If you want to do full settlement for your housing loan at Al Rajhi, you can follow these steps.
1) Request for Redemption Letter
You send your request to customersupport@alrajhibank.com.my and Al Rajhi will charge fee of RM10. So you need to have RM10 at your saving accounts where Al Rajhi deducts the monthly installment.
2) Fill in the form & submit it at any Al Rajhi branch.
The customer service will give you a form to be filled in. Fill in the form and submit it to any Al Rajhi branch. You must ensure your mailing address is up to date so you can receive the hard copy full settlement letter.
3) Al Rajhi will send full settlement letter via email and by post.
One to two working days you will receive your full settlement letter via email.
We had a 4 night 5 days vacation at Penang from 28/9 to 2/10/2023. I thought I would be a boring vacation because before this our trip was a bit boring.
Surprisingly, this holiday was really fun especially activities at Escape Penang & National Park.
Our Activities in Penang
Thursday 28/9/2023
Arrived in Penang around 5pM.
Check in at our Airbnb at Sunrise Gurney condominium.
We had our dinner at Fried Chicken Master. The chicken was not well cooked so I wouldn’t go here again.
fried garden master
Then we had a simple dessert at a Starbucks nearby.
Friday 29/9
We had our breakfast at Gemas Road Brothers. The queue was really long. I think the roti canai is overrated. I don’t really like it. The kuah taste sour and really spicy.
After breakfast, we went to Design Outlet – similar concept like premium outlet in Genting & Johor Bahru. We bought track suit for our next day activities at National Park.
design outlet mall – premium outlet penang
We had our lunch at Coffee Bean in Design Outlet Mall.
We took our dinner at Lotus food court in Seri Tanjung.
delicious kebab and nasi goreng tomyan at Lotus Seri Tanjung food court
After then we went to Medan Renong to eat pasembur at Ghani Pasembur.
medan renong penang
Saturday 30/9
For breakfast, we ate bread history breads that we bought at Lotus. Then we went for Penang National Park and arrived around 1030am.
penang national park maptaman negara penangtaman negara penang – jetty to monkey beachposing at the jetty going to monkey beach
We went to Monkey beach by boat. We had our lunch at the stall in Monkey beach. The maggi goreng was delicious.
boarding boat to monkey beach penangriding the boat to monkey beach penangstall at monkey beachmonkey at monkey beach penangmaggi goreng at monkey beach stall
After lunch we went up to Muka Light house. It took us 1 hour to go up and 40 mn to go down. It was really tiring, we stopped few times to reach at the top. For a fit person that can climb up in 20 minutes.
muka light house at penang national parkpath to light house taman negara penanglight house at taman negara penang
Then the kids swam at the beach and played sands.
swiming and playing at the monkey beach
We had our dinner around 5pm at McDonalds because we were so hungry after the activities.
Then at night, we went for supper at Pasembur Gurney road.
Sunday 1/10
We had our breakfast at Ascott Hotel. Then we went to Escape Penang and arrive around 1000am.
breakfast at ascott hotelbreakfast at ascott hotel penang soup
We rode the longest waterslide, zip coaster, flying lemur and many more. It was really fun and tiring at same time.
escape penang mapslingshot at escape penangriding boat at escape penangcable car at escape penangcable car at escape penangwater park at escape penanggladiator challenge at escape penang
For lunch we at A&W inside the park and dinner we just eat at the shopping mall near Gurney some of us ate Subway and some Coffee bean.
We fall asleep early with muscle pains around the body.
Monday 2/10
We had our breakfast at a nasi lemak restaurant nearby the Sunrise Gurney condominium. The nasi lemak was delicious.
breakfast nasi lemak near sunrise gurney condo
Then we went back to Shah Alam and reached Shah Alam around 430pm.
Finally I fully settled my housing loan with Al Rajhi bank on 20th September 2023. I took the loan in April, 2010 with tenure of 35 years. At the time I want very low monthly installment that why I have very long tenure.
I started to reduce the principal slowly in May, 2021 then fully settled it by September 2023.
Details of My Housing Loan
Loan Amount: RM115,600
Average Interest: 4.25%
Tenure: 35 years
Start: 30th April 2010
End: 20th September 2023
My loan duration before full settlement: 4892 days / 13 years, 4 months, 22
Total prepayment: RM89,948.88
Paid Interest: RM57,659.82
Total interest: RM106,716.69
Interest saved :RM49,056.87 (RM106,716.69-RM57,659.82)
% interest paid: 54% (RM57k/RM106k)
Principal paid during my loan payment: RM25.651.12 (RM115,600 – RM89,948)
For 13 years per month only paid principal = RM25,651 / 161 months = RM159
Total payment during 161 months: RM85,169 (RM529 x 161 months)
Monthly payment: RM529.33
Conclusion:
First 13 years, I paid 70% interest! Only 30% towards principal.
Saya singgah sarapan pagi di Warong Bambam di atas cadangan seorang kawan. Pelbagai juadah sarapan pagi disediakan di Warong Bambam.
Saya pesan nasi lemak ayam goreng.
nasi lemak ayam warong bambam
Restoran
Warong Bambam adalah bersih. Ketibaan disambut dengan mesra oleh pekerja Warong Bambam.
restoran warong bambam seremban
Menu Warung Bambam
menu utama warong bambammenu roti bakar warong bambam serembanlontong mee bihun warong bambamwarong bambam buka setiap hari kecuali jumaat dari 7pagi ke 12 tengah hariwarong bambam roti stim roti jalan pencuci mulutwarong bambam minimum ice blended
Servis
Servis amatlah pantas dari pesanan sampailah ketibaan makan sangatlah laju.
restoran warong bambam seremban
Rasa Makanan
Sedap ke tidak nasi lemak yang saya makan? Bagi saya biasa sahaja tapi bolehlah datang lain kali.
Parking
Parking amatlah mudah. Ada kawasan parking disediakan di depan Warong Bambam dan tiada bayaran dikenakan.
I have a condominium Windmill Upon Hills in Genting Highlands. I captured the measurements of fittings and furniture for my future reference or others that might have to replace those items.
Sofa
windmill upon hills sofa measurement
Width: 2.092 m
Height: 0.739 m
Depth: 0.872 m
Carpet
carpet measurement
Width: 1.619 m
Height: 2.284 m
Large Round Side Table
large round side table
Diameter: 70.7 cm
Height: 31.1 cm
Small Round Side Table
small round side table
Diameter: 44.0 cm
Height: 40.7 cm
Living Room Curtain
windmill upon hills – living room curtain measurement
Width: 3.202 m
Height: 2.898 m
Master Bedroom Curtain
windmill upon hills – master bedroom curtain measurement
Width: 1.727 cm
Height: 2.923 cm
Second Bedroom Curtain
windmill upon hills – 2nd bedroom curtain measurement
I took measurement of my toilet bowl at Windmill Upon Hills condominium in Genting Highlands as a precaution steps in case I have to replace the toilet bowl cover.
The Toilet Bowl Measurement
A: 47cm
B: 36 cm
C: 15 cm
D: 8 cm
windmill upon hills toilet bowlwindmill upon hills – toilet bowl cover measurement
I bought a Nescafe Dolce Gusto machine on 16th May 2023 at Mid Valley, KL.
I was looking for a coffee machine for quite sometimes just don’t know what type should I buy. At the end, I decided to buy a capsule coffee machine for easy maintenance and less clutters to keep all other coffee blends.
Besides, the capsules have different flavours from espresso, americano, cafe latte and caramel.
nescafe gusto dolce and starbucks capsules
The Nescafe Dolce Gusto – Genio S Touch
1) Water hotness have 3 levels (normal, medium hot and hot)
2) Water level can change according to a capsule water level needs
3) Easy to replace capsule
What I like?
1) The coffee the machines produces has lots of tasty bubble.
2) I like the taste of the americano and espresso. I think it is better than Starbucks 🙂
3) Easy to use
What I don’t like
1) It takes time before the water stops dripping from the capsule after blend. So either I have to wait till no more drip, or just take the capsule out and make sure the water is not drip on the floor etc.
Price
I bought it at RM699 at that time with free of one capsule box of 16 capsules, starbucks mug and a tote bag.