Miss World 2007, Zhang Zi Lin!

Since the Miss World pageant was founded in 1951, the titleholder was never won by People’s Republic of China’s beauty queen before.

Great news is the 57th Miss World crown is finally won by 23 years old young beauty, Zi Lin Zhang from PR of China yesterday at Sanya, Hainan Province, China.

The new Miss World Zhang Zilin, was born in Shi Jia Zhuang City in Hebei province. She is a 182cm tall. She attended the University of Science & Technology and attained a Degree in Business Administration. She is working as a company secretary. She is an athlete, likes travel and movies. Her favourite food is; fruit, chocolate, and ice cream. Zi Lin’s personal motto is “Where there’s a will there’s a way”.

Her poise, intelligence and her quick-minded and convincing comment, in English, impressed the judges and the world on why she should be crowned.

“I’m now standing on the stage of Miss World because 1.3 billion people in China support me. The Beijing Olympic Games will be held next year. If I become Miss World, I want to be the link between the Miss World Organisation and the world and to use the power and beauty to support those in need,” said Zhang. She received her crown from outgoing winner Tatana Kucharova.

Congratulation, Miss Zhang Zi Lin.

The Truth Is Finally Out!

While on my way to Seremban this morning, my Toyota’s customer service called me. They confirmed that my car jerking was due to the petrol problem. They have withdrawn the sample for me so that I could make a complaint to the petrol station. However, they told me that if I have pumped V-Power, the colour of the fuel supposed to be blue & not red.

So, I called up Shell Customer Service to check the details needed for lodging a complaint to Shell. The CS also confirmed that the fuel color for V-Power is blue. So what have I filled it in to my car? Seriously, I was confused. The receipt was inside m car. I will have to check it when I’m back to the workshop.

Haha… I’m like a superstar in Toyota. All their staffs were looking at me. I followed the CS to their service bay & they showed me the bottle of fuel that gotten from my car. All the foremen came to me. When I checked my petrol receipt, then I see this RM 1.88/litre. Then I know that I have made a huge mistake. This is not V-Power price (RM 2.15/litre). The fuel is called as Regular. Ah…. How can this be? The repair quotation from Toyota is not cheap either. RM 1300+ for changing the filter pump, fuel pump, spark plugs & labour cost.

I have no concrete reasons to complain to the petrol station now. What a price that I have to pay for making such a silly mistake! But I don’t understand why Shell uses the same pump handler for both V-Power & Regular. My friends told me that there is a note on top stating it is VP or Regular one. I’m not trying to push the blame to Shell, but logically, for those who can’t read, they can only recognize the colour, right? Anyway, I will convey this message to Shell for their improvement. Who knows one fine day when you bumped into the petrol kiosk, you’ll notice the change in the handler for the Regular pump. Haha… please remember who is the heroine behind ya.

My uncle who is a mechanic has advised me to refill my tank after finishing the existing culprit. He asked me not to waste money changing the pump. I double confirmed with my brother’s mechanic & he told me the same thing as well. So I immediately called up Toyota to stop the parts ordering.

I made a little research from the web. Shell is the pioneer to go 100% unleaded in 1999. So the fuel that I got into my car is Formula Shell Regular Unleaded (92 Octane). Toyota Vios recommended octane is 93. So what does octane mean? A lower octane rating means less power only. It will not harm your engine but only sluggish a bit. But some also said that it is not good for Electronic Fuel Injection (EFI) as it will clog up the sensors. Another suggestion given by the car expert is you can buy a bottle of octane booster with the money saved and regain some power.

Anyway, I have concluded that I will not use V-Power anymore unless the handler is changed. Haha….

Huey Jin, Uncle Sam, Chin Nee, Stephanie & Emila, thousand apologies for the wrong information given & thanks for the concerns. I feel so shameful now. ;-P

He Has Landed in The Ward!

I am so unlucky today. After having lunch with my friends at Melaka Raya, I decided to feed my car's stomach at Shell petrol kiosk at Bandar Hilir. I usually go to Shell petrol kiosk at Semabok. However, due to the urgent signal given by my car, I have no choice but to find the nearest station. I paid RM 73 for V-power as I will be travelled to Seremban tomorrow.

After collecting back my stock from a clinic near Munshi Abdullah, I continued my journey to Ong Kim Wee. While driving, I can feel my car jerking. Then I stopped opposite my brother's pharmacy. Oh no... He was so restless. His heart is pumping slower and slower. What is happening? Please.... please don't do that to me! Should I call an ambulance?

So I S.O.S. my brothers. Godzila (my elder brother) called his mechanic. Uncle mechanic came after 20 mins time. He suspected that it might due to the spark plug. So he drove my 'beloved' to his hospital.

Of course I called BB to manja2 lor. After telling him the entire story, he told me that this jerk might also caused by the mixture of the petrol with water. Hmm.. make sense too.

About 7pm, I received a piece of bad news from brother Ralph. Uncle mechanic failed to rescue 'my love' and has asked us to send it to the service center. He changed the spark plug, he tested with his high-tech computer, he thought of all the possible problems & he concluded that the culprit must be the petrol!!

I was so frustrated with such unethical behaviour. Though petrol price is high, do you think that it is right to earn max profit by cheating the customers? I definitely going to lodge a complaint to Shell later. BB called again & advised me to get the report from Toyota first. Then only officially lodge the complaint to Shell. 2 possibilities; the petrol kiosk owner really mixes their petrol with kerosene (according to uncle mechanic, they just recently changed owner) or during their recent renovation, the water was kept inside. BB always acts so calmly when it comes to problem solving.

I will see what is the investigation outcome from Toyota tomorrow. Then I will share it with you all, ya. Folks, to prevent this incident to happen again, please visit those reputable petrol kiosk, ok.

Blue Ribbon Campaign for Childhood Cancer

According to our Health Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Chua Soi Lek that at least 3 children are diagnosed with cancer every day in our country. The saddest case is when the parents has refused to face the fact that their child is disgnosed with cancer. They even went to seek for their the treatment from the bomoh or sensei. As such, the child was delayed for treatment & it worsen their disease state. I believe it only happened in the rural areas due to their poor knowledge towards the diseases.

Have you heard of Blue Ribbon Campaign? It is a campaign that create the awareness of child cancer in Malaysia. BRC also helps the affected children and their families, particularly those with financial crisis by raising funds for treatment & help grant wishes of the ill kids.

We have given our support to Blue Ribbon Campaign by planting a wish in Rainbow of Life Forces. Do you wish to plant a wish to? Besides, with the 100,000 coin boxes, you can also make a donation at Celcom outlets, CIMB or selected media organization to help in the fund raising program.

"We Are Here For You Every Step Of The Way."

Tsunami Warnings!

I came accross this news from Astro's 11pm news. The magnitude of the quake was at 8.4 & it happened in the east of Indonesia's Sumatra island. Tsunami warnings were issued by Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry .

I didn't really bother with it until I received a pc of sms from Chloe. It said that tsunami will hit on Melaka 2 hours later after the quake. Then I correlated it with my dream 2 nights ago.

I dreamt that a group of us is going for a mountain expedition. I were excited at first. But the excitement has turned to miserable. I was told that there is a part where we will require to swim to reach the destination. Ah.... how could it be possible? I can't swim. If I don't go, then I will be alone. If I go, I will die. I was filled with fear & I was crying there..... till I woke up from this nightmare.

Haha... so is this a sign that I will be hit by this tsunami as well? While thinking, I fell asleep again! No wonder BB calls me as piggy. :)