Balik Pulau Touge, The Lonely Attack!

It was a dark and cold night where the animals and demons cast themselves away in the darkness while some waits for their prey making their way to the designated trap. The wind was blowing ferociously seeming a hurricane is coming to the lonely and quiet dark mountain forest. The moon…. Wait, I’m not writing a ghost story here >.>

As I mentioned before here, during the holiday eve when I visited Penang Island for a short vacation, I stole the chance to tackle the well-known touge among local Penang touge enthusiast, Balik Pulau. To be honest, this touge attack wasn’t planned at all. Since I was on the way to the Gurney Drive, I saw the Balik Pulau signboard and hence the sudden plan <.<

There are two ways to reach Balik Pulau, one is via the Batu Ferengghi and another is at Bayan Lepas. That night I took the route from Batu Ferengghi and passing by the Teluk Bahang before starts climbing the mountain.


The Balik Pulau touge according to the Google Earth

The Balik Pulau touge is quite challenging attack as the road is not really wide as the lane was really small and shallow. Although it has two single lanes for up and down, but both sides have no extra space as it is occupied by the mountain or the concrete barrier. I’m not sure why, but this road does feel like going up the Cameron Highland in a sort. This mean you can’t afford a huge oversteer or understeer mistake or you will get a free ticket to hell >.> The most enjoying corner for me is during the downhill (as I’m taking the road from Teluk Bahang) when there is a beautiful hairpin which on the right beside of the hairpin is damn/lake. The downhill hairpin was really nice to tackle and by one understeer error, you entitled a free ‘car wash’ =p

During this attack, I was driving my mum’s new Proton Saga BLM. New car, I can’t force it too much =p One biggest mistake I did during this lone expedition was I didn’t fill up the petrol when I’m about to go up >.< During the uphill, my fuel meter only left with TWO bars x_x So actually to be honest, most of the adventure time filled with thoughts of getting out of fuel in the middle of the mountain wilderness x_x

I tried to call Jimmy from the BLMClub Penang branch as I want to ask him if there any petrol station in Balik Pulau. To my relief, he said got, but I have to go further ~_~ Anyway, the journey goes on. Actually before I started the uphill, I passed by a Caltex petrol station, but my ego got into me as I only want Petronas, so serve me right lol xD

Well, I managed to finish the touge run and I was driving along in a village area in Balik Pulau. After a while, thank God, I found a Petronas station. So in a sence, my ego paid off =p After that, I called Jimmy again to call the Penang branch a sudden gathering =)


Finally the life saver, a Petronas station in Balik Pulau =D

Overall, the touge was quite challenging as you need to concentrate more than usual as the road is not wide and the presence of traffic some time. Next time I should try to take the Bayan Lepas exit route as this time I took the Air Hitam/Georgetown exit route, and this time I will fill up my tank first before going up >.>


Basically i was touring the whole island in one night =p
(in case cannot be read= BLM Club TT, Touge, Petronas)

Ciao~

Here Comes The Proton Saga BLM =D

WARNING, this entry will only have lots of pictures so the blog might load slow a bit. U might want to curse me for uploading so much pictures about the new car in my house, but i practically don't care =p Presenting, a new member in the family, the new Proton Saga BLM which i just took it from the Proton branch last friday. Lets the pictures do the talking shall we =D


The emblem


The front view


Another front view


The grill


The overall of engine


The left view of the engine


The radiator and exhaust manifold


The windscreen view


A very spacious rooms for legs


The back view


The tyre


Dashboard view


The radio, air con, and gear stick


The display panel


The dashboard on the passenger side


The glove box


The pedals (can't heel-to-toe :'( )


The hand brake


The door panel on the driver side


Door panel on the passenger side


The panel rear doors


A decent boot space


The spare tyre and emergency kit

and as for today, i went to RayTech to inquire about the tinted film as i also gotten a voucher worth RM150. They demonstrated me how good their tint film is, i was amazed =D So most probably going to install the RayTech tint for around RM300 - 400. Later today i went to install the Reverse Sensor for the car. It cost at RM150. The result, the sensor was so-so, unlike my old iswara which is somewhat better >_>


The box


The packages


The drilling process


Tada~ The result =D

That's all for now. Will update later maybe after installing the tint film. My mum angry at me because i went driving with the new car all day haha xD

Ciao~

My Mum Got Scammed By A Fake Proton Sales Assistance =x

The title says all. My mum got scammed by a fake SA (Sales Assistance) that working with a Proton branch when she wanted to buy the new Proton Saga BLM as her first car (and going to be mine =p ).

So the story goes like this. Around March my mum went to my auntie's workplace in Tawakal Hospital in Kuala Lumpur. She knew a guy working with a proton branch that promise can deliver the new car within 3 months. So we met the SA and paid the deposit of RM500. Later during May, the SA called saying that the loan (my mum is using the government loan) was approved. Then in June he called my mum asking to paid the down payment of RM1198. He also opted my mum option if my mum wants to pay via online banking. But I insisted my mum on going to the branch and pay as we never been there. But my mum said she is busy or whatever, then she went for the online payment. I insisted for the receipt, she said the SA told her that he will send the receipt via mail. So i'm ok with it and wait.

After a few weeks, still no news and i'm still wondering if the branch exist or not. I went to find out at night where the branch is and i found it. One less worry as the branch is there. Tomorrow i sms-ed my auntie asking that did she received anything from the SA like a receipt? She said none and i was worried as my mum said that the SA might sent the receipt to my auntie instead as she is much more closer. So that evening i decided to rush to the branch to ask what has happen. Upon my arrival, i asked one of the SA working, i was shocked that knowing the SA whom deals with my mum had actually resigned early June. So i kinda guessed, my mum already been scammed by this SA.

I went home, informing my mum and auntie. Both were shocked by the news. Later my mum said to me that last week the branch manager called her saying the car already finished at the factory and waiting to be delivered. I'm confused so i decided to wait on monday as i need to call the branch admin to confirm the situation.

Monday, my mum called instead, saying that offcially she is scammed. She called the branch, our booking fee is still there, but they never received the down payment that my mum made. So this fake SA went running away with my mum's money. I started gathering information about this guy. When enough evidence and information, i learned that i can't make the police report as i'm not the one buying the car. SO i asked my mum to do, but she said tomorrow. When tomorrow, she said another tomorrow. When 2 days passed, she said something that made me WTF, "lets wait, who knows the guy will repent and return back our money".... Yes, the most super-ultra-naive statement i've ever heard in my life >_< This is an era where scammer and conman are everywhere. They don't care about you neither feel sorry for their victims >_< Oh whatever, looks like all my hardwork collecting the infor just went down the drain ~_~ I don't care anymore bout this guy, as long as we are getting the car. It was my mum's money, up to her how she thinks it is >_>

Anyway, i would like to share and publish the information here. Who knows some of the readers might know where he is. I feel like smacking him. I have the address but i don't know where it is.

Name: Mohd Fauzi Bin Samsir
IC Number: 810805-01-5213
Address: Blok M 10-408 Persiaran Pandan 7,
Pandan Jaya 55100,
Kuala Lumpur.
Phone: 019-3203095
Wife Name: Afzarina Binti Zahar
Maybank Account Number: 162254005154
Phone Number: 019-3648584


The Fake SA name card

I heard rumors that the guy still live there, but both husband and wife is not in the house, but only the mother in-law. I dunno what to do with this guy, feel like smacking but for sure i'll end up in jail for public assault ~_~ Then i heard from a source that his wife is working with a police station and her dad was a ex-police. I was like WTF, if it is true, then for sure the police will try to protect their own species like what happened to me earlier (WQU1278, a DRUNK Special Task Police whom use his pistol at an innocent civilian! =x)


Anyway, last saturday we went to the branch to pay the REAL down payment >_> Our car was already there waiting for pikcing up. Now what is left is to pay the whole amount, maybe this monday. SO hopefully will get the car this week =)


The car is ready =)

Ciao~

New Proton Saga test drive and AnimeOST.net blunder

Last week i was quite bored while doing my assignments. During the saturday night my mum asked me to bring her to the Proton dealer to take a look at the new car (since she decided want to buy the new Proton Saga model). So we went the and have a look of the car. I took a peek and tried the driver seat. Hmmm kind of ok i guess, nothing much special for a affordable cheap car xD But i guess what really made my mum like the car because the back-light is almost same exact design as Mercedes Benz car >_>



The next day afternoon i went there myself for test drive xD I dress up smartly, then ask the guy for a test drive for the new Proton Saga. Honestly that was my first ever going for a test drive, some more alone xD Seriously i was outta of my mind that time <_< Since it was my first time, i didn't really test properly the car. More like being nervous driving it >_> But i can say the car is good and quite spacey whether in the front of the rear seat. The price also ranged between RM 31,000 - RM 39,000 which can be considered as cheap for any sedan. I think i should give another test drive, this time i will evaluate the car properly >_>



One of the website that i always visit (animeost.net) today suffer it worst blunders. The owner forgot to renew their domain -_- Well, this year in Malaysia also we have seen big name company that totally forgot to renew their domain name, especially Pos Malaysia (the main Mail company in Malaysia). I guess in the end animeost managed to renew their domain, but it seems that it still suffering redirecting to the page in the picture above. I guess that is what we call it the after-effect >_>

Ciao~