Pug Gets New Wheels

after using more than 2 years, it's time to change the 2 front Goodyear tyres which has been rotated from the rear to the front from my last visit to the tyre shop...the vibration & shaking from the tyres was felt obviously on the steering wheel...plus the sound coming from the worn off tyres is more visible while on the road & the alignment & balancing was totally out...so, was a must to head to the tyre shop...

this time, went to a different shop instead of my usual preferred tyre shop...but it's also located around here...decided to go for Michelin as Ammar, a friend of mine recommended it...unfortunately, stock was out...so moved on to my 2nd choice which was Continental...after looking at the list of tyres available, decided to go for the ContiContactComfort CC5...RM188 per piece...this was my 1st time going for Continental tyres...from survey on the internet, the verdict was quite good...so my choices went like this - Michelin, Continental, Falken...other than that, it's a NO for me...so, a continental taste for my pug...

after using it for a week, i would say that I was very satisfied with the performance and silence of the tyre...would go for Continental again next time...more details on the tyre:

http://www.conti-online.com/generator/www/my/en/continental/automobile/themes/pcar/comfortcontact-5/comfortcontact-5.html

Mini Vac : Swiss Garden Resort Damai Laut, Lumut

annyeong-haseyo...been a little bit busy & lazy lately...hence the lack of updating this blog...sorry on that :P...but as promised, i here bring the much delayed Mini Vac : Swiss Garden Resort Damai Laut...

pushed off from office on Friday at about 3pm as Lumut was quite far...the journey took around 4 hours plus and at almost 8pm, we finally reached Swiss Garden Damai Laut...as we reached, we straight went to the reception to check in...after that, we then headed to our room...the resort was quite nice at first sight, but because we arrived at night, so can't really tell how it really looks like...room was quite okay too...

a little bit about how we got this Mini Vac invitation...there was one day, a consultant from the Swiss Garden International Vacation Club (SGIVC) called me saying that my name has been selected by AmBank to attend a tour at Swiss Garden Resort Damai Laut and to listen about the product which is the SGIVC as I'm a credit card holder of AmBank and that my payments are prompt (yeahhh right~... :P)...in order to attend the tour & to listen to their product, they are giving a free 3D2N stay at the Swiss Garden Resort Damai Laut...not bad since they are giving out free stay, even Palace Vacation Club (PVC) did not gave the free night stay to attend their tour, although they did gave a complimentary voucher to stay at Palace of The Golden Horses but can only be utilized during weekdays unless u sign up as a member...so that's how I got the free 3D2N stay at the Swiss Garden Resort Damai Laut...

the next day morning at 9am, we then headed to the Swiss Garden Apartment which is nearby the resort...actually the whole area belongs to Swiss Garden and the piece of land consist of Swiss Garden Resort, Swiss Garden Apartments, Swiss Villas and there is also a golf couse in there...so u can imagine how huge the area is...the SGIVC office is located at the Swiss Garden Apartments and at there, the SGIVC consultants were waiting for us and the others who also received the invitation...1st activity was to tour the whole resort area of Swiss Garden...we rode on a mini train but was running on tyres on road ofcourse :P...first was to the golf course, then headed to a boat pier which belongs to Swiss Garden Damai Laut too...the view there was quite nice...next was Swiss Garden Resort & Swiss Villas...then we head back to the Swiss Garden Apartments to listen to their product briefing which was SGIVC...

the list of resorts under SGIVC was quite good and impressive...pricing was much cheaper than PVC...and the method of payment was really flexible...too bad that we're already members of PVC...however the manager of SGIVC told that we can cancel our PVC membership, so we enrolled and joined the SGIVC membership...unfortunately, when we were back in KL, i called up PVC and they informed that i can cancel my membership but then the payment released by the bank to PVC will not be refund to the bank and that i would have to settle the payment...so what's the point of cancelling my membership if i still have to pay to the bank...so no choice but to cancel my SGIVC membership which luckily was still within the cooling off period...so all payment made will be refunded...

after the tour & product briefing, me & my wife then headed to Manjung town to have our brunch...we had our brunch at the chicken rice shop at Tesco and bought a few more things there...after that, head back to the resort...we juz chilled at the room at then at about 6pm, i went out to have a walk around the resort while my wife stayed at the room to relax...the resort was really nice as it has a swimming pool, a pool for water polo and they even have a private beach which was quite nice...after a stroll at the beach, i then headed back to the room...we then juz watched tv and then went to bed to call off for the day...

the next day morning, we had breakfast at one of the hotel's restaurant where it was a buffet breakfast...the line of cuisines was not bad and has quite a wide of variety...after breakfast, went back to the room and then checked out from our hotel room...it's then time to head back to KL...

BERSIH 2.0 from a different perspective

annyeong-haseyo...it's been 2 weeks already that i haven't updated this blog...wow, really that long...been quite bz at the moment (plus lazy :P)...i've mentioned that i will be posting about our short vacation trip to Swiss Garden Damai Laut...that will be arriving shortly after this post...

it's been 2 days already BERSIH 2.0 rally has passed, yet was still the hottest topic talked about for the past couple of days...and i bet will still be the hottest topic in Malaysia thru out this whole week...during the BERSIH 2.0 rally day, it is advisable to stay home instead or go places that were not affected by the BERSIH 2.0 wave...as for me & my wife, we went for a spa massage at Slimming Sanctuary Puchong...luckily the traffic has not spread Puchong yet at that time...by the way, we bought a voucher each at ilovediscount for the spa massage at RM38...was really a good deal...

let's talk a bit about BERSIH 2.0...different people will have different points of view towards the BERSIH 2.0 rally...each person has their own perspective of the BERSIH 2.0 rally...be it against it, or support it, or just keep a blind eye on it...whatever it is, we shouldn't condemn other person's view especially using bad or vulgar words...although we have a different view than others, we should respect them the way they are...if everyone has the same view & perspective, there wouldn't exist opposition parties, be it PAS, DAP or PKR...and the existance of these such parties makes the politic world in Malaysia more interesting...

as per the aftermath of the BERSIH 2.0, this part is the most interesting and will be the hottest topic spoken this whole week...we can see many versions, many reviews of them, especially in the TV3's Buletin Utama & the Berita Harian newspaper...those are the media that condemns the BERSIH 2.0...and yesterday, TV3 has already came out with their advertisement condemning BERSIH 2.0...it was that fast...hahahahhaa~...however, the pro & supporters of the BERSIH 2.0 has their own media as well...they have the tv selangor, Facebook & twitter...they are going online not only in Malaysia, but thru out the whole world...so it's tv/newspaper VS internet...who will prevail?...we'll just see...

as from my point of view, we should be looking on the bright side of something that happens...in malay they say "ada hikmah di sebalik setiap kejadian"...we should turn something negative to positive, turn something bad to good, bring out the best out of the worse, look on the other side of the coin and look on the bright side of what has happened...so, lets take a look at what we have gained from the BERSIH 2.0 rally a couple of days ago...

1-PDRM (the police) were fully utilized and were all out that day.
2-Petrol & toll saved due to no need to go into KL that day.
3-Most citizens had a good rest at home that day due to curfew by PDRM.
4-Girls/Ladies/Womens get to save a few hundred ringgits that day due to unable to go shopping.
5-Most KL roads were cleaned by the water spray by the PDRM.
6-KL less poluted that day due to ultra minimal road traffic.
7-Electricity saved as PDRM limited LRT's services.
8-KL Bus & taxi drivers gets a day off that day.
9-Workers & staffs at Midvalley, Pavillion & KLCC had an easy day at work although it was a Saturday.
10-Bersih 2.0, UMNO youth & PERKASA participants had a good exercise by rallying KL that day.
11-Got to see Datuk A. Samad Said walking in Chinatown and being interviewed.
12-Malaysia was famous thru out the whole world that day.
13-Facebook & Twitter was merrier than ever.

next will be my mini-vac to Swiss Garden Damai Laut, Lumut...stay tuned...