Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Honda Service Centre provides certain level of comfort while you wait

 Fancy some hot coffee and biscuits while you wait? Honda's got you covered.

What's that? You brought your kids with you? No problem, Kids' Corner to the rescue!

Your device is 'tired out' from all that surfing you're doing? There's a handy mobile charger station but I think it's slightly defunct now. Which one of you has a powerbank handy? :)

If you've brought your laptop or Ehem! Microsoft Surface with you, then you could probably sit at this 'Free Wifi' corner complete with your own deskspace! (Yeah wall power outlets included)
Dear Readers,

If you've ever sent your car for service and chose to stay on until the service was completed, you would probably be wondering what you could possibly do while waiting. Hey, we're now in the Age of the Internet, so first of all, you've got the world in the palm of your hand or hands (depending on the size of your chosen device).

I took the above photos at a Honda service centre (though it might not seem all that apparent).

What the photos missed though, was that the customer pantry had stocks of instant noodles as well as a drinks machine which could churn out coffee and tea related drinks for you in a jiffy. Thumbs up!

Overall, I waited just under 2 hours, so it's not too long a wait. I spent the time looking at the new car models, talked with a Salesperson, surfed the web and read and answered instant messages on my phone and suddenly the Service Attendant (not sure what you call them) came to me and said that the car is ready.

How do all of you service your cars? Sound off in the comments!




Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Side by side comparison between maxis 4G and celcom 4G

Dear Readers,
I was fortunate to have bumped into a friend who indulged in my curiosity. I wanted to see how Maxis 4G and Celcom 4G performed in the same place, at the same time. But not on identical devices I'm afraid.

The time: 26th Feb 2014
The place: The Curve

First, here's Celcom 4G results on a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (SM-N9005):

 
Next, we compare that with the Maxis 4G results on a 2013 spec HTC One:



Now, it's by no means representative of the overall performance of each carrier, but at least we have a marker to start with.

 Let me know what all of you think in the comments section :-)