Zoom Zoom!

6.5 years ago, I got my first car, Perodua Kelisa 1.0

It was fun driving it because of the small size and fast acceleration. However, the car is getting older year by year and the need of long distance travel is killing me.

With the increasingly number of accidents everyday, the lack of safety features in Kelisa is starting to give the cold chill. Especially whenever a big transportation passed by.

I did had a dilemma what car to choose.

Between Volkswagen Polo, Honda City and Proton Inspira at first.

Dad wasn't convinced enough on Volkswagen as their parts are expensive and after warranty maintenance will cost a bomb. 

As for Honda, I was more interested in Civic but the price exceed the budget hence the choice is City. The car was slightly under powered when I test drove it and the seat doesn't makes me feel like home. Plus the audio player does not have numbering. How can I pay so much and get no numbering player!

Inspira? Needless for me to say more about it. The word "Proton" says it all.

In the end, I gotten Mazda 3 1.6 Sedan instead. 

It has 5 years warranty + 5 years free maintenance *excluding brake pads, battery*

How cool is that when I just walk in and walk out without any payment :)

Zoom Zoom

After few weeks running this Zoom Zoom, here's my opinions on the car:

Exterior - Looks "ganas" at the front and big at the rear. Trunk was spacious to fit a lot of things though I'm yet to utilize it.

Performance - Slightly slower due to its 1.6 engine stored in a C Segment car chassis and part of it is 4 speed. However, once you reach 80-90km/h, you will feel the power is there. The suspension make the car do cornering easily but I can still feel the stiffness at the rear.

Features - 1.6 does not comes with full features such as auto-rain sensor, more information in MID or cruise control. The addition of reverse camera, multi-touch display, statistics calculation add some value onto the car.

Price - Couldn't complain much since I bought a C Segment car for less than 100k along with the promotion. Still how I wish that I could get the 2.0 version.

Birthday :)

It was my birthday few days back on 26/10/2012.

This time it was two days celebration according to my babe. 

Didn't bother to ask much since it is my birthday anyway.

Didn't I expect that my coursemate was actually there to celebrate with me. It was very surprise indeed :)

They are truly a wonderful people that been through with me for the past almost 3 years.

Me, my babe and my coursemate

Oldtimer

Southwestern Grilled Lamb

After the wonderful dinner, we headed to Movida for second round :)

On the 26th itself, my birthday was much better than before as I had a small celebration in the afternoon :)

For dinner, my babe took me to Cocotei which of course, a Japanese restaurant.

The food at there was amazing! Every sushi is very fresh. 

Too bad I lost my 60D else the food picture would look nicer though :(

The crazy us camwhore before leaving the place :)

Thanks babe for the dinner and I love it!

Definite worth coming back for a second time.

Really thank you to everyone that make my birthday better!

SGP Glas.t Tempered Glass

On the month of October, Machines had it's clearance sales for few brands.

SGP was one of it so I decided to take a look. 

Guess what, SGP Glas.t tempered glass screen protector for iPhone 4/4S is on 50% discount price so I grabbed 5 units.

Had my first installation using that glass and the outcome wasn't really satisfying.

The glue was too sensitive that you do not need to press to make the glue spread.

It will spread the moment you place the glass on your iPhone.

However, the oleophobic coating is much better and clearer than my USG glass which I reviewed earlier.

And SGP does include few accessories such as home button sticker and alcohol swab.

LED Cable

Yesterday received a package from an online store.

It was LED charge sync cable for iPhone/iPad/iPod.

Black was out of stock so have to settle for white unit.

The store was selling for Rm20 instead of Rm109 at Machines which of course cost a bomb just for a cable.

The specialty of the cable is that the LED will show the flow of the current when it is in charging mode and it will stop at full charge. How cool is that! :)

Here is a very short video on the cable at charging mode. Enjoy

2012 King of The Road

It's been a while since I joined a marathon.

The last time was Energizer Night Run @ Sepang International Circuit.

This time, decided to participate in Adidas King of The Road and do a 16.8km run. It was exhausting after 10km but it was all satisfaction when you crosses the finish line. 

Managed to clocked in at 2:23 hours :)

Ferrari Challenge Cup 2012

This was the second event at Sepang International Circuit (SIC).

It is called Ferrari Challenge Asia Series 2012 where 458s will race to be the champion.
And also representing R3 Snapshots to cover this event :)

More pictures can be viewed at R3 Snapshots

Porsche Carrera Cup Asia 2012

The first event after my camera incident.

Yes, I am still doing photo shooting for track events. 

This is my passion and shall live it to the best.

This time it was Porsche Carrera Cup 2012 held at Sepang International Circuit (SIC). I was representing R3 Snapshots to cover the event.

Martin Ragginger - Winner

More photos can be viewed at R3 Snapshots