Monday, April 18, 2016

How to take train from Munich airport to Villach

1. Buy ticket from counter one floor below arrival floor. Print the itinerary before you pay.
2. The ticket is euro 74. Maybe half price if bought earlier from internet.
3. Go down to take first train at terminal 2. Train S8. You can take S1 too but very slow to arrive in HaupBanHof. Indicated in the itinerary will be S8.
4. Stop at Munich Central Train (Munchen HBF)
5. Go up and go terminal 13. Look at the itinerary for train number.
6. Take train until Salzburg HBF (or straight to Villach HBF)
7. If Salzburg, change to terminal 9. Then take to Villach HBF. Just refer to itinerary. So it's a must to print itinerary.

Turkish airline review

I have been hearing a lot bad comment about Turkish airline. So recently I go take Turkish Airline and it's actually pretty good. Well at least better than British Airlines.

Pro
Cheaper than competitor
Big LCD screen
Lots of movie compared to One World Alliance
Look professional with some one dressing as chef
Service is friendly

Con
Not One World Alliance so cannot get miles.

Sunday, March 13, 2016

Aeroline bus service in 2016

Aeroline have been operating between shopping mall Penang and KL many years ago. Specifically between Quuensbay Mall and Sunway Pyramid. It tries to imitate airline services with food and movies. When it started, the price is RM60. After so many years, it still keep the price at RM60 which is good. Normal bus services between KL-Penang is RM35. So it is doubled for Aeroline.

Why do I pay extra RM25:-
a) food, coffee, milo, mineral water
b) movies (fullsize headphones are given)
c) power point to charge your phone or laptop
d) toilet in the bus
e) direct to Sunway Pyramid which is my destination

Sunday, February 28, 2016

Car servicing price

Since almost everyone have a car, the servicing can take a toll on someone's budget. Especially if the servicing is not done at correct interval, your mistake will lead to a major repair.

Anyhow, finding a service center is a challenge. Not all charge the same price.

Here is the pricing that I recently did my Proton Iswara car servicing in February, 2016:-

a)timing belt = RM380 (include timing belt, accessory belt, aircond belt and power steering belt)
b)14" tyre = RM145 (per piece - this consider a bit better than lower end). You can get almost RM125 per piece for the lowest end
c)absorber = RM25 per side on the front, RM15 per side on the back (only the labor. I brought my own absorber, The differences could amount to RM100 or more if you're doing all 4 absorber)
d)lower arm = RM90 per side

All include GST.

The shop I went is Silverstone Tyre.


Thursday, January 8, 2015

Experience buying Imported Motherboard from Junmax Through Lazada

Although I've been a long time customer of Lazada, but this is the first time I bought something from a shop in Lazada that is located in Hong Kong. Since its from Hong Kong, I think it'll take a longer time to reach Malaysia. But it seems the time it takes is pretty quick.

I actually order the motherboard Biostar A8N-5000 for my HTPC on 4th January 2015.

I email Lazada on 6th January 2015 because it takes time to update the status. Here is their response:-

Then the next day (7th January 2015), I got a tracking number:-
And behold, its already in Kuala Lumpur. It actually use Toll Global Express which I never heard of.

I assume I will get this motherboard on Friday. But behold, I got this a day earlier (8th January 2015). That is like 4 days from the time I paid for this motherboard, it delivered to me around 4 days from Hong Kong to Malaysia.

Packaging is awesome. Double pack with a lot of filler.

I would rate this experience as 5/5 star. Now starting to build HTPC. Windows 8 XBMC or XBMCLinux. Erm...