Produa Viva - affordable and practical car

The new Produa Viva (Kancil Replacement) should be selling good now. Personally I like the design just like a mini Toyota Avanza, also the price is affordable. Currently having a promotion for civil servants which will allow them to buy a Viva through Bank Rakyat hire purchase financing and enjoy 100% financing for a 10 year loan period. It also signed a memorandum of understanding with Takaful Ikhlas Sdn Bhd to provide personal insurance protection coverage for civil servants. Perodua expects to sell 10,000 units of the Perodua Viva through this scheme.

The Exterior
The height to width ratio is well balanced with the wheelarches flared out slightly, giving a sporty undertone. On the 1000 cc versions, the sportiness is further enhanced with side skirting and there’s also a rear roof spoiler with the 1000 cc Viva Premium.


The Interior
Viva’s cabin space is the luggage capacity – 449 litres when the rear seat is flat. Access to the boot space is easy as the opening is pretty large and yet the sill is just 600 mm off the road. Like the Myvi, the doors of the Viva open extra-wide to 90 degree, even wider than the Myvi which is 80 degrees to the body. With an opening that wide it is very easy to get in and out.
A small LCD window between the two meters shows the fuel level and odometer/tripmeter. If the car has an automatic transmission, the gear position is also shown.



The Engine

EF-VE 660 (659 cc) – 37 kW/50.3 bhp at 7200 rpm, 58 Nm at4400 rpm
ED-VE 850 (847 cc) – 39 kW/53.0 bhp at 6000 rpm, 76 Nm at 4000 rpm
EJ-VE 1000 (989 cc) – 45 kW/61.2 bhp at 6000 rpm, 90 Nm at 3600 rpm
5-speed manual transaxles are available for all engines but the 4-speed automatic is only available with the 1000 cc engine.

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5 Tips to Increase Your Website Traffic

Fully Optimize Your Site For The Search Engines

1) Using a Keyword Rich Title - This is a carefully researched term or key phrase people would search for in the search engines that would lead to your website. Generally, you would not use the name of your business unless it happens to be an effective keyword for your topic.

2) Use the Title Tag Correctly - You have seen pages scattered throughout the search engine results that have not inserted the title tags correctly. The page was picked up as, "Untitled" or "New Page."

3) Focus Your Content - Don't try to cram 10 different topics in on just one page! Concentrate on one topic per page, using your keyword rich content.

4) Use Text Links - Fancy menus look great, but usually the k.i.s.s. idea is best. (Keep it simple stupid!) If you want the search engines to find you, use text links. Add a site map to your website, along with a link to it on every page!

5) Include a Resource Page of Links - If you want people to link to your site, don't hide the links resource page. Make sure your "home" page is linked directly to it.

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Next Nokia's N-Gage More Fun on Game

Nokia will revive N-Gage as a multiplayer gaming service that will work on its popular line of smartphones. The service will offer games from major publishers like Electronic Arts, as well as smaller developers like Digital Chocolate that focus on the mobile gaming market.

Owners of phones that run N-Gage software will be able to play games against friends, sample, buy and recommend new games from their phones, and compete in large tournaments.

Nokia product manager, said the old 2003 N-Gage and its successor, 2004’s N-Gage QD, were good ideas that were ahead of their time. “Today’s phones are so capable. The graphics problem has been removed. And phones today are always connected and you always carry them with you. Phones are now the perfect device for gaming.”

The original N-Gage and its successor were anything but perfect. The phones were primarily intended to compete with portable gaming consoles like the Nintendo DS and the Sony PlayStation Portable. Convenience was apparently an afterthought. Owners had to remove the battery to insert gaming cartridges and had to hoist the bulky device to their heads and hold it sideways to make an actual call.

In 2005 and 2006, members of Nokia’s N-Gage team spent time with Ideo designers in San Francisco. The groups took research trips to six cities around the world, including Barcelona, Tokyo and Shanghai, to study how people played games and what they wanted from games on their phones.

In Shanghai, they met one avid female gamer who said she had become discouraged when she logged onto a popular Chinese gaming service and was frequently crushed by superior players.

The Ideo and Nokia executives concluded that users mainly want to play against their friends and, at the very least, they want to know the skill level of their opponents. As a result, the new N-Gage permits users to see what games their friends have on their phones and whether they are online. They can also see how many points a person has earned in the game, as well as how much time they devote to solitary play versus group play.

The researchers also asked players what their greatest frustrations were. High on the list was buying a game that turned out to be disappointing.

In the new N-Gage service, customers will be able to sample games free before buying them. The selection will lean toward the casual side of gaming, with soccer and fishing titles and the popular puzzle game Bejeweled, among others. Nokia has not yet discussed prices.

Ideo also noted that many users had never discovered most of the features of the original N-Gage. So the designers helped Nokia put shortcuts on the main N-Gage screen to display information without forcing users to dig through menus. They also urged Nokia to streamline the service by giving up some features, like “positive distraction,” the diversions users see while they are downloading a game.

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Superbad get to the top of America Box office

This is the summer of Judd Apatow. First the very funny Knocked Up, which he directed, and now its hilarious younger brother, Superbad.

Two co-dependent high school guys want to hook up with girls before they graduate and go off to different colleges, but , after a calamitous night just trying to buy alcohol for a school party, overcoming their separation anxiety becomes a greater challenge than getting the girls.

Though extreme in some of its situations, Superbad is believable primarily because of the highly interdependent friendship of two very different teenage boys. Evan (Michael Cera) is kind, intelligent and decent. He is preparing to attend Dartmouth. His longtime best pal, Seth (Jonah Hill), is foul-mouthed and obsessed with sex. He didn't get into Dartmouth.

This comedy hit the box office with $33mil become the top in the box office for the week.

My others Movie Reviews
-Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker in Rush Hour 3
- Resident Evil - Extinction Preview
- The Invisible - Love Story


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Teenage School Student Fined for YouTube Karaoke Video

A 15-year-old student in a libel case on Friday after he posted a clip of his teacher on YouTube, ordering the youth to pay 800 euros ($1,085) in damages and a 90 euro fine.

Vesikko, who took the video of his teacher singing karaoke at a school party on April 30, admitted posting the video on the popular video-sharing site YouTube a day later with English subtitles under the headline "Karaoke of the mental hospital". He said he did it as a prank and had not intended to insult the teacher.

But the court said Vesikko's actions "falsified facts" — about the institution and the teacher's mental state — and caused her to suffer anxiety, depression and insomnia. The video was watched more than 600 times before Vesikko took it off Google Inc.'s YouTube on May 7 on the orders of the principal of the school, near Lieksa, 330 miles from Helsinki.

The teacher took the boy to court and asked for 2,000 euros in damages.

This is the first time a Finnish court has found against someone based on a video clip published on the Internet.

The court said it had ordered reduced damages because the defendant was under 18 years of age and he had removed the clip from the Internet within two weeks at the request of the school's headmaster.

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See the Galaxy Space In The Latest Google Earth

Latest Google Earth offering you a truly out of the world experience views from the outer space.

Sky, as the new mode is called, offers views of the universe, including high-resolution photographs from the Hubble Space Telescope and background information on discoveries and constellations.

Sky covers a vast amount of territory--100 millions stars and 200 million galaxies, Google said Wednesday. But people may have a little difficulty finding the feature at first.

While Google does partner with NASA, the NASA layer icons that were recently added to Google Earth are not an indication of being in Sky mode. Those icons, which appear throughout the Earth map, are various astrophotography and satellite images of the Earth itself as seen from space by various NASA satellites and spacecraft since the 1960s.

To navigate to Sky, one must first download the latest version of Google Earth. A tiny round black icon with a planet resembling Saturn will then appear in the toolbar. Click on this to switch from Google Earth's Earth mode to Sky mode. Alternatively, one can also choose "Switch to Sky" from Google Earth's View menu.

As with the globe in Earth mode, the sky comes dramatically whirling by as one enters Sky mode. Of course, instead of information on countries, cities and historic sites, Sky offers data on moons, planets, stars and galaxies.

As with Earth mode, Sky offers pop-up information and photographs on specific places, as well as different layers.

The constellation layer offers background information and star-connecting outlines of famous constellations. Backyard Astronomy offers views as amateur stargazers might see it from their own backyard.

Other features include educational information on the phases of the Earth's moon and the life of a star, in addition to about 120 high-resolution images from the Hubble Space Telescope.

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- Skype - Hidden Emoticon or Icon

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Malaysia International Fireworks Competition

The Event
Malaysia International Fireworks Competition 2007 Putrajaya International Convention Centre will be the venue for the 1st Malaysia International Fireworks Competition.
The magnificent view across the lake overlooked by the grand Seri Gemilang bridge will be the main focus for two weeks. From 18 August 2007 till 2 September 2007, Nations from Australia, Japan, Italy and Malaysia will be competing for the Merdeka trophy.

The Schedule
1) Team Malaysia 18 Aug (Opening Ceremony)
2) Team Global 19 Aug
3) Team Australia 22 Aug
4) Team Global 24 Aug
5) Team Italy 25 Aug
6) Team Japan 30 Aug (Merdeka Eve)
7) Team Global 31 Aug (Merdeka Day)
8) Team Global 1 Sept
9) Global/ Pyrofest Canada 2 Sept (Grand Finale)

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The Firework
9th century Discovery by the Chinese

13th century Marco Polo brings gunpowder back home to Europe

15th century Gunpowder used in military applications

16th century Fireworks used increasingly for entertainment purposes

18th century Fireworks displays begin to incorporate music

1960 The French at Cannes synchronize a sound track to a fireworks spectacle

1985 Montreal's first international fireworks competition by Mr Frank Furtado

About Fireworks
Fireworks use black powder, also known as gunpowder. They are classed as low explosives in contrast to the infinitely more powerful high explosives such as TNT and dynamite.
In pyrotechnics an oxidizer and a fuel react together to produce light.

Bombs and mortars
The central tool in fireworks is the shell or "bomb". A bomb is usually round or cylindrical in shape and is covered with a casing of cardboard and/or plastic and twine - with a lift-charge beneath it made from black powder.

The Formulas
There are only about 100 top fireworks manufacturers in the world. Each company's formulas are closely-guarded secrets. The chemical and powder recipes are often handed down through generations of families. The colour, animation, sound and flight pattern of each shell depends on its design and on the blend of its chemical ingredients.

The Colours
In fireworks there are six common colours, made by adding a specific chemical compound.

* White * Yellow * Red * Green * Blue * Orange/amber

Deep blue and purple are the most difficult fireworks colours to create because they have a very narrow band on the colour spectrum, requiring the chemical reaction to be absolutely perfect. In fact, the creation of a deep blue flame remains one of the great unsolved challenges to pyrotechnicians. However, blue and green are considered the most dangerous colours to produce.

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- New Proton Persona - Malaysia make sedan cars

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Skype - Hidden emoticon or icon

There is some hidden emoticon for Skype ver 2.5 and above. Of cause now already ver 3.5 if your or not click here to download, but I see most of my friend still do not know the hidden emoticons in Skype. Now I would like to share it with you my friend, it will be fun when you chat with emoticon. Just type into your massage box. Enjoy it..!

Please tell me which one you like it the most.

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New Proton Persona - Malaysia make sedan cars

Mmm... This morning I went down to Proton road show to see the latest model Persona (Actually I just want to eat free lunch there.. hihihi). A lot of people there (I assume they are same like me), and 2 unit Persona display here. Although not much changes make on the outlooks but I think this model will help Proton to boost their sales for this quarter. The price and the car is just match, personally I'll take this if my budget is within 50k. What disappointing me is that they still don't no the right way to do marketing. They still using a new name again for every new model - this is so obvious a Gen2 Sedan, why still want to create so many name to confuse public. I believe people like me always like to compare and see the improvement, example the 1st Honda Civic and the latest 2007 civic.

Little info of Persona
- Persona actually is a name for Wira in oversea.
- Bookings exceeding 2,200 units have been received for the PROTON Persona, even before it was officially unveiled by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, with 350 cars already registered and delivered to customers nationwide upon launching.

My other car reviews
- 2008 Mitsubishi vs Honda Civic

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Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker in Rush Hour 3 - movie review

My Review: I watch this movie with my friend last week, I'm very enjoy it. Chris doing good on making joke but Jackie a bit disappointing me. No much of Jackie stunt in this movie. Comedy- Yes it's. Action - Mmm... not really. I consider this is a family movie that can entertaining both kids and parent. Overall still worth for my tickets price back. Below is an Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker in interview for Rush Hour 3.

Story
Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker are back as Inspector Lee and Detective Carter, buddies whose careers have adopted dramatically different trajectories: Lee is advisor and personal guard to the high-ranking ambassador Han, while Carter is a traffic cop directing cars to the strains of Prince's "Do Me, Baby." But when Lee's charge is shot in an assassination attempt, he and Carter make a promise to Han's daughter Soo Yung (Zhang Jingchu) to find the gunman before he can make another attempt. Faster than you can say "do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth," Lee and Carter find themselves caught up in a race for the Shy Shen -- a mysterious property that may unlock the secrets of a global crime ring.

First week US Boxoffice
$50.2 million

Casting
Lee - Jackie Chan
Carter - Chris Tucker
Kenji - Hiroyuki Sanada
Dragon Lady - Youki Kudoh
Reynard - Max Von Sydow
George - Yvan Attal
Genevieve - Noemie Lenoir
Soo Yung - Zhang Jingchu
Ambassador Han - Tzi Ma
Sister Agnes - Dana Ivey


My other movie review
- Resident Evil - Extinction
- The Invisible
- Hitman - The Movie



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2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Vs Honda Civic

Interior
Both Mitsubishi Lancer and Honda Civic interior design also very beautiful. Black finishing with leather trimmed steering and gear knob. Color meter with digital LCD and multi-function steering. Honda Civic equipped with big digit digital speed meter but not much of information show in the in LCD like Lancer.
My Fav: Honda Civic











Exterior
I would say I like Mitsubishi Lancer, looks sporty, especially the 'Shark Nose' front end styling. Honda Civic design very plane and simple, more like office car.
My Fav: Mitsubishi Lancer









Performance
Mitsubishi Lancer equipped with DOCH MIVEC engine which will provide 152hp at 6000rpm. While Honda Civic equipped with DOCH i-VTEC engine which will provide 152hp at 6500rpm. Both seem like not much different. So I would say I want both...hahaha.

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