How much do you spend on Petrol?

Jul 30th

Posted by vkeong in Work and Life | (771 views)

Since early this year I have been recording my petrol usage in a log book. Besides keeping track of my petrol expenses, it also helps me to determine which petrol is the best value for money. I only pump 3 brands of petrol: Shell, Petronas and Esso/Mobill. Caltex and BP are out of my list because they perform pretty badly compared to others (pickup is almost non-existant and no power) For your information I am driving a Proton Satria 1.3.

Date	Amount (RM)	Petrol Brand	Mileage (KM)
12 January 2007	50	Shell	326
22 January 2007	50	Petronas	300
2 February 2007	50	Shell	320
11 February 2007	50	Esso	355
2 March 2007	50	Shell	327
15 March 2007	50	Shell	306
27 March 2007	50	Shell	367
16 April 2007	50	Shell	302
4 May 2007	20	Petronas	138
22 May 2007	50	Shell	310
31 May 2007	50	Shell	324
11 June 2007	50	Shell	312
22 June 2007	50	Shell	327
6 July 2007	50	Esso	330
19 July 2007	50	Shell	331
29 July 2007	50	Petronas	281

Based on my last 8 months’ petrol usage, I have came up with an interesting statistics.

Total mileage: 4956KM
Average mileage/month: 619.5KM
Total spent: RM770
Average spent/month: RM96.25 (RM24/week)
Average mileage per Ringgit: RM1 = 6.44KM

And now the petrol brand’s performance:

Shell: RM1 = 6.46KM
Petronas: RM1 = 5.991KM
Esso/Mobil : RM1 = 6.85KM

So the clear winner for best mileage goes to Esso/Mobil. But for best fuel power, it must be Shell. When my car is using Shell, the pickup is very good and can reach higher speed easily. The statistics may not be that accurate for other petrol brands because I usually patronize Shell more. Anyway let’s hope the petrol price won’t increase anymore lol, I believe it burns a hole in every driver’s pocket.

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Congratulations Gregory and Susan

Jul 22nd

Posted by vkeong in Photography | (494 views)

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Exactly a month ago, I was invited to Susan and Gregory’s wedding dinner as their photographer. It was very flattering and I just couldn’t say no to their invitation.

After a month, their big day finally came. The venue was a cozy small restaurant in Bukit Jambul. And it has access to a big and beautiful lake.

It involved a simple and traditional tea ceremony.

The lovely couple.. all the way from US.

The food was great and plentiful! I love the spring rolls the most.

A picture shows a thousand words, very true indeed. At that moment they were the happiest people in the world.

The happy bride and the messy groom lol. Among all photos I like the 2 photos above the most, I believe they really captured their moments.

Thanks once again for the invitation. We really enjoyed ourselves, and yesterday night will remain in our memories forever. Siang Leng and I wish you all the best and have a wonderful journey of life together!

Durian – King of fruits

Jul 19th

Posted by vkeong in Food and Drink | (910 views)

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Look at the trays and take a guess, what’s inside them?

They are the King of fruits – Durian!

So I was on my way back from work and stopped by the petrol station to fuel up my car. Then I spotted a familiar face. He was the durian seller whom I used to buy from in Sungai Ara. Then I felt the sudden urge to feast on durians lol. I am a durian lover, and I have spent hundreds on durian alone for the past 2 months. The passion for durian did not come naturally for me, I actually trained myself lol.

Durians are much cheaper now due to better harvest. Compared to buying a month ago, the price now is at least 30-50% cheaper. So now it’s definitely the best time to buy durian, don’t wait because they may be gone before you know it

Total I spent for the durian is only RM24, and the kind uncle even gave me the rambutans for free. If I had a camera that time I’d have taken a photo of him for recommendation. He is also the first durian seller I have seen to open and pack durians in plastic containers for customers. Anyway rambutans are going dirt cheap too, RM1 for a kilogramme.

I have stored all the durian in the fridge, so I will get to enjoy them like ice-cream :drool: I truly feel sorry for those who are anti durian, they are missing out one of the best thing in life as Malaysians.

The vitamin shoppe provides all kinds of vitamin supplements for the customers which are very effective to give physical strength. The foods high in potassium have the bad effects on the health of the kidney patients. The most natural element, zinc is occurred in our nutritional elements with varied quantities. There are a lot of catalogues of such chemistswhich offer discount vitamins for the customers.

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New Lane Hawker Food

Jul 15th

Posted by vkeong in Food and Drink | (2,964 views)

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New Lane (Lorong Baru) is a street off McAllister Road in Penang that transforms into a food heaven when night falls. By 5-6pm, both sides of the street will be lined up with hawker stalls, leaving the patrons spoilt with choices.

Although the stalls are many, some of them are redundant. Char koay teow, satay, popiah, bbq chicken wings, fried oysters.. there’s more than 1 stall selling them. And there is some rules while ordering too. Take satay and popiah for example, you must order at least 10 sticks, and 2 pieces of popiah. Anything less than the minimum quantity, they don’t prepare it. In my opinion this rule kinda sucks, simply because sometimes we just want to try before ordering more. Hmm.. didn’t know such rule could exist in Penang..

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George Town, Hawker Food, Penang

Sakae Sushi

Jul 11th

Posted by vkeong in Food and Drink | (5,405 views)

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Just came back from Sakae Sushi! And I must say the sushi there is great. All the while Sushi King has been the one and only sushi chain in Penang, hence dominating the market here, so it’s good to have an alternative. Not to mention the restaurant’s cute mascot, a green frog lol.

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Japanese food, Penang, Sushi

Jom Heboh 07 Queensbay

Jul 9th

Posted by vkeong in Entertainment | (868 views)

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So Jom Heboh 07 was held in Queensbay during the last weekend. Unless you’ve been living under a rock in Malaysia, you’d know what Jom Heboh is lol. Anyway it’s a carnival organized by TV3 with Maxis Hotlink being the main sponsor. Most people will feel that this carnival is only for the Malays but there is still something for the other races as well

Well Siang Leng and I weren’t there entirely for the carnival you see. We wanted to buy movie tickets to Transformers on the Friday night but there weren’t any seats left. So we figured that Saturday morning wouldn’t be a bad idea. After that we can go check out what’s the fuss’ all about with Jom Heboh. We never been to any Jom Heboh before so we could only wonder. Speaking of Transformers, it is a super-duper good movie! The scene where Optimus Prime first appeared felt amazing. All the childhood memories of the cartoon suddenly just kept coming back. If you haven’t watched the movie yet, I am wondering what you are still waiting for lol.

You’ve probably read about the recent haze in northern Malaysia affecting Kedah, Perak and Penang. The heavy rain on the night before the carnival is godsend. It not only clears the haze, it also sets a cooler afternoon for visitors to the carnival. See the bright clear skies? I alsmot forget how clear skies look like… It was really relieving after enduring the horrible haze for a week. I get dizzy even just for going to lunch.

As usual, Indocafe is always there to serve nice and ice cold coffee. And it’s free too! Just take how many cups you want lol, no need paiseh.

There were a couple of TV3′s official souvenir tents where you can purchase goods like T-shirts and caps. They are quite expensive though, RM30 for a collared T.

An activity kids will definitely enjoy must be the mini motokart racing, 4 laps cost RM10. It didn’t generate too much interest from the public though.

Hot FM was there too. And apparently they brought their own car lol. It looks nice, don’t you think?

This is the main stage of the carnival. Big isn’t it? It will be used for the concert on the next day.

With thousands of people thronging Queensbay for the carnival, there must be good control and security. So, many of our beloved and respected PDRM were deployed to safeguard the event. And you couldn’t blame them for taking shelter under the tree, the afternoon sun is vicious Anyway really salute them for being there since morning to control traffic and stuff.