Lowyat.NET: Latest topics by crossroad

famous malaysian

crossroad — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 23:35:37 +0800

Let's write down who are the Malaysian that make our country proud... in the sense that the world knows them.

1. Jimmy Choo - shoemaker from Penang - world famous shoemaker

2. Michelle Yeoh - famous actress in Hollywood - act in James Bond 007, Jackie Chan movie and many more.

please dont write siti nurhaliza coz she is not world famous.

BM

crossroad — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 19:49:24 +0800

which is correct?

Bahasa Malaysia or Bahasa Melayu?

i left school 15 years ago and they keep on changing so i got confused.

Man crossing highway killed in accident

crossroad — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 19:48:29 +0800

Man crossing highway killed in accident

Bernama
Sunday, October 31st, 2010 15:55:00

IPOH: A man died after he was knocked down by a vehicle as he was crossing the North-South Expressway near the Simpang Pulai rest area early today, police said.

Ipoh Traffic Police chief DSP Mohd Rodzi Rejab said Sardhol Singh a/l Jawinder Singh, 28, of Taman Seri Rapat here died on the spot after he was knocked down at about 4am by a four-wheel-drive vehicle heading to Kuala Lumpur.

The driver of the vehicle, in a police report on the incident, had said he realised he had knocked into something upon hearing a loud noise as it was dark at that time, he said.

Meanwhile, Ipoh Traffic Police issued 84 summonses for various traffic offences to motorists and motorcyclists in an operation codenamed "Samseng" conducted from midnight to 5am today along Jalan Raja Musa Aziz, Jalan Sultan Idris Shah and Jalan Silibin.

Rodzi said the police also seized 31 motorcycles and detained their riders, aged between 15 and 30, for questioning before releasing them on police bond.

what on earth is he doing? crossing PLUS highway at 4am?

century egg is not soaked in horse urine

crossroad — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 19:00:41 +0800

Century egg is not soaked in horse urine

According to a persistent myth, century eggs are, or were once, prepared by soaking eggs in horse urine. The myth may arise from the pungent odor of ammonia given off by century eggs, which is reminiscent of urine.[5] Horse urine itself, however, is only slightly basic, ranging in pH from 7.5 to 7.9.[6] Though human urine left standing can reach a maximum pH of around 9.4—the same as a 1-molar solution of ammonia—it is still less than that produced by mixing quicklime (calcium oxide) or wood ash in water.[7]

In Thai and Lao, the common word for this type of preserved egg literally means "horse urine eggs", either due to this myth or the distinctive ammonia odor of century eggs.

Source : wikipedia

my boss and his english

crossroad — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 10:53:44 +0800

When my boss speaks English, it is so bad that a lot of people don't understand what is he talking. When he writes, also no one understands. His spelling is full of mistake and his grammar is totally out.

Then he told us that we need to improve our English.

WTF?

if tomoro never comes

crossroad — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 22:55:36 +0800

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PmAy81VSjQ

Lee Kuan Yew vs Mahathir

crossroad — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 18:56:04 +0800

guys... what do you think the comparison between Lee Kuan Yew and Mahathir?

sipadan

crossroad — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:10:46 +0800

i'm interested to go to sipadan.

does anyone have any info where to start? any agency?

tq

My boss has a mistress

crossroad — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 08:19:25 +0800

My boss has a mistress. He brought his mistress to the office and shows her in front all the staff.

What is your comment? Some ladies in the office feel uncomfortable.

Lending money

crossroad — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 11:36:54 +0800

I'm a working person with good income. I have good financial management too.

Recently a close friend came and request to borrow RM5k.

I can afford to lend RM5k but the problem is my friend has poor financial management. He's living beyond his means. He earn half of what i'm earning but using all branded stuff whereas i hardly have any branded stuff.

Advise is appreciated.

dual active sim card phone

crossroad — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:54:53 +0800

anyone using dual active sim card phone?

any recommendation?

no china phone please.

tq

It’s getting way too costly to own a home

crossroad — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 07:46:00 +0800

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=...40931&sec=focus

Friday October 1, 2010
It’s getting way too costly to own a home

AS I will be getting married next year, I have been looking forward to owning my first home. However, it is really painful to witness the ever-increasing prices of houses which is outpacing my income growth.

Recently, I walked into the sales office of a new condominium project and the sales person told me the developer is giving a special eight per cent discount for units on the lower floors. The person told me that I only had to put down two per cent to secure a mortgage, as they will report to the banks the full price of the condominium, and give me the eight per cent discount without the bank’s knowledge.

Coupled with ever higher loan-to-value ratio, it sure is a sign that the market is now beyond the reach of most genuine home buyers. Otherwise, why resort to such tactics to entice buyers to sign on the dotted line?

This reminds me of the hey-day before the 2008 crash in Britain. Just before the crash, British banks were lending up to 110% of the value of a property. Any form of affordability test was circumvented by mortgage advisors who encouraged buyers to “self-certify” their income levels to declare an inflated income.

The whole of the UK was in a euphoria, and everyone was piling into the “sure-win” property market. Mortgage repossession in Britain has increased drastically in the past couple of years, probably causing ruin to the lives of those caught out.

After looking at the property market in the Klang Valley, I am now more inclined to rent my first home.

I can rent a nice house in a good area for RM2,000, whereas I would have to pay RM4,000 or more to the banks if I were to buy a similar property in the same area. Many people say renting is a waste of money. I don’t see how paying double the rent amount to a bank to service the interest is not a waste of money.

HAPPY TO RENT,
Petaling Jaya.

***************************

the above appears on Star Newspaper.

by comparison, Malaysia property price is cheaper than Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia.
This is because lots of construction materials are produced by Malaysia and our neighbour countries need to import from us, except labour.
Secondly, Malaysia has the least population density. In other countries, the demand is huge because of the huge population and makes demand more. So the price of property is even more expensive.
Nevertheless, does renting solve the problem?

How to send sms from PC?

crossroad — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:14:46 +0800

Does anyone know how to send sms from PC? i mean instead of typing on our mobile phone, we can type it on the PC and it will be sent to another mobile number as if we are sending from our handphone.

i know there's this web called dash wire where u can do this but unfortunately this is for smart phone / pda only and it uses unlimited data plan.

thanks to all the Gurus for the advice.

Nokia or Sony Ericsson?

crossroad — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 01:54:19 +0800

All along i've been using Nokia until the last Nokia i used was Nokia 3230 (in year 2006). This phone lagging, turn off by itself, the joystick difficult to use so i decided to sell it after using for 1 month and bought a sony ericsson. ever since that, i used the SE until today which is already about 2.5 years.

So now i decided time to get a new handphone but i'm not sure whether should i go back to nokia or use SE? i want to buy a wifi phone and SE has limited range of wifi phone compare to Nokia. Does Nokia phone still lagging (sorry first, Nokia supporters please dont scold me)? i also found SE sound system quite good compare to Nokia. i like Nokia and SE because both have good battery which can last about 3 days.

in short, if nokia phone is better than SE, can someone recommend me a wifi phone which has good battery, no lagging, camera 3mp at least, budget less than RM1500.

thanks buddy