Can we anticipate classic encounter between the British and Italian clubs this year of Champion League? sure we can with recent draw which was been held in Swiss.

Liverpool will meet Real Madrid, Manchester United face Inter Milan, Chelsea tackle Juventus and Arsenal are up against Roma in the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League. Friday’s draw in Nyon, Switzerland, has produced a host of mouth-watering ties, with Rafa Benitez’s men tackling nine-times European champions Real, who are now under the stewardship of former Spurs boss Juande Ramos.

Sir Alex Ferguson will lock horns with Jose Mourinho once again after the Champions League holders were drawn against Inter Milan. Ferguson and Mourinho enjoyed numerous managerial duels during the Portuguese’s time at Chelsea, while his celebratory sprint along the Old Trafford touchline in 2004 while in charge of Porto remains an iconic image.

Claudio Ranieri, who managed Chelsea from 2000 to 2004, will return to Stamford Bridge next year with his current charges Juventus. The Blues are determined to go one better than last season’s final heartbreak having suffered penalty agony in the Moscow rain against United.

Arsenal are the third Premier League side to be drawn against Italian opposition, with Roma the opponents for Arsene Wenger’s men.The Serie A side topped Group A ahead of Chelsea and will have home advantage in the second leg against the Gunners.The remaining fixtures see Villarreal up against Panathinaikos, Sporting Lisbon tackle Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid meet Porto and Lyon face Barcelona.

Champions League full draw

Chelsea v Juventus

Villarreal v Panathinaikos

Sporting Lisbon v Bayern Munich

Atletico Madrid v FC Porto

Lyon v Barcelona

Real Madrid v Liverpool

Arsenal v Roma

Inter Milan v Manchester United

Ties to be played on 24th/25th February and 10th/11th March.

 

It’s a GOOD NEWS for now since the crude oil price goes down almost every day and because the Government has decided on the floatation mechanism to determine fuel prices. Domestic, Trade and Consumer Affairs minister Datuk Shahrir Samad announced this here today. He had said then that consumers should brace for the decision of having a managed floatation mechanism for oil prices based on market rates and the Government would also continue to make monthly or twice weekly reviews of global fuel prices and adjust pump prices accordingly.

Shahrir also had said many aspects had to be looked into before finalising the issue, including generating revenue for the Government and providing stronger purchasing power to consumers. He had said if consumers were keen on the Government to have a free float mechanism, they may want it now as oil prices were down and would not be happy when prices go up.

Consumers also will not pay more than RM2.70 per litre for petrol next year even if global prices of crude oil escalate as the Government had decided on the ceiling price during last week’s Cabinet meeting.

 

 

Utusan dan Berita Harian melaporkan  yang penduduk menafikan terdapatnya kasino beroperasi di kawasan perumahan mewah Bukit Antarabangsa. Ini adalah berdasarkan laporan yang mengatakan ada segelintir yang melihat penduduk membawa peti wang tunai dalam jumlah yang banyak semasa kejadian runtuhan tanah berlaku. 

Pada pendapat Renjuna, tohmahan terdapatnya kasino merupakan satu perbuatan tidak bermoral kerana walaupun ada sekalipun, ianya bukan jaminan berlakunya tanah runtuh kerana kejadian tersebut adalah kuasa Allah yang maha Kuasa.  Sebenarnya apa-apa ang berlaku telah diceritakanNya ; contohnya saya masih teringat yang pada masa belajar dahulu, pensyarah subjek Struktur (untuk Civil Eng) ada menyatakan yang BS Standard yang digunakan semasa merekabentuk atau pengiraan kekuatan sesuatu struktur bukan-lah satu jaminan kerana seorang jurutera harus berfikir lebih luas daripada itu (think outside the box).

Kerana subjek Struktur tadilah Renjuna mengetahui yang gunung dan bukit ini diciptakan oleh Allah swt sebagai Pasak Bumi, pengikat atau penahan bagi mengelakkan bumi ini tidak stabil. Pn Rodhiah, pensyarah ketika itu walaupun memberi ingatan secara lewa, ianya kekal dalam CPU otak saya mengenai Firman Allah swt iaitu:-

“(Mengapa kamu ragu-ragukan kekuasaan Kami menghidupkan semula orang-orang yang telah mati?) Bukankah Kami telah menjadikan bumi (terbentang luas) sebagai hamparan?
Dan gunung-ganang sebagai pancang pasaknya?”
(An-Naba’:6-7)”

“Dan gunung-ganang pula dikukuhkan letaknya (di bumi, sebagai pancang pasak yang menetapnya); (Semuanya itu) untuk kegunaan kamu dan binatang-binatang ternak kamu.”
(An-Naazi’aat:32-33)

Begitulah hebatnya Ayat-ayat yang terbitnya lebih 1400 tahun dahulu yang masih relevan untuk kita jadikan iktibar atau panduan kehidupan. Terdapat banyak lagi ayat-ayat yang boleh kita jadikan panduan dan antaranya ialah:-

“Dan Kami telah menjadikan di bumi gunung-ganang yang menetapnya, supaya bumi itu tidak menggegar mereka; dan Kami jadikan padanya celah-celah sebagai jalan-jalan lalu-lalang, supaya mereka dapat sampai kepada mencapai keperluan rohani dan jasmani.”
(Al-Anbiya’:31)

Dan Ia mengadakan di bumi gunung-ganang yang menetapnya supaya ia tidak menghayun-hayunkan kamu; dan Ia mengadakan sungai-sungai serta jalan-jalan lalu lalang, supaya kamu dapat sampai ke matlamat yang kamu tuju.” (An-Nahl:15)

“Ia menciptakan langit dengan tidak bertiang sebagaimana yang kamu melihatnya; dan Ia mengadakan di bumi gunung-ganang yang menetapnya supaya bumi itu tidak menghayun-hayunkan kamu; dan Ia biakkan padanya berbagai jenis binatang. Dan Kami menurunkan hujan dari langit, lalu Kami tumbuhkan di bumi berbagai jenis tanaman yang memberi banyak manfaat.”
(Luqman:10)

Itulah antara Ayat-ayat Allah yang boleh dijadikan panduan dan mungkin ada banyak lagi dan untuk itu bolehlah bertanyakan Ustaz-ustaz.  

Selain daripada itu, kurangnya ‘Maintenance’ atau ‘Penyelenggaraan’ ; perkataan yang pada hemah Renjuna merupakan mungkin penyumbang utama berlakunya kemalangan harta benda ini. Terdapat penduduk di kawasan perumahan Bukit Antarabangsa mengakui yang tidak terdapatnya pengairan yang sempurna  di kawasan tersebut. Hong Kong yang muka buminya berbukit bukau dan bergunung ganang serta mempunyai lebih banyak bangunan pencakar langit kerana kekurangan kawasan bertanah jarang mengalami kemalangan seperti yang berlaku di Bukit Antarabangsa. Telahan pula Hong KOng berada dalam kawasan lingkaran gempa bumi/gunung berapi (lebih dekat berbanding Malaysia). Betullah seperti saya pelajari ; ‘ Maintenance Matters are the last subject to be discussed during the meeting, AND the first one shall be slashed-off if company has budget constraint.

Akhir kata; Salam Takziah kepada mangsa dan semoga peristiwa ini memberi iktibar dan pengajaran kepada kita semua. 

 

Rujukan : Petikan Ayat Al Quran dr mendidik.blogspot

 

I’ve read the news of the first day of operations at the new Sultan Iskandar Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) complex was marred by massive traffic congestion. The congestion involved traffic into Johor that snaked all the way to Woodlands in Singapore during peak hours due to motorists being caught off guard that the toll collection system at the complex was cashless.

Many motorists especially Singaporeans did not know that they were required to use Touch ‘n Go cards at the new complex in Bukit Cagar. The congestion did not ease much despite PLUS officials being stationed at the complex entrance to sell RM20 cards on the spot to motorists. Counters were also set up at the old checkpoint to help assist them. Notices were also placed at Woodlands informing motorist about the bad traffic congestion entering Malaysia.

CIQ or KIK… what’s so special about this... actually the Project Execution Plan for this project was developed by me and my collegue at that time  ie Mr Wong.. He (Wong more focus to Scheduled and my parts are on Quality and Project Implementation Manual. During that time I was stationed at Plant Construction Project in Putrajaya and out of nowhere my previous company has been awarded this contract to built CIQ from Gerbang Perdana. Having experiences on the project starting-up have made my GM at that time pushed me to transfer to JB but I’d more interested for KL-PUTRAJAYA-PUCHONG-KAJANG-DENGKIL’s life at that time. So, at the end I’ve to help the project team to develop all the necessary docs required for the project to start-off which was settled b me within a month. (Actually I just copy and paste and ammend accordingly from other project…. hehehe)

Now it’s officially running ..  sedikit rasa bangga in my heart eventhough I’d only played a small part on this project.

 

Proton has refuted claims that the cost to maintain its Perdana model was high and reiterated that the fee charged was reasonable. In a statement here Tuesday, Proton said the maintenance cost-effectiveness of a car depended largely on regular servicing at authorised service centres every three months or every 5,000km or as recommended by the manufacturer.

It said the mileage per year and the driver’s driving habits would also determine the car’s maintenance cost. According to the statement, each regular service was normally in the RM200 range. This included oil filter and labour but excluded parts and components, mechanical failure and collision repairs.  It added the typical mileage for a car under normal usage was between 20,000km and 30,000km per year and average total maintenance cost is estimated to be at RM2,300, based on records collated from authorised service dealers and branches. However, it said, cars older than four years that were heavily used without proper and regular servicing would incur higher maintenance cost.

I am quite agree with the statement that the cost is low if we compare to continental and japan’s  car but the frequency of break down cases are high for Proton Cars. I’m using Wira since 2001 and sadly to say that my power window problems occured every now and then and i ‘d forgot how many times that i’d repaired it. I think more than ten times already. The other things that makes me irritated is how the Proton service centre operates. The level of courtesy-ness is low and some of them look unprofessional because i have met one Proton technician with a hair likes  Slash of Guns and Roses.

I’d know that their CEO tried his best to improve the standard of Proton and hope he can do better than what Steve Jobs has done to APPLE. After all only Proton is the only one proven car-maker in SEA and pleaseeeee make us Malaysian proud and hopefully starting with new MPV model early next year.

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