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re this life re this life attention the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off due to budget cuts we apologise for any inconvenience caused sunday february 22 2009 hey there constant reader those of you who know me personally will know that farah s coming home at the end of april sigh another two whole months of eating my own cooking sigh anyway i ve recently started scouting out potential cars to buy in the next 6 months well she will be needing a car by the time she starts working in september and i thought it d be nice if i could buy her a car as a birthday present sometime in august since she wanted something small ish sporty and in her own words bukan macam kereta roti ban e g kelisa suzuki swift etc i ve somewhat narrowed down the criteria to these 1 priced up to myr100 000 2 bukan macam roti ban 3 safety features must include airbags abs ebd 4 sporty the cars i m thinking about currently are peugeot 308 vti honda city i vtec honda civic civic hybrid okay these are above myr100k but they re an exception fiat bravo no idea what the price is proton satria neo cps toyota vios suzuki swift despite the ban ness so today i trundled along jalan bangsar after zohor prayers and decided to stop by the peugeot showroom seems i m in luck a couple had just finished with the test drive 308 vti model and in the space it took to say man that car s bigger than i thought it was i was strapped in the driver s seat grinning from ear to ear i can t help it i love european cars i know the resale value is pretty limited but heck first impressions were good the car s a bit bigger than i had expected from the pictures i ve seen sliding effortlessly into the driver s seat it seems that the dashboard was pretty well designed conveying an impression of sporty elegance and spaciousness ac vents five of em in front two at the back were well styled reminding me of a mini cooper speaking of mini s the engine of the 308 vti is the same as the latest generation mini due to the engine being a collaboration between peugeot and bmw coming back to the driver s seat perspective the seat position was pretty high making me feel like i m driving an suv this allowed for a clear view of the road and i did not notice substantial blindspots during the test drive unlike the massive b pillar obstruction on my bmw 118i i m sure the seat is adjustable for those preferring a more cockpit ty feel but for lady drivers i think they d appreciate the extra visibility one gets from the 308 especially when parking the butt heavy beast speaking of safety the 308 vti s packed with what i need 4 airbags front only abs eba ebd auto rear hazard lights on emergency braking 2 isofix points the saleswoman claimed there were three isofix points for baby seats at the back but i noticed in the official specs brochure that there was only two still it s better than most cars the drive was smooth with the engine purring through the kl roads at 120 hp 6 000 rpm and torque of 160 nm 4 250 rpm it was no slouch but still it struggled a bit going uphill at bukit pantai compared to the beemer mind you most cars in its class would struggle there anyway having said that one would have to keep revving the car at a pretty high rate to enjoy the torque i didn t get the chance to drive the turbo version but with a whopping 240nm of torque 1 400 rpm i think it s safe to say that performance wise the turbo version kicks the vti a big time steering was nice and tight it did not feel too light although i did not feel much steering feedback as i would have liked braking was also too light for my liking and i had to adjust my usual braking style to the 308 my usual leaden footed gimme all you got braking manoeuvre would have resulted in a messy rear ender in about 5 seconds flat rear seats were sufficient definitely bigger legroom than my current car rear ac vents is cool no longer will i hear requests like can you adjust the ac to the back please bootspace is a substantial 430 litres smaller than the city but sufficient for most purposes overall i like this car the vti may be underpowered to a certain degree but maybe i m used to more powerful cars it s all subjective at the end of the day anyway i think the resale value for this car is going to be better than most pugs given its increasing popularity more so the turbo version than the vti i think and at myr96 500 on the road price it won t burn a hole in your pocket financing package up to 90 loan 2 5 2 7 well not as big a hole as a jazz anyway next up the 2009 honda city posted by ahmad at 4 32 pm 2 comments saturday january 17 2009 time for a revamp dear constant reader are there any of you left by now after all this time i ve just realised that i have not blogged for more than a year good grief where have i been truthfully many things have happened in what seems to be the blink of an eye albeit one very long drawn out super extended err blink i got married went on a honeymoon sent my wife back to dublin okay only as far as klia moved to standard poor s picked up my wife from dublin okay only as far as klia went to china came back from china sent my wife back to dublin okay only as far as wait stop pointing the gun at me joined a gym and tried very hard to play futsal last night i ve also discovered how supremely unfit i actually am it is hard enough trying to kick the bloody ball when you lack the basic eye to feet to teammate coordination in my case it usually turns out to be eye to feet to grinning opposition at the expense of glaring teammate coordination and all the general trappings one would require to be a decent futsal player it is pretty near impossible when you re trying to breathe through the equivalent of three blow s worth of snot stuck somewhere between your heaving screaming lungs and that gob of meat between your watering squinting eyes they must ve invited me to play simply for the sheer comedic value yes that must be it anyway constant reader i m back let s hope it s for good this time posted by ahmad at 3 25 am no comments sunday january 06 2008 submission an english translation of muhammad ubaid s ilaika which is a beautiful expression of love and hope for allah in my opinion this translation is imperfect and does not do it any justice given it s an english translation of a malay translation of ubaid s nasyeed which in turn is based on the original arabic text from imam shafi e s diwan al shafi e any weakness is on my part alone but you get the idea sniff thanks to mashie for the malay translation from arabic i submit my hopes to you o lord of all creation though i am o the provider most generous a sinner when my heart is hardened and my life is constricted i turn to my submission as the way to your pardon thus when you the all forgiving wipe clean my continuing sins your gift and your clemency is a boon and an exaltation to me is it not you who nourishes me guides me therefore cease not your benevolence and bounty to me may those who have obtained excellence forgive me my trespass and parade not my wrongdoings and things that have passed should you forgive me o lord absolve me of my treachery my injustice that will be pardoned not on the day when grief is recollected but should you recompense my wrongs with your torment still i will not lose hope even as my trespass lands me in the fire he is the one who speaks only in remembrance of his lord and when he is with others in this world he is silent thus he says o my love you are the one i beseech to on whom i place my faith enough is you for those in need for their dependence and their pleas thus i defend my love though they be tainted with worldly lust thus i protect this promise of devotion marred though they may be in my waking moments i pine for you in my slumber i hope for you walking beside me full of hope thus though my sins are mountainous then and now far greater and more illustrious is your compassion to your servants posted by ahmad at 5 46 pm no comments saturday september 29 2007 message in a bottle dear reader i hope this message finds you well and safe safe from the horrors that leave me awake at night every single tick of the clock magnified a thousandfold into the beating of an undead heart booming overriding any impulse nor desire for sleep you see dear readers i am haunted there it is said and done i will now await the men bearing chains and a straitjacket he is mad they say yet they know not i will prove them wrong behold gentle readers the demon that haunts me i believe it prefers the shape of a very studious and analytically minded green frog thing as the following picture shows it started haunting me even back in my old accommodations always watching always waiting curse ye ye demon from the depths of madness post scriptum the author of the above note has since been incarcerated for his own safety oddly he keeps mentioning the green demon is awaiting the return of the yellow angel for some assuredly strange reason i think reads genghis khan life death reincarnation by john man posted by ahmad at 1 16 pm 1 comment wednesday september 12 2007 ramadhan hi there constant readers hooray it s that time of the year again yup ramadhan the fasting month for muslims world wide in and of itself the month is a special one however over the last couple of years it s significance has really grown on me it is in this month that one recharges one s spiritual batteries for the rest of the year and boy do i need some recharging ramadhan mubarak dear readers may this be the best ramadhan ever for you posted by ahmad at 10 37 pm no comments wednesday august 15 2007 ships and power generators don t mix dear constant reader how have you been i know it s been a while since i updated this blog but in the meantime a lot of things have been happening just so you know i ve settled into my job here at nomura halfway through my coverage passed my licensing exams already so should not be long before i get my aforesaid license managed to spectacularly fail cfa level ii note to self find your studying hat and dump it on your noggin please bought farah s wedding ring and other miscellaneous jewellery to go along with it moved to a new place actually just the apartment one floor up which incidentally has air conditioning yay the marvels of modern technology etc etc oh yeah i ve also bought a house in rawang now before any of you decide to pipe up and scream rawang that s like in the county next to the traffic sign and up the ramp that leads to the middle of nowhere malaysia i do freely admit that it s miles from anywhere however i kind of like it that way i don t really want my children to grow up in kl i m a kampung guy at heart and as much as you try to outrun it you can never really escape who you truly are so i long for the clear skies tall shady trees streets unspoilt by the roar of speeding cars open spaces where my children can roll around on the grass and get scruffy while farah who will be mrs ahmad by then insya allah nags them to death for soiling their newly washed pants while i watch with a smile knowing that i ll soon have to reproach the boys in front of their mother of course i was the one who gave them permission to roll around in the first place but their mother doesn t need to know that oopss amidst this complex web we weave every single day with every single person that we meet i long for a simpler life i yearn for that which makes me whole not money i certainly have enough of that not style i think i m adequately endowed when it comes to that not love i am lucky enough to be loved unconditionally by the woman of my dreams i long for peace to be honest luckily ramadhan is around the corner a chance to find peace and seek solace from the eternal love once again reads the war of the world niall ferguson posted by ahmad at 6 40 pm no comments tuesday june 26 2007 a month of brain rotting hey there constant reader i have officially resigned from deutsche bank although my last day will be this friday june 29th friends acquaintances who would like to celebrate this closing of a chapter in my life are more than welcome to a round of drinks somewhere in klcc but please bring your own credit card by the by i will be joining nomura securities as a research analyst from aug 1 one whole month s worth of free time actually when you consider the fact that i have to sit for my sc exams and also find time to get my wedding stuff sorted although the wedding itself is due in july next year this is probably the only window i have to get things sorted before then and also get up to speed with my coverage i do not think i ll have that much time to rot my brains away to be honest farah s back in town yay mood happy reads how to win friends influence people dale carnegie posted by ahmad at 4 21 pm 2 comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom about me ahmad at the end of the day i m not that complex you know view my complete profile oil gas journal online articles in general 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