REAP WHAT YOU SOW
I go to Genting Permai quite often. For all Malaysians, we are addicted to fast internet access. Based on my experience and feedback from friends below are the perceptive speed.
As of June 2020
Maxis: Fast
Yes: Fast
Celcom: Medium (620Kbps as of 06/08/2020)
Digi: Don’t have feedback yet
Unifi Mobile: Don’t have feedback yet
This is my first time having a Sharp TV and at same time Android TV. Most all of my TV is Samsung TV. Samsung has very good user experience and better quality in term of video & audio. Besides it can connect to my phone and has good after sales support.
I bought my first Sharp Android TV due to its cheaper price vs Samsung and plan to put it at my AirBnb unit.
I tried to play video from my USB drive using my Sharp Aquaos Android TV. To my dismay, it is very hard to do it, it is not intuitive like Samsung TV. Besides it is lacks of documentation even after Google it.
After try and error, I found how to do it.
The underscore file is created automatically by Sharp Aquos TV
My house is infected with German cockroaches. It is small cockroaches that show up in the dark at night. They like to creep among cups and glasses inside my kitchen cabinet.
I tried few methods such as the Ridsect bait and Perfector gel baits. Unfortunately it is not effective.
I wanted to call professional cockroach killer but usually they will charge around RM1,000 and claim can completely eradicated the infestation after 4 rounds of putting cockroach poison.
I decided to try bait powder first and see its effect. I bought at Lazada for RM20 for 50 sachets.
I put the powder under my kitchen cabinets drawers within 2 days lots of German cockroaches died. The yellowish powder is the cockroach poison.
When I do inspection at my kitchen cabinet at night, I don’t see anymore the cockroaches crawling on my cups, glasses and plates.
You can buy the Green Leaf cockroach bait powder at RM24.50 with delivery charges.
I did try for more than a year Ridsect cockroach bait. Put the baits where the cockroach like to hide but it seems the cockroaches population is getting bigger and daring.
You can buy it at RM11.30 at Jaya Grocer.
This one is expensive around RM22. You can buy it at Jaya Grocer as well. This method also proves ineffective tried it so many times for few years.
In my previous post, I was happy that my bill was in line with my expectation. To my surprise, when I see my TNB bill spike for June 2020, it is RM606.85.
On average, my monthly bill is RM260. MCO started in March.
So assuming my June bill is also RM260 so my bill is additional of RM346.85. According to TNB, during MCO (March to May) they did estimation only. The real meter reading is on June. So if I average out RM346.85 / 3 = RM115.60 additional per month.
Why divided by 3? Because I take from March till May only. Bear in mind, MCO started in 18th March. So it means March only half month we stayed at home.
So roughly my monthly bill during MCO is RM260 + RM115.60 = RM375.60.
Barbershop is now open during Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO).
So I took this opportunity to have my hair cut. I went to my usual Kedai Gunting to have my hair cut after so many months. The price increase from RM14 to RM19.
As usual, before entering the barbershop you need to record your visit and sanitize your hand.
The barber has their protective gear to ensure we are safe from virus infection.
For anyone who are 60 years old and above can make an appointment from 10AM to 12PM.
Tel: 019 266 8093 / 010 892 7618
Alhamdulillah, my TNB electricity bill is within my monthly bill range. I was concerns that the bill was skyrocket because because during MCO, we stayed at house and used more airconds
You can check your TNB bill online at the link below:-
My Elba kitchen hob is getting older. This time a second burner started having problem.
Time to replace my old burner as showed in the video the flame starts to becoming smaller.
So I decided to order online and get it delivered instead going to Exactly Quality office (Elba spare parts supplier) in Kepong.
I whatsapp Elba 011 5923 1405 and share my previous receipt on my part numbers. The total price for new burner is RM120 and RM10 for delivery.
The person in charge gave an account number to transfer to.
It took 11 days for delivery. This is due to Raya Holiday and GDEX had so many parcels to deliver and had to put on queue my burner.
At the same time, you must keep following up with Exact Quality by calling directly to their customer support number to know the latest status.
The burner was well packed. I forgot to take photo of the box. The supplier used bubble wrap the burner to ensure no scratches.
When I want to install the burner, I noticed my kitchen hob was not clean. So I cleaned up especially the black greased stains
I replaced 2 burners with total cost of RM240.
I don’t include delivery Cost of RM10 in the comparison.
RM445 cost 0f buying new kitchen hob with similar features.
It is 50% cheaper vs buying new one.
You must look as a whole whether only the burners have problems or other parts of your kitchen hob has problem e.g ignition problem.
In my opinion, if only burner got problems then better replace it rather than buying new kitchen hob.
You can also ask for delivery with minimum delivery cost.
Anyway the front service desk is very bad. Haha better just ask for delivery.
Exact Quality Sdn Bhd
Lot 13, Jalan E1/5, Taman Usaha Ehsan,
52100 Kepong, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Tel: 03-6286 9000 I Fax: 03-6286 9004
Operation Hours: 08:30 am to 06:00 pm
(Monday – Friday, except Public Holiday)
Email: eqservice@fiamma.com.my
Website: http://www.e-quality.com.my/
Every 31st of a month, I will usually buy Baskin Robbins ice cream. This is during this day, Baskin Robbins gives 31% discount.
But during this MCO (Movement Control Order), the ordering process changed and confused lots of people. Yesterday on 31st of May on 10:00 AM, I went to Baskin Robbins Bukit Jelutong at Petronas.
I already saw long queue at the ice cream parlour but it was still not open and nothing signage regarding the opening hours.
Then I went to Jaya Grocer to buy groceries when I checked back at 10:40 AM the parlour still closed, I decided to go to Aeon Shah Alam Baskin Robbins.
When I arrived at 11:00AM at Aeon Shah Alam, there was already long queue.
To my dismay, I could only buy at most quart size. Half gallon is not available for walk-in. Besides, if you choose quart, you can only select one flavor.
I bought 3 flavors of ice creams.
At night around 11:00 PM, I checked if Lazada got Baskin Robbins 31% promo. Last March 31st, Baskin Robbins only offered their 31% discount at Lazada. You had to buy the e coupon then redeem at the counter.
To my surprise, the coupon for half gallon was available.
However, you could buy the coupon on 31st May but can only redeem it on 1st June onward and valid for 3 months.
You will receive an e voucher similar like this via email where you can redeem it within 3 months.
Show the e voucher at Baskin Robbins counter to redeem your ice cream. Of course it shows value RM111.50 but in actual fact you just pay RM76.94
This is my half gallon that I bought at Lazada.
Anyway this is more efficient way to get 31% discount by buying it first at Lazada then can redeem it any hours within 3 months. It avoids long queue at Baskin Robbins.
However the problem is on information diffusion where lack of info at Baskin Robbins website or even at their outlet signage. They should improve on this.
In summary during MCO different outlets have different opening hours. In principle, below are the different opening hours.
Open: Either 11:00AM or 12:00PM
Close: Either 8:00 PM or 9:00PM
My toilet mirror frame was broken due to water humidity. I bought the mirror in 2013. I don’t want to replace it because the mirror itself is still in good condition. Only the bottom frame was detached.
Firstly, I dried back of the mirror under the hot sun. It was bit humid at the back. At same time, I used hair dryer to ensure it was totally dried.
Then I switched on my hot glue gun for few minutes before start applying the hot glue gun.
Press a bit the hot glue gun to see whether the glue is ready or no.
Then apply evenly on the surface.
Stick the frame quickly before the hot glue dried, hold the frame for few minutes to ensure the frame is stick to its body.
Apply again hot glue gun on any gaps that you see. Let it dried by itself.
I then used masking tape to make it looks neat.
The repaired mirror frame is strong like new one.
Its cost me RM20 for the hot glue gun and RM4 for four hot glue sticks. I used one hot glue stick to repair the mirror.
Of course, I can reuse back my hot glue gun for other repairs. So for me, it just cost me RM1 to repair the mirror.
Covid-19 is a crisis for some people and an investment opportunities for some. If you are on the opportunities side, I think Covid-19 creates lots of opportunities who are patient.
The real opportunities will start arise after end of bank moratorium. The most impacted industries are tourism to be specific accommodation, passenger transport and travel agencies which constitute 12.4% of tourism employee or 3.5M x 12.4% = 434,000 employees would be impacted.
I am personally more interested into banking sectors with good fundamental and investment view of 5 years.
For airlines try to avoid as even Warren Buffet sold off all his holdings in airlines industries even at a lost because according to him, the cost to fund the airlines business after Covid-19 is higher than selling it now.
Banks profits are much lower in the coming Q2 till Q4, 2020 due to moratorium, higher provision due to bad debt and stringent lending policies.
I expect some panic selling after the moratorium that we could tap on.
Possible higher properties being auctioned or sell at lower market value after bank moratorium or even after the MCO (Movement Control Order).
Most of properties will be near by location of employees related to tourism and properties short term rent like AirBnb.
In any investment you require cash in order to invest. So put aside saving from loan moratorium, EPF withdrawal as your war chest fund. Be patient.
Learn more about stocks and real estate investment, don’t simply invest.
For real estate, start monitor few locations that you are interested in. Look for the price movement and its surrounding. Invest in good locations.
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