20080531: Klang Valley Property

Visited a few spots in Bandar Kinrara today.
What a convoluted place?
BK 1 to 3 is on one side of the highway (LDP) and the newer ones, BK 4 to 9, are on the opposite side.
Worst still is the darn highway (LDP) which FORCES you to WASTE 10km of precious FUEL to make a U-turn to return back to the same spot (at Giant Hypermart!)
Talk about SMART Highway planners! Definitely not environmentally friendly!

So, what was on offer?
First, a crummy 4 year old Semi-D in BK6! Looked like a sty to me! Reason for sale?Migration! Asking for 720k ono. Anyone know the Vice-President of Marketing and Communications, McDonald’s Restaurants, Malaysia?
Second Semi-D in BK4. Aging Malay family! Terrible architecture from a decade back which puts a fat 1 foot circular diameter column RIGHT in your face, as you enter the main door. And to make matters worse, one lousy car park in the porch. Asking for 560k ono.
Thirdly, a new semi-guarded corner lot 22x75 asking for a RIDICULOUS 700k!
Brand new, no occupants since CF from 1 year back! Facing main road, so quite noisy!
Fourthly, visited a nicely renovated house back in BK4. Owners want to "migrate" again. Shall visit the house this weekend and await the results.

So, back to the Classified Ads in the Star, and look what I found!

Bungalow lots at 36 psf. Only Caveat is that it is leasehold!

20080529: ASSTRO / AS400

The #2 richest man in Malaysia… and yet the database is *expletive* up!

Just some thoughts on this GOLD card swap fiasco, I finally got the replacement card, and it DIDN'T WORK!

I called us ASSTRO 3 nights in a row, the final one having to wait for about 10 minutes. Luckily I had my Bluetooth headset tethered to my ear! I couldn't imagine those poor souls who use a conventional phone and had the patience of a nun!

The conclusion. My card is functioning, but my SECOND Philips decoder, which was replaced for a ridiculour RM 169, is considered "wonky" and thus justifies a visit by the technican, who will charge another RM 50 for the visit!

I then got a call today form ASSTRO to confirm the technician's visit. I told them, OK, call me first. When they wanted to confirm my address, that was the STRANGE part, as they still had the OLD address, whilst, they were already happily sending the monthly bills to my current abode! What gives? A not talking to B? IT Support not using iSync?

To make this inconsistent database issue funnier, which happened just about 1 hour later, the credit card company (from a developed country) I visited, STILL had the SAME OLD address in the AS/400 system, whilst all the latest bills are sent to my CORRECT and CURRENT address!

I bet you that they are not using FileMaker Pro!

So much for the MSC & IT Multimedia corridor! Basic stuff like customers' addresses couldn't even be put in place properly!

RIDICULOUS!