RON95 begins Today

Previously, the price of RON 95 in Malaysia is RM1.75 per litre. From today onwards, it will be RM1.80 per litre and will be introduced to nationwide. Perhaps the 'red' colour fuel(RON 95) that often people neglected in Shell(as an example) will be the main fuel while the 'green' colour fuel(RON97) that mostly people used will be the premium fuel, increased from RM1.80 to RM2.05 per litre. The previous 'green' colour fuel will no longer can be found easily nationwide, only selected locations and city. I've asked the cashier in one of the Shell petrol kiosk in Miri regarding RON97 which commonly we used, he answered me only Kuching has it, RON97 and V-Power are not available in Miri, until future, perhaps.

What do you guys think about it? 1st thing came across into my mind was that, are we downgrading our daily fuel instead of upgrading to RON99? Then, will the performance of the vehicle become worse? Next, will the engine of the vehicle gets dirtier easily? Worst of all, will it damage the vehicle engine?!

Oh well, after I've Google'd for few minutes, my above assumptions are out of the box, totally wrong! Here's a simple conclusion that I can make after reading few articles. 1st things 1st, RON signifies Research Octane Number. It is a measurement of the fuel's ability to resist engine knocking. Knocking only happens in the engine whereby the cylinder explodes when fuel and air being mixed together. The higher the Octane Number, the harder/higher resistance for the engine to knock, which it will reduces the performance of the vehicle! Thus, don't feel and think bad of using a lower Octane Number of fuel, it's just cheaper and environmental friendly, I think.

Source and reference:

1. Price of RON 95 at RM1.80 from Tuesday.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/8/31/nation/20090831175332&sec=nation

2. The Difference between RON92, RON95, RON97 and RON99.

http://politickler.com/2009/05/30/the-difference-between-ron92-ron95-ron97-and-ron99/

3 Super-Earths

View at the above picture and notice that the 3 planets look exactly like Earth.

Size : one is 4.2 times the mass of Earth, one is 6.7 times and the third is 9.4 times.

Speed : one whizzing around in just four days, compared with Earth's 365 days, one taking 10 days and the slowest taking 20 days.

Cool heh, full report read HERE.

A Radio That Makes Toast

Look what I found this cute little thing in New Straits Times.

WHAT: Ariete radio toaster
IT’S LIKE: A toaster that uses radio waves to toast your bread.
PRICE: RM349
AVAILABILITY: Courts Mammoth

Q: Wow, that’s a very retro-looking radio you have.

A: Cool huh? And get this: it’s not just a radio. It also makes toast.

Q: Really?

A: Yes. In fact, it uses radio waves to make toast!

Q: All right, now you’re scaring me.

A: Kidding! This appliance is actually a toaster with a built-in FM radio — two things commonly found in the kitchen. So with this combo product, there is no need for two separate appliances anymore in the kitchen.

Q: Cool. Is it easy to use?

A: Yes, it’s pretty straightforward as there are not that many buttons to push.

Q: Let me guess: this huge knob in front is for volume control?

A: Err, no. That’s actually the browning control for the toast.

Q: Oh my, I could’ve burnt my toast while attempting to increase the volume of the radio.

A: I forgot to tell you: you need to read the manual the first time you use it. The controls may not be what you think they are. The radio toaster has confusing icons. See the button labelled with what looks like a burnt toast?

Q: Yeah.

A: It’s actually for heating. The other button on the left, the one with a snowflake icon, is the button for making toast.

Q: Strange.

A: And the button in the centre is for ejecting the toast manually.

Q: So, which are the buttons for radio then?

A: They’re all located on the lower part of appliance. The small knob is for volume control and to its left is the station search button. You have to keep pushing the button until you can hear what sounds like your favourite station. There’s no other way.

Q: This is such a funny-looking contraption but in a good way. Ariete should’ve included another knob.

A: What?

Q: One that doesn’t really do anything. You can play with it while waiting for your toast.

A: Yeah, and label it with a picture of an alien so you can pretend as though you’re trying to make contact with Mars.

Price of fuel strikes again in Malaysia

The government of Malaysia has announced that the government will no longer subsidise petrol and diesel to the country. This will eventually lead the price of petrol to increase. First time in history, price of petrol has increased RM0.78 per litter which is from RM1.92(West Malaysia)/RM1.91(East Malaysia) to RM2.70 whereas price of diesel has increased RM1.00 per litter. This is way to insane!

These are the scenes that happened yesterday every corner in Malaysia, especially in the city. I'm also one of the victims which has trapped in the traffic conjunction for 2 HOURS! What I saw yesterday in Miri is worse than pictures below, what about Kuala Lumpur?

Think twice before you wanna start your car's engine because the prices are almost doubled the previous prices. Based from the news recently, the amount of fuel will extinct at the year of 2013. Anyhow, just don't worry, there are plenty of reserved ground fuels around the globe.

Pictures were taken from The Star newspaper.

Asian Idol

The 1^st Asian Idol has ended. And the winner goes to

Congratulation to Hady Mirza from Singapore!


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24th SEA Games

It's officially ended. Here's the results.

Congrats to the host!
Results are taken from The Official Website of the 24th Southeast Asian Games Nakhon Ratchasima 2007.



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1st Malaysian Submarine Launched!!!

Wow, first submarine for Malaysia! Great!

Click HERE to read from The Star Online Newspaper.

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Tan Sri Dato' Seri Lim Goh Tong

Sad to get to know the news about the death of Genting Group founder, Tan Sri Dato' Seri Lim Goh Tong at the age of 90.

I respect him very much because he came to Malaya at the age of 19 with only 2 Dollars in his pocket!!!

Read HERE from The Star online newspaper.

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Welcome Back Angkasawan!

Welcome back Dr Sheikh Muszaphar and the crew!

Read full report HERE from The Star newspaper.

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1st Malaysian To Blast Off!!

Wow, Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor gained the chance to make history!
1st Malaysian to blast off to outer space!!

Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor

Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor at the left, Yuri Malanchenko at middle and Peggy Whits at the right.

The Soyuz-FG rocket launcher blast off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

Click HERE to find out more! Read it from The Star newspaper. Interesting! =)

View the Soyuz -FG rocket launcher, carrying the Soyuz TMA-II spacecraft with Malaysian cosmonaut Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor and crew members on board, blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome!!




Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor will be back at 21st of October, pray for their safe journey all the way.


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