Tips From the Petronas Supervisor

In view of the recent increase in the petrol price, a revelation was revealed somewhere in Kuala Lumpur. Apologise to the overseas readers as this blog posting is in my national language, Bahasa Malaysia. Anyway, the following paras are only applicable in Malaysia. For those who understand it, do continue reading ............

ni petua yang baru aku dapat dari petugas stesen minyak Petronas kat Selayang ....

masa2 tengah gawat dengan harga minyak naik melambung ni tentu korang nak isi minyak dengan harga yang dulu atau lagi murah dari dulu aku dengan supervisor minyak ni agak rapat la, so dia rasa aku org yang agak sesuai kot utk dia berikan tips mcm mana nak turunkan harga RM2.70 kat pam minyak jadi RM1.98 or suka ati korang la nak letak berapa sen ...

mula2 mmg aku tak percaya ... tapi......

1. korang kena gi kaunter pam tu cakap nak isi penuh bagi le berapa pun .... dengan mengatakan isi penuh jer korang boleh setting balik harga kat pam korang pilih tu ... x kira la pam 1 ke, pam 2 ker jgn pam angin atau NGV sudah la ...

2. korang gi balik kat pam korang tu, dan jgn angkat nozel lagi.

3. kat pam tu kan ada dua punat2 utk nomor (bukan utk credit card tau) yang bawah pada screen liter tu ... kira mcm nak isi manual nyer harga la

4. korang tekan 'clear' - utk resetkan harga yang kaunter minyak tu set tadi

5. then korang tekan enter - 3x

6. then korang tekan '0' , '0', '1', '9', '8' (RM1.98 sen seliter) atau korang tekan la berapa pun korang suka

7. pastu korang tekan enter - 3x sekali lagi

8. tekan butang clear - 2x

9. then korang tekan berapa puluh korang nak isi

10. tekan enter lepas dah masukkan nilai isian pastu ...


supervisor petrol pam akan jumpa korang



"woi apa ko buat ni ... main tekan-tekan ni ... xde keje lain ker...!!!!"



so korang dengan muka selamba isi jer minyak dengan harga baru kerajaan RM2.70 seliter ...



dah gi buat keje...
Tags: Petronas, Malaysia, Petrol Price, Petrol Station

Saliva Drooling at The Colonial

Was at The Colonial restaurant located at Taman Danau Desa for dinner. This restaurant was renovated some time back displaying olden days interior. Not bad.

Was there at 9pm so I'm not sure how good was their business during the peak hour.



Cosy with white colour as the main background with big green plants that went nicely with the decors.


My Thai style fried rice. The helping was a bit too little for my stomach.
Family members ordered the rest. This one is the Chicken Chop Rice that comes with french fries and the fattening mayonnaise mixed with vegie. Price - I think it was RM13++

Ipoh Sar Hor Fun - tasteless. Yeah, don't order this. Can't duplicate those found in the real Ipoh city.
The normal steamed Chicken Rice that comes with bean sprout and two fish balls.

The pricing is quite normal with most of the food priced within the range of RM6++ to RM8++.

They serve Western and Oriental dishes.
Tags: The Colonial, Taman Danau Desa, Food, Western Dishes, Oriental Dishes

13..13...13

I was walking past the mental hospital the other day, and all the patients were shouting, '13....13....13'.

The fence was too high to see over, but I saw a little gap in the planks and looked through to see what was going on.

Someone poked me in the eye with a stick. Then they all started shouting

'14....14....14'....

Tags: Jokes, Funny, Humour, Mental Hospital

North-South Expressway - Usable?

Received the following write-up via the email. After reading the write-up, could frequent NSE users verify the scenario depicted below.

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Dear TV3 and the Star,

I am a frequent user of our North-South Expressway and I have this important experience to highlight and share:-

I was driving back to Penang yesterday afternoon (24 June 08) when I saw the unfortunate accident in the opposite direction involving the passenger bus that skidded and overturned at Tanjung Malim. I didn't know that the skidded bus was from hometown Penang until I watched TV3 news later in the evening and was shocked to learn that the accident took two lives.

Now, this is what I need to share:-

I am a building contractor with over twenty years of experience and I have been driving my 5 series BMW (latest generation and a dammed solid road holding car) each time I travelled to KL. Lately, the new extended 3 lanes highway had been opened up for use and since then, I have also been using it quite oftenly.

However, when I used it each time it is wet, I can really 'feel' that the new road surface is extremely slippery! To share with some of you, my car comes with a built-in traction control mechanism (skidding prevention mechanism) and you can feel it each time it is activated. Previously, I don't come across this kind of slippery feel except when I drive over a paddle of water at certain speed.

From my observation as a building contractor, the 'wearing course' of the new road surface could be too fine or too smooth and totally unsuitable for highway use! The wearing course (top premix layer) mix design for highways should be of minimum 20mm coarse aggregate mix that will give us the required bond between the surface and our tyres. Fine wearing course (14mm coarse aggregate size and below) is only suitable for normal road. (a proper test need to be carried out to determine the mix design of the wearing course).

Since the opening of the three lanes highway, I had seen cars skidding in front me or in the opposite direction and approximately 2 weeks ago, one of my friends who is also a frequent user of our NSE, came to share with me about his slippery feeling as well as the many skidded cars he had seen lately.

I am highlighting this to TV3 and the Star with the hope that a thorough investigation could be carried out immediately to find out how or what causes the bus to skid. A proper and independent test need to be carried out urgently to determine the design mix of the wearing course. This can save lives.

For those bcc recipients, please share this with all your friends. If you are using the new lanes and if it is wet, make sure you drive slowly!!!!

Regards,
Jensen Y, Penang.

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Giving a benefit of doubt to the expressway contractor, please rectify / check the situation. The company that is maintaining the expressway, PLUS, should be looking into this as well. Be pro-active, meaning - don't only act when a major accident happened at that stretch of the expressway.

Tags: North-South Expressway, TV3, Star, PLUS, Tanjung Malim, Skidding Prevention Mechanism, Built-In Traction Control Mechanism, Coarse Aggregate

World's 2nd Tallest Building

Was on leave on Thursday and needed to go to Public Bank Berhad to settle my home loan. Sent letters to them but no response at all. Forced me to go to their branch located opposite the Petronas Twin Towers.

Now, I'm waiting for Public Bank to fully execute my loan documentation in order for the loan to be disbursed to my housing developer by 5 August 2008. Thank God that the housing developer has granted me a three months' grace period for me to settle the home loan. But Public Bank is not helping me.

Two months have passed and the loan documentation is still not fully executed. What is going on with Public Bank? One week has passed after I have requested them to update me on the status but still no news.

On Monday I'll be faxing another letter to remind them. Putting up all this letters to put up a case against them in case the housing developer penalises me for late payment.

After Public Bank, I walked over to the Petronas Twin Towers. It's still the world's second tallest building right after Taiwan's Taipei 101.

When Burj Dubai is done, the Petronas Twin Towers will drop down the ranking to number three in the world.








Headed into its base which houses the KLCC Suria shopping centre. Just need to waste a bit of time while waiting for the Archidex 08 exhibition to start at 11am to be held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. While in the shopping centre, I went straight to the post office in order to claim my rebate after having renewed my car's road tax two weeks ago. The thermal paper that came out from the machine reads "1062". Current number being served was 1020. Woooooooooooow! Waited for almost one hour.

All you need to do is to get a queueing number, fill in a designated form which requires your fullname / residential address / identity card number / car registration number, then wait, produce your original identity card, put your thumb print of the designated form and then the for RM625 will be handed over to you. Don't go and spend it. That's an advance payment for you to offset the hike in fuel price.

After settling the rebate, walked over to the convention centre via the underground passage. While at Archidex 08, I noticed this miniature project created by an architectural firm. Don't know whether the miniature buildings would be built or not. I have heard of this joke - Architects designed buildings where Engineers couldn't build. Don't know who's lousy in this case ..... hehe
Noticed that a number of those exhibitors were the same as those found in HomeDec '08. Nevertheless got a number of ideas in this exhibition and the total number of pamphlets that I have gotten almost broke my arm.

Another tiring day and went to Dome @ Suria KLCC to have my meal (lunch?). Good outcome anyway. Praying hard that all these housing materials' prices won't increase like mad.

Tags: HomeDec '08, Home Decoration, Home Renovation, Archidex '08, Architect, Suria KLCC, KLCC, Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Petronas Twin Towers, Public Bank Berhad, Dome, Taipei 101, Burj Dubai

Changes Begin With Buying Nothing

Malaysia's Federation of Malaysian Consumers Associations ("FOMCA") has decided to come up with a change of lifestyle programme that will help Malaysians to counter the effects of high inflation in the country.

Of course, the present government will still say that the present rate of inflation is around 3%. How stupid is that.

FOMCA's efforts in getting Malaysians to spend wisely is much appreciated. They would be organising a "Buy Nothing Day!" on 16 July 2008.

I find this programme not useful at all. Will by not buying anything help a Malaysian to have a better life? If this programme goes through and promoted effectively, it will cause the nation's shopowners and businessowners to suffer.

Instead of not buying anything at all, FOMCA should provide guidance on spending for the right amount of stuff when required instead of buying without control.

Reading: FOMCA declares 'Buy Nothing Day' on July 16 - Star
Tags: FOMCA, Change Begins With Me, Malaysia, Buy Nothing Day

Seeking Blood Donation for Type A+

Hi Everyone,

Thanks a lot for your kind efforts to locate type A+ blood for my father in-law's heart operation next Tuesday. If you have other friends who may want to volunteer, please spread the word and please find details as below:-

* Donor will have to go Subang Jaya Medical Centre ("SJMC") twice; first time for a test to check compatability (please go anytime before next Mon 12pm) and secondly on the morning of the operation.

* If you pass the blood test, actual donation will be next conducted next Tuesday morning 8-9am. Please be there early as procedures shall take about 15 minutes.

You may park your car in the hospital and inform the guard that you are there for blood donation for a heart operation (no charge). Mention patient's name, Khoo Siong Sing.

The blood bank is located on the 5th floor, Outpatient Centre, SJMC (Tel : 56391575)

Thanks to all,
Sharon Ong (not related to Johnny Ong but this request is REAL!)
Tags: Subang Jaya Medical Centre, SJMC, Outpatient Centre, A+ Blood, Khoo Siong Sing