Living in JB

[euphony]

Ofcourse have.... Alternatives to toll roads must be provided.

My wife for one hates to travel thru new roads. She prefers to stick to tried and tested roads in Spore/JB.

On the occassions i force her to drive thru the newer ones i wanna try .... my i gotta listen to a lot of .....

So anyway there was this occassion i went for a massage at Eminent. My wife was fast asleep at home. So i hailed a cab (lucky to find one) along the Bestari road and headed for Setia Tropika.

The guy drove from Eminent towards Sutera Utama passed it reached Giant Skudai and U turned.... and voila thats the short cut.

But where do you stay by the way?

THANKS! i'll try. i seem to have taken the 'long cut' previously.

 

[maxpark]

Great news!

Raffles University Iskandar... many already knew this but now its official!
RUI just announced will start 01July2011... the university itself will be operational by 2013 in Educity!

Also, just found out the piece of land next to IndahWalk3 opposite Tesco in Bukit Indah
... it has been sold to Nissan, the japanese car-maker, so expect something big there, as that piece of land is not small at all...!

Cheers all!

 

[maxpark]

Are u sure the piece of land is sold to Nissan? Cos I know that the land and next to the highway opp Tesco will have shophouses built by Bukit Indah. That was what I found last year when doing some research

OK, lets first make sure we are referring to the same piece of land.

Taking SkyLoft and SkyExec condos as the landmarks, there are three parcels of land in-between the two condos.
One parcel is already built half-way, which is IndahWalk3, the 5-storey Lifestyle premium offices block... right next to SkyExec.
So, that leaves two parcels of land remaining... and apparently, one of these two was recently acquired by NISSAN
(my own guess is the piece of land fronting the corner where the red-traffic-light is located, where you can make a left-turn into Tesco, if you are coming in from Jusco)...
I stand corrected, of cos.

Cheers!

 

[Narmi]

Welcome neighbor! Which precinct did you get? Is it the semi-D at Precinct 4 or the new launch at 7?
I'm at Precinct 8. Good luck!

Thanks pseudo . Its at phase 4.

 

[Narmi]

The exchange rate yday was 243.2 near the shell station at icq causeway. Any better rate u have gotten?

 

[avalon74]

Wow sounds good leh, my Incomeshield exclusion (for the upgrade) looks like is for the rest of life, no expiry period indicated...

Exclusions is a problem.. I had stomach ulcer during my uni dayz.. even after medication treatment, the SC said that there is a 5% recurrence in next 20 yrs.. so better cover such known problems..

 

[avalon74]

so you also shop at Molek area? even though you're at SEG =)
i am not familiar with the bukit indah, nusa bestari area so keeping to where i know.

Bro, where is your place? agree that Molek is not exactly near SEG.. but would likely visit there again for the makan.. heard the ba kut teh not bad also..

 

[Analytical Professor]

Im not sure if my directions were clear. Any other folks wanna help out?:o:o

THANKS! i'll try. i seem to have taken the 'long cut' previously.

 

[Analytical Professor]

Nice Pub there O Reallys

We could go sometimes?

Bro, where is your place? agree that Molek is not exactly near SEG.. but would likely visit there again for the makan.. heard the ba kut teh not bad also..

 

[avalon74]

Fast ofcourse sia...
But not furious la:o:o. Sometimes i end up rubbing forummers the wrong way with my choice of words. No ill intention though.
Its just that as i reply pretty fast.... Dun have much time to think if the words i am using could have been replaced for something nicer....
You mean we are all auto-included in Eldershield eh? So where do they deduct this premium from? How do we opt out?
Can help out?

Bro, auto inclusion from age 40..
deduction from medisave.. got enhanced version from private insurrers like GE, Aviva & AIA.. reading up since reaching critical age soon..

To opt out, guess there is a form in CPF website..

 

[Analytical Professor]

So do you take omneprazole or pantoprazole?

Ulcer caused by acidity?

Any diet restrictions you follow?

Exclusions is a problem.. I had stomach ulcer during my uni dayz.. even after medication treatment, the SC said that there is a 5% recurrence in next 20 yrs.. so better cover such known problems..

 

[Analytical Professor]

I think most/all of us on this forum can get by without the additional assistance from Eldershield.

So this additional premium also deducted from Medisave?

Hmmm.... Need to get myself excluded now...

Bro, auto inclusion from age 40..
deduction from medisave.. got enhanced version from private insurrers like GE, Aviva & AIA.. reading up since reaching critical age soon..

To opt out, guess there is a form in CPF website..

 

[Analytical Professor]

Nice one ICQ? the software we used to chat about 12 years ago.

The exchange rate yday was 243.2 near the shell station at icq causeway. Any better rate u have gotten?

 

[Analytical Professor]

Definitely there is only so little time and only so much that we can do!

Thats why my kids will be excluded from all CCAs. I dun need the -2 points at the O Levels.

Yes CCAs help in all round enhancement only if you are genuinely interested in the CCA. Like some guys love Rugby/Soccer etc.

There are several others who consider CCA to be forced/waste of time and uninteresting.

Imagine a minimum of 3 days in a week are lost due to CCA. Your child is tired and exhausted.

No time to rest/relax and study.

There are so many parents who push their kids to do the CCAs for the -2 points. HAve they ever realised how much of additional burden this is for the kids?

In my days CCAs was a joy. I did Debates/Essays/Extempore/Skits/Elocution/Memory Retention the works....

But all this was during school time and i enjoyed it.

I had a wonderful bunch of teachers who i respect to this day. Ofcourse excluding the occasional black sheep.

There is simply not enough time for everything. So I don't let my children have enrichments lesson when they were much younger. I bring them for kite flying, barbeques, roller blading and now trying to do gardening with them. Am starting to teach my girl to play the chinese flute just to give her something to do during the holiday. Let them enjoy lah.

 

[avalon74]

double post

 

[geritan]

:p

feel abit hesitant to share the shop details here bcos i wouldn't want to put the lady in a difficult position ending up with people going there to demand things from her.
PM u instead.

rcvd yr PM. thanks. will check it out.

 

[avalon74]

Professor, isn't it like that with all the insurance company? Anyway, don't really trust insurance company. They suckup all the blood that you have and leave you to die on your own when you run out of blood. :P

Cathy.. seems you had some bad exp with insurance companies.. I usually dun like the agents.. so during the initial yrs of my career.. took time to read about the various products in market & to rebalance my insurrance coverage..

In the end, i terminated endowment policies from AIA & prudential, ILP from HSBC..
Bot life, term, H&S, disability income from TM Asia, NTUC, Aviva & GE instead..

Think its impt to read the product T&C & enter the contract with eyes open..

 

[Analytical Professor]

Way to go Cathy. Cheers. Your kids would surely love you.

My kids

Sunday Universal Studios

Monday Kung Fu Panda + 4 hours Chinese tuition

Tuesday 4 hours chinese tuition + play at ST

Wednesday Play at ST + 4 hours chinese tuition (2 x 2) + go airport to pick up my mum

Thursday dunno yet ....

So I don't let my children have enrichments lesson when they were much younger. I bring them for kite flying, barbeques, roller blading and now trying to do gardening with them. Am starting to teach my girl to play the chinese flute just to give her something to do during the holiday. Let them enjoy lah.

 

[Analytical Professor]

Couple of times i encountered this situation.

Just left the items at Check out.

I dunno i somehow love going TESCO

Yes, the price tagging can be trying many a time.
Usually, I will just not buy that item if it will take a long time to verify.
On certain week days, the replenishment of shelves are not being done on time too. We will just skip those items.

 

[Analytical Professor]

There are those who swear by KUMON.

And there are those like me who swear by parental help and assistance.

Nothing beats parental involvement in childrens academics. (except of course if you really dunno the subject like Mandarin and ME)

For your P6 child you need external help.

For your P3 boy still not too late. You can start helping him. Its so easy.

Really easy....

You will see his marks swell. Just be patient. Spend 2 hours a day with him. Dun bother about exam results. Not important. Lay a strong foundation.

He will learn to pick himself up and fly after that.

Still thinking of putting them up for Kumon lessons on weekends at ST or hire a tuition teacher to come to my house at ST on weekend to give my kids tuition.