Nokia E7: Brief Impression !

I felt so sad when I couldn't make it to the Nokia E7 launch event yesterday. I've been waiting for the arrival of E7 before I decided to buy a N8 because E7 was not launched for quite some time after the launch of N8. So I went to Pavilion to check out the E7 in person!


Nokia E7 is basically a N8 with QWERTY slide keyboard and a larger 4 inch-screen. Both uses the same Symbian^3 software but E7 has a 8 megapixels camera compared to 12 megapixels on the N8.

After a quick check on the E7, I found that the sensitivity and smoothness of the screen, and functionality of the E7 is almost similar to N8. Great build quailty and a nice feel when you slide the screen up. One thing I like about the E7 over N8 is there's a nifty push-and-pull button that can be used for zoom-in and zoom-out of the camera.

Cool phone, and pricing starts at RM1995 (N8 was sold at RM1690 when it's launched in Malaysia).

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Of Levain and Snowflake...

Here we are... at Levain Boulangerie and Patisserie. The smell of the fresh baked bread out from the oven would be perfect if it's accompanied with a cup of coffee... But too bad I was there in the afternoon *sweat*

There were a lot of people even on Sunday afternoon!!!

By the way, I went to Levain with Tikkoss, JFook, Bernard and Xing. After we had settled down in the restaurant, we went for window bread shopping!


Most of them were using DSLR or digital camera to snap photos. So I also used my Nokia N8 (where I'll do a review on it later) to snap photos of the food! The photo above was actually a bit exaggerated by me XD But no doubt N8 is a great camera-phone!

Love the colour of this photo!

Pasta!!!

Total damage of the day: RM80.10

When we were about to leave, most of the breads were sold out...

Rating for Levain: 4 stars out of 5!

After Levain, we decided to 'yumcha' at Snowflake, Pavilion coz the 'afternoon' is still young XD
It was a fun day! Nice meeting JFook too :)

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Who Says Hybrids are Boring To Drive?

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No! It's a Toyota Prius!!!

Insight can do the same too!

You can fly go airborne with hybrid cars!
Now, who says hybrids are boring to drive? XD
Check out Top Gear's comparison between both Prius and Insight!

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Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4: Reventon's brother!

There are two things that Lamborghini always fascinated me about: Design and name. There's no doubt that Lamborghini had been producing supercars with superb styling (those lines on Lambo are so sharp, they can cut!). But why name? Let me explain. From Murcièlago to the newest in the lineup, the Aventador, Lamborghini's names are complicated to read. But also at the same time, sounds unique and easy to be recalled.

Taking some styling cues from its brother, the Reventon, the Aventador looks as good as Reventon, if not better. Featuring some pentagon and hexagon shapes on the body, the Aventador looks angular but rugged and sporty at the same time! According to Lamborghini, the three-section chassis, cabin structure, V12 engine and transmission is all new to the company, apart from some carryover Murcièlago nuts and bolts.

Under the hood awesomely designed engine cover is a V12, 6.5cc engine capable of producing 691bhp! Mated with it is the 7-speed ISR transmission. The Aventador's one-piece passenger cell is made entirely of a new-generation reinforced carbon fiber and it only weighs 147kg, and its total dry weight is 1575kg. All of these factors contributed to its super-fast acceleration of 2.8 seconds from knot to 100km/h, also with the help of Launch Control which minimised wheel spin at the start of acceleration. Top speed is 350km/h.

Aventador, the name of one of the most courageous bull of all bulls, is 4780mm long, 2260mm wide including the exterior mirrors, and an extremely low height of just 1136 mm. The hexagon-ish design element is brought into the cabin from the exterior. This to me is the best interior designed by Lamborghini to date. It looks modern, youthful and sporty! The Aventador no doubt is an amazing piece of art...

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