This few days, it seems like the news in the country is 'steaming' up and all the news sold like hot cakes. On top of that, I can't wait to see what will happen next, could it be the end or just the climax or just the starting?? Lots of the news reported really caught my attention from the local news which seems never ending to the epic saga to the world news especially the economics section. Anyway, my interest on today's post is non of the above, I guess all of us are aware of the news that I'd mentioned earlier.
The news or perhaps the report that caught my attention today is this.
Yes, it is about the taxi in Malaysia...gosh, I totally agree with the statement. Really, it is awful to see this scenario happening. The one where they mentioned that Taxis in the KLCC is charging people aka "secara suka-hati' is really true. Just the other day, few weeks ago when I went back to Serdang from KLCC with my sister, this scenario happened. Just outside the Suria KLCC, you can see the sign that said beware of Taxi touts, I thought it will never happen there as the sign serve as a stern warning to not only the visitors but also the taxi operators. Nevertheless, those taxi operators still take advantage of people around. Even the local also they cheat aka 'telan'.
Luckily, my sister and I were not cheated. Thanks to my knowledge after being in KL for almost a year. As both of us trying to get a taxi, a taxi driver approached us and asked us where we are heading, so I told him Serdang. Then after looking at both of us ( I carried a big luggage which belongs to my sister...my sister held one small luggage as well )...He said" Serdang, ..erm RM 75...."
beware of those taxi in red....some are good some are evil...haha
I was so shock of the price and the guy continued by giving a lot of reasons why he charged us so expensive...saying like " far lah...", "you carry luggage" and some more he added by saying that, it is hard to find people using meter in this area as we insisted on using meter for the journey. Deep inside my heart, I was like, you wanna eat me is it???I won't let you eat no matter what....
After that, we ignored the driver and walk away and into the mall again, where we try our luck on the other exit of the mall. I told my sister that, the price he gave is unreasonable as it is way too expensive. Might as well I borrow a car from my friend and drive it hear. The RM70 can be used to buy petrol that can last for a week on my friend's car. I told her that, the most they can charge is RM50 if they don't want to use meter. C'mon, I know the road back to Serdang from KLCC, just that I don't have a car. That guy treat me like I don't know anything about KL. Anyway, We were fortunate to find a taxi driver on the other exit of the mall that drives us on meter. He was kind enough to say that, it's up to you whether you want to use meter or the other way round. So we surely said meter lah...duh....
Mind you that time is almost to 430pm...Jam....so when he asked me whether I wanna use Highway (smart Tunnel) I reply yes. So the tip here is this, In order for you to save money on the meter especially during peak time, do use highway instead, you might save more...toll fee in Smart tunnel only cost Rm2...
The taxi driver also explain to us why the other taxi driver was charging that amount of fare as we told him about it. He told us that, we are charged higher than expected because we are carrying luggages....they will cheat those people with luggage as most of the time, those who carries luggage are tourists.At the end of the day, our taxi fare only cost us...guess how much, only RM25...3 times lower than the amount of the stupid taxi tout.....
the fare is only rm23 eventually, but because he charged us RM1 for the luggages and also we did give him tips for being a good and honest taxi driver. My principle is simple, if that particular taxi driver is being honest by using meter and not cheating, I might consider give the extra tips as incentive for being the only few cabbies operator in the country that are honest. It's hard to find honest taxi driver though.
Ok I guess I shall get back to my study now, tomorrow will be my Electric and Electronic paper... Mesh current, Thevenin theorem,Norton's Theorem, Superposition theorem,Node voltage method and most importantly AC source here I come....
Gosh, I'm so sick of those E & E stuffs....I'm not meant to be an E & E guy....not my type...darn....
As I was looking for any corporate videos of Airlines company I came across this. Eventhough, it is quite old, maybe roughly 11 years back, but its worth knowing that Malaysia Airlines operates the first B777 which from my perspective was an achievement at the time. No doubt, I always 'hang-out' at youtube nowadays to watch documentaries or anything that suites my taste...hehe.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
hopefully you will know something new right???
Happy independence people!!!
Yes, literally I'm back on blogging again after all the hu-ha that happened throughout the 6 weeks as 2nd year University students. The one of the most important reason for why I was absent in posting blog was my house here did not have a internet connection. Forget about the internet connection in the faculty. I went online in faculty in those time were just to finish my assignment or did my research or do some important matters. No time for blogging as well...more post will be up soon....let's put a smile on that face!!!!hahaha
If you ask me what I was doing this few days, well neither do I a football maniac who glued myself in front of the tv in the wee hours of the morning or play football or any other kinds of sports( well, I don't involve in sports nowadays as I think I really need a break from my hectic schedule back in Uni and needed to rejuvenate again for the upcoming semester where I will be more busy then last previous semester) but rather I was interested in watching documentaries that I have found on the internet. I think after watching a lot of the documentaries posted on youtube I think this will be the best so far for this year documentaries. It's a documentary about the tallest Skyscraper in the world, most of you can guess it right? it's the Burj Dubai. ( click on to see the documentary )
The documentary eventually depicted the advancement of human technologies in building taller skyscrapers. It started from the creation of elevators to solve the issue of transporting human to higher level till the newest technologies implemented in Burj Dubai. All the technologies shown is a follow-up to another one. The latest technologies implemented in Burj Dubai are the Refuge Room where the occupants of the building can hide in case of anything bad happen like fire. Those new technologies are mainly created for evacuation. I guess you guys have to watch the video further to understand more.
this is what I have taken over a year or to be more specific, 10 months or less. Altogether it's 16 subjects. I didn't know about it until when I checked the ESMP on the website. ESMP is an website for courses registration, to check result and those related to courses. Anyway, I never realize that it has been a year since the thrills and nervousness in waiting for the UPU result. The memory of those days just flashes back at me. Although I'm not getting those result nowadays, but I still can feel the aura when it was announced. And I could never expect that, I can take up 8 subjects per semester in four months or 14 weeks time. whoa...and I could not imagine that I'm in 2nd year now although the subjects that I'm taking will be less than in first year. 2nd year will be one of my busiest year of all I guess as I will be in a lot of activities in University especially faculty level. Most of all, I need to save money, life nowadays is hard as everything has increased. Sooner or later, everything will goes up. Inflation will be higher. There are actually one cure to this situation from my own perspective. That is if new invention of oil is found to replace the current fossil fuels. It may sound strange but the person who actually can invent this hydrocarbon change similar to fossil fuels, that person is going to monopolize the world economy. Or perhaps, if new invention of something replaceable to oil and can be installed in every vehicles. I'm saying this as even if new breed of vehicles are built like hybrid cars, the effects now won't be a lot. It can only affects the future not the current situation. I bet that everyone is very reluctant to actually sell their car even if this Hybrid cars are mass produce. So, it won't change the economy landscape for now. You have to wait till hybrid cars is as cheap as a Perodua Kancil on the road, then people might consider it.
One thing came to my mind when I mentioned about something that can replace oil. It was the De Lorean inside The 'Back to The Future II' movie, where Doc installed Mr Fusion, Home Energy Reactor...where he uses garbage as the alternative fuel. It's weird but it's applicable as garbage can be turn gold in the fact that buying fossil fuels now is like buying gold.
