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Zombie singer died

ICDeadPeople — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 01:24:02 +0800

Rip. Among the famous group during highschool.

Zombie

The Cranberries lead singer Dolores O'Riordan has died in London at the age of 46, her publicist says.
The Irish musician, originally from Limerick, led the band to international success in the 90s with singles including Linger and Zombie.
A statement from her publicist said: "The lead singer with the Irish band The Cranberries was in London for a short recording session.
"No further details are available at this time."
It added: "Family members are devastated to hear the breaking news and have requested privacy at this very difficult time."

Outside food not allowed

ICDeadPeople — Thu, 27 Nov 2014 17:30:48 +0800

Just asking, my niece took a trip from kl to Singapore last week from klia2 in Air Asia. During the security check before boarding, the guard check his bag and found few packets of gardenia bread. He than confiscated them.
Is it prohibited to bring food into Air Asia flight? as I never have any problem for other airlines.

salary comparison

ICDeadPeople — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 12:11:18 +0800

How ktards compared to others?
Salary

World of Tanks Beta

ICDeadPeople — Sun, 10 Nov 2013 18:06:12 +0800

Anyone here play world of tanks beta? Today is the last day to download the game as beta tester before the official launch. You'll get a free premium tank if you participate. But im not sure its available in asia though.

Selling New House

ICDeadPeople — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 09:04:10 +0800

Currently im planning to sell my house which I bought from developer few years ago. I was told that I need to make sure that electricity bill, water bill and Indah water has been fully paid before I can sell the house. Since no one living there yet, and i dont even got the keys, do i have to pay all the outstanding bills? I know the workers maybe use some water/electrical while their working there. I just wondering whose going to pay for that?

Moving Abroad

ICDeadPeople — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:38:28 +0800

Need input from you guys. Im moving abroad next few months for a few years. Right now im thinking of keeping my existing no, since it will be quite hassle to update contacts from my banks, insurances, internet banking, business contacts, etc. I have read around and found out that for prepaid users I can keep my line for 1-2 years with a fee of 30-50 ringgit. So thats one option. But since currently im a celcom postpaid user, I cant change to prepaid (only Digi and maxis allow postpaid to prepaid conversion I read). So, the only way that I know right now for me to keep my number active without incurring alot of monthly charges is by changing to digi/maxis, than change to prepaid, than extend validity period for 1-2 years.
Do you guys know any other way?

Kodak going bust

ICDeadPeople — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:49:34 +0800

http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?f...01&sec=business

NEW YORK (Reuters): Eastman Kodak Co , which invented the hand-held camera and helped bring the world the first pictures from the moon, has filed for bankruptcy protection, capping a prolonged plunge for what remains one of America's best-known companies.

The 130-year-old photographic film pioneer, which had tried to restructure to become a seller of consumer products like cameras, said it had also obtained a $950 million, 18-month credit facility from Citigroup to keep it going.

"The board of directors and the entire senior management team unanimously believe that this is a necessary step and the right thing to do for the future of Kodak," Chairman and Chief Executive Antonio M. Perez said in a statement.

Kodak said that it and its U.S. subsidiaries had filed for Chapter 11 business reorganization in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Non-U.S. subsidiaries were not covered by the filing, it added.

Ktard robertngo post the article about them 2 days ago.
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=2193077&hl=kodak

Australia or Abu Dhabi

ICDeadPeople — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:46:12 +0800

I got a job offers from a company in Abu Dhabi and also one in Brisbane. Right now I couldnt really decide which one should I choose. Below are few points that currently Im looking at:

1) Salary - AD is about ~US1k+ more than Aus (in net terms after taking out house, schools, utilities)
2) Career growth - Aus have a better career growth, AD is from what I heard is quite difficult to move up
3) Schools - AD paid for schools, but its not quite enough since schools there is really expensive. Aus I read that public school is free.
4) Way of living - Im a muslim. So Im sure I will not have any problem in AD. But than again I dont think there will be a big problem in Aus also (been there numerous time for work) except finding halal stuff.
5) Environment - Been to Aus numerous time, with family. City is well structured and easy to go. Plenty of public transportation. But can be a bit dull. Only been to AD during interview. Kind of dusty city, not that well structured. But than again I havent been there long enough to venture around.
6) Medical - All been taken care of in AD. In Aus I need to purchase health insurance, or become PR to get sort of free medicare.
7) Annual leave - AD is 42 days. Aus not sure yet but I think it should be around 20 days.
8) Distance from home - Both around 7-8 hours from malaysia, with AD -4 hours time zone while Aus is + 2hours. But AD is already halfway to europe/US. So its easier for me to go there
9) Wheather - quite obvious I think.

Im really in dilemma right now. Been thinking about this for a month already and still keep changing my mind every now and than. So if any of you can give me some pointers, that will be great.

man tried to jump from 14th floor

ICDeadPeople — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 09:18:09 +0800

Too much \K\ing?

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Medical Benefit

ICDeadPeople — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 08:03:11 +0800

Hi, i want to ask for clarification.
A company give you a certain amount of medical allocation each year. When you pay your insurance, or go to clinics, you can claim it back using the allocated amount. Question is, do this amount is taxable? The reason i ask this because i thought since this is a non fix allowance (depends on how much you used a year), so it is consider as expenses rather than benefit. So it should'nt appear in your EA. If not, than I guess phone claim, feul claim etc also need to be tax.
Do I have it right or I completely misunderstood?

Samsung C6500 owners thread

ICDeadPeople — Sat, 22 May 2010 22:29:32 +0800

I just purchased sammy 50' C6500 today. Price is 5k (FOC HDMI), bought it at a shop in Bandar Baru bangi. Looks good, but havent really play around with it.
I tried to look for available firmware update, but I couldnt find any update for this model (PS50C6500TR). Also i did try to go into service menu (mute-1-8-2-power), but again fails. Anyone have any solution for this?

[addedon]May 22, 2010, 10:39 pm[/addedon]Manage to go into service menu, but option for model (to change it to C8000) is greyed out. Means we asian are screwed, as always....

Edited: Attached C6500 settings.

Full credit to Mantisboxer from AVS forum.

Basic Parameters:
Cell Light = 14
Contrast = 85
Brightness = 57
Color = 49
Tint = G50/R50
Gamma = +1

White Balance:
R Gain = 25
G Gain = 25
B Gain = 38
R Offset = 25
G Offset = 25
B Offset = 26

10 Point White Balance:
Interval: R G B
1: 4 0 -1
2: 1 0 -1
3: 1 0 0
4: 0 0 -1
5: 0 0 -1
6: 2 0 -1
7: 0 0 1
8: 2 0 3
9: 0 0 0
10: 6 0 7

Custom Color Space:
R 50 0 6
G 19 29 5
B 0 0 76
Y 57 39 14
C 35 19 50
M 37 0 58

Why there is no maggi laksa around?

ICDeadPeople — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:15:18 +0800

Just wondering, why there is no more maggi laksa around? I went to carrefour, giant, sogo, petronas, couldnt find any. Is it being ban or what?

Beware off overpriced crap speakers

ICDeadPeople — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:02:20 +0800

Read this from AVS forum, just thinking of sharing it with you guys.
'The white van scam' i think is not here in Malaysia, but the list of speakers probably is.....

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=990066

Which housing loan?

ICDeadPeople — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:27:14 +0800

I've been scouting around for housing loan quite sometimes, and I end up with 2 choices, AIA 5.99 fix rate or citibank islamic loan.
As you know, the AIA will have the fix rate of 5.99, so you dont have to worry about increasing BLR. The citibank islamic is BLR-1.5, with cap at 8.9. What i like about citibank is the bi-weekly payment plan. I was told that even if you pay the same amount of your monthly installment by dividing it every 2 weeks, you could save a few years of your installment period and some amount of money. this is because the way the interest is calculated. Could someone verify this? And what about AIA? Can we do the same thing? Again i was told it is not possible to do that with AIA because it calculate the interest differently. Is it true?

Your LCD/Plasma TV settings

ICDeadPeople — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 11:50:01 +0800

Since alot of forumers here have LCD/Plasma tv, Im wondering if you guys can share your tv settings so any new owner can easily use/refer to your preffered settings, wether for astro or for movie viewing.
Lets start with mine:

TV type: Samsung 32" R7 LCD
Mode: movie
Contrast: 75
Brightness: 65
Sharpness: 25
Color: 49
Color tone: cool1 (for dark room), normal/warm1 (for bright room)
Digital NR: off

I also turn off the Dynamic Dimming thing (to access this press Power off-info-menu-mute-power on, select option 2 and press enter.Scroll down untill you see Dynamic Dimming, press right to turn it off. Press exit button on the remote to exit the menu).