PROTEST: Malaysia examines Internet Filtering?

I just read this news from Reuters. It is quite a big shocking to me as Malaysia Barisan National Government is throwing another big stone to the water of democracy. As a faithful supporter of the opposition I understand the reason why the Government are planning to do so: To block and filter the message from opposition. On last Saturday, Malaysia Royal Police has arrested nearly 600 protesters in the capital city Kuala Lumpur for the rally of banning Internal Security Act (ISA). Will this be the next aggressive step that Barisan National Government is taking? According to the news in Reuters it seems might be true:

"Submissions are to be handed in by July or August. About four groups have tendered for this project," the source said.

This Internet filtering process is similar to the abandoned China "Green Dam" project, and if this happened - it will be the greatest failure to a so called "Democratic" Monarchy Country. Are you trying to follow the policy from a Communist country? This is another careless decision made by the ruling government, again.

Under the name of liberalism, I strictly protest the policy to filter internet content in Malaysia!

Background:
In 8th, March 2008, the greatest failure to the ruling government and its Alliance parties Barisan National where they lost the majority in the parliament and dominant in 5 states. At that time, the opporsition party fully utilized the resources over the Internet to advertise their propaganda to the nation.

Internal Security Act (ISA):
Under Internal Security Act 1960 in Malaysia, A person can be arrested without the need for trial in certain defined circumstances.

Ford Mustang GT

Classic, classic, classic. It is the classic American muscle car with fame on it. Ford Mustang GT, a car built by the founder of modern car: Ford. All of us has watched Transformer, and the Police car from Decepticon definitely was a flash in the movie, yes it is a Ford Mustang GT. These pictures are taken from Houston Richman Avenue, where Ford Mustang is pretty common here. The biggest different between the Mustang and GT version is the engine (V6 and V8), and the power of course. It was a great pleasure to see it on the road, hear the roaring from the engine by myself - it is damn fierce and the shape is very nice.

Look at the classic Mustang logo and the intake nose on top of the bonet.


It really looks like a cobra snake if you see in details.

Another view of this 300hp monster muscle car.


The 4.6L V8 engine is pretty heavy and you notice that the weight distribution is not that balance.

Ford Mustang GT Specification:

Drivetrain
Layout
Front Engine, RWD
Transmission
5-speed manual (Tremec 3650)
Final Drive Ratio
3.55:1
Front Brakes
316 (12.4 in) x 30 mm vented disc, twin-piston 43-mm floating aluminum calipers
Rear Brakes
300 (11.8 in) x 19 mm vented disc, single piston 43 mm floating iron calipers

Engine
Engine Type
90-degree SOHC 24V V-8
Displacement
4.6 Liters
Redline
6250 rpm
Horsepower
300 bhp @ 5750 rpm
Torque
320 lb-ft. @ 4500 rpm

Exterior
Curb Weight
3,356 lb.
Wheelbase
107.1 in.
Length
188.0 in.
Width
73.9 in.
Height
55.7 in.
Body Type
2+2, Coupe, Convertible or Glass Roof Coupe

Performance
0-60 mph
5.2 sec
Top Speed
149 mph
Fuel Economy
15 city /23 highway EPA est.

Mustang GT vs Fairlady 370z Smackdown

Saturn Sky Roadster

I went to Galleria, a big shopping center in Houston. Just entered the main entrance and this beautiful car is right in front of me. This is the first time I saw this car maker called Saturn, and this is their sports car: Saturn Sky, what a name and I believe with the specification it can shoot you up high to the blue sky. Powered by 2.0L turbocharge engine the max horsepower is 260@5300rpm. This is awesome for an American car where you seldom see such "low" cc. Their philosophy is more to like Lotus where they are more concerntrating on power to ratio. To my surprise, it is actually a division under the big name General Motor (GM), and it is the biggest customer for my company, EDS...

Nice roadster and the aerodynamic shape is absolutely solid.

The tail light is sharp and fierce looking, with squarish twin mufflers plus the rear diffuser which is the current trend for sports car.

Projectile head light in front, it has all the trendy fassionable items with her.

The steering is not that nice to hold, plus it is a left hand drive and the transmission is Aisin 5-speed manual close-ratio with self-adjusting clutch Manual. Not bad huh.

Feel statisfied to see such a nice car!

Bought My Levi's at only $39.90

That's 100% original Levi's 511 Skinny. I am not sure how much is in Malaysia but 2 words: Damn cheap! After the tax and convertion rate is around RM150, which is at least Rm100 cheaper. They have Levi's 501 at $39.90 as well.

Wanna get it? Come U.S, things are really worth buying here.

There are some nice NIKE shoes where you cannot see it in Malaysia.

Long Long Limos

Yeap, I am going to show some awesome pics that I took on last weekend. These cars are so long until I don't even know how they are going to make a turn, or avoid any unwanted traffic on the road. They are called Limousines or Limos, which is a type of passenger cars that booked by people for attending ceremony or party.

If you are wondering how long can it be.. erm.. don't be surprise.


It can be this long...


This long...

Even for the Hummer! That's absolutely crazy! I thought it was a photoshop thingy when saw it over the internet, until I see it, then I believe it.

Things in US is big.. and long.. everything!

A Snapshot in Houston Downtown

Since this is our first weekend in Houston, we decided to go downtown to feel the city. Lucky enough, the place where we are staying has a train station to go downtown, just need to pay $1.25 and you can go all the stops that you want. We reached downtown at 6pm, and found everyone is leaving the city.. wtf? Actually in western country their city is closing at 5-6pm. We stop at the main street and start walking without any direction.

This street is still "breathing" after we keep walking and searching around.

A church in the city, old but match the theme well.


Saw a clock at the traffic light.


This is a clock tower where it is still running by the old mechanism, without battery.

This is a street with some bars, during our walk we found out there are a lof of shops have been close down. We never know the economy downturn hit US so badly until we saw it.


This is nice bar with good view of the street, but where is the people?


More bars on the streets, just not enough smell of people.


I guess the fast food culture is everywhere in US, because you can see McDonald's, Subway and some Pizza shops almost everywhere.


I guess this is the tallest tower in Houston, JPMorgan Chase Tower.

It is this tall.. according to a German tourist, you can have a full view of Houston downtown here. Unfortunately it is closed when we reached there.

This is the train we are talking about, it is clean and nice. A police was standing in the train and checked our tickets when we came to downtown.

We stop at the Pizza shop, and have a Corona then went back to uptown.

Papasito Mexicano

We decided to go for Mexican food today, and there is one nearby, so here it is: Papasito, a famous mexican restaurant in uptown.

The waiter handed me the menu once we sit down, the menu looks like a mars language to me man, really don't understand what it means. Hunter explained to me and I decided to have Fajitas as my lunch, I ordered "small" and here it is:

You think that's it? No no no.. remember, it is U.S here, so you got this:

This is Hunter's lunch:

It was empty when we came, but it was jam pack after an hour.

People in Texas just like food ya :)