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Perodua Axia 1.0G review after 2 months usage

I have sold my 13 years old Proton Wira 1.3 Aeroback last October as I don't use it so often. Back then the decision was made partly because I'm using company car, Nissan Navara for daily commute. Then as my daughter will be going into Standard 1 in 2016, the need for small car for my wife comes up.
At first I'm going to settle for Perodua Viva as the main requirement is small, easy for my wife to drive around, low maintenance and low profile but as I'm ready to place my booking, the news of Perodua to launch new model comes out.

So when Perodua announce and launched the new Perodua Axia, Malaysia first EEV, I was one of the earliest to place booking. More on the car detail you can read from Paultan review at Paultan Perodua Axia.

After 2 months usage, I must say that i'm impressed with the car. Not because its relatively "cheap" (FACT: There are no cheap car in Malaysia based on per capita income, only because the facility allow for longer loan tenure) but mainly because this small car has perfectly filled up my expectation.

The main objective for my purchase of this Axia is for it to be a city car. For this it excel tremendously. Easy to park, easy to drive around, fuel saving, big boot (compare with its overall size) and yes, its cute and i manage to get THE color which my wife loves.

Parking in between tight area in The Mines

Nice design but it can be mistaken for a Myvi 

Yes you can achieve it as per its advertisement but its not easy for the Auto version. Easier with Manual version, though

All in all as long as you can manage your expectation, I think this car is good enough for:

1. Second car for daily commute from home to work and vice versa.

2. University/ College Students.

3. Housewife sending their kids to school.

4. Running errands in the city.

5. First time car buyer/ college grad looking for their first car.

Not recommended for

1. Only car for 2+2 families (2 adults + 2 kids)

2. Long distance travels

3. People with heavy foot on the gas pedal.

...and a bit of some advertisement

to and from singapore with aeroline bus

kos sara hidup versus peningkatan pendapatan?

setengah orang fikir tak mengapa kalau kos sara hidup meningkat asalkan pendapatan meningkat. pemikiran sebegini betul juga kalau fikir sebegitu tetapi:

1. adakah pendapatan bertambah sejajar dengan peningkatan kos? secara kasar kita boleh lihat perbelanjaan sendiri dahulu, ada atau tidak pertambahan lebihan belanja/ simpanan/ pelaburan daripada pendapatan bulanan? jikalau tiada atau negatif, peningkatan kos sara hidup melebihi peningkatan pendapatan.
2. berapa cepat kita boleh kejar peningkatan kos sara hidup dengan peningkatan pendapatan? ingat, jika kamu adalah pekerja yang menyumbang kepada KWSP dan membayar cukai, tahap percukaian adalah berbeza mengikut pendapatan. Ya, ada rebat/ pengecualian tetapi itu ada tahapnya. secara kasar jika kamu memperolehi pendapatan keseluruhan RM80k ke atas setahun, cukai pendapatan sahaja boleh menyebabkan gaji bersih seumpama pendapatan RM50k. besar periuk, besar lah keraknya ye
3. berapa ramai antara kita boleh berbelanja dibawah paras pendapatan. Ya, bukan pada paras pendapatan, tetapi dibawahnya. contoh, jika kamu mampu membayar ansuran kereta RM1000 sebulan, berapa ramai yang akan membeli kereta untuk ansuran RM1000 itu berbanding dengan mereka yang memilih untuk membayar ansuran kurang dari itu. secara ringkasnya RM1000 ansuran untuk 9 tahun membolehkan kamu membeli model Proton Suprima S dengan d/p 10%, 3% interest.
4. renungkan, para atuk nenek kita bukannya memperolehi jumlah pendapatan seperti kita sekarang tetapi mereka boleh mengumpul harta, tanah yang boleh diwarisi kepada generasi seterusnya. kenapa kita sekarang nampak perkara ini seperti benda yang jauh dari jangkauan?

New Coring Machine coming this March 2012!

New Petrol Cutter coming to Malaysia in April 2011!

cut anything whether its concrete with rebar, brick wall, steel pipes or metal deck.

cutting depth of 150mm (DSH900).

high revving engine of 11,000rpm to maintain high cutting power.

broad usable torque range enable high performance cutting

trolley option to do road cutting with ease

with new Equidist diamond disc, saves every ringgit of your cutting cost!

Overhead Coring for Wall Plug Installation

on April 20th 2009, i went to Bintulu to train a customer who bought Hilti DDEC1 complete with DDREC water recycling unit for an overhead coring job.
they want to install a pipe support using Hilti HVU system but the column are rebar infested so drilling with drill machine has no use.
complete set up to do coring overhead. no wall plug needed.

easy to do coring overhead and very easy to move to next coring point.

easy to operate.

but the customer are using it in MLNG2 plant which prohibit me from taking actual application photo.

Suria Sabah Cutting Job

early April i went to Kota Kinabalu to conduct a site training for our new Diamond Service Contractor, Redback Construction Sdn Bhd.
Suria Sabah is a development on a reclaim land at Kota kinabalu, boasting a shopping mall combined with 4 or 5 star hotel.
Currenty there are demand to change the location of teh escalator as shop owner complain that a few escalator are not in their favor as the location of the escalator will tend to make shopper not notice their shop.
big beams with no time to waste makes it a no choice for hacking. so Redback step in to do the cutting thus eliminating touch up needed after the job finish as with diamond cutting you don't need to touch up later.
cut the tile mortar with DCH300 electric cutter and PMC 36 line laser so we can plant drop in anchor inside the concrete, not inside the mortar.


After separating the slab, we cut the beam using the 1200mm saw blade. LP32 proved to be reliable to cut even beams full with rebar.

As you can see, 44 number of rebar with steel link cut through as well. no problem with Hilti DLP32 wall saw system.

All girls cutting team posed with Hilti TS5SE electric wall saw.

Overhead cutting with DLp32 wall saw system. the machine is hanged upside down by Hilti HSA anchor. cutting 500mm thick excess slab.

DSTS5SE cutting rebar. the electric wall saw are very silent when not cutting. also comes with silent blade if the jobsite cannot endure excess noise level.

After cut, remove the beam with forklift. the supervisor smiled happily as one problem goes away already.

Myself with Redback Construction Sdn Bhd. a pose of graduation.

KL Pavilion Tower crane Base Demolition

KL Pavilion is an upmarket shopping center located in the heart of Sungai Wang, boasting a very refresh experience for shopper (with loads of money of course) and a very classy shop lots.
Last February our customer, CASES sent in their LP32 wall saw unit for service. while we service their unit, we lend them our loaner unit as they cannot stop the job.
as the construction finish, they need to remove the tower crane base so they can utilize the space for other usage. CASES got the job and use their LP32 to cut as the beams are very big and thick.


Hacking are very slow and as you can see, you need to cut the rebar later.


sent the repaired unit back to them. in front is our loaner unit.

the boss using the wall saw system. very easy eh boss?

DD EC 1 Overhead Coring

at 20th April 2009 i went to Bintulu to conduct a site training for Amalgamated Steel Sdn Bhd, a contractor installing downstream pipe at MNLG Bintulu. as a fact, it is impossible to do overhead coring as the water will flow down and going into the coring machine and electric shock can injure the operator, not to mention saying bye bye to the coring machine.
anyway, Hilti already develop a way to do overhead coring and for this case, for anchor holes, DDEC1 diamond coring machine is the best. featuring Top Spin technology, the coring is up to 50% faster than normal coring machine.
Hilti develop a system for the user to do overhead coring in such a way the user don't need to install drop in anchor or to use vacuum base fastening.
An extractable stand come with DDEC1 baseplate is used to fasten from bottom floor up to the upper floor where the user want to core. very fast adjustment and very less hassle to the user.
This is how the set up look like.

used with the DD REC1 water recycling unit that will supply, take the contaminated slurry, filter it and re use the water up to 50 holes.

use a ladder for easier access.

the job in MNLG Bintulu i cannot take picture as Oil & Gas facility is very strict on safety. you cannot bring in any spark inducing devices such as camera, mobile phone and such.

anyway the customer happy as this set up makes them work faster.

Alpine Pipe Diamond Coring

Last January there's a demand for coring from Alpine Pipe manufacturing factory. They need to core a lot of holes to accomodate new machines. Hilti TSR, Yvonne Chean already closed the sale of 1 unit DD200 with 23 units of DD-B 202 U4 core bit. so with the big number they buy, i'm showing myself to see everything is in order.

coring on floor slab 8"

stitch coring.
each point takes around 20 minutes as there was T25 rebar 2 layer. combination of consumables and great machine proves the best solution.

Jedok Granite Quarry Wire Sawing

At 0400 hour, i started the long journey to Kelantan to fulfil a job task: testing Hilti CH Wire at a granite quarry. the task is set up by Darryl Fong, Key Account Manager for Hilti Malaysia, you're the man, bro. if we succeed this task, we are blessed with infinite sales of diamond wire for the next 47 years. My task is solely to see if the wire are up to the quary standard. this is a new experience to me and to Hilti Malaysia generally as we never have experience on granite 100%. all we encounter all these time is concrete and this CH wire are the best for this application. now, its show time.
A windy and breezy morning greets me as i exit Kuala Kangsar PLUS exit and enter Jalan Grik - Pasir Puteh. I open the window and enjoy the breeze. You'll never get this at KL.

I stopped at one of the peak of the mountain road. Later i discover there are a better stop with better view but i'm driving too fast that time to stop.

Getting into the quarry, at last. After 8 hours driving, i still need to do some work before i can rest. Delivering the CH wire to the Site Manager. The granite hill greets me gracely.

Breakfast next morning. Ayam Bakar and Nasik Lemak. Really nice food. Kelantan is well known for their exotic food and i agree with the statement. You'll never get hungry here.


A granite block after finish cutting will be broken into smaller pieces. Seen here the worker are already drilled holes before they pouring the expansion mortar so the block will crack itself.

Some view. you can see also the smaller pieces ready for shipment.

Myself with Marini Quarry Sawing Machine. MAde In Italy. Price? Merc E200 Kompressor.

The granite that already sawed off. nice cut eh?

Overall picture of the setup. Be a distance away when the wire start cutting. safety precaution. Why? Leave Comment to ask, TQ.

Myself with smaller granite pieces. Even this small, it is 6-7 ton heavy.

About the performance, i need to wait until this friday before i get my answer. One cut used up 3 - 5 days. Damn, i never expect it will be this long. Roger and Out, i'm coming back at Wednesday, Dec 17 at 0200 hours.

Plus Crash Pole Installation

Last wednesday night i went to Sungai Buloh Plus Toll Booth as one of Hilti's customer, Nakhoda Construction are installing crash pole at the toll booth. you see, recently, there was a lot of accidents happening and they are crashing to the toll attendant and actually when a 10 tonne lorry come crashing to the toll booth, the attendant have no chance to escape.
1. he was busy and focusly attending current highway user who are paying so he are not aware of danger incoming.
2. to up and run from the toll booth in a few second is quite hard to do. the booth are small FYI.
so PLUS come with a solution, install a crash pole good enough to barricade the toll booth from potential danger. the fastening to the concrete structure was done with Hilti HSL Anchoring System.
The contractor using Hilti TE 70 Combi Hammer to drill the hole but bith a lot of reinforcement, they switch to Hilti DD EC 1 Diamond Coring Machine.
i'm there as Nakhoda encounter stuck core bit inside the concrete. this is a common problem as we never know what are we hitting inside the concrete.
I instruct them to put water hose inside the core bit and use a spanner to turn it side way until it can move. then only the removal can be done.
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