King's Birthday

I should have posted this earlier but as they say its better late than never. This event was organized by the M'sian Consulate in Mumbai to celebrate the King's Birthday on June 6. It was well attended by most M'sians stationed in Mumbai. Its more of a networking thing. At least, we have some "buddies" so far away from home. The food was rather local, actually i was hoping for some nasi lemak, but anyway can't complain about the food. Typical of the M'sian culture, when there is food, it must be more than enough, so enough the M'sians live up to their reputation of having more than enough food for everybody. The cake looks nice and its taste not too bad either.

The world's cheapest car

A buzz 2 days ago was the delivery of TATA Nano, the world's cheapest car to the first selected 3 customers and my collegue already has saw one on the road yesterday. I personally have sat in this car when it was displayed at one of the shopping malls here and all i can say its value for money. You can't expect anything spectular for that price and i can say its affordable to the middle/working class here. FYI afer the conversion rate to Ringgit its between RM 10,000 & RM 12,000 depending on the variant.

According to the website, its fuel tank holds a max of 15 litres, 2 cylinder 624cc engine with a max speed of 105 km/h which is below the 110 km/h of the NSE. I don't see this car as practical for M'sian roads as its is the Kancil has its set of issues already.

Expect more traffic congestion in Mumbai. As it is now, its already over populated, over polluted and extremely congested. The effects of the increase in motor vehicles will not be felt in the short term, but the problem will come in the long run.

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