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            <title>Rakyat to blame for surging Cobis cases</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5180803</link>
            <description>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I step out of my apartment unit in the top flooor only once everyday, to pick up food that Grab or Foodpanda riders left at the table in the lobby.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But I noticed that people are NOT staying in their units, they are walking all over the place, visiting friends, going dating, etc&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Almost everytime ayam in the lift, the lift will stop at the lower floors for 2-3 people, usually young guys, to go in.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During the rare times when I go outside, I noticed there are a lot of people and cars outside .... VERY UNLIKE mco 1.0.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It&amp;#39;s like many ppl are no longer sked of cobis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not to mention that some ppl still do not wear masks ...even in a shopping mall.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So don&amp;#39;t blame the gomen, it&amp;#39;s the rakyat that&amp;#39;s failing us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope I survive the pandemic and get the opportunity to move to a more law abiding place like Singapore, despite my graying hair.</description>
            <author>Malefic</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2021 23:16:49 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>50 reasons why KL is no. 1</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1392232</link>
            <description>Since other cities got, like: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;World&amp;#39;s Greatest City: 50 reasons why Singapore is No. 1 (ah kiong will froth at the mouth  &lt;!--emo&amp;:P--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt; )&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.cnngo.com/singapore/none/worlds-greatest-city-50-reasons-why-singapore-no-1-399897' target='_blank'&gt;http://www.cnngo.com/singapore/none/worlds...ore-no-1-399897&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;World&amp;#39;s Greatest City: 50 reasons why Hong Kong is No. 1 (I rike HK, but dun want to live there)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.cnngo.com/hong-kong/none/worlds-greatest-city-hong-kong-576599' target='_blank'&gt;http://www.cnngo.com/hong-kong/none/worlds...ong-kong-576599&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even Mumbai, Shanghai, Bangkok got.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;KL mana?</description>
            <author>Malefic</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:20:21 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Are you an alpha male?</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1389732</link>
            <description>For reference:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;must read:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-an-alpha-male.htm' target='_blank'&gt;http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-an-alpha-male.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_(biology)' target='_blank'&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_(biology)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--QuoteBegin--&gt;&lt;div class='quotetop'&gt;QUOTE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class='quotemain'&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEBegin--&gt;A beta animal is an animal that will act as a new alpha animal if the old alpha dies. In some species of birds, the males pair up in twos when courting, the beta male aiding the alpha male. The beta male does generally not get to mate with the female birds, but if the alpha dies, he takes over the alpha&amp;#39;s females, becoming the new alpha.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Omega (usually rendered ω-male) is an antonym used to refer to the lowest caste of the hierarchical society. An omega is subordinated to all others in the community. The omega is commonly the last allowed to eat&lt;!--QuoteEnd--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEEnd--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/opinion/breaking-views/59547-the-ugly-and-dysfunctional-mahathir-anwar-pair-m-bakri-musa' target='_blank'&gt;http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.p...ir-m-bakri-musa&lt;/a&gt;</description>
            <author>Malefic</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:39:32 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>SS15 rojak+cendol in PJ State</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1348043</link>
            <description>Last night I went all the way to PJ State to have a hair cut coz my regular hair salon closed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Got a male hairstylist. Darn, I hate it when a guy plays with my hair ... feels gay.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After haircut I spotted a restaurants named &amp;quot;Subang SS15 Rojak and Cendol&amp;quot;. It&amp;#39;s besides KFC.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I went in and eaten lor. Both rojak and cendol veli veli good. The santan in cendol very thick  &lt;!--emo&amp;:hyper:--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/rclxm9.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='rclxm9.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;  I enjoiced.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, I&amp;#39;ve never eated at the famous rojak stall in SS15 .....so I&amp;#39;m not sure the PJ State restaurant is an actual branch of the Subang stall.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Drill:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://tummy-rumble.blogspot.com/2009/12/famous-ss15-indian-rojak-cendol.html' target='_blank'&gt;http://tummy-rumble.blogspot.com/2009/12/f...jak-cendol.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description>
            <author>Malefic</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:03:31 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Cash gone after moment’s distraction</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1334130</link>
            <description>I&amp;#39;m posting this to help myself as I don&amp;#39;t want to be a victim  &lt;!--emo&amp;:rolleyes:--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='rolleyes.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--QuoteBegin--&gt;&lt;div class='quotetop'&gt;QUOTE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class='quotemain'&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEBegin--&gt;by Tim Leonard&lt;br /&gt;newsdesk@thesundaily.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PETALING JAYA: A moment’s distraction – that’s all it takes for one to fall victim to a scam that could lead to one’s bank account being wiped almost clean.&lt;br /&gt;Police warned yesterday of a scam whereby thieves have siphoned off thousands of ringgit after they cunningly steal ATM cards and PIN from unsuspecting bank customers.&lt;br /&gt;Unlike a hit carried out by organised crime syndicates using ATM card skimmers and sophisticated gadgets, the latest cases, recorded by police nationwide, involve a simple method.&lt;br /&gt;A Bukit Aman police officer told theSun the thieves would usually work in groups of two to three, including a woman.&lt;br /&gt;“Their targets are those making cash withdrawals at the ATMs,” the officer said.&lt;br /&gt;“One of them would scatter a few RM1 or RM10 notes on the floor near their intended victim while he or she in the midst of a banking transaction.&lt;br /&gt;“One of them, usually the woman, would call out or tap the victim on the shoulder to say he or she had dropped the money.&lt;br /&gt;“And just as the confused victim is distracted and turns around or bends down to pick up the money, an accomplice would quickly swap the victim’s ATM card with a similar-looking card, probably that of a recent victim.&lt;br /&gt;“One of them would have spied on the victim’s PIN as it was being punched earlier at the start of the transaction.&lt;br /&gt;“The unsuspecting victim would collect the cash dispensed from the ATM and walk away with someone else’s ATM card while their own card is in the crooks’ possession.”&lt;br /&gt;In an incident on Feb 12, a 47-year-old newspaperman lost all his savings in three accounts at a bank.&lt;br /&gt;The incident occurred at about 4pm on Jalan Masjid Negeri in Penang, when C.H. Ng was withdrawing money using his ATM card.&lt;br /&gt;Just as the machine was dispensing the cash, a woman tapped him on the shoulder and told him some money had fallen out from his pocket.&lt;br /&gt;“I looked down and saw two RM10 notes and several RM1 notes on the floor near my feet,” Ng said.&lt;br /&gt;He picked up the notes, thanked the woman, and turned to the ATM.&lt;br /&gt;“To my relief, the money dispensed by the ATM was untouched. I had heard of cases where people lost their money after being momentarily distracted,” he said.&lt;br /&gt;Ng said he retrieved the ATM card and left the bank with his money.&lt;br /&gt;However, when he used the card again to withdraw money near his office in Petaling Jaya last Friday, he was shocked to find that the card was not his but that belonging to a woman.&lt;br /&gt;He checked his accounts online and found that money from his three accounts had been wiped out and had balances of only RM2, RM5 and RM30.&lt;br /&gt;Ng lodged a police report at the SEA Park police station in Petaling Jaya.&lt;br /&gt;Police said one of the earliest reported cases involving the same method was in June last year when a credit card agent last RM5,000 in Seri Gombak.&lt;br /&gt;The victim told police he saw three people, including a woman, in the bank when he went to withdraw money at night.&lt;br /&gt;Just as the machine was dispensing cash, the woman called out to him in a foreign language and pointed to some bank notes on the floor.&lt;br /&gt;The victim initially did not pick up the money but the woman kept gesturing to him to pick up the notes and even indicated that she had back pain.&lt;br /&gt;Just as the victim picked the cash up, the woman and a man standing behind him left the bank in a hurry.&lt;br /&gt;The victim put the money back on the floor and turned to continue his bank transaction but it failed.&lt;br /&gt;He ejected the card and re-inserted it into the slot and, to his suprise, the name on the screen was not his.&lt;br /&gt;By the time he called the bank to freeze his account, the thieves had withdrawn his money from another location.&lt;br /&gt;Police urged those approached in a similar fashion to stop their transaction immediately and contact the police or bank security.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Source: The Sun&lt;!--QuoteEnd--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEEnd--&gt;</description>
            <author>Malefic</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:24:20 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Chinese rent dates to appease parents</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1324665</link>
            <description>I wonder if similiar ads will pop up in Job Enlistments section  &lt;!--emo&amp;:hehe:--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/brows.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='brows.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--QuoteBegin--&gt;&lt;div class='quotetop'&gt;QUOTE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class='quotemain'&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEBegin--&gt;BEIJING (AFP): Single people in China have come up with an innovative way of pleasing their pushy parents during the annual Lunar New Year holiday - they are renting fake dates.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Advertisements posted by people seeking to pay young men or women to come home with them for Spring Festival - China&amp;#39;s most important family holiday that kicks off this weekend - are scattered all over popular web portals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &amp;quot;500 yuan  a day, you don&amp;#39;t have to sleep with me, I can sleep on the floor in the same room, but you have to be a good actress,&amp;quot; one man said Wednesday on baidu.com, under the heading &amp;quot;Looking to rent a girlfriend&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A lot of 20-something Chinese have no siblings due to the nation&amp;#39;s one-child policy, and many come under heavy pressure to marry once they hit their late 20s.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;I haven&amp;#39;t yet found a suitable girlfriend and my parents are pushing too hard,&amp;quot; said another posting on Chinaren.com under the title &amp;quot;desperately looking for a girlfriend to go home with me for Chinese New Year&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;I&amp;#39;m searching for a girl around 23 years old (and not more than two years below or above that), 160 to 175 centimetres high, average looking is OK,&amp;quot; it added.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Other people have posted advertisements offering their services to accompany desperate singletons home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to the state-run Global Times, a female student at the prestigious Peking University placed an ad offering 10,000 yuan a day to a man willing to go home with her for Spring Festival.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She said in the posting that her parents had told her to bring a man home or &amp;quot;you can forget about coming home for the holiday&amp;quot;, the report said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One organisation, called the Xiao Bai Alliance, is helping bring &amp;quot;special friends&amp;quot; together for the holiday to please anxious parents, the report said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Source: AFP&lt;!--QuoteEnd--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEEnd--&gt;</description>
            <author>Malefic</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:55:03 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Girls who smoke</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1318263</link>
            <description>I try to stay away from male smokers but somehow I find girls who smoke sexy. But I don&amp;#39;t mind lah if they don&amp;#39;t smoke, better for my and her health.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, I just found out that a tudung-clad girl in my office smokes. Somehow, I can&amp;#39;t help thinking &amp;quot;That&amp;#39;s so strange&amp;quot;  &lt;!--emo&amp;:stars:--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/rclxub.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='rclxub.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;</description>
            <author>Malefic</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:35:17 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>I saw a walking dead</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1310232</link>
            <description>I was walking to the lift after tea when I saw someone pulling a trolley.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Glancing at him, I got a shock. He looked like a zombie. His hair was falling out, his face was skelatal, his is very very thin. He looks so bad you can&amp;#39;t really tell his race or gender anymore - I assume it&amp;#39;s a &amp;#39;he&amp;#39; since he doing a manual job.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Something like this:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://images.google.com.my/images?gbv=2&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=1&amp;q=walking+dead&amp;btnG=Search&amp;aq=f&amp;oq=&amp;start=0' target='_blank'&gt;http://images.google.com.my/images?gbv=2&amp;h...q=f&amp;oq=&amp;start=0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I suspect he is a drug addict or more likely an AIDs patient.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I used the stairs instead of sharing the lift with him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I told my colleague, she said: &amp;quot;Too bad I missed it&amp;#33;&amp;quot;  &lt;!--emo&amp;:x--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/doh.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='doh.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description>
            <author>Malefic</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:02:54 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Are you addicted to gambling?</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1307902</link>
            <description>Dunno why, many of the guys in my workplace are compulsive gamblers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Had a talk with an office boy who had lost his parents.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Asked what are his plans now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He said he plans to buy a house when he wins lottery. He then &amp;#39;impressed&amp;#39; me with his knowledge of the various lotteries in Mahersia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I advised him that it&amp;#39;s almost impossible to win big by gambling. That he better put his money and focus on something useful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Did he thank me for the valuable advice? No. He got emotional and called me a big mouth. Say God will bless him with a lottery windfall.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Inside, I laffed and laffed. What a retard.</description>
            <author>Malefic</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:57:37 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>You rike or hate Amerika &amp;amp; the West</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1305555</link>
            <description>Personally I deeply despise O&amp;#39;bummer, Helicopter Ben and Gang for bailling out the banks. Their action robbed me of the opportunity to change my life  &lt;!--emo&amp;:furious:--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/vmad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='vmad.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt; I wanna post more, but I sked the A-team will kick open my door in the middle of the nite and drag me to Gitmo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ladies and gentlemen, your opinion on Amerika?</description>
            <author>Malefic</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:56:11 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>More women say: Touch me, pay me </title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1271291</link>
            <description>&lt;a href='http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/world/47506-more-women-say-touch-me-pay-me' target='_blank'&gt;http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.p...touch-me-pay-me&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I remember reading about similiar extortion cases in Mahersia sometime back. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think a guy need not worry about such things if he is in the Middle East.</description>
            <author>Malefic</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 03:08:56 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Japanese girls want to marry Chinese</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1266519</link>
            <description>&lt;!--QuoteBegin--&gt;&lt;div class='quotetop'&gt;QUOTE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class='quotemain'&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEBegin--&gt;Japanese girls want to marry Chinese &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nowadays, there is a popular saying among Japanese girls that goes &amp;quot;What we want is Chinese food and men, not French lovers or American houses.&amp;quot; This means Japanese girls have lost their interest in French and American men.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Japan, men from China are becoming more popular with Japanese girls. More than 1,500 Japanese girls married with Chinese men last year, an increase of 30 percent, which is the highest in history.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A representative from Japan&amp;#39;s China information research institute told the reporter that the quick development of China&amp;#39;s economy and Chinese people getting richer are the most important reasons for Japanese girls changing their appetites. Also because Japan has more women than men and Japanese men compared to Chinese men are generally less capable when it comes to being both a considerate family man and a breadwinner; today&amp;#39;s Japanese men feel much more inferior compared with men from China because they found what they are lacking is not little. &lt;!--QuoteEnd--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEEnd--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Source: &lt;a href='http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90782/90872/6839840.html' target='_blank'&gt;http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90782/90872/6839840.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Marry maybe ... many Japanese girls, like girls from other developed Asian countries, are &amp;quot;realistic&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But for XXXing ... from one I&amp;#39;ve seen and heard ... they prefer darker-skinned, macho fellas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I once saw a very pretty Japanese girl in KLCC holding hands with a Malaysian dude who looks like a taxi driver/waiter (I mean the dressing, the way he carries himself etc)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, 1,500 is not a lot and the article is by the People&amp;#39;s Daily Online, so take it with a big pinch of salt  &lt;!--emo&amp;:lol:--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='laugh.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;</description>
            <author>Malefic</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:27:02 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>New fuel subsidy system</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1261238</link>
            <description>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--QuoteBegin--&gt;&lt;div class='quotetop'&gt;QUOTE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class='quotemain'&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEBegin--&gt;Concern over new fuel subsidy system&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THERE is rising concern over the new fuel subsidy system which is supposed to take effect from Jan 1. According to a report in the China Press yesterday, among the measures being discussed include having car owners produce their MyKad which will store information on any subsidy enjoyed by them, and also providing a thumbprint as proof of identity.&lt;br /&gt;According to the report, these measures, which are at the preliminary stage of discussion, have met with strong objections from oil companies who see the installation of biometric identification terminals as an added burden, and complain that consumers will be inconvenienced as well.&lt;br /&gt;The report said following discussions with the ministry on the floating price mechanism and fuel subsidy, oil companies are meeting petrol kiosk operators to get them psychologically prepared for what is in store.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Once the price of petrol is allowed to float, it is expected to soar and oil companies have already hinted to kiosk operators that the pump price of RON 95, which is currently RM1.80 a litre, may hit RM3 or more without any subsidy.&lt;/b&gt;As such the government will have to provide subsidy in the form of a rebate to car owners who qualify for it, much like the rebate enjoyed by owners of these vehicles when the oil price peaked more than a year ago.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;In future, the rebate will not likely be in the form of one-off cash payment of RM625, but rather something like RM50 a month stored in the MyKad, said the report.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is learnt that the owners would have to register with Maybank to receive the rebate which can be used to offset the cost of purchases at the pump.&lt;!--QuoteEnd--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEEnd--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Source: Press Digest, the Sun&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If this is true ... if petrol price hits RM3, and the rebate is only RM50 a month ... many people will cry and inflation will spike. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have this nagging feeling for the past couple of months that Mahresia is ultimately doomed, that it can&amp;#39;t be saved  ... and this just reconfirmed my fears.</description>
            <author>Malefic</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:41:20 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>How to handle &amp;#39;small gas&amp;#39; girl?</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1170450</link>
            <description>&lt;br /&gt;Inspired by this topic: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1167968' target='_blank'&gt;http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1167968&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What works for me:&lt;br /&gt;If you are driving and she starts showing small gas attitude, stop by the roadside and ask her to walk home alone. Tried that a couple of times and the gals quickly said: &amp;quot;Please, don&amp;#39;t leave me&amp;#33;&amp;quot; Voila, immediate cure fpr gas problems  &lt;!--emo&amp;:lol:--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='laugh.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;</description>
            <author>Malefic</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:12:35 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>What if you killed someone in an accident</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1147707</link>
            <description>This thread is worth a read. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.usj.com.my/bulletin/upload/showthread.php?threadid=27807' target='_blank'&gt;http://www.usj.com.my/bulletin/upload/show...?threadid=27807&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hate driving on Malaysian roads. Too many idiots on the road. Almost ever other day I&amp;#39;ll see broken glass on the road, the site of yet another accident.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To those who talk on the handphone while driving ... and those who think they are F1 drivers ... ever occurred to u that u could go to jail (and possibily get butsecked) if you cause someone&amp;#39;s death?&lt;br /&gt;</description>
            <author>Malefic</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:51:00 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Gal screaming in Subang apt block</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1141565</link>
            <description>There was a gal who screamed and screamed in my apartment in Subang.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At first I thot she kena sax-ing, but the screams went on and on ... and yes, she sounds possessed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apparently a crowd gathered outside her unit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Any Kopitards still awake who heard the screams? Then we live in the same apartment and the same block  &lt;!--emo&amp;:hehe:--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/brows.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='brows.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;#39;m too lazy to join the crowd to get more info ... I&amp;#39;m sitting in my underwear and too malas to get up and put some clothes on.</description>
            <author>Malefic</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:25:15 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Watch Tentangan Dendam on RTM2 now&amp;#33;</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1138334</link>
            <description>Their BM sounds so unnatural. I&amp;#39;m watching it for the lulz.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1-2 of the actresses are pretty though &lt;!--emo&amp;:P--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;</description>
            <author>Malefic</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:05:01 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Saxually frustrated blogger kills 3 women</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1120704</link>
            <description>Saxual frustration + internet = dangerous.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh mai. I hope I don&amp;#39;t end up like him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, I&amp;#39;ve added a poll. For those aged 16 and above only, pls. For info purposes only.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--QuoteBegin--&gt;&lt;div class='quotetop'&gt;QUOTE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class='quotemain'&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEBegin--&gt;Pennsylvania gym killer blogged his own massacre &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;NEW YORK, Aug 5, 2009 (AFP) - A man who shot and killed three women in a Pennsylvania health club, then himself, apparently blogged his rage-filled preparations -- with the final chilling entry announcing the &amp;quot;big day&amp;quot; of the massacre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The killer, who late Tuesday burst into the LA Fitness Gym in Bridgeville, near Pittsburgh, and unleashed a spray of gunfire, appeared to have written the blog on a personal web page starting last November.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the eve of the killings, he wrote: &amp;quot;Took off today, Monday, and tomorrow to practice my routine and make sure it is well polished.... Tomorrow is the big day.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The blog has still to be authenticated by police and was removed from the Internet early Wednesday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If authentic, the net diary reveals in unusual detail the sinister and twisted thought process of a man crippled by sexual frustration, anger at women, self-pity, and depression.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It identifies the writer as George Sodini, 48, shown in a picture attached to the blog to be a lean, white man with slightly greying hair and wearing a smart blue shirt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Police say Sodini, a member of the gym, sprayed gunfire into a Latin dance class after turning out the lights to make escape harder. Three women died and about 10 other people were wounded before he apparently killed himself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the blog, Sodini writes as far back as November 5, 2008, that he &amp;quot;planned to do this in the summer&amp;quot; but decided to see the result of the presidential election won by President Barack Obama.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In December, he again wrote that he&amp;#39;d &amp;quot;planned to do this already&amp;quot; and sets January 6 as the new date.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Less than two hours before the appointed time on that day, he apparently writes: &amp;quot;I wish life could be better for all and the crazy world can somehow run smoother. I wish I had answers. Bye.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But the next entry describes him pulling out at the last minute: &amp;quot;It is 8:45PM: I chickened out&amp;#33; Shit&amp;#33; I brought the loaded guns, everything. Hell&amp;#33;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Throughout nine months of rambling entries Sodini reveals his fixation on rejections from women and his extreme sexual frustration.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Who knows why. I am not ugly or too weird. No sex since July 1990 either (I was 29),&amp;quot; he writes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Last time I slept all night with a girlfriend it was 1982. Proof I am a total malfunction. Girls and women don&amp;#39;t even give me a second look ANYWHERE. There is something BLATANTLY wrong with me.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He is angry at a brother whom he describes as a bully and what he says was his distant relationship with his father. In April he also blogs about his worries over being laid off at work, where the recession is starting to make an impact.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ironically, the blogger writes that going to the gym helped him relieve his psychological problems.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;My anger and rage is largely gone since I began lifting weights,&amp;quot; he wrote in December last year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But those positive feelings are fleeting and the blogger appears to be set on preparing his destructive end.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;What is it like to be dead? I always think I am forgetting something, that&amp;#39;s one reason I postponed,&amp;quot; he wrote. &amp;quot;In this case, I cannot make a return trip&amp;#33;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the last entry, dated August 3, he describes alarm at meeting a happy neighbor, who he worries will distract him from the murders.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;I need to remain focused and absorbed COMPLETELY.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;His last words on the blog: &amp;quot;Death lives&amp;#33;&amp;quot;&amp;nbsp; AFP&lt;!--QuoteEnd--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEEnd--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;</description>
            <author>Malefic</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:22:35 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Woman fakes pregnancy to force marriage</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1105682</link>
            <description>&lt;!--QuoteBegin--&gt;&lt;div class='quotetop'&gt;QUOTE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class='quotemain'&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEBegin--&gt;A &lt;b&gt;young&lt;/b&gt; woman faked pregnancy to get her boyfriend to marry her and cheated her in-laws of more than RM10,000 before the nuptial night.&lt;br /&gt;A Sin Chew Daily report yesterday said the&lt;b&gt; sweet-looking &lt;/b&gt;woman, who it did not name, told her boyfriend she was pregnant with his baby a month after they had met. Showing him films of an ultrasound scan as “proof” of her claim, she wanted him to marry her.&lt;br /&gt;Two weeks before their traditional marriage reception, the woman, who claimed to have been raised by her grandfather after losing her parents as a child, moved in with the boyfriend and his family in Mentakab, Pahang.&lt;br /&gt;After gaining the confidence of the boyfriend’s parents by portraying herself as an obedient and hardworking woman, she obtained two loans from them totalling RM12,000 on the pretext of wanting to start a business.&lt;br /&gt;She said she needed the money as she had left her savings account books at her home in Seremban.&lt;br /&gt;The con job was only exposed when an envelope she had handed them to drop into a bank’s cheque deposit box was found to be empty instead of containing a post-dated cheque for RM10,000 meant to be part of her repayment of the loans.&lt;br /&gt;The doubting parents then took her to a clinic where an ultrasound scan showed that she was not pregnant.&lt;br /&gt;Despite the woman’s attempt to postpone the wedding reception, it went ahead as scheduled but none of her relatives turned up.&lt;br /&gt;A week after the marriage, the bride ran away, prompting the in-laws to lodge a police report.&lt;br /&gt;They decided to publicise the case to alert others to the the runaway bride’s ploy after she was seen with another man in Malacca.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Source: Press Digest, The Sun &lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEnd--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEEnd--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fuyoh&amp;#33; This is not the first time I read about womenz sax-ing and then cheating/stealing from the guy. In my life, I&amp;#39;ve encountered several womenz who tried to scam me... unfortunately not one of them is sweet-looking  &lt;!--emo&amp;:x--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/doh.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='doh.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;</description>
            <author>Malefic</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:16:32 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Auctioning my EPF nomination, will</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1079462</link>
            <description>This is one of the hare-brained ideas that I come up with from time to time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First, read this:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER BEGIN--&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilertop&quot; onClick=&quot;openClose('7bad74b4fc3ee80bd7947ed57c36993b')&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;raquo; Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... &amp;laquo;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilermain&quot; id=&quot;7bad74b4fc3ee80bd7947ed57c36993b&quot; style=&quot;display:none&quot;&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER END--&gt;Nominating your EPF beneficiary &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2008/09/21&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;YOUR Employees&amp;#39; Provident Fund nomination allows you to specify the name of individual(s) you wish to be the beneficiary of your EPF savings. All members above the age of 18 are encouraged to nominate as it will not only ensure that your savings will go to your intended beneficiaries, but also guarantees a speedy payment to your loved ones in the event of death. So how do I nominate?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Making a nomination is easy. All you need to do is complete the KWSP 4 (AHL) form and submit it immediately to the nearest EPF office as it must be received by the EPF during your lifetime. The form can also be downloaded from www.kwsp.gov.my. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can I nominate more than one nominees?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes, you can name more than one nominee to receive your EPF savings upon your death. You are required to list their names in KWSP 4 (AHL) form and specify how much each nominee should receive.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can I change my beneficiaries?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes, and you should do so whenever your circumstances change, such as marriage, divorce, additional new members or the death of a nominated beneficiary. To change your beneficiary, simply complete a new KWSP 4 (AHL) form. This will automatically cancel any earlier nomination.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Who can be authorised as a witness of my nomination?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyone aged 18 years and above can be the witness of your nomination provided that he or she is not your nominated beneficiary.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What about nomination for Muslim members?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For Muslim members, the beneficiary named can only act as an administrator/ executor who will be responsible for distributing the savings of the deceased to the rightful heirs in accordance to the Faraid Law.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Will a will supersede a nomination? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No, it won&amp;#39;t. If you have made an EPF nomination, your nominee(s) shall be entitled to your EPF savings regardless of what you state in your will.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By the same token, a marriage or divorce will not revoke any EPF nomination made. So, it is imperative that members update their nominations. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can my nomination be revoked? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes, your nomination is automatically revoked upon the following circumstances:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Upon the death of the nominee during your lifetime;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- By notice of revocation made by you as member;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- By subsequent nomination made by you as member;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Upon making Age 55 Withdrawal, Leaving the Country Withdrawal, Incapacitation Withdrawal and Pensionable Employees Withdrawal. If you start to contribute again, remember to nominate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What happens to my EPF savings if I fail to nominate?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When nominations have not been made, the EPF will pay the savings of the deceased member to the next of kin which in the opinion of the EPF has the right to receive the savings. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If member&amp;#39;s EPF savings are less than RM25,000:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Initial sum of RM2,500 will be paid to the next of kin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- The balance will be paid after a two-month period from the date of the member&amp;#39;s death.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If member&amp;#39;s EPF savings are more than RM25,000:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Initially a sum of RM2,500 will be paid to the next of kin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- The second payment (not more than RM17,500) will be paid to the next of kin after two months from the date of the member&amp;#39;s death.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- The balance of the savings will be paid upon submitting the Letter of Administration/ Grant of Probate/Distribution Order/Faraid Certificate from the party that administers estates such as Amanah Raya Berhad or the court or the Land Office, respectively. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The process to obtain these documents is time-consuming and certain fees will also need to be paid. On the other hand, with nomination, every process is free.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How can I check my nomination?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you wish to check your nomination, you may do so by visiting the nearest EPF office and producing your identification card/MyKad over the counter for verification purposes. Alternatively, you can write to:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nomination Unit, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Registration Section, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The EPF Petaling Jaya Office, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EPF Building, Jalan Gasing, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;46598 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You are required to mail a copy of your identification card/ MyKad together with your letter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When will payment be made to my nominee?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you have nominated, then after death, immediate payment will be made.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Source: NST&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, I don&amp;#39;t have anyone to nominate because&lt;br /&gt;- I don&amp;#39;t plan to get married and I don&amp;#39;t really like kids. &lt;br /&gt;- my brothers, relatives etc don&amp;#39;t deserve any money from me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was thinking, &amp;quot;why not get people to bid to be my EPF nominee?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To take this further, why not get people to bid to be named in my will ... to be the sole beneficiary of my estate, which is worth around half a million ringgit, mostly in properties ... and i expect it to be worth much much more in the future.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So my questions are:&lt;br /&gt;- is this crazy idea feasible?&lt;br /&gt;- how much is considered a reasonable bid?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*will update later. Got work to do.&lt;br /&gt;</description>
            <author>Malefic</author>
            <category>Serious Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:01:09 +0800</pubDate>
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