CBU vs CKD- What is that?

28 October 2011, 11.15pm

Ever thought of buying a car soon or in the future such as BMW, Mercedes, Audi or Ferarri? Well, there are a few things that you guys should be aware of before buying your really expensive favourite car.

Before I explain, I'm very sure that almost 90% of you guys don't know about this CBU and CKD thingy. It's basically about cars that whether it's locally assembled or fully imported. Why the worries and why should I explain the differences between these two? Here's why:

What is CBU and CKD?

CBU – Completely Built Unit

Completely built unit is the terminology when a car/bike/automobile is imported/exported to/from some other country as a complete car fully assembled. These automobiles do not require an assembly before they can be sold out to the buyers in the target country’s markets. Most of the imported cars and bikes in India come as a CBU.

CKD – Completely Knocked Down

Completely knocked down car / bike /automobile is one which is imported or exported in parts and not as one assembled unit. Such units are first sent to an assembly plant in the target country where all these parts are assembled and one complete car / bike / vehicle is made using the imported components. These kinds of units generate employment in the target country as more machinery and manpower investment is needed to assemble the components to make the vehicle.

source-car blog india

So let me briefly explain

Basically CBU is fully imported cars and CKD is they get the parts from the manufacturer country and locally assembled. In Malaysia, we have a few car factories that practiced CKD such as Mercedes, BMW and Ford. For example, if I were to buy an Audi that is CKD. Therefore the parts will be from Germany but is locally assembled in Malaysia at the factory (with expertise of course). However, do you know that our government imposed 300% tax on imported cars? But why the price of the car is slightly similar (but in Malaysia it's slightly expensive). Okay like this, most of the imported cars now are mostly CKD and our government has imposed a rule that some parts of the car must be at least 30% local or imported parts (but not from the manufacturer country). For example, my Audi will be having 30% non-german parts, like the headlamps and leather seats could be from mitsubishi.

What is the differences between CBU and CKD?

Not much difference, but for a car enthusiast, a slight difference in driving pleasure can be felt because the car is not 100% pure perfect engineering from the manufacturer country. But overall, no difference between CBU and CKD.

So guys, hope you guys understand what I'm talking about because I think I'm crapping rather than explaining. :P. But please, if you have any questions to ask me, drop me a comment.

Introducing........

27 October 2011, 3.00pm

Aizat's Production and Aizat's Photograhy! Finally it's publicised! I have a vision where I wanted to open up my own small business since during my school years, and now I'm proud to say that I have my own production business(I can't think of a better word than business :P). I have been wanted to tell my friends about this(some of them they know about it already), but I think it's kinda childish to come out with this idea.

What can Aizat's Production and Aizat's Photography do? Well, I can make quality high end videos and pictures, with a very low price, or for free, depending on the length and type of event. I'm starting small, so hey, don't think this is a joke or I'm trying to be funny. It may not be popular or will be dead one day since I'm taking medicine, but at least I have a vision to do such businesses.

I have been making videos for KACHS (Kelab Anak Cucu Haji Sabri), TheStar Mighty Minds 2011 videos and many more. I will give you a sample pictures from Aizat's Photography. I'm having problem in uploading videos, but I'll show you guys later.

Logo? Not yet produced :P... Coming!....

Wedding

Places

Scenery

Send me a comment if u're interested to hire me for any events to take high quality pictures or videos :)

Happy Deepavali!

26 October 2011, 1.05am

Happy Deepavali to all Malaysians!

I would like to take this opportunity to talk about my big sis. She's the one who I can rely on to share stories, she's the one that I can talk to 24/7, she's the one that I can be comfortable with, she's the one that will be my cheerleader when I needed help, her advice is priceless, she's currently my one and only closest indian friend, and she is Menaka!. :D... I love u Menaka! Happy Deepavali! Take care in London! :D....XOXO

P.S- I have our pics in Malacca last 2 yrs with Ju and Evan

Happy Deepavali!! (Evan, Jacintha and I)

Pictures KMB years 2.0

26 October 2011, 1.00am

As promised, here are more pictures! :D

The English Club BBQ, ended up raining cats and dogs
Tah X Tau FC, best team in KMB? :)
I'm not sure what's Evan doing?
Future docs in the making?
Ermm?... Cute pic though, haha
2nd card made! :D.. thx kids
Who's eyes? Try to guess
KLCC with classmates....
I actually injured my butt from this!
Cold!

more pics coming!

Facts about Libya, under Gaddafi (Must read)

24 October 2011, 3.00pm

I got this from facebook, and I bet most of you have read it but I'll post it again.

1. There is no electricity bill in Libya; electricity is free
for all its citizens.

2. There is no interest on loans, banks in Libya are
state-owned and loans given
to all its citizens at 0% interest by law.

3. Home considered a human right in Libya –
Gaddafi vowed that his parents
would not get a house until everyone in Libya had a
home. Gaddafi’s father has
died while him, his wife and his mother are still living
in a tent.

4. All newlyweds in Libya receive $60,000 Dinar (US$
50,000 ) by the government
to buy their first apartment so to help start up the
family.

5. Education and medical treatments are free in
Libya. Before Gaddafi only 25%
of Libyans are literate. Today the figure is 83%.

6. Should Libyans want to take up farming career,
they would receive farming
land, a farming house, equipments, seeds and
livestock to kick- start their farms
– all for free.

7. If Libyans cannot find the education or medical
facilities they need in Libya,
the government funds them to go abroad for it –
not only free but they get US
$2, 300/mth accommodation and car allowance.

8. In Libyan, if a Libyan buys a car, the government
subsidized 50% of the price.

9. The price of petrol in Libya is $0. 14 per liter.

10. Libya has no external debt and its reserves
amount to $150 billion – now
frozen globally.

11. If a Libyan is unable to get employment after
graduation the state would
pay the average salary of the profession as if he or
she is employed until
employment is found.

12. A portion of Libyan oil sale is, credited directly to
the bank accounts of all
Libyan citizens.

13. A mother who gave birth to a child receive US
$5 ,000

14. 40 loaves of bread in Libya costs $ 0.15

15. 25% of Libyans have a university degree

16. Gaddafi carried out the world’s largest irrigation
project, known as the Great
Man-Made River project, to make water readily
available throughout the desert
country.

Something to think about before making any conclusions about him......

Traffic congestion, why the big deal?

24 October 2011, 1.00am

Wow, what a day! Rugby World Cup Final, Manchester Derby, Marco Simoncelli incident, QPR beats Chelsea. Great day. However, a day could be ruined by, yeah u guessed it, traffic jam!

I'm one of the active road users in Malaysia. Cities in Malaysia are suffering from chronic traffic jam, yeah from an article in TheStar dated 21 October 2011. Kuching, Penang, KL, Johor, u name it. In mythbusters, they pointed out 3 reasons why traffic jams could happen.

1. Traffic density

It's when number of cars are too packed. For example in India, the number of cars are more than the population itself.

2. Speed of cars travelling

Slow=Cars closely packed, thus increase the density.

3. Type of cars

Longer wheelbase (longer cars) will contribute to traffic jam. Look at roads with lorries and trucks. What do you see? Traffic jam! :P...

Somehow this 3 factors are related to one another.

Therefore I believe to tackle this problem, the state government should take this problem seriously. My travelling time from my home to the airport during peak hours could reach up to 1.5 hrs, seriously when compared to 20 mins off-peak hours. I proposed few steps in tackling this problem in Kuching:

1. Widening the road

2. Enforcing police traffic during peak hours

3. Smart traffic light system

4. ITIS in Kuching, not just in KL

5. Traffic reports on radios (Hitz.fm is doing it now)

6. Making alternative routes accessible

Encountering traffic jam is not fun! I still remember when I was driving with my daughter and Naqqy to Mira's open house in Shah Alam, the traffic was, horrible! 3km highway stretch took us almost an hour to reach!

Anyways, I know we can't compare with UK, Australia, Germany and even our neighbour Singapore, in terms of traffic management, but I believe our government can do something to tackle this problem.

Pictures- Memories KMB years part 1.0

22 October, 2011, 1.20am

I've been browsing through my laptop and my hard disk for 2 days straight, and suprisingly I've tons of pictures that I've never realised that it was taken. In this case, I'll be uploading stages by stages. I'll only upload the pictures that is cool and fun. I'll give brief description on the pictures. Enjoy! :D

This time Jacintha was celebrating her 19th "birthday" at TGI Fridays. Yup, "birthday" :)
I miss this, my first ever genting trip with friends
This picture is epic. Try to find the "hidden" message. :)
Cruel Dinie, :P
When u take IB, this will happen to you. Yes. Study2
All blue day.
1st ever class.
The day where my english group (azzeem, ezreeah and qasim) got kicked out of the class bcoz our group didn't do our english homework =.='
My birthday, my kids made a special card :)
Why so serious? haha
Kuching-ians in our medic class M09T
The bosses, Wan and Shaf came to KMB, with shorts, haha.
The pizza's, Evan :P

More pics coming :)

A movie project- Come.Dance.Joy Kuching

20 October 2011, 10.30pm

To all Sarawakians, especially in Kuching

Good news!

Finally! It's confirmed that I'll be making a 4 minute video clip on interesting places in Kuching! I'll give it a title, Come.Dance.Joy Kuching(Datang.Tandak.Happy Kuching). Why Come.Dance.Joy Kuching(Datang.Tandak.Happy Kuching)? It shows that everyone is invited to dance and feel the joy of dancing in public. Well basically the video is like Matt Harding's video, Where The Hell Is Matt (if you don't know who is he, ask uncle google, or youtube it, you'll find his video). Please, don't get the initial intention that I'm getting his idea. It will be different from his. I'll be dancing all over Kuching with the local folks (if I'm lucky enough). But don't worry! I'll make sure that they are notified in this blog to come dance with me. The cause of this project is still not yet known, but I think I'll make it as a charity project or a video that shows the strong bonds between Sarawakians. I'll keep you guys updated on this. Estimated time in making this video clip is 3 month, so it will be completed in early or mid january. Here are the places that I'm going to go and dance:

-Bako National Park

-Samarahan area

-Fairy and wind cave

-Sri Aman

-Tebedu/Serikin

-Damai beach resort

-Cultural village

-Santubong

-Matang wildlife

-Family park

-Sarawak barrage

-Kota sentosa

-Batu kawah

-Sematan

-Satok

-Semariang

-Kuching city

-Tabuan jaya

-Shopping malls all around kuching

and many more!

music not sure but my daughter(I feel old, haha, she's my hao peng you) ask me to do dougie, haha, know what is dougie?Again youtube it :)...For now, I think Sara Bareilles, Uncharted Instrumental is the best song for this project.

Will keep you updated on this.....

Hope to bump or meet you guys for my first shot, hopefully at Bako National Park......

See ya!

Apple vs Sony- Then?

20 October 2011, 10.30am

One of the few thousands question that I always ask myself, is it necessary to buy a powerful laptop? I mean, a laptop that can do everything such as playing DOTA, CS without lag, battery that can lasts up to 10hrs straight with a single charge and most importantly, size. Well, I'm planning to get a new laptop soon, but I have this dilemma, yes, dilemma. Dilemma? Come on Aizat, explain why?

I've been using apple laptop since form 3 till now. To be honest, I love it so much! I took an oath with someone that I won't change my laptop choice except apple. No other laptop can beat apple in terms of its design and speed. No other laptops in the market can be compared with apple, period! But recently, there were few laptops that I found, running on windows that are so powerful and eye catching till it makes me to change my decision to not buying a mac. One of it is the new sony vaio z. Gosh, I don't know how to explain further but it's just so cool and powerful! However, in-spite of all its powerful-ness and its aesthetic design, there are pros and cons for both laptops. The sony vaio z and apple macbook air are my two favourite laptops that I wish to own one of it one day. Hereby, I'll do a quick comparison on both of the laptops:

• Intel® Core™ i7-2620M Processor 2.70 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 3.40 GHz
• Genuine Windows® 7 Professional 64-bit
• 13.1 inch wide (Full HD: 1920x1080) TFT colour display (VAIO Display Premium, LED backlight, Adobe RGB 96% coverage)
• Absolute power in only 16.65 mm and 1.165 kg body
• Power Media Dock™ to enhance productivity and connectivity: AMD Radeon™ HD 6650M, Blu-ray Disc™ Drive with DVD SuperMulti, and more ports.
• SSD in RAID 0: (256 GB (128 GB x 2; Serial ATA)) for Quick Boot and quick operation

source- Sony Malaysia

Display: 13.3", 1440 x 900 LED backlit display. Intel HD Graphics 3000 integrated graphics. Mini DisplayPort and Thunderbolt.

Battery: 50 watt-hour Lithium Ion rechargeable, not user replaceable. Comes with 45W MagSafe power adapter. Claimed runtime: up to 7 hours. Claimed standby: 30 days.

Performance: 1.7GHz Intel Core i5-2557M ULV CPU is standard (2 cores, 4 threads, Turbo Boost up to 2.7GHz). 1.8GHz Intel Core i7 ULV is an optional upgrade. 4 gigs DDR3, 1333Mhz RAM (not upgradable, soldered onto motherboard).

Drives: 128 gig or 256 gig SSD drive. No internal optical drive.

Size: 12.8 x 8.9 x 0.11-0.68 inches. Weight:2.96 pounds.

Camera: FaceTime video chat camera.

Audio: Built in stereo speakers, mic and 3.5mm stereo headphone jack.

Networking: Integrated dual band WiFi 802.11b/g/n and Bluetooth 4.0.

Software: Mac OS X Lion 10.7. Mac Mail, Safari web browser, iLife suite including iMovie, iDVD, Garage Band and iPhoto, FaceTime video chat app and more.

Expansion and Ports: 1 SD card slot. Two USB 2.0 ports, 3.5mm headphone jack and combined Thunderbolt/mini DisplayPort.

source- Mobile Tech Review

Well well, it seems that sony vaio z has higher processor speed, higher resolution screen and bigger storage space than MBA. The battery life on both laptops are fairly the same, 7hrs on a single charge. The design also looks fairly well, but I prefer the MBA with its solid aluminium unibody enclosure. However, the graphics in Sony can only be fully utilised if an additional media dock is purchased, then another $$$ goes to waste. Sony is popular for its somehow overpriced optional items. Remarkably, Sony Z is lighter than the MBA. Again however, the sound quality on the vaio z is crappy based on the reviews I've read. So crappy that even the reviewers mentioned that the quality of the sound is the same as the quality of the sound, 20 years back. When compared to MBA, it's way way way way better!

The price? Well,

Sony vaio z- Starts at RM8999, plus the media dongle and all, will be RM 10k

Apple MBA- High end 13 inch at RM4999

Wow! the sony vaio z, again it's overpriced! too overpriced!

I've been asking few of my friends whether should I change to Windows from Mac. All of them said NO!, stick to a mac. Besides, windows 8 is coming, so might as well I wait for it. So guys! Help me out in making decisions okay? Really need a good laptop for my university life.

My decision

75% MBA vs 25% Sony vaio z

What is urs? :)

Tips: Losing Weight? Sure? We'll see...

18 October 2011, 9.45pm

Losing weight is not a walk in the park. I've seen lots of slimming products that says "Lose 20kg in 1 month" and bla bla bla. To be honest, what's the point of losing weight without any hard work? For me, there's no shortcut in losing weight. Instead, you'll jeopardize your health. Losing weight requires full dedication and commitment. Without these two things, you won't be able to achieve your goal, any goal, not just losing weight. I've read an article in TheStar where certain slimming products from China, and believe it or not, from MALAYSIA, can be harmful to health. Long term effects can be:

1. Kidney failure

2. Jaundice

3. Osteoporosis

The moment I saw the side effects on the products, nahh. But don't get me wrong! I've never wanted to take slimming pills before this, I'm just saying. So friends! If u have been taking slimming products all this while, think again!

Who am I to give tips on losing weight? Right? I agree, but I'm one of billions of God's creation that can lose weight up to 5 kg in just 4 weeks, and will continue. In this case, might as well I just share my tidbit tips on how to lose weight.

Before that, I understand as a fat person, wait wait, I can't use the term "fat" for myself because almost 67% of my friends said that I have big body frame (my shoulder is broad) and not "fat". Guess, I'll use the term chubby, in this case :). Ever since I've stopped tennis lessons in my high school years (can't remember which form), my weight grew tremendously, and I can feel my oblique area (left side of the stomach) is expanding, until now. Being chubby is not an easy feeling and some people always tease me that I'm fat and all(Showing the fact that I'm fat after all). The humiliation is when he/she said the "fat" word in front of the whole crowd. I won't be pointing fingers on who did it, but yes, there's one time in College Banting that that particular group of people called me that. But I don't care because God created me like this, right? Why the shame? Haha

Anyways, a good friend of mine, Farah, is like an angel dropping from the sky, that suddenly appeared in my life. She gave me tips on how to lose weight, and controlled me in my food intake. Well, I didn't listen to her 100% but I've always used her words as my motivation to lose weight. Her parents were also sporting enough to give me priceless tips in losing lipids :P... Apart from them, there are also some of my good friends that gave me few tips in losing weight. You know who you are :D...

Hey! this post should be tips, not a story, haha.... sorry! :P...This tips are based on my experience and I won't fake the facts :)

1. Go to the gym at least 4 times a day. For me, I go to the gym everyday except thursday from 8.30am till 10.30am. Burn 700 calories (equivalent to 30mins jogging on the treadmill and 20 mins on the steps exercise). Spend a minimum of 1 hr and a maximum of 2 hours. Do gym exercise. Trust me, make friends with the gym members and you will find that it's not boring. Ask instructor to become your trainer. Without trainer, you will have no guide and no guide means no commitment in losing weight. Can't go to the gym? Jog on the park or anywhere convenient. At least 5km okay? Around 10 rounds in a common sized stadium.

2. Don't eat rice, in EXCESS! For me, I've not eating rice for a month. But i realise that your body needs carbohydrate for energy, so eat rice, but not too much, maybe a quarter of a bowl.

3. Drink water, LOTS of it. Helps your body to metabolise quickly, meaning fat will burn more efficiently.

4. Don't be scared to monitor your body weight, at least once a week.

5. Don't stop urself from eating your favourite food, but be reminded that not too much. I admit I ate burger at night for supper, but once in a while.

6. For those who have an iphone and can afford to buy nike+ shoes, get the sensors as well. Seriously, this nike+ app really motivates me to move further to burn all the excess calories in my body. Visit nikeplus.com for more information. Or get a pedometer, can find it at guardian or watson.

7. Last but not least, control, know your body. Your body and your soul is well connected, know your body well. Feel guilty if u ate too much in a day, work out and burn more calories than usual.

Most importantly, understand the differences between a "will" and a "must". Last time, I have this thought of "I will lose weight", but in a few months, I've changed the "will" into a "must". Remarkably a word can change your life. I guess thats it :D....

Hello!

18 October 2011, 12.00pm

First of all I would like to warn all viewers out there to be aware that my blog is still very new and since this is my first time blogging, it will be kinda boring and lame, but I'll try my best to make it as interesting as possible. And please, don't feel offended with any foul languages or mentioning names(friends) in this blog. If any of you feel offended, please, do drop a comment.

It's been a while since I wanted to do blogging but catching up with my studies in College MARA Banting had taken my time to do such. Thanks to my friend, Mohd Bazil Bolia, currently studying in University of Sheffield, UK to encourage me to do a blog. He said, "Blogging means business". I said to myself, i have another 3 to 4 months of holidays before going to further my studies in University of Newcastle, Australia. Then this tiny heart of mine whispers, why don't you create a blog and just share your story to the outside world? Wouldn't it be fun? Then I think it's not a really bad idea, just express your feelings and all. Besides, most blogs are free to sign up. Then, I ask my good friend Bazil on how to start up a blog and expanding it. :)

I'll make this blog as interesting as possible by giving facts and interesting events going on locally or internationally. Make sure you become a member to this blog okay? (This message is for you, yes YOU). Feel free to keep updated urself with this blog okay? I guess that's it for my introduction.