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Sweden's driving test looks fun!

CoffeeDude — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 13:21:36 +0800

Do you know what is Labneh?

CoffeeDude — Fri, 30 Oct 2026 21:26:52 +0800

I went swimming today

CoffeeDude — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:10:05 +0800

I went swimming today for around 1 hour.
The swimming pool is empty (weekday working hours )

I thought swimming is easy but I was wrong.
Maybe too long didn't swim.
After 20 minutes I was already starting to tire.
But I just continue to swim as long as possible.

I am normally able to run/walk/run for 1 hour and I thought swimming should be no problem.

These CYCLING injuries are INSANE! 😲😮

CoffeeDude — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 13:35:00 +0800

🫣

Kari overloaded nasi kandar 😲

CoffeeDude — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 20:30:30 +0800

Where to buy small oyster meat

CoffeeDude — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 14:16:10 +0800

To cook oyster omelette 😁

raise retirement age from 60 to 65

CoffeeDude — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 10:44:03 +0800

How Malaysia can raise its retirement age from 60 to 65: Experts explain the math and more

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 — Should Malaysia push its retirement age up from 60 to 65, and if yes, how can it be done?

Currently, Malaysia’s minimum retirement age of 60 means private sector employees are protected from premature retirement before 60, while civil servants have a mandatory retirement age of 60.

However, global pension expert William Price said Malaysia needs to gradually increase its retirement age to at least 65 as Malaysians are living longer.

He said “it’s very strange that Malaysia’s retirement age has been so low for so long” when many other countries had increased theirs.

“Usually some countries do it in a crisis period where suddenly they have to increase it very rapidly and that’s tough,” he told Malay Mail at the sidelines of the Employees Provident Fund’s (EPF) International Social Wellbeing Conference (ISWC) 2026.

He explained that people may find it psychologically difficult to accept if the retirement age is suddenly raised, such as when a 59-year-old person thought they were one year away from retirement, but are suddenly told they have to work six years more before retiring at 65.

“But also it’s just difficult for you in terms of your life and employer, you might not have prepared for it,” the CEO of consultancy firm D3P Global Pension Consulting said.

“So countries have a gradual way, which I think Malaysia should follow, and you just say from now on each year is going to work three months longer,” he said.

How will the maths work?

Price explained how the gradual shift to the right direction of eventually hitting 65 can work, where three months are added for each of the remaining years that a worker will be working.

So if you announce that the retirement age will be 65 from 2040, anyone currently working who is below the age of 40 will retire at 65.

“But there’s a transitional period so it goes 60, 60 and 3 months, 60 and 6 months, 60 and 9 months, 61 so it’s gradually going year by year,” he said.

For example, a 40-year-old would have 20 years’ time to prepare and adjust to the idea of working five more years to retire at 65, instead of 60.

On the flip side, those nearer to the initial retirement age of 60 would not suddenly have to adjust to the idea of working until 65.

“If you’re currently 50, you’re going to retire at 62 and a half. If you’re currently 55, you’re going to retire at 61 and a bit,” he said.

For someone aged 59, they would just have to accept that they will be working three months longer, and would retire at 60 years and three months.

“So, the closer you are, the smaller the change; the further away, then you get time to put the whole change in,” he added.

Apart from being psychologically easier to accept, he said: “It’s easier for the labour market to adjust so that employers are used to hiring workers who are staying longer or who are older. And most countries try to do this, some sort of gradual phasing in of the change in retirement age.”

Price said this gradual method is less politically divisive as people would just be retiring months apart from each other, instead of there being two different groups with very different experiences of retiring at 60 and 65 respectively.

“And it’s the dominant model that countries do around the world, work out how late people need to retire, work out a pathway to adjust towards it over time gradually,” he said.

https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/202...and-more/238746

The Most Beautiful Ghost in Hong Kong Cinema

CoffeeDude — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 21:05:21 +0800

Youths tried to be hawkers but surrendered

CoffeeDude — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:19:59 +0800

Brothers who quit finance to open yong tau foo stall closing after 5 months: Hawker life 'not for us'

Five months after trading finance careers for the hawker life, the duo behind Hakka yong tau foo stall New Horse Noodles are shuttering for good.

"But after experiencing this whole hawker lifestyle, we feel this is not really the kind of lifestyle that we want," he reiterated.

https://www.asiaone.com/lifestyle/new-horse...tau-foo-closure

So this is what watching F1 is like ... 🤔

CoffeeDude — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:51:32 +0800

The life expectancy of Malaysians

CoffeeDude — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 07:28:21 +0800

The life expectancy of Malaysians are increasing.

People are living longer and dying older.

Penguin walk / waddling gait

CoffeeDude — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 15:58:43 +0800

Caused by weak glutes

AI so powerful can easily hack govt servers

CoffeeDude — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 20:06:09 +0800

Can it hack North Korea and get steal their secrets?

If you can cut one food for one year

CoffeeDude — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 20:10:06 +0800

After one year you will no longer feel like eating it anymore

Example if you can don't eat instant noodles for one year after one year you won't feel like eating it anymore.

Using this approach you can eliminate lots of ultra processed foods like hotdogs, sausage, ham, bacon, Mooncakes, sweets, etc

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CoffeeDude — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 09:24:19 +0800

RM6000 for SMEs

RM17000 for large corporates

Burning tyre

CoffeeDude — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 13:01:04 +0800

Malaysia's WORST rated foods!

CoffeeDude — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:17:59 +0800

Do you eat these foods or avoid it?

How fattening are Mooncakes

CoffeeDude — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 11:52:05 +0800

Heavy rain now!

CoffeeDude — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 16:45:53 +0800

Clear the haze 😁👍🏼

Do you like sui kow?

CoffeeDude — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 11:02:31 +0800

For plump, homemade ‘sui kow’, head to Palace Rice Vermicelli Restaurant in Yulek, Cheras to satisfy your dumpling noodle cravings

https://www.malaymail.com/news/eat-drink/20...cravings/235232

Expect a plump whole prawn in every sui kow; the minced pork is mixed with water chestnut for that crunchy and refreshing mouth feel.