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New house drainage hole badly made.

Cloudx — Sun, 18 Aug 2024 11:30:05 +0800

I just receive my new home and when i engage a defect inspector to check one of the defect that really concerns me is how badly made the toilet drain hole is, picture below

Is there any way we can DiY to fix this? Cause I'm quite sure all the sand will erode and fill up the pipes if we use the toilet for some.time.

Badminton training ?

Cloudx — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 15:48:22 +0800

Anyone here who's not a beginner in badminton tried attending training to brushed up / improved your skills?
Is there any training center which provide such service? Or all adult badminton training start from the very basic level e.g court movement, how to hold racket & hit shuttle?

Relocating at 40, will you do it?

Cloudx — Mon, 08 May 2023 13:44:44 +0800

I'm currently working as a senior IT engineer in one MNC in Penang earning about 9k a month. The job itself is rather comfy where my main job is only providing support and some ad hoc projects. Recently due to the current economic downturn my company started down sizing and cutting quite a number of benefits for this year. I got a number of colleagues left the company due to this as well. This trend cause me to feel insecure with my current job however it seems like the trend is impacting most MNC in Penang as well.
Lately while browsing through Jobstreet, I come into quite a number of openings which matches my profile, but they're mostly in SG. This got me having the urge to try it out.
However I have some big considerations which is, I'm not young anymore and my family. My wife has a day time job & my kiddo is in primary 2.
If you ask me what are my main purpose of changing job, well the most important to me is job security & also the salary.

What will you guys do if you're me? Let everything behind and jump over? Continue on with current job & find somewhere better locally?
How's the condition in Sg? Are they badly impacted by the recession as well? Heard last time mass retrenchment happen in Sg's tech sector.

How do I add additional accessories to EX5?

Cloudx — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 23:11:49 +0800

I'm planning to install a set of spot light on my old EX5 at the fork.
I don't have much knowledge on how the wiring works, but the spot light is using 12v so can I pull a direct wire to the bike's battery?
If no can I share the connection with the head lamp? Or is there any way of doing it?

Alternatives to slow copper-fiber unifi?

Cloudx — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 11:34:02 +0800

I'm staying in an old apartment complex which do not have any fiber cable in our apartment's architecture.
There is UNIFI available in the apartment complex, however the setup I believe is still riding on the old copper cable since there's no fiber cable being pulled from my unit & the modem is still connecting to the phone port.
UNIFI however stated due to this old architecture the speed can only reach up to 30Mbps. I feel that even with 30Mbps the speed is same as my previous 8Mbps streamyx during peak hour.
Is there any other options I can look for to get a faster internet connection?

Why can't display any twitter link?

Cloudx — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 18:35:03 +0800

Hi guys, need some advice on this. Been facing the same behaviour for sometime now, any thread with twitter link not showing.

Can a construction project goes on up to 10pm?

Cloudx — Thu, 26 Dec 2019 21:03:27 +0800

I'm having a dilemma lately ever since a high rise construction started smack behind my apartment unit.
The blardy construction starts early morning at 8am till 10pm at night! Not only that I need to bear with the noisy construction, I have to bear with the smelly diesel smoke discharge by the construction machinery.

I've raise complains to the local municipal council twice and all they mention is they will send a warning letter to developer. Nothing changes still, construction still ongoing till 10pm. The sound is so bad that every weekend I had to stay at my mum's place so my 4yo can have her evening nap. Can I make a police report? Will they entertain me? Any other option I can look for?

Sometimes I really wonder why the hell does the gov simply approve any construction without considering it's surrounding neighborhood. The construction took place in a densely populated neighborhood & a primary sch just beside the site. I wonder how the kids gonna continue studying coming January when sch reopens. Btw, I'm from Penang island.

Buying my first home

Cloudx — Mon, 04 Mar 2019 14:18:00 +0800

Hi all, I'm planning to purchase my first property which is a subsale unit worth 400k.
I know there's some sort of incentive offered by the gov for first time house buyers but I'm not really clear about it.
I also planned to take money from my EPF's 2nd acc to put a a downpayment for the house, must I first pay the downpayment before applying for the withdrawal?
Another thing is, my wife planned to withdraw her epf as well to be use for renovating the house, can she do that? She has an existing property but never took her epf out before.
Appreciate to get some input on the above.

Worth upgrading to SSD?

Cloudx — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 15:20:59 +0800

Hi all, just want to ask your opinion regarding the above.
I have a very old Acer Aspire 4741G laptop which are still working fine so far.

Lately it's showing some sluggishness & I'm planning to reformat it to bring it up to speed again. While doing that I though of upgrading my current WD Black HDD to a Sandisk SSD Plus since SSD price nowadays is rather cheap.
The SSD will be solely for my windows & application installation. I'll then get a HDD Caddy to convert my DVDROM to a secondary HDD.

Total cost will be less than RM200 is it worth to go for it? Not sure if older generation lappy can support SSD or not although logically they can since the connector is just SATA connection.

[WTS] Clearing old stuff

Cloudx — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 14:37:38 +0800

Letting go some preloved item as my daughter no longer using it.

1) Sweet Cherry Car Seat. (RM100)

Preloved item, still in good condition with some wear & tear.

Item is suitable for front & rear facing.
Suitable for toddler up to 18kg

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2) Baby mat (RM50)

Good condition, rarely use as my daughter likes to explore her surrounding

Some minor tear on the surface.

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Kindly PM me if interested.

No fussy buyer please.

[WTS] Apacs Virtuoso Performance

Cloudx — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 14:27:05 +0800

Letting go my spare racket Apacs Virtuoso Performance.
Condition : 7/10 (Several paint chip, please refer below pictures.)
String : BG66 25lb
Grip : Karakal (Original grip not removed)
Spec : 4U G2 (G4)
Price : RM110
Contact : pm or whatapps 0125973226
COD Puchong / CyberJaya
Reason For selling : Felt the racket is too light after using Yonex ZForce for sometime.

Need some advice on illegal car park

Cloudx — Thu, 22 Jun 2017 18:24:50 +0800

Hi guys, need some advice.

Some idiot has been parking on my car park in my condo for more than a week now. The management has clamp the car but the owner is either ignorant or not around. Due to this I had to park my car in the handicap lot. Question is, can I report this to the Municipal Council in my area to tow the car away?

[WTS] Samsung 7kg Washing Machine

Cloudx — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 21:25:18 +0800

Item(s): Samsung Washing Machine 7kg Top Loader

Package includes: Washing Machine, Pipings

Price:450 Nego

Warranty: No more warranty

Dealing method: Self Pick up @ Bdr Kinrara 9

Location of seller: Puchong

Contact method/details: PM

Age of item: 1 years old

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Item(s) conditions: Good condition, no rust, no blockage.

Picture:

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Reason for sale: Moving out, bought a new washing machine.

Hisense LCD TV

Cloudx — Thu, 25 Aug 2016 09:43:23 +0800

Hi all, would want to ask your opinion about Hisense's TV. Anyone here own 1 ? How's the reliability & the color of it? Looking for a 40inch TV within budget of less than 1.5k.

Home Renovation contact near Cyberjaya

Cloudx — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 10:14:28 +0800

Hi, can someone recommend me a reliable contractor to do some minor renovation/installation? I'm looking for a contractor to do minor reno
- House wiring
- Light installation
- Fan installation
- Grills installation

Selling off a car procedure

Cloudx — Tue, 12 Apr 2016 03:33:31 +0800

Hi all, want to ask I'm planning to sell my car however I haven't finish servicing the loan. Can I sell the car then take the lump sum and pay bank to the bank? I'm not talking about trade in but me myself sell off the car to another party, can I do that since the papers doesn't have my name on it, it written the bank's name.

[WTS] Used Bubble Wraps

Cloudx — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 17:19:58 +0800

Item(s): Bubble Wraps

Package includes: Bubble Wraps

Price: RM50

Warranty: NIL

Dealing method: COD (Puchong only)

Location:

Contact method/details:
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Item(s) conditions: Used

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Anyone looking for cheap bubble wraps to wrap your beloved items? I got a roll of bubble wrap which I no longer have any use of.
I bought 100m @ 100+.. not sure how many left but still ALOT. Will provide a photo later.

IT Support/Admin/DBA/Sys Admin

Cloudx — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 10:52:34 +0800

Hey guys, just want to know what's the career path of someone who's doing support for IT infra side.
Been doing this for more than 5 years now, currently a Application DBA & lately I feel totally lost. I can't seem to see myself doing other things other than giving tech support & be on call for any issues.
Anyone who're in this field of work and are now very successful with their careers?

ELKEN

Cloudx — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 12:30:07 +0800

Anyone worked with Elken before? Not as an MLM-ers but as their operation staff. Got a call for interview on a post as DBA, want to know how's the working environment like.

Changing field at 30+yo

Cloudx — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 10:22:43 +0800

Hi all, need some advice from everyone here.
I'm a 32 yo guy who's working in IT support & Sys admin field all this while. Throughout the years this field of job is getting more and more boring with endless calls of support and on calls.
I'm about the become a father soon so I was thinking of moving to a job which have more stable working hours. I've been searching around for jobs which have some managerial positions such as team lead or assistant manager role, however due to my lacking of experience ( most of the time I'm a solo contributor ) in managing people I wasn't short listed.
So now I'm thinking of trying my luck in a totally new field which is doing technical presales job. Is it too late for me to do this shift?