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best long distance car (<RM40k) ~3000km monthly

AlexFancypants — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 19:56:39 +0800

dear forummers lowyat.... allloooo...

you guys got any opinion for the BEST car that is to be driven for long distance...COMFORT and SPEED and TORQUE all are considered...

perdana v6?

blm?

savvy?

any other japs car?

korean car??

plzzz help....

no 2-door plzzz..

Puncak Alam

AlexFancypants — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 14:34:24 +0800

Any opinions on this housing area? I've been driving around Puncak Alam, but it was during midday and the environment wasn't so bad, but some friends keep telling me its another Bukit Beruntung, a ghosttown.

I've used to live in B.Beruntung though, it was pretty bad.

But from what I see, Puncak Alam is not as bad as B. Beruntung because
- no indons hostels
- no large trucks (from nearby factories) driving around -> no damaged roads
- proper street lgihts
- not as far as B.Beruntung, from the city centre
- Higher occupancy, although in B.Beruntung you can nvr tell since everything is so dark -.-

Am I missing some major concerns that makes ppl keep comparing P.Alam and B.Beruntung?

Ps; when i was driving around i saw a PAS flag, as big as the malaysian flag at the dataran merdeka, on top of a hill waving gloriously... maybe thats what put some ppl off kekeke

Toyota or Perodua

AlexFancypants — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:59:53 +0800

So i got offers from both companies.

Perodua:
Position: PE (production Engineer), setting up lines, improving tack time etc.
Good: goes to Japan a lot, low living cost in Rawang, i think PE knowledge is also useful in other industries
Bad: The work condition in the Rawang Plant is a bit bad, the canteen, toilets etc. Bukit Berunting (rawang) is almost like a lawless cowboy town.

Toyota:
Position: QA (quality assessment), do studies, countermeasures and followup based on customer feedback of sold Toyota cars
Good: a bit higher salary, its Toyota!!, i love cars and my work will directly involve cars, office looks very nice
Bad: as a car QA, my knowledge area will be limited, in other words hard to jump industry. They wont send me to Japan

Bonus wise, both give pretty much the same, and here's the fun part, the toyota guy said that if i joined UMW Toyota, i cant jump ship to Perodua, and vice versa, since they have an agrement etc. Dunno bout Toyota Autobody (the new plant in S21).

Friends and family are rooting for Toyota they said better brand name, work in office, not getting killed by banglas in B.Beruntung. To me the main attraction of Perodua is going to Japan. (not for training)

Also I'm still wondering, about the career prospect of a QA engineer... is it as bad is i wrote above? PE i know, almost every manufacturer needs them, but a QA eng. for Toyota probably gonna end up retiring in another car company (which aren't that big/many) in malaysia.

Unrelated to above: Toyota Autobody (OEM manufacturer) is urgently in need of Engineers (ME, EE etc), prefer japanese speaker, PM for details.

Denka Singapore Pt Ltd

AlexFancypants — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 12:43:10 +0800

I just got an interview with Denka, in Singapore. I'm from Johor.

This is actually the 2nd stage, (there's 3 stages all) , and during the 1st interview, the HR guy told me the 2nd stage will consist of a plant visit and interview by the engineers there. He also asked me to prepare a summary of my final thesis.

What type of questions should I expect? Im a fresh grad with degree in Mechanical Engineering.

This company produce petroleum products, plastics, polystyrene, carbon black etc. During the first interview, the HR guy didn't gave me much info (he said he doesn't know himself) about my specific job description. He just said that they probably gonna send me to train in Japan for a year or two.

What area of study usually is the most important for a Mechanical Engineering grad at a chemical plant? Should I be prepare by studying fluid mechanics? Since this is a chemical plant after all.

Also, I'm a graduate from a Japanese Uni, so the interview probably going to be done in Japanese.

Thank you in advance

xbox 360, boot disk and mass effect 2

AlexFancypants — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:28:55 +0800

so, im using the boot disc to play my backup version of Mass Effect 2, halfway trough the game, it prompts me to change to disc 2, what to do?

I tried both
eject disc 1 -> boot disc -> insert disc 2 = game wont start
eject disc 1 -> insert disc 2 = game wont start

do i have to mod my xbox to the new dvd drive (lite on or something)in order to play newer multiple disc games?
if so, how much do it usually cost?

Tell me about sales engineer

AlexFancypants — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:09:29 +0800

Hello!

I'm a fresh grad and currently job hunting, graduated with Degree in Mechanical Engineering, I need advice about the position as a Sales Engineer

what do they do?
are they any fun? (relatively)
are they basically salesmen with a fancy job title?
will I "waste" my engineering degree if i become a sales engineer?
Is it advisable to become one for a fresh grad with eng. degree?
good career prospect?

ooooh, so many questions... thanks in advance