Saturday, March 21, 2009

Proton Exora updates.. #3

Booking are slow for Exora. So far... 1.8K booking has been secured.

Paul Tan has reveal a lot of gadgets which will be equip dgn Exora Hi-Line antaranye:

Proton Exora Body Control Module
  • Battery saver for room lamps, luggage and key ring illumination. These turn off after 30 seconds to ensure they do not make your battery flat if for some reason they are left in a situation where they are on all the time.
  • Follow-me-home headlamps stay on for a certain period of time to help light up your walkway when you park and want to enter your house.
  • The battery level for the remote key is indicated on the car’s instrument panel briefly when you turn the ignition on. The remote key has a range of 20 meters.
  • The remote control will not work if your front door is not closed. The vehicle will also remind you if you activate a remote command if the rear door is not closed.
  • There is a door open indicator on the instrument panel that indicates exactly which door, engine bay hood or rear hatch is not closed.
  • There is a door opening warning when you reach a speed of 7km/h if any doors are open.
  • Tap feature for the signal indicator stalk. This is similiar to alot of modern cars - you just have to tap the indicator stalk (not press fully) for the signal to flash 3 times to indicate a lane change and stop automatically, no need to press fully to turn on and reach for it again to deactivate it.
  • Dim-in and dim-out feature for the interior room lamps - Proton says this is better for the eyes at night and it also adds a certain touch of class. The interior room lamps turn off automatically after you lock the car, or they also stay on for 30 seconds and then fade out in 2.8 seconds. When you unlock the car, the room light fade-in in 3.4 seconds.
  • Front and rear wiper washer drip wiping - automatically wipe to remove excess water. What happens is when you operate the front washer, it will wipe 4 times and then pause for 5 seconds and then wipe one more time, to remove all the excess water effectively. This is because some of the washer liquid from the top of the windscreen will slowly drip down after the initial wiping, so the last wipe completely removes the washer water.
  • Programmable front wiper interval. This can be anything from 1 seconds to 25 seconds. The default is 4 seconds. This is how you program it - you put it into INT and then back to off. Then you wait for the duration you want and turn switch it to INT again. The time duration you waited will become the new interval, up to a max of 25 seconds.
    The rear wiper turns on automatically when you engage reverse gear if your front wipers are on.
  • If in SLOW mode, the front wiper changes mode to INT mode when you bring the MPV to a complete stop, let’s say in a traffic jam in the rain.
  • The remote unlocks the drivers door only if pushed once - probably push twice to unlock all doors. Apparently you are able to configure this to unlock all doors at once by default.
  • There is an alarm activation history kept but I am not sure how to access it, perhaps only at the service center.
  • The doors will lock automatically once you reach a speed of 20km/h.
    The doors will unlock automatically once you remove the key from the key barrel.
    All doors unlock automatically upon a crash via a signal coming from the airbag control unit.
  • If you perform any sudden braking at speeds of at least 96km/h, the hazard lights will flash automatically.

Launching date will be on the 15th April 2009. So korg ble ar tgk kat Proton Edar or EON on that day.

Byk ckp yg mengatakan Exora ni underpower due to using 1.6 CamPro CPS engine. Even reporters yg dpt opportunity test drive pon x brani nak kata yg Exora can run smoothly on steep hill. That is why Proton are making comparison between Exora vs Livina. But 1 thing for sure.... Gue yakin yg features ade pd Exora mampu memikat org ramai. Tgk jer la mcm kat atas ni. Mmg awesome!. Last year mase project kick off, I told my wife that if kitorg nak bli MPV, then this will be it. Tp mase tuh my wife ckp mcm2 yg x best ar. Tp, skrg mcm die plak yg interested. hehe...

1 more thing... as I mention in my previous post, Proton are in the midst of studying to upgrade its CamPro CPS to CamPro CPS turbocharge engine making the engine with 1.6l to 1.8l!. So that is why i'm waiting for the facelift version of Exora somewhere next year.

Proton are putting a lot of effort on this model during this hard time. So they are really hoping that Exora will be their lucky charms that will help them pass this trouble time. Hope that they are right...

Friday, March 20, 2009

UEFA Champions League Quarter Final Draw: MU title to lose

Well pkl 7.05pm td, tlh pun berlangsung pengundian bagi quarterfinal UCL. Actually gue excited sgt coz dgn harapan MU dpt jumpe Liver utk avenge our defeat and tutup mulut riak si Gerrard. Unfortunetely Liver was drawn with their Champion League nemesis and rakan baik di tmpt ke-2 dlm BPL, Chelsea. Mmg susah betul nak pisahkan diorg ni. Dah bape season asyik jumpe jer.


MU was drawn against Porto yg memerlukan away goal rules utk melayakkan diri ke Qtr final. Bukan nak merendahkan Porto, tp mmg undian kali ni atas kertas mmg memihak MU. Thats y gue ckp this time its MU title to lose mcm BPL.


If MU menang lwn Porto, MU akan berdepan sama ada Arse nal or Villareal. Atas kertas mmg Arse nal ar ble menang. Di tambah plak Cesc 'ludah team lwn baru ble menang' Fabregas kembali fit dan Eduardo pon dah ade blk, condifent (sengaje disalahkan) team the gooners (kata Arshavin) mmg tinggi.


Sementara tu, pemenang game Chelsea vs. Liver akan berdepan game paling best for qtr final: Barcelona vs. Bayern Munich. Dibandingkan disebelah undian MU, sebelah sini mmg susah ar. Semua kuat-kuat. Kite nantikan whether Gerrard still berani or x kate the other team in the draw for the UCL qtr final are afraid to face Liver. Amik ko! Chelsea followed by Barcelona or Bayern. Cakap beso lagi.





Bwh ni serba sedikit undiannya dan bile schedule utk kite peminat bola bersengkang mate pepagi bute tgk bola:






QUARTER-FINALS: Ties to be played April 7/8 & 14/15
Villarreal v Arsenal
Manchester United v FC Porto
Liverpool v Chelsea
Barcelona v Bayern Munich



SEMI-FINALS: Ties to be played April 28/29 and May 5/6
Manchester United or FC Porto v Villarreal or Arsenal
Barcelona or Bayern Munich v Liverpool or Chelsea


FINAL: May 27


Gue pasti bersengkang mate tgk game MU & Barcelona vs Bayern. Game Best! Mcm gue harapkan ar... If MU dpt reach final, Gue harap dpt lwn Liver and then beat them just like we beat Chelsea last season. That would be the icing on the cake.



But first... MU need to beat Fulham to restore our pride like we always did when we lose a big game.

Monday, March 16, 2009

Proton Exora updates.. #2

Well.. Just to update those yg blom tau harga Exora, ini adalah harga yg diberitahu oleh Proton Edar salesman..

Utk Medium Line (standard features) Automatic transmission = RM72k.
Utk High Line (Complete features i.e. ABS, GPS Antitheft..bla..bla) Auto tranny = RM76k.

Another update is that Proton dah mula buat pre-production* utk Exora di kilang MVF di Shah Alam. Jumlah yg Proton akan buat ialah dlm 500 units. These units will be delivered to all those yg dah approve their loans and setiap Showrooms Proton Edar & EON akan menerima 1 utk show & 1 utk test drive.

Will continue update smpai mass pro in April and launching.

* Pre-production = A stage of production before starting producing for mass production.

Petunjuk Sunnah Ketika Menguap & Bersin

Sedarkah kita selama ini di dalam kita menguap dan bersin, sebenarnya di sana Islam telah ada suatu garis petunjuk yang perlu kita ambil tahu mengenainya?

Berkenaan dengan menguap, Rasulullah S.A.W memberitahukan kepada kita bahawa ia adalah dari Syaitan. Maka, apabila kita menguap atau terasa hendak menguap, maka hendaklah kita menahannya atau jika tidak mampu menahannya, hendaklah kita menutupnya (menutup mulut ketika menguap). Bukan sahaja sekadar menutup dan menahan diri dari menguap (dengan sedaya upaya), tetapi hendaklah juga kita mengelak dari mengeluarkan bunyi ketika menguap. Kerana apabila seseorang itu menguap sambil mengeluarkan bunyi, maka Syaitan akan ketawa.

Dari Abu Hurairah R.A, Rasulullah S.A.W bersabda (maksudnya),

"Jika seseorang dari kalian menguap, maka tutuplah mulut dengan tangannya kerana sesungguhnya syaitan masuk (ke dalam mulut yang terbuka)." (Hadis Riwayat Muslim, Kitab az-Zuhud, hadis no. 7129)

Juga dari Abu Hurairah radhiyallahu 'anhu, Rasulullah Shallallahu 'alaihi wa Sallam bersabda (maksudnya),

"Menguap adalah dari Syaitan. Maka apabila seseorang dari kalian menguap, tahanlah (dari menguap) dengan sedaya upaya mungkin kerana sesungguhnya apabila seseorang itu menguap sambil berbunyi "Haaa" maka Syaitan akan mentertawakannya. " (Hadis Riwayat al-Bukhari, Kitab Permulaan Penciptaan, hadis no. 509)

Manakala berkenaan dengan bersin pula, ia adalah suatu yang disukai oleh Allah, yang mana berbeza dengan perbuatan menguap tadi yang ianya adalah dibenci oleh Allah. Apabila seseorang itu bersin, maka dengan itu hendaklah dia memanjatkan pujian kepada Allah, dan kepada saudaranya yang mendengar saudaranya yang bersin itu, maka hendaklah dia mendoakannya.

Dari Abu Hurairah R.A, Rasulullah S.A.W bersabda,

"Sesungguhnya Allah menyukai bersin, dan membenci tindakan menguap. Maka apabila seseorang itu bersin, maka pujilah Allah (dengan mengucapkan "الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ"). Manakala bagi setiap Muslim yang mendengar saudaranya bersin adalah menjadi tanggungjawabnya untuk mendoakannya (mendoakan saudaranya yang bersin) iaitu dengan menyebut "يَرْحَمُكَ اللهُ" (semoga Allah memberi rahmat kepadanya). Manakala menguap, ia adalah dari Syaitan. Maka apabila seseorang dari kalian menguap, tahanlah ia dengan sedaya upaya mungkin kerana sesungguhnya apabila seseorang itu menguap sambil berbunyi "Haaa" maka Syaitan akan mentertawakannya. " (Hadis Riwayat al-Bukhari, Kitab al-Adab, hadis no. 242)

Di dalam riwayat yang lain, juga dari Abu Hurairah R.A, Rasulullah S.A.W bersabda (maksudnya),

"Jika seseorang itu bersin, maka hendaklah ia memanjatkan pujian kepada Allah (dengan mengucapkan "الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ"). Manakala bagi setiap Muslim yang mendengar saudaranya bersin adalah menjadi tanggungjawabnya untuk mendoakannya (mendoakan saudaranya yang bersin) iaitu dengan menyebut "يَرْحَمُكَ اللهُ" (semoga Allah memberi rahmat kepadanya). Dan jika orang yang bersin mendengar saudaranya menyebutkan "يَرْحَمُكَ اللهُ", maka hendaklah dia mengucapkan "يَهْدِيْكُمُ اللهُ وَيُصْلِحُ بَالَكُمْ" (Semoga Allah memberi petunjuk kepadamu dan memperbaiki keadaanmu)." (Hadis Riwayat al-Bukhari, Kitab al-Adab, hadis no. 243)

Dalam hadis yang lain, dinyatakan bahawa orang yang bersin yang mendengar saudaranya mendoakannya, maka dia boleh juga mengucapkan (selain di atas),


يَغْفِرُاللهُ لَنَا وَلَكُمْ


"Semoga Allah mengampuni diri kami dan kamu." (Hadis Riwayat at-Thabrani. Lihat di dalam Shahih al-Jami' oleh Syaikh al-Albani)

Atau, di dalam sebuah atsar dijelaskan, dari Nafi radhiyallahu 'anhu,

"Apabila Ibnu Umar (radhiyallahu 'anhu) bersin dan seseorang mengucapkan:

"يَرْحَمُكَ اللهُ" (semoga Allah memberi rahmat kepadanya), maka dia (Ibnu Umar) mengucapkan:

"يَرْحَمُنَ اللهُ وَ يَغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلَكُمْ" (Semoga Allah memberi rahmat ke atas diri kami dan kamu)". (Hadis Riwayat Imam Malik di dalam Muwaththa', 54/5)

Juga adalah suatu sunnah, apabila seseorang itu bersin, hendaklah dia menutup atau meletakkan tangannya atau bajunya (atau kain yang seumpamanya) kepada mukanya sambil merendahkan mukanya dan memperlahankan suaranya.

Daripada Abu Hurairah radhiyallahu 'anhu (maksudnya),

"Apabila Rasulullah S.A.W bersin, beliau meletakkan tangannya atau kain bajunya ke mulutnya (untuk menutupnya) sambil memperlahankan suaranya (bunyi bersin)." (Hadis Riwayat Abu Daud, Kitab al-Adab, hadis no. 5011. Lihat juga di dalam Shahih Sunan Abi Daud oleh Syaikh al-Albani)

Sunday, March 15, 2009

MU 1 - LIVER 4: Akhirnya.. kekalahan pertama MU di OT

Sila!!! Cekale!!! fcuk up!!!!

Now after dah lepaskan geram, baru ar ble komen dgn tenang....

Dah la tgk ngan kekazen yg majoritinye penyokong liver... bile liver score jer... yg sblm ni cool po ble melompat gumbira.. nasib baik yg pegang anak dah paskan anaknye pd bibiknye..silap2.. ngan anak skali melambung...

Cerita panjang jd pendek... MU mmg patut kalah..Vidic maen teruk smpai kena red card. rooney maen dgn amarah nak kalahkan liver tanpa ingat nak maen cam biase.. carrick pon x menjadi... van der sar tgk jer gol masuk tanpa melakukan pape utk selamatkan bola tuh... mmg teruk ar.. Liver deserve to win... at least for today

Gerrard dah start maen psikologi dgn mengatekan MU bknlah team yg x bole dikalahkan.. Dgn harapan team yg akan lwn MU pasni x takut and percaye mereka ble kalahkan MU... at least today punye team

But when MU gain back their game style... bring on liverpool, mase tu ar baru tau sape team paling kuat... We still have chance to avenge this defeat if jumpe kat UCL quarter or semi. Coz if nak jumpe dlm FA.. Liver dah OUT

Seronok bukan kepalang kekazen gue.. xpe.. let us see when 15th May come. We will see who will have the last laugh...

For the meantime.. To all liverpool supporters.. enjoy your win against MU

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Bandung trip #2


Senbod di stesen ketapi Juanda, Bandung

Me and my wife pegi bandung bebaru ni. A 6 day trip of shopping..shopping... and shopping (according to my wife).

Utk gue, this is the 2nd time gue pegi bandung. Dolu pegi mase still study lagi. Thanks to mak ngah yg bg gue pegi ngan group die. If tidak, x dapet ar gue nak ke luar negara. Thanks mak ngah (and pokde of coz!).

So....kitorg naik flane MAS(according to dania joe yg tomei (comel)) as MAS ader jual tiket yg murah (but to jakarta) even cheaper than Airasia and sesampai di jakarta, group kitorg naik tren ke bandung for 3 hours. Dolu mase pegi bandung, gue turun kat jakarta gak but then naik bas ke bandung. MashaAllah... lame giler mase tuh nak sampai. 5 hour plus kot baru sampai bandung coz ikut jln lama. Mase tuh lom ader hiway like now. So lalu ar macet*, lereng bukit, naik turun bukit, lalu tepi rumah org, lalu tepi ketuk magic*.. baru ar sampai bandung. So 3 hours naik tren is acceptable ar. So smpai jer bandung dah sore. So.. abis ar 1 hari travel dr kl ke bandung.

Kitorg stay kat Hotel Royal Dago, Jln Ir. Hj. Juanda. Menarik gak hotel nih. Murah pun murah gak. Ratenye IDR390K (+-RM120nett) per night utk Std room (Queen size bed). Makanannye pon sodap gak. Nak dobi pon cuma IDR10k (RM3) per kg (if x shilap ar..). Kire puas ati ar. Sbb kat bandung ni..me & my wife x kesah sgt hotelnye. Janji selesa coz yg penting.. shopping! (ei..gue rase mcm pompuan plak tulis mcm nih).

Hotel Royal Dago

Well.. kitorg pegi:

1. Pasar Baru.
-Heaven for those yg nak beli telekungs, kain ela yg murah-murah.. and ntah hape lagi. tapi for ladies.. mmg heaven. for men.. er.. sightseeing kot.
-Pasar Baru nih adalah sebuah shopping kmplx 5 tingkat yg mane tiap-tiap tingkat ade jual berlainan barangan...

2. Factory Outlets (FO).

-Byk factory outlets yg ade di bandung ni but kitorg pegi antaranye Stock Centre, Level, Episode, Victoria bla..bla.. byk ar. Semua yg disebut diatas adalah menjual baju2, blouse2, sluar2 yg branded but cheap. Al-maklum ar.. harge kilang. Except for Stock Centre, yg lain tuh amazingly terletak di Jln Juanda yg amat dekat bangat ngan hotel kitorg! (tau pun dah hari ketiga.. if tau awal.. mau pegi jln kaki jer memasing gamaknye).

-Yg slalu org ckp if pegi bandung do not miss Rumah Mode & Heritage, so kitorg manage to go to Rumah Mode (sebutannye moh-dei) jer. Dr ptg smpai malam ar kat situh... mmg berbaloi ar. Byk choice and classy gak. For those yg memilih i mean x suke kedai cikai2 tepi jln, this FO should be ur priority ar. For those yg minat Zara, Calvin Klein, Burberry, Esprit, Hugo, Louis Vuitton, Polo Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger bla..bla..bla.. pegi ar FO2 yg disebut di atas. Kompem korg puas ati ar. Yg penting sediakn jer fulusnyer.. kompem x kempunan ar.



-Ader gak FO yg jual kasut jer like Edward Forrer & Donatello. Menarik gak rekaan kasut2nye. Cume xder yg gue berkenan.


3. Jln Cibaduyut.

-Kat area ni korg ble jumpa barangan kulit yg amat murah. Kedai die betul2 tepi jln. If x ujan, korg ble jln sepanjang jln utk tgk2.. mane tau ader yg berkenan. Unfortunetely time kitor smpai tuh baru pas ujan. So lecak ar jln.. leceh ar sket. But gue and Joe redah jer. Sbb nak tgk gak aper yg ader kat sepanjang jln. But WARNING.... if korg nak bli kasut or tas tangan or beg kulit or wateva jer yg ader kulit.. make sure korg tgk sendiri kulit ape yg diorg pakai utk buat product tuh. Erma ngan gue terkena... (tp kitorg x bli pon). Kitorg mmg dah nmpk satu kasut ni ader tige titik (kulit babi ar) but mamat yg jual tuh matihidupsemulathenmatikenapukolplak tetap x nak ngaku yg itu kulit babi. x sudah2 die kate kulit sapi.

4. Tmpt makan.

-Alhamdulillah la kitorg dpt mkn makanan yg ok & sedap. Dari hari pertame smpai ar kat jakarta, gue seronok sungguh mkn ikan gurame* yg di masak berbagai cara. Nasi Padang, Makanan Sunda and lelain. Semuanye ok. Harga pon berpatutan. Tgk ar pic yg diambil kat bawah ni...

Dapur Sangkuriang


Cabe Rawit


Kitorg spent 3 days 3 nights at Bandung. Byk gak gue spent kat sana. Other than belikan brg yg dipesan of coz. Yg gue nampak ar kat bandung ni.... almost semua FO ader landskap diorg tersendiri, ader kolam ikan (yg bagak2 ikannye), toilets and most important... ader surau (or musholah). Even restoren pon ader gak! Impressive ar. Mmg patut ar sebab umat Islam yg teramai didunia ni ader kat indon. So mmg patut ar ader surau merate tmpt.

The next time if gue pegi lagi.. gue nak pegi Jln. Cihampelas coz kitorg x sempat nak pegi mase tuh. The 1st time dolu, gue byk shopping kat situ... so kinda expecting to go there...sbb kat situ ader byk kedai jual jeans... and kedai2nyer lagi best sbb almost each kedai ader patung yg besar kat luarnye... dari Superman hingge lah ke Rambo. Even kapal besar and kapal terbang pon ade....

And make sure u get a good tourist guide. Kitorg punye mmg bagus ar... Ekak namenye... Coz diorg yg tau mane yg best maner yg x best utk tourist mcm kite nih... And of coz ar those toko yg die bwk kite tuh akan bg makan or minum or maybe duit pade tourist guide kite coz bwkkan ke toko diorg.

Overall.. Gue and Erma have a lot of fun time. Rase mcm liat jer nak balik.hehe..

Legend:

*macet = jem

*ketuk magic = Bengkel keta yg guna jin utk betulkan keta. Serius beb!

*Gurame = Talapia