country. When Starbucks opened an outlet in Lygon Street — a store that has since sat empty surrounded by bustling cafes — it became an amazing example of just how comprehensively a company could fail to understand its target market.

The inability of Starbucks to adjust its product to local conditions is illustrated even more clearly when we compare it to the international strategy of that other evil American behemoth — McDonald's. Where Starbucks offers almost the same products around the world, McDonald's varies its menu depending on local culture and local tastes. In India, they sell the McCurry Pan. In Japan, the "Ebi Filet-O" is available — a shrimp burger. In Turkey, McDonald's offers kebabs. Some of these products may sound stupid — and Canada's "McLobster" sounds filthy — but their existence shows that McDonald's understands the importance of understanding its regional markets, and tries to understand the peculiarities of local culture.

The failure of Starbucks in Australia tells us a lot about globalisation too. It isn't enough — as some anti-globalisation activists seem to assume — for an American company just to blanket a foreign market with a mediocre product.

Multinational corporations actually have to offer something better than the local alternatives if they want to succeed.

This is true as much for products such as films and television as it is for syrupy coffee and fast food. Clearly, Hollywood films are better than Australian films on some level.

Audiences flock not just to the high-cost blockbusters but also to independent American movies well before they consider seeing a local production. Hollywood knows that a movie has to be entertaining before it can be successful.

If Starbucks can teach us anything, it is that in the global marketplace, turning up to compete just isn't enough. You have to be really good.

Chris Berg is a research fellow with the Institute of Public Affairs and editor of the IPA Review.

me & Jojo

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Is this photo session consider Team Pure TT/Convoy #1?

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Beware... Wet Floor, don't get near this Type R. Is slippery
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