Living in JB

[cathylmg]

Yesterday night while returning to Singapore thru 2nd link around 11pm plus, witnessed some 30+ JB bikes racing with one another on the quiet and completely dark NS highways. I was already going at 140km/hour and they zippled past me one by one with their thunderous bikes.. Very scary indeed!

Hell riding. Wow! Exciting manz....

 

[hangyong]

About 6am this morning, at the Malaysia custom, when we reach the checkout bothe, the custom officer has his head on the table. Yes, you heard me right, he was sleeping! I called out 'hello?' to him, no respond. I said another 'hello?' again. No respond. Then I tapped on the table, and said a louder 'hello?' to him again. This time him jumped up. Still blur like a sotong, he stamp our passport 'agonisingly'. Obviously still hasn't wake up. When the car left the bothe, all of us burst out with laughter.

What an amusing incidence. Perks up our day!

same thing happened to me always when I go Cameron Highlands and need to pass the immigration at 4+ in the morning...

If they sleeping, I will just reverse out, and look for another one who is not sleeping...

better play safe... dun wan what happened to the 2 girls to happen on me siah...

 

[Analytical Professor]

Yeah my mum lookin for the walk in type.

How much did it cost ur mum?

SNEC's Dr Donald Tan. Did my mil's eyes which was very complicated case. All is well. But he only do walk-in case. Long queue.

 

[cathylmg]

Yeah my mum lookin for the walk in type.

How much did it cost ur mum?

Can't remember how much. Definately not cheap. But very good. My mil been blind since she was young. Now both eyes also ok liao....

 

[George Ong]

Living in JB


Actually horizon residence is a good place, I bought 2 unit from jacky, he is my very good friend ,all the while my investment with him is Making quite a lot of money , honest and sincere guy.
Previuously I also bought few investment from him, under his introductory I have make a lot of money . this chap idea is good only dare to recommend good stuff so I trust him .
The project location is very strategic and by the natural reserve , across the road is the linear park, fresh air .the view from sky is good.
I believe the potential gain is very high because the location is very strategic, 7 min can reach town which I believe so cuz jacky driver got drive me using part of the coastal highway and the view of coastal highway is very nice.
After my analysist I believe this should be a very good investment , the puteri harbor which is few km away selling 6 km away about RM 700persqft. After my comparison I see this building got 4 best thing in term of outlook,security system and location.
The issue u mention jacky already show me the proof and approval by local authority.
Yesterday I went to opposite the hill just found out not only got park and also water feature . good life , I think my life here will be very good a cup of coffee nice atmosphere, want to shopping is also so near ,to city and to Danga Bay 7 minutes only to puteri harbor 4 minutes only, I would suggest all of u go and grab 1 unit .

 

[Analytical Professor]

Just spoke to them. They asked me to visit him at Gleneagles.

SNEC's Dr Donald Tan. Did my mil's eyes which was very complicated case. All is well. But he only do walk-in case. Long queue.

 

[Analytical Professor]

Oops did you guys see this KFC video?

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/kfc-malaysia-staff-in-scandalous-videos.html

This happens in Spore as well iv heard from my friends...

 

[Analytical Professor]

u know till date i got no balls to download big time in Spore....

In malaysia wanna download speed so slow and all volume based...

Yup.. but you need software such as bit torrent to download..

 

[Analytical Professor]

saved some money

thanks to u

Bring receipt to the TESCO customer service counter for redemption (located on the right hand side of the main entrance, next to the trolley station).

I do not know if this redemption will go on indefinitely or just for promo period.

My last redemption was last week.

 

[Analytical Professor]

Yeah response has been pretty weak.

Dunno what to do already....

Maybe online petition for starters?

At least still got some publicity ??

Thanks for this, Investor & all. Lets see if we can advance the above one more practical step..

A meeting is needed first in order to be able to know each other and coordinate efforts and funnelling of voicing opinions. We must have a condition to be no more than only three serious matters (eg. crime, passport control - we could ask for special express APEC pass-type lanes at immigration to supplement MACS and a Singapore Intl School). We really have to be disciplined to suppress the petty complains which has to be left at the Singapore checkpoints...

I was thinking about a potential sponsor for the meetup proposed (some pages back) and then I realised we have a practical problem. Not many forumers will be willing to reveal their true identities as there are some weirdos out there. So we will never know how many people to cater for. It makes for hard planning.

If we assume all the active contributing forumers only, maybe we have 20 or so people. If they invite people from Singapore who are living / investing in JB already that they know of, it could be 30 intending to turn up. But if 2/3rd (I am being conservative to avoid disappointment) dont turn up, it could be 10.. and if they bring spouses & partners, it could be 20 rounded up.

For this practical problem of not knowing how many will turn up, I suggest we keep it exclusive, at least for this innaugural meet...also lest we end up as how wuqi described, many more curious onlookers & freeloaders who come with extended family just for the food.

So let us start by being exclusive for active positive contributors to the forum only and assume maybe 20.



The potential sponsor I had in mind was none other than UEM Land, the Masterdeveloper of Nusajaya. UEM Land has the most to lose & gain from the success of the entire Iskandar, incl Setia Tropika, Austin Heights, Adda, etc....and Nusajaya residences (EL, LH, NI, HH). So it will be mutually beneficial to UEM Land and us.

They own the Urban Retreat and can provide finger food & drinks. We can make it a Sunday luncheon. 20 people is easy for them to get internal approval as well. It would be nice to have IRDA people (preferably from 2nd meet only) but we should ask the UEM Land people to do that as they will know who to ask who has decision-making influencing position in IRDA.

UEM Land also comes to mind because I know exactly the senior individual we should touch base with in UEM Land for the second meet...

We should take this one step at a time to show we are making a serious coordinated effort in order to be taken seriously by UEM Land Management.


If this step is acceptable then we need the help of someone (anyone from this forum?) who has already bought significantly into Ledang Heights or East Ledang to touch first base with UEM Land's Sales & Marketing. They will pay attention to 'big players'...

Everybody's ideas are good and valid, we can actually combine the ideas. Our ultimate aim is to create some pressure on the Malaysian government, no matter how small(at least we tried), to improve the safety of Iskandar region.

Attracting mega foreign investments into Iskandar Region is Malaysian Government's big ambition. (Let's call the Malaysian Government 'ABC company')
IRDA is a Malaysian Federal Government Statutory body tasked with the objective of developing Iskandar Region. (Let's call it the 'employee' of ABC company)
Mega foreign investors like Temasek, Mubadala, Kuwait Finance House and Saraya have big investments in Iskandar Region. (Big customers and stakeholders of ABC company)
All the rest of us. (Retail investors)

1) We can start with AP's and Lemans's suggestion of gathering the retail investors, anyone who bought a house in Iskandar Region is an investor.
2) Instead of submitting our "customers' feedback"(Not 'complain' but valuable feedback) directly to ABC Company, we submit our feedback to their big customers and stakeholders. Our voices will be very much Amplified if it were to be submitted to ABC Company thru the Big Boys. The Big Boys will submit it because our concern is their concern, since they have committed big investments in Iskandar Region.
3) We also submit our feedback to employees of ABC Company like IRDA(as suggested by Wuqi and Lemans), Khazanah, UEM Holdings etc. Plus other foreign authorities like Embassies etc(as suggessted by Cathy). Anyway, we just submit the feedback to whoever we think can amplify our voices.

Yee this time round where are the dissenting voices? Hehe you have 100% go!

Since Temasek is involved with RM3 billion worth of developments in Medini(their money is at stake if crime rates are high), I think getting them to voice out to Malaysia's government would be a thousand times more powerful than 1000 signatures from us common folks. What do you guys think?

I'm just wondering if there is anything like an "Investors' Association" over here. Although not everyone considers himself an "investor", as long as you purchase a property here you can be considered an investor. If we have an Investors' Association with 1000 members holding property amounting to a total of RM1 billion then that can be quite a voice. But even with just 10% of that magnitude, it is probably substantial enough to represent a voice to speak to IRDA. The significance is, IRDA would feel some threat of publicity.

If there is anything that can be achieved, it will have to be via IRDA as main stakeholder since their masterplan need to succeed. But this needs to be done carefully as we don't want PAP to be clapping hands and glorifying themselves there.

Hi Contra,

You've really looked into details and suggested a great plan but the response on this topic is rather weak so far, I guess only a few might turn up for a gathering Anyway, I've just given a simple suggestion, unlike yours which is more in-depth. I'm not staying in Johor and should be renting out all my units when they are ready next year, or might just keep one for weekend stay Haven't decide yet.

 

[Analytical Professor]

yeah they said minimum S$3.5k for one eye based on complications....

Can't remember how much. Definately not cheap. But very good. My mil been blind since she was young. Now both eyes also ok liao....

 

[Analytical Professor]

When i could have bought it much earlier i thought it was way too expensive.... Now really really very expensive...

Fenix Villa looks real nice.. but beyond my budget

 

[Analytical Professor]

Ok red lady finger, french beans sprouted already

oops i did not mention i even found seeds for red lady fingers.

now now... thats interesting

 

[arsenal]

Thanks for the advises..

Regarding custom, I asked for white cards and they gave me a thick stack and ask $10 kopi money..in return.. Very nice..

Its simple, put a display cabinet or make a divider in the between. They'll solve the problem.

Also, if kitchen stove facing the sink or the fridge, put a small, tall table in between. That what I've read from fengshui websites here and there. Works very well for me.

 

[maxpark]

read in another forum, the SkyLoft almost fully sold!

next, EL side launching their condo next month at indicative price 450-500psf!

at this rate, all kinds of barriers waiting to be broken...!

 

[ginfreely]

Haha how about for a change the latest update from Singaland:

Visited 2 launches today:
1) Miltonia (99 years) - located behind Orchid Country Club, 3 BR 1173 sft, slanted Golf Course View - S$1.1m
2) Thomson Grand (99 years) - CheungKong Holdings project - high floor reservoir views unit at S$1500 psf

Mad mad price...

Went to view Miltonia show flat too on one of the evening and the golf course lights are on, will be glaring for those units facing golf course....

 

[LeMans2011]

Went to view Miltonia show flat too on one of the evening and the golf course lights are on, will be glaring for those units facing golf course....

Ah... insightful indeed... never thought of that but this can indeed be a negative point depending on how bright the lights are
The only right thing to do is not to succumb to developers' ridiculous pricing !!

 

[ginfreely]

Weird, i reminded them to remind those who i recommended and they told me that they have already informed all who were eligible. I think this depends on which one/phase you get. It was pretty fair though as my uncle was supposed to be resting at home and the draw was conducted by throwing a lunch bunch in the air by some government big wig.

There is this gent from Nusa Duta, Marcus Soh, he is a gem and i would say a rare helpful person in the property line. For that matter, there is also a lady there, Cora who is also pretty helpful. If i could vote for best service from a property person, it would undoubtedly be him.

The sales staff are okay but i find the way they do marketing weird, why do marketing events that are only for some buyers? Such close door event is usually reserved for premium customers, but this is not the case here as the house type is the same and the price differential between each phase is also not that much. Basically they just make people like me feel left out.

 

[cathylmg]

Ok red lady finger, french beans sprouted already

Professor, how did you plant the seed? Is it bare on the ground or let it germinate away from the sun first? Please share. Thanks in advance.

 

[lastresort]

More pictures to share

Hi wuqi, if I'm not wrong, I've been to that area before. It's near the Orang Asli seafood area, off Taman Sutera area going from Perling. You will passby a lot of Orang Asli houses along that little road leading to the seaside area