KLIMS 2010 Perodua Bezza

Perodua has unveiled its next-generation prototype model, Perodua Bezza during the KLIMS 2010, held at PWTC, 3rd-12th December.

The stunning new look and sleek concept is tagged as the sort of vehicle that’s ideal for the future Gen-Y crowd looking for something bigger to efficiently traverse the concrete jungle as well as for longer journeys.

Perodua Bezza was desinged by 53 Malaysia designers, and led by P2′s chief designer Muhammad Zamren Musa. The five-seater concept, which uncannily contains traces of the Prius in its exterior lines, features sliding rear doors and swivel front seats for easy ingress and egress, along with a distinctly agressive headlamp design.

The clean-looking interior features a cockpit layout dashboard, with the instrument panel designed for the driver’s visual ease, and the floating centre console is shaped to provide additional legroom for both driver and front passenger, with a large luggage storage area part of the design brief as well.

source: paultan.org

KLIMS 2010

Kuala Lumpur International Motor Show 2010 will be exhibiting at Putra World Trade Centre in Kuala Lumpur from 3 December to 12 December 2010 by Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA).

In this motor show, you will be expecting to see the latest automotive technology including the newest models and a selection of concept and revolutionary vehicles from all around the world. The Batmobile and a 16-foot high Bumblebee from The Transformers movies will be among the attractions at the Kuala Lumpur International Motor Show 2010 (KLIMS) too.

Below is the detail info of KLIMS 2010
Date : 3 – 12 December 2010
Time : Weekdays 11.00am – 10.00pm | Weekends 10.00am – 10.00pm
Venue : Putra World Trade Center (PWTC)



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Ticketing info:

Adults – RM15.00 Weekdays | RM20.00 Weekends & Public Holiday

Child (aged 12 & below) – RM5.00 Weekdays | RM5.00 Weekends & Public Holiday

Family Package – RM30.00 Weekdays | RM40 Weekends & Public Holiday
FREE for children aged 12 & below (max. 5 children)

Student – RM5.00 (with student ID card / school uniform) Weekdays | RM20.00 Weekends & Public Holiday

Handicapped – Complimentary Entry (with handicapped card / physically handicapped) FREE for accompanying person, 1 ticket only

DIY car repair - Clean your car battery

Your car's battery is the starting point for every system it uses. So you should never let anything come between your car and a good battery connection.

In fact, you can notice that there are certain signs or symptoms when your vehicle battery is becoming weak:
1.Head lights become dimmer or less bright.
2.The horn becomes less audible.
3.Ignition becomes more difficult and the engine takes a longer time to start.
4.There will also be some problems with your automatic door systems.

Most common problems with car battery is corrosion. Car battery is powered by lead-acid battery, so it is best for nasty corrosion to happened, which will appear as white, crusty residue around the battery posts.

However, you can clean it by yourself, but you need to be extremely careful about this.

The first step is to remove your battery terminals. You can use open end wrenches or something more universal like or a small Crescent wrench.  
You should always remove the negative cable first (black colour). Place one wrench on the outside nut and (if needed) the other wrench on the other side.
You can use a piece of tape to hold this lead away from the battery while working on the positive side, so that it doesn't touch the negative terminal again.

There are a number of ways to get the corrosion off your battery posts.The most easiest way is to mix the baking soda powder with some water to neutralize the acid that accumulate at battery terminals.

Squirt the solution on the battery posts and terminals, then brush it to remove the stain.


 

If you have a serious case of corrosion like the one in pictures above, you may want to remove the battery, and clean it up to prevent all that corrosion from getting around in the engine compartment.

You'll need a wire brush and a little elbow grease to liberally brush all of the parts, especially the inside of the terminals, until the corrosion is gone

Once they're clean, install anti-corrosion discs if you're using them. Remember to install the red disc on the positive post and the green on the negative.

Last step is to reconnect the battery. First attach the positive terminal clamp, and then attach the negative. Then, you are set to go.

DIY car repair - Replace Air Filter

Car engine is like a giant pump, it suck in air, mixes the air with fuel and ignites this mixture in order to produce the power to move your car. 

Over time the air filter can become clogged with dirt, grime, bugs and debris, it will greatly affected the efficiency of your car engine. Besides that, the faulty air filter may causes dirts to enter engine block, causing damage to car engine in long term.

it is important that you check the filter and change it once a year or every 25000km, .If you live in an averagely dusty area, it is recommended to perform regular checking once in a while and replace it as soon as it needs would be much better.


How to replace air filter

First locate the air box or canister that houses the air filter. Follow the tube or snorkel away from the engine until it ends at the air box.

Release any clips or fasteners that hold the air box together.

Loosening hose clamps can help in separating the air box.

Be careful not to damage the MAF/MAP sensor or wiring. Disconnect if additional slack is needed.

Separate the air box and remove the old air filter. While wrestling with the clips and tubes, be careful not to tear any hoses or damage sensors.

This air filter had done its job well.

Use a shop vacuum to remove any remaining debris from the air box.

Install the new filter, making sure it seats in the air box housing.

Reinstall any clips or fasteners. Reconnect and retighten anything loosened during disassembly. Check to see if the air box parts form a tight seal. 

For more information: automedia

DIY car repair - Radiator Fluid (coolant) Inspection

A coolant is a fluid which flows through your car radiator to prevent its overheating. The most common coolant is water. There are several types of coolant you can find in market, each of them provided the same function.

Proton Genuine Coolant

Coolant is better and faster heat absorber compared to water, but it is corrosive to the radiator. In order to minimize the corrosive effect, it is important that you use a combination of water and coolant to protect your car radiator. The mixture ratio is stated in the instruction (normally is 50:50). You are advised to use only distilled water, due to the chlorine and particles present in the tap water which may block your tiny water gallery OR cause rust.

Radiator corrosion causes by coolant

The coolant in your radiator doesn't last forever. It is crucial you perform a coolant checking once every 2 to 3 days, fill it up when need. Coolant level should be between "low"and "full" marks and not to approach to any of them. Apart from that, from time to time it can break down and start to corrode the inside of your radiator. This can lead to cooling problems and radiator repair. A radiator flush once a year is cheap insurance against radiator repairs.

Refill your coolant

Important tips:

• If u need to frequent fill up your radiator, your car radiator may have leaking problem. You need to carefully investigate coolant hoses regarding leaks, tears or damage.

• In most cases the liquids are brightly colored - green, red, yellow, blue - and usually thin and transparent. The coolant must be clean and contain no debris. If you see something else in the coolat container, oil for example, this means that you may have an engine defect somewhere.You’ll probably need that will need a professional help. 

• Brown color of your coolant shows that your car needs a radiator flush.

DIY car repair - Regular maintenance

Regular maintenance are important to keep your car out of the repair shop. Regular checking a few of these little things will help to ease the pain in your wallet. It may seem like a waste of time to constantly perform maintenance tasks on your car, but most of the regular maintenance checks only take a minute,so don't be lazy. It helps to save your money too. So, few minutes a day is worth the effort.

If you keep a regular maintenance schedule and checklist you'll always stay on track and avoid costly repairs. Maintenance intervals are a good way to keep on top of things. Below is a sample of Car Regular Maintenance Checklist:

• Radiator Fluid (coolen) Inspection 
• Air Filter Inspection 
• Tire checks
• Windshield Wipers checks
• Brakes Inspection
• Car Battery checks
• Headlights Inspection (especially on rainy season)
• Fuel Filters Inspection
• Timing Belt Inspection
• Power Steering Fluid Inspection
• Spark plugs Inspection
• Oil change

DIY car repair - What tools you need

Car repairing is something many of us say we do, but in reality few of us take the time to properly maintain our vehicles. we tend to let the professional to handle it, whenever there is a problem. Truth be told, there are even some repairs that could be classified as maintenance, just because the repair itself functions to keep a larger disaster from happening.

In this series of articles, we are going to discuss about how to "Do-It-Yourself in car repair". To jump-start our journey into the world of DIY car repair, be sure our tool box has what we need to make the repair easy, pain free, and safe. We can easily get all these important tools from Ace Hardware, hardware shops or any hypermarkets.

Basic tools we need are:

• screwdrivers (all size)
• hex keys
• open end wrenches
• oil filter wrench
• ratchet driver in 1/4 and 3/8, maybe 1/2
• cutting pliers
• extensions
• sockets
• torque wrench
• PB Blaster or another penetrating oil
• work light, fluorescent or LED
• repair manual
• pliers (sometimes it has to be)
• channel locks
• crescent wrench
• breaker bar or impact gun

比尔盖兹和他命定的电脑：自我潜能发掘

课余活动的重要：兴趣培养和才华发掘
（1993年电视采访比尔盖兹摘录）

…………

DA: Clearly, your extracurricular activity was probably more important in your later development than what you did in class, or at least equally important [Bill laughs].

How do you feel as we look at problems in education, that students that are coming up interested in technical things should balance those. Do you think it is important to explore things on your own at that age?



BG: Self-exploration is great, because you develop a sense of self-confidence and an identity of "Hey, I know this pretty well. I know this better than the teachers. Let me try and see if I can understand at the next level. Maybe I'm pretty good at this stuff."

And particularly with the computer where if your program is wrong, you know you try it and if it doesn't work and then you fix it and try it again. It is kind of a feedback loop, which because the classroom has a lot of people, and maybe there is not a subject that you think you are good at or interested at.

It is just fascinating to try and figure out the computer.

I remember at Computer Center Corporation they had hired in some of the great people of early computer days, including Bob Gruen, Dick Russell, a guy named Weir who was a Stanford guy. Anyway, these guys would kind of loan us deep manuals on the system, just for a few hours and then take them away.

So, we'd spend those few hours just reading carefully. It was so exciting to get a little glimpse and beginning to figure out how computers were built, and why they were expensive.

I certainly think that having some dimension, when you're young, that you feel a mastery of, versus the other people around you is a very positive thing.

And for me that came in several ways: the reading I was doing non-computer related; in Math. But computers, timewise, for many years was a key center of excitement.



(part of the Transcript of a Video History Interview with "Bill" Gates)

Winner of the 1993 Price Waterhouse Leadership Award for Lifetime Achievement, Computerworld Smithsonian Awards, Bill Gates(BG)

interviewer: David Allison (DA)

周星驰有厘头第一回：我来自草根

周星驰，香港中国内地移民的后代。


周星驰：来自草根，登上世界舞台

新移民后代，身世无需提

上个世纪50、60年代，香港迎来两次内地移民潮。1962年6月22日出生于香港的周星驰，是这一批移民的后代。

香港报章中曾有一种说法：周星驰的母亲凌宝儿是在1957年因为父亲被打入监狱，背着“黑五类”的身份，从广东前往香港谋生的。



其时正值香港的制造业发展迅速，新移民要找工作并不容易，先要有人担保，又要有工作保证金，很不容易。


“上下铺”睡碌架床，豉油捞饭当美食

来香港后，凌宝儿由于没钱读书，很快就嫁给一个来自上海的移民，住在在九龙穷人区，生下两女一子。过着清贫的生活，一家五口挤在一间狭窄的木板房里，睡的是“上下铺”的碌架床，把豉油捞饭当作为天下美食。

　　

父母亲离婚

父母两人个性不合，还经常吵架，乃至大打出手。凌宝儿是个性情中人，终于两人离了婚。子女的抚养权都归凌宝儿。

当时三个孩子，两女一男。

这个儿子就是周星驰，在家排行老二。（待续...）

周星驰 童年照



取材自：《周星驰映画》，2005年，作家出版社，网络“东莞读书网”

杰伦创世代_第二回——淡江中学的音乐才子

我们可以说，《不能说的.秘密》里头有周杰伦的校园回忆和遐想。
电影将导演的创作思想影像化，当然少不了虚构的成分。
当年的周杰伦，的确是学校的风云人物。

6年来赚23亿元(新台币)的超级印钞天王周杰伦，日前在新加坡开唱接受媒体访问时，竟语出惊人感慨：“如果到35岁不卖了就不做了，没必要把生命浪费在演艺圈，我不敢奢望小朋友会把大叔当偶像，我很看得开。”

出道10年，他名利双收，却说早看破演艺圈的现实，关键点是去年他到美国拍好莱坞电影《青蜂侠》之际，他自导的电视剧《熊猫人》反被批得体无完肤，让他很受伤：

“我一直有很深的感触是自己人都不挺自己人，既然如此我就做好给你们看！我知道很多日韩艺人也去试镜，最后都被我打败，真的很爽，我的民族意识很强，我要证明现在是华流强”！

——网络文章2010-07-27 13:38 来源: 中国新闻网

周杰伦就是有这种遇挫愈强的犟脾气。他高中联考只考了一百多分，当时淡江中学第一届音乐班招生，周杰伦抱着试试的心态参加考试，竟然考上了。

之前考了两次大学音乐系没考上，父母都很失望。虽然这样一段看似沮丧的时光，却是周杰伦心里最怀念的。曾经有位记者问他：觉得最幸福的是哪段时光？周杰伦说：是他12岁到16岁，读中学的时候！

他考上台北淡水高中的音乐科后，因为弹得一手好琴，又很会打篮球，一下子成了学校里的风云人物，更是许多女同学心中的白马王子。这时周杰伦开始有谈得来的好朋友，在同学的鼓励下开始创作，同学们抢着收藏，还预言他未来一定是个大明星。

《不能说的秘密》剧照

在淡江中学，腼腆、害羞、不善言辞的周杰伦风头很劲。会弹琴的多是古典派，而他弹得流行歌曲自然更容易引起同学共鸣。他经常受邀伴奏，张学友的《吻别》和《祝福》等和其他连续剧的片头片尾曲，都是那时他常弹的曲目。只要他坐到钢琴前弹情歌，总能迷倒一大群女生。

当时的一个同班同学这么形容他：“很自闭，话很少，女人缘超好，很多隔壁班的女生都倒追他。”她说周杰伦打篮球时场边有一群女生在那看他打球，尖叫“周杰伦，好帅”，算得上是学校的风云人物。

周杰伦自己却说，在学校他的功课中等，人缘也一般。因为喜欢篮球等课外活动而耽误了功课，又常喜欢别班女生，引起自己班上女生的反感。

在乐坛走红后，他的母校淡江中学也同感光荣，颁发“杰出校友奖”奖励他的优秀成绩。由于他是第一届音乐班的毕业生，他在歌坛亮眼的成就自然是校方骄傲的资产，每年都有莘莘学子慕名进入该校，一尝当周杰伦学弟学妹的滋味。

学校网上介绍，不忘在景点导览内强调：“这间音乐教室是本校毕业生，名歌星周杰伦上课所在”，把周杰伦也列入“校内观光景点”之一。

资料整理自《盖世英杰》中国画报出版社，李津编著