i’m saimatkong

Finally done my 1st Service at Jalan Tandang. The service was pretty fast and I didn’t op for free car wash as I was rushing to do my PPS after the service. I went on Saturday around 8am but it’s business hour is 8.30am so I’m the 1st customer and without any booking needed. Just make sure to be early.

Did my alignment too but still my car steer to left a bit…

For those that collected your car and going to do the 1st service remember to check your service booklet and your 1st 3 free service coupons should have serial number…

If not you gonna have trouble like me! When want to do service that time only the SC told me my booklet tak da number cannot service etc… called dealer said nothing to do with him ask me to settle with Naza… lol.

If you see empty serial at your free service coupon faster call your Sales Agent and question them if they could not help just email to cmd@naza.com.my

For those that going to collect the car remember to check your service booklet and your 1st 3 free service coupons should have serial number, if do not have remember to tell your Sales Agent that and request for a booklet with number.

Oil Filter - RM16.19
Gasket Drain - RM2.50
Petronas Fully Syntactic - Syntium 5/W 30 - RM209.00

Total Damage = RM227.70

FOC - 1 Tea Pot Set + RM20 discount vouchers.

Naza Kia Services Sdn Bhd.
No. 9, Jalan Tandang,
46050 Petaling Jaya.
Tel : 03-77831200
Fax : 03-77838200

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Yes… Finally managed to do some mod to change the ugly Naza Wheel Cap at my Forte. On the other hand, I haven’t change my Forte Naza Emblem yet but I have already bought and got my K Emblem (King Loong Emblem) to replace the ugly Naza Emblem that come with this lovely Forte. Will be changing the Emblem soon too…

This is the Naza Wheel Cap. Naza need to change from KIA Wheel Cap to this NAZA and change some other things in Malaysia to claim it as CKD unit.

This is the Naked Wheel without the Naza Wheel Cap on my Forte (Notice the center of the rim a bit rust…). It was removed when I collect my car from my dealer. So wait until now after I apply the K wheel cap sticker only will install back the wheel cap.

See the original Naza Weel Cap ugly right? Don’t you think so? Haha…

Here’s simple steps on how to replace your Naza Wheel Cap in a cheaper and economical way. (You do not need to spend hundreds to change the entire wheel cap but just apply sticker on top of the Naza Wheel Cap!) :-

1) Of coz you need to get the stickers lo…

2) Prepare soap…

3) Apply the soap on the wheel cap / sticker then rub it. (Do not apply too much soap as it will be difficult to dry)

4) Apply the sticker on the wheel cap

After you apply the sitkcer on the wheel cap, adjust it nicely to fit it in the middle of the wheel cap and then clean up the soap and let it dry. (Make sure no bubble)

Final process… Fix it to the rim and done!

Do you want to replace your Naza Wheel Cap with this Sticker? There’s few design, either design with K or KIA to match your Forte Emblem.

Stay tune for more updates on Emblem, Tinting (V-Kool, LLumar, Ecotint, Aircool…), Coating to protect car body paint (Sierra Glow or PPS). If you haven’t get book a Forte, act now! =)

After the long wait… Booked Forte since end of Nov 2009, 1 day before the Forte launch, and only managed to get car yesterday and having a lot of problems too. If you decided and were to book a Naza Kia Forte, book it with Naza Branch, do not go for dealer I would advise you. This is because some ppl booked dec 2009 get it end of dec 2009 / mid Jan 2010 and got it before me. Branch will have more stocks compared to dealers. So this is not really fair and …

Initially Naza was having some problem with Custom and Menteri Kewangan, CBU / CKD issues, low price, etc and these caused all the Forter 1.6 buyer could not get their cars registered and were waited weeks after weeks till 1 day before CNY… But now the Forte 2.0 still do not have any info on the available date and when is it gonna able to be release to the buyers.

Yes, when I finally got my Forte I’m very proud and happy but sad thing was I got the bad news that my New Forte batt flat and got to jump start and then my dashboard no light etc… really disappointed and went to Kia Service Center at Jalan Tandang immediately and waited for almost 4hrs to get them to check the battery issue and check is there any cable or anything loosen that caused the batt and dashboard light problem… but the result was my batt no problem and the check showed “Good Battery”…

A lot of ppl in the forum saying that this Forte cannot be jump start if not it will affect your car electronic and all but I have doubled confirm with the Service Adviser and the Car Manual it’s no prob if you follow the procedure. (Refer to your Car Manual, Emergency Starting, page 6-4)

One more thing forget to mention was… my number plate was broken by the ppl in NAZA KIA Service Center Jalan Tandang, but luckily they are good enough to pay for a new number plate! But isn’t it “suey”? First day get car and so many things happened and sumore during CNY…

Besides the small glitches, I still find it is the best and most worthy car as of now! You will get to enjoy every single moment when you driving your forte, that’s for real. Check the photo out and judge yourself. =)

Remember 1 thing, after you collect your car, immediately go petrol station to fill in petrol and make sure the tyre pressure is 220 / 32psi (you can get this info at the bottom of the driver side door) coz the tyre pressure when you got the car is very high.

Get yours now if you thinking to get Toyota Vios or Honday City for the better price you get more features and sexier car? Haha…

Happy Chinese New Year, Gong Xi Fatt Chai, Kong Hei Fatt Choy, Geong Hi Huat Chai… Huatt ahhhh!

So how many ang pauss did you all collected? How’s your reunion dinner and your CNY meal? Have you 捞生 Lou Sang yet? Lou Sang is very meaningful for the Chinese as it resembles of the prosper and the wealth.

Here’s a tips on how to 捞生 Lou Sang… Haha…

Salmon Yee Sang

#Tips no. 1
Order the right Yee Sang…
There’s a lot of different choice of Yee Sang. Abalone Yee Sang, Jelly Fish Yee Sang or Salmon Yee Sang. So order which type most of the ppl like to eat lo.

#Tips no. 2
Order the right Size of Yee Sang…
If you have more ppl then order 1 Mai Yee Sang, if less ppl then order 1/2 Mai Yee Sang… Haha common sense right?

#Tips no. 3
Before Lou Sang, prepare a clean unused chop stick then only hygiene ma…

#Tips no. 4
This is the most important tips! Put all your empty plate next to the Yee Sang plate so that the mess will be end up in your plate and not on the table and it will be wasted! Haha…

#Tips no. 5
When you Lou Sang that time, remember to say some good words…

“捞到风生水起”, “身体健康”, “万事如意”, “一本万利”

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#Tips no. 6
Do not finish all the Yee Sang, leave some leftover, “年年有余”…

It’s only my personal opinion ya! So try it! Gong Hei Gong Hei! Huattt ah!

Yusheng , yee sang or yuu sahng (simplified Chinese: 鱼生; pinyin: yúshēng), also known as lo hei (Cantonese for 撈起 or 捞起) is a Teochew-style raw fish salad. It usually consists of strips of raw fish (most commonly salmon), mixed with shredded vegetables and a variety of sauces and condiments, among other ingredients. Yusheng literally means “raw fish” but since “fish (鱼)” is commonly conflated with its homophone “abundance (余)”, Yúshēng (鱼生) is interpreted as a homophone for Yúshēng (余升) meaning an increase in abundance. Therefore, yusheng is considered a symbol of abundance, prosperity and vigor.

While versions of it is thought to have existed in China, the contemporary version is created and popularised in Singapore in the 1960s amongst the ethnic Chinese community and its consumption has been associated with Chinese New Year festivities in Singapore as well as in neighbouring Malaysia. In Singapore, government, community and business leaders often take the lead in serving the dish as part of official functions during the festive period or in private celebrity dinners. Some have even suggested that it be named a national dish.

Source : Wikipedia

Have you check out Chinese New Year Decoration @ 1Utama Shopping Complex? This year they use the “招财猫” (Lucky Cat) instead of Tiger theme which you will normally see in almost all other shopping complex. The funny thing is there’s a mole on the Cat. Haha. Nice?

See different “招财猫” (Lucky Cat) got different side of mole… haha.

Lion Dance Performance by Thailand group @ 1U last week.

This is at the New Wing Oval, but at 1Utama Old Wing, there’s nothing much just a small stage with the word “虎” (Tiger).

1Utama Old Wing not so happening now compared to the New Wing.

*Photos taken with BlackBerry Curve 8520, image quality a bit cacated.

Wish everyone a Happy Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day! Gong Hei FATT Choi!!!

Woo hoo… Finally collected the prizes won from the DIGI Internet Pimp My Day Challenge. Thanks to my Pimpky team mate, Joshua, who collected it for me all the way from Nuffnang Office in the morning and at night we went Tony Roma’s Sunway Pyramid to makan makan celebrate cum get the prizes.

It was a nice catch up with all the team mate who battled thru the whole day @ DIGI Internet Pimp My Day Challenge, it’s worth our effort! We talk… We eat… We laugh… We…

A complimentary breads with “herbs” butter. “Must eat while hot so that the herbs butter melts” : this was told by the waiter. His name is “Raja” guess from Bangla, he’s a nice and funny guy… but his slang really made us pengsan… haha.

Pueh Tian’s Buffalo Chicken Sandwich

Joshua’s Ribeye. He claimed that TGIF is better than this… =p

Emeryn & Me ordered this 1/2 Chicken thingy… the portion is very huge sumore we swap the coleslaw and fries with Baked potato and rice… It’s freaking filling and full leh.

This pack of thing is freaking heavy ok and sorry to trouble Tallboyz to carry all the way to Pyramid =)

1st prize – Personalized laptop (Acer Aspire Notebook) + Speaker (Edifier Multimedia Speaker) + Modem ( DiGi Huawei Broadband Modem)+ Headphones (ATH-FC700 Headphone)

Check out the customized skined laptop… haha speechless… “SAIMATKONG” so big leh! haha.

Pictures credits to Emeryn coz I tak bawa camera and my phone’s camera cacat (Pai seh…)

No Plastic Bag Day / Hari Tana Beg Plastik Selangor / 无塑料袋日

Following Penang foodsteps, now Selangor implements “No Plastic Day” every Saturday. Effective Jan 1, a “No Plastic Bag Day” would be observed every Saturday and retailers and shopping centres throughout the state were urged to reduce the use of plastic bags.

I believe this is a very good and positive move by the government to educate our citizen to care about our mother nature. Today is the last Saturday of the month where Selangor started “No Plastic Bag Day”, I believe most ppl already know / aware of the campaign, some of my friends even tell me I will not go shopping today because no plastic bag and will shop tomorrow? This is not supposed to be the way right? Haha what’s the purposed of “No Plastic Bag Day” then?

There’s a lot of buntings and posters about “No Plastic Bag Day” placed at major shopping centers. If you request for a plastic bag, you will be charged 20 sen per bag.

For me, will not be affected because everytime I buy something I request them not to give me plastic bag but if you were to shop for groceries (impossible to carry all the groceries in your hand), I would suggest you to bring your own Recycle Bag / reusable shopping bag 環保袋, save our earth for the better future.

Jointly presented by MY FM and Astro, the LIVE broadcast of MY Astro Music Awards 至尊流行榜頒獎典禮 2009 was lived on Astro AEC (Channel 301) and MY FM at 7.30pm from the Arena of Stars, Genting Highlands. Hosted by Jack Lim 林德荣, Wan Wai Fun 尹汇雰, Royce Tan 陈志康 and Bernard Hiew 邱文博, this star-studded award show presented by artistes from China Mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia vying for over 20 awards and the Top 20 Golden Melody.

MY Astro Music Awards 2009 boasts an impressive line up of attending artistes, such as Eason Chan 陈奕迅, Khalil Fong 方大同, Kay Tse 謝安琪, FAMA 农夫 from Hong Kong 香港, Lala Hsu Jia-Ying 徐佳莹, Jeremy Ji aka Blue J 纪佳松, Rachel Liang Wen-Ying 梁文音, Tank, Sodagreen 苏打绿, Chang Yun-jing 张芸京 from Taiwan 台湾, and local singers including Nicholas Teo 张栋樑, Z-Chen 张智成, Thomas and Jack 东于哲, Amy Wong 王明丽, Andrew Tan 陈势安, Suki Low 刘纾妤, Karen Kong 龚柯允, Eng Yee Min 黄毓敏, Lan Kah Fai 刘界辉 and Chen Keat Yoke 曾洁钰.

For the first time in Malaysian history, a radio station and a television join forces in organising a music award which aim to combine the power of both media to further drive the music industry, providing music pieces with a platform for exposure, and more opportunities for the established local or overseas music talents of being appreciated and recognised.

Red Carpet 红地毯

Nicholas 翁书尉 & 萧慧敏

Kay 謝安琪

Eason Chan 陈奕迅 (E神), love to shake hand with the fans, 出席頒獎典禮最愛的就是握手，亦大讚歌迷的手乾淨，而自己的卻骯髒.

Look at E神’s purple color sport shoe! 紫色潮鞋! Awesome!

饒舌組合(Fama)農夫鮮少的穿上西裝出現，他們入鄉隨俗，以馬來語說：”Apa khabar? 很開心，那些女生很cantik“. 最後更補上一句 “Terima Kasih“!

C君那粒”冬菇頭“, do you dare to cut such a cute and outstanding hairstyle? =)

农夫在演唱《高举只手》得奖曲时，也是分外落力，使气氛high到不行。

纪佳松

Andrew 陈势安

Khalil Fong 方大同

张芸京歌迷声势最浩大

一向中性打扮外表酷似男生的張芸京上台致詞時，突然吐出真言：“希望下次我再來，馬來西亞洗廁所的阿姨不要再趕我出女廁！”

Tank

Thomas and Jack 东于哲

Nicholas Teo 张栋樑去年10月因大病一場休息兩個月，近日才復工沒多久，他擠下光良奪得大馬區至尊男歌手獎，又拿至尊人氣歌手獎，現場粉絲對他的熱情有增無減，證明棟樑人氣依然很旺盛！

Eason頒發大馬區至尊男歌手獎給張棟樑時，感謝棟樑的粉絲，因為他們常買他的專輯送給偶像，至今棟樑擁有十多張Eason的專輯。而棟樑得獎演唱歌曲時，拿著舞蹈員的道具花到台下送給很想得此獎的張智成，讓智成笑著欲踢棟樑一腳。張棟梁能在“E神”的手上接下至尊男歌手獎（大馬）也高喊說：“很高興能夠在我的偶像Eason手上拿到這座獎項！”

张栋樑被卓卉勤和林佩盈强吻!!!

忙着筹备婚礼的梁静茹获得,奖座由表哥张智成代领.

節目主持鄭偉康頒獎給Eason時，稱他為“E神”並對他下跪，嚇得Eason也跪回他，兩人上演“互跪”戲碼，過後Eason強顏歡笑說：”不必這樣跪我，我還在生！” Eason told Anthony Chang do not need to kneel to him as he is still alive (not dead yet)!

陳奕迅上台領取金曲獎前，一連抱了在旁的農夫等人，還被陸永撞到嘴巴

他从颁奖嘉宾接过奖项时，发挥了其搞笑的功力，使现场的粉丝们都捧腹大笑；他说：“你们(fans)的海豚尖叫声使我的耳朵通顺了很多，所以也要谢谢你们。”

至尊年度大奖：陈奕迅《于心有愧》

Malaysia Winners. 马来西亚帮

Taiwan Winners. 台湾帮

Hong Kong Winners. 香港帮

缺席的海內外歌手如梁靜茹、蔡依林、張敬軒、蕭敬騰等人，均由4位主持人梁德榮、尹匯雰、陳志康（Royce）和邱文博“扮鬼扮馬”代為領獎，4人搞趣的對白令人笑破肚皮！

MYAstro至尊流行榜頒獎典禮2009得奖名单

至尊嘻哈/饶舌： 《欢天喜地》农夫
至尊大马电视原创歌曲： 《厚脸皮》东于哲／《逆风18》
至尊MV：《最幸福的事》梁文音
至尊单曲：《下半生》刘界辉
至尊舞曲：《大丈夫》蔡依林
至尊情歌：《如果我变成回忆》Tank
至尊男新人（大马）：东于哲
至尊女新人（大马）：刘纾妤
至尊男新人（海外）：纪佳松
至尊女新人（海外）：徐佳莹
至尊合唱曲：《我的回忆不是我的》泳儿丶海鸣威
至尊摇滚：《王妃》萧敬腾
至尊创作歌手：方大同
至尊组合/乐团：（金）苏打绿 （银）农夫 （铜）东于哲
至尊大跃进歌手：张芸京
至尊人气歌手：张栋梁
至尊新秀：刘界辉
全台主持联颁至尊歌手：方大同
至尊女歌手（大马）：梁静茹
至尊男歌手（大马）：张栋梁
至尊专辑：《橙月》方大同
至尊女歌手（海外）：谢安琪
至尊男歌手（海外）：陈奕迅
至尊年度大奖：陈奕迅《于心有愧》

至尊金曲20：
1.《为你写的歌》方大同
2.《沉默的瞬间》张栋梁
3.《情歌》梁静茹
4.《年度之歌》谢安琪
5.《大丈夫》蔡依林
6.《如果我变成回忆》Tank
7.《暗恋》张智成
8.《披星戴月》张敬轩
9.《于心有愧》陈奕迅
10.《王妃》萧敬腾
11.《双人舞》潘玮柏
12.《太阳雨》东于哲
13.《低调》张栋梁
14.《天后》陈势安
15.《七百年后》陈奕迅
16.《失落沙洲》徐佳莹
17.《寂寞，好了》蔡旻佑
18.《迷魂阵》张智成
19.《爱一直存在》梁文音
20.《狂热》苏打绿

Recently LG has launched a new range and high tech TV at KL Hilton, it’s LED LCD TV SL90, LG Live Borderless, it’s a new technology. This method of backlighting allows for LED-backlit TVs to become extremely thin. The light is diffused across the screen by a special panel which produces a uniform color range across the screen.

The Digital LED LCD TV SL90 perfectly blends modern style and technological innovation. Representing years of research and development, the new design breaks traditional conventions of how TVs are supposed to look, opening up new possibilities for more innovative and out-of-the-box TV designs in the future. Now is the era of LED LCD TV and will be slowly replacing conventional Plasma and LCD TVs. It’s simply gorgeous and sexy with only 2.9cm thickness.

LG LED LCD TV SL90 is equipped with an LED backlight, which produces an extremely high dynamic contrast ratio of 3,000,000:1 for flawless picture quality and finer gradations. It also comes with an anti-glare Full HD 1080p screen to reduce distracting reflections. Consumers’ minds are at ease when viewing fast-moving pictures as the TV features the TruMotion 100Hz technology for exceptional clarity.

The LG LED LCD TV SL90 also come with Bluetooth, allowing consumers to link music and photos from compatible mobile phones directly to the big screen. It’s seriously convenient and now it’s the wireless era. It is also equipped with LG’s signature Invisible Speakers that produce exceptional sound quality, as well as the Smart Energy Saving Plus technology, which can save up to 70% of energy consumption, so it’s not only saving your cost on the electricity bill but also making it more environmental-friendly, that’s the most important thing.

About the Digital LED LCD TV SL90:
- Borderless design with single layer slimness
- Slim 2.9cm
- 3,000,000:1 Mega Contrast Ratio
- TruMotion 100Hz
- Full HD (1920 x 1080)
- Picture Wizard
- AV Mode
- 24p Real Cinema (24p 5:5 pull down)
- Expert Mode (ISF Ready)
- Bluetooth
- HD DivX
- USB 2.0
- Intelligent Sensor II
- Smart Energy Saving Plus
- Clear Voice II
- Invisible Speaker

Sales general manager Chee Khay Huat said the buying power and spending capacity for Malaysians has improved as consumers look towards stylish electronic products to furnish their homes and also give the positive economic outlook this year.

Product manager Foo Mun Yee said that the company was targeting 22% of the LCD television market in Malaysia, with more models to be introduced in the market soon.

Thumb Up for the LG SL90 LED LCD TV

Q&A by the media.

Some questions about the features of the LED TVs and how are they going to market the LED TVs and the buying power of Malaysian consumers.

The 47-inch Digital LED LCD TV SL90 retails at RM 10,999, and the 42-inch at RM 7,499. It’s really an awesome LED TV which packed with features! I really hope I could own one when I could afford it of coz =)

After Q&A session we were treated with a sumptuous lunch.

Smoked Salmon

Shark Fin Soup!

Bowl of Shark Fin!

Few weeks back, I was one of the few selected bloggers to do some shooting to promo Astro B.yond @ Desa Park City. What we required to do is just to tell our new year resolutions and comments on Astro B.yond HD. The environment at Desa Park City really nice and breathtaking.

The video man & crews! They are a bunch of funny and cool guys. They shoot Ho Chiak too. Haha.

This is how the setup for the Astro B.yond TVC shotting that to be published thru youtube, it did showcased to some 200 ppl that attended Astro B.yond Bloggers Night @ Modesto’s.

Yo! Yo! Yo!

Here’s the final production of the Bloggers’ New Year Resolutions and Comments on HD. Actually I have recorded few new year resolutions but maybe too bad that they took it away from the final video. Anyway it’s a cool experience of seeing myself in HD @ Astro B.yond Bloggers Night.

Any comments on the HD or the Bloggers promo clips? Haha…

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