Dubai Rotating Tower a.k.a Dynamic Tower

When I was driving to work today, I heard the radio news about Dubai Rotating Tower. I was like, "well, another rotating tower...." and it further stated that each floor rotates independently at different speeds. What?!! It's like out of the world thing for me. When I reached my office, I googled and I found 40,300 sites about Dubai Rotating Tower. When I first saw the picture, it is indeed an architectural marvelous. Here's what I got from the Official Site.

The Dynamic Tower in Dubai is the first Building in Motion to be constructed in the world, and it will herald a new era of architecture and become a symbol of Dubai, the city of the future.

The developer is Rotating Tower Dubai Development Limited of Dynamic Group.

Created by revolutionary architect Dr. David Fisher, the mixed use Dynamic Tower offers infinite design possibilities, as each floor rotates independently at different speeds, resulting in a unique and ever evolving structure that introduces a fourth dimension to architecture, Time.
The Dynamic Tower in Dubai will have 80 floors, and will be 420 meters (1,380 feet) tall, Apartments will range in size from 124 square meters (1,330 square feet), to Villas of 1,200 square meters (12,900 square feet) complete with a parking space inside the apartment. the first 20 floors will be an offices, floors 21 to 35 will be a luxury hotel, floor 36 through 70 will be residential apartments, and the top 10 floors will be luxury villas located in a prime location in Dubai, it is destined to become the most prestigious building in the city.

The far right picture; look like a Lego, right?

The Dynamic Tower in Dubai will be the first skyscraper to be entirely constructed in a factory from prefabricated parts, it will require only 600 people in the assembly facility and 80 technicians on the construction site instead of 2,000 workers on a similar size traditional construction site, Construction is scheduled to be completed by 2010.

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum ruler of Dubai and Vice President of the United Arab Emirates, is considered by many to be a true visionary of the future, Dr. Fisher's dreams for the Dynamic Tower in Dubai were inspired by His Highness who said “Do not wait for the future to come to you…face the future.”

Let's face the future together and you know what? A few more similar towers coming up. I think feng shui enthusiasts staying in this kind of building will have problem determining their best "directions" for them, right? Perhaps another topic to discuss about it.

Btw, in case you are drooling and interested in getting one of the unit? Click here to get at least the brochure.

Wondering how the tower(s) rotate? Click here and also video from AP news agency below.



Enjoy and keep drooling....

Tan Hong Ming In Love

There's something about this ad; Petronas Merdeka 2007 titled "Tan Hong Ming In Love" from Leo Burnett/Arc Worldwide Malaysia, directed by its creative director and film maker Yasmin Ahmad. So far, the Tan Hong Ming commercial has won 21 awards internationally for the last 12 months. The latest is at the 55th Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival in France, which ended on Sunday (22-June-08).




My say on this ad, "Cute, Adorable & Sweet".

The Men's Rules

We, Men always bombarded by Women's Rules and in most cases, we have to bow to them in protest. If you google enough, you'll see lots of lots of Women's Rules out there!! We, Men must have our own rules but how to make even a single one? Luckily for me, a female guardian angel sent me an email on Men's rules. These rules are all numbered "1" ON PURPOSE!! Yes, all the rules are No. 1, no compromise!



No worries, no problems, errr.... CHEERS!!

Loadout Of MDA Jacket Structure

To all gentle readers and friends, this posting is to show you how loadout of offshore structure being performed using boogie method. The clip here shows the Loadout of MDA Jacket which took place at Oilfab Sdn Bhd’s fabrication yard, Pulau Indah, Selangor, Malaysia on the 15-June-2008.

For your information, Loadout is a process whereby materials, equipments or structures are transferred from the ground onto the carrier, i.e. transportation barge for shipment assisted by tug boat to offshore for installation at the designated location.

Enjoy the show... Cheers

Melaka....My Unplanned Trip (Part 2)

It’s was already 3 p.m. when we reached Melaka and it took us about 1.5 hours just to do the Jonker Walk in my Part 1 posting. Then we decided to move on the other part of the city as quick as possible so that we don’t reached home too late!!! Hahaha...very rushing, huh?? Random pictures of another version of my "what you see is what you get".

Ah....the great A’Famosa. No matter how many times you come here, you’ll take picture probably at the same spot and said "here I come again". Well, this is one of the most photographed landmark in Melaka.

This is the remains of Santiago Bastion which was unearthed during the construction of Dataran Pahlawan. Too bad beneath it, rubbish were thrown by some irresponsible people.

The Becas of Stadthuys Square. Just behind the Tower Clock.

The Becas of Jalan Kota in front of the famous A’famosa.

This way up to St. Paul’s Hill..... it’s a pity that my in-law cannot go up.

I’m grateful that I still can climb on these steps up to the hill.

Well, the steps lead to this place, St. Paul Church. You know where I took this picture from...right?

The name “Christ Church Melaka”, 1753. It’s one of the most photographed landmarks. I managed to get “rid” on the people around this area (about 200++ minimum), like I was alone there. Great, right?

We saw this at the river quay. What an interesting structure.

This is the most famous ship in the city. The Portuguese Galleon (Replica or "Flor de la Mar"). Vital Statistic? Height – 34m, Length – 36m & Width – 8m.

Next to the ship you will find Maritime Museum and we found a friend inside.

The our one and only Hang Tuah...

Me : Hi...

Hang Tuah : (mute)

Me : Can take picture or not?

Hang Tuah : (mute)

Me : ...... (camera snapping). Thks

Hang Tuah : (mute)

Me : ...... (run!!!)

We wanted to go up there, but the queue was too long and we were running out of time.

We wanted to cruise the river, but it was fully booked and we have to wait for two hours to get the next cruise. No way lah..... next time may be.

It’s now 6:30 p.m. All of us felt very tired. Lots of places we skipped and foregone . My mother in-law legs were shivering (long walk you know). So, we walked slowly toward where we parked our car on the “legal” parking bay. You know what? We saw a piece of paper between the windscreen and the wiper. Tadaaa..... a summon of RM30 from the MBMB.

Wife : What is that?

Me : Summon (congratulation ticket) lah.....

Wife : Why got summon one?

Me : I don’t know..

Wife : Why you don’t know one...you never check meh?

Me : How do I know lah...rushing trip mah.

Wife :........

Wife : So how?

Me : What?

Wife : Pay or not?

Me : Offer RM30 payment until 21^st June 2008 wor...

Wife : Then?

Me : Pay RM50 after that....

Wife : If not....

Me : Errr.....not mentioned. But they strike out the court action wor.

Wife : So how? Now cannot pay, all closed shop already.

Me : Can pay money order.... want to pay or not?



We are still thinking.........



Btw, we reached home around 11:oo p.m.

Lessons learnt from this trip.

1. Plan your trip.


2. Stay at least for three days. Best time to go on Thursday, Friday & Saturday (For the crowd)


3. Know the rules & regulations


4. Enjoy

Malaysia Fuel Rebate - 6 Easy Steps

Malaysia car owners can now get their rebate to any of the 683 post offices. The following graphical diagram shows the way.

Graphic : Courtesy from The Star

Click the following links for more information :

Rebate in three minutes
Making it fast and easy for vehicle owners
Rebates possible for owners living abroad

Melaka....My Unplanned Trip (Part 1)

When I reached home from work on Thursday night, my wife started a conversation and it goes something like this....

Wife : You work or not this Saturday?

Me : Why?

Wife : Go jalan-jalan lah.....

Me : Where?

Wife : Melaka lor.....

Me : Err....ok..set!! but when? <--- still feeling blurry & dizzy from work
Wife : Aiyoo...I just mentioned Saturday mah...can?
Me : oohh...ya..ya..ya....caaaannnnnnnnnn....
Daughter : uwasuti wahdidi gadido dadii.... <-- still a baby language!! It means, "can I follow also daddy....".
Me : yes my dear, why not? ...... (you make my day sweetie!!)

So, on Saturday 11 a.m., we started our journey to the Historical City of Melaka together with my in-laws (sister & mother). The sky was cloudy from my place but I thought it was a good day to travel. At first, we wanted to go to the zoo, to the crocodile farm, and then to here, there....blah, blah but upon reaching the zoo, we saw lots of cars, traffic was crawling and illegal parkings were everywhere!!! Cancelled plan!! Next stop, straight to the city!!



Oh my god, I said "here we are again...", the traffic jam, the jump-queuing, cars squeezing in and out and yes, illegal parkings again and so fort. After making three round trips in the city, I finally managed to get a legal parking bay. Ahem, I'm always a law abiding citizen. So, I made an assumption that, it was a public holiday and parking should be free of charge. Yes, right. I'll tell you later what happen. Btw, it has been 3 years since I visited Melaka and when I saw the city so different, at one time I thought I was in the wrong city!! More things to see and more people!!! Melaka for me is a photographer's heaven!!! There are so many things you can "shoot" here. The following pictorials should tell you many thousand words...... basically, as a very unprepared tourist, this is my version of "what you see is what you get". Let's start one of my highlights with this one .....

Our first stop, Jonker Street. If you are a Malaysian, don't tell me you do not know this place!! If you are staying in Melaka and you also don't know this street..... then I'll say "alamak" to poor you.

Yes, the main entrance of Jonker Street. Let's do the Jonker Walk!!

This is what happen when hungry people with the same taste as you and looking for food at the same time same place!!

Our decent meal of the day. Curry fish head (in a chicken rice shop?), Steam Chicken and fish balls....err balls of rice. Ahemm.

Busy street...... That's Jonker. Errr...not really. Actually, it's everywhere in the city!!

4-10, anyone? A simple term for RM10 for 4. I did not buy anyway. Hehehe...

This is was what actually? Is it something that you tie to your cellphone/potable device? You readers tell me lah. I know, I'm old already and I'm not "in"....but at least I have the right to know...right?

I wonder why these people never utilized this fan in a very hot afternoon!! How come this fan looks so difference from the one at my home?

Aaahh..the master said "cannot". Silly me!! Well, the master definitely waiting for a new owner. One of the best place to buy especially if you are an antics enthusiast.

This was the coffee shop where we had our best cendol in town. All of us agreed. My daughter even said..... "Avasi"... a kadazan-dusun dialect that means "Good". Yes, I felt good.

Haa.... we bought this for ourself. Why, because they put a family in their advertisement. So it's for family and it should be good. This thing is so sweet and hard until it stucks between your teeth. Some more no preservative you know.

Continue in Part 2.......



So tell what you think so far.....please don't be shy. Drop a few words and say "Hi" or something else.....

A new beginning and petrol hike!!

Today 5th June 2008 marked the beginning of my journey to blogging. Before joining the fray, I was blog-hopping to my favourite bloggers to read their stories, grumblings, jokes, sadness, etc. I was wondering someday that I should go blogging as well. Here I am.

Today also marked the beginning of higher petrol price!!! Ha!! Isn’t it the right time to blog about? A 40% increase from RM1.92/litre to RM2.70/litre. So what can I do about it ? Honestly, there’s a little I can do as I need to travel to work daily and weekend side seeing/window shopping (hehe..). Just imagine having to wake up early in the morning at 5:30am, do my morning routines, start travelling from my place in Kepong, where I’m staying now, to Pulau Indah, Klang. That’s about 62km trip. So, I travel about 124km minimum daily. In that faithful evening, I was rushing to fill my petrol just after hearing the announcement from the radio. Lucky for me and the others, the Petrol Kiosk did not close shop to take advantage of the petrol hike!! So, I managed to “save” some money. In the old days, I used to fill RM60 of petrol for 31.25 litres but starting from today onwards, I need to fork out around RM85, an increase of RM25. I spent about RM420 a month for my petrol and with the new price, I will spend RM595. There goes some of my “entertainment” fund. Sigh!!!

My faithful and (so far) reliable Korean made car Hyundai Accent 1.5GLS (I’m not a car dealer btw) was able to give an average mileage of 440km for a RM60 petrol and that’s about RM13.64 per 100KM. Great huh?! Especially for an automatic transmission car!! I have to thank the portable device I always used when I fill-in my petrol. But sadly, it is now about RM19.32 per 100KM. Right....Ahem (and taking a deep breath), I’m wondering when will be the next increment as according to the Government announcement, the new price RM2.70 is still at a 30-sen per litre discount from the market price. The Star’s paper quoted today that the price will be adjusted on monthly basis based on global oil price. Well, it could be UP.. UP.. UP.. UP and UP or Down.. Down.. Down.. Down.. and Down. Let’s us hope and pray for the later.