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Are You Working From Home?

potatobanana — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:57:13 +0800

Today selected civil servants starts to WFH.

The traffic in my area got worse apparently.
It might due to rainy weather.

Are you working from home?

Child in Adult Body

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 07:30:00 +0800

Child in Adult Body

potatobanana — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:24:21 +0800

I am in my thirties.
Yet I feel like I am still a child in an adult body.

How huh? Anyone felt the same?
Am I normal to always feel like 21?

Is your area hazy?

potatobanana — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 23:28:29 +0800

My area is at Klang Valley, just now evening my nose tell me the familiar haze smell coming back again. 🙊

Is your place the same as well? 😷

Start protecting yourself and drink more water ya 😙

Checking for news
Greater KL area is affected (27th-Jan)
The Star: Raising concerns over air quality in Greater Kuala Lumpur

Neighbour Singapore also kena (27th-Jan)
The Edge: Singapore monitors haze risk as smoke drifts from regional fires

Johor fire could be the cause? (26th-Jan)
The Straits Times: Johor firefighters battle spreading Pengerang peat fire as haze hits Singapore

Checking for hot spot
Can see Malaysia side have more hot spots that usual (26th-Jan)

https://asmc.asean.org/asmc-hotspot#Hotspot

Confirming from another source (26th-Jan)

https://myclimate.met.gov.my/fdrsWmsObsAseanMetPortal

Checking for air quality index
KL air is poorer compared to Singapore (taken live)

https://www.iqair.com/air-quality-map?zoomL...&lng=101.608011

Comparing to historical records, the air is more polluted (now vs past)

https://aqicn.org/station/malaysia-kampung-baru-klcc/

Blackbox Saviour

potatobanana — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 15:26:24 +0800

Hi,

We frequently encounter forum members posting with blackbox embed / post / video.
To resolve this, may I suggest to include more conditions and formatting to embed youtube video please?

Current correct way to embed youtube video::

CODE

[YOUTUBE]dQw4w9WgXcQ[/YOUTUBE]

To resolve forum members from posting blackbox, we can include another format as below, which is the full URL link::

CODE

[YOUTUBE]https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ[/YOUTUBE]

CODE

[YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ[/YOUTUBE]

Aside from youtube video, this should be applicable to other links / post / embed as well such as FB / IG / Tiktok etc...

Which Type Do You Like?

potatobanana — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 11:51:55 +0800

Which Type Do You Like?
[YOUTUBE]kRuazJt_UFQ[/YOUTUBE]

What is the colour of your private part?

potatobanana — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 11:52:27 +0800

What is the colour of your private part?

Darker, lighter, or same colour as your body part?

How much budget do you allocate for next phone?

potatobanana — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 14:43:36 +0800

Last time my phone used to cost a few hundred ringgit.

Nowadays to get a long term usable phone, it will be at least RM1000.
Yes, there is this thing called 'inflation'.

What's your budget for your next phone like?

One of the most stewpeedest thing

potatobanana — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 15:10:28 +0800

This is one of the most stewpeedest thing I encounter even till today.

Let's say we need to settle some bank errands, the bank only open from 9AM-5PM.
During 9AM-5PM, it's majority of our working hour.
Let's say we want to settle during weekend, banks are not open for business.

Good thing we are now developing for stablecoins, blockchains, web3 etc..

During the pandemic, glad that digital ewallet also solved most of the issue with ATM.
Really hate to always drop by ATM just to get cash. Not to mention limited hours, fees and etc...

It's still hard for me to comprehend that our father and grandfather had to dealt with these kind of issue.

Thanks for reading my rant, I am grateful for technology and innovation.

Petrol station kaboom?

potatobanana — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 14:31:55 +0800

Recently the government launch the budi95 and gotten smart with smart phone / apps for payment.

Question is, will we see a higher risk of using phones around petrol station resulting in kaboom?

Why not just let us wave the IC like how we wave cards?
Why need to cucuk?

Yes the IC has NFC function, which is how we use it as a TnG card.

Let's pray everyone is safe.

Traffic Jam At Petrol Station

potatobanana — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 11:36:44 +0800

During the first few days of the petrol subsidy, I am betting there will be longer queue due to system down and inefficiencies.

If not, I will potong my kuku then run around klcc

How to verify car fluid change?

potatobanana — Sat, 21 Jun 2025 15:21:17 +0800

When we service our car, how do we verify if a car service center truly changed the oil / fluid?

Considering if we have no visibility, additionally the fluid is older but still clean.

Do you use wired mouse or wireless mouse?

potatobanana — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 12:14:57 +0800

Do you use wired mouse or wireless mouse?

With tail or no tail?

Which is better?

potatobanana — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:44:22 +0800

Which is better?

Is three off-days across two weeks (including weekends) better?
or
Is five continuous off-days (including weekends) better?

Chatgpt's answer

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What's the best bank / wallet / card combo

potatobanana — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 16:12:15 +0800

What is the best bank + wallet + card combo these days?

Requirements
1. Convenience: I want to save time by visiting ATMs less frequently.
- I no longer want to deal with paper cash and ringing coins
- QR code scanning and NFC payments have been effective solution so far

2. Perks & Benefits: I want to be rewarded for both saving and spending my money.
- I don't want inflation to erode my savings
- Cashback, rewards, and higher interest return are essential

3. Credit Card: I want seamless payments at my fingertips.
- Alternate and reliable form of cash
- Handy during shopping and travelling

Issues Faced
- Not all places accept credit cards.
- E-wallets are imposing fees on credit card top-up.
- E-wallets are setting limit on transferable funds.

E-wallets provide convenience, but lack perks and benefits.
Credit card offer the perks and benefits, but lack convenience.

What's the best combination to use these days?

Do you use protection for phone?

potatobanana — Sun, 22 Dec 2024 13:34:32 +0800

Do you use protection for phone?

Living together and get old without getting marrie

potatobanana — Sun, 22 Dec 2024 11:28:16 +0800

These days, many people are afraid of getting married because of various reasons.

I was just having a thought, what if a couple live together and go through their day like a married couple without having to tie the knot?

Couple would worry less about divorce + breakup + split assets, where they can just breakup without bearing additional hassles.

Pros: Don't have a worry about divorce, lesser commitment and responsibilities to bear
Cons: ? (feel free to share in comment)

For the sake of the simplicity in this discussion, let's exclude the factor of religion, we can take atheist as a good example.
Comments pertaining to religion will be removed.

In a nutshell, would it be possible for a couple to live together, have children together and getting old together without signing paper?

Opensignal don't have specific report for Malaysia

potatobanana — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 15:48:05 +0800

I want to check what is the gooding Telco in Malaysia now.

Opensignal used to write "Mobile Network Experience" report for Malaysia on a bi-anually basis.
I no longer see the report for year 2024. Issit we kena boykot?

Now they are only showing "5G Global Mobile Network Experience". I boykot 5G because it consume my battery more and the speed is more than enough.

Which Telco is gooding in coverage and reliability for non-5G as of today?

Android Auto / Apple Carplay

potatobanana — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 15:43:47 +0800

My family members still using older vehicle which has media player with decent screen without AndroidAuto / AppleCarplay.
It has the ability to play DVD movies and MP4 videos.

Question is there a way to utilise AndroidAuto / AppleCarplay on these older players?
Don't want to change the player since it will cost a few hundreds even thousands.

Are there any plug and play method, adapter or cable that is able to solve this issue?

How much ram is sufficient?

potatobanana — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 13:34:06 +0800

For my main computer, last time I use 512MB ram > 1GB > 2GB > 4GB > 8GB > 12GB

Now main computer have 16GB ram also I feel not enough. How much ram is truly sufficient?

I tried my company's computer with 96GB before, I feel the black and never want to go back.
A bit regret with my mac setup now since cannot upgrade