Blood Donation Drive @ TOC

TOC organized a blood donation drive today at the SMS room, and we had a total of 86 willing donors!!

It was such a success, and we would like to take the opportunity to thank everyone who donated!

Go to TOC Facebook page and check out the video of our first donor and listen to what he has to say about donating blood.

Revolution R

TOC is well known and also excels in having various societies and groups all within the walls and confinements of the campus. Tan Chin Heng (Alvin) from class 0711B has started a club of his own and he named it Revolution R. Revolution R is a club dedicated to helping people who have trouble with their vehicles and need information on how to enhance their vehicle performance.

Picture of the cars in Revolution R.

The Revolutionaries

Revolution R

Alvin says: “It is because of my burning desire of high performance cars and also the teachings at TOC and what it has taught me about cars that drove me to open my own club and also to help others have difficulties in their vehicles”.

For those of who are interested in getting in touch with Revolution R, please contact Alvin Tan through Facebook.

Written by Wilhelm J. Pietersz, current TOC student.

Deepa-Raya Achievers Awards Night 2009

This special occasion was organized by the TOC committee together with the help of the student council. It was a mixture celebration for Deepavali, Hari Raya as well as TOC Achievers Awards Night.

Throughout the night, we were able to host and entertain the guests from the likes of TeleVAS, Lotus Team and Mad About Dodgeball Association, as well as staff from TOC, and we can proudly say that it was a night to remember.

To celebrate Deepavali, a 'Kolum' competition was held and it was open to all TOC staff to participate. All the participants tried their very best to produce the most creative 'kolum' art pieces.

The Achievers Awards has been an annual event where TOC gives recognition to students for their achievements, regardless it's in sports, academic or skills areas. On that night, there were 3 awards categories: TOC Sports Awards, Motorsports Sports Awards and TOC Skills Olympics Awards.

We have also invited 2 orphanages to join us that night. Persatuan Anak Yatim dan Ibu Tunggal Kg Medan sang their hearts out for us,

whereas Shepherd’s Home children did a very nice dance routine.

We also a performance of our own and it was out of this world as it was a combination of 2 cultures together , namely rapping and malay culture.

I can proudly say that this night was a great success and the next one is going to be even better.

Written by Wilhelm J. Pietersz, current TOC student.

A First For TOC

TOC students and the automotive industry experts are no stranger to the word "skills competition".

Skills competition test the participants' knowledge, problem solving ability as well as technical skills related to servicing and maintenance of a car. They will be tested on various areas of the car and different models will be used as the subject.

This year, TOC embraces a new challenge by organizing the first TOC Skills Olympics 2009!

The competition is open to all service center and educational institutions, and each company is allowed to nominate a maximun of 2 participants for this competition.

It will be an interesting event to look out for as it will help to promote healthy competition between students and technicians, increase esprit de corps and camaraderie spirits. It will also serve as a platform for the participants to exchange and share knowledge and skills.

The Technical Commitee

The prizes for the competition is very attractive, the champion will walk away with RM5,000 cash prize, trophy, certificate, and also a plaque for the service center or educational institution he or she is attached to.

Registration for the competition is FREE and the deadline for submission of application form would be on November 11, 2009.

Go and grab the registration form from http://www.toc.edu.my/ or click here!

For further information, please do not hesitate to call Mr. Yao or Mr. Dean at 03-7955 2811.

Supercars Gathering

In Malaysia, it is not that easy to spot supercars driving down the road everyday.

Students involved for this event

Therefore, it was a really rare opportunity for 40 TOC students and staff to witnessed 118 cars gathered at Bukit Tinggi for a time handicapped race. Cars the likes of Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini, Lotus, Bentley, BMW, Aston Martin, Ford, Jaguar, Volkswagen, Lotus, Audi and many more were all there for the race!

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Students were stationed at 4 major areas for duty: the starting and ending point, the 16 stations along the 8km race, as well as time attack zone. All these students had the chance to look at these gorgeous cars driving at their top speed.

On duty at starting point

One of the stations located in the 8km race

The time attack zone was where the cars were put to the real test. All these cars passed through a crowded obstables course and they were competing against time for this round. It was really interesting as some of the cars almost crash onto the tyre walls at one tight corner.

Students meeting with the P-I-C at the Time Attack Zone

Punching in the finishing time at the finishing line

It was definitely a very different experience for these students as they get to enjoy the cool breeze, the beautiful scenery and different types of supercars while they were on duty.

To view more photos of the event, please go to TOC Facebook.

Updates pt 1

TOC were in a buzz over the past 3 weeks as various events took place, and all of it involved students participation.

Let's start from the 1st event, which was the TOC Go-Kart Tournament 2009. This year a total of 43 TOC students participated in the race that was held at the Shah Alam Go Kart Circuit, and besides competing against friends and classmates, there was an element of surprise too.

TeleVAS Racing Team was there as well as they were scouting for potential drivers to join their go kart team. However, they are not only looking at the top speed or fastest time, they also want someone who can listen to instructions, who has the potential and will not drive recklessly. Therefore, the race was full on and everybody was trying their best to impress the judges.

The 3 TeleVAS judges in red

It was an amazing race between the students and staff, and although some face technical difficulties with their vehicle, fortunately everyone was driving safely and thus there was no accident.

TeleVAS team intended to select 1-3 students initially, after a long hour discussion after the race was over, they have finally announce that they are selecting 6 participants! Woo hoo!!

Congratulations!

A big thank you to all the committee members who put in so much effort and time in organizing this event!

The committee members!

Tips To Share #4

Automatik Lebih Praktikal
oleh Noor Azam Abd Aziz

Transmisi automatik kini menjadi pilihan pemadu kerana ia lebih mudah berbanding manual terutamanya ketika merempuh kesesakan jalan raya.

Oleh itu, ramai pemilik kereta di bandar kini menukar kenderaan daripada transmisi manual kepada automatik.

Dari segi penjagaan, kedua-dua jenis kenderaan ini hampir sama saja, terutama bahagian yang cukup penting, iaitu enjin.

Perbezaan yang ketara di antara kenderaan automatik dengan manual cuma sistem penukaran gearnya dan cara menggunakannya saja.

Jika kenderaan manual anda terpaksa menukar atau memasukkan gear menggunakan tangan serentak kaki memijak pedal klac, kenderaan automatik pula sebaliknya. Anda hanya perlu memijak pedal minyak untuk menggerakkan kenderaan.

Berikut beberapa panduan yang boleh dimanfaatkan pemilik kenderaan yang menggunakan transmisi automatik berbanding manual.

Sebaik-baiknya, sebelum memandu kenderaan automatik mahirkan diri anda dengan panel gear.

Biasanya, pada sesuatu kenderaan automatik, anda hanya perlu menggerakkan panel gear pada kedudukan "P" untuk parking, "D"(kenderaan bergerak ke hadapan), "N" (normal) dan "R" (mengundur)/

Satu lagi masalah bagi mereka yang baru bertukar daripada kenderaan manual kepada kenderaan automatik ialah meyesuaikan kedudukan kakinya.

Biasanya, apabila seseorang itu baru memandu kenderaan automatik, kaki kirinya sering kaki mahu memijak pedal klac.

Oleh kerana kaki kiri tidak digunakan langsung apabila anda membawa kenderaan automatik, biasakan supaya jangan mengangkat kaki atau mengalih kaki kiri ketika memandu.

Ketika menekan brek pula, jangan sekali-kali menggunakan kaki kiri. Kawalan di antara minyak dan brek seharusnya dilakukan oleh kaki kanan saja.

Satu lagi penjagaan penting kereta automatik ialah kekerapan memeriksa paras minyak gear, minyak stering berkuasa dan brek.

Penukaran minyak gear termasuk penapis seelok-eloknya dilakukan selepas 20, 000 hingga 30, 000 kilometer perjalanan.

Menukar minyak gear ini penting bagi melicinkan sistem penukaran gear yang amat bergantung kepada putaran minyak yang melalui penapis khasnya.

Pemeriksaan minyak stering berkuasa pula sewajarnya dilakukan setiap satu bulan. Minyak gear juga boleh digunakan untuk menambah minyak stering berkuasa.

Jika pemilik kereta gear manual dinasihati menyelenggara cekera brek setiap 20, 000km, pengguna kereta automatik pula seharusnya berbuat demikian lebih awal, iaitu setiap 15, 000km.

Ini kerana pad brek pada cakera cepat haus kerana setiap pemandu automatik bergantung kepada sistem cengkaman brek yang baik.

Anda perlu ingat bahawa kenderaan bergear automatik tidak mempunyai kotak gear manual untuk membantu memperlahankan atau memberhentikan kenderaan jika brek tidak berfungsi.

Dipetik daripafa Harian Metro, Sept 30.

An Event You Woudn't Want To Miss!

Calling all performance cars/supercars lovers and enthusiasts!!

Be prepared for the upcoming JPM Hills Climb Time Challenge 09 that is taking place next week!

This event is an opportunity for supercars and performance car owners to put their vehicles to the test, and let me assure all of you that you will be seeing cars from brands such as Porsche, Ferrari, Nissan, Lotus, Aston Martin, Lamborghini and many more!

These car owners will be doing either the uphill climb or downhill descents, as well as Forest-One Time Attack obstacle competition.

Let me give you a sneak peek of the cars they bring in for the event's press conference:

Are you a fan of this sexy red Ferrari?

Or, are you more into this sporty Lamborghini?

For me, this is my favourite.

If you are not really into these two brands, i'm sure one of these would be.

Now, imagine you are at the hills side, where 80-100 supercars/performance cars ranging from different brands gathered for a race. That means, you would see all Porsche, Ferrari, Aston Martin, Lamborghini and etc in various different colours and designs all at one go! Don't you think it's amazing?

Come and see for yourself, and you would be getting a breeze of fresh air too as it's held in Bukit Tinggi. Here are the details:

Event Name: JPM Motorsport Hills Climb Time Challenge 09
Organizer:JP Performance Motorsport
Location :Berjaya Hills Resort, Bukit Tinggi
Date:9th till 11th October 2009

See you guys there next week!

Frankfurt Motor Show 2009

For those of you who is a car enthusiast, I'm sure all of you know about this famous event, also known as the The International Motor Show or Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung (IAA).

For the benefit of those who don't know, this is the largest motor show in the world, organized by the Association of the German Automotive Industry (VDA) and it happens biennially. Many renowned car brands will take this opportunity to show off their latest concept car to awe the industry and the public.

This year's show attracted more than 324,000 visitors since it's opening, with so many new models and technology being unveiled by the world's top automotive manufacturers.

Take a look at some of these new models:

Citroen Revolte

Lamborghini Reventon Roadster

Maserati GanCabrio

Porsche 911 GT3

2010 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG

2011 Bentley Mulsanne

BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Concept

2012 Ford Grand C-Max

Brilliant isn't it, these cars? All produced with the latest technology and some of these are environmental friendly and cost-efficient.

These are only some of the cars shown during the event, there are so many more. If you are interested to see more of the cars presented in the show, click here to be directed to Motor Trend website

*All photos are courtesy of MotorTrend

Malaysia's own F1 team

We will now have our own F1 team, which is actually a really great jolt to our motorsport industry, where it will definitely speed the growth of the industry and thus, more career opportunities will arise.

However, the media and the public's opinions are quite sceptic about this 1Malaysia F1 Team, as all are in doubts whether the team could survive and where would the money to support the team be coming from.

Here are some of the articles on the opinions toward this 1Malaysia F1 team:

Source: TheStar
Source: TheStar

Source: Mysinchew

What do you guys think? Share with me at the comments section.

P.S: Please click on the image for the enlarge view of the article.

TOC Champions!

It is really undeniable that there are many talented students in TOC.

From sports such as dodgeball, football and badminton to skills competition, so many hidden gems could be found among the students.

For example, the following guys are the champions for TOC Skills Olympics for different terms:

Wong Yat Heng - 2nd Term Champion. He is also the THREE times champion in the battle of all the Champions

Panchal Preshantkumar - 3rd Term Champion

Reynald Nelson King - 4th Term Champion

It takes alot of concentration and passion to be able to win this competition, so bravos guys! You all make TOC so proud!

Now let's move to sports area. Our students are really active in sports, and some of them really excel in these areas.

Remember the blog entry whereby Darrel was featured when he won the MVP award for Best Dodger in Dodgeball?

Now, we have another student who is in the dodgeball team as well, and he won the MVP award for Best Accurate Shooter!!

Wong Woei Han - Most Accurate Shooter

He is a very versatile player as he not only shoots well, but he is also very agile and therefore able to dodge the ball that comes from any angle and speed. If the writer's not mistaken, he's good in badminton too!

Again, congratulations to you two! Both of you make TOC so proud also!

The MAD Campus Dodgeball League has ended and although TOC Velocity Team did not win, this will be a real learning experience for all them and I'm sure they would bounce back stronger than ever!

Keep up the spirit guys!