Ginger De La Loca

Cuti-cuti Melaka

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:42:47 GMT

Nok mek sedih sbb dah dekat setahun dah update blog! Ops motif sendiri yg malas tp nak sedih? Sebenarnya mek ni alala mmg malas nak update blog pun. Dulu masa kat "kolej" mek, internet kena block so mek ada la alasan tak update blog (wpon di umah ada internet kan, ops). Skrg kat opis mek ada internet tp TETAPPP tak update. Sbb mek bizilah! Ko ingat mek set2 pose kilat kuku kat depan pc satu hari? Tapi mek tarkir sbb blog mek mmg sunyi! Kalu tak update pun alala nan ado org baca...

Namun begitu, bila IMAH dah carut mek update setahun dua kali, mek pun trus malu & gigih update. Sbb kuota thn ni baru cukup 1 entry, ni nak ujung tahun dah tp lagi satu entry blum muncui...

Oleh kerana ittiew, mek sajikan utk uols entry bergambar. Haha nmpk sgt malas nak tuliskan? Hey ko toksah bising ye, entry bergambar pun perlukan usaha yg byk tau!

Kesahnya mcmni nok, haritu mek ditugaskan utk pegi meeting kat Melaka. Oleh kerana meeting mek ni hari jumaat & habis ptg, maka kami pun dpt lagi satu mlm tido kat hotel ittiew. So mlm tu mek rembaklah pose2 bandar Melaka & siang esoknya lepas checkout pun mek jln2 lagi. Tak cover byklah tp rasa seronok juga sbb dah lama tak pegi Melaka.

Tp nok, jejants sana aiyoo... membuatkan mek rasa rindu akan kehidupan silam mek di Kedah.

Ops, kata entry bergambar, tp pembuka kata je dah 3000pp kan. Mek terkena badi LKY kah? Tulis 44 perenggan baru kata2 aluan, sendiri baca pun dah penat. Entrynye plak ada episod 1,2,3 segala... kalah Spa-Q. Aiyo dah lama tak mencarut, sekali sekala lazat also noh?

Oklah tgk la entry bergambar ni uols:

Ni kat dlm muzium istana. Muzium istana ni mmg dulu ialah istana pun. Bangunan dia besar & melerts sgt. Gmbr ni ialah diorama istiadat mengadap Sultan pada zaman dulu. Mcm2 protokol & susunan duduk pegawai istana pun ikut pangkat diorang uols. Mek pitam!

Ni tangga nak naik ke gereja St Paul. Choi, mek bkn naik utk pi sembahyang nah! gereja St Paul ni alala bangunan yg paling tinggi kedudukannya di atas bukit & dlm kubu org Portugis dulu. Eh sat, Portugis ke apa ntah, mek lupa dos... matila tak cekap sejarah. Nok nak naik ni alala kena daki byk tangga. Kalu ko tu set2 pemalas mcm LKY atau set2 jln sket sakit kaki mcm Leez, ko duduk je la kat bawah tu.

Haa yg ni ialah muka depan gereja ni. Nmpk dak patung putih tu. Dak, bkn hat berdiri 4 ekor pakai baju merah biru segala tu. Tu smua anjeng... Patung putih tu la St Paul katanya. Paderi depa la kot noh? Dlm bangunan tu alala ada org main gitar nyanyi2 lagu portugis, ko lalu depan dia ko lambung la duit 50sen. Ops matila kedekut.

Oleh kerana St Paul ni duk kat atas bukit, kita bleh nmpk seluruh bandaraya Melaka dari sini. Hebatkan diorang nak buat tempat ibadat diorang set2 paling ulung la kononnya takde yg lebih tinggi dari ittiew... kononnya la. Yg bangunan merah kat bawah ni rasanya Stadhuys. Kat dlm bangunan ni ada byk muzium. In fact, kat bandaraya Melaka ni sendiri ada 76 buah muzium! Ko tak pitam? Kjaan negeri depa mensasarkan nak buat 100 muzium dlm masa brp thn ntah dari skrg. Muzium2 dia melerts jugak uols sbb kebanyakannya dibuat dlm bangunan2 lama.

Haa yg ini mmg mek meluat!! Ko bayangkan nok, tmpt bersejarah segala yg dah termasuk dlm taman warisan dunia Unesco, alih2 ko pegi buat shopping complex besar2 kat situ. Trus kawasan tu jadi rosak nok! Aiyo pulihara la kawasan bersejarah tu, toksah dok buat bangunan2 moden. Kalu nak buat pun, buat la kat jauh2 sket. Bodoh la kjaan negeri Melaka ni. Mek mmg tak setuju langsung. Dah la merosakkan pemandangan, org dok syok2 tgk bangunan bersejarah alih2 ada shopping complex kat depan muka. Besar plak tu, smpai 2-3 bangunan! Kononnya utk para pelancong. Ko ingat pelancong mat saleh heran ke nak pegi shopping complex ko tu nok? Hat depa laaagi canggih la. Tolong la! Pelancong mai sini utk tgk tinggalan sejarah, bkn nak pegi shopping. Lain la Bedah, pi melancong kat Bangkok dok kalut carik cikmon. Kalu ko nak pesan cikmon kat Bedah bleh la, tp kena tgk tarikh luput. Bedah tu kuat KARAU duit org! Ops silap, hat KARAU tu org lain noh IMAH?

Inilah menara Taming Sari uols! Pitam tak dgn nama dia? Benda yg bulat kat tengah2 tu, benda tu berputar tau. Kau ado? Dia akan berputar smbil naik & berputar smbil turun... Hebat sundel! Dari atas menara ni kita bleh nmpk seluruh bandaraya Melaka ittiew... cantik! Nah uols, klik here, here, here & here mek ada letak rakaman video masa mek naik Taming Sari tu. Melerts sundels pemandangan dia...

Haa ni pemandangan dari balkoni hotel mek. Mek duk kat Mahkota Hotel, cantik la jugak tp alala hotel lama la uols. Tp menarik bilik mek ni sbb dia konsep2 apartment. Ada ruang tamu, ruang makan, dapur, kitchen cabinet segala. Dan ada bilik la kan, takkan mek tido kat koridor plak. Mek dpt bilik yg mengadap ke selat melaka ittiew. Trus mek feeling Tun Teja nok! *tetiba*

Ada byk lagi muzium & tempat yg mek pegi tp kamera mek dinch bateri katanya. Dan mek plak tertinggal charger dia kat umah! Matila gila. So ini je la gmbr2 yg mek sempat snappy masa pi sana.

Apah? Mana gmbr mek? Aiyo ko tetapkan?

Maaflah I tak minat bergambar!

Development!!

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:17:23 GMT

Hai uols... matila dah 6 bulan tak update blog! Ops...
Mek nak bagitau uols yg mek dah pindah blk KL. "Study" mek dosi habis di Gurun tu, dah grad katanya haha. Mek pun pindah la blk KL. Kau ado grad Leez? Ko study dr thn 2000 smpai la ni tak grad lagi kan? Kayalah Cosmopoint jawabnye haha...

Kali ni mek nak tambah skeeeeet je daripada entry mek yg sblm ni ttg "pondan" ittiew. Kalu entry sblm ni, mek carut org sbb menghina pondan, entry ni plak mek nak tujukan pada golongan pondan ittiew sendiri. Entry ni mek nak ckp psl DEVELOPMENT.

Development ni ada byk jenis, luas sgt skop dia. Pemaju perumahan tu dikira development, pembangunan sesuatu kawasan atau negeri dikira development, budak2 belajar bertatih pun development also... Tp yg mek maksudkan ni ialah PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT. Dlm erti kata lain, fokus pada personal kita. Apa yg kita accomplish dlm hidup kita? Apa direction kita dlm hidup?

Kunci utk development ialah pendidikan. Now I'm not insinuating pondan2 yg tak bljr tinggi tu tak bagus, but there's a certain truth to it. Pendidikan akan mencorakkan mentaliti seseorang tu. Jgn plak bila org pi sekolah, kita sibuk nak gila jantan. Mcmana nak maju?

Kita kena ada sifat ingin berubah. Bkn maksud mek berubah jadi jantan! Choist... (Bkn maksud mek berubah jadi woman also ye!) Tp berubah jadi lebih baik drpd apa yg kita ada skrg ni. Kalu skrg ada sijil PMR, aim utk SPM. Kalu dah ada SPM, aim utk Degree. Kalu dah ada keje, aim utk promotion & upgrade. Pegi kursus, amik kelas utk tambah knowledge. Benda2 mcmtu la maksud mek.

Kalu bkn kita yg improve diri kita, sapa lg yg nak tolong? Ko nak harap org2 kat luar sana tu nak tlg? Sedangkan ko lalu depan diorang pun dah kena carut, nak harapkan diorang? Kita ni golongan yg dihina, dicaci nok... Takkan kita nak terima aje? We must change their perception! How? Dengan berdiri sama tinggi & duduk sama rendah dgn diorang. I'm sure still akan ada jugak anak2 haram yg masih hina ko wpon ko bediri LEBIH TINGGI dari depa. Tp at least ko puas hati sbb ko tau di mana stage ko. Dan ko tau apa value & taraf orang2 yg carut ko tu.

Lagi satu sifat yg perlu ada dlm diri adik2 ialah jgn cepat putus asa. Mek tau pondan2 ni mmg GIGIH! Tp gigihnyer kelain. Org gigih nak improve diri sendiri, depa gigih tak balik umah selagi tak himpun RM300 satu malam. Tempat keje mmg byk stress uols. Adik2 plak jenis yg cepat naik angin. Sket2 bergaduh, tak fikir panjang. Bkn satu dua pondan yg mek kenal, bergaduh dgn supervisor atau colleague sendiri just because you dont agree with their opinions. Ramai!! Lepastu, berenti keje. Kononnya keje tu tak elok la, "I takde freedom" la... Dah nama makan gaji, mcmtu la. Ko nak freedom mcmana, pi keje pakai skirt kulit harimau? Bila dah bergaduh berenti segala, sapa yg susah? Sapa yg melarat? Golongan mana yg dpt nama busuk? Fikir la panjang sket noks...

Mek tau, adik2 mmg jenis yg suka di diva-divanakan, at the same time takleh nak kena tegur sket. Melenting! Tp fikir la sket. Teguran2 mcmtu la yg menambahkan pengalaman kita sebanarnye, buat kita lebih matang, ajar kita mcmana nak jaga hubungan dgn org. Ko ingat org2 mcm Leez, Imah, Sherita tu smua takde mslh ke kat tmpt keje? Ada ko dgr depa komplen? No... Why? Because they take the challenge, face it & try to work around it. Last2, berjaya jugak kan... and they come out 1 notch wiser than before.

Mmg la ada masa yg memerlukan kita stand up for our rights, perlu jugak bertekak. Tp kena pandai2 la sesuaikan dgn keadaan. Ini tak... bos tegur salah ejaan pun ko nak hempas buku pose-pose "I QUIT" kat dia. Mcmlah dia pedulik pun...

To be honest, rasa rendah diri tu sgt2 penting pada seseorang. Kalu kita rasa kita diva, semua tingkah laku kita akan feeling divalah jawapnye. Time tu la ko nak pose2 "i'm better than anyone", perintah itu ini, takleh kena tegur sket. Padahal org lain tgk ko tu just a worthless pondan. Tu la mslh pondan2 ni... ada sedikit complex yg terlalu mengagungkan diri sendiri. Smpaikan bila org lain TAK agungkan dia, dia sentip. So, unless you're a real diva (which none of us are, regardless how much u deny it) act humbly la. The only person who thinks ur a diva is after all, YOU...

Dlm tmpat keje ni uols, kita kena byk sabar. One thing, org akan carut kita sbb kita pondan, org akan ketawalah, hinalah, cacilah... yg tu mmg la kena sabar. But another thing, kita sendiri kena sabar for the sake of pengalaman, wisdom, maturity. Apa2 yg ditegur tu, amik positif. Belajar drpd org yg lebih tahu. Buang sket feeling diva tu. Proaktif sket kat tmpat keje, jgn duk tunggu org bagi keje barulaaa ko nak terhegeh2 catwalk pi buat.

Mek byk amik senario tmpat keje, sbb kat sinilah kita habiskan 60% masa & effort kita seharian. Kat sinilah jugak kita byk belajar ttg life, ttg dealing with people, handling situations. Inilah tmpat kita buat learning process kita. Yes, inilah tempat utk kita DEVELOP. Sbb tu la mek byk amik senario tmpat keje. Kalu ko berjaya DEVELOP kat tmpat keje, bermakna ko akan berjaya develop dlm hal2 personal.

In a way, mek seronok kekadang bila tgk golongan pondan yg dah makin maju skrg. Honestly set2 yg mek kenal kat internet ni, ramai yg educated. Tau nak bawak diri, tau nak bergaul dgn org, and boleh fikir ke depan utk majukan diri sendiri. Mek suka sgt! Yes mek mengaku mek mmg pentingkan education. Kalu korang read between the lines, entry mek byk compare org educated & non educated. Bkn la mek nak kata mek feeling diva. Tp mek sendiri dah byk jumpa set2 pondan berpendidikan & set2 pondan takde pendidikan. Beza, memang berbeza... matilakau haha. Mentaliti ni bukanlah something yg kita bleh belajar overnight. Its something that cultivates from one's surroundings, experiences, daily activities, etc. Yes, everyone has a mentality... but which shape is yours? Enggang sama enggang. Pondan berpendidikan sama pondan berpendidikan... Its a sad truth. Not that pondan berpendidikan ni pandang rendah pada pondan tak berpendidikan... Its just that they cant stand them! Asal bukak mulut, ckp psl jantan, nak buat muka, nak buat tetek, nak cendot kat sana sini. Ko tak rimas?

Mek nak petik entry Imah dulu yg psl Leader & Follower. That was one of Imah's best entries. U have to read between the lines that is. But if u look at it at face value, all u get is laughter. Imah is a great writer, and she (matila hang SHE tau) constantly tries to educate golongan2 pondan ni. Tp mslhnya kita sedar tak? Atau kita baca just for fun?

Dlm entry tu, apa yg Imah cuba ckpkan ialah, kita semua start sbg follower. Tp melalui personal development & constrant learning, satu hari kita akan jadi leader. Tp kena ada keinginanlah. Jgn buat perangai plak, kena tegur sket melenting berenti kerja. Kena sabar la, jgn kena tegur sket nak baling2 fail. Kena belajarlah, jgn buat salah sekali trus taknak buat dah keje tu. Kena rendah dirilah, jgn feeling diva sgt smpai semua org meluat tgk kau! Kena improvelah, jgn keje 10 tahun dok buat filing aje, smpaikan tukang sapu opis tu pun dah naik manager ko masih duk menungging carik fail.

Contoh: Malam ni ko cendot target 8 jantan. Dan mlm ni ko berjaya dpt 8 jantan. Takkan mlm esok ko nak 3 jtn kot? Mestilah nak up jadi 11 jtn kan? So... action plan dia ialah, mlm ni ko cendot la pakai seluar jeans, bleh dpt 8. Mlm esok plak pakai skirt pendek, zass 25 jtn ko kaut!! Hebatkan Leez? Haha...

Kena ada goal... dan bila dah capai goal tu, set another goal. A higher goal. After all ladies and gentlemen, life is a constant learning process. Utk mencapai goal ni, fokus & priority sgt penting. Kita kena pandai prioritize benda yg penting dlm hidup kita. Kat sinilah mentaliti tu memainkan peranan. Kalu pondan yg mentaliti lorong, dia akan lebih pentingkan melorong daripada kerjaya. Kalu pondan yg mentaliti nak cantik je, dia akan lebih pentingkan cucuk dagu daripada personal development. See what I mean?

Dlm entry lepas, mek maki org lain sbb hina pondan. Entry ni plak mek maki golongan pondan itself sbb bagi nama busuk kat diri sendiri. Yes, its a big slap on each our faces, tp kita kena terima benda ni sbg satu realiti. Most (if not all) of us are guilty of tarnishing our own names.

Ko nak cantik, nak buat tetek, nak woman, nak cendot... tak salah nok. Tp nak cantik smpai tara mana? Nak buat tetek smpai besar mana? Nak woman sewoman mana? Nak cendot smpai negara mana? And the biggest question is, smpai bila?

Mcmana plak dgn life ko? Your future? Your wisdom? Your knowledge? Your experience? Yg mana satu priority kau? Ada ko tgk Leez lebihkan abg askar drpd kerja dia? Ada ko tgk Imah lebihkan anak ikan drpd kuliah dia? Ada ko tgk Sherita lebihkan rimau drpd tugas dia? Itulah yg mek maksudkan priority... Bkn mek kata jgn gila jtn, tp dahulukan la kerjaya. Bkn mek kata jgn telan hormon, tp dahulukan la ilmu pengetahuan.

Knowledge tu penting nok, kita kena cekap dlm semua hal. Kena sentiasa improve tahap pengetahuan kita. Satgi org sembang psl keadaan ekonomi dunia, ko melopong. The only economy that makes sense to u is ur total earnings by dawn of each morning...

Lepastu bila org hina golongan pondan, ko naik hantu!! Naik hantu pasaipa, dah KAU yg bagi nama busuk kat kaum sendiri...

Promosi sat!!

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:47:54 GMT

Nih, ada "kawan" mek mintak mek promosikan website dia kat sini. Matila KAWAN katanyer tau SR. Kau ado? Haha...

Kawan mek ni buat bisnes mengandam pengantin katanyer.
Ntahler mek pun taktau sgt psl pengantin2 nih, ops...

Apa2 nanti uols tgk la website dia tu nah?
Klik kat gmbr bawah tu utk pegi kat website dia.

Pondan

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:12:04 GMT

Mek taktau la demografi pembaca blog mek ni mcmana, tp mek rasa visitor2 yg ke sini adalah dari golongan pondan atau gayboy. Pompuan betul ataupun lelaki tulen, kalu ada pun tak ramai kot.

Sbg pondan, mek rasa ramai antara kita yg dah lali dgn ejekan org, betul tak? Yelah, dah nama pun pondan kan. Sasah la pegi memana pun asik2 kena gelak, kena hina, kena ejek. Biasa la. Tp kekadang tu mek jadi pelik juga. Nak kata jadi pondan ni something yg tak betul, maybe la. Tp byk benda lain pun yg tak betul juga. Laaagi tak betul dari pondan. Habistu knp cuma pondan je yg jadi bahan ejekan, kena hina, kena kutuk. Siap kena sepak terajang pun ada juga.

Kenapa mat rempit tak kena hina? Kenapa penagih dadah tak kena ejek? Kenapa bohsis2 tu tak kena sepak terajang? Pelik kan...

Yg lagi peliknya, golongan yg menghina pondan ni biasanya set2 low educated, sometimes NOT-educated. Dicarutnya pondan yg belajar tinggi, ada degree masters PhD segala. Cuma sbb org tu pondan, habis jadi bahan ketawa. Tapi bila ada lelaki tulen yg belajar tinggi, suddenly set2 takde pendidikan ni kuar statement "weih dia tu belajar tinggi tu, bagus dia tu." Reti pulak ko nak hormat org yg ada pelajaran. Tapi pondan yg berpelajaran tinggi ko hina! Ish gila la...

Ada plak tu yg set2 kerja cleaner, drebar lori, jual jagung! Matilah kat Gurun byk gerai jagung noh? Dicarutnya pondan yg kerja professional, berpangkat segala. Bila ada pompuan betul yg berjawatan tinggi, truslah ayat2 mengagungkan diorang "Dia tu hg jgn tgk mcmtu. Manager tuuuu" Habistu kalu ada pondan yg jawatan tinggi, ko ketawakan. Knp akal ko mcmtu?

Ada yg set2 gaji sedih. Makan KFC sebulan sekali je, itupun bila time gaji! Pilu... Tapi dicarutnya pondan yg gaji 5 angka, mampu makan Secret Recipe hari2. Ops Secret Recipe ada logo halal tak? Haha... Bila dia tgk pondan pakai kete besar, duit byk, tetaplah dia gelakkan. Pelik mek...

Chop, pembetulan sket. Bila dia tgk pondan pakai keter besar, duit byk, dia gelakkan blkg2 je. Tp dpn2 dia buat baik... pose2 KB sbb nak kikis duit sang pondan ittiew. Itu lagi keji haha...

Mek sendiri dah laaaama sgt berdepan dgn set2 mcmni. Most of the time mek diam je. Kdg2 bila set2 rempit gigi rongak bau hamis gelakkan kat mek, mek gelak je balik kat diorang. Seriously, who should be laughing at who? Tapi yelah, kalau dah tahap mentaliti yg "barely human" tu, mmg susah nak kata apa la. Tu mek ketawa je... Terus terang, mek jijik dgn set2 macamtu. Biarlah aku ni pondan, asalkan aku ada pendidikan, aku ada kerjaya yg nak kata ok la not too bad, dan hidup aku takdelah tak tentu hala mcm diorang tu. Eee selisih malaikat...

Lagi satu yg mek nak tergelak. Org2 kita ni dok sibuk kata konon masyarakat Malaysia ni jenis yg berbudi bahasa la, sopan santun la. Mek taktau la sama ada statement tu semata2 utk sedapkan hati, atau statement tu dikeluarkan oleh org2 yg tak penah tgk dunia luar. Bagi mek la, as far as perception & attitute towards pondan is concerned, masyarakat kita ni antara yg paling biadap & kurang ajar.

Ada sekali tu mek pegi Bangkok, dok kalut2 jln kat pasar mlm dia tu mek hampir terlanggar ada sorang budak kecik dlm 5-6 thn. Budak tu dgn mak dia. Dia trus ckp "Ouiiii... twoot" (twoot tu maksudnya pondan la tp dia dikira bahasa yg kasar la, mcm org kat sini ckp OI BAPOK gitu). Trus mak budak tu lempang muka anak dia & apologize dgn mek. Sedangkan depa tu set2 "ordinary" je. Bknlah jenis yg educated, well-mannered bagai pun.

Cuba bandingkan situasi yg sama kat sini. Jgnkan anak, sesilap mak bapak dia yg melebih2 nak gelakkan pondan, nak menghina pondan ittiew. Mek rasa lebih dari 90% pondan kat Mesia ni dah penah dicarut secara berjemaah oleh couple laki bini. Yg lebih hebat, jemaah ittiew dikuatkan lagi dengan barisan anak2 sebagai penyanyi latar haha... Contoh teladan apa yg ibubapa Malaysia bagi kat anak2 diorang ek? Hebat betul org kita ajar anak kan...

Kat Indon pun sama mcm kat Thailand. Kat Jkt, Bandung, Bali & tmpat2 lain kat sana setakat yg mek pegi ni, takde lagi la kena mcm kat Mesia. Org sana hormat kat kita tak kira kita ni laki ke pompuan ke, pondan pun diorang hormat. Tp knp masyarakat kita sendiri yg kononnya berbudi bahasa sopan santun kepala bapak segala tu, bila jumpa pondan, perangai tiba2 jadi "borderline civilized". Or shall I say totally uncivilized.

Mek taktau la sbnrnya nak ckp mcmana psl persepsi & attitude org kita terhadap kaum pondan ni. Ada yg carut terang2an. Ada yg tak suka tp simpan dlm hati aje. Ada yg buat baik semata2 nak mengambik kesempatan. Kami sebagai pondan, the only thing we ask is for you to leave us alone. Kalu hgpa taknak kawan dgn kami pun takpa, kami tak mampuih aihh. Tp toksah la dok hina kutuk cerca segala, padahal hgpa tu lagi jijik dari kami. Tak sedaq diri...

Yg sedih tu mek penah tgk, dlm ceramah agama sekali pun bila sang ustaz ckp je psl kaum pondan, truslah buat gaya & suara2 tak perlu. Ustaz tau, bkn org biasa. Saja nak riuhkan majlis. Tapi knp bila sang ustaz ckp psl mat rempit, penagih dadah & bohsis, tak pulak dia buat gaya2 yg memualkan ittiew? Bagi laaa rancak sket org bertepuk ketawa dlm masjid tu. Isn't that the whole point? To make fun of those group? No? Hmm...

Tapi itulah, bila mai tang pondan, semua jadi bahan ketawa, cacian & hinaan. Mai tang org lain, wpon lagi teruk & menjijikkan, semua pakat diam... yelah, masyarakat kita kan bersopan santun, sabit tu depa sengap.

Proton Saga - Kereta Untuk Rakyat??

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:59:36 GMT

After a slew of disappointments & disaster models, Proton vowed to make a comeback. In that high spirit, they launched a new model in early 2008, aptly named the Saga.

With the tagline "A new Saga begins", a competitive pricing and a few adverts that scream nationalism, Proton claims their new baby is "kereta untuk rakyat." Meaning, something that can be afforded by low-to-middle income earners. Noble indeed...

The rakyat, meanwhile, waited with bated breath for this new model. They waited. It came out. Good pricing. The rakyat bought it. They go home happy... You'd thought that, right?

Wrong!! The only party who goes home happy is Proton. The so called "kereta untuk rakyat" is actually "kereta untuk Proton". Oh they need to come up with a "sellable" model quickly, or they were going to gulung tikar faster than you can say whoops. Desperation can sometimes bring out the best in people. It certainly brought out the opposite in Proton. Tsk tsk...

I was one of the "lucky" rakyats who happened to be looking for a car around the time of Saga's launch. With a tight budget (this was supposed to be my 2nd car) and the frustration of dealing with second-hand car dealers and its aftermath, I thought why not? After all, the price was within my range. And I'll get a new car. Yayy... right?

Well, kinda. The "right" part would be that I actually DID buy a Saga. The "wrong" part is the yayy. Come to think of it, "kereta untuk rakyat" would best be replaced with "kereta untuk MENIPU rakyat". Why? Here lemme give you my insights.

1. DESIGN - I really dont have much to complain here. I know proton benchmarked against much better cars for this model. After all, thats what benchmarking is all about. Proton's designer team might have put alot of creative inputs for this model. And honestly, I don't really question their other designs as well. I would if I had driven any of it, but thats not the point. I'd really say now that i HAVE driven one of its models, its not the design part that bugs me.

2. PERFORMANCE - Welcome to my first gripe. As I was driving the car home from the dealer, the suspension felt cheap & handling/stability is a pain. As soon as you hit the 100kmh mark, the car sways more than it should so you gotta get a grip of the steering wheel. Same is during cornering. I also realized the engine struggled to give me the output & torque that it should (hell, it even SOUNDED like it was struggling!). Acceleration from 0 to 100 seemed like an eternity. And when it DID reach that speed, the engine behaved like it was going to either explode or detach from the mounting, so as to release itself from the suffocation. This car has got no freaking pickup... at all!! Its like asking a fat uncle to sprint 100m. You have to wait while he takes his time accumulating speed & watch him painfully making it to the finishing line, then stand close enough to hear him breathing for life. This is a car thats best for your "Sunday leisure" drives, and don't even think of overtaking. But at that point i told myself its ok, its still new. Lets wait until it passes its engine breaking-in point & maybe it'll start to perform. Honestly, after about a year, I'm still waiting for that miracle. One can say its my fault for not test-driving it first, but get this. At that time, the test drive units were all manual, and I can't drive stick. I had no choice but to trust what I read on various websites & publications.

3. COMPONENTS & BUILD QUALITY - Proton needs to make a car cheap enough that everyone can afford it. Ok, we totally get that. And we also get it if they used cheap components to assemble its kereta rakyat. But to use something beyond cheap is just proposterous. The components are mostly crap. We'll just call it crap-ponents from not on. Just one day after getting my NEW car, the central locking started to fail. Then the rear window drops about an inch everytime you wind it all the way up (oh yeah, and thats manual winding too. Never knew it could happen with manual winding). When the multifunction switch (the "turn signal" lever") failed to respond, I blew my top. This is a safety item, dammit! How can you make a car that doesn't blink when you turn left/right? This car was gonna force me to make rounds between my house & the service center. I bet Proton service center's profit shoot up an all-time high with this new model. Kereta untuk rakyat? Told you this is kereta untuk Proton... To this date, more and more crap-ponents are failing. Latest addition to the list is the front passenger window - totally for display only. Unable to wind down. I'm just lucky the thing failed when the window is actually UP. Imagine if it happened when the window was down. The thought of that, and driving in rainy days, scares me.

4. SERVICE - There were 7 problems that I had by the time of my first free service (oh yeah I'll get to the "free" part later). I took my car to the service center & they claimed to have fixed the problems. Truth is, they didnt even touch the central locking; its still as dead as it was the 2nd day. My turn signals still occasionally wouldn't respond. And some of the smaller problems were repaired. And the "free" service cost me RM220.00... how kereta rakyat. Oh I'm sure the low-to-middle income earners would never have a problem forking RM200++ out of their salaries every now & then to take care of their precious cars.

5. FUEL CONSUMPTION - This is the best part, thats why I'm saving it for last. Kereta untuk rakyat, that was supposed to be for low-to-middle income earners, seems so incredibly thirsty. Thanks to its Campro engine, this 1.3L kereta rakyat gallops RM100 worth of gas on a 420-km travel from Sungai Petani to Kajang (with constant speed 100 ~ 120 kmh). All other factors remain, it would cost me RM65 on my 1.5L other car (which by the way, never intends to be a kereta rakyat). That's almost 55% more fuel consumption, for a lower capacity engine. And you know the funnier part? You're paying extra for gas, but not for performance! Now, why did I mention Campro? My sister owns a Gen-2 (Campro), it drinks a RM20 gas to make a return trip Kajang-KL, and has the same melodramatic performance/pickup. So my conclusion - Campro engines have no power, no torque (pickup), and consume alot of gas. What can low-to-middle income earners benefit from this kind of engine mounted to their kereta rakyat?

6. RESALE VALUE - A good kereta rakyat would mean its good to own, good to drive, and when you're getting rid of it, its good value. One of my relatives who also bought it & had enough of the slow-mo pickup & lousy crap-ponents, decided to sell off his 5-months-old Saga. And boy, did it invoke a saga on its own! Enough for me to say his car is still neatly parked inside his porch. No individual nor second hand car dealers would take the car, even though he's selling it off at very low price (and has to face the burden of loan repayment).

7. PRICE - At sub-40k price tag, the car seems affordable & tempting to own. But considering facts 1 ~ 6 above, do you really wanna go through all those troubles? And besides, its not like 40k IS the cheapest price in town anyway. There are many other cars that can be bought at lower prices. You just have to compromise size & engine capacity for price, and which one to choose is everyone's prerogative. I personally kick at myself in the butt for not buying a Perodua. I know for a fact that they make good cars, far better than Proton. But my concern was size, and compact hatchbacks just wouldn't fit the purpose of me buying a 2nd car. Thats what keeping me from kicking at myself.

There you go, the ugly experiences I've had with a kereta rakyat. Though I've heard alot of complaints about previous Proton models, I tried my best not to have a negative mindset when I bought my Saga. I'm no Karam Singh Walia, but I guess this is a true example of MELEPASKAN ANJING YANG TERSEPIT. We're trying to buy local cars & help them go on another day in business. But while they're laughing all the way to the bank, we're doomed with under-powered cars that has a build quality that rivals only kereta potong, with expensive services & spare parts, and most sadly with high fuel consumption.

So for those of you who are considering this "kereta untuk menipu rakyat", pls wake up. You can buy mine for all I care... Heck, you'd be better off cycling, I tell you.

Miss Universe (Transgender) 2008

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:45:58 GMT

Hai uols, mek muncul dgn baju raya alaf baru... Ops raya dah habislah sundels!! Kau puasa 6 tak? Mek haritu turun 5kg nih dlm bulan poser. Lepas seminggu raya, zasst naik 2kg dah. Penat je diet, tapi mek takdelah smpai kunyah pil diet kan? Ops lagi...

Nih, mek bkn nak ckp psl raya. Hangpa tau dak, ada pertandingan ratu Miss Universe (transgender) nak buat tak lama lagi? Dah dekaaaaat sgt dah tarikh dia nok. Mrasa...

Mek masuk bertanding katanyer. Ops jgn labelkan mek miss tak serik ok. Sbb mek baru masuk 4-5 ratu je, tak mcm "ada orang tu" yg masuk dekat 30 ratu. Konfes dah nak stop, alih2 MASUK BALIK... kau berani? Aiyoh tersasul plak mek... ya ampun!!

Mek nak masuk bertanding kali ni, tu yg mek nak ajak uols semua mai tgk & menyokong mek utk pertandingan ittiew. Mrasa mek takleh nak bagi lebih2 detail utk event tu kat sini. Paham2 je la kan... ini je yg mek boleh reveal:

Date: RAHSIA
Time: RAHSIA
Venue: RAHSIA

Matilakau semua rahsia katanyer haha...
Kalu nak tau, kontek mek di email, telpon atau YM nah?

Harga tiket:

VIP: RM150/pax
Normal (depan): RM100/pax
Normal (blkg): RM80/pax

So sapa2 yg rasa nak dtg tgk event tu nanti, bagitahu kat mek nah? Mrasa booking tiket siap2...

Kami pun masuk also, uols... Dtglah bagi sokongan kat kami ok?

Sampaikan Aidilfitri...

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:43:28 GMT

Hai uols, esok mek dah nak start cuti raya. So sblm mek balik KL, mek nak ucapkan Selamat Hari Raya pada semua pengunjung blog mek. Dan mek juga nak memohon ampun zahir batin daripada uols semua. Yelah mek kan suka overdost carut, maki, ejek & ckp benda2 hanjeng kat semua org kan.

Mrasalah skrg tiba masanya utk mek mohon maaf pada uols semua... Jgn simpan dlm hati nah? Kekadang tu mek melawak je, tp ter-over... Apa2 pun, maafkanlah mek nah...

Ni dia kad raya dari mek utk uols...

Ok skrg kita buka pula segmen Sampaikan Aidilfitri kepada para pembaca & pemanggil sekalian. Ucapan bolehlah ditujukan kepada ibu bapa, keluarga, sahabat handai mahupun haiwan2 peliharaan... Lets tgk siapakah pemanggil pertama kita harini...

Oh mek telah kena maki katanyer... tak sempat nak tanya nama, pemanggil dah letak telepon. Tapi takpe, mmg vugidervass sekal baju raya si pemanggil misteri kita ittiew. Tahni!! Ok siapa pemanggil seterusnya, hello... hello...

Hai Ginger, nama I Shereen Teratas. I nak ucap Selamat Hari Raya pada kekawan I... dengan ucapan, jenguk2lah I yg kesunyian kat sini.

Leez: Mak nak ucapkan Selamat Hari Raya pada semua askoke yg berada di perbatasan. Kalu kena bertugas di pagi raya, jgn lupa kol mak dgn menggunakan satelite phone ok. Oh lagi satu, pada mana2 askoke yg tak dpt pulang beraya, yg terkandas kat kem Transit ittiew, nantikan kemunculan mak smbil membawa lagu Jennifer Holliday. Mrasa...

Ok, siapa lagi? Hello? Hello? *Ops tetap nak enterprem nih*

Fieka: Selamat Hari Raya kepada semua peminat I, dengan ucapan jgn main mercun nanti terbakar rambut. Eh, seksi tak harimau I? Jusssss...

Maya Shaziela: Kami warga penjara pudu mengucapkan Selamat Hari Raya & maaf zahir batin kepada semua pembaca blog Ginger. Raya ni jgn la lupa dtg jenguk kami ok?

Nazz: Sorry, I tak boleh bagi ucapan raya sebab I tak puasa... ops!

Dan akhir sekali daripada mek sendiri... terimalah...

Pesta Pantun Aidilfitri...

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 06:21:37 GMT

Aiyooo lama dah kan kita tak buat majlis balas pantun? Thanks pada Zizan sbb bagi idea ittiew kat tb mek kelmarin. Truslah harini mek pose2 pesta pantun Aidilfitri... Mrasa mek mulakan dgn 4 rangkap pantun ye. Lepastu korang balas kat komen ittiew ok? Lets...

Anak petani membuat tekat,
Anak bangsawan naik bahtera,
Ramadhan pergi membawa berkat,
Syawal datang membawa sejahtera.

Sibuk Mak Temah menjelang raya,
Menjual bahulu ke seluruh kota,
Di Syawal ini menyinar cahaya,
Maaf dipohon ampun dipinta.

Ketupat lemang sajian tradisi,
Dimakan dengan rendang minang,
Tangan dicium dosa ditangisi,
Kesilapan lalu usahlah dikenang.

Hening subuh di pagi Syawal,
Takbir bergema seluruh negeri,
Bayar fitrah biarlah awal,
Di kubur nanti menjadi penyeri.

Korang balas tau!! Lama dah tak buat pesta pantun nih. Girang!! Haha...

Buffet Buka Puasa

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:37:05 GMT

Hai uols, mek munciuls dgn tema sebulan satu entry haha... Nok, kalini entry mek alala little bit serius la. Bkn apa, asik tulih entry bodo2 je satgi org kata mek ni terencat akal plak dak? Ok macam ni...

Tiap kali tiba bulan poser, mesti restoren2 & hotel2 semua bergasak buat buffet bukak poser kan? Dan kita ni pun ala2 bergasak la jugak berebut nak amik peluang bukak poser kat hotel. Tapi ntahlah uols, bagi mek bukak poser kat buffet2 hotel ni semuanya not worth it. Dlm erti kata lain, MEMBAZIR...

Kalu murah takpe nok... tgk ni!! Mek yg gaji puluhan ribu pun tak hingin membazir... Tuuudiah puluhan ribu tau. Kau ado? Haha...

Maybe ramai org tak setuju dgn mek. Yelah, setahun sekali kan? Apa salahnye. Lagipun dah sehari berlapar, apa salahnyer bukak poser meriah2 sakan. Tp mek still rasa benda tu membazir. Org lain mek taktau la, tp mek dibesarkan dlm keluarga susah, so mek bkn jenis yg suka membazir.

Memanglah makanan yg hotel sediakan tu melambak2... Tapi persoalannya ko larat ke telan satu meja buffet tu? Nak tamak sgt pasaipa kan? Cukup2 sudah la... Ada jugak hotel yg letak harga sket punya mahai tp menu nan ado. Tp dah kita ni bodo pegi jugak, depa pun kaut la untung lebih2. Uols perasan tak, hotel2 ni sebenarnya mengajar kita utk jadi lebih tamak & boros bila tiba bulan poser? Masing2 nak megah menu dia paling BANYAK, menu dia paling HEBAT, paling KELAS. Apa semua ni? *pose2 keliru* Mek paling meluat bila ada org dtg kat mek kata hotel sekian sekian ni hebat, bukak poser menu ada beratus2 jenis. Whats your point? Berbuka makan nasik dgn sambal belacan pun kenyang juga.

Ko larat ke nak habiskan semua tu uols? Yg lapaq ni perut kau ke mata kau?

Yg kelakarnya, ada yg bukak poser makan tak hengat smpai tak larat gerak nih, mcm ular sawa! Ini ke amalan yg cuba diterapkan melalui puasa? Smpaikan dah jadi trend. Bila bulan poser je, masing2 dok himpun duit nak pi bukak poser tmpat grandid. Hat tak mampu tu, sanggup pangkah kalendar tunggu gaji nih! Bila hari gaji, giranglah pegi booking buffet hotel segala. Aiyo perluker uols?

Pastu harga buffet2 ni pun bukannya murah uols. Kalu setakat RM20 tu ok la kira berbaloi la juga kalu ko nak makan smpai sendat perut, lucut talipinggang segala. Tp lets be realistic la, hotel2 kat KL paling murah pun berapa? Maybe RM40-50. Kalu hat clusst2 tuh, maunyer tak RM70-80? Amount utk seorang tu kalu beli kat bazar ramadhan, boleh makan satu keluarga!! Nak lazat lagi, masak pi la sendiri. Lagi jimat... Time2 ni la, nmpak sgt kita pikiaq pakai perut, bkn akai. Besides, "berbuka puasa" is not just about "mengisi perut yg lapar". Betul tak?

Larat ke ko nak makan semua tu uol?

Ada jugak yg kata, alah bukannya aku yg bayar. Company bayar, vendor bayar... Mek tau, time2 poser ni byk company buat buffet utk pekerja ataupun utk entertain client. But lets not be selfish la. Mmg la bkn duit KAU. Tp company bawak kau pegi mkn tu, depa bayar pakai pasiaq ke? Money is still money. But when its not YOURS, suddenly that makes it OK to waste on unnecessary food?

Honestly, mek mmg jarang sgt pegi makan buffet2 nih. Not only bulan poser but also time takde poser... Bkn sbb mek tak mampu, atau sbb berkira. Tp sbb membazir... Kita makan kenyang2, kekadang tak habis smpai terbuang lauk-pauk tu. Time tu, ade ke kita teringat set2 sedut siput babi kat BersamaMu? Drpd membazir RM70-80 utk makan sorang, betterlah beli kuih2 raya utk mak abah & family. At least, bkn kita sorang je yg mkn, the whole family dpt merasa. Tak gitu?

Too much la...

Selain daripada membazir, ada sebab2 lain kenapa mek tak suka pegi buffet bukak poser. Nak redah traffic jam segala... Masuk parking siksa, sasah la berebut. Bila smpai time nak berbuka, masing2 penuhkan pinggan. Rebut kuat nih, org Somalia pun reti beratoq nak amik roti PBB!! Ni tak, silap2 boleh gaduh... Pastu bila nasik & lauk habis tak smpat org hotel nak replenish, dah jerit2. Bila lauk tak sedap sket, jerit lagi. Kononnya aku bayaq mahai awat lauk hg sikit. Kalu mek jadi org hotel tu, mek jawap balik Awat hg bodo mai makan sini?

Ntahler uols, mungkin org kita ni dah terlebih duit. Mungkin jugak priority kita dah berubah. Instead of puasa utk dpt keredhaan Tuhan, kita berpuasa supaya bila smpai time buka, kita boleh berbelanja sakan utk makan. After all, puasa is ALL about makan to us, isn't it?

Hadiah Birthday Yg Smpai Awal!

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:36:15 GMT

Korang poser dak? Ops tetiba soalan hanjeng haha... Poser2 takleh carut org tau. Jgn jadi mcm si Nazz tu, poser tak poser sama je dia carut si Mimi... kesian Mimi, dahla tak cantik kena carut plak tu. Ops... Tapi kalu korang tgk Valerie atau LKY tak poser, korang takyah marah plak. Diorang tu tak diwajibkan poser sbb diorang BELUM BALIGH! Satgi poser sket jadi "koro" matilah bahasa Kedah mek bagikan! Kau paham tak Leez?

Hah Bedah, ko kalu dahaga tgh2 hari, toksah dok nganga kat bawah paip!
Choistlah kau...

Nah sblm kita melangkah panjang, letslah kita sedekahkan Al Fatihah kepada 2 ekor kucing mek yg dah dekat seminggu tak balik. Mek rasa depa dah arwah kot... Sedihlah uols *nanges* Persoalannya skrg, sapa plak nak kunyah friskies hat belambak kat dapoq tuh? Isk... leceh la.

Ok berbalik kepada entry kita. Matilah tajuk entry mcm tajuk episod Doraemon kan? Sib baik mek tak reti letak sound clip kat sini. Kalu tak, siaplah muzik tema mek sumbatkan haha.

Macamni, haritu mek dpt pakej dari Poslembu... ops tp skrg dah tak lembu lagi, awas! Hantar pakej dari KL sehari dah smpai ok. Kau jgn buat gila. Bukak punya bukak, nahhh mek terduduk kegirangan smbil berlinangan airmata. Hadiah bday rupanya. Seksilah mcmni... Matilah kononnya this blog is not about me kan? Kejap lagi masuklah Anon, Anon-II ntah sapa2 lagi lalat nak carut tuh. Takpe, bulan2 poser ni diorang semua KENA IKAT! Rasain... Talking about kena ikat, mana SR ek? Lama tak nampak kan? Digari also kah? Ke lemas dlm sungai masa polis nak serbu kedai makan yg dia tapau nasik pataya kat bawah opis dia tu? Ops kedai cina rupanya haha...

Aiyo mek malaslah nak tulis2 nih... Korang tgk gambar cukuplah! Byk ckp pun tak guna. Mrasa...

Kotak ni besar sundel, mek pun boleh tido dlm tu. Cindai sgtkan? Tp mmg besar uols. Masa mek dpt kat mailroom tu, mek bawak masuk opis pun termengah2. Overdost nih cindai haha...

Tuudiah kad harijadi... Padahal bday mek sebulan lagi!! Ops skrg tinggal seminggu je lagi. Matilah entry tertunggak haha...

Tuuudiah jantung mek trus berhenti katanyer!! Semua perfume2 wishlist mek tiba ke pangkuan... Vahh mek terharu. Ada plak ubat pun diselitkan. Baik hati sgtkan si pengirim ittiew?

Mek pun truslah pose2 foto sessi kan? Kau ingat LKY sorang je mampu libas kain hijau kat rumah usang? Dari kiri: Mega Acidophillus (ulat utk usus katanyer haha), Givenchy Amarige, Dior Midnight Poison, Bvlgari Omnia Amethyst, J.Lo Deseo... seksikan?

Setelah disusun ke dlm almari mek.

Row blkg dari kiri: Paco Rabanne Pour Homme (sekali2 feels jtn katanyer!), Arden 5th Avenue, Versace Versus Donna (nampak cap merah je, maklumlah botol kecik ops), Arden Sunflower, Biotherm Eau Vitaminee

1st row dari kiri: CK Eternity, Nina Ricci Les Belles de Ricci, Mugler A-Men, D&G Feminine, Gucci Envy

2nd row dari kiri: Lauder Dazzling Silver, Lancome Oui!, Givenchy Amarige, Versace Blonde, Givenchy Ange Ou Demon

3rd row dari kiri: JPG JPG, Mugler Alien, Dior Midnight Poison, Alexander McQueen Kingdom, Hilary Duff With Love (yg ni matilah korang takkan jumpa kat sini), Kate Moss

Row depan dari kiri: Gucci Eau De Parfum II, Prada Prada, J.Lo Deseo, Bvlgari Omnia Amethyste...

Ni baru sikit tau perfume mek. 2/3 lagi ada kat umah mek di KL... sebulan sekali mek pulang ke gagang, mek tukarkan perfume2 ni. Bawak hat sini balik KL, bawak hat KL mai sini... Matilah kekwats kan haha. Riak kuat nih wpon bulan poser. Kau mampu?

Bila mek korek2, rupanya ada lagi benda yg tertinggal kat dlm pakej ittiew:

Anjenglah kan, carut mek... Sib baik serviks mek jenih hat "made in Thailand", dinch ada komplikasi & masalah ketumbuhan kanker bagai. Serviks uols made in mana, Kak Putu? Ops matilah soalan bodoh haha...