Roadtrip : Bahrain (Feb '11)

Since dah lama aku tak tulis blog, akan ada lah entry2 yg cite benda2 lama... saja je nak share.

so, entry ni cite pasal our roadtrip to Bahrain (dr Doha) last februari. pergi satu kereta je dgn wife. tak lah plan apa2 sgt, sekadar nak try kereta yg aku br beli masa tu... and as aku pun pernah g bahrain before, so aku rasa senang lah nak g, dah tahu city orientation. Lucky us, we managed to do Bahrain sebelum berlaku riots, kitaorg pergi awal February rasanya, abt a week before the kecoh2 kat situ.

Plan... aku plan trip ni solely based on this website - pak wahyu di Qatar - terima kasih ye encik Wahyu, your information sgt berguna. aku mmg ambil 100% information sini dan follow je... sgt informative. dr pre-departure, mana nak stop, apa nampak, semua complete ditulis oleh pak wahyu... jd for those out there yg nak g sana... blh je follow instruction kat situ (aku malas nak tulis balik).

sbb tak de g beramai2 kitaorg bertolak dr Doha bila2 dah rasa nak g. so lps keje hari khamis, aku rehat n tido sekejap, around 10pm bila dah lepas rehat baru gerak ke sana. cuaca sejuk sepanjang perjalanan. ada tikanya termometer tunjuk 9 degree kat luar... perjalanan mengambil masa dlm 5 jam (termasuk imigresen check yg very smooth). most of the journey kat saudi. jalan ok, tp gelap. dan perjalanan dkt pekan hufuf agak confusing, sbb jalan sedang dinaiktaraf, so, ada byk diversion and simpang sana sini tp tak cukup signboard. and gps totally tak update. tp as jalan sana satu dua je... kalau salah u-turn je lah. kitaorg sampai kat bahrain around 2-3am... tak de book hotel for that night, tp kitaorg dah book hotel jumaat mlm. kitaorg terus menuju hotel yg dibook, hoping kalau2 ada bilik... mmg ada bilik, tp bilik dlm renovation. very low level mcm rumah tumpangan... sekadar utk tido, katanya pkl 10am bilik yg dibook akan ready.

A very nice boutique hotel (Hotel Palace of Bahrain)... hotel kecik, bilik very nice. and aku suka gila breakfast room dia. and orange juice dia best gile.. freshly squeezed. breakfast dia pun best. first day... hmm... pusing2 town... tgk few forts... as that day was friday, most kedai tutup. kitaorg pun tak lah keluar awal, since semlm penat... as aku pun sebelum ni mmg pernah ke bahrain, most of the tempat we visited are the places aku dah g dulu. boleh tgk tempat2 tu kat entry2 ni... aku dulu tak sempat ambik gambar port waktu malam... yg ni, sempat singgah :-)

and my previous trip tak sempat tgk 1 benda... the tree of life, sbb masa g dulu tak de gps... so pergilah aku ke tree of life tu... a bit far to the south of manama island... tempat minyak... yg unik nya tree of life ni, ada sebatang pokok besar tumbuh tgh2 desert and katanya takde punca air ke pokok tu tp pokok tu still membesar... read wiki for more details la kan. tempat tu tak lah jauh sgt dr city center. for me plak yg unik nya on the way ke situ byk org2 buat khemah2 mcm kita camping2 and picnic... padahal tgh2 tanah kering kontanf dan antara paip2 minyak... depa jadikan area tu tempat beriadah. agak sedih gak lah, since negara kecik takde tempat depa nak camping2 n picnic2 so guna area tu je lah. kalau kat doha ni at least ada gak desert yg lagi besar dgn pasir yg elok... dan ada gak laut. sana apa pun tarak.

seperti trip dulu aku assume ada satu kampung dekat satu fort ni probably kampung org2 syiah. dunno betul ke tak... again aku citer kat wife aku the same... hehehe... since kes riot ni berkaitan ngan depa, kebetulan we took some pictures of the kampung...

the second day kitaorg g mall je. rupanya ada gak few items yg boleh jumpa kat bahrain n tak de kat doha. and harga dia pun slightly murah (murah skit je lah). takde benda nak buat pun kat sana... dah petang skit, kitaorg balik. jam 6ptg dr bahrain. bad decision. masa tu gile bz org2 nak cross border. it was smooth kat bahrain side, masuk kat saudi border.. mcm siot... dr 7 lane buka kat bahrain border depa channel kan masuk satu lorong kat saudi. giler!!! it took 2 1/2 hours utk melepaskan traffic, imigration and jambatan. (aku plak dah nak terkencing masa tu, takde plak tandas... haru!!!).

and we reached doha around 12 midnight... a quick trip utk test kereta... not that hectic.

HIQ - New Traffic Control In Doha...

Kat dalam Gulf Times last week... or perhaps the week before...

New Traffic Cameras Qatar are not just nice looking - they are intelligent technology.
First thing is that these cameras do NOT flash. They can take photos in complete darkness through ultra-light sensors, so even if it does not flash, it could have caught you. They also automatically read your number plate from the picture taken.

Now, here comes the catch. These cameras are continuous photo-taking cameras and they will take your photo regardless if you have been speeding or not. Then the next camera in 3-5 kms again does the same. Now, instead of checking your speed through advanced radars, these cameras are very simple and all they do is calculate how fast you traveled between the 2 cameras. If you arrived at the next camera faster than 120 km/h (or whatever the speed limit is) then you get fined.

What does this mean?

It means that you can stop speeding up between cameras and slowing down as it does not matter anymore. If you are speeding in between 2 cameras you will get fined.

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Giler betul org sini nak kawal speeding, yg konon nya sbb org2 bangsa pendatang yg selalu speeding... tp yg mati sebab speeding pun org depa gak... boleh ke implement kat Malaysia benda ni???

dulu masa depa taruh 2 camera with flash kat traffic lights dah lah org kecoh.. satu trap utk lampu, satu lagi for speeding... dgn saman QR6k kalau langgar lampu merah... mmg agak gila lah jugak rule sini... anyway.... ada gak org main2 pasal camera ni...


One might wonder is it really difficult driving in Doha... yes indeed for newcomer... sbb sini style driving org2 yg dtg dr negara2 yg traffic rule yg tak betul... plus org2 yg dah civilised pun terikut2 ngan perangai org yg kurang betul ni.... sbb if u don't follow their style.. u go nowhere... :-) for example, ni gambar one of the small junctions very near to my apartment... ni bukan main junction ni, tu lah sbb takde traffic lights... but this is how they drive around... u have to be slick to survive...

PEK : Getting around...

banyak mode of transportation kat sini... yg paling mudah naik teksi... tp ada gak beca utk jalan2 dlm town and ada gak subway. Teksi merata-rata... mmg senang dapat dan semua bermeter RMB10 first 3km, RMB2 for the next 1 km... kiranya selamat lah, takkan jadi terlebih mahallah... dan selalunya teksi ni jujur and blh dipercayai, plus kat receipt teksi tu siap ada nombor teksi tu, kalau ada apa2 tertinggal atau x elok, call saja n report. mmg dea takut kalau dpt report, terus kena gantung lesen. and kalau sesetengah hotel, org hotel tu akan jot down nombor teksi for future reference.

tp yg tak best nya teksi ni, none of them blh paham english. so agak susah nak communicate. and although depa akan hantar ke mana je kita nak, i.e. kena lah sediakan map/address in chinese character, tak semua tahu segenap pelosok beijing. so... depa akan bertanya2 lah ngan org mana tpt tu... tp, yg geram nya depa ni blh show tantrum n merungut2 dlm kereta tu... mcm kita ni minta tolong dia hantar n tak bayar... serius... at time aku rasa mcm aku beggar plak, minta belas kasihan... but otherwise, ok je teksi sana... :-) another good thing, depa tak accept tips.. hahaha...
apart from teksi, kalau kat central, around tempat2 tourist ni, banyak beca... kalau nak try blh je... tp since aku rasa aku ni gemuk, tak sesuai lah nak naik beca... hahaha... i think the cost mmg murah... aku tak try.

in beijing ada jugak system subway. and surprisingly bagus and bersih... especially yg menghala ke stadium olimpik. sungguh tersusun dan semua line linked between each other... the best part... g mana je cuma RMB2... so selagi tak keluar dr train station RMB2 je... thats Ringgit Malaysia 1... sungguh murah!!! ni lah baru dikatakan usaha mengurangkan kereta kat atas jalanraya...

bila aku tgk sistem subway kat sini... dan aku dah g few other places like NY, DC, London, S'pore, Rome, Paris, bangkok... aku rasa, sistem subway kat malaysia lah the worst among all... hmm... main reason... tak connected between several lines... kesian betul...

p/s - bas pun banyak... i think lg murah dr subway... tak try pun

decision postponed (perhaps to a longer period)...

Akhirnya... i've decided utk tak jadi jual or beli kereta baru... due to few reasons:

1. Reason aku nak beli kereta utk pakai g travel... but the first travel plan will be bulan 3 atau 4 next year... so tak perlu rush...

2. since ada retrenchment kat office aku, aku rasa better aku tak create loan at this juncture, mana lah tahu tetiba nama aku naik... rugi lah plak rasanya... :-( (tp doa2 lah nama aku tak masuk dlm list tu...)

3. aku dah set nak beli either jeep cherokee dr sorang mamat ni, janji nak tgk dulu hari ni (sabtu) jam 3pm.. aku call dia... dia kata kereta tu dia dah jual semlm.. ada org lain beli.. gosh!!! apa punya janji da... so takde lah kereta aku nak beli

4. aku nak travel.... aku nak g beijing esok malam... so baik aku concentrate with my travelling.. hahaha.. plus i bought a new toy name D90 :-) so hopefully i can post a better pics... :-)

5. aku sebenarnya pun tak tahu kenapa aku nak pikir2 beli kereta baru... hahaha... so i will remain with my Tiida... for the time being insyaAllah... nanti blh revise semula decision bila ada good car nak dijual!!!

So... the next entry from this blog would be from Beijing hmmm... kenapa code airport dia still PEK (peking?) naper tak tukar lagi?

p/s - spend 1/2 day sembang2 ngan my family back home... semua ada n makan durian lagi... am not a fan of durian not like aqielah... but dah lama tak gather sama2 depa.. rindu nya... :-(

Tukar kereta on hold...

Hmmm... so far beli kereta still on hold... tp sesapa nak beli kereta aku ok je... hahaha....

nak kena kemas umah la plak esok... am travelling again... alhamdulillah...

Battery kong...

I've already put up an advertisement at QL, a website/forum for people living in Qatar. In less than 30 minutes, I've already received a call from a potential buyer...

I consider the future buyer is kind of lucky, because I am going to change the car battery soon... it has fall flat right after I put up the advertisement.... I wonder, if the car is showing his protest (due to the advert)...?? Anyway, after 2 and half years without any problem, i think it is about time to change the battery...

I wanna sell my car!!!

I'm thinking of selling my Nissan Tiida... planning to buy a 4WD... currently, no rush in selling sebab still nak cari kereta yg sesuai as the replacement...

any buyer???

Saman!!!

Aku nak mengucapkan takziah dan kesian kat kawan aku yg baru kena saman sebab langgar lampu merah... mesti tak sengaja... but this case i.e. langgar lampu merah bukan nya perkara asing sangat... yes it is wrong... tp kenkadang kita tak sengaja...

but the cruel part is... saman kat doha ni giler nak mampus mahal!!! untuk langgar lampu merah dia kena saman QR6000 (RM5900) bengong!!! n jangan harap lah raya nanti dapat discount... kat malaysia ye lah kenkadang dapat discount... but seriously giler!!!

Lesson learnt, aku akan berhenti bila lampu hijau dah blink2... kalau kena langgar kat belakang pun, still blh claim insurance... kena saman, sapa nak tanggung??? (boleh ke lari je dr negara ni n tak bayar saman... hehehe)

btw, u can leave the country (balik cuti or business trip) even though dah kena saman. but not sure whether blh bawak kereta tu keluar ke tak... hmm...

Mana Nak Cari Kedai Tayar???

Q : Sesapa tau kat mana ada kedai tayar utk tampal/replace tayar in/around the city area?

A1 : On B-Ring, coming from Jaidah flyover, make U-turn atAl Muntazah signal. it will be the first tire shop onthe right.(if you are some where in that vicinity)

A2 : Across the Home Centre (near Jaidah flyover) ada kedai tayar. I tampal my tayar once.............

A3 : ada deret kedai2 tayar di airport road arah ke wakrah sebelah kanan

A4 : ader kedai baru kat sebelah shop rite......dpn airport...leh wat balancing n alignment skali...kedai tu computerized mcm kat msia...std kita la.....

A5 : Sebelah shoprite airport ada satu kedai tayar ( Falken Tire )
Atau kat area Bin Mahmoud ada banyak kedai tayar....buka sampai lewat malam tapi banyak tayar cap ayam lah...

A6 : Dekat rumah saya ada sebuah kedai tayar. Sebaris dengan Rameez di jalan Airport. Tak pun kedai tayar di Al-Waab petrol station.

Road accident...

3 of my collegues were in the above car... depa dalam perjalanan dari Mesaaid ke Doha Jumaat sudah. Dalam perjalanan balik, dirt bike/buggy yg ditarik oleh kereta depan mereka telah terpelanting dan merempuh kereta mereka...

pemandu telah meninggal dunia di tempat kejadian... Alhamdulillah, 2 lagi penumpang, 1 girl who sits in front of me and the other is org yg menjemput aku kat airport masa first time aku jejak doha ni, terselamat. But both are shocked and still dlm trauma. dengar cite nya tak injured pun.

Alfatihah kepada driver yang telah meninggal dunia... kadang2 kalau kita memandu berhati-hati pun, tak semestinya kita terselamat... tp.. ye lah.. ajal n maut di tangan Allah...

Obtaining driving license... (part 1)

At 4.50am this morning, aku dah memang terjaga dr lelap, tp aku malas bangun sbb alarm aku tak berbunyi lagi :-) tp tetiba aku dengar hp aku berdering tp bukan ring tone alarm. It was a singaporean, flatmate-officemate yang call aku. i tot she is still in s'pore... apasal lak call jam 4.50am... bukannya dia pregnant nak beranak pun. rupanya dia call sbb her personal driver tak bangun tidor n tak muncul-muncul utk hantar dia g buat driving test. janji nak datang at 4.30am... tp tak muncul2... so dia woke me up, minta tolong hantar ke driving school...

yeah.... it's 5am... and mmg giler, buat ujian memandu masa matahari pun belum terbit... but lucky me... aku tak perlu melalui semua benda ni.. :-) alhamdulillah...

but for those yg nak tahu pasal obtaining driving license in Qatar... ni ada keratan email yg aku dapat thru yahoo groups Malaysian @Qatar... (since aku tak de real experience aku bg tahu org lain punya experience lah)

I heard United should be good. Alternate pls
go to Karwa ... also good, sbb Karwa ada ajar road etica, slide show driving at
qatar, defensive driving. Karwa very professional, kereta baru,
a/con, customer dimuliakan, trainer pakai uniform & tie lagi, dan kalau
kao nasib baik, dapat trainer Indon ... Kawra can 5 days or 7 or 12 days
...

I've finally enrolled myself in United Driving School
yesterday...Early in the morning yesterday i went to Traffic Dept at Medinat
Khalifa...go to the Drivers License Section...Go to one of the ladies at the
counter and ask for direct converstion but obviously i can't due to malaysian
license or maybe due to i'm not speaking to her boss/director...after checking
my docs,she asked me to go to driving school...I said i've gone but i need the
Traffic Dept endorsement that my license is validated so that i can take the
short course...then she said."Driving School has Traffic Dept...", But then i
mentioned that it's only open during the weekdays and it will already be closed
by the time i reach Doha from Ras Laffan...after much hesitation and thought,
she takes out the Traffic Dept Stamp and stamp it on all my documents
with a note in arabic on frontpage...then i just say thank you
and left...

Later i went to United Driving (behind thursday friday
market, market R/A off salwa road) and show my docs and asked that
reception guy to interpret what the lady immigration has written in
arabic...Obviously he can't understand also so he asked his boss, the boss told
me the note said that "License verified, recommend direct test"...haha!! So
i kindly reject the direct test becoz it's like 95% chances i'll fail
(after hearing some horrible stories from malaysians who've done direct
test)...so he enrolled me to the half course...12 hours including 1 test for
QR900...so waiting list is about 3 weeks...so just have to wait for the call for
my 1st lesson...

many Malaysians andsone Indo had bad experience with
Doha Drivg Schooland Al-Rayya Drvg School.

you cannot convert mesia license here, and we hope in
the near future can convert. You can go to Karwa or United driving
school, take short lesson, 5,7,12 days, and the fee is around
QR1200

To start just register personally at the drv school, and I
know Karwa is very good customer service. Dont ever try to call any
of the drv school, as your call willl not likely be answered
Yes, there
are long queue al ALL drv school ... so, if you can take the lesson during
office hours, then you can beat the queue, and start learning
immediately. This is due to many people here can only take drv
lesson after work, so ada bottleneck lah

you can drive & rent car as long as you dont get the
RP, once you get RP approved, then your mesia & intl drv license =
worthless.

FYI - a few guys got their Msian licence
fullyconverted at Madinat Khalifa Police Station by talkingto the director
there. You may try your luck bytelling good reasons for the conversion. Some
peoplegot partial conversion (test on road only).

ni baru first part i.e. mcm mana nak register utk masuk kelas memandu... nanti aku tulis, macam mana experience org masa test plak...

Latio vs Tiida

MAHAL NYA!!! sedang aku baca surat khabar online, aku nampak iklan kereta baru Nissan Latio kat M'sia... memang ada sedikit berbeza dgn kereta aku Nissan Tiida... aku beli yg sedan, yg introduce kat M'sia hatchback jer...

masa aku beli dulu, dia offer harga kereta sedan kat aku QR50,000 = RM46,728. kalau yang hatchback rasanya tak silap aku QR53,000 = RM49,532. (ni guna translation RM1 = QR1.07). kalau plus insurance tambah QR1000 = RM934. (ni utk harga yang auto)

tapi yang baru iklan kat M'sia ni nissan latio punya introductory price RM92,900 tak termasuk insurance tu!!! gosh... macam mana lah nak hidup kan... dah lah gaji kat M'sia rata-rata nya kurang berbanding kat sini... tp harga benda keperluan macam ni mahal gila! almost double harga kereta kat sini berbanding M'sia.

Hmm... memang kalau dah harga macam tu, mana nak buat sale. kalau interest free punya loan pun, kena bayar RM1105 sebulan selama 7 tahun. tu pun kira duit deposit cukup2 utk bayar insurance kereta. Kalau dah RM1,105 bayar kereta, kenalah kurang-kurang nya gaji lebih RM5000! kalau tak de RM5000 tak cukup plak nak beli makanan dan pakaian... ni kira hidup bujang... kalau kawin... lagi lah!! nasib baik lah harga makanan dan sewa rumah murah.

ooh... btw, kereta aku beli tu dah cecah 5000km semlm... so dalam minggu ni nak hantar servis lah. :-)

Oopps... kena saman???

tadi masa boring-boring kat office aku surf net then jumpa satu website ni... yang boleh aku cek samada kereta aku pernah kena saman ke tak??? then... mengharapkan tak der saman.. rupanya kereta aku dah disaman!!! QR300 sebab speeding...

alamak!!! hmm... kena lah bayar kan... tp tempat kena saman tu bukannya tempat yg aku selalu pergi pun... aku pun tak ingat sbb apa ke situ. tp kalau ikut tarikh tu, ia berlaku exactly setelah sebulan aku beli kereta aku ni... hmmm.. dan aku raikan dengan kena saman... arghh.. nak kena asked around kat mana nak bayar saman ni... QR300!!!! membazir duit saja.. pas ni kena lah pandu slow-slow....

Basuh kereta...

last week tetiba ada 2 hari hujan... kereta aku yg berdebu pun kotor gila... so aku bawak lah membasuh, 2nd time sejak aku beli dulu. hehehe...

basuh kereta kat sini tak mahal, yang lap-lap macam kat parking lot office dan shopping mall QR10, yang macam aku hantar ni... QR20. tapi kat kedai ni memang lah lembab ya amat. kebanyakan yang hantar kereta yang aku nampak pak arab je, dan selalunya kereta besar dan 4wd. dua kali aku datang sini, aku rasa kereta aku lah paling kecik among all...

satu lagi benda unik kat sini, yang aku heran, selalunya depa buat sederet kedai buat business yang sama... contohnya, macam tempat basuh kereta ni... sebaris panjang kedai semua bg khidmat cuci kereta. kira ok lah jugak kan, senang pilih. tp bukan utk basuh kereta saja... kat sesetengah tempat, ada kedai gunting rambut sederet... tailor sederet... mekanik sederet... hehehe.. mungkin depa nak amalkan direct competion atau nak bg senang org nak pilih n ask around.

The books have arrived...

Minggu lepas aku tempah buku-buku untuk exam aku hujung tahun melalui website yang berkos sebanyak USD359++. dari US buku tu dipos menggunakan khidmat U-P-S dan semalam tiba di D0ha... hari ni tiba di office aku...

buku dah sampai dah... apalah alasan aku untuk delay study ni!!!! argh... been very lazy lately!!!

pagi tadi aku hantar kereta untuk servis setelah ia bergerak 1,228km. dah terlepas 1,000km... punca nya sebab aku ke Dvkhan hari Jumaat sudah bagi berbincang dan menguruskan projek terbaru aku (dan kawan2) kat sini...

buku dah sampai... kena lah study... projek besar pulak datang, 2 minggu lagi... tapi... dalam kepala otak ni sibuk-sibuk plak fikir pasal satu keje ni plak... bukan keje office... tapi keje yang aku rasa akan membusykan diri aku kalau menjadi... keje apa ye???

hint hint.... keje-keje berkaitan dengan cawan!!! hehehe... thanks to Fira sebab perkenalkan aku ngan keje yang telah mengganggu konsentrasi aku untuk beberapa hari dah ni... ha... Fira dan MT jangan nak citer kat komen tu apa yang aku nak buat ni.... kalau dah menjadi keje kecil-kecilan aku ni, baru aku heboh satu D0ha... heboh satu Malaya... hahaha

1001 km...

nak cite skit pasal kereta aku ni... malam semalam kereta ni dah bergerak genap 1001 km... time for the first service :-) lebih kurang 5 minggu untuk cecah 0 - 1001 (ok... masa aku beli tu dia dah gerak 8km...)

pasal minyak plak.... setakat ni aku dah isi 3 kali minyak (yang kali ketiga masih dalam tangki lagi). sekali isi penuh maximum QR36 (sini minyak murah, pakai super pun baru QR0.80 seliter). sekali isi penuh boleh pergi lebih kurang 400km. dan sebabkan d0ha ni kecik jer... dan tak de ke mana sangat jalannya... 2 kali aku isi tu (QR70) bertahan sampai sebulan lebih!!! hahaha... orang kat M'sia boleh ke jimat sebegitu rupa??? hehehe...

setakat ni kereta masih belum bermasalah, jalan-jalan kat around d0ha ni masih belum expert, tapi tak de lah sesat mana, pusing-pusing c0rniche saja. paling jauh kereta ni pernah pergi, ke dunest0ck hari tu, 45 minit dari d0ha. kemungkinan esok nak ke Dvkhan (73km dari d0ha).

hari sabtu insyaAllah akan hantar kereta servis... kalau tak pun next week..

ooh beberapa hari lagi ada milestone yang lebih significant... nantikan...

btw, lagi 2 minggu ada projek besar... bila dah confirm project jalan... aku cite...

Ribut pasir...

Again... hari ni ribut pasir kuat kat d0ha ni... aku dapat tengok dari tingkap office... nak ambil gambar pun nampak apa-apa sangat.... angin kuat dan keseluruhan bandar warna putih saja... ni bukan kali pertama berlaku ribut pasir sejak aku kat sini... 2 weeks ago pun berlaku jugak... nak keluar ambil gambar pun aku elak... sebab tak nak badan penuh dengan pasir... dari dalam office nampak lah pokok-pokok palma kena tiup angin... bunyi angin menderu kuat boleh didengari dari dalam office...

arrgh... habis lah penuh debu n pasir kereta aku... mesti esok sibuk tukang basuh kereta kat parking lot tu offer aku untuk basuh kereta... caj QR10 sekali basuh sama macam kat kl... tp basuh kat luar saja guna air sebaldi...

hmmm... rancangnya nak main volleyball petang ni (jam 6.30 kat KL petang lah kan, tp kat sini dah masuk maghrib masa tu) dengan orang-orang sri lanka... baru first time nak join, tak tahu lah court indoor atau outdoor... kalau outdoor, kalau ribut pasir masih berpanjangan sampai jam 6.30.. tak jadi lah main...

My new car...

self explanatory... :-)

The final 5...

Sepanjang minggu lepas aku terfikir2 nak beli kereta... fikir punya fikir aku pun keluar lah survey2 kereta mana yg best utk dibeli.... so nih top 5 kereta yg aku plan nak beli (my budget range...QR50k - QR55k).... tp korang jangan lah pertikaikan apa aku punya specification.. hehehe... sbb aku ni mmg malas skit nak kecoh pasal enjin sbb aku bukan nya nak beli performance car.... jd yg aku pentingkan... auto window, central lock dan CD (kat dlm kereta lah aku berpeluang dgr lagu melayu!!!) hehehe....

ooops.. sebelum apa2... aku tunjuk dulu kereta yg tak termasuk senarai top 5 aku... hehehe (not in particular order)

- t0y0ta yari5 / corolla...

t0y0ta blh dikatakan kereta paling laris di sini... merata2 nampak kereta ni.. oleh sebab itu.. kereta dia agak mahal.. utk yari5 1.4cc (agaknya lah) nih manual QR49k, kalau auto.. QR54k... dan semua kereta dia attached ngan tape player saja... dah lah tu.. nak kena taruh QR2000 deposit (refundable) pastu kena lah tunggu paling cepat pon hujung bulan 2 (utk c0r0lla)... therefore... REJECT!!!

- H0nda C R V..

hehehe.. aku nak beli kereta ni... tp sbb ada couple yg keje kat company aku dah beli dah (ye depa dah beli kete lagi cepat dr aku...!!!) so aku rasa malas nak beli kereta ni... hehehe... alasan... REJECT!!!

- n!ssan 5unny

ni lah kereta yg aku sewa sekarang... tak der CD, tak der power window... no central locking.. therefore REJECT!!!

- kereta f0rd ni....

mula aku minat gak nak pakai kereta ni... tp katanya hand built dan hanya ada beberapa biji jer kat dunia nih... dah lah performance car lak tu... so aku takut susah nak jual semula n nak dpt spare part.. so aku tak jadi beli... harga tak la mahal... QR800k... REJECT!!!

inilah my top 5 list....

5. H0nda C!ty.....

aku rasa korang tahu rupa kereta ni kan... harga QR53k. tp sebab dah ada pakai kat M'sia.. so aku tak nak lah beli kereta ni... in terms of pricing ok... plus ada CD plak tu.... REJECT!!!

4. Suzuk! L!ana

nama dia pelik kan.. nama gadis melayu gitu... harga QR49k for 1..6cc.. ada CD player... tp aku tak pernah nampak kereta ni kat jalan... so was was sikit.. lagipun tinggal sebijik ajer 1.6cc... dia buat keluaran baru with 2.3cc... (with the same body cuma beza spoiler dan alloy rim... for QR57.5k) beza giler cc dia kan.. so aku buat andaian yg 1.6cc ni mungkin under power... so aku REJECT!!!

3. F0rd F0cus...

salah satu kereta kegemaran aku suatu masa dulu... utk 1.6cc harga cuma QR50k!!! tp kereta ni simple ajer.. tak de CD... dan hanya 1.6cc... seingat aku kereta ni kalau 2.0cc br bagus... yg ni kureng kot... therefore.. REJECT!!!


2. M!tsubish! Lanc3r

kereta ni aku minat.. harga QR51k 1.6cc.. tak der CD tp aku suka... :-) but aku rasa tak popular sgt kat sini.. so mungkin susah nak jual semula... tp aku suka gak... hmmm tak sure nak reject ke tak??


1. N!ssan T!!da...

aku rasa ni lah kereta yg aku akan beli... aku blh kata kereta ni lah kereta paling popular kat sini selepas t0y0ta (aku maksudkan among kereta murah lah) ada CD player... for 1.6cc QR51k!!! aku pon malas nak fikir2 dah lah.. sabtu ni aku nak test drive nak rasa gak dia punya pick up kan... kalau tak bagus.. baru aku cek semula kereta 5-2 kat atas tu...

so bagi sesapa yg mmg pakar pasal kereta ni... jgn lah gelakkan aku punya specification ngan komen.. kalau bagus sgt komen lah pasal kereta2 1-5 ni.. dan bg recommendation.... :-)