Living in JB

[austin_hts]

Hi

can try KSL city, new mall with cinemas (6 screens I think) in JB city, opposite pelangi plaza. Mall has security guards patrolling car park..... Tesco, popular and many restaurants . . .

Lots of cinemas in Johor.

Ofcourse safe la.

Go to the one at JB City Square. Or you could also choose the one at Tebrau Jusco.

Both are good.

Ticket prices reasonable and slightly cheaper ofcourse.

I used to go earlier before i bought my property here.

Now no time already.... la

Listening to Lobo now here at STropika

 

[Analytical Professor]

Thanks im goin this weekend

Hi

can try KSL city, new mall with cinemas (6 screens I think) in JB city, opposite pelangi plaza. Mall has security guards patrolling car park..... Tesco, popular and many restaurants . . .

 

[Grago]

Bro,

Not sure if this helps...
Coming from JB towards the Perling toll... on the main road leading towards the toll, you can see several left turns into various Tamans...
If I remember correctly, take the left turn into Taman Duta and it goes straight into Bukit Indah... just go straight all the way to the end, then turn right when you see road construction, I think thats gonna be the highway leading into HH...

This way, you bypass the Perling toll and at same time, if you're interested, there are quite a lot of shops all along both sides of the road.

..................

Also, recently discovered that from Bkt Indah if you go straight past HSBC/Standard Chartered towards Taman Bestari, you will reach Taman Sutera (something)... and just past this Taman, is a short cut right into Skudai. Lots of nice food here too.

This was the short cut into the Skudai area i was referring to.

I think euphony had asked for this if i am not wrong and i had explained to euphony about this.

Thanks maxpark.

This link will show you the way on the map from Jalan Skudai, past the Pasir Gudang Highway turn off which one would normally take bring you to the toll before turning off to HH,

1. turning into Jalan Sutera Danga and then proceed to follow the road to HH.( that's the LONG way.....)
2. follow the turn off to the pasir gudang highway towards HH BUT well BEFORE the Toll on your LEFT hand is a row of shophouse consisting of eating place, MAYBANK, POLICE STATION etc...... 9I'm sure you've noticed them driving towards the toll booth..) at the end of that BLOCK is Jalan Simbang on the left. Turn into this road, follow it all the way to the 1st set of traffic lights. Turn right onto Jalan Persisiran Perling 1 and follow the road all the way to HH. (you should be alright from here on as there are sign boards pointing to HH...)

Hope this helps.

http://www.yellowpages.com.my/map/?sfor=all&name=Bestari+Bestmart+Sdn+Bhd

P.S. Click on the map result on the left hand side which highlights "A Bestari Bestmart ..." it will bring up the map showing you the way to Bestmart ( taht's the Long way..) before that is the Persisiran Perling/ Pasir Gudang turnoff......... (that's where "2" above comes in)

 

[austin_hts]

Hi AP,

if u r gog to KSL city, might as well check out the sales office. Sales person can bring u to the condo construction site above the mall. Understand that the penthouses at over 30th floor are selling at $3 mil up. Expensive, but views at higher floors will be fantastic. The 1 to 3 bedrooms units are suitable for small families or singles working in spore. With the mrt connection to spore by 2018 (plus xx years delay), and plans to develop JB city, I think there is upside.

Thanks im goin this weekend

 

[hangyong]

seems like the jam at causeway is back....

 

[congo9]

Hi AP,

if u r gog to KSL city, might as well check out the sales office. Sales person can bring u to the condo construction site above the mall. Understand that the penthouses at over 30th floor are selling at $3 mil up. Expensive, but views at higher floors will be fantastic. The 1 to 3 bedrooms units are suitable for small families or singles working in spore. With the mrt connection to spore by 2018 (plus xx years delay), and plans to develop JB city, I think there is upside.

You for real ? RM$3million for a living space in JB ? That what i call a RIP OFF ! May be 20 years down the road. It rational enough.

For RM$3Million, you can get a very good location + BIg space at East Ledang, HH or Setia Tropika ....

 

[congo9]

Actually I do love JB but sad to say in terms of education, Singapore is better over Malaysia. My wife was not keen to send my kids to Singapore to study in govt school as she wanted them to remain with her parent. I told her to stop being so selfish. I mean, our kids are Singaporean and inside the circle where every other kids are trying so hard to come in without avail. But now u are trying to bring our kids to Malaysia to study? Please, not that I look down on the Malaysia education system but at the end of the day, even if u got 11A1 in SPM, what are u gotta do? We have seen these top students being sidelined by the Scholarship department year after year in favour of bumi students with less than stirling results.

So I plan to focus on my kids education while holding onto my HH and EL properties in the future until they got married and its time for me to relax.

Wife must be mad to let kids study in Malaysia. Bring her out, let me talk to her. I give her a tongue lashing for you !

 

[Whathefish]

Heard HH's south golf semi-D is selling at around 1.5mil RM already? Price appreciate so fast??

Any other semi-d in the Nusajaya region selling cheaper?

 

[Analytical Professor]

Peak hour you drove from Tampines to Setia Tropika in an hour.

Not bad....

Very good...

We clocked a best of 45-50 min from Setia Tropika To Sengkang.

I took the 1st link to go back to JB yesterday night. Left Tampines at 8.25pm and reach Setia Tropika at 9.25pm. It was a breeze through the custom. No 'constipation' at all. I think they had stopped the finger print thingie.

 

[Analytical Professor]

Yeah i thought so too.

I manged about 45-50 minutes only during offpeak. During peak about 1.5 hours on average via CIQ. Via Tuas also same.

So for us at Setia Tropika Tuas a bt far but roads are nicer so both ways takes about the same time.

How do u guys go to Setia T from Custom? I presume is go to Jalan Skudai then up Perling and into PG highway and turn left into kempas? 1 hour from Tampines to Setia T is very very fast!

 

[Analytical Professor]

There are several routes bro..... Most of them are equally good unless there is some construction activity.... The worst road is Tebrau which we now totally avoid unless we are dead sure its jam free

1) CIQ -- Tebrau -- exit to NS Hiway -- Setia Tropika exit

2) CIQ -- Tebrau -- exit to Pasir Gudang Hway -- Exit and turn right at Pakar Kempas hospital

3) CIQ -- Towards Danga City Mall -- ??? Forgot

4) CIQ--- all the way towards Danga Bay drive by the sea.... hit perling .... turn towards Pasir Gudang Lebuhraya and then at Hospital Pakar Kempas turn left to Setia Tropika....

Many many way....

How do u guys go to Setia T from Custom? I presume is go to Jalan Skudai then up Perling and into PG highway and turn left into kempas? 1 hour from Tampines to Setia T is very very fast!

 

[Analytical Professor]

Talking about trips my light bulb blows and the MCB trips... Whole home plunged into stone age.... "no electricity"

Now this is fine if it happens when my wife and/or i are at home.

When we are not at home... its a different story... Cause we cant rush back and my maid is none the wiser....

My mum prefers to stay away from MCCBs...

Leaving young kids at home may not be a good idea in JB.

But thinking again... this happens in spore as well.

Is this how Circuit breakers are designed to work?

 

[Analytical Professor]

All house owners with corner lots at Setia Tropika in my precint seem inspired....

All of them are using the grass patch outside the house... The L shaped grass patch.... All kinds of plants abound...

Nice.....

Looks like i will have a green estate in times to come

Saw a couple of birds this morning.

The tweeting and chirping of the birds is awesome....

 

[Analytical Professor]

Interesting story to tell..

I was at TESCO on sun last....

Nothing much to do.... apart from the broadband speed testing that was my hobby for the day....

So walked from aisle to aisle...

Started taking a look at the Baseball steering wheel locks.

I was just looking at the Rm 100 plus one....

When a guy who was inspecting the Rm 300 + one seriously suddenly noticed me looking at the Rm 100+ one and asked me...."Do you think it really works?"

I said i heard it does....

He replied.... "My dad used the Rm 200 + one.... Yet his car was stolen.

I think its syndicate that does this..... Anything they sell at Tesco/Giant these syndicate guys know how to open

I was looking at the Rm 300+ one to check what the difference could be between the 200+ and the 300+.

I think its best to go to the Car shops and get the specialized ones which cost a bomb"

He looked a decent guy. He was shopping with his wife and kid. Wife looked the geek sorts...

 

[Analytical Professor]

Exit spore immigration. Come out. . .

Bumper to bumper jam all the way to CIQ

time 11:14pm

lets c how long it takes to clear

 

[Analytical Professor]

Only 22 min despite bumper- bumper jam from ciq to spore

 

[Analytical Professor]

The same bumper to bumper jam can be longer at other times.

First time i noticed them scanning my macs sticker this mornin while returnin to spore

 

[RafflesTiger]

This only happened recently... It is this kind of news that I am worrying over my daughters' safety day in day out in JB

PETALING JAYA- An 8-year-old girl was alleged to have been raped by a man with two previous convictions for theft.

He was reportedly caught by the victim's brother-in-law and other guests at a wedding ceremony at SRK Yoke Kuan in Sekinchan.

The Year Two pupil is now being treated at Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital in Klang. The girl is reported to be still traumatised.

The incident happened at 9pm on Saturday when the victim went to the ceremony with her sister and brother-in-law.

RELATED STORYGirl, 8, raped in toilet during wedding
Selangor Criminal Investigation Department chief Senior Assistant Commissioner Adnan Abdullah said the victim went to the toilet near the canteen.

The brother-in-law took her to the toilet and waited for about 10 minutes. He then waited at the canteen but shortly, he heard a scream.

Adnan said the brother-in-law rushed to her aid and saw a man running naked from the toilet.

He shouted for help and several guests came to help detain the man.

Checks revealed the suspect in his 20s had served two jail terms - the first for 11/2 years and the second for two years -- for theft.

The man was last released from prison in 2006.

Situation is quite real, girls should really be careful and accompanied at all times.. I heard from one Singapore Uncle that his friend's daughter got robbed in JB 5 yrs back, till today she dare not go out of her flat, needs to see psychatrist... the trauma is apparently too much for a girl...

My dad has also been robbed before in 1980 in Singapore.. He says JB is as safe as Singapore in the late 70s.... Which means not safe.... Another local told me a Malaysian girl while being robbed, in panic jumped into a drain, hit her head against the concrete plank in the drain and died... Quite scary...



How do you guys converse from Singapore and JB everyday? How many hours do you guys spend on the road.. Must be very tiring... What is a typical day like?

 

[abugumgum]

Where do you live? Cause i remember vividly the signal strength at Thistle was really strong. I stayed there a couple of times many years ago and then several times last year. On all occassions i received pretty strong signals from the Singapore operators which i used to call Spore (at local call charges).

So yes if you are staying around there you can get the signal which you can definitely use for internet connectivity.

You know yesterday i was too free.... So i topped up my Maxis prepaid broadband and tested it out in several locations.

I tested out Digi as well.

So i am now clear in terms of which operator to use for what purposes. Wasted money la but money well spent.

Kept testing out the speed (DL AND UL)

BTW you use Discovery Day right?

I am staying at the Indah Samudra Condo (next to Thistle Hotel). The inconsistent signal strength in my unit is probably due to interferences or being blocked by Thistle Hotel.

I will go over to Thistle hotel and to check out the Singtel Signal and probably around different locations in the condo.

Yes, I am using Digi Discovery Day for running about. P1 at home.

Btw, Yes 4G is a new provider www.yes.my (no contract, no monthly fee, just pay as you use) After calculation, it is not suitable for my consumption pattern. Not sure of their coverage too. Now they are running a free 14 days trial with Rm5 credit.

 

[abugumgum]

Yday exchange rate near shell ciq also 243.4 tho the displayd rate was 240. I took 45mins to clear customs yday. Never been askd to fingerprint till now.

Yesterday 243.3 at money changer near to Pizza Hut (Nusa Bestari 2, along Jalan Sutera Danga).

AP, Tesco is still 244 for cash payment, I remembered too late, payment done :(