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How to Improve Ride Comfort

aad_lfcfn — Thu, 15 Dec 2016 14:31:36 +0800

Changed to 17" rim last year, but realize I really miss the original ride comfort of my car.

A friend of mine gave a suggestion to change to adjustable suspension to improve comfort while keeping the 17" rim.

However, stock suspension was already at 'comfort' setting. Therefore my question is, will buying an adjustable suspension improve my ride's comfort after changing the rim size?

Thanks.

p.s. Plan to keep this 17" rim/oso this car so downgrading back to 15"/buy a new car are not an option
p.s.s. Improve comfort to counter potholes/uneven road, Malaysian country side road...smoother journey to balik kampung

Canon 60D, 18-135mm Lens, 430 Ex-II

aad_lfcfn — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 21:38:43 +0800

Item(s): Canon EOS 60D

Package includes: Canon stock 18-135mm Lens with 3rd party lens pouch, 16gb SanDisk, ori battery, ori US 120V 60 Hz Charger (you just need a cheap universal adapter to use this charger)

Price: RM 1800 (including lens), cheaper than what you can find in Mudah.my, from an old timer LYN member

Warranty: Can give 1 week personal warranty.

Dealing method: COD at Kuching or Bintulu / Pos Laju anywhere around Malaysia (will make sure it's insured plus put proper wrapping in it), buyer will pay postage fee + insurance

Location:Kuching / Bintulu

Contact method/details: PM, Whatsapp (pm me for number)

Item(s) conditions: Very good, rarely used and most of the time are sitting inside my travel bag. Lens cleaned using lens pen after last usage.

Picture:

Reason for sale: Selling to get money for another hobby, imagine the last time I used it was 6 months ago..

p.s: It's a good camera for both videography and photography. Hope someone can make use of it because I can't. PM me if wanna see what I did with it (I'm not a pro though).

Note: Can grab ori Canon Speedlite 430 Ex-II for just RM500 (including pouch and rechargable battery). Also can be bought separately.

P.s.s: Selling cheap because I threw the original boxes away after I leaved the states for Malaysia. Never thought I would have to sell it someday for money. Serious and honest buyers only. Thank you.

The key to learning something quickly

aad_lfcfn — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 23:51:44 +0800

What is the key to learn anything fast? Firstly, I will not tell people that the key to learning something fast is to focus, learn speed reading, have a good work ethics, etc. That could be a part of the process and yet different type of learning may require different things. What I want to discuss with y'all right now is the key. If I tell to 100 people that the key to learning something is to study a lot, will they all do it? Of course not, because that is not the key. We heard the advice everyday in school and not all people pay attention to the advice.

A key is supposed to open the door for us! It should be obvious. What makes us do what we want to do? If we do Activity X, why would we want to do that? How can we make ourselves do Activity A? And the key is in the specific way of thinking!

Inside of us, we have developed a scale where there's an Activity X at one end and there are other activities at the other end. Which activity is more appealing to us? If we think that activity X is more appealing right now, we will do activity X, and the scale is tilted towards activity X.

It's all in our mind. What I am saying is that when we want to learn something, we must convince ourselves that the activity (learning) worth more than anything else that we can do at that time (we badly need to do that activity just like we need air to breathe!). In other words, we must fully tilt the scale towards the activity that we want to do. Otherwise we won't do it. Line up the advantages if we have to, think of why it is important to us, use the power of our imagination, in short we must convince ourselves. When we are not fully 'sold', we will become sceptical if the activity is going to give us something and it will not take a lot of obstacles before the scale got tilted and we decide to quit when things get difficult.

Choose an activity at a time. One step at a time! Don't be greedy!

ExxonMobil Special Internship (Undergraduate)

aad_lfcfn — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 06:04:03 +0800

I got this from email and this is legit

QUOTE

ExxonMobil Scholarship Announcement
2010 & 2011 SPM Students
ExxonMobil Special Internship
(Full Undergraduate Scholarships)
to Study Engineering in the USA

ExxonMobil Exploration and Production of Malaysia has opened their special internship application process. The special internship program (full undergraduate scholarships) is targeted for students who took the 2010 SPM test or 2011 SPM test and would like to study engineering in the United States of America. What a great opportunity.

Please spread the word about this special internship opportunity by posting this announcement on your Facebook page, by email to your friends and family members (please ask them to spread the word too), by notifying appropriate teachers and staff in your high school, etc.

The special internship application deadline is Saturday, March 10, 2012 with shortlisted candidates scheduled to be interviewed on Saturday, March 17, 2012.

View www.exxonmobil.com/careers/my and follow the instructions below (please note, the website may not reflect the fact that 2010 SPM test takers are able to apply; it will be soon, so but don't delay in applying):

Click on the "Click to Apply" link - see the left hand column;
Click on the "Search openings" link;
Click on the "Search" link at the bottom of the page - please DO NOT make any selections on the page;
Click on the "ExxonMobil Special Internship Program... " link; and,
Read the instructions and submit the required documents using ExxonMobil's "Apply to job" system (you really are applying for a scholarship).
SPECIAL NOTE: When completing the online application you will come to the "Current or Most Recent University/School Information" section. When you do, please respond as follows:
Ignore (leave blank) all inquiries NOT beginning with an "*" (a total of three inquiries - the first two inquiries and the 4th inquiry);
Under the "*Select your degree in progress..." inquiry: Respond with the drop down menu: None.
Under the "*Select your current or most recent..." inquiry: Respond with the drop down menu: None.
Under the "*Indicate your grades..." inquiry: Respond with the drop down menu: Other.
Under the "*Indicate the date you began..." inquiry: Respond with the drop down menus: 15 August 2012 (3 fields)
Under the "*Indicate the date you will complete..." inquiry: Respond with the drop down menus: 15 May 2016 (3 fields)
Under the "*Do you have any additional univ..." inquiry: Respond with the radio button menu: No.
If you have any questions about this special internship opportunity or application problems, please send an email to (subject line: 2012 Special Internship Opportunity Inquiry):

sukiman.mohamed@exxonmobil.com

I thank you for spreading the word and your time.

Selfishness and Greed

aad_lfcfn — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:50:59 +0800

Greed: Intense and selfish desire for something, esp. wealth, power, or food
Selfishness : stinginess resulting from a concern for your own welfare and a disregard of others.

E.x.
1. One can live with minimum wealth, power, and clothing.
2. One can also live selflessly by not having concern of oneself.

Those are the extremes.

Since this is an ambiguous issue, the real answer to it is not as simple as 0 and 1. We need to handle the concept of partial truth, where the truth value may range between completely true and completely false.

Back to the question, how does one achieve the sweet spot of greed and selfishness in order to achieve a fulfilling life? Is it wise for someone to label others as selfish or greed when most people may have different measures for selfishness and greediness?

tags: philosophy, sociology

Can We Predict The Future?

aad_lfcfn — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:29:50 +0800

Can We Predict The Future?

How the world is going to look like after 20 or 30 years....

Mac Book Air VS Mac Book Pro (13 inch)

aad_lfcfn — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 03:33:15 +0800

I'm on the road of getting my first Mac. I read on the internet that it's difficult to set up 3 different OSs on a Mac Book Air. The uncertainty factor of whether it will work or not is a major turn down for me to get a Mac Book Air.

The main purposes of the laptop would be engineering, programming plus sound and photo editing.

What do you guys (Mac Geeks) think about my situation?

Is there such thing as the right woman/man

aad_lfcfn — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 12:48:01 +0800

Did you get married to the person whom you think as the right person for you?

I'm just 20, so I'm not in rush for finding partner.

But I would like to hear different opinions from fellow forumers here regarding this matter based on your experiences.

Workout for busy college schedule

aad_lfcfn — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:37:45 +0800

Hi all.

I want to have body building as a lifestyle but not knowing really well about it has made me hesitate to body build. My goals are:

1) To become larger than what I am now so that it will be easier to find clothes that fit (I have an ectomorph build with a small frame body)
2) Gain strength to play soccer so that for example I can shoot from a longer distance, better aggression
3) To be healthier, definitely not a slouch

The obstacle is busy college schedule that I think I can workout for at most 3 times per week + 1 soccer game per week

Since I believe that for most of you guys here whom bodybuilding knowledge has became a second nature to you guys, I want to ask for recommendation of what exercises I need to do to achieve my goals. I can look for them by myself but I'm afraid I will get lost in the process. I'm looking for sustainability in a workout plan, which means that I want to stick with the workout plan for a long time.

I would also greatly appreciate it if you guys can recommend what supplement to take. I'm looking for supplements that doesn't give strain to kidneys or any other bad side effects.

Thanks in advance.

[Quest.] Websites that teach you how to take photo

aad_lfcfn — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:48:44 +0800

Are there any?

Free websites that teach us what are the setting for exposure, shuttle speed, iso, flash, etc for various lighting condition.

Cannot access the internet

aad_lfcfn — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:19:41 +0800

Stopped by unknown reason. So internet wireless and LAN cannot work.
Could it because of virus?

Please enlighten me.

Acer laptop with Vista OS.

Windows Vista SP1 loading stuck at crcdisk

aad_lfcfn — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:43:32 +0800

The BIOS detected hardisk perfectly.
However, windows stuck loading and eventually restart again.
So I tried to use safe mode. Safe mode failed while trying to detect crcdisk file.
A local PC guy says that it's a virus problem and he's gonna fix it for me for RM50, but I hesitate since I will learn nothing.

Please guide bros and sis here.

Ordering brand new Macs online in Malaysia

aad_lfcfn — Sun, 18 May 2008 20:47:05 +0800

I'm looking fwd to get an Imac but local availability restricted me from switching as I'm currently staying at a countryside area in Sarawak (Mukah, will be going to move to Kuching next year) where there's no shop selling macs so have to buy it online.

Since Singapore has their own online Apple Store do we have similar in Malaysia?
Thank you.

Books on investing (Please recommend some)

aad_lfcfn — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:53:59 +0800

QUOTE

Investing: Investment or investing is a term with several closely-related meanings in business management, finance and economics, related to saving or deferring consumption. An asset is usually purchased, or equivalently a deposit is made in a bank, in hopes of getting a future return or interest from it.

Hi all. As we know, there are lots of book on investing in our local bookstores but which books are good for beginners who want to learn from A-Z about investing? I'm currently earning online right now from my website (about RM1800-RM 2xxx per month) but didn't know what to do with money I earned. I am a form 4 student and only learn pure science subjects besides basic subjects in school, so I have no economy or accounting based.

I would appreciate if you guys can recommend me some good books on investing based on my background (zero knowledge), that are applicable in Malaysia.
Thank you.

Can an optical drive causes computer fail to boot?

aad_lfcfn — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:59:50 +0800

Is it possible? When my sis turn on my custom-built computer this morning, nothing appear on the lcd monitor screen but the hard disk LED is blinking..
So the computer failed to boot..I tried to remove my IDE optical drive (dvd-ram) and its cable from the mobo, and suddenly the computer can boot again..
What causes this? Is it a hard disk, mobo, or the optical drive problem?

My computer specs:
Pentium 2180 2.0Ghz stock speed
Gigabyte P35-DS3
Western Digital Sata II 320 GB
Silverstone Strider 560Watt
MSI Ati X1950 Pro PCI-Express
DVD Ram : (OEM, LG brand, don't really remember the model name)

Thank you

notebook battery price

aad_lfcfn — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 20:18:48 +0800

this is my laptop model: Aspire 5502ZNWXCi

Platform. Intel Centrino Mobile Technology based Processor Pentium M 735A (1.7 GHz / 2MB L2 Cache / 400MHz FSB) / Intel 915GM Express chipset.
HDD 60 GB
Optical Drive DVD+CDRW Combo Drive
OS Provided Linux
Weight 2.38 KG
Battery 6-cell Battery
Display 14.1" WXGA CrystalBrite TFT with 1280 x 800 resolution.
RAM 256 MB DDR2 400 RAM
Graphics N.A.
Unique Feature 56 Kbps modem / LAN / Intel PRO 2200 -802.11b/g Wireless LAN Integrated/ 2 USB Ports.
Warranty Period (Yrs) 1-Year Global Warranty

where to get the price online? ..thanks!

hot chicks! nud#

aad_lfcfn — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:20:29 +0800

http://www.bloganything.net/2006/12/11/hot-and-nked-chicks/

air asia online ticket ordering..

aad_lfcfn — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 10:20:56 +0800

whenever i try to submit the contact form to order ticket from the air asia , it will give me an error. "there's error on this page" (on ie).. i tried on firefox and opera, use another laptop, but receive the same error+ nothing happen when i click the submit form.

somebody can explain me this and what should i do.. i use avast anti virus and never receive the error before..javascript is always turned on..

air asia

mysql? help..

aad_lfcfn — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 22:12:51 +0800

*** SETUP INSTRUCTIONS ***

1. Upload the plugin file (related-posts.php) to your /wp-content/plugins/ directory and activate it.

2. a) You will notice a "Related Posts Options" tab under your "Plugins" tab. If this is your first time installing this plugin please click the link for index table setup script at the bottom of the options page. You only need to do this once when you install the plugin for the first time. If automatic setup fails (can happen and may not even be my fault) read on ...

b) If automatic creation of a full text index fails. You will have to set it up manually. Don't worry it's not hard. Just open your database in phpMySQLadmin and run the following command (cut & paste):

ALTER TABLE `wp_posts` ADD FULLTEXT `post_related` (
`post_name` ,
`post_content`

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
this is the thing that i have to do when i try to install the wordpress- related entries plugin. i dont understand the bold phrases. how to do that. by the way, this is my phpmyadmin screenshot: i cant find any link to "run the command"

printing stop half page

aad_lfcfn — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 21:43:21 +0800

operating system: Microsoft WIndows XP Professional Service Pack 2
Printer Model : Canon Pixma IP1600 (connect trhough USB: I have USB 2.0 Motherboard/port)
Driver: Latest driver from Canon website (can't use old driver because the CD is scratched already)
Problem: Printing stop at half page. Anybody can help me?