Nice car to replace Materia

1. VW Golf mk 7 SV 1.4 TSI 125 hp 200Nm - not diesel but all rounder too small not practical for family
2. Citreon C4 Picasso EAT6 gearbox euro 6, 1.2 petrol 130hp 230 Nm
3. Renault kadjar 1.2T 130 hp 205 Nm- edc7 dct gearbox euro 6
4. Honda hrv 1.5 iVTEC 130 hp 155Nm 
5. Nissan qashqai 1.2 turbo petrol 115 hp 165 Nm cvt7 looks decent 
6. Opel Grandland X
7. Peugeot 308 sw 1.2 T puretech 129hp 230Nm petrol EAT6 

8. Peugeot 3008 1.2T 130 hp 230Nm with EAT6 Euro 6 engine 

9. Chevy Cruze wagon 1.4T 138 hp 200 Nm petrol

10. Subaru levorg 1.6 turbo 170 hp
11. Kia caren 1.7 tdi 141 hp
12. Ford Focus wagon 1.0 Ecoboost 125 hp 170 Nm

Toyota, honda and Hyundai is developing 1.0 turbo with 125hp and 200Nm

So many choices looking forward to pulsar, Jade, sienta as alternative. Finally sold off materia after 8 years of service and bought nissan pulsar 115 hp 165 Nm

In general diesel is torquey and fuel efficient, petrol is powerful but less torquey.

Brv, shuttle  and freed is pretty decent. If ford launches the cmax in singapore it could be a good alternative.

I think in the end will stick to jap cars or I think getting a pug or citroen blue hdi tdi which may arrive next year since Singapore is going Euro 6 by Sep 2017 for petrol and Jan 2018 for diesel.

Singapore move to Euro 4 for petrol and Euro 5 for diesel in  2014.

By 2020 hybrid will be more and more common. I am particularly attracted to Nissan e-power tech. High torque 250 Nm from the electric motor. Next Qashqai shd be having this e-power option

Battle of the rebate cards

1. Uob one card min 500 per month
2. Ocbc 365 min 600 per month
3. posb everyday min 500
4. Citibank smrt and dividend card min 888 per month
5. Anz optimum card
6. Cimb visa signature 500 per month
7. HSBC visa 500 per month
8. Amex no min spend

Just realise that cards below do give free travel insurance

1. uob prvi

2. ocbc visa signature

3. cimb visa signature

4. dbs visa signature

5. standchart visa infinite

Sabrina 1 year birthday party

We had bbo first birthday party at bukit timah plaza function room. We invited some friends and their children. Overall the party was good although the logistic is challenging given the short time we had to get the cake and order the food. Bb got a few new toy as present. Next time we can try other type of bb party.

We also had a dinner together with Janice family at diamond kitchen where we had set meal. The restaurant was quiet at science park

Still to come many more activity that bb could go eg boat riding at passion wave and nature walk to coney island and tree top walk

Sabrina first zoo outing

Brought Sabrina to family day at the zoo for the first time. Bb spent about 5 hours there, weather is good. Overall it was quite fun. When coney island is open I will bring bb there. In dec we can go to river safari

Sg 50 staycation

5 days holiday was tiring but happy. Brought bb to sentosa and took cable car.

7 aug- orchard eat tung hoi
8 Aug - suntec city
9 Aug rws cable car and kp BBQ
10 Aug staycation at pasir ris

Next time can bring bb go pasir ris ride bicycle. Lately we have been watch more movie with bbo at Gv.

Rise of outlet mall and theme parks

After jpo and mitsui klia, there are 3 more outlet upcoming at Genting, penang and melaka.

Besides legoland Malaysia will soon have 20th century fox themepark and desaru quest theme park.

Bb first trip to malaysia

Bb flew to kl on raya. She seems to be happy and slept in the plane. We rented a iriz from. Avis at klia2 and the experience is good. Klia2 is spacious.the trip was quite rush but the car made travelling convenient. Drove almost 170 km in 2 days. Everything is new for bb. At 9 months bb can tolerate 1hr flight.
But return flight was no good because bb woke up b4 the flight took off. Actively moving in the kangaroo pouch. Distract bb with cartoon on the screen. When the plane started to descend bb cried terribly. no choice but bf her to calm her down till the plane touch down.

Places I want to bring bb
Ipoh, langkawi, desaru, bintan, kuching....