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[WTT]/[WTS] Sapphire Pulse RX 6800

Gas&Gaiters — Wed, 25 Aug 2021 19:10:58 +0800

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Doktor dah malas nak kesian

Gas&Gaiters — Sun, 22 Aug 2021 18:58:05 +0800

inb4 wall of text

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-...vid-doctor-shot

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My patient sat at the edge of his bed gasping for air while he tried to tell me his story, pausing to catch his breath after each word. The plastic tubes delivering oxygen through his nose hardly seemed adequate to stop his chest from heaving. He looked exhausted.

He had tested positive for the coronavirus 10 days ago. He was under 50, mildly hypertensive but otherwise in good health. Eight days earlier he started coughing and having severe fatigue. His doctor started him on antibiotics. It did not work.

Fearing his symptoms were worsening, he started taking some hydroxychloroquine he had found on the internet. It did not work.

He was now experiencing shortness of breath while doing routine daily activities such as walking from his bedroom to the bathroom or putting on his shoes. He was a shell of his former self. He eventually made his way to a facility where he could receive monoclonal antibodies, a lab-produced transfusion that substitutes for the body’s own antibodies. It did not work.

He finally ended up in the ER with dangerously low oxygen levels, exceedingly high inflammatory markers and patchy areas of infection all over his lungs. Nothing had helped. He was getting worse. He could not breathe. His wife and two young children were at home, all infected with the virus. He and his wife had decided not to get vaccinated.

Last year, a case like this would have flattened me. I would have wrestled with the sadness and how unfair life was. Battled with the angst of how unlucky he was. This year, I struggled to find sympathy. It was August 2021, not 2020. The vaccine had been widely available for months in the U.S., free to anyone who wanted it, even offered in drugstores and supermarkets. Cutting-edge, revolutionary, mind-blowing, lifesaving vaccines were available where people shopped for groceries, and they still didn’t want them.

Outside his hospital door, I took a deep breath — battening down my anger and frustration — and went in. I had been working the COVID-19 units for 17 months straight, all day, every day. I had cared for hundreds of COVID patients. We all had, without being able to take breaks long enough to help us recover from this unending ordeal. Compassion fatigue was setting in. For those of us who hadn’t left after the hardest year of our professional lives, even hope was now in short supply.

Shouting through my N95 mask and the noise of the HEPA filter, I introduced myself. I calmly asked him why he decided not to get vaccinated.

“Well, I’m not an anti-vaxxer or anything. I was just waiting for the FDA to approve the vaccine first. I didn’t want to take anything experimental. I didn’t want to be the government’s guinea pig, and I don’t trust that it’s safe,” he said.

“Well,” I said, “I can pretty much guarantee we would have never met had you gotten vaccinated, because you would have never been hospitalized. All of our COVID units are full and every single patient in them is unvaccinated. Numbers don’t lie. The vaccines work.”

This was a common excuse people gave for not getting vaccinated, fearing the vaccine because the Food and Drug Administration had granted it only emergency use authorization so far, not permanent approval. Yet the treatments he had turned to — antibiotics, monoclonal antibodies and hydroxychloroquine — were considered experimental, with mixed evidence to support their use.

The only proven lifesaver we’ve had in this pandemic is a vaccine that many people don’t want. A vaccine we give away to other countries because supply overwhelms demand in the U.S. A vaccine people in other countries stand in line for hours to receive, if they can get it at all.

“Well,” I said, “I am going to treat you with remdesivir, which only recently received FDA approval.” I explained that it had been under an EUA for most of last year and had not been studied or administered as widely as COVID-19 vaccines. That more than 353 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine had been administered in the U.S. along with more than 4.7 billion doses worldwide without any overwhelming, catastrophic side effects. “Not nearly as many doses of remdesivir have been given or studied in people and its long-term side effects are still unknown,” I said. “Do you still want me to give it to you?”

“Yes” he responded, “Whatever it takes to save my life.”

It did not work.

My patient died nine days later of a stroke. We, the care team, reconciled this loss by telling ourselves: He made a personal choice not to get vaccinated, not to protect himself or his family. We did everything we could with what we had to save him. This year, this tragedy, this unnecessary, entirely preventable loss, was on him.

The burden of this pandemic now rests on the shoulders of the unvaccinated. On those who are eligible to get vaccinated but choose not to, a decision they defend by declaring, “Vaccination is a deeply personal choice.” But perhaps never in history has anyone’s personal choice affected the world as a whole as it does right now. When hundreds and thousands of people continue to die — when the most vulnerable members of society, our children, cannot be vaccinated — the luxury of choice ceases to exist.

If you believe the pandemic is almost over and I can ride it out, without getting vaccinated, you could not be more wrong. This virus will find you.

If you believe I’ll just wait until the FDA approves the vaccine first, you may not live to see the day.

If you believe if I get infected I’ll just go to the hospital and get treated, there is no guarantee we can save your life, nor even a promise we’ll have a bed for you.

If you believe I’m pregnant and I don’t want the vaccine to affect me, my baby or my future fertility, it matters little if you’re not alive to see your newborn.

If you believe I won’t get my children vaccinated because I don’t know what the long-term effects will be, it matters little if they don’t live long enough for you to find out.

If you believe I’ll just let everyone else get vaccinated around me so I don’t have to, there are 93 million eligible, unvaccinated people in the “herd” who think the same way you do and are getting in the way of ending this pandemic.

If you believe vaccinated people are getting infected anyway, so what’s the point?, the vaccine was built to prevent hospitalizations and deaths from severe illness. Instead of fatal pneumonia, those with breakthrough infections have a short, bad cold, so the vaccine has already proved itself. The vaccinated are not dying of COVID-19.

SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has mutated countless times during this pandemic, adapting to survive. Stacked up against a human race that has resisted change every step of the way — including wearing masks, social distancing, quarantining and now refusing lifesaving vaccines — it is easy to see who will win this war if human behavior fails to change quickly.

The most effective thing you can do to protect yourself, your loved ones and the world is to GET VACCINATED.

And it will work.

JPNP proposes Chini forest to be gazetted

Gas&Gaiters — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 20:41:49 +0800

JPNP proposes Chini forest to be gazetted as protected reserve

KUANTAN: The Pahang Forestry Department (JPNP) will propose to the state government that the entire Chini Forest Reserve in Pekan be gazetted in the Protected Forest category under the National Forestry Act 1984.

JPNP, in a media statement here today, said an allocation of about RM10 million would be used to rehabilitate an area of 202.34 hectares (ha) in the forest reserve.

"In July 2020, the state government had directed JPNP to speed up the rehabilitation activities in the mine encroachment area in Tasik Chini, besides intensifying efforts to restore the mining areas through the rehabilitation fund after no new licence was approved since 2019.

"Much of this effort is implemented in the 13.12 ha buffer zone area by planting various species of bamboo, ground cover plants and other suitable tree species such as Merawan Siput Jantan and Meranti Temak Nipis," the statement read.

In addition, JPNP, with the cooperation from the Energy and Natural Resources Ministry, has also planned the Social Forestry Pilot Project with the Orang Asli community in Tasik Chini, and a series of consultations involving the communities of Kampung Gumum and Kampung Melai had been implemented since 2018.

The state government through JPNP has also launched the '1 Pokok, 1 Rakyat Negeri Pahang' campaign which targets the planting of five million trees in 2021, which also involved the Tasik Chini area.

"All trees planted in Chini will be recorded through this campaign. The campaign is also to support and make successful the Greening Malaysia Programme which targets the planting of up to 100 million trees by 2025," it added. - Bernama

Sudah rupa macam ini, baru nak "cadangan"

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inb4 kucing

[WTS] MSI Z490I Unify

Gas&Gaiters — Fri, 30 Apr 2021 10:25:43 +0800

Item(s): MSI Z490I Unify ITX Motherboard

Package includes: Complete set

Price: RM900

Warranty: 3 years from February 2021

Dealing method: COD/Postage add RM10

Location: Cheras

Contact method/details: PM/

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Item(s) conditions: 90%

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Can bundle with my ITX case https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=5136218

Reason for sale: Upgraded

[WTS] Sixge LG K3S ITX Case

Gas&Gaiters — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 17:14:11 +0800

Item(s): LG K3S ITX case by Sixge

Package includes:
- Case
- PCIE Riser
- Thermalright TL-C12015-S ARGB Slim fan
- Choice of low profile cooler, either Cooler Master GeminII M5 or ID Cooling IS-50X

Can bundle with my MSI Z490I Unify motherboard https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=5138721

Price: RM450

Warranty: None

Dealing method: COD or postage add RM20

Location: Bandar Tun Hussein Onn or anywhere with MRT/LRT station

Contact method/details: Telegram/Signal 019209onethreethreezero
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Item(s) conditions: Like new, only very small scratches inside the case

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Reason for sale: Upgraded

Traditional medicine practitioner arrested

Gas&Gaiters — Sun, 10 Jan 2021 17:23:02 +0800

Traditional Chinese medicine practitioner arrested

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KULAI: A 44-year-old traditional Chinese medicine practitioner was arrested for allegedly molesting a woman who sought treatment at the outlet where he works.

Kulai OCPD Supt Tok Beng Yeow said the 22 year-old victim went to a traditional Chinese medicine centre in Jalan Kenanga, Indahpura here to seek treatment for her back problems.

“When the victim was in the treatment room, the suspect allegedly took advantage of the situation by touching and massaging her breasts, ” he said, adding that the victim lodged a police report about the incident at 3.30pm Friday (Jan 8).

He said on Saturday (Jan 9), police arrested the man at the centre at 1.15pm for investigations under Section 354 of the Penal Code.

Supt Tok added that a two-day remand order was approved by the Kulai Magistrate’s Court to detain the suspect until Jan 11.

He said that if convicted, the suspect could face up to 10 years in jail, a fine or caning or any two of the punishments, he said.

Anak saya baik orangnya

Gas&Gaiters — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 23:08:42 +0800

[fb]https://www.facebook.com/GMPStockport/photos/a.242200722655527/1524253284450258/?type=3&theater[/fb]

GMP Stockport

Another stolen bike recovered, stolen from Denton and recovered from Brinnington, after a youth on the stolen bike saw a police vehicle down the street and while turning the bike around to make good his escape, got the bike stuck in the mud and fell off it 🤦🏻‍♂️

The youth dusted himself off and made off on foot, whilst the officers remained with the stolen bike.... for moments later, the youth’s mother to turn up and give the officers abuse for being in the area to cause her little cherub to fall off the STOLEN bike.

You couldn’t make it up 🤷🏻‍♀️

C Relief Stockport

In just days, Vietnam shifts from virus-free

Gas&Gaiters — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 22:44:44 +0800

In just days, Vietnam shifts from virus-free paradise to panic

HANOI (Reuters) - There had been so few coronavirus cases in Vietnam that every patient was known by a number: Patient 17 brought the virus back from Europe after an initial wave of infections from Wuhan. Patient 91, a British pilot, almost died.

Now there is a new number that has become an unwelcome marker.

Patient 416, a 57-year-old man in the central city of Danang, tested positive for coronavirus last week after more than three months without a new infection in the Southeast Asian country.

In just over a few days, a total of 47 people linked to Danang have tested positive, signalling the start of a third, untraceable and more concerning wave of infections in a country that had reopened faster than most of the world, confident it had beaten the disease.

The surge has spread to six cities and provinces in six days, including Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and the Central Highlands.

Vietnam's Prime Minister, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, slammed his fist on the table during a meeting on Wednesday in which he warned that the entire country was now at risk of infection.

"Everyone, including health workers, had let their guard down months before the reintroduction of the virus," said Truong Huu Khanh, head of the infectious diseases department at the Nhi Dong I Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City.

"People had stopped wearing masks in public and some health workers didn't pay enough attention to 'high risk' cases".

So successful was its fight against COVID-19 that the post-pandemic "new normal" in Vietnam looked very much like the old one. Bars, restaurants and hotels had reopened with minimal social distancing measures in place. In early July, the number of domestic air passengers even rose by 27% compared to the previous year, according to state media.

But that oasis in a pandemic-stricken world began to disintegrate when Patient 416 went to a local hospital in Danang with a cough and fever. The last person to test positive for an infection in the community was a 16-year-old girl in April.

Patient 416 was initially diagnosed with pneumonia, according to Vietnam's health ministry, and did not test positive for the coronavirus until July 23. Days earlier, he had visited other hospitals in Danang to help his ailing mother, and attended one party and a wedding.

Vietnam's outbreak had been under control, thanks to an aggressive contact-tracing system and a centralised quarantine programme, which had kept the coronavirus tally to under 500 cases, with no deaths.

"We acted fast and fiercely back in March but the virus is still breaking out all over the world," said Khanh.

"We can't let our guard down. This third wave is the cost for a moment of complacency".

TESTING PATIENCE

The origin of the outbreak in Danang is unclear.

News of Patient 416's infection prompted the mass exodus of over 80,000 tourists from the popular resort city. On Thursday, authorities in Hanoi said they would begin the mass testing of 20,000 of those tourists who had returned to the capital, as Vietnam's human-powered contact tracing system was redeployed.

Some of the latest cases, including Patient 449, an American citizen based in Danang who appears to have developed symptoms in mid-June, indicate the virus had been quietly spreading in the city for several weeks.

It was not clear when Patient 449, who the health ministry said suffered from chronic pneumonia, was tested for the virus, but he was treated for COVID-like symptoms at three different hospitals before testing positive at a fourth hospital in Ho Chi Minh City.

The health ministry stopped publishing testing data in mid-May, when 260,000 tests had been carried out.

On Monday, the ministry said it had completed 430,000 tests since the pandemic began, indicating that testing continued to rise as thousands of returning overseas Vietnamese were quarantined.

It was not clear, however, to what extent COVID-19 testing outside quarantine had continued. Khanh said some outside testing, especially on patients with pneumonia symptoms, had been in effect but on a significantly smaller scale.

Although the two issues have not been officially linked, the government has over recent days made several strongly-worded statements about illegal immigration, indicating that the source of the new infections may have come from overseas.

"I think it's most likely a reintroduction of the virus from elsewhere, sometime in the last two months, but how, when, or where remain entirely speculative at present," said Guy Thwaites, director of the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit in Ho Chi Minh City.

"What is happening now in Vietnam was almost inevitable. It is almost impossible to isolate an entire country from a global pandemic," said Thwaites

"Cases will occur".

(This story corrects name to 'Khanh' in paragraphs seven, 13, 22)

(Reporting by James Pearson; Additional reporting by Phuong Nguyen and Khanh Vu; Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan)

Thai youth protest

Gas&Gaiters — Sun, 19 Jul 2020 02:06:48 +0800

Scuffles and song as Thai youth protest in Bangkok

BANGKOK: Scuffles broke out as thousands of mainly young and black-clad Thai protesters converged on Saturday at Bangkok’s Democracy Monument, in the city’s rowdiest anti-government protest in years.

Thailand, a kingdom whose rambunctious politics is defined by coups and often deadly street protests, is facing an unprecedented economic shock due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

With the economy in freefall, anger against a government stacked with elderly former generals and supporters of the royalist establishment is bubbling.

The crowd sang vitriolic anti-government rap songs and waved placards denouncing the administration of former army chief Prayut Chan-O-Cha — and calling for the abolition of the Thailand’s strict royal defamation law.

“The government doesn’t care about us, so either we come out or we lose anyway,” said 18-year-old student called Sang, giving one name only.

“The laws protect the rich and leave the people with nothing.”

Placards against the royal defamation law — dubbed ‘112’ after the criminal code it falls under — protects Thailand’s monarchy and its unassailable and super-rich King Maha Vajiralongkorn from criticism.

“We have to come out, we have nothing else left,” added Sang’s friend ‘Mee’, also wearing the black uniform of the protesters, which several said was borrowed from the pro-democracy protests that rocked Hong Kong last year.

Hundreds of police tried to block off access to the Democracy Monument, whose concrete concourse was suddenly filled in on Saturday afternoon with pot plants.

Scuffles broke out as protesters tipped over metal barriers and forced their way through police lines to hold a noisy rally at the memorial, which was built to mark the 1932 revolution that established a constitutional monarchy.

Analysts say the kingdom is slipping back towards absolutism under the reign of Rama X and the hardline royalist generals around him.

Saturday’s protest could be the largest since the country’s 2014 coup, led by former army chief Prayut.

The years since have seen the economy cramp up, freedoms shrink under new laws and Prayut reinvent himself as an elected premier under a constitution the army drafted.

Thailand’s previous tit-for-tat rounds of political street politics were led by pro- and anti-establishment billionaires with large political machines.

But leaders of the nascent student and youth movement say their activism is organised organically across social media, where anger fuels top trending daily Twitter hashtags against the government.

Thailand’s economy is forecast to lose up to 10% this year due to the pandemic which has floored tourism and exports, battering the middle and working classes.

Hundreds of thousands of students are expected to be jobless when they graduate in September.

Malaysian Bar says lawyers too need helping hand

Gas&Gaiters — Mon, 30 Mar 2020 18:34:11 +0800

Malaysian Bar says lawyers too need helping hand

KUALA LUMPUR: Lawyers have now joined the chorus of those seeking help following the enforcement of the Movement Control Order (MCO), saying it has taken a toll on legal firms nationwide.

Malaysian Bar president Salim Bashir said many legal firms were already in dire situation prior to the MCO but the situation now had forced everyone to dip into their reserves to stay afloat.

Calling on the government to introduce special reliefs for law firms, he said initiatives such as microcredit schemes and loan deferments will not do much to help law firms in the long run.

“It is unreasonable to expect law firms to take on such debts without the necessary sustainable income.

“The Malaysian Bar urges the government to instead provide interest-free grants and special funds for law firms. We also hope Bank Negara Malaysia, as well as financial institutions, can be persuaded to waive or reduce interest rates on loans, for the relevant duration of the loan deferments,” he said.

Salim said the government should also consider subsidising 50 to 80 per cent of law firm staff salaries.

He said that as the MCO period continues to affect the cash flow of law firms, the government should either provide for an extension on the submission and payment of income tax beyond April 30, or to do away with tax instalment payments (CP500) for this year.

“We also hope the government will look into reducing the allocated percentage of employer contribution to the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF).

“A balance must be struck between providing for business owners as well as employees, in protecting and defending the economy from a crisis,” he said, adding the Bar Council was trying to reach out to its members with assistance in any way possible during this daunting period.

2 weeks MCO lawyers also cry mother father

M'sia should repeal Health Circular 10/2001

Gas&Gaiters — Wed, 25 Mar 2020 12:52:55 +0800

http://english.astroawani.com/malaysia-new...-10-2001-235149

IF the government wants to create more trust among refugee and migrant communities to come forward and get screened for COVID-19, they should officially repeal Circular 10/2001, under which healthcare providers are obliged to report “illegal immigrants” (pendatang asing tanpa izin, or PATI) seeking healthcare services to the police and immigration authorities.

In recent weeks, the government introduced additional measures to contain the COVID-19 outbreak in Malaysia. Of particular concern were those who joined the tabligh gathering at Sri Petaling Mosque in February. The meeting was attended by thousands, including several hundred refugees and migrants, some without legal documents. The government has urged everyone to be screened. Even if many amongst the refugee and migrant communities have come forward, they faced serious barriers.
The government’s decision to ensure free access to COVID-19 testing for all is a move in the right direction. Asylum seekers are normally required to pay the much higher “foreigner rates” for healthcare. A 50% discount for documented refugees is still based on these foreigner rates. Refugees and asylum-seekers however also live with a constant fear of being arrested and detained. This fear exists at home and in the street – as immigration raids are frequent- but even at health care facilities.

This fear is not unfounded. Undocumented migrants have been living under a constant threat of arrest when visiting healthcare facilities since Circular 10/2001 was first put in place almost 20 years ago. As a medical humanitarian organisation providing healthcare to refugees and vulnerable populations, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has witnessed how the fear of being reported to Immigration services has deterred many patients from seeking proper, timely treatment. In the primary healthcare clinic in Penang supported by MSF, patients from the Rohingya and other refugee communities also report leaving hospitals or absconding during treatment after being threatened of arrest.
An analysis conducted by MSF in Penang between May and December 2017 found that more than 20% of the people MSF referred to UNHCR for assessment of their asylum claim, had been refused admission or registration at a healthcare facility in whole or in part on the basis of their immigration status. Several patients reportedly were arrested from health care facilities and detained. One patient was arrested and detained for two months, when she went to register her pregnancy at a government clinic in her final trimester. MSF continues to encounter patients with life-threatening conditions who report delays seeking treatment due to a fear of being reported to Immigration services. In 2018 this included 3 people with suspected TB.

It’s commendable that the announcement by Defense and Senior Minister Dato' Sri Ismail Sabri on 22 March confirmed a government agreement neither to look into legal status nor take any action for being in the country without legal status during COVID-19 screening. However, the fact that these statements are so strongly linked to the tabligh gathering make it unclear for those individuals not linked to the event.

MSF therefore calls for an unequivocal repeal of Circular 10/2001 by the Ministry of Health. This is also the right time for other concerned ministries and government agencies, such as the Home Ministry, National Security Council and Immigration Department, to express the political will to support this initiative. The challenge Malaysia now faces in achieving better contact tracing during the COVID-19 outbreak clearly illustrates the negative impact of no separation between access to medical care and Immigration services. Repealing Circular 10/ 2001 will allow health care providers to practice their professional and ethical obligation: provide medical care to patients in need, regardless of immigration status.

A repeal of Circular 10/ 2001 would send a clear message that everyone should have access to healthcare. Such a move could help to prevent similar delays in healthcare-seeking in the future, ensuring effective public health for the entire population. Malaysia has a robust health care system. That a 20-year-old policy limits access to essential care and negatively impacts on public health measures by marginalising vulnerable groups is harmful and must change.

COVID-19 shows us that policies of social exclusion and limited access to health care can impact society as a whole. In order to remove the remaining barriers to health care, therefore, next steps should include access to a subsidized health insurance and a legal status for asylumseekers in Malaysian law, which exempts them from the Immigration Act.

* Beatrice Lau is the Head of Mission for MSF in Malaysia.

** The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the position of Astro AWANI.

[WTS] Dell Inspiron 15 7559

Gas&Gaiters — Sat, 19 Oct 2019 20:28:29 +0800

Item(s):Dell Inspiron 15 7559 (15.6", i5-6300HQ, GTX960M 4GB)

Package includes: Laptop, original power cable, Everki Flight laptop bag cooling pad, USB hub, laptop sleeve

Price: RM1800

Warranty: Expired, personal warranty 1 week

Dealing method: COD/self pickup

Location: Gelang Patah/Skuda/Pontian

Contact method/details: PM

Specifications:

15.6" 1920x1080 FHD display
Intel Core i5-6300HQ 2.3GHz
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960M 4GB
8GB (2x4GB) DDR3L RAM
Sandisk 120GB SSD + Seagate 1TB HDD

Item(s) conditions: Used, working perfectly and well taken care of. Battery replaced last month

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Reason for sale: Upgrade

Malaysia's supercar

Gas&Gaiters — Sun, 04 Aug 2019 14:45:47 +0800

[SOLD] MSI Geforce GTX 1070 Ti Armor 8G

Gas&Gaiters — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 19:09:37 +0800

Item(s): MSI Geforce GTX 1070 Ti Armor 8G

Package includes: Complete set with receipt

Price: SOLD

Warranty: MSI warranty until 28 December 2020

Dealing method: COD/Postage +RM30

Location: Gelang Patah

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Item(s) conditions: Very clean, used for gaming/streaming only

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Reason for sale: Upgrade

[SOLD] Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) 3000MHz

Gas&Gaiters — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 19:49:49 +0800

Item(s): Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) 3000MHz CL15 DDR4 RAM (2 kits)

Package includes: Each box has 2 sticks of RAM

Price: SOLD

Warranty: 1 month personal/Corsair lifetime warranty

Dealing method: COD/Post add RM10

Location: Gelang Patah, Johor

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Item(s) conditions: Brand new in sealed box

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Reason for sale: Extra units

/kbikers v44R

Gas&Gaiters — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 15:28:53 +0800

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Never argue in lyn

like argueing in /k will ever comes to conclusion. in the end everyone sore loser here[/b]

/k bikers logo credit to clarks (Nov 20 2012, 08:27 PM)

EVENT:

port lepak aka TTS
Central Region:
1. Jalan 223 Petaling Jaya
2. Wangsa Maju/Melawati
3. Litar Sepang
4. Bukit Jugra
5. Trek Speedway Subang Elite HP +6012-4591830 (bro asrul)

Southern Region:
1. Port Dickson
2. Melaka

Northern Region:
1. Cameron Highland
2. Genting Highland
3. Bukit Fraser

Eastern Region:
1.rumah izu bandar pusat Jengka
2.nasi lemak Karak

East Malaysia:
-

NEWS

TBA

[b]EVENT:

Braaap Track Attack Heat 3 - 7/7/2019

All hail Founder!

Akan ada sesi bergambar dengan gaya samseng jalanan......

Ride to Melaka

Financial Planning
http://calc.pielangbikers.com/

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Effective way to fight rempit

Gas&Gaiters — Tue, 27 Nov 2018 20:16:01 +0800

[fb]https://www.facebook.com/metpoliceuk/videos/193294258278767/[/fb]

inb4 police brutality
inb4 anak saya baik orangnya

[WTS] Palit Geforce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB

Gas&Gaiters — Tue, 27 Nov 2018 08:13:38 +0800

Item(s):Palit Geforce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Dual OC

Package includes:Card, box, CD, user manual

Price: RM 450

Warranty:Personal warranty 2 weeks

Dealing method:COD

Location:Cheras

Contact method/details:PM
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Item(s) conditions:Still working when I removed it, cleaned a bit

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Reason for sale:Clearing

Texas Chicken's reverse voucher

Gas&Gaiters — Wed, 18 Jul 2018 21:27:08 +0800

GLC "singers" didn't know song is political

Gas&Gaiters — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 21:42:29 +0800

https://www.thestar.com.my/business/busines...different-tune/

PETALING JAYA: The heads of government linked companies (GLC) who sang a song that later became the theme song for the Barisan Nasional’s election campaign have distanced themselves from the controversial music video.

Those who sang and played musical instruments in the music video titled “Hebat Negaraku” (my country is great) said they did not know the video or the song was going to be a political theme song.

There have been repercussions on the CEOs who appeared in the music video. They have come under scrutiny for making a song that was used as propaganda by Barisan in the last general election.

Three of the GLC bosses in the video have either retired or resigned since the new government took over.

Several more have been speculated to leave in the coming weeks or months but nothing is cast in stone. Sources said this is because most of the CEOs are not known to have campaigned openly for either Barisan or Pakatan Harapan.

“None of the CEOs had a clue it would become a political song. Do you really think the CEOs would have done it if they knew it would become political?” asked one of the CEOs who appeared in the video but declined to be named.

“We have said no to so many things, and we could have easily have said no to this if it was political.’’

Another CEO said he was approached and felt it was “more of a patriotic song and nothing more.”

“At that point in time, we did not think much (of the repercussions). Hebat Negaraku was announced as Barisan’s campaign theme long after the recording was made. We did not know that.’’

Another CEO added: “We thought it was a casual thing when we were approached as some of the CEOs have their own band.’’

It all started when several CEOs were called to be part of a music video and they thought it was to showcase the musical talents of 14 GLCs heads, plus staff members of the 20 key GLCs.

The song is about the greatness, advancement and inspiration of Malaysia. It was released on YouTube on March 22 but has since been taken down.

But fingers have been pointed at the GLCs bosses who made the music video because it became a political video.

Datuk Seri Shazalli Ramly has been said to be the main orchestrator for the group in terms of making the music video. He was also said to be the branding chief for Barisan’s elections campaign.

Barisan lost the elections held on May 9 to Pakatan, which has since formed a new government and is scrutinising all the performance, processes, remuneration and procurement of the government and GLCs.

Shazalli quit his job as group CEO of Telekom Malaysia Bhd ™ on June 6. Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB) group managing director Tan Sri Mohamad Salim Fateh Din has retired as group MD last week and it was something he had planned to do. Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd Datuk Badlisham Ghazali did not get his contract renewed. All three were in the music video.

There is a GLC secretariat that now comes under the purview of TM, which was earlier parked under Khazanah Nasional Bhd. The secretariat organised the making of the music video, according to sources. The CEOs were called to attend a session and within a few hours it was all done with no prior rehearsals.

“When you are called, it could be difficult not to comply since it is the secretariat that called you. We have to oblige but we really did not know it was going to be a campaign slogan. This is really unfortunate that it has turned out like this.

“We were surprised when we found out it was a party slogan but it had already been done and what can we do, we are in the picture,’’ said another CEO.

Not all CEOs who were invited took part in the video. Prior engagements were the reason used for declining to appear.