On Thursday, my friend inform me about a news from the mainstream TV. Since nowadays, i rarely watch news at mainstream TV (because of too much politics) i don't know about the news. It was inform that all the new MyVi will have to go for a 'special' service to replace a problematic EPS (Electronic Power Steering).

Following is the official press release from Perodua regarding the practise. This press release is copied from Perodua Official Web site (www.perodua.com.my)

Perodua initiates Preventive Measure Campaign for New Myvi

Rawang, 16 Jan: Perodua is initiating a Preventive Measure Campaign call for its 74,000 New Myvi variants produced between March 2011 and March 2012 to replace the Electronic Power Steering (EPS) column of the model.
The exercise is to ensure that owners of the New Myvi enjoy optimum performance of their vehicle.
“We apologise for the inconvenience caused to our customers but this campaign is necessary as the car’s performance may not be at its best and could partially compromise the driver’s response time at low speeds,” Perodua Managing Director, Datuk Aminar Rashid Salleh said.
He said that based on studies conducted by Perodua, the problem could be detected when the EPS indicator is alight, after which, the driver could feel a slight heaviness at speeds of between 30km/h and 40km/h.
This can be temporarily fixed by switching off the engine and restarting the car.
“However, for a permanent fix and to eliminate any possibility of risk to our customers, we kindly request that an appointment to be made at any of our 170 service centres nationwide for the replacement of the EPS column,” He added.
The car company has already issued notification letters to the affected customers.
Aminar said that after making an appointment at the most convenient service centre, a customer will be given a briefing on the replacement of the EPS column. The exercise will take approximately 80 minutes.
“Perodua will absorb all costs for the replacement of the EPS column; in addition, priority will be given to those affected because here at Perodua, You Matter Most,” he said.
“The campaign time frame is open ended; that being said we encourage our customers to make their appointments as soon as it is convenient for them to ensure that the replacement can be done orderly and smoothly,” Aminar said.

As a one of the many user of the new MyVi, initially i did not notice any problem until one day last year i was driving i notice sounds coming from the steering every time i make a turns. Sometime i also notice my steering became a bit lighter on turn. When i saw this press release by Perodua,  i did not see any mention of what the variant of the new MyVi. It could be The New Myvi, Elegence, SE or Extreme (1.5). I dont know whether this problem is connected with the recent press release.

Being advised by friends to go and check at Perodua Centre, just in case. Will wait for my niece to get back to work before she can confirm whether my car is included or not. Untuk keselamatan, mo juga pigi check lah...  

KaDuS Bilang:
Paling bahaya kalau driving jauh, palis palis lah, mo juga check ni kalau sia pun involve.

Yes, this is it. My final post of the year 2008. Tomorrow it will be a whole new year. 2009, Here I come! In less than 24 hours we will be celebrating the New Year. At this time of writing, 15 hours left. People everywhere will either gather with their family’s member or their friends. No one wants to be alone on the New Year eve. Me included. I’ve been spending my New Year eve with my family for whole of my life and I never am alone. This time it will be no different. I will be at my uncle house for our family gathering. The typical activities will includes dinner, ‘some’ drinking session and the countdown. Confirm basah ni kana siram, but that is normal. Kana tidak basah kana siram, mimang nda sah tu New Year. Urang bilang buang suey. Don’t know how far the truth is, but since it’s been practices way before I was born, ikut saja lah.

So be prepare for major jam. Bukan traffic jam, tapi Phone network Jam. Selalunya 30 minutes before and after the 12.00 strike. Gerenti. Last year pun lebih kurang.

Resolutions

Everybody has their own yearly resolutions. Some are totally new some are old one. Kira recycle lah. The most common New Year resolutions for man is ‘To Stop Smoking’ and ‘To Stop Drinking’. For girl ‘To Loose Few kg’. I don’t want to comment about girls resolutions but that two commonly use resolutions for man in my opinion is the most used and repeated resolutions in the world. Can it be done? It need self-discipline and supports to achieve that. What about me? Am I using that as my priority of resolutions? Nah… I don’t think so. I’ve once used that as my main resolutions and I failed badly. Nda pun sampai 1 bulan di January, my pledge of stop smoking has failed. Kalau bilang minum tu at least I can control it, but stop… hmmm. It happened way back in 1999. From there I never make ‘stop smoking’ or ‘drinking’ as my main resolutions. It will be my side or mini not-so-important resolutions though! Wekekekeke.

So, one of my resolutions will be, completing all I have not achieve in the year 2008. Ada few lagi need to be completed. Once completed, I will be living in my happy world, and ready to enter a new decade of life in 2010. I wish I could get my hand of a few stuff that has been eluded me since early last year. One of them is my very own dSLR. Next year I will get it and I am 101% sure. One way or another. Then there is the need of a new PC/Laptops. Works has become more and more demanding and my current machine can’t really cope with that. So getting a new machine will be one of the things needed to be done ASAP. Car… Yes… Almost got it this year, until the government decided to raise the oil price and makes me re-arrange my finance. That results me postponing my plan to get it. 2009 will be the year I get my own car. I can see it! What I mean by 'my own' is using my own money, without ever asking from my parents. Malu juga, suda tua pun masi juga mo minta parent. Minta dari banklah… tapi sama juga mo bayar balik, using my own money!

You might be saying, eh… kebendaan saja resolutions si Mark ni. What about other things such as life? Hmm… I do have it and Thank God I do achieve it every year. It has become my main and very important resolutions. But let me keep it between myself only lah.But will reveal some of it lah

HOPE OF 2009 – Life in Overall

I hope I will be improving myself lah. Furthering my studies will be one of my main targets. I don’t want to be doing the same things over and over again until called it a day. Learning new curve of life will make me armed to face this ever challenging world. As I said previously in my post, I love challenges. But sometimes the challenge I face is so damn difficult. I need to be prepare so whenever the challenges come, I can happily says, “Mari lah sini, datanglah kepada ku…” Wakakakaka

As time goes, year’s passes by, I know I’m getting older. Health will prove to be very-very vital in my later life. My (slim) body can’t always sustain the demand of life. So I hope to keep myself as healthy as I can be and fitter as I can.

Money is important in today’s world, where there will be no more free stuff to get. Everywhere you go, need to pays. Masuk toilet pun mo bayar. Successfully managing my own finance will be crucial. Failing to do so will results me having nothing but debts around my slim waist. Wekekekeke

Love… emmm… nda payah cakap lah…

HOPE OF 2009 – My State, My country

I hope for the stability of the political scene in Malaysia. Stop all those nonsense wanting to be this and that. Do what those rakyat. Who has been voting for you, hope you to do. They don’t vote for you to became a ‘jaguh’ in their eyes and do nothing. They don’t vote for you to see you doing things for your personal glory. They vote for you with a rays of hope that one day you can change their life, although not in overall. A Slight change will make people happy and satisfy that they did not vote for nothing. Come on. IMHO, all the politician are just about the same. What makes them different is how they make their decision, how they justify the faith and mandate given by the rakyat.

I won’t criticize anybody, but those who terasa… well since ko sudah temakan lada, ko rasa padas… sindri mo ingat lah… Hehehehe

HOPE OF 2009 – Manchester United

Being one of their loyal supporters (been a Red Devil since 1990), I hope that they will keep on winning. Nothing makes me much happier if they win. Although their winning margin is a bit low for a club like Man. Utd I can still smile and say ‘yes… manang lagi!” Still remember last year, when things not going right for me, I’m feeling so down, and on the same time Man. Utd was up against Liverpool live on TV. When the final whistle in blown, I just don’t give a damn about what is happening at that time cause Man. Utd defeated the kops by 1-0. goal by Carlos Tevez. Hahahahaha… Addicted nie…

So will it be another Manchester united triumph come May? I hope so… Glory-Glory Manchester United!!!

So this wraps up my post for 2008. Some things better be keep within me… So I hope you will have a very enjoyable with your family and friends wherever you are maybe. Happy New Year 2009! Peace & God Bless

KaDuS Bilang:
Bah, this is the last “KaDuS Bilang” for the year 2008. Next year, ni segment tatap ada. Jan susah… Jadi sia harap semua enjoy lah kamu pinya New Year celebration. Enjoy-enjoy juga… tapi agak-agak lah ah… For those yang minum tu, ingat-ingat lah sia. Tapun-tapun… Hahahahaha… Tapi apa yang penting, minum-minum juga… tapi please jaga keselamatan kamu, especially yang driving. You don’t want to start 2009 with tragedies kan… Drive carefully. If you are drunk, don’t drive. Stay a while… sleep a while. Then when you feel freshen up again, continue your journey.

Siapa-siapa yang pasang azam yang kaw-kaw pinya (macam kupi si greg), harap kamu nampak jalan untuk kasi mula come 1^st Jan 2009. The easy part of planning it is almost over and the hardest part, to implement it, will begin in a few hour times. Are you ready? Hehehehe

Tomorrow will be a new post. So stay tuned. Bah… okay lah… panjang betul sudah nie… Take care everybody! I Love You All!!! Happy New Year 2009!!!

“Petrol, Diesel down 15 sen today

Kuala Lumpur: Petrol and diesel will be sold 15 sen cheaper today following the government’s decision to lower fuel prices in tandem with the downward of global oil prices.”

This was at the front page of the local newspaper. The one I bought lah, dunno about others. Actually I’ve listen to it juga at our local radio, early in the morning. I guess most of us have been expecting this news, especially those who are using their own car to go to work. Me? I’m using public transportation, but I am one of many consumers affected by the recent fuel price hike. This is when traders simply hike up all their goods prices, with a very simple reason… “Aiyah, minyak naik lor… tu barang bukan pandai datang sendiri sini. Mo pakai kereta juga. Kereta mo isi minyak bah.” Well, think about it, LOGIK JUGA LAH! The goods wont fly to the shops from the factory.

What about services offers by transportation industry? Busses and taxi for example. They will give a very logical answer when you ask or even say, “Aih… Mahal Juga!” So Don’t even bother to ask or say that to them as their answer will be, “Ko pikir ni kereta jalan pakai air kah?” or something like that lah.

So Mr. Trader and Mr. Driver, Wassup…? Would that be a good news for you all? The fuel price has gone down again. 5 times already this year. So what are you waiting for? Now the petrol is priced at RM2 per liter. Diesel will be at RM1.90 per liter. So? Bila? Are you just want to stick with all the prices and reaps all the benefits of cheaper fuel, just by yourself? Oh our TPM also said this:

“Najib hoped traders would also lower prices of goods and services following the reduction in fuel price to enable the people to reap the full benefits of cheaper fuel”

But I guess, no one is listening lah. Maybe the want to cover up all their loses, when the government decided to raised the fuel price drastically. Nda ingat sudah bila, but I guess before June this year. Maybe some of their profit went down as the have to stick with the current prices while the cost of transportation and everything else has risen up. When they’ve start to raised the price, to cover their loss, the government slowly reduces the oil price. Hmmm… Can’t blame the traders juga. But this is about the trader, who depend on the goods, delivery cost and transportation cost.

What about when their services are 100% on transportation? Bukankah their services is also 100% dependable to the oil prices? I can’t blame them 100% juga for rising the fares. Tapi since now the fuel prices has been reduce, why still stick with the high bus fares? I used to go to the city for only RM0.90 one way… Now the cost to go to the city is RM2.00! The minimum fare is RM0.80 and that would only get you to a 1KM destination.

From what I heard, the fares was recently hiked up due to the (according to them) high fuel price. Oh, for the record, the old fare was at RM1.50 one way to the city. For the record juga the hike up the fare AFTER the government decided to reduce the fuel price for the fourth time this year. So since they (the government) decided to further reduce the fuel prices, wouldn’t it be appropriate for them (the bus operators) also reduced the fare? Untuk kebaikan bersama? Hmmm… Sia rasa ada sebab derang stick with the old price. But can’t seem to see what should be the cause of that.

Well, mimang macam tiada effect saja sama sia bila the government say, TURUN LAGI HARGA MINYAK. Bukan saja sama sia, sama urang lain juga. Hard for me to explain cause I am not the one who drive the bus nor the one who decide whether to reduce or not the oil prices. But IMHO (wah!), the fare should be reduce lah! Time dia naik sampai mo dakat RM3 nda pula kamu kasi naik, now, bila uda kana reduce, u people simply hike it up pula.

KaDuS Bilang:
Sia pun nda tau apa mo cakap sudah… Well, I really hope to see that things will come back to normal. I’m not expecting that all the the prices will go down, like the good ol’ day that I used to buy a lot of thing just by using RM50. Even save some for tomorrow usage. At least the price is reasonable for everyone lah. Not only for those people yang kaya raya. But also people like me yang nda seberapa nie. Gaji bukan basar sangat. Okay lah!

Still no idea what to blog about, but since i got this "rare" tag from Blossom, I've decided to do this tagged lah... Of all the tagged or survey I've done, this is by far the weirdest tagged I've got... But still it is fun... This tag is about car. My 7 Favorite Dream Car... (or car i like but never going to get it. Hehehehehe)

2. Add a link to the person who tagged you
-It's Blossom.
3. List your 7 dream cars (preferably with pics of those cars)
4. Tag at least 7 other bloggers
- dunno who to tagged lah... Not really into tagging,... but i guess, i'll tagged few people lah... Si Webber sama si Vister. juga si Olumis and Si Girllyen. And oh, si Adora juga... tapi sia rasa dia nda blogging sementara waktu... so kira utang lh... So yang dua tu, whoever feels like to do this, JUST DO IT!!! Yeah!!!

KaDuS Bilang:
Well, this probbaly the list of car that i will only get in my dream. I personally like the Honda civic Type-R. Can't find the blue one... so Red pun i guess okay lah... Have to work hard to get those car lah... But at this very moment, and with the current economic situation, and the fuel price lai.

Oh, talking about the fuel price, i heard the fuel price has drop 15sen again today. Good news lah kan... but what really annoyed me was the bus fare (to KK) naik lagi... Hmmm... What is the reason? Macam teda effect saja goverment kasi turun harga minyak. I think it is because the goods price is still not reduced lah... So bila lah mo murah semua harga nie?

i guess, still okay lah if no car... Tapi future, its a must lah... having a car...

Okay... That's All