I know, I know. The car is a bit old history already, but you’ve got to admit it. It’s one hot baby! I have always admired the car because of its outlook, of its masculine stature. Truly a man’s car for a powerful drive around the winding roads out of the city. And I only got the chance to drive it only recently. The car belongs to my brother-in-law’s brother. We were discussing about cars and he mentioned how good it feels like to be driving the Accord. He made a surprising gesture when he said that he will let me drive it since his brother was sleeping. Hehehe!
Car review – Nissan Grand Livina
Posted: 23rd February 2008 by Jacky Yong in CarsTags: 1.6, Grand Livina, Nissan
Seems that the year of the Rat brings a lot of new cars into my family. My other brother-in-law, my wife’s sister’s husband, also bought a new car this year. The 2008 Nissan Grand Livina.
One first look at the Grand Livina and the Nissan Murano comes to mind, thanks to the unmistakable front grille.
A new saga has begun, and I am confident that Proton will continue its tradition of bringing over that authentic Saga driving experience over to this new baby. You and I know what experience that I am talking about. The rickety door, the faulty power window, and the bumpy suspension ….. even at standstill. Yes, Proton has done it again, and I dare not write about it if I have not driven one. And driven one I have! On the first day of Chinese New Year, my sister Cheng came to my house in her husband’s brand spanking new Proton Saga!
“So what?”, you said? BIG DEAL really! For those who hasn’t seen (or sit on) my car yet, I own a very old 10 year old Iswara, basic spec. As Mr Yong from Infortech mentioned it himself, “kereta untuk Bangla”. Green matte in colour, which has grown holes on the roof and door. My colleague Jane Chong has appropriate put it, “The Bullet Car”, not because of the association with its speed. 😉
Just wanna wish all my readers here a prosperous and happy chinese new year! Gong Hei Fatt Choi! (Hey, I’m Cantonese, so Gong Xi Fa Cai is soooo not me). And …..
…. hey, wait just a minute. Why are you reading blogs in the middle of a Chinese New Year holiday anyway? Go home, rest, be merry! Today is the eve of Chinese New Year, I shall be having my reunion lunch later today. I’m still in the office though, the mood is already there, half the office has retired for the holiday, and we chinese staff are entitled to a half day leave today. Nothing much to do.
So again, for all Chinese readers, go home and gamble. Gambling is in our roots, so go ahead and knock yourselves out. For those non-chinese, you have a long holiday anyway, so go ahead and DO NOT knock yourselves out on the road. Have a safe trip and “Ciao”!
Tesco and Giant both has established their respective megastores in Puchong for quite some time now. With the recent opening of another Giant megastore in Kinrara, the feud just got a bit hotter. For you who have travelled along the Puchong – Sg Besi bypass in the direction of Sunway / Puchong, you must have seen these bunch of really hilarious signboards.
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Photoshop Task : Open up my eyes!
Posted: 24th January 2008 by Jacky Yong in Computers, Photography, Silly meTags: bigger eyes, liquify, photoshop
I have got a strange request from my colleague. She just came back from Hong Kong and she has taken lots of pictures in Disneyland. However to her dismay, in some important pictures her eyes were closed! She asked me, can I make her eyes open again? Have a look at this: Read the rest of this entry »
Behold, the new Jackyyong has arrived! Like it?
Let me brief you over the changes that happened. The major overhaul that I braved through was the entire underlying backbone; it is now running on WordPress instead of Drupal! You the readers might not feel any difference, but let me tell you, the change is immediately felt by yours truly here. Gone are the drape and boring arrangements of Garland and other blocky Drupal themes. WordPress themes are more livelier, vibrant, relevant. Can’t really blame Drupal there, WordPress is made for bloggers, Drupal on the other hand is more for professional sites like news site or some other major corporations.
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Be prepared for lots of changes in Jackyyong.com soon. There are a lot of reasons for this, mainly because I am beginning to dislike Drupal. Drupal is exciting, in the beginning, but it’s getting quite tricky to manage. For one thing, I am unable to include sites of my friends as a random link, just like what my friend did on his site. Another thing is the substandard (at least in my opinion anyway) gallery viewer using SimpleViewer. SimpleViewer natively has a plugin for WordPress, NOT Drupal. See how first lar…. 🙁
KL-Putrajaya highway is now open!!
Posted: 17th December 2007 by Jacky Yong in Current AffairsTags: kl-putrajaya highway
Been listening to the news lately? It seems that not much people know about this recently opened highway. As early as last Friday (14th December 2007) I have seen cars whizzing pass the highway, which is located along the way where I go to work (from Seri kembangan to Cyberjaya). Yesterday night after dinner, at about 8:30 pm, I took my whole family on a joyride. We drove all the way to Putrajaya, to get into the exit located on the way to the Elite highway. That’s about 11 km from our house. There was one toll in Putrajaya, both ways. It took us about 5 minutes to arrive in Seri Kembangan rest area, located just a few distance away from our home! I’m just angry that there is no exit located in the main road to Serdang. The notorious traffic jam in Serdang would have been greatly alleviated had there has been this exit! Stupid BN!
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