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Is attending a good school really important?

TamaUser — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 20:04:27 +0800

I got 3As+1B in my a level exam and aim to pursue law degree.

What I intend to do is 2+1 transfer program in Taylors University. My dad wants me to go to UK straight which I am not really interested, partially to save money for my dad.

I am in a big dilemma, does school matter? At the end, you get both certificates from Uk unis and you could be a lawyer as well.

Buy 2nd hand car using cash

TamaUser — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 17:06:42 +0800

I am an outstation Malaysian student in KL and plans to get a car here. Of course I am still a student and cannot afford buying a car. So my parents in Sarawak will pay for me. I am trying to get a second hand Toyota Harrier or Camry which costs around RM30k- RM45k.

If my parents buy the car by paying cash and declare me as the driver, would they got in trouble by the Hasil? My father works as a professional(lawyer) and I assume his money is clean and doesn't skip income tax.

my house still got water

TamaUser — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 20:01:52 +0800

Stage 3 water ration starts monday, bandar sunway is scheduled to cut on today. but now still got water, why ah

50K budget. Camry or Harrier?

TamaUser — Sun, 23 Feb 2014 14:23:21 +0800

I am an outstation student and decide to get a car in KL with budget around RM50k.

I don't like small cars or national cars as I've been get used to drive D-segment cars and SUVs in my hometown.

Therefore, I've narrowed down the choices to the first gen. Toyota Harrier 2.4/3.0 and Toyota Camry 2.4 （xv30）. I don't mind big engine capacity as I could register the car in my hometown which gives me a cheaper road tax. Harrier is definitely older than the Camry , but I've driven it and it has virtually the same comfort, performance and etc with Camry.

I was recommended by my friend too to get the Toyota Camry XV20 which is selling at around Rm20k and keep the extra money for maintenance. But that falls at my third choice, unless getting the Harrier or Camry XV30 is beyond my budget.

Between these three cars, which should I pick? The main concern for me is their maintenance. How much money should I prepare in advance for the maintenance? Toyota's maintenance should be low, but be mind they are old cars, I am not sure if they have a lot problems as time passes.

Thank you.

Bad landlord intent to con my deposit

TamaUser — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 13:59:36 +0800

I had rented a room in Bandar Sunway. I had an agreement with the landlord and the landlord owns a company which seems to be very reliable. My contract had ended since starting of January. But until now, I haven't gotten my deposit even with 10+ emails I had sent to him. From the agreement, it do have some clauses which the deposit will be deducted (eg, air-cond service, painting fee,...). But the landlord failed to do the above (servicing the air-cond, repaint the room, etc). He claimed I had not settled the utility bills which I did. For the whole RM1600 deposit, I don't understand how he is trying to con up.

Please advise me what to do in terms of legal opinion. The bad thing is I am only a student, cannot afford a lawyer...

Trespassing my land?

TamaUser — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 15:24:57 +0800

My neighbour is a metal recycling factory owner, recently he had piled up tons of metal crude beside my own land.

Everytime I need to get into my own land, I have to pass through those high metal crude which height about 1 storey high. It is absolutely dangerous especially when the wind blows, they may fall down and might kill somebody if someone is down there.

The land that he piled his metal crude belongs to the town council, therefore it is a public land.

In this situation, the only party that is getting disadvantage from this matter is me because there is only me and my family living in the corner. Besides reporting this to the police, what can I do? Is there any law that my neighbour is violating?

Asking UMW to change a new car

TamaUser — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 16:20:53 +0800

Last year my father bought a Camry 2.5 even though I tried my best introducing him other cars like Mazda 6, Nissan Teana (because of lacking of VSC in the Camry). He received the car this year's March and had locked 2000+ mileage by now.

Till yesterday I came across with a post saying a company changed their 2 Camry for facelift model which includes VSC and enhanced leather seat without any cost. I wonder if I can appeal to UMW and ask them change a new unit for my father?

Taking out VSC is too unjustified and this is the way they treated pioneer buyers like us. The removal of this feature in all variants of the Camry for whatever reasons) shows how alarmingly uneducated Malaysian buyers are about safety features.

oh yea, This car was bought using my MM2H program, it was bought without tax (Rm120k++).

unifi always disconnected

TamaUser — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 11:42:10 +0800

Recently my unifi always disconnect, the Internet indicator of my d-link DIR615 wireless router changes from green to oranges (indicates it is disconnected). I called to unifi and they refreshed for me. After few days, it disconnects again and I have to call to unifi to do the same thing.

Can someone diagnose for me?

How do you save 5 millions Ringgit in bank?

TamaUser — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:44:48 +0800

I have zero-knowledge about banking thing, so I need you guys help! I've been assigned a project by my lecturer with the question:

"Imagine you've been given 5 million Ringgit cash, how would you save them into your bank account?"

1) Should I use current accounts or saving accounts?

2) Should I save the money in multiple accounts in different banks, or save them in a particular bank account?

3) Would the government or tax department check where does the 5 millions come from?

Follow me in Instagram!

TamaUser — Mon, 27 May 2013 22:14:11 +0800

Guys, Follow me in instagram! Dixonlau9000!

Please I need you guys to lend me your helping hands and warm heart just to follow me! Thanks!

As I need my follower to increase for a up coming event. Your guys one help will definitely be appreciated.

Problems came after rooted the phone

TamaUser — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:29:58 +0800

Hi guys,

I rooted my galaxy S3 and changed the phone resolution to 720 and everything became big and I cannot change back too. So I factory reset my phone, expecting the resolution to go back to 240 too. But after resetting, it is still 720! And I cannot use anything!

How? Please solve for me

Should I learn guitar or violin?

TamaUser — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 21:29:09 +0800

Hi guys, I am struggling if I should learn violin or guitar. I have adequate music background, I learnt piano for two years, but stopped. I teach drums.

I am 18 years old, will be going to overseas for academics in 2/3 years time. So, which one should I pick to master it in the shortest time?

Too many people sharing a router, causing crash

TamaUser — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:55:50 +0800

Hi guys, I am living in a hostel where 3-5 computers share a modem. I always cannot connect to the internet from

my pc, but other people can. The signal shows strong and connected. When I diagnosed the problem, it writes: "The

remote device or resource won't accept the connection". After few hours, I can connect to the Internet again.

I think it might be too many people sharing a router and causing a crash. How can the problem be solved?

Best way to get to Kl Central from Sunway Pyramid?

TamaUser — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 11:23:53 +0800

Hi guys, I am not familiar with KL so I need your advise.

What will be the best way to get to KL Sentral from Sunway Pyramid?

I will take taxi from Sunway Pyramid to Setia Jaya ktm and take komuter to kl sentral. *How much is the taxi fare like this?

Any other cheaper way?

Divorcing! Custody of children?

TamaUser — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 15:59:31 +0800

About divorcing, Please help me! My girlfriend's mother decides to divorce with her husband. But I am not sure about father's side decision. They have married for 20+ years.

In my point of view, my gf's mother is right. The story goes like this: My gf's father is a drunkard, every quarrel starts by him. And he makes promises to be a better husband after each quarrel ends. But he never fulfill his promises. After drinking alcoholic drinks, he will take knife (not the small one) and point at his family member and ask them to admit they are wrong. LOL. And the list goes on...

With this, my gf and her mother had lodged a police report with pictures. And they are preparing steps to getting divorce.

But what they concern are, the mother doesn't work nor having a stable income. But all of her children want to follow her, not the father. There are 4 children, two are currently working. So who hold the higher chances of getting fostering right?

Toyota Vellfire selling for RM30K ?

TamaUser — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 14:31:28 +0800

Since I am looking for a car with budget around RM50K, my friend introduced me a recon 2009 Toyota Vellfire with the selling price of only RM30k. But the car was without green card. I don't know what a "green card" is but I know there must be problems with the car. So, I rejected my friend.

Soon, my friend asked me why not getting a "kereta potong". He said a car with normal price of RM300k could become Rm150K with that. He explained one person could only get one "kereta potong" in a lifetime but you can upgrade the car under the same model. I didn't ask much as I am not much interested.

So what is a 'green card" and "kereta potong"? Is it safe? Anyone heard this before?

Is psychology considered a soft subject?

TamaUser — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 11:02:15 +0800

My choices are:

Mathematics
Law
Economics

I aim to study law in university and is still struggling if I should take psychology as fourth subject.

What do you think?

Used Rav4. Good buy?

TamaUser — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:10:29 +0800

I am finding a cheap used car and I am looking good at Toyota Rav4 2.0 (second generation). Currently the price goes between RM38k to RM55k. I spotted one Rav4 which was made in 2002 with mileage about 120k km and costs about RM40k.

The car still looks good and should need to wait some period for the design to be outdated, I think. Since it is Toyota, reliability should not be a major concern too. The engine is 1AZ-FE...which is the same series as Camry. I own a Toyota Wish which is made in 2003 and had never faced major problem too.

Please give me opinions.

The car does not look bad at all.

Anyone remember Super SMS call/sms rate?

TamaUser — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 11:40:52 +0800

Please help out, urgent! Anyone still remember what is the call and sms rate? I need digi-digi and digi-non digi.

Thanks!

Cannot type Chinese!

TamaUser — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 12:02:33 +0800

I accidentally removed the Chinese language from the install service. I went adding it back from the input language. Surprisingly, there is no Chinese language in the list! But, I still can use the Chinese typing software! Just that, the Chinese fonts shown were all in square.

So, I pressed "Install files for East Asian languages" hoping to install back the Chinese input language. During the installation, the system asked me to insert a CD which contains the files to be installed. Unfortunately, I have lost all the CDs. I went checking through googles, no suitable answers could be found.

Please help out! I need to type Chinese for my company's book publication.