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England Special Edition Shirt 10/11 – Vermillion/Ruby Red/White

I bought this shirt off kitbag.com for a measly £15.00 (RM100 after conversion, plus shipping). This shirt is similar with England’s away shirt, minus the red England crest and red Umbro logo. Since I’ve already got the England ‘home’ shirt, it’s a no-brainer to get the away one.

The shirt looks redder in real life

This red ‘away’ England shirt is sold exclusively at kitbag.com, and I managed to get one in my size. The last time I checked, all the shirts are sold out.

Red England crest

The fitting of this shirt is a bit funny. I bought the largest size available for Umbro (which is size 58), but funny enough, the sleeves area is tighter than usual. My yardstick is the England ‘home’ shirt, and comparing the two is like comparing two different makes of shirts. Is it intentionally for Umbro to make the ‘away’ shirt a bit tighter, in order to differentiate between the two?

Red Umbro logo

The Umbro logo is stitched in red to go along with the red theme. It makes the logo looks invisible.

Proudly tailored in the UK

Even though the fitting of this shirt is tighter, overall the shirt suits me fine. But I wish that the upper arm area is looser, so that I can move my arms quite freely.

Sales tag and washing label

This shirt is probably the best shirt I bought this year. I like the material, the colour, the overall fitting (except for the sleeves) and the price. Because of the way the ventilation holes are positioned, I hardly breaks any sweat in the shirt. Bravo to Umbro!

All photos are taken with Nokia E72.

Macamana cara orang kita beli kereta baru…

Udah lama teman idak membelog dalam bahasa kita. Gianz plak rasanya. So, entry nih teman tulih dalam bahasa kita. Harap kome2 semua paham apa yang teman tulih nih.

Chevrolet Cruze di Midvalley Megamall

Beberapa minggu sudah, teman ada lepak kat Midvalley. Ala, tempat biasa teman pada ujung minggu tuh. Bukan nak beli apa pun, cuma nak exercise dengan jalan2 sambil cuci mata. Sambil2 itu jumpa la keluarga ke, mana2 yang nak jumpa la.

Masa teman kat sana, Chevrolet ada buat roadshow. Dema tengah promote keta dema yang nama Cruze dan Captiva (SUV). Teman pun saja2 la buat nyibok kat situ gak. Teman tengok lawa gak Cruze tuh. Teman pun muat masuk dalam. Harga agak berpatutan (RM98,000 OTR untuk Cruze biasa dan RM114,000 untuk Cruze Special Edition). Tapi yang teman gelaknya, macam2 cara orang kita (orang Malaysia la, semuanya) nak pilih kereta. Ya la, cara yang terbaik untuk pilih kereta ialah pergi test drive aje. Tapi orang kita nih lain macam caranya. Antaranya:

• Bukak pintu dan tutup pintu kuat2. Kalu bunyi macam “thud”, maknanya pintu dia solid;
• Ketuk2 seluruh badan kereta tuh. Mana la tahu ada bunyi macam tin milo plak (aka Proton);
• Dok tengok sportrims. Kalu kecik dan pakai tayar biasa, dah tentu kereta nih tak bagus. Kalu masih tak puas hati, dia tendang2 tayar kereta tuh. Mungkin nak tengok samada pancit atau tak kot;
• Bukak boot belakang (ada kereta yang boot kat depan ya yop) dan kalu luas, ada potensi nak beli. Tak tahu la kenapa diorang nak boot luas2. Gamaknya nak letak mertua dia dalam tuh kot?;
• Bukak bonnet dan tengok engin plak. Kalau engin dia kurang2 1.6 dan penuh engine bay tuh, lagi bagus. Tapi kalu engin tertutup dengan cover, memang tak best sebab macam tak nampak engin. Kalu udah tak nampak engin, baik naik bas aje;
• Duduk kat kerusi pemandu. Pastu cuba adjust2 stering. Stering kalu kecik dan nipis, memang tak best. Kita nak stering yang tebal dan besar. Lagi cantek kalu penuh button2 kat stering. Senang tekan sambil bawak;
• Kalu harga udah cecah lebih RM100k, tempat duduk mesti la kulit. Bucket seat sudah semestinya. Nak ganti dengan Recaro, mahei plak rasanya. Satu tempat duduk paling2 pun RM1.5k. Mana nak cekor duit nih weh!;
• Bila salesman datang melayan, orang kita akan buat2 macam interested. Macam nak beli gitu. Macam2 la dia tanya salesman. Tanya loan pakai bank mana, interest berapa sekarang (kalu salesman kata 3.9%, orang kita akan kata mahal), bila boleh dapat kereta, bila loan boleh approve, dan sebagainya;
• Dah puas tanya salesman soalan2 yang diorang sendiri dah tau jawapan, dia mintak plak brochure dan contact number salesman tuh. Bila salesman bagi brochure photostat, dia mintak plak brochure colour. Bila salesman kata brochure colour udah habis, orang kita tuh akan buat muka dan terus belah.

Begitu lah cara orang kita pilih kereta baru. BTW, teman nih bukan salesman kereta ya.

UPDATE (29/03/2011): Teman ada baca suratkhabor The Star arini (amboi, teman pun kekadang dok baca suratkhabor orang puteh juge), keluor la satu iklan Proton nih. Dema dok iklan kereta Persona dema tuh (kenapa dema buang duit bukak iklan satu mukasurat, entah la. Dengornya Persona nih laku bebeno).

Kena buat gini ke, kalau nak beli Proton?

Udah lebih 25 tahun tapi masih tak nak dengor pandangan pembeli...

Dalam iklan tuh, Proton ada nyebut pasei “door slamming test” (tengok gambor ateh tuh).

Patut le orang2 yang beli Proton semua test kereta guna style bukak tutup pintu kereta! Proton sendiri pun menggalakkannya! Apekehei yop oi? Udah takde idea nak juei kereta ker? Gomen dok bagi chan kome juei kereta tanpe tax tinggi, gini cara kome ajor bakal pembeli cara nak beli kereta Proton?

Teman cakap, kalau berani, compete la secara terbuka kat open market nih. Sampei bile Proton nak kena payung dengan gomen? Udah la kereta pun tak tahan lama (kereta Waja teman udah umor 8 tahun, tapi macam2 udah rosak.Kereta Toyota Starlet mak teman yang umor 20 tahun tuh pun masih elok berjalan. Apekehei?).

Pikior2 la yek!

Seriously, P1?

I don’t know what’s wrong with P1 recently.

I don’t really have any complaint (yet) for their customer service or anything, and I still feels that P1’s charges are among the most value for money broadband service in Malaysia. But I think the speed of my broadband is getting slower by the month!

What are you thanking me for?

Yesterday I installed the W1GGY UH235 software for my Mac (you can find the software deep inside P1’s support page, or click here) and I’ve got it working in no time. But when I opened my Firefox browser, I got the message as above. It said that I have exceeded my quota for this month (my maximum is 20Gb). WTF?

Plenty more gigabytes to use

Angrily, I opened my own self-care page and found that I have used up only (!) 13% of my quota this month!

What the heck, P1? Are you trying to get me to buy the so-called “additional” quota/data, even if I still got plenty more?

You’re kidding, right, P1?

Look Who’s Coming to Singapore’s F1 this year…

Linkin Park is coming to Singapore F1!

Recently the SIC (Sepang International Circuit) announced that Korean singer Rain will be the top billed star at the Malaysian F1 party and will held a concert with some other entertainers. WTF? Are you really on a farking tight budget, SIC? Rain? Are you farking kidding me?

Look at the ad above as placed by Singapore F1’s organiser in The Star’s newspaper a couple of weeks ago. LINKIN PARK WILL PLAY AT F1 SINGAPORE! That’s how you organised a party!

By getting Rain to sing, are you trying to pull in the kids, SIC? Hopefully it won’t rain that day…