KDU New Campus At Glenmarie, Shah Alam

KDU University College has built a new campus within Paramount Utropolis development located at Glenmarie, Shah Alam. This new campus is super huge and began its operation in this year 2015. This new KDU campus is simply too awesome due to the fact that it is having a state-of-the-art design. The planning and the design of this campus can be viewed from this link: http://www.kdu.edu.my/about-kdu/our-campus/110-kdu-glenmarie-campus

Besides that, this new campus provides much convenient to its students for staying as there many blocks of Utropolis Suite which are serviced apartments currently being built by Paramount which just located besides the campus within the huge Utropolis landbank (http://www.utropolis.my/about-us/utropolis)

Glenmarie at Shah Alam is used to be known as an industrial area. But with the arrival of the new KDU campus and Paramount Utropolis development project, Glenmarie is foreseen to be changed into a more vibrant and fresh environment with more young students studying and staying there.

KDU University College
Utropolis, Glenmarie
Jalan Kontraktor U1/14,
Seksyen U1, 40150 Shah Alam
Selangor Darul Ehsan
MALAYSIA 

Food To Hunt For In Ipoh and Perak

Ipoh and Perak are nice town and state to go for a relaxing holidays and hunt for food. I have went to Ipoh and Perak few years back with some friends and have tasted some of the nicest food in Ipoh and Perak. These are the recommended food that must try when visiting Ipoh and Perak.

1) “Kai See Hor Fun” aka Chicken Kuey Teow Soup and Caramel Egg Custard
The nice Chicken Kuey Teow Soup and yummy Caramel Egg Custard can be found at Thean Chuan Coffee Shop with the address as below:

Thean Chuan Coffee Shop
73, Jalan Bandar Timah
Ipoh Old Town,
30000 Ipoh.

2) Bean Sprout Chicken (Nga Choy Kai)
Bean Sprout Chicken is Ipoh signature food. One of the famous shop to eat Bean Sprout Chicken is at Restaurant Lou Wong Tauge Chicken with address below:

Restaurant Lou Wong Tauge Chicken
49, Jalan Yau Tet Shin,
30000 Ipoh, Perak.

3) Egg Tart with Ipoh White Coffee
The famous egg tart and original Ipoh white coffee can be found in Restoran Nam Heong. Restoran Nam Heong is the origin of the premium OldTown White Coffee franchise shop that has made its name throughout the whole Malaysia. It is located as below:

Restoran Nam Heong
No. 2, Jalan Bandar Timah,
30000 Ipoh, Perak.

4) Kong Piah
Kong Piah is a famous traditional biscuit can be found in Sitiawan, Perak. The shop name that is selling Kong Piah is Sitiawan Cheong Cia Gong Pian. It is having a long queue just to get the biscuit but really worth it. The address of the shop is:

Sitiawan Cheong Cia Gong Pian
12, Jalan Tok Perdana,
Setiawan, Perak.

5) Herbs Chicken Bun and Curry Chicken Bun
Both Herbs Chicken Bun and Curry Chicken Bun are something really something special with either curry chicken or herbs chicken and ingredients are wrapped in a big bun. It tasted so nice until you will be craving for more. This food can be found at Restaurant Yau Kee at the address below:

Restaurant Yau Kee
55 &57, Jalan Idris,
Kampar, Perak.

Car Tyre Price Dropped?

Is car tyre prices down in this brand new year? Yes, it is indeed real. I have read about this news few days ago in The Star online newspaper (http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2015/01/15/Prices-of-tyres-have-come-down-Shop-owners-cite-cheaper-rubber-and-impending-GST-for-sharp-drop). The price has dropped roughly between 10%-15%.

The tyre price has kept on increasing until recently that the price has dropped. It is a good news for car owners especially for those that the car tyres are getting bald. If 1 tyre is RM200, with 15% dropped in price, it will be RM30 off. 4 tyres already can save a total of RM120 bucks. Not to mention, the bigger tyres for bigger car will cost more but with the price dropped, the total amount of money that will be saved can be quite significant up to few hundred dollars if 4 tyres are change at 1 shot.

It is nice to have good news at the beginning of this brand new year 2015!

Benefits of Credit Card

Credit card often associated with the risk of being used unauthorized by other people and the risk of causing debt to the card holder due to over spending. It is definitely dangerous to the card holder in terms of card safety if he/she does not practice basic safety measure on the card itself such as exposing the card information to other people and perform online transaction using laptop/pc/smartphone infected by virus or some unknown websites. For over spending, it is an issue for card holder if he/she is using the credit card for the purpose to buy something that he/she could not afford or would not buy with the cash money.

However, if the credit card is being used safely by practicing all the safety measures and being used wisely such as to pam petrols, buy necessary things that are still payable with cash even if there is no credit card, then having a credit card is recommended.

Credit card is very useful during emergency time such as admission to hospital that requires to pay some deposit beforehand even if with a Hospitalization Medical Card. Credit card can be used to pay admission deposits that would cost at least few thousand ringgit which may be difficult to pay with cash at that moment.

Credit card usage is giving some rebates on the amount spent and providing the reward points for every dollar spent. The reward points can then be used to redeem stuffs depending total points accumulated.

After using my credit card for general usage such as pam petrol, buy groceries and pay bills, I have accumulated a certain amount of points that can be used to exchange some stuff from the redeem list available.

So, I just use the reward point from my credit card to redeem a Philips Radio. It is consider a good deal. Since I don't use the radio at my rented place, I put the radio at my hometown for my family to use :)

Using credit card safely and wisely will provide more benefits rather than harm in long term.

New Shopping Mall in KL/Selangor

There are a lot of new shopping malls were opened at the end of last year and shoppers are spoilt with so many choices to go for shopping in this brand new year :) Below are few of the famous shopping malls that have already opened its door to welcome new year. 

1) DPulze

DPulze is located at Cyberjaya. It is a very good news to the students in MMU Cyberjaya or Limkokwing Cyberjaya and also to working professionals at Cyberjaya because it is the only one shopping complex available in the entire of Cyberjaya. I had went DPulze at the end of last year and it is not a big shopping mall. But at least the mall will make Cyberjaya more liveable compared to last time the area was so dead when I was still a student there. It is still good enough to cater for the students and working professionals in Cyberjaya. The time I went, the mall was providing free parking. Now not sure if they already start to collect parking fees or not.

Address:
Lingkaran Cyber Point Timur, Cyber 12,
63000 Cyberjaya, Cyberjaya.
http://www.dpulze.com/sm_home.html

2) IOI City Mall

IOI City Mall is located at Putrajaya. I just went there few weekends ago with friends and it is super jammed pack with people. It is a huge shopping mall that is nice to walk around. The mall is providing free parking at the moment. A few things that caught my attention was the size of the mall, the mall design, the fountain located at the mall main entrance and the last but not least was the Magnum Cafe near to the mall main entrance which was having enormous traffic of customers until customers need to queue and it is a super long queue. It is really mind blowing. Magnum Cafe is just a ice-cream /dessert cafe but can have so much customer base is really due to its innovation to transform something normal into something special.

Address:
Lebuh IRC, IOI Resort City
62502 Putrajaya, Sepang
Selangor
http://www.ioicitymall.com.my

3) Encorp Strand Mall

This brand new shopping complex is located in Kota Damansara. The mall location is super strategic as it is surrounded by a lot of offices nearby. Nearby working professionals are having the luxury to go shopping, catch up with friends or watch movie with this new shopping complex. I have not check out this new mall yet but have passed by a few times when I went for dinner at my friend's restaurant located nearby the mall. The mall looks cool.

Address:
No. 46G, Jalan PJU 5/22
Encorp Strand, Pusat Perdagangan Kota Damansara
Kota Damansara PJU 5, 47810 Petaling Jaya
Selangor Darul Ehsan
http://www.encorpstrandmall.com.my

4) Quill City Mall

Quill City Mall is located at Jalan Sultan Ismail. This mall I have not entered before but have passed by while on the way driving to Changkat, Bukit Bintang on last week New Year's Eve countdown and celebration. From the mall outward appearance, it looks super awesome and it is super big as well.

Address:
1018, Jalan Sultan Ismail,
50250, Kuala Lumpur
http://www.quillcitymall.com.my

  

5) Gamuda Walk Mall

Gamuda Walk Mall is located at Kota Kemuning, Shah Alam. The mall is good for the residents living in Kota Kemuning. Before this, there was only having Giant and Econsave and if want to go for proper shopping, need travel further away from Kota Kemuning.

Address:

Persiaran Anggerik Vanilla, 

40460 Shah Alam, Selangor

https://www.facebook.com/gamudawalk

Starbucks Card and Apps

 

As I am visiting Starbucks and other coffee house quite often with my friends to chill, I finally got myself a Starbucks card on last month which is also consider last year, haha. There are a lot of card design can be chose from but I chose the "Merry Christmas" design since it was the month of Christmas. To get the card is very easy, just approach Starbucks cashier to choose which card prefer and then pass the minimum reload amount of RM20 into the card for card activation. The total reload amount will appear in the card balance can be used to purchase drinks/foods/merchandise immediately. The card itself is free of charge!

I found the card is so useful and convenient. I just passed the card to the cashier whenever I want to buy drinks without the need to pay cash and prevent getting a lot small syiling change that make my wallet heavy:) Besides that, Starbucks is giving 1 free drink after 10 drinks purchased with the card.

There is a Starbucks app available for IOS and Android smartphone users which can link to the Starbucks card. 

After linking, the Apps provide even much more convenience by just using smartphone to pay without the need to the bring card out. The amount is auto deducted from the card and the balance are shown immediately on the Apps.

Besides that, from the apps I can keep track easily how many drinks have been purchased so far and how many more drinks needed to get the free drinks or other rewards. It is just simple awesome:)

The Story of Brake Pad and Brake Disc

Few days ago when I was driving my car in KL, suddenly the brake keep on giving a very loud and annoying sound of "Kluk Kluk Kluk" whenever I stepped on the brake pedal. So the next day I brought my car to workshop for checking on the brake system.

The mechanic checked and found 1 side of my car front brake disc already damaged due to exhausted brake pad.

 

Brake Disc Surface Badly Damage With Scratches

Brake Pad Exhausted (Left Metal Only)

So the mechanic said need to skim the disc to see if the brake disc surface is repairable or not. If not repairable, need to change a new set of front brake disc which is quite costly.

Fortunately, the skim process was successful and I just need to change a new brake pad only. That's cool. At least the disc is still usable. After skim, the damaged surface on the brake disc was gone and is back to shining now. Hehe. Satisfied with the workmanship of the shop.

Brake Disc Surface After Skim

New Brake Pad

The total price was RM160 (RM75 for skim on both sides disc and RM85 for new front brake pads on both sides).

Receipt

Actually, previously sometimes already got some sound "Tak tak" when the brake was steeped and then released but I thought it was normal and didn't go check on the brake. 

If the brake pad was changed earlier before it was totally exhausted and damaged the disc, then the skim cost of RM75 is savable. 

The moral of the story is whenever is a minor sound on the brake, is always better to bring the car to check on the brake pad immediately before it damages other parts of the brake and can safe more money.

The address of the workshop:
LTL & LIM ACCESSORIES & AIR COND
449, Jalan Sena,
Taman Datuk Hormat,
46000 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Welcome Year 2015

The brand new year 2015 has been started. In year 2015, I want to do something new. So I started this blog to share about lifestyle and general knowledge ^ ^ Stay tuned. Welcome Year 2015.