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I have been struggling whether I should do this post. But what the heck. This is my first time voting and as you all know I’d be voting in Bukit Mertajam. To those who have registered and going to vote tomorrow, good for you. You will decide the future of Malaysia’s as well your next generations to follow.

To those who have registered but too late, hopefully you will make it earlier in the next election.

And to those who didn’t even take the effort to register, you are a not a responsible citizen. You are not exercising your Democratic rights. You are jeopardizing the nation’s future. Many of my friends and colleagues who are way above the required age to vote are surprisingly not even a registered voter.

Truthfully, I am very disappointed with them and I have lost all my respect for them. Few of them are even my senior and superior in the company. If you cannot even be a responsible citizen, you are certainly not qualified to lead me.

There’s a saying that beggars cannot be choosers. I think, “non-voters cannot be complainers“. One day if you cannot cope with the ever increasing cost of living, crime rate and corruption, DON’T COMPLAIN. You had the chance to make a change for the better, but you blew it.

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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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.

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Today I just submitted my registration for the Penang Bridge Marathon 2007 in Queensbay Mall this afternoon. There are 4 categories of run to choose from: Full, Half, Quarter and Fun Marathon. I registered for the Fun Marathon, total distance of 10km and costs RM10 only.

The marathon will be held on 24th June which is a Sunday. Participation should be very good because many companies in FTZ Bayan Lepas eg. Altera and Motorola are paying their employees’ participation fees and even submitting the registration for them. For RM10, I got a goodie bag that was totally unexpected.

In the goodie bag it contains the following items:

• 5 cans of Yeo’s JusTea Green Tea with Aloe Vera
• 2 packets of Cintan Mee (perisa asli, my favorite!)
• 1 pack of Yeo’s JustTea
• 1 pack of Yeo’s orange drink
• 1 Adidas RM50 cash voucher

Among the items listed, the Adidas cash voucher must worth the most. But it can only be used for purchases above RM250. Anyway, opportunists will always find a way to make some money with this. There’s a forumer in Lowyet.net that made a thread to sell the voucher at RM40. -_-

This is the first time I have ever registered for a marathon. But I am sure it would be a great experience to be running on the bridge which is usually congested with cars. And did I forget to mention that the marathon starts as early as 4.30 in the morning lol. Anyway there’s still one week left to the closing of the registration on 27th May so get your registration forms while you can

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There is a great familiarity and popularity of 24 hour fitness in all over the world for the most productive training. The heart rate monitors are used for checking the cardio fitness of a patient. The schwinn bicycles are more popular exercising fitness machines which give the muscular strength with the loss of weight. The pedometer is the electronic fitness machine which is also known as step counter machine to count the steps of the persons.

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