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Nowadays no one talking about migrating to AU?

Red_rustyjelly — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 15:23:48 +0800

Oz now overrate liao?

now everyone either Sinkapo, China, Nippon.

EV Car Fire extinguisher

Red_rustyjelly — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 22:23:38 +0800

Any recommendations and what type should I buy?

Any one that can fit inside car.

Signs that Malaysia is recovering - thoughts

Red_rustyjelly — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 10:31:42 +0800

Strong GDP Growth
-The economy grew 5.1% in 2024, up from 3.5% the previous year.
- For Q1 & Q2 of 2025, growth has stayed resilient (around 4.4% YoY in Q2).
https://www.businesstoday.com.my/2025/08/31...ies/?utm_source

Exports and Trade Performance Improving
- Exports are rising again — e.g. in July 2025 total exports grew ~6.8% YoY.
https://www.thestar.com.my/business/busines...rebound-in-july

Trade surplus continuing despite global headwinds.
- Diversification in export markets/products is helping cushion against shocks.
https://www.thestar.com.my/business/busines...external-shocks

Recovery of MSMEs & Consumer Activity
- Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) contributed ~39.5% of GDP in 2024, with 5.8% growth, helped by stronger services and manufacturing.
- Retail, trade, food & beverage, accommodation segments are showing strong rebound — in line with tourism and domestic spending picking up.
https://rsis.edu.sg/rsis-publication/rsis/m...rce=chatgpt.com

Moderate Inflation / Stable Price Conditions
- Inflation has been fairly well controlled — easing toward ~1.1–1.5% in some recent months.
https://www.businesstoday.com.my/2025/08/31...rce=chatgpt.com

Foreign Investment & Big Projects
- Big tech / cloud infrastructure investments: e.g. Google’s investment in data centres & cloud hubs.
https://apnews.com/article/malaysia-google-...3fb2d607604f011
- Many approved investment projects are ongoing or being planned, which creates employment & boosts demand.

Container/Trucking driver speeder should be punish

Red_rustyjelly — Tue, 13 May 2025 13:32:00 +0800

Celaka, highway driving 100-120 cruising speed when their max is supposed to be 70-80.

no wonder so many recent big truck accident cases.

are luxuries gadgets now over rated?

Red_rustyjelly — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 23:26:26 +0800

before EV, Conti cars are perceived as atas people car

now even the rich sold their expensive car because it spoil so easily and now chasing China EV/teslas

before Xiaomi (the first model where it sold out quickly online), people perceive ipong, samsung as luxury item.
now even some of the high status customers i see using China phone, honor 3 fold etc

and look at the new OPPO phone, so canggih. features could be easily better than Iphone shits.

Famous Quote about Dollar Power

Red_rustyjelly — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 23:26:40 +0800

The US dollar is a problem for everyone

In 1971, US Treasury Secretary John Connally famously told his counterparts in the G10 that "the dollar is our currency, but it's your problem".[FONT=Impact] Connally was being unexpectedly candid about the fact that, even though the greenback was the world's main reserve currency, its foremost purpose was to advance US interests.

That remains true today. But in recent decades, the dollar's central role in global trade and finance has posed more of a problem for emerging-market and developing economies than for the world's rich countries.

Recent monetary-policy divergences between the Fed and other advanced economy central banks are, however, stoking exchange-rate volatility in the world's rich countries. The spillovers from the Fed's higher-for-longer policy position are perhaps most pronounced in Japan, which has recently taken to intervening in foreign exchange markets to stem the yen's rapid slide.

In June, the US Treasury added Japan to its "monitoring list" for potentially unfair foreign exchange practices. Although the Treasury stopped short of designating Japan as a currency manipulator -- which could have resulted in the US imposing sanctions on one of its staunchest allies.

Japan made the monitoring list because it met two of the three criteria that the Treasury uses to assess the policies of major US trading partners -- specifically, a trade surplus with the US of at least UScopy5 billion (516.4 billion baht) and a current-account surplus above 3% of GDP. The third criterion is persistent, one-sided intervention in foreign exchange markets.

Japanese authorities have indeed spent billions of dollars to prop up the yen, which has lost a third of its value since 2021 and fell to a 34-year low of more than 160 per dollar in April -- this is the outcome of the yawning interest-rate differential between the two countries: when the Fed sharply raised interest rates in early 2022 to combat inflation, the Bank of Japan maintained its negative interest-rate policy to address domestic deflation.

Most notably, the Japanese authorities spent a record ¥9.8 trillion (2.1 trillion baht) in April and May to reverse the yen's downtrend, surpassing the total amount deployed to defend the currency in 2022. Despite the scale of these efforts, the yen's descent continued.

In July, the Japanese government spent $36 billion on yet another yen-buying effort – its third intervention of the year. Citigroup estimates that the country has $200-300 billion in financial reserves for any such campaign, which could entail selling dollars, other currencies, or even government bonds to support the yen and mitigate economic damage.

Ordinarily, monetary authorities will intervene to weaken the local currency to boost exports and enhance competitiveness. The 1985 Plaza Accord, which led to the yen appreciating 46% against the dollar, did just that for the US but diminished Japan's competitiveness, prompting Japanese auto companies to establish factories in America.

The unusual steps recently taken by Japan's monetary authorities instead reflect the high costs of monetary-policy divergence for global stability and growth. While the weak yen has boosted inbound tourism and exports to the US, it has also led to excessive exchange-rate volatility, dampening corporate investment and raising costs for industry and importers. Private consumption, which accounts for more than half of the Japanese economy, has slowed, increasing the risk of stagflation. As a result, the Japanese government has revised down its growth forecast for the current fiscal year from 1.3% to around 0.9%.

Some signs point to the interest-rate differential narrowing and the yen stabilising. In the second half of July, the yen strengthened against the dollar by 4% and rallied to its strongest level since March the day after the BOJ raised its benchmark interest rate to 0.25%. The yen's surge followed milder US inflation data in June and a softer labour market in July, both of which could lead the Fed to cut rates sooner as it shifts from a single-minded focus on the inflation target to the dual mandate of price stability and maximum employment.

But this new period of policy divergence among systemically important central banks has underscored the greenback's enormous global impact. When these monetary authorities moved in sync, it was easy to view the US currency as an issue only for EMDEs. Japan's recent currency stress, though, serves as a stark reminder that the dollar is a problem for rich and poor economies alike. ©2024 Project Syndicate

https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion...em-for-everyone

Inb4 I print dollar i wont get inflation
Inb4 U print u die

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Red_rustyjelly — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 16:54:42 +0800

[fb]https://www.facebook.com/reel/761805552791567[/fb]

Kelloggs kena Acquisited 36 Billions

Red_rustyjelly — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 12:38:07 +0800

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/14/mars-to-acq...lion-deal-.html

Mars to acquire snack maker Kellanova in $36 billion deal

Mars will acquire Kellanova
for $35.9 billion in cash, tying together some of the largest U.S. candy and snack brands, the companies announced Wednesday.

The M&M owner Mars is acquiring the Kellogg
spinoff company for $83.50 per share, according to the press release. The addition of Kellanova, which separated from its parent company in 2023, will bring massive brands like Pringles and Cheez-Its to Mars’ snacking unit.

Ada feel? Dato Azizul will bring gold?

Red_rustyjelly — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 15:06:51 +0800

Thailand got gold
Indon got gold
Malaysia ada feel

Looks like southeast Asia rising

Should we stock up USD now?

Red_rustyjelly — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 13:17:32 +0800

Later Trump win then 5 MYR = 1 USD

can untung 10%

Habis la Taiwan

Red_rustyjelly — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 15:49:29 +0800

[fb]https://www.facebook.com/reel/888117793189883[/fb]

Alien hand syndrome

Red_rustyjelly — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 23:39:44 +0800

[YOUTUBE]-8jfgAV1o7o?si=9XVke3GDLOj2x9yn[/YOUTUBE]

Imagine u doing work in ofis full of employee. Suddenly your hand decided to take control.

Habis

TikToker is just bunch of bullshit

Red_rustyjelly — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 09:42:21 +0800

Defame people's brand and tried to pull crowd to view and support her.

Put the brand name big big said be careful of using this brand.

Then when lawyer start to dig in , she just took down the video.

Lawyer pursue again then she said she already took down, ask don't kacau her.

Lawyer tracked 50k view on that product before took down already caused massive damage to the brand.

Lawyer issued defamation letter then she cry mother father apologies and ask to forgive her. Keep saying "takkan sudah delete pun ada Salah"

Puiii.. Wasted money.

#donerant #cbfitnah

want to concentrate do work in business trip but..

Red_rustyjelly — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 22:21:07 +0800

this 3 hotel keep showing up when i search for accomodation.

How?

Remove subsidies oni, got naik meh?

Red_rustyjelly — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 22:40:02 +0800

U saw an underwear RM 100, year end sales slashed to RM 50 for 2 weeks only.

Then after the day end, becoming back RM 100. got naik meh?

inb4 TS is a noob.

World Best Sniper

Red_rustyjelly — Fri, 31 May 2024 18:21:17 +0800

[YOUTUBE]fvCrE5NCsts?si=teKB1731tJNBC5ry[/YOUTUBE]

Sniper without scope. 505 kills.

Shopee and lazada seller rejoice in Indon.

Red_rustyjelly — Mon, 27 May 2024 19:00:46 +0800

Indonesia probing Shopee, Lazada units for alleged competition rule breaches[SIZE=7]

JAKARTA : Indonesia's anti-trust agency said on Monday it is investigating the local units of e-commerce platforms Shopee and Lazada for suspected violations of anti-competition rules.

The companies are PT Shopee Internasional Indonesia, and PT Ecart Webportal Indonesia, which oversee the domestic operations of Shopee and Lazada respectively.

The agency did not elaborate on what the alleged breaches of anti-competition rules were.

Shopee, owned by Southeast Asian technology firm Sea Ltd, and Lazada, the Southeast Asian arm of Alibaba, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

The agency's hearing into the conduct of Shopee would start on Tuesday, it said, without giving details of a potential punishment.

The agency found early evidence of violations by Lazada, which it said is facing a maximum fine of 50 per cent of its net profits or 10 per cent of its sales earned during the time of the alleged breaches.

"There are indications Lazada has undertaken discriminative actions that potentially inhibit competition and indications that its actions have been harmful to consumers," the agency said.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/in...reaches-4366346

2 Comparison of companies

Red_rustyjelly — Sun, 26 May 2024 20:25:47 +0800

Singapore Airlines pays staff 8-month salary bonus after S$2.67bil record profit

https://www.nst.com.my/business/corporate/2...s-after-s267bil

VS

MYAirline owes over 1,000 staff RM14mil in wages, RM9mil EPF payments: Station head

https://www.nst.com.my/business/corporate/2...il-epf-payments

tycoon and Million dollar start up be like

Red_rustyjelly — Sat, 18 May 2024 23:00:08 +0800

Cashing out $$, move to another country, copy and paste business innovation

Meanwhile, toto tycoon probably sipping coffee watching football while Malaysian losing jobs everywhere.

High profile who ask u to call him by status

Red_rustyjelly — Sat, 18 May 2024 13:30:11 +0800

I know few high status customers who are humble and friendly. Usually smooth in doing business, they like my product they buy and leave. Sometimes joke with my staffs and make friendly greetings, my staff will eventually call them by status if they know them.

But today I met a guy who asked my staff to address him dato seri specifically. I don't have issue with this but when comes to closing sales, keep pressing prices and ask for freebies. Then occasionally threaten to say he know many people. And can affect my business from his 1 word. I don't even know his name.

How do you deal with them?