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{"title": "To whoever wrote this on my car in Shell Cyberjaya, I know... I'm sorry (swipe)", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ztsu8/to_whoever_wrote_this_on_my_car_in_shell/", "num_comment": 137, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Locked my keys in my car when I was filling up air in my tyres, was having a bad day to begin with and this was the cherry on top.", "comments": [["Better a note than a scratch IMO. Healthier way to express frustration than shouting match or property damage. U never know who you going to meet.", "", "Take my angry upvote", "No la, that\u2019s the leather seat stitching. Can look closer", "It's a pun lol, cos you can see his key left inside the car through the window, haha", "Tbh i did think the keys looked like it actually has been keyed", "I swear to god"], ["I remember a similar incident happened to me once. My car\u2019s carburettor broke down in the middle of traffic. Alternator broke means no electric at all. Means no hazard light, no power steering, no nothing. It was a busy road especially during peak hour, which unfortunately is at that time.\nManaged to switch gear to N but unfortunately the traffic got worse. No one wants to offer any help. So I decided pull down my hand break and let the car cruise backwards slowly towards the side of the road. I\u2019m on a hill so gravity would help me. But rush hour traffics means the road is full of asshole drivers. They won\u2019t allow me to move away.\nThus, I\u2019m stuck there for about an hour trying to move slowly, but still remain in the middle of the road. Every time the wave of traffic move, I tried to move as quickly as I could but incoming traffic would always move as fast as they can and block my path towards the side of the road.\nEvery wave of trafffic would scream at me and ask me why I didn\u2019t move. Told them my cad broke and I can\u2019t move. They yelled back and told me to turn on hazard. Yelled back that my alternator broke and no light would turn on. Then they would just go \u201cOh\u201d and roll up their window. This literally happens every traffic wave for 1 hour straight. I can only move until rush hour traffic slowed down.", "That sucks. I had my car alternator spoiled twice in a span of 3 months. First one was luckily it happened in a basement carpark. 2nd time it happened I just left airport and on the highway, luckily from experience I notice it straight away my alternator having problem and cruise it to the road shoulder. Alternator problem is not fun", "Yeah alternator problem definitely sucks. One time, the alternator on my mom's car started dying right as she was going up to the 1U car park and she was losing power right as she got to the top. Luckily managed to get past the gate and park somewhere before the engine finally turned off. The cause of the alternator dying was from an oil leak dripping right onto the alternator tho.", "What car? What year? So that i can avoid buying that car in the future no matter how cheap it gets.", "It's a Suzuki swift. 12 years at that time. Lol so I guess it's about time", "Lol alternators wear out bro it can happen to any car. I've had it happen to two cars from different brands", "Worked on my old civic enough to know alternator problems my belt slipped off battery light turned on headlights got dim i was maybe 1.5 miles from my house down shifted started smashing to get home i wasent gonna pay for a tow for a mile smh"], ["Could have been a worse day. Thankfully it is locked key and not a child inside. Thankfully you have your phone with you. Thankfully your friend has a spare key. Thankfully, no one is hurt.\nLife is still good bro. If you choose to see it", "Someone was hurt hence why it was a bad day", "This is the malaysian attitude I love. So many things can and will always go wrong everyday. But we get to decide if it will get under our skin or not.", "The Ways to Peace 101:\nSee the good in every bad situation , or listen to this guy , has a name like balance , and does seem to actually have a pretty balanced life .", "At least at that point it\u2019s justifiable to just smash the window in. If it\u2019s just for your keys though\u2026"], ["Ouch. Wish you luck my friend."], ["The Petronas Cyberjaya Tyre Pumps are way nicer IMO. Bigger space.", "Petronas in general has the better tire pumps compared to Shell.", "Only the newer ones. The older Petronas have those old analog pumps that are always broken.", "The ones at Jinjang tend to have clogged drainage that breed mosquitoes and the workers there seem to be unable to be arsed to unclog them."], ["Ouch. I hope you're okay now \ud83e\udd7a\u2764", "Been 2 hours, still waiting by my car. My friend who has my spare key coincidentally happened to be really far away today. He's on his way.", "Do you need a pat meow", "You can pat me woof", "<image>", "Pretty sure shes a human. Not a cat.", "I know. I am the cat \ud83e\udd7a", "Offer accepted", "How are you able to give your car keys to a friend? I could never even trust my friend to ride my bike...(not a rempit, my bike is standard from the factory)", "Use Setel app la. Got unlock car feature assistance"], ["translation : Ini bukan tempat letak kenderaan, anda lubang punggung", "Tuan/Puan yang tidak dihormati, saya ingin menyatakan bahawasanya kawasan yang anda telah meletakkan sebuah kenderaan ini adalah merupakan bukan petak kawasan yang sesuai untuk meletakkan sebuah kenderaan, oleh itu saya telah mengambil kesempatan yang ada ini untuk menzahirkan rasa kecewa dengan menggelarkan anda sebagai sebiji lubang dubur", "tibe a korang ni\ud83d\ude02", "susah kalau ada \ud83e\udd13 ni", "dh salah yng parking tiba2 luah kan journey dia", "aowkwkkwk lmao", "I know you're trying to sound fancy, but there's just too many grammatical errors that it really defeats the purpose.", "that's the purpose lol \ud83e\udd13 \u2757\u2757\u2757\u2705", "Pusingan plot : OP menulis nota itu sendiri dan menyiarkannya di sini untuk karma"], ["\"You can't park there sir\"", "I get the reference"], ["Update: After sitting next to/ on top of my car for about 3 hours profusely apologizing to anyone who wanted to pump air, my friend came to the rescue. Mad respect for him as he dropped a family outing, went home to get the spare keys then came all the way to me. All is ok now, considering supergluing my keys to my buttcheeks now lol", "You have a really nice friend \ud83d\ude0a", "W friend. How about keeping your keys in your front pockets tho? I never use the back pockets anymore after my phone falling out of them after a few times while sitting.", "Keys didn't fall out. I straight up forgot to take my keys, I also do, the one time I didn't, it autolocked.", "Ohh I see. Really bad luck tbh. Sometimes safety features really do cause more inconvenience than safety haha. Anyways, hope tomorrow will get better than today! Wish you all the best man!", "er... don't do that", "jeez\nnow I got that image in my head already\nsomebody trying to unlock car with a$$"], ["take it as it is - just a bad day. learn the lesson and move on. such is life; you take it one day at a time.", "I've always, always, been conscious to keep my keys on me at all times. Before this happened I was already having a bad day and my mind wasn't focused. First and last mistake I'll make."], ["It\u2019s ok just move on \u2026. Everyone having bad day sometime"], ["I'm the person who wrote that. F**k you a$$hole why u park there!? That's why I locked your key inside", "Damn bro :'(", "I can confirm that he was the one who wrote that bro. I was the Airpump. Trust me bro. Anyways, hope that gives you a chuckle", "Thank you my guy. I'm still waiting, I've resorted to just sitting by my car instead of waiting inside the Kedai Mesra"], ["In fairness, the writer wouldn't have written the note had they known about your predicament. Honest mistake."], ["Pretty sure u can call any locksmith to unlock ur car", "I have a friend with a spare key, he is on his way"], ["Oh F, that's gonna suck man\nOr, u can actually use tapes on your windows to make a \u4e2d shape n start pulling downwards, you can open your windows this way.\nBe careful though, your force direction must be down not 45 degree."], ["It's been a rough day. You must be so tired.\nYou deserve a nice hot dinner, a sweet hot drink and to curl up with a comforting YouTube or Netflix video.\nIt's going to be okay tomorrow, just be nice to yourself now.", "Thank you my guy"], ["Is that a Waja?", "Gen 2", "Ah I see, well may Allah bless you"], ["Ok, here is my curiosity. How the hell did you locked you car while the key is out of ignition?", "Autolock", "Ok. Not on you but what a useless feature IMHO. Sorry that you have to went through all this today. May you u have a much better tomorrow. But may i asked which car is that? I'm curious which car have this feature or maybe your car is faulty for some reason?"], ["You had to be parking in a non parking spot before you got locked out of your car. So, description still valid. Hope you manage to open your car door by now."], ["I live in Cyberjaya and I can assure you it wasn't me."], ["Fs in the chat"], ["aiya those kind of people are the holier than thou types lah, semua benda mau post in FB, criticize other people for little annoyances cos they got nothing else to do cos their life sucks.\ncakap depan lah jangan tinggal note", "Maybe he wasnt there to say it in face\u2026", "I've seen a similar note before. It was something like \"learn to park better, stupid!\". On a one-way road where literally every other car also squeezed to park at the side of the road because of poor town planning (commercial district with no proper parking area). My car was the same - squeezed into the side, but other people could still pass, it wasn't blocking the road.\nPissed me off a little, but my friends and I just joked about it and moved on. Probably the driver memandu kereta besar and think s/he's a hot shot. My bet is on a (spoiled) college kid riding a car bought with mommy/daddy's money, and doesn't know how to navigate tight spaces.\nActual functioning working adults have no time to stop and write unnecessary stupid notes. These kind of people with too much free time always want to cari pasal. One day they're going to leave a note like this on a gangster's car just when they're returning, and learn a lesson in manners.", "yup, when the toilet is too far to berak, so everyone just berak on the roadside, since everyone berak on the roadside, might as well I'll just ikut je, right? nothing wrong with it, right?", "Lol, found the holier-than-thou guy. If you actually lived in the surrounding area you would understand exactly what I mean, since literally everyone has to do that because of terrible town planning.\nBut hey, keep armchair judging, no sweat off my back \u00af\\_(\u30c4)_/\u00af"], ["Sorry dude. This is why I always contemplate leaving notes to people. You never know what happened to the person/ what day that person is having.\nOne day, I almost left a note and ultimately decided against it because it\u2019s just a minor inconvenience for me that I\u2019ll get over at the end of the day.\nHope you are feeling better and your car situation is sorted out!"], ["Last time this happened to me was very very long ago, with a decade old first gen Kancil. Luckily it was right in front of my house, so I just grabbed a hanger, removed the rubber at the window, and dug in to hook and unlock. I don't think this can work with modern, newer cars now.\nIt may feel like a bad day today, but the sun will still rise again tomorrow and it'll be a day with clean slate for you."], ["Hoping tomorrow is better for you \ud83d\udc97\ud83d\udc97 sending love & luck!", "Thank you so much \ud83e\udef6", "Of course!! Sometimes lady luck just really isn't on our side, haha, but there will be days where she is!!! Fingers crossed you find a random RM 50 on the street tomorrow or a winning toto card hahaha \ud83d\ude06", "\ud83e\udd79\ud83e\udd79\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f"], ["today got makcik slam her car door and hit my car. till paint terkopek and see the metal layer inside. she buat dunno. go in her car and turunkan seat. her husband buat tak tau."], ["yk its better than getting scratch on car", "That would be like adding salt and chilli flakes to the wound :')"], ["This is a reason I either leave one door or window open when pumping air", "Not a good idea as well given how many car robbery had happened at petrol stations", "I usually pump early morning around 7am", "Yea, criminals don't wake up early /s", "robberies def not happening in the wee hours ehem ehem"], ["Thanks for your post. Actually goes to show there are always two sides. Most of us assume other drivers are inconsiderate when genuinely they may have no choice in the matter. Hope you're ok my friend, better days ahead \u2764\ufe0f"], ["Bersangka baik...tengok what have you done?! Sama macam parking OKU luar nampak tak cacat...mana korang tahu si parkir baru jer operasi tulang belakang lepas seminggu...secara fizikal nampak okay tapi memang tak larat nak jalan wei."], ["I cannot be the only stupid ass confused by the 2nd photo and thinks OP left his key there so people can move his car out of the way if necessary??"], ["you're lucky you got scratched with a reason"], ["Oh wait not bahasa melayu ?"], ["Serve you better padan muka. But some people who know well you can't park on certain place still park there because they are egoistic.", "Did you read the post or swipe at all?", "seems like he didnt", "I see only 1 paragraphs."], ["oh no i\u2019m so sorry this happened to u :("], ["Do car insurance offer a service to open locked car? I really dont know but i saw in some videos they just call their insurance number if they locked their keys in their cars and someone will come to break in without damage. Is it a thing in Malaysia?", "Good for you. Im just asking in case of it happened to me. It happened to my coworker last month huhu"], ["Ouch that's harsh :("], ["What rare thing to see , especially here in Malaysia. I would be delighted tbh."], ["Oof, last time when I locked the keys in the car I had to hire a lockpick for like hundred ringgit", "last time all I need is a foot long plastic ruler to open the lock for my dad's first gen Saga\ncost me 50cents only, luckily no body called the popo on me that time"], ["Wait how that happened? Like how you get out of the car if you lock the door?", "Might be auto-lock", "I thought normally Autolock wont lock if the key is inside the car?\nMy car gives me hell if i even try.", "Old car+ third party alarm system+ random features on said third party alarm system such as \"autolock\"", "Ohh. My mom's alza will unlock the door lock if I activate the door lock and closes it if the engine is off", "Homeboy left keys on the seat."], ["So, are u ok now? \ud83e\udd72"], ["Oooof gawddamn, what a shit day."], ["That's rough, budsy. Hope you're alright"], ["Lesson for the future - keep a spare copy in your wallet. You don't need the transponder. Been there, done that."], ["Ooof. I've design a card, printed in business card size with a snarky remarks for the same reason \ud83d\ude05. Hopefully you're okay now. I heard a swim is good to relax."], ["Aiyo.. Mau keluar wang lg.."], ["He has a pen or paper...well lucky you...\nI was once in a similar situation like you, and they broke both my headlights lol."], ["Happened to me once. But there was one kind staff helping me to inform the customers who wanted to use the air pump station, I had to apologise and let them know about my keys being locked inside the car.\nAlways put your keys in your pockets."], ["NGL but I'm surprised locking yourself out of your car is still a thing. Don't many cars nowadays have functions to prevent that? My car (Proton Iris) is over 8 years old and it has that function. I quite literally cannot lock my car without the key being outside.", "Old car+ third party alarm system \ud83d\ude43"], ["buy 12V pump, no need to pump at gas station anymore."], ["Shell is better than Petronas Fight me"], ["Well at least you didn't mean it, so you're not an AH"], ["NTA. Hope everything's OK now ya"]]}
{"title": "Meanwhile KFC and Starbucks didn't make a fuss about the boycott.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zy1zm/meanwhile_kfc_and_starbucks_didnt_make_a_fuss/", "num_comment": 132, "flairlabel": ["Mildly interesting"], "header": "", "comments": [["I think rival coffee chains are a bigger threat than the boycott for Starbucks.", "Man zus is like a gift from god for me. I mean fucking hell. They're fast and cheapish compared to the alternative rival.", "Yes, they have cheaper coffees. Not need to be fancy. I just want coffee, not pumpkin spice whatever.", "And their Hot Chocolate is pretty good.", "And they taste infinitely better than whatever the fuck Starbucks is putting out", "Both are pretty bad when it comes to the sugar laden drinks like frappes and syrup concoctions.\nIf its black coffee or latte, Starbucks is still the superior product, but imo not worth the extra rm5 per cup", "Well that's good because I don't care for fraps, I find the normal lattes, mochas are better for zus.", "True. Zus latte is cheap and good. Cant ever go back to overpriced starbucks", "I usually buy from the Pak Kopi franchise, nicely done at 5.50 for iced kopi susu"], ["think of who owns the mcd malaysia franchise and who owns the starbucks franchise and you\u2019ll have the answer lmao. not gonna weigh in on KFC", "If I want fast food chicken nowadays I switch to Borenos Chicken.", "Shinlin, or Four Fingers", "actual Fast food fr", "You mean Shihlin?", "No, he meant Shaolin chicken", "I guess I do yes, sorry", "Kat mana restaurant tu ? X pernah dgr pun", "Local franchise kat KK Sabah.", "Who owns the Starbucks and kfc franchise?", "Berjaya Group", "starbucks is berjaya, kfc is qsr brand holdings", "Yes, that might be dangerous"], ["only time will tell if it was the right move or not. Starbucks, aka Berjaya foods did make a fuss, it was in their annual report on loss earnings", "That kind of make a fuss doesn't negatively impact their image to Muslims tho. And it does buy sympathy points from the investors.\nMcD on the other hand is just giving a gold-plated excuse for the boycott. On a silver platter.", "They have tried everything else. Keeping quiet, donations, press statements etc. guess they got tired of being kicked around", "They haven't played the 'Ice cream cone is now RM1' card", "They tried the \u201c2 pcs ayam goreng + fries + ice lemon tea is now back to RM13.95!\u201d card and seems like it didn\u2019t really work lol", "Going after those NGOs only makes them martyrs tho.\nAnd Fanatics really love martyrs."], ["With the ongoing boycott, just bring back beers to Mcd menu.. Will get bigger crowd", "Getting news reports about bar fights in a McDonald\u2019s would be kinda funny though.", "Bar fight in McDonalds, man kicked in the McNuggets. Rival gangs say it's a setup, claims that the whole incident was McFishy. Polis Big Mac says suspects were brought to station and grilled.", "Good job", "Thank you. Had a hard time trying to remember the Mc menu though, don't eat there very often.", "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF6YBV5RR5o", "Brutal.", "Hell yeah. McBeer and McBabi lunch set", "Mcharam", "What about bring pork to the menu?\nProsperity pork burger anyone?", "If they introduce any pork burgers that can be found on overseas McDonalds, I'll make a return to McDonalds instantly.", "German Mcdonalds has Mcbeer its brilliant that Mcdonalds manage to integrate their menu into local menu tho\nNasi Lemak McD for one"], ["I believe Malaysia McD\u2019s PR team (and Legal team) screwed it up big time up the ass on this one. They should just fire all of them and get capable help.", "I really think McD team lost their temper lol. This court case doesnt make sense when they could just wait it out like previous boycott and like everyone else right now.\nRepeat same facts about being unrelated to Israel, after 1-2 years people either get convinced or forget or no longer care. Entice them with promo.", "Hmm, you mean employ by merit?"], ["Official link: https://bdsmovement.net/Boycott-McDonalds\nNot only that, now that the Global BDS is listing McDonald's as their target, this will affect McDonald's everywhere else as well.\nOne McDonald's Israel's action has tarnished their brand by however much it has.\nNow, McDonald's Malaysia's action basically confirms it to the pro-Palestine public that McDonald's is against the Palestinian cause (at least, from the public's POV).\nWe will see how this plays out.", "Not Malaysian, just saw this on my home page and i clicked on the link you provided.\nThey want Mc Donald\u2019s to revoke the franchise license to israeli franchise owners? That\u2019s not gonna happen. Maybe they\u2019re just living in a bubble so they don\u2019t realize this, but most citizens in other countries are indifferent. Even in europe. Those pro palestine protesters are but a very vocal minority. Same as in the States. There\u2019s even a large number of people who are pro israel. In the US, i\u2019d say there are about the same number of people who are pro israel as those who are pro palestine. majority of the population though don\u2019t really care about what\u2019s happening.\nNot gonna argue about which stance is wrong or right. Bottomline is, this is only gonna happen when there\u2019s an almost universal rejection worldwide of what israel has been doing. This isn\u2019t like what happened back when Russia invaded Ukraine.", "Oh then McDonald's Corp has nothing to be worried about then. All is good.", "Crazy that Gerbang Alaf is the straw that broke the camels back in this and McD is now being boycotted globally by BDS. The parent company will be pissed and I think McD will drop their case very quickly and apologise.", "Idiotic move. I'd fire the PR team if they okay'ed that move (or in corporate lingo, I'll place them on an indeterminate length of leave of absence).", "I find it very hard to believe a PR person okayed this. More likely some c-suite needed to blame something for the poor performance and so this was their hail mary solution and the PR team just went into damage limitation.", "I kept saying on posts here that even if they won't this lawsuit and got the money, people are gonna be more pissed off than ever. They ain't getting those folks back.", "You may be right.. its such a sensitive topic and also a legal court case affecting their brand name. I think their Board or biggest boss had to be involved to approve it. I guess that would be the Saudi owner fellow"], ["Kinda agree with you.\nThe Malaysian public (or any country's, for that matter) has short memories. Give us four weeks tops and we'll forget about the current boycott, and look for the next new thing. Just keep your head down and be quiet and business would be as usual after a while.\nThat said, if there's a drop of customers in McDs I think it's more due to the price and wait times rather than boycotts. I certainly stopped going there and now make my own fries.", "It has been more than 4 weeks", "What dude meant probably 4 weeks after the current war ended.", "so they need to wait forever until bankrupt? war will not end in the near future, Palestine vs Israel is a forever issues", "McD brought attention back to it themselves.", "It's been over 2 fucking months already since that conflict began.", "You sounded like my boss.\n\"Ramadan won't affect our business, our customers are mostly Chinese and Indians\"\n:26554::26554::26554::26554:", "So.. how was the business?", "Oops \u2026. I terlupa ingat ini Texas Chicken\n<image>", "I didnt know this one car represented absolutely everyone", "it need another big event to take over, like the Ukrainie vs Russia thing, last time everyone been busy posting \"pray for Ukraine\", but as soon as the Palestine event start, everyone switch to \"Free Palestine\"", "\"pray for Ukraine\"\nDid we do this? I thought your average Malaysian wouldn't be able to point at Ukraine at a map. Including me :p", "Majority of Malays support Russia. They were spamming the \u201cUraaaa\u201d chant on social media during the early days of the war.\nWhen asked why support Russia when they downed our plane? They were like \u201ctu lah kau percaya sangat dengan media barat ni. Mereka sengaja nak memburukkan nama Rusia\u201d", "\"everyone\""], ["Ate at kfc and my stomach is still empty. They reap what they sow by lowering the quality and hiking the price.", "dem bro what did u order, two buns? maybe it's the kfc in my place, but their chickens are quite big. a pair is more than enough to make me feel full. though i do not eat there regularly.", "Where do you live? KL's KFC truly sucks. The best one I had was on Kundasang. It was fresh hot and delicious. Even my KL friends in Zuckerbook disagree when I post about it.", "silly u, the point is that u said \"ate at kfc and stomach still empty\". so i thought u ordered a typical meal, and still couldn't feel full... nvm. different people need different amount of food to consume. i guess the food quality is just too bad, u didn't have to eat them so that's why ehehe :D"], ["A company getting angry because there's a campaign that falsely accuses them of human rights abuse and everyone isn't buying their stuff because of that campaign and it makes them lose lot of money? How dare they defend themselves!", "", "Hello, this comment was removed due to being in breach of reddiquette, specifically because it contained personal attack, insult, or threat. While opinions of all kinds are welcome under our shared roof, reddiquette sets the expectation that everyone speaks to each other with basic civility and respect:\nDon\u2019t: Conduct personal attacks on other commenters. Ad hominem and other distracting attacks do not add anything to the conversation.\nDon't: Insult others. Insults do not contribute to a rational discussion. Constructive Criticism, however, is appropriate and encouraged.\nDon\u2019t: Be (intentionally) rude at all. By choosing not to be rude, you increase the overall civility of the community and make it better for all of us.\nPlease treat this as an official warning - further such activity may result in a ban, thanks.", "Yeah but bds wasn\u2019t responsible for that"], ["Mekdi mahal la sekarang ni, dah boycott since they up the price of Spicy Chicken 2 pcs meal from RM10 to whatever the price now \ud83d\ude2b"], ["Some people are just boycotting out of spite now because of that move. They were neutral about the boycott before now it just seems petty \ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2640\ufe0f", "That's me. Honestly didn't really care because I feel one franchisees shouldn't pay for the stupidity of another franchisee. But they got petty so it became very easy to not have some mcFlurry."], ["YB gembira is being a dumbass and victim-blaming McDonald's\nMcD threatened to sue BDS Malaysia BECAUSE BDS Malaysia is affiliated with the larger BDS movements\nIt's not the fault of McD for protecting their business from the mindless call for boycott of its products", "And that same logics apply to McD. McD directly provides meals to IDF soldiers.\nMcD could probably proceed doing business in a month or two. But no, they have to pull stupid stunts multiple times thats just make it worse.", "that is MCD ISREAL, whom the OWNER is born of Israel, its natural they help their own soldiers, if Malaysia happened something like this, MCD MALAYSIA will contribute something, not MCD US, MCD PALESTINE OE MCD INDIA, because OWNER of MCD MALAYSIA (or the branches), is citizens of MALAYSIA"], ["Texas Chicken on top. Mexicana burger and wrap is so good bru. with unlimited refill drinks fuhh"], ["The only idiocy that McD does is they underestimate the idiocy of the boycotters.\nI'm betting there's a huge amount of idiots going \"tengok? Siapa kata boycott tak berjaya\" and being full of themselves while not impacting a single Israeli cent", "Someone told me it's the thought that counts. Ignoring the employees getting laid off or getting hours cut. Truly cutting nose off to spite the face.", "Haven't heard that term in a long long while, my father used to love saying it.", "Something something you can't erase competition. Even if McD collapses, it will get filled as soon as possible because that's how competition works.", "It\u2019s like how people think how life works , either living or dead , never the middle part where they are suffering excruciating pain. Oh wait it\u2019s not the one suffering says that of course.", "saw multiple posts about this already, they even think the MCD is sue the boycotter (them), initially stupid (regarding boycott), and forever stupid"], ["I\u2019ll never stop eating McNuggets . It\u2019s like meat candy stuffed with cocaine"], ["McD sucks but if BDS wants to play with the big boys time to be hold accountable."], ["See if they win the RM6 mil or not.\nIf win, then it is a good move. Boycott or not, doesn't matter"], ["Became they're pussies. Good on McDonald's"], ["poor starving corporation \ud83d\ude14"], ["Honestly, I just wanna eat McDonalds.", "I mean no one's stopping you", "lol free publicity."], ["I have no skin in the boycott game, but McD is really losing whatever goodwill that some may still have for them. First one is when they insisted that the royalty fee paid to the McD parent group is somehow magically purified/segregated from other revenues.\nBut suing for defamation takes the cake. Should've just sailed the sea for a while and waited for the storm to end.", "But I can see some reason to protest. If we look at European history, remember Marie Antonitte? She got accused of cheating the French government, people keep spreading that lie, she never defend herself, got head chopped off. So guess it can go both ways, you can hope the noise dies down and that your head don't get chopped if you keep quiet, or you can protest and hope the immediate response does not get your head chopped off.", "no? Marie was always hated, first for being the face of the royalty, and second for being a foreigner. any good things that she has made is basically overshadowed by how much the royalty is hated by the peasants.", "Multi-factoral. Don't forget that the \"Let them eat cake\" that made her famous was also made up by her enemies.", "Also, she and her husband aren't supposed to be executed. The political parties at the time are still mulling their choices and many favors them to become a symbolic figurehead like england, but their attempt to escape france to austria gives the more radical figureheads option to simply execute them both.", "First one is when they insisted that the royalty fee paid to the McD parent group is somehow magically purified/segregated from other revenues.\nHaha! This. My first thought when McD MY said they are locally owned. Did they think people are clueless on how franchises work?", "but it is true, it is locally owned , yes franchise need to pay some royalties, but its not directly go to what people being feed on (Israel), read mcd corp annual report, also if you want to make fuss about where the money goes, then every single thing in our daily life, the money will back to the source (not local), even the smallest things like nuts, skrew, wired,. electronics, chipset, etc"], ["There are No KFCs in Israel, there used to but they couldn't do business well so they resort to opening in Palestine.", "There hasn't been a Starbucks in Israel ever since the 2000s too\nDoesn't stop the boycotters", "One of the founders of Starbucks is Jewish. For some, especially those that like to label anyone they don't like as Zionist, that alone is an inexcusable fault and the company deserves to be boycotted into oblivion.", "The title of this post includes listing Starbucks not making a fuss, so don't talk to me about it", "Not making public fuss,just some fuss to shareholders and some employees,which is understandable IMO."], ["The irony is all these boycotts ultimately harm the Muslim community the most and for what? Virtue signalling and not even the correct target for boycotting anyway \ud83e\udd37"], ["Hey man, its not Malaysian enough if youre not stupid"], ["KFC and Starbucks are too big to fold under 2-3 months of boycott. Why would they care ?", "Because KFC and starbucks in malaysia are owned by Malaysian. So they know how to pave ways amidst the boycott.\nKfc have that vibes for family in which works very well in rural areas. And do note that KFC chicken in rural areas are usually way bigger in urban areas. Thats factor help a lot for them.\nAnd starbucks, their frequent customers don\u2019t bother as much what society thinks about them."], ["People need to learn that you CANNOT win against the crowd, even if you are right and they are wrong they will just ignore it and act like nothing happens. Every single defence and responses would be used against you", "also with the era of social media, easily to influence people"], ["all the stupid retards boycotting not knowing local workforce worst hit and suffering due to layoffs."], ["so stupid to sue like this lmao. Im on the fence re mc-d all this while but this lawsuit just make it firm fuck off with this company.\nIf in doubt support the smaller guys not the billionaires. Same case here or some if those vivi yusof bullshit throughout the years"], ["McDonald's are being assholes instead of pragmatic", "Assholes for standing up against bullies?", "Boycotts tend to fizzle out. There are lots going on. Most companies stay quiet and let it take it's course. When you, a multi billion corporation, start suing a bunch of rag rag activists, then you become the bully and asshole.", "then whatever lies activities said, just let it be?"], ["Good lar more discount but now the burger smaller"], ["Israel supports Gaza genocide\nThen how does Palestine's population (Gaza, East Jerusalem and West Bank combined) is able to get from 3.2 million in 2001 to 5.8 million in 2023? (Source: Google). Basic maths showed us that an increase in population invalidates the whole definition of \"genocide\" and \"ethnic cleansing\"\nAlthough I agreed on McD's reaction on the boycott is a knee jerk reaction. But Pro-Palestine Malaysians calling Israel's siege on Gaza (Intent to wipe Hamas off for good) a 'genocide' is just plain stupid.\nOk, since some of us are Pro-Palestine and some are just straight up Anti-Israel, let me ask you this? What else have you done to help? Other than calling Israel a 'genocidal monster' and calling US a 'genocide supporter' and boycotting stuffs that sides with Israel?\nFreaking hypocrites", "What do you suggest the Pro Palestinian crowd to do so they are not hypocrites?"], ["Sarawak has other option for fast food. It\u2019s called Sugarbun.", "Its also available here in KV"], ["The other night went to Marrybrown. The food there quite good n the ambience is just like American fast food chains."], ["Maybe they realise they aren\u2019t taking that big hit as they initially thought, and then figured it is fair to teach these mathafakas a lesson."], ["\ud83d\ude02\ud83e\udd23. Tulah, nak bijak sangat"], ["BDS Malaysia (BDSM)"], ["Nak kena daulat boleh lah boikot KFC Malaysia..."]]}
{"title": "Should tourist need to buy touch and go card to travel in Malaysia", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zsm82/should_tourist_need_to_buy_touch_and_go_card_to/", "num_comment": 27, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "So I'm planning a trip to Malaysia in March and i heard about TNG card, is it nessecary and where to buy it .is it available in airport or we can travel by cash itself", "comments": [["Need? No.\nShould? Yes. It'll be more convenient."], ["If you are driving (parking & toll) or taking public transportation (metro or buses only), it's a must."], ["Will you be renting a car? If yes, then I'd say it's mandatory for tolls.", "Where do you buy one + one of those little fly swatted extension sticks?", "I never needed one. But there are loads on Shopee and Lazada."], ["It depends on your mode of travel. I can only speak for Kuala Lumpur/Selangor (aka Klang Valley) area.\nIf you\u2019re traveling by car, then yes it\u2019s mandatory. All tolls are cashless now. Some do allow for debit/credit card use but not all. TNG card can be used for all tolls. As for parking, a lot of places are cashless but you may use debit/credit cards for that. You may also use TNG card but many places have a minimum amount required in the card. Some up to RM20 iirc.\nIf you\u2019re travelling by public transport:\nRapidKL/MRT buses only accept TNG cards right now. Make sure there\u2019s a minimum balance of RM3.00 when you enter the bus. The system will deduct the maximum fare when you tag in but will charge you accordingly when you tag out.\nLRT/MRT/Monorail/BRT (train): There are machines where you may purchase a single use travel tokens. So you can pay by cash there. But as someone has said, TNG card will be more convenient. You will need a minimum balance of RM5.00 to travel. You can reload at the station itself.\nKTM (train): I haven\u2019t travelled using this in a long time but from what I read, they don\u2019t have single use tickets/tokens anymore. You would have to use TNG or their own card system. Apparently you can use credit cards but I can\u2019t say for sure.\nE-hailing services: No, you don\u2019t need TNG card.\nAs for getting the card at the airport. You can likely go to the information counter to find out where you can purchase your card. Apparently, there are self-service kiosks at KLIA and KLIA2 where you may make that purchase, if there\u2019s where you\u2019re landing."], ["TnG ewallet is much more recommended", "Can you tag in at lrt station with ewallet? Genuinely curious, been out of the loop of public transport travelling for a while now.", "No, you can't.", "You can still use cash or you can buy a touch n go card with certain amount of cash.\nSome tng card and transfer credit though tng Ewallet itself", "TnG is a Najib kroni scam, people should boikot.\nEvery other country uses bank cards for all this stuff.", "I use ewallet to paid all my electrical, water, Internet & even most of my food these days. All by instant is much easier for coworker life me so why should I boykot the things that's benefits my life?", "You can't do that with a bank card?", "I can but the process is much difficult and taking way more time to do so.\nExample I can paid all these within 10min meanwhile bank card may took me within an hour.\nAnd the record system us much easier to track", "I literally click the payment field and it populates my card straight away.\nTakes me 20 seconds all up, no QR, no pressing buttons on my phone, nothing like that.\nTnG make money because you give them money. In the bank I get that money instead. Can pay with both.", "Hi sir. Would you care to explain why it\u2019s a scam"], ["I would say only if you\u2019re driving. We\u2019ve lived here for 3 years and only use our TNG card for parking and tolls. I\u2019ve never run into a reason to need it otherwise (or a reason that can\u2019t be taken care of with cash or my foreign credit card that I use for daily spending). I know you cannot get them at the Penang Airport, I don\u2019t know about KLIA."], ["If you're not driving, there's no need for it.\nAs someone has stated here, the only time you'd use the tng card is for parking and highway tolls.\nI don't know about other places, but in Penang, most parking spots accepts credit/debit cards. So....\nDownload Grab app before coming here.", "Klang Valley has a lot of public transport options, all of which accept TnG. So it is very helpful there (even if not required) when you aren't driving."], ["Zero need for it. Cash and credit card is accepted everywhere. if you want to use TnG, just use the app", "Toll? North south highway still can\u2019t accept credit card I think\u2026", "nor RapidKL or KTM. Meanwhile you can use Touch n Go for most car/transit-related.", "KTMB just enabled credit/debit cards recently though, so its only RapidKL which is pretty restrictive."], ["Most of the public transportation in Kuala Lumpur uses TnG."], ["If you are planning to use public transport in Greater KL area, TNG card is a nice to have, and slightly cheaper than token ticket."], ["It's like the Oyster card in the UK but you won't be able to cash it out when when you leave. So keep the amount the minimum."]]}
{"title": "\u2018Don\u2019t underestimate our intelligence,\u2019 says Anthony Loke on potential price manipulation by airlines", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zowif/dont_underestimate_our_intelligence_says_anthony/", "num_comment": 5, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "", "comments": [["the prices are being monitored by Mavcom (Malaysian Aviation Commission)\nlmao just like that we know airasia will walk away free:26554:"], ["It\u2019s a private business, they have no right to interfere like this", "Unfortunately people want it that way"], ["This is text book how Chinese people work\n\u201cWe will have more revenue from some other sources which I will have a special press conference to announce that. We did not have additional allocation, if you check the Budget 2024, there is no specific allocation for this initiative, but we found a creative way to do it, that we have the funds to support this initiative and it will be sustainable,\u201d he said.\nYou reduce your cost and whatever savings you use it to grow your business or department not spend it silly nilly like a new building or office or award yourself.", "What?"]]}
{"title": "Does every job needs 'cable' now?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zpkel/does_every_job_needs_cable_now/", "num_comment": 112, "flairlabel": ["Culture"], "header": "I'm seeing people around me getting jobs in big companies because they knew someone who works there. My coworker who doesn't have ANY experience in HR nor internship, and only has Diploma in Information Technology just got accepted to work as a permanent Admin Clerk in a big factory company.\nYou might wonder how, well you see, her boyfriend who she only dated for 3 months recommended her to his friend who works at the factory. Considering it's a big company, I assume there must be lots of qualified candidates that have applied for that position. It doesn't only happen to her, my bf who's an electrician got a job with SESCO without any related experience because his uncle works there. My bf's father is a project manager, so my bf pretty much can jump in and out of the job his father gave him.\nI don't want to be a hater, but it looks like the rest of us are hopeless without these 'cables'. All of those empty positions in big companies? Oh whoopsies, they're all reserved for their family members. I'm just wondering how are people going to survive in the job market even if they're qualified enough when this culture continues.", "comments": [["I\u2019m not sure since my entire career was built on myself with no cables, however I\u2019ve spoken to MnC managers who hire references (cables) because moreso that they know the guy can do the job based on the reference. If not, probation finish they just throw him out. So networking is important especially as you climb higher. The companies that are paying 10-20k salary a month wants someone who is at least backed up by somebody who knows how to do the job. Rather than risk it on a nobody who only has glowing resume.", "Some resumes glow because the applicant is radioactive.", "Just the piece of paper that's radioactive perhaps", "I agree. Networking is important. It increase your chance to have a slot for interview and chance to get hired.", "Dumb as it May sound but how does networking work? Its all from events? Just chatting up people at events?", "Not really from events. Personally, it\u2019s through being friendly/friends to my colleagues and subordinates with whom I work with throughout projects and etc. They then will leave in the future to other companies, and you will too, and keep repeating. Then, there will come a time where you can hit them up if their new company has an open position or if you\u2019re close enough, they might hit you up saying they have an open position.", "Most networking is formed while you're at the workplace. Be friendly with all your colleagues, clients, stakeholders. Your coworkers at one point will leave the company to seek greener pastures and there may be vacancies at their new workplace. And if you gave a good impression while working with them in the past, they might remember you and recommend you to their boss at their new workplace.\nGeneral rule, don't make enemies at your workplace, no matter how shitty the job or the environment is. You'll never know which one of them may give you a better opportunity for your career in the future."], ["It's about connections. Managers have faced employees with issues even though they looked good on paper.\nSo a lot of managers rely on recommendations from trustworthy friends/colleagues."], ["Let me break it down for you. Firstly it is called references. 'Cable' as you call it depends on the job and the hiring manager.\nAt lower ranks I don't think cables play a significant role. As you head into more managerial and leadership roles, yes.\nPersonally , I hire people based on their capability. I review their CV and do the interview. Unfortunately there is only so much you can get out a CV or 30 minute interview. This is where I start calling the references or my industry peers.\nAn example, I wanted to hire this lady for a role just on her CV/interview merit alone. I saw she did some work at a bank my ex-boss worked at. I called my ex-boss and she said this person is good? She says she was and basically the decision was made. It's a form of risk mitigation. I trust certain people I've worked with in the past. If someone doesn't do this when the opportunity is there, that person is a shit hiring manager.\nWould I hire someone who doesn't fit the role even though references are good? LOL of course not.", "if everyone hire based on your evaluqtion.. its different anow in the country", "everyone would have an opportunity if only he is everyone's HR", "yes sir"], ["Yes, apparently. Nothing wrong being recommended if a colleague is your friend (however, those tend to be from similar fields). But in recent times, I happen to see siblings/children of employees who manage to secure places in my company. I'm like eh, why's this surname and resemblance so familiar? And this isn't an SME.\nSpeaking of HR/admin, you don't really need the qualifications to work in those fields despite courses being offered for those. The SOP/policies are smthg you can learn on the job. I know a few who got in with unrelated diplomas or are overqualified (like yours truly). One former HR colleague didn't have tertiary education, but times were different in the 80s/90s!", "the only part is if that vuy can perform. if cant perform.. then another set of question will raise"], ["To answer your question, no. Most entry level jobs don\u2019t need cable, you just need to be impressive in the interview (also the right skills and qualifications lah). So yeah not every job needs cable.\nHowever, I think you need to be mindful of the term \u201ccables\u201d. Not all examples you gave above are cables, like your coworker just happened to be recommended by another network, and since the job is Admin Clerk, it\u2019s pretty much open for any qualification for a big factory company. She might be impressive in the interview and perhaps excelled in her studies, and therefore be given the job.\n\u201cCable\u201d is technically when people are just given a job without even applying or trying. If they did, then having strong network would of course increase their chance of getting the job. Start working on building your network now."], ["Welcome to reality. It\u2019s not what you know, it\u2019s who you know.", "I had a friend who's also a clerk at a small company, got her job because she's close with the owners. It's literally terrible, she would ask me basic math questions (like multiplications from primary school) that she can't figure out at her job and asked me to translate basic Malay to English. I can't stand these people.", "Wait till when you see promotion time. It\u2019s not who work the hardest or who delivers the best results but it\u2019s who that makes the boss happy", "Yeah, my coworker who slack off 4 times a week, 20 minutes late to work gets all the juices because she entertains our lonely and grumpy boss with stories like some type of joker entertaining the king in medieval castles (literally).", "Sounds like the jester role is still relevant in modern times", "Stand up comedians and late night shows are basically that.", "Oh, then this is a legit case of nepotism.", "Of course, some people still deny this culture exists and is rampant these days.", "Who the fuck denies this culture exists? It seems like if there's anyone who is in denial it's you from your replies.", "Someone's bitter she's not as good at networking as others.", "starts with blow ends with job", "As you said yourself there are hundreds even thousands of applicants to tgat same job in big company. How can anyone guarantee any of the candidates are good enough? What you described are simple jobs that usually anyone can do. HR gained favor by hiring a recommend candidate", "It's ok, Malaysia is a very cutthroat working environment, eventually she will be kicked out also.", "You forget /s", "I was not being sarcastic. This is the cold hard truth in Malaysia", "also not only about who you know, but also who knows you."], ["It\u2019s called a reference"], ["IMO, employers that engage in these type of practices have poor/no corporate governance structures in thier systems. It also depends on which profession you\u2019re in - the MNC I\u2019m employed at has policies dealing specifically with cables (i.e., we can refer candidates, but it needs to be disclosed and we cannot play a role in the process, otherwise we\u2019ll kena terminated. Referee candidate will need to go through the processas usual.)", "Some companies have referral programs which encourage employees to recommend people that would fit. That gets the candidate in the door; they still have to go through interviews and such.\nYou could, to some extent, consider these things as \u201ccable\u201d.", "Yeah, sounds fair. My company does that too. Entry depends on their interview impressions.\nCuz when I was recommended for a job by a church friend years ago, I didn't get past the IV stage! So, cable doesn't and should not always work."], ["I feel like people who uses the word \"cable\" usually already has a very negative perception on their career and are the ones who like to blame how life is unfair. It\u2019s how the world works, there\u2019s no right or wrong to it. You meet people, network, prove yourself, form that relationship, and get references to help you get to where you want to be. People aren't stupid, no one would be helping you if you're not good to begin with, they will only put themselves in trouble. So give yourself some credit for the capabilities that you own and how you show that to others along with confidence, don't put so much focus on \"cable\" or blame how life is unfair. Many of the successful people work very hard to get to where they are with or without help. Big companies have hiring policies stricter than you imagine. Don\u2019t compare yourself to family businesses, of course nepotism happens but that is a very small percentage, so ask yourself, are you maybe choosing to look at the wrong things?"], ["I once hired based on friends recommendation. The staff was useless lazy piece of shit."], ["No need cable. But most of the job openings are not advertised online. So knowing alot of people help alot."], ["That\u2019s why we build our own \u201ccables\u201d. In other words, networking.\nKeep a good relationship with your uni/college mates, you never know who will be in a position to help you, especially if you\u2019ve helped them before.\nOnce you got a job, be nice and respectful to everyone, even if they\u2019re from another department, even after they\u2019ve left the company. Maintain good relationships with your customers and suppliers. Attend conferences and get to know more people. It doesn\u2019t have to be \u201clepak every week\u201d kind of relationship, but once in a while just drop a text to say hi. Don\u2019t burn bridges, don\u2019t involve yourself in gossips."], ["Every job me and my wife , we have gotten tru direct application or head hunter...no cables. Over 10+ positions combined"], ["I disagree. This is but a victim mindset.", "You can see the way OP replies to other comments, they only want validation that getting a job is hopeless without cable despite many others pointing out otherwise from their own experiences.\nPersonally I got my job through normal hiring process, sending dozens of cvs out when I was a fresh grad and busted my ass making connections and showing people that I can handle projects and basically get shit done. Things got easier as I had more years of relevant experience in my resume and many connections with people in the same industry in my linkedin. I landed one of my jobs after my ex boss put in a good word for me with the new HOD.\nNo one is denying that nepotism exist, rather people are disagreeing with the statement that everything is hopeless unless you have cable but OP is too blindsided by their bias to even see this.", "What victim mindset? Lmao. This is the type of bs people say when you try to stand up against something ridiculous.", "Also because of the superlative \u201cevery\u201d.", "Indeed. Such close mindedness and pessimistic mind serve no good in the long run. OP should learn to spot opportunities, not dwell on things beyond our respective range of control.", "What sort of experience do you expect for an Admin Clerk? Management probably just asked around for recommendations from their existing staff. Cables do exist but this is a poor example la", "Taking your statement at face value, a \"cable\" does not guarantee a job.\nSaying that \"the rest of us\" are hopeless without cable is a victim justification.\nSince you said Sesco, I can only assume you are like me, from Sarawak.\nI graduated and went through normal interview process and climbed my way to join one of the biggest companies in malaysia through credit and qualification, not cable. Focus on working on yourself, not what you perceive the world to be.", "a \"cable\" does not guarantee a job\nSource: Trust me bro", "it looks like the rest of us are hopeless without these 'cables'. All of those empty positions in big companies? Oh whoopsies, they're all reserved for their family members.\nSource: Trust me bro", "Go on and try before you talk. I'm surprised people still deny this stuff as if it's the 2000s.", "While I don't deny that there might be nepotism at play in companies with no enforcement of the proper regulations, the fact is that the way you phrase your statement is downright insulting to people who worked our way to where are are today.\nDo you know how stringent it is to be employed in an MNC? I am in one of the 5 largest MNC in Malaysia, so I am definitely qualified to speak on this. We have to disclose who our references are, whether our friends or family is within the company, whether our parents' or siblings' companies are related to the role/job scope that I am doing.\nBased on this, you may be denied the job even after signing the offer letter.\nThere is also the interview process which is often multi level interview processes which require approval by every level of the interviewers involved. You'd probably get the \"cable\" play if you know the director of the company, but are you saying that all 6,000 of us know the director personally?", "No one is denying \u201ccable\u201d culture exists, it\u2019s just that the generalisations you made in your post don\u2019t really have a footing in reality across all industries. Having solid references and connections is not the same as being parachuted in via the good graces of nepotism and cronyism, but it appears to many of us here that you have lumped the two different scenarios together", "yeah I was kinda on your side at first but after seeing your comments I can tell you won't make it far in life OP", "sorry to say but i agree with him that this is really victim mindset\nyes got cable makes life easier but not 100% necessary, i seen a lot of examples that people on their own and make it far\ngood luck and strive harder my friend", "Yea. Cable gets your foot in the door, but you still gotta walk through it.", "Could be sampling bias. You see what's around you... He/she sees what's around them. No need to diss each other's observation, they're all valid...\nCable, \"references\", favouritism, cronyms.. no large organizations are immune. Smart people can figure out how to work within/outside of rules..."], ["Yes, they use cable. In my company, one of my coworkers keeps offering his friend from university to join, and their job is not related to what we currently do. Now I see a hopeless company turning to cronies, and I've made the decision to look for new opportunities"], ["No lah. My father is a CEO of a GLC and I\u2019m still having hard time finding a job\ud83d\ude02", "I'll send you my CV shortly. Thank you.", "Bruh I\u2019m looking for a job not hiring lmaoo", "At least he's proactive. Lol", "You must be an embarrassment that he himself dont want to advertise you within his company \u2620\ufe0f", "Conflict of interests", "Never stopped kronis before.", "I wish he\u2019s one. I\u2019d be loaded asf"], ["Not really. At least based on my own personal anecdotal experience.\nI got a manager position at a large corporation without any cable."], ["Not denying \u201ccable\u201d culture exists but I think it depends on your industry too. In mine, if you can\u2019t actually do the work (or at least for my role specifically), they\u2019ll find out real quick and you won\u2019t be around for long regardless of connections. When you deal with material meant for public readership, it is imperative to know what can get the company sued, or worse, get you charged with something like criminal defamation \ud83d\ude16 Other than things inherent to the job like the level of language proficiency needed, knowing what\u2019s newsworthy and such"], ["Think about it this way,\nHumans are dumb at screening the inner values, they are only good at looking for familiar faces."], ["I got my current job at an MNC with no cables whatsoever."], ["Most high level/paying jobs need cable now.", "Well, their pay isn't close to RM2500. Idk."], ["We got menteri kabel besar, Zafrul. Pipit following helang je"], ["I'm out of the loop, since when people use the word \"cable\" to discribe this phenomenon?"], ["There's a difference between referral hires and straight up unqualified-cable-hire.\nThe first one competes with everybody else who applied normally, and also go through the same process. Only difference is probably onboarding speed and as someone from the company vouched for the person - more reliable than strangers on papers.\nThe second one is the real problem. Unqualified, incompetent people in high places is never good for anything but especially to the normal applicants. This is the one that gets a lot of hate. Understandably so.\nConclusion? Make more friends! If you're lucky, you might get the second option. If you're not, no harm in having more friends ey."], ["Malaysia. The motto, kita jaga kita, is bodo."], ["I got myself an intern job via \"cable\" , and I will never ever accept any job again via cable again, learn it the hard way but luckily not too late. WORST FKING EXPERIENCE EVER.\nI said rather take your time to find a job that is at least somewhat suitable for yourselves instead of doing it for the sake of it."], ["Networking and connection aren't necessarily \"cable\".\nIf I'm looking for an engineer to join my team, you bet my first line of choices would be anyone I personally have worked with or recommended by trusted connections, which I absolutely know that they are competent and are able to do the job well.\nThis is much better than interviewing random people who might or might not be competent.\nCable is choosing the inferior candidate just because of the connection."], ["My cable is USB C. We are not the same"], ["Why u only know now ? It been debated last few year and yes , otherwise they boo you as noob dont know network kekwtop"], ["Just like the malaysia government and government contracts"], ["Now? What do do you \"Now\"?"], ["For some industries yes and it's not wrong. If you're the boss, sometimes we need someone who is on our side, someone who we can trust, someone that will keep company dirty secret. Although that person skills level or experience is on lower side."], ["um yeah...\nin other news water is wet"], ["Wdym now?"], ["I don't want to admit it but the truth is yaa.."], ["SESCO? As in Sarawak Energy?"], ["If anything I think it's the present where you're more likely to land on job through cold call. Before the advent of Internet and mnc and all, the only way you'll land in any job is literally dependent on your contacts"], ["thats how reality works. Cant or can work is another story. Tried to pull string with the hope i can get perm but turns out i am still a contract worker until company decide to layoff people due to poor sales."], ["I actually thought this guy was talking something about having internet cables lmao !"], ["Reference is a thing.\nUsually they will go through the same process as other candidate. But if all candidate is equal, the one with reference will most likely get the job.\nAnd by reference it means the candidate get to know the job opening first hand. Also you know the candidate has some level of people skill to get referenced.\nPulling \"Cable\" on another hand is a shit show waiting to happen usually."], ["Sadly thats how life is nowadays."], ["masuk sesco nice la\u2026can i be friend with ur bf?"], ["Tak ada cable mana dapat tarik barang? /s"], ["you can build youre own cable... its a combination of effort and luck to be honest. ive pmed and friended a ton of recruiters in linked in and also send a dm every now and then to check on available position"], ["> Does every job needs 'cable' now?\nThat's why it is called networking."], ["in most top companies, cable only gets you to the door of a job interview. technical merit still holds."], ["you don't, but it helps to have ... immensely"], ["My first job was with cable. Miserably. Low Pay, overworked. I decided to search for a job on my own the second time, higher pay, lesser workload."], ["mestilah ada cable..malaysia mah we don't use merits here that's why the country is in shambles"], ["If you are chinese, even worse bro.. you cannot even go into a proper job even with a better academy background."], ["Yes and No.\nI have two sisters. One has only a diploma but is rich in experience and possesses a beautiful resume. She obtained all her jobs independently, working at each company for a significant period. Her most recent job was secured through her own application, which was her second attempt at the same company. The first attempt was two years ago. Naturally, for her second application at the same company, her salary expectations have increased.\nAnother sister also applied to a company twice. During her first attempt, she didn't succeed. After a two to three year gap, the company reopened its hiring process, this time she gets it through friend's connection. But she does possess qualifications from both local and overseas institutions and the necessary skills for the job.\nAt times, individuals can be highly educated and skilled but still not find the opportunity to work in a particular company.\nPR remains essential regardless of where we go."], ["No, but it's a definite advantage.\nYour first example is job reference. This is why references on resumes can be important.\nYour second example is nepotism. Lots of MNCs frown on this, but rampant in old-school companies.\nI have had my references being accepted, and also being rejected. I have been hired without reference, and also hired via reference.\nI feel like it's pretty normal for a reference to be an advantage. Here is someone already inside the company who vouches for your ability, your character, and your suitability. Unless the person who recommended you has a bad reputation, the hiring person will obviously be more partial to you over some random individual nobody knows. Remember that it's not just qualifications - it's also character and attitude. Someone with a good resume may end having a personality that is not a good fit for the company for example.\nAs a side note, if you've had bad experiences with being rejected for job openings. You can try reaching out to the various HR and ask for feedback on why you got rejected. Some might be kind enough to explain their reasons."], ["> The rest of us are hopeless without these 'cables'\nIf you dig through all your friends, family and relatives connection, up to 2nd degree or 3rd degree connections, and I am sure you can find someone who work in the company/industry which you are interested, and could help you make a recommendations. Make sure you are worthwhile/trustworthy for them to help you."], ["I'm the reverse.\nI'm 34 and just recently got a clerical job for a state government. Turns out all the otais were from my late father's batch during his stint.\nNow I was jokingly accused of having 'cable'."], ["Also depends on the strength of the cable, I've been trying to get a spot as a Change Manager in one of the big one, however, my cable loses out to his superior, even when I checked all the boxes + experience. Still goes to a fresh graduate! It is insane really."], ["I think it's part of the reason people enroll into big name unis"], ["Most hires from companies I hv worked in is through job recruiter or JobStreet. Of course we can refer someone in but still need go through the interview."], ["can somebody give tips on how to networking?", "Adopt a \u201cpay it forward\u201d mindset: think about how you can provide value for others first."]]}
{"title": "Man arrested after back-seat bid to enter MB\u2019s home | Free Malaysia Today (FMT)", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zmiee/man_arrested_after_backseat_bid_to_enter_mbs_home/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "3 alleged PN supporters try to langkah masuk rumah MB Selangor", "comments": [["Langkah apa pulak ni, lain macam", "Langkah failed"], ["A+ for effort"], ["Interesting tactic, I must say\u2026"]]}
{"title": "Cover illustration of \"The Yankee Rajah; or, the Fate of the Black Shereef - A Tale of the Malay Seas\" by C. Dunning Clark. This is an American 'dime novel' that was published in Beadle\u2019s Half-Dime Library No. 230 in 1881.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zhtyd/cover_illustration_of_the_yankee_rajah_or_the/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": ["History"], "header": "https://preview.redd.it/xfd3tmvhtoac1.jpg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6ba228abe9aacfceac76947bf66b54d1a8da28c0\nIt is a remarkable story that is an unusual mix of Robert Louis Stevenson pirate adventure and Jules Verne science fiction. Set in the Malay Archipelago, it tells the story of a battle between an American submarine called the Mystery and Malay pirates led by a feared pirate chief called the Black Shereef. Remember, this is about three decades before submarines were in routine use by any navy in the world. If you like Steampunk, Malay pirate tales and exotic romance (there's a mad princess called Zarina involved), this is the book for you.\nPDF Link\nSource", "comments": [["Turns out the \"yankee rajah\" is a real title.\nCol. Joseph William Torrey, Rajah of Ambong and Marudu, (April 22, 1828, in Bath, Maine; \u2013 June 22, 1885, in Boston) was an American merchant, president of the American Trading Company of Borneo and co-founder of the American colony \"Ellena\" (in present-day Kimanis) together with Thomas Bradley Harris on the island of Borneo. He was known as \"Yankee Rajah\" and served as a U.S. vice-consul to Siam.\nhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_William_Torrey\nSo far i've only known 3 other novel where the setting is set in old malaya.\nA Yellow Sleuth: Being the Autobiography of \u201cNor Nalla\u201d (Detective-Sergeant Federated Malay States Police).\nFatal Shadows (1933)\nDeath over Her Shoulder (1939)", "TIL there used to be an American colony in Sabah."], ["malay pirates led by a feared pirate chief called the Black Shereef.\nsarip hitam lmao:26554:"]]}
{"title": "Angry fruit", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zyhpn/angry_fruit/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Wholesome"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Melaka to patent Lohan Guava (Jambu Melaka) as the state\u2019s iconic fruit product, says state exco", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zxjq3/melaka_to_patent_lohan_guava_jambu_melaka_as_the/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "", "comments": [["How is Lohan Guava different from other guava ?"], ["Actually Jambu Melaka was brought by the Minangkabau people from Indonesia. So Melaka doesn't have the rights as it's originally from Indonesia.\n/s"]]}
{"title": "Book launch by US-academic cancelled after \u2018pressure from conservatives\u2019", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zxga9/book_launch_by_usacademic_cancelled_after/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Religion"], "header": "Author Ahmet T Kuru of the San Diego State University says he does not feel safe to make a presentation of his book in Malaysia", "comments": [["someone dm me a link?"]]}
{"title": "Searching for work for someone in the pension/retiring age", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zvog3/searching_for_work_for_someone_in_the/", "num_comment": 4, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Hello fellow ppl, based on the title, I'm helping my non-tech-savvy parents to look for jobs they could do since they are still keen of working but something with lesser physical demand. Any ideas where can I look? Any places or platforms with a list of vacancies?\nI definitely know that I can search on Google but I'm asking so that I could narrow down to the suggestions and resources that work best.\nThank you!", "comments": [["Call up the local adun. Some aduns do projects for old people to make money. If your adun is a functional rep la. If only show face once every 4 years, then I dont know.", "great advice!"], ["Recommend the eldercare industry. Either centre-based (typically run by a NGO or charity group) or, if your parents are still fit, home-based services or medical escort (both can also freelance). Don't have to travel far if your area has such social-service setup or network."], ["So when my mom was ill, there was this elderly couple, wife was a nurse, husband was a driver. They worked for an ambulance company who would send them out for minor emergencies like switching out oxygen tanks, refitting certain tubes. The wife said she only got a month or so of training to get some certificates.\nSomething you could look into."]]}
{"title": "Any bars/clubs that play just R&B, soul or alternative rock music in Malaysia?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/190311s/any_barsclubs_that_play_just_rb_soul_or/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Entertainment"], "header": "Not too disco-ish or noisy type, just wanna chill and hang out with friends. Any recommendations?", "comments": []}
{"title": "Company that promised 171 Bangladeshi workers non-existent jobs is blacklisted", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ztyfz/company_that_promised_171_bangladeshi_workers/", "num_comment": 9, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Nail the director for the following:\nPromised wages and worker relocation costs.\nAdministration and logistics fees the goverment incurred.\nCharged them for people smuggling and breaking visa conditions.\nMake them an example should any employer try to do this.", "We all know that won't happen...at the very least he will get some low fine and can move on with his life."], ["Companies can open and close, they should blacklist the directors.", "is it not obvious that this is a token action? those directors are probably somebody connected.", "Those may be directors on paper who are probably just staff employee, the true directors are actually not on paper.\nSo if the company closes down or goes bankrupt, it will be staff employees acting as directors that get their credit black listed. The true directors will just set up another company with fake directors and restart like nothing happened."], ["blacklisted only means they will go incorporate another company and do it again.\nthese companies have been around and this is not their first rodeo.", "That's true which is sad to see at least the MP has issued this problem."], ["powerless to nail the owners & directors huh? the more madani / things change, the more they stay the same.. wheee"], ["This is very good work by Home Minister, was upset they got detained originally, these workers do jobs that we won't do, it is not fair to treat them like this, they were promised work and moved to another country that turned out to be a scam. We get angry about it happening to Malaysians but don't seem to care much when it happens to other people in our own country(?)\nTime to get tough on migration agents who do this to desperate people and throw them in jail. These Bangladeshis wouldn't protest unless it was real bad for them. I understand why the government shut it down, but they are the victims here, not the criminals."]]}
{"title": "Already 2024 and Malaysian prepaid user struggle to get cheap 5G plan", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zynvi/already_2024_and_malaysian_prepaid_user_struggle/", "num_comment": 5, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Those prices look reasonable to me. Sure they capped the speed at 100Mbps but it's better this way than uncapped 5G speed because full 5G speed is super fast and the data is limited. I still very much prefer unlimited everything but 80GB per month for less than RM50 is cheap in my opinion.", "I tell you what, 4G speed can easily get over 100Mbps and also the reason why I'm making the post to point out that we still have this non 5G ready prepaid plan. Most telco still not giving a monthly 5G plan and just got weekly.", "Digi had the 5G prepaid 45 last year and Hotlink was Hotlink 45 with 5G. This year they both removed all 5G from their plan for prepaid unless you pay additional at the side.\nJump ship to Maxis cos way more stable at my place and even if no 5G, my 4G is super stable. Digi 4G also damn unstable at my place. Kept on disconnecting."], ["what should the pricing looks like then?", "Try compare other neighbour country prepaid 5G plan and you will able to see it. Even in India, its cheaper to have fast 5G plan.\nNot to mention this DiGi prepaid 5G plan have capped 100Mbps speed."]]}
{"title": "Airasia is offering fixed price promo tickets for Chinese New Year as low as RM 298 one way", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zoy6z/airasia_is_offering_fixed_price_promo_tickets_for/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "After \u2018Dubai Move\u2019 exposed, Bersatu MP claims eight more Perikatan reps set to declare Anwar support", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/1907i8d/after_dubai_move_exposed_bersatu_mp_claims_eight/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "A scale that stand there almost for 25 years.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zv2vu/a_scale_that_stand_there_almost_for_25_years/", "num_comment": 33, "flairlabel": [], "header": "This is a public weight scale in Plaza Angsana Johor Bahru. Like the title suggest it had been standing there for almost 25 years or more. I do curious to know if any state in Malaysia still have this scale?", "comments": [["a relic from a far simpler time.\nAlso the Greek god that you put your hand inside.", "The one with the warning that says careful in case your hand gets trapped in the mouth and tells fortunes?", "It's called the Bocca della Verit\u00e0 (or Mouth of Truth). It's based on a real sculpture, and you can see the fortune teller machine in the gallery.", "Indeed everytime I see this my head play a lot of memory from childhood. Insert Memory Reboot here.", "7yo me back then legit thought that if I put my hand inside, that machine gonna suck my blood.\nI watched The Mummy movies plenty of times it gave me that thought lmao", "I feel I've seen that one. But my memory can't find it."], ["I\u2019m trying to think but I never realised a lot of them got changed out and are missing now.", "This one never change. Ironically the floor it standing on have already change a lot."], ["Hah....that scale reminds me of those creepy electronic booths that tell \"fortune\". Normally found in shopping centre so many years ago.", "I have a vague memory of it"], ["I also wanna know the store that is that displaying all those fine glass on the right", "It's a camera store. It's too been there for almost 25 years"], ["Wish this thing was a time machine I could step on and it'll bring me back to the better times when it was first introduced in malls", "One can wish bro"], ["Back when there were jawbreaker machines", "Frfr.\nI remember one with a very scary moon with a face. Don't remember what it do but it is a great machine.", "It's a fortune telling machine for fun.\nhttps://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:pnp:highsm:31000:31009/full/pct:25/0/default.jpg\nLike this one?", "Yes that one"], ["Central market?", "Plaza Angsana JB"], ["2000 was almost 25 years ago. Just saying", "Close"], ["So, does it use old 20sen coin or new one?\ud83d\ude05", "Both that sign was there during the introduction of new Malaysian ringgit look"], [":26557:"], ["It probably works acurately compared to my unreliable, not cheap, digital scale"], ["Mines broke when your mama sit on it"], ["still have one from a local supermarket in sarawak, dont have a pic tho since i just went to get groceries but its still there\ni love the fact that they cant accept the new 10 sen syiling, opting for the older ones (with the congkak board on the back), makes me just a lil bit older, even tho im not even out of schoolies yet", "Is it Elektra?"], ["If I'm not mistaken, there used to be a gumball (and later bouncy ball) machine next to that scale", "Yeah never buy from it though"], ["25? Try 55.\nhttps://auctions.herman.ie/lots/view/1-7IY8SW/1962-avery-pharmacist-weighing-scales", "I was born 1997. The same years Plaza Angsana first open. So yeah it could be as old as me."]]}
{"title": "Guess Merdeka 118 is ready to welcome patrons soon\ud83d\udc40", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/1902sym/guess_merdeka_118_is_ready_to_welcome_patrons_soon/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "Captured on \ud83d\uddd3\ufe0f6th Jan 2024.", "comments": []}
{"title": "Malaysia needs to recognise own shortcomings to escape middle-income trap, says economist", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/1901enh/malaysia_needs_to_recognise_own_shortcomings_to/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": [["Juncker\u2019s Dilemma.", "I genuinely looked up for this. Is this real or bs reference?"]]}
{"title": "Do nyets close the door after using airplane toilets?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zqm99/do_nyets_close_the_door_after_using_airplane/", "num_comment": 19, "flairlabel": ["Culture"], "header": "I just came back from travelling and I noticed that people from a specific country don\u2019t close the toilet doors after using them. IMO, that\u2019s nasty as fuck\nNow before you come and say I\u2019m generalising, it happened with 95% of people from this said country on a single flight and there were A LOT of them using the toilet\nAt this point I\u2019m just confused if it\u2019s a culture thing or they just didn\u2019t give a fuck\nView Poll", "comments": [["At least they use the toilet. Be positive XD"], ["Is the country C or I? A speculation based on population.", "Surprisingly not both of them. You\u2019d be surprised which country is in question :26554:", "White?", "Nope", "Is it like your flair... plus uh, one letter?\nHaha.", "Nope, but very warm", "Damn, are we playing a guessing game, eih...\nHow many chances I got?", "3 chances. Your guess begins now", "Does the group speak ENG?", "Any of I, A, B or P?", "I have no idea what any of these letters mean but no they don\u2019t start with the country I\u2019m talking about", "I was also thinking C or I, but other than that I can\u2019t figure which other country\u2026\nBut anyways, why would someone NOT close the lavatory door after using them? Its akin to not washing their hands after flushing."], ["I know some people (regardless of their race and religion) who will not touch the toilet door knob!\nGerms and shit."], ["Take a deep breathe of my \ud83d\udca9", "*snorts the air*"], ["best korea rite", "My lawyer advised me not to say anything without him around"]]}
{"title": "In leaked video, Guan Eng takes water chief to task", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/1906sy5/in_leaked_video_guan_eng_takes_water_chief_to_task/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Mighty Car Mods's The real story behind Australia\u2019s first K-Car Global Race Team (At Sepang)", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/1900nd2/mighty_car_modss_the_real_story_behind_australias/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x-kZ6nWIRk"]]}
{"title": "Private housing developers in Sarawak no longer obligated to construct affordable homes, instead pay compensation to the state\u2019s housing trust fund", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zxguq/private_housing_developers_in_sarawak_no_longer/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "PSA: Beware of this scammer claiming to be from Omnicom Media Group", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zq79p/psa_beware_of_this_scammer_claiming_to_be_from/", "num_comment": 11, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Some of you might already know this song and dance: easy job, freelance, part-time, just have to like things on social media.\nUsually the scam\u2019s next step involves one of two steps: - buying X item, not through an official web store but pay via direct deposit, which they will then return your payment with a small percentage topped up - to continue getting new tasks, you need to pay a deposit for some bullshit fee\nThis is the first time I\u2019ve seen a scammer use a doctored poster/website screenshot from the company they claim to be from. That\u2019s a nice touch that would be believable to anyone who\u2019s never been approached before.\nAlso for search engine optimisation to anyone out there: Omnicom Media Group scam, Instagram, Telegram, freelance.", "comments": [["Thank you for the heads up\nI got a message from the same company too!"], ["'HR dept gave me your no. nilly willy to contact you for a scam job' Whether legit or not, this sort of action would get them fired instead since you leaked candidate's info.\nAlso, if influencers needed followers, they could either buy bots or that lifestyle simply isn't cut out for them!", "Haha. Yeah, weak approach. Probably to safeguard themselves from any background check, they can just claim to be third party.\nRegardless, educating about the process would help raise awareness."], ["Hahaha I received the message from Omnicom this morning and left them on read"], ["The trick is what ever early task that they gave you just do it for a quick bucks, and once they ask for payment/purchase first, block em.\nedit: did some before, gain like hundred something, just use your alternate social accounts."], ["As a youngster I was scammed before but thankfully it was only RM200. Odds are good that I\u2019ve been marked as a vulnerable target on some list.\nI know that I can run off with some small pocket money but I don\u2019t do that because I want to be approached by these people. If I can get some insight on what new techniques they employ, I can share and warn others.", "it is the same like this one, they will give you easy \"tasks\" to complete https://vulcanpost.com/826866/telegram-task-scams-malaysia-experience-opinion/"], ["\u201cHi this is my fake full name to gain your trust, and i definitely work at this company in Malaysia, don\u2019t worry about my credentials\u201d\nWorst opening line ever"], ["Wish the govt can do something about this. These scammers likely are targeting countries like ours and SG rather than western \"first world\" countries cause the youtubers there did many things to bring the issue to light and even fight it head on the past years"], ["Sometimes I wish we have a scammer payback versi Malaysia running here."]]}
{"title": "Sarawak exempts developers from building affordable homes", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zxfsd/sarawak_exempts_developers_from_building/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": [["Forest city not example enough? Houses should be for people to live in, not investment leverage.", "Property price go up= state gov get more money from cukai tanah, cukai taksiran.\nSo, reality is, gov dont give a flying shit about locals cant afford to buy them. As long as it is sold, regardless to whom or for what purpose. What matters is cha ching."]]}
{"title": "Visa for family of four coming for 1-2 years", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zwz7l/visa_for_family_of_four_coming_for_12_years/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Hi all, we are a family of four hoping to spend a year or two living in Malaysia. I am 50 (M, from NZ), my wife is Japanese (48), and we have two boys, aged 6 and 8. We are all bilingual in English and Japanese. I work as a freelance translator and have over 20 years experience. We would love to spend some time in Malaysia but are unsure about which visa would be best. I have been reading up on the de rantau visa, but it appears to be more closely aligned with the IT industry (as per the official website: \"Who can apply? Digital freelancer, independent contractor, and remote worker whom are IT & digital professionals in various domains i.e. software engineers, backend engineers, UX, UI, cloud, cybersecurity, blockchain, AI (Artificial Intelligence), machine learning, data-related etc.), digital marketing, digital creative content, digital content development etc.\"). I wonder if there is any point applying for this visa as an online translator with vast experience and over US$100k in income per year. I am technically a digital freelancer, but is this limited to IT? Am I better to look into another visa? I was also looking at the MMH2 requirements, but needing to deposit RM1 million into a Malaysian bank account was off-putting. If the de rantau is a no-go, can someone please give me an alternative visa-wise? As background, I intend to continue working through my Japanese companies while in Malaysia, and I plan to put my kids in an international school. I am sure I have left out some vital information, so please let me know and I will edit to include.\nMany thanks in advance!", "comments": [["Try googling malaysia digital nomad visa. I'm not familiar with it, but i've heard of it."]]}
{"title": "MBO Cinemas opens new location in Pearl Point this year", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zuhsm/mbo_cinemas_opens_new_location_in_pearl_point/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Entertainment"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Puad\u2019s praise of Loke won\u2019t sit well with Chinese voters, says analyst", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zomiy/puads_praise_of_loke_wont_sit_well_with_chinese/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "James Chin believes the Umno Supreme Council member has been complimentary because the DAP secretary-general will not stand up to the Malay nationalist party.", "comments": [[""]]}
{"title": "Thought we would be much higher tbh", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zq63y/thought_we_would_be_much_higher_tbh/", "num_comment": 76, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["In this economy?", "Yes", "Actually according to statistics even if you make a lot of money chances are you probably won't be having more children."], ["No shit. We will be dealing with aging population like Singapore and Japan by 2030, in 6 year's time.\nSource: https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2022/07/812583/life-expectancy-malaysia-rises-12-years-ageing-population-2030"], ["No lah, generation changed already.\nEven typical Muslim Malay also don't see it as sustainable to have many kids, everything in Malaysia is not supportive of families who want kids.", "most Malays definition of \u2018many kids\u2019 has changed from \u2018more than 5\u2019 to \u2018more than 3\u2019 over the years.\nregardless it is still more than what most Chinese define as \u2018many kids\u2019 which is still \u2018more than 1\u2019.", "1 is already too many", "Malays nowadays measures kids from their car capacity, if they afford only basic car got 3, if can afford bigger cars they aim to have more.\nMany of the familes with Islamic style always have more children, and they happen to have MPVs or 6-seaters or even vans as well. Definitely planned well, I guess lol.", "What if they can afford a bus", "I never understood chinese children economics.. when they grow old all the burden will rest on their 1 kid... that's depressing", "Not like more kids equals having them caring for their parents", "why cant the parents have their own retirement financials planned and executed, instead of outsourcing that responsibility to their kid(s) leh?\ni'm a parent and i intend for my kids to be in the \"un-sandwiched\" generation. Life is already getting challenging with the speed of change getting exponentially faster.", "It\u2019s one of the big problems they\u2019re going to have to deal with as economic output drops from less working population. America and other countries with low birth rates simply import more people to keep more stable levels working age levels (but still dropping due to massive numbers of boomers retiring).", "No , it depends on area, this is a general stats ,rural area will have more children", "Especially in urban area, this is true."], ["All races birthrate dropping in Malaysia. Cina and indian is below replacement rate already", "Behold the year of Dragon, the Chinese already starts f**king since last year in hope to have a Dragon baby.", "But the kid will carry 2023A birth year for life. How does it work though", "nah... dragon>3a", "Power of dragon yo!", "Malaysian draagoonnnn.... From the J to the A, then K & E. Im the mackdaddy of the KLC, ya heard", "Omg memories\u2026still rewatch it sometimes.", "Younger gens slowly stop caring about the bloody animals.", "So much truth in this though. All of a sudden I have so many friends who announced their pregnancy recently. Even those who have held off having kids for years. I\u2019m expecting too but due a few days before cny so no dragon for me.", "replacement rate\nI love how dehumanizing this term is. Sounds like spare parts of a car."], ["New gen parents prefer 1 or max 2. My friends and I who all have 2 or less baby always complaint about older generations keep asking us when to have another child.", "then ask the older generation to fuck n have their own...talk very easy but who is the one that has to go out to earn money n feed the kids", "No lah. No need to be rude to the makciks and pakciks. I just told them the price we paid for our daycare and ask if they want to sponsor until the baby is old enough to go to school. They would stop talking about that immediately.", "well ur way works too...hahaha...sometimes im just a bit aggressive towards older generation regarding stuff like kids, marriage, earnings", "I thought myself to put these people in my shoes whenever they put any unreasonable expectation on me. Whatever that is reasonable for them are no longer reasonable to us and they simply don\u2019t know that.\nBest thing is, they got concerned over us and ask us about our financial situation and how we managed. They just don\u2019t know how hard it is for us now. They just thought that younger generations just know how to complain.\nThere\u2019s a reason why the top richest people are fill with boomers and hardly competed by the younger generations."], ["Among my own circles it\u2019s increasingly rare to see my peers have more than 1 kid (millennials) . Most urban boomers probably had 2, 3 max , whilst their parents probably had plus minus half a dozen to 8-10 .\nMeanwhile I\u2019m enjoying the double income no kid life. It\u2019s awesome .", "The recently married family members I know say they're happy with just 1 child. Maybe 2 max but that's it."], ["Do u have kids? Try have two then u will know why Malaysians mostly stop at 2 kids. It's blardy expensive that is why. Claims from LHDN not helping much too.\nI have 3 kids total age 3, 7, 10. I'd have stop at 2 if I knew things are gonna be this expensive in a few years time. Yet pay remain stagnant."], ["For people who are looking for the position, it's 126."], ["Wah malaysia only 2? Most people i know at least has 3.", "Most I know have one or don't even have kid. Are we from the same Malaysia?", "Maybe you are young, I am in middle adulthood, peak of narried life.", "im in middle adulthood as well...most i know only have one or dont even have one", "Well, its an anecdotal statement after all, not to be taken seriously, probably I am surrounded by traditional family men and community.", "I am 30s. Most people i know in several workplaces and online have 2 kids.", "Plot twist: u/ExpZer0 is still in secondary school.", "Same. Max 2.", "Tell me you are Malay without telling me heheheheh", "I am a malay but the statistics are in congruent with world wide muslim population. If you can't propagate, procreate"], ["Yeah , it's normal to hear people with 4 or more uncle and aunt , but their siblings only have 3 max children. People are not having as many kids."], ["Alr hear me out... One of the Malaysia Vet (1956) by the day he was born there is a record 9k+ baby born that day\nMy parents (1970-1980) have a record of 5k+ born that day\nMe a Gen Z? Only 1.7k+ born that day\nDo you guys know how crazy fast the birth rate drop year by year?"], ["What happened to the 0.2 of the baby?\ud83d\ude31 Do people eat their baby?\ud83d\ude2d"], ["Still worse than North Korea :26554:"], ["Not planning to have a kid unless I migrate. The country is becoming more and more dangerous, where they start mongering you with their religious beliefs, parents from this or previous generations spoiling their children beyond fubar. Plus, gaji still like from 2010, but houses minimum 400k...nuh uh"], ["Bro , take rohingya into count , instantly become top 20", "Curb your xenophobia la", "Yeah i should expect something like this in this sub , maybe you should come live in my area and pay for the vehicle they have crushed , the nahtokong shrine that crushed , illegal driving without license that has cause multiple accidents , constantly fighting between them , their kids lurking around on the main road on 12 am , constanting shouting and fighting in their house and all the aedes mosquito they breed by collecting all the junk into their house and more and more worse crimes they have commited. You can't slap a \"phobia\" on everything and think you won the moral high ground and leave others to deal the shit you encouraged, you have empathy for uneducated illegal immigrant but not for your local countrymen that worked and paid tax to build their country up , it doesn't make you a better person.", "There are literally Rohingya working where I live. I even talk to them sometimes and once sent one guy to a clinic when he was ill. I'm sorry for your bad experience and I hope the situation will improve for you but I'm not responsible for causing it to happen. Perhaps i shouldn't make assumptions about you and you shouldn't about me either. Happy new year", "Of course this people dont know, they lived in bangsar and upper class areas and never seen first hand.", "or worse, they want cheap labour , illegal immigrants are best source of it.", "In psychology, it's called triangulation. Hating on Rohingjans shifts the focus away from our racial disharmony."], ["Puerto Rico, New Caledonia, Macao, Turks and Caicos islands, Isle of man, the channel islands, the US and British virgin islands are not countries."], ["I think it\u2019s good if we join sk,japan,and china.. but I know it\u2019s kinda impossible.. the rural area prolly got lot of babies", "Population decline was never a good thing so was overpopulation, I just wish our country maintain the same number of population in the future, 2 child per family kind of decent number", "Iirc there used to be \"Population Policy\" which state that Malaysia aims to have 70 mil in population come 2070 something, which they state as an optimum population for this country. Know them from the Geography textbook tho.\nIt could make sense only if the economy chances is spread around the country and not just selected WC Peninsular cities only.", "In which aspect tho? Population is certainly not.\nWith less people, state benefits gonna be less, tax gonna be more, then you'll have Japan where people cant have kids because they are overworked and the cycle continues.."], ["cant believe we're that low"], ["You cant expect religious people to pick up your slack."], ["What number Malaysia??", "126", "We are higher than usa lol", "60"], ["Is it common to adopt in Malaysia ?"], ["Singapore is following PRC in regards of conceiving a child.\nThis phrase might sound cynical but do Chinese people would prefer having children on certain zodiac?"], ["I think 2 is the maximum children an average family will have. My well off middle class relatives/extended family already stopped at 2 children so I guess we will see lower birthrate as a trend in the coming decade. It's just too expensive. Young people will have to do a lot of overtime at work while helping be the breadwinner for 2 aging parents.. sorta like China or Japan.\nLooking at our industries lack of automation we're definitely not ready for this situation at all"], ["I can see labour agents and related statutory bodies salivating at certain quick solutions..."], ["Yeah that tracks. Most of my married friends stopped at 1 or 2. Kids are expensive if you want to provide them with provate schools, enrichment classes, books, personal rooms, etc."], ["We are kinda trapped in middle income economy. We clearly have the lifestyle of a high income country but with money exchange of a low income country. Who wants to raise many kids in this economy."], ["My sister only got pregnant with her 2nd just so that her daughter would have a sibling."]]}
{"title": "Hello Malaysia. Feed back on Gold Coast at morib beach.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/1906zb5/hello_malaysia_feed_back_on_gold_coast_at_morib/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "We\u2019re staying at the water park with our 3yo in March. I think the accommodation looks ok and not expecting too much for the price. However my partner is concerned regarding places to eat. Local and western food are both fine by us. Any other tips would help. Thank you", "comments": []}
{"title": "What is the cheapest 5G postpaid plan in Malaysia?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zymyr/what_is_the_cheapest_5g_postpaid_plan_in_malaysia/", "num_comment": 2, "flairlabel": ["Science/ Technology"], "header": "Long time lurker, full time Malaysian. lol.\nAs per the title, what are the cheapest 5G postpaid plan in Malaysia?\nTried searching for some comparison articles online, either by Soyacincau or similar sites, but none of it are recent articles.\nWhat are the plans you guys are using for 5G?", "comments": [["+1 asking for prepaid as well", "Yoodo, currently a promo, buy 40gb, they free u 25gb and RM1 for the 5G upgrade. For RM46.\nI think it\u2019s RM40 , and then RM 5 for 100min call, and RM 1 for the 5G upgrade"]]}
{"title": "Fahmi: Government to appoint religious leaders (asatizah) as spokespersons to counter distorted views on Islam", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zxmiy/fahmi_government_to_appoint_religious_leaders/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Same story as this one yesterday: https://np.reddit.com/r/malaysia/comments/18yxk8k/govt_to_appoint_religious_leaders_to_counter/\nAnd as I've written yesterday, this is a mistranslation. \"Asatizah\" means \"religious teachers\", not \"religious leaders\".", "from the same root word as \u2018ustaz\u2019 yeah I know but I tried not to change the headline too much."], ["repost"]]}
{"title": "Fahmi Fadzil: PADU data won\u2019t be mined for political use", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zxkm2/fahmi_fadzil_padu_data_wont_be_mined_for/", "num_comment": 9, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Last person I wanna hear that from :26554::26554::26554:"], ["Yeaaaaaa.... righhhtttt....", "No one: \u2026\nFahmi, out of nowhere: Jangan risau, jangan takut! Data anda tidak akan disalahguna! Data anda selamat! Jangan takut!"], ["KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 6): Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil today reiterated that information gathered in the Central Database Hub (Padu) will not be used to drive campaigning for the 16th general election.\nOddly specific explanation, what about other election/event?"], [""], ["LOL.. boleh percaya ke?"], ["How can we know that? Krik krik krik"], ["Sure just like no bc corruption ever."], ["The whole PADU thing is a complete failure and joke since its launch...with numerous individuals calling out the clear flaws.\nIf you ask me the whole thing is just a way to collect as much information as possible and probe those who are easy to probe...especially the middle income to high income earners doing things legitimately....and then get them to pay this tax and that tax.\nGiven how rubbish our currency is performing and the stagnation of the country...even after the 'saviour' DSAI took the helm is giving us no more hope.\nI say they will get irritated of low sign up and soon make it a law for everyone to sign up to PADU."]]}
{"title": "Shipping parcel to UK", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zu72n/shipping_parcel_to_uk/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Hey good people, I\u2019m planning on shipping a parcel containing some local snacks and items to a friend in London (from Sarawak)\nHas anyone had experience with the best courier company to do so?\nHave done some research and my choices are basically EMS(Poslaju) , Citylink and DHL/ FedEx. I am pretty reluctant with DHL express as the cost is extremely high based on quotes estimates.\nThank you in advance for any assistance or advice.", "comments": [["Done so with EMS to Australia, pretty good. Basically solids are fine, but no liquids/ pastes."]]}
{"title": "Why is Hotlink still charging for 5G?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zx6mc/why_is_hotlink_still_charging_for_5g/", "num_comment": 24, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Coz they are greedy af"], ["According to recent news, telco shouldn\u2019t charge for 5G as the infrastructure was funded by public. Celcom already removed theirs, but maxis still charging them to this day.\n\u2018Don\u2019t charge extra for 5G\u2019 https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2023/12/19/fahmi-says-govt-may-take-action-against-telcos-charging-extra-fees-for-5g", "only for the new 5g plans. the new plans are expensive AF. so price of 5g already included.\nold plans still have \"5g booster\". for example those xpax postpaid"], ["because Fahmi is stupid\nHe say cannot charge 5G\nbut Telco will find loophole by offering 50GB plan with 5G at RM50, 40GB plan without 5G at RM40. In the end you got upsell to 5G plan pulak.\nTelco can say that 10GB is what cost RM10 extra...5G is free. :26554:\nThe only way to stop this is to mandate all kind of telco service must have 5G.", "Fahmi is weak and no balls. Been months yet no resolution to this issue.", "Just include those as charging for 5G", "How to force all 5g? Not all location has 5g. They're mostly in highly populated areas only. Also people not on 5g phones want cheaper options, they are not interested in 5g, they just wanna WhatsApp and Facebook only, some is kancil, some use myvi, some use BMW, you can't force everybody to use Ron 97, some rather use Ron 95 and demand a discount from the usual price. If you say everybody pays rm50 and everybody gets 5g, there are many people who will demand for rm30, they don't want 5g cause WhatsApp and Facebook makes no difference in 5g anyway."], ["Is there a plan without 5G? Do you have a screenshot?", "They\u2019re inconsistent throughout the offered packages. Some comes with 5G, some are not.\nhttps://imgur.com/a/p9rg1dV/"], ["U mobile jer"], ["OP, those passes are like subscriptions if you want daily, weekly or monthly internet access. after paying for it, user have to go to the 'others' to 'unlock' 5g access which costs rm 0. if you skipped this step, the current line is 4G. idk why we have to do extra steps but that's basically the step to get 5g in hotlink."], ["It's just their way to make you pay for 5G by locking it behind an internet subscription\n<image>", "Moved out of Digi cos my old Rm40 plan has no 5G and only 30GB data and line super bad at my area. If I were to pay additional Rm20 just for 5G but same amount of data, I'd be stupid. Tho their new postpaid plan now cheapest is Rm70 comes with 90GB data with 5G, I went with Maxis 79 with 160GB data with 5G. Additional Rm9 for even more data which will come in handy for my studies."], ["Maxis \u2026. Why I\u2019m Not surprise\n<image>", "Do you still have to pay for 5G? Can't do anything myself because I don't control the plan..."], ["Real question is why still use Hotlink, OP?"], ["Last year Hotlink 45 came with free 5G and 75GB data iirc. This year no more dy."], ["Digi charge me RM10/m for 5G. Without paying wont get 5G signal."], ["Im using prepaid Hotlink (On a much much older plan mind you. They have also been calling me up trying to convince me to change plans..kinda sus)\nAnyways on my current plan..I use the app and opt for the 5G add on thing..for no additional cost at all...RM 0..."], ["Because Fahmi don't scare them."], ["Somebody has to make money. If not how:26554:"], ["Im using Hotlink as well, and yes I got charge extra rm10, can anyone recommend a better telco service perhaps? Thinking of switching here"], ["Digi charges extra for 5G too"]]}
{"title": "MET MALAYSIA - Laporan Cuaca 6 Januari 2024 (pagi)", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zor1e/met_malaysia_laporan_cuaca_6_januari_2024_pagi/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Environment"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "/r/malaysia daily random discussion and quick questions thread for 07 January 2024", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/1908mv7/rmalaysia_daily_random_discussion_and_quick/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "This is r/malaysia's official daily random discussion and quick questions thread. Don't be shy! Share your joys, frustrations, random thoughts and questions. Anything and everything is welcome.\nApa tanda si pinang kelat,\nBila dimakan terasa malan,\nApa tanda orang beradat,\nBila Monyets berdebat dengan sopan.\nDad joke: My daughter broke up with this amazing guy because he lost both his arms\nshe says he is not handsome any more", "comments": [["Minor announcements:\nmonyet.cc: Check out our Malaysian Lemmy community! (why?)\nSPM Megathread: Updated 2022 with SPM resources such as trial papers, modules, notes and more!\nMental health wiki: A list of mental health services in Malaysia\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."]]}
{"title": "Cute design of Genting Skyworld Hotel's Lobby", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/1906rao/cute_design_of_genting_skyworld_hotels_lobby/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Understanding Provisional Accreditation of Online Master's Programs in Malaysia and Its International Implications", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/1906b9q/understanding_provisional_accreditation_of_online/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Can anyone advise me whether an online master's program that is provisionally accredited in Malaysia is also internationally accredited? I am considering an online doctoral program at APU, and as someone who is not from Malaysia, I am particularly interested due to the low cost and online opportunities. However, I am not familiar with how MQA accreditation works. Can anyone with expertise in this field provide better insight? Does provisional accreditation often lead to full accreditation?", "comments": []}
{"title": "One Afternoon / Night In KL - What To Do?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/1903q9o/one_afternoon_night_in_kl_what_to_do/", "num_comment": 7, "flairlabel": ["Tourism & Travel"], "header": "Hi,\nAs the title says, my girlfriend and I have one afternoon / night in KL on layover from Vietnam to London.\nWe land at 2pm and we fly out at 10am the next day.\nObviously it\u2019s not much time but we\u2019d like to see a bit of the place.\nCan you give us some suggestions on where to stay and ideas of what we should do for an afternoon / night?\nThanks", "comments": [["Find a locker to keep your luggage.\nTravel to KL bukit bintang via erl train to kl sentral. Then mrt train from kl sentral to bukit bintang station. Grab is also an option from kl sentral.\nShop/ walk around pavillion / bukit bintang area.\nHere onwards you have 2 options.\nOption 1: Book for dinner at one of those high floor restaurants that has a direct view of klcc twin towers. Google should reveal a few locations.\nHead back to airport just before midnight by train or grab. Please check for the last train.\nStay overnight at the airport hotel.\nOption 2: Grab early dinner at lot 10\u2019s hutong (food court packed with famous local street cuisines). This is also at bukit bintang / pavillion area.\nOption 2 is cheaper and you get to leave for the airport earlier, assuming you need more time to work out where you going to sleepover.\nThe airport is quite a distance away from KL city. So it\u2019s best to stay as close as possible to the airport.", "Thanks. That\u2019s really helpful. Do you know what the cost is likely to be for a taxi from the airport into the City?", "According to Grab it starts from rm51. https://www.grab.com/my/fare-check/\nI think it is cheaper to skip the train and just take Grab. I am not sure for taxi."], ["If KLCC is your main objective then I recommend taking Grab from the airport to KLCC. Once you're done at KLCC, you can walk over to Bukit Bintang through the connecting bridge.\nOnce in Bukit Bintang, you can visit several malls such as Pavilion, Star Hill, Lot 10 and Sungei Wang.\nI recommend you to checkout Hutong, a food court at Lot 10, for some local flavours.\nIf you still have a little more time then perhaps you can visit Changkat and Jalan Alor where you can get some food and drinks.\nP/s: Since you're inbound from Vietnam, I assume you know about Grab. If you don't, you can download the riding app from the Play Store or Apple Store."], ["I should have said, I\u2019d like to see the Petronas Towers"], ["If possible, take an earlier flight and just not waste time!", "Disappointingly, that\u2019s all we\u2019ve got\u2026"]]}
{"title": "What are some of the most underrated and overrated jobs in Malaysia?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zt5a3/what_are_some_of_the_most_underrated_and/", "num_comment": 93, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "I'll start\nUnderrated: cleaners and teachers Overrated: footballers and politicians\nIt's crazy to think that a footballer can be paid hundreds of thousands or even millions a year while a teacher gets about 2-3k per month on average. Not to say that teachers have to be paid millions, but I think they deserve better than their current pay considering that they shoulder great responsibilities in shaping the future generations.\nEven the same thing goes to a cleaner, without them I guess we will see piles of rubbish across the streets and shits smothered everywhere around the toilet. Just have a look at the streets in KL after the New Year countdown, it's such a shame.", "comments": [["Teachers may be underrated but there are so many of them that don't deserve to be teachers.\nPay them better with more benefits. But also vet them harder.\nEdit. Also I seriously doubt our footballers are earning millions", "When an industry is paid well, you will attract better 'quality' teacher.\nSadly this sector is politicized from the top-down and there's a whole other sector of tuition centers that earns millions.\nColor me surprised if some of these same lowly paid teachers also happens to own said tuition centers.", "sadly true. they are \" incentivized\" to not teach well at public schools and then do their best outside simply because it's more lucrative. but what about those who can't afford to pay for the tuition? They lag behind? :(", "they are \" incentivized\" to not teach well at public schools and then do their best outside simply because it's more lucrative.\nI doubt this happens in real life... It's not like you'll trust an unqualified school teacher to be a good tuition teacher, anyhow. To say nothing that I doubt individual teachers are really expecting to lower the level of schools enough on their own to lift tuition centers up.\nIt would be like a fireman doing a poor job in the hope of increasing his fire extinguisher side-business: the odds that YOUR actions will directly benefit YOUR business is... close to 0%.", "Actually these do happen. Also its not that they're doing bad at their day job or unqualified, but that they do the bare minimum.\nNot that i dont understand when sidejobs can totally net them more money.\nMy mom did teach and her experience with her colleagues do attest to the existence of these teachers teaching and earning better outside of school.", "I echo the other commenters - I grew up in a neighbourhood with quite a number of teachers around. The best tuition teachers, while at school they're normal/mediocre, at tuition they seem to deliver results for the students and even more parents send them there. The parents are quite aware of the discrepancy, and gain a sense of comfort their child are at one of their 'bootcamps', rather than not.", "I probably thinking the teacher would get brainwashed by government before graduating. I have tiny bit of hope about Teachers teaching in school if they got brainwashed both by gov and tiktok.", "Agree on the footballers. Our footballers arent being paid like those europeans. Some of our footballers didnt even get paid because of management issues lmao.\nBut i still think those europeans are not being overpaid if you look at how much revenue those clubs made.", "+1"], ["Underated : Farmer", "That's my thought too. Farmers can earn a lot of money (but with hard work, of course) depending on what they're farming and how they market them.\nI think OP is confusing between underrated and under-appreciated jobs."], ["Most of our footballers aren\u2019t even rich. Can\u2019t compare them go international stars.\nThe top footballers are paid millions because they bring in even more money to the team. A lot of companies sponsor football players and teams because of how many people watch football. So don\u2019t blame footballers for being rich, blame the people watching football.\nIt\u2019s never about how important someone\u2019s job is for society. It\u2019s always about it how much money can you generate, and how hard is it to replace you. Cleaners and teachers are important, but if one person quits, it\u2019s not hard to find another person to do it.\nBut yes, for teachers, I do feel we should offer more to attract better, smarter people to be teachers. Currently the bar is set too low.", "Some of our Local footballer rich enough that they get ten plus thousands just to play like 2-3 a month but that comes with a lot of hard resistance training, strict diets. Its worth it", "That said the average player dont get paid much matter of fact many will be having a second job to support his career", "We need teachers with industry backed experience esp in public edu sectors and not just churned from IPG.", "Yup its the amount of people that they can influence.\nWhy else do top influencer get money like its raining? It's all because of their reach and advertisers want to utilise that reach."], ["Over rated: Degree holder. Under rated: Babi farmer", "Babi farmer make 7 figure?", "Per month? Yes", "Depends on how many Babi banyak", "Depends on your work ethic, drive and passion for Babi", "I chuckled", "Geez... ok how do I start?\nI buy some babi and wait for them to netflix and chill?\nI heard babi eats anything right. How hard can it be?", "I know of someone who's a babi farmer. He did admit that his business is extremely lucrative but it's very difficult to run. One ASF infection can wipe out hundreds of pigs if uncontrolled and he had to start out doing everything the old and physical way before he accumulated enough capital to automate certain things.", "degree holder is not a job. It's just a square of paper that allows you to pas through HR filters.\nThat being said, if you go with an open mind and are passionate about your field, your degree in a mediocre uni can be worth more the degree you get in a fancy uni.\n(recently, I was asked to grade MBA essays as an \"industry expert\" and honestly, you can quickly see who learned by heart without understanding the material, and who truly got the \"juice\" of the principles discussed and how they interact. I could only see the originating uni but not the individual name of course.)", "Yea degree is overrated.", "Degree for certain profession is extremely required like doctor, engineer.\nYes for course like linguistic, history & arts that maybe an exception. Don't need degree to learn English.", "Stupid comparison, degree holders also comprised of Doctors, Engineers, Architects, & Professors.\nYou want local ah bengs to design your next house instead of educated architect & engineer?", "Don't forget the ACCA,although it is possible to do the ACCA without a degree in Accounting,although you'll need to do foundation first."], ["Footballers in malaysia probably not getting as much money as you thought OP, some were not even getting paid. Our sports scenes are not like in the western", "If they're Super League players. They're paid enough. Don't know about the second division", "Even in super league there are many unpaid/late salary cases."], ["Overated: Fund Managers\nThey get paid RM20k to RM50k per month to cosplay as expert when in fact they are losing you money vs a simple ETF. Worst some just outright buy exactly the same as benchmark stocks", "Yes, all those financial analysts are basically glorified fortune tellers or feng shui masters. They make all kinds of bold predictions about stock and economic trends but in fact are no more accurate than your typical fortune teller.", "Kek... you guys needs to get off /r/investing...\nIt's great to believe in the ETF as a once-size-fits-all (and it is for most people with liquidities worth below RM500K), but some people want a certain amount of risk, a certain amount of tax/loss/property/FP management, passing wealth down to descendants etcetc. A strategic loss of 50k can qualify you for a 2mill subsidy.\nHow will your ETF get you that?\nWhat you're basically saying is \"nutritionists are useless, you just need to count calories\"... Great but....What about diabetics or anemics? Sometimes you need a personal touch.\n(The bonuses tend to make the monthly salary higher than 50k, if your fund is reaching its stated objectives. That objective is not always a %age ROI.)", "found the fund manager", "Well, first thing is that I'm not on r/investing as I also put them in the same category as amateur fortune teller or astrologer.\nSo, let me clarify a bit about why I'd equate market analysis to fortune telling and that is totally different from your example on nutritionist.\nA certified nutritionist gives recommendations based on scientific studies with peer reviewed and reproducible results. Two nutritionists giving consultations to 2 patients with similar health conditions will almost always give similar results.\nThe stock market is a different system that is fundamentally unpredictable no matter how much you try to analyse it. It is even worse than climate scientists trying to predict the weather. The stock market is never predictable beyond very short term in the future. It is basically a random system that goes up and down based on human emotions which itself is basically unpredictable. Anytime any events will totally upset the system like war, COVID, and earthquake or even when a CEO falls sick. All those financial analysis and calculation like EPS, dividend ratio, moving average, chart line, etc are all basically like feng shui masters making calculation based on star and moon position. Just trying to look for signs when it fundamentally doesn't even work. You give 10 different financial analysts the same job and they will all give wildly different or similar predictions but none of them are really any accurate and definitely not reproducible results.\nCompare that to many other professions like engineer. We make sure our product will work more than 99% of the time. We even give a few years of warranty for that or we will repair or give you a new one. Would you buy a car that will only have about chance 50% of bring you to your destination and have a huge disclaimer during purchase agreement that there is absolutely no guarantee that the car will work. That is exactly what happens when we buy a fund with bold promised but absolutely no guarantee that it will even stay positive.\nDon't get me wrong. I still invest in funds with fund managers. I consider them as a way to outsource my investment efforts because I work over 60 hours per week. But I don't put too much faith in the way they are set up to work and that they can't really do much more than just following the market trends."], ["Used to have such thoughts but after working for 15yrs and seeing most walks of life, there shouldn't be any rating for any jobs. All jobs have their ups and downs, just whether what you want to be."], ["Are you talking about govt teachers? They earn pretty comfortable salaries, not to mention (as with other govt servants), a huge part of their benefits are actually their deferred payments in the form of pensions. Imagine getting 50% of your last drawn salary for another 20-30 years, after you retire. Plus, so many earn additional income at tuition teachers", "you make me think, overrated and underrated: kerja kerajaan \ud83d\ude02", "Govt teachers are overloaded with admin work, after school activities, frequent changes in curriculum and the emotional burden of parents\u2019 expectations. I still think they\u2019re underpaid.", "That's a fair point, but I think it applies only to good teachers.\nI would say the rest are paid adequately, considering their quality. And if all of them were overworked, they wouldn't have these sketchy side hustles like giving tuition classes.\nPlus what you're describing is standard for most private sector jobs (replace curricula with restructuring, and parents with bosses)", "Can confirm,had an Ustaz who drove a Volkswagon Golf in SK,and a BM teacher who owns a Masserati and at the time new BMW sports car,to this day I don't know how he got that much money."], ["Yeah, unfortunately many jobs that do not directly generate revenue are often underappreciated. Teachers, social workers, nurses, cleaners, guards, childcare, etc are jobs that provide important service to the society but do not directly generate revenue. So in a capitalistic economy, we will usually try to minimize their cost. Meanwhile jobs that directly make money like sales people, insurance agents, remisier are jobs that don't really do much but make a lot of money by just being the middle person in a transaction.\nFootballers make a lot of money mainly because of their ability to get important sponsorship money for the team.\nPoliticians are somewhat arguable. Underpaid politicians might be tempted to receive corruption money. Singapore for example has some of the world's most well paid ministers and seems to be able to control their corruption level. Of course, I'm not a fan of overpaying the many moronic politicians that we have but we need to think of a way to attract actually smart people to lead the country with a proper compensation package."], ["Certain jobs in the heavy industry that require very specific government-issued certificates, are under rated. The certs cost a few hundred RM plus a few weeks of training, and you get hourly rates higher than degree holders. The jobs are not cushy to be sure, but can be fun if you're into it.\nElectrician/chargeman. Responsible for setting up, operating, and monitoring electrical equipment, particular the big diesel generators at work sites.\nWater jetters. You get to shoot water jets, super fun and cool.\nCrane operators. Live out your childhood fantasy, and get paid for it.", "Electrician and chargeman are people I salute. Everytime someone has to close a UHV Breaker, they risk their lives \ud83e\udee1\nYes remote relay is a thing but I still see people closing circuit physically. I personally have to go offshore. I had seen such operations in place. Really makes me proud to be a ugga dugga", "Certain jobs in the heavy industry that require very specific government-issued certificates, are under rated\nLike what?", "I gave three examples there in the following paragraphs."], ["underrated: teacher\noverrated: the one you parents want you to work as, like doctor engineer scientist"], ["Overrated: Celebrities and influencers."], ["Overrated: IT/software jobs", "Yeah say this next time u need your password reset or laptop does not work or u cannot map a drive because you don't have the necessary credentials to access that drive and need IT to give you access to it.", "Please elaborate on this. Curious why you would think it's overrated.", "You are probably confused with the difference between tech buzzwords such as NFT, Crypto, blockchain etc etc and actual IT operations.\nYou can\u2019t live without IT. In fact nowadays world wars are through IT. Countries hacking each other with state sponsored APT. It\u2019s never overrated.", "Why? Most of these jobs are the backbone of countless of apps and solutions.", "I think a lot of people underestimate how much of today's world is run by software especially those that are not visible to end users. For example, a modern car can easily contain 20 - 50 computers or microcontrollers that run on software to control everything from engine, transmission, brakes, air bags, air cond, alarm, lights, wipers and even the power window.\nThe stock market and the world financial system are basically big software systems to control the prices of thousands of stocks and probably millions of transactions daily.\nAirlines flight routes, trains, courier and logistic services are all run by complex software systems.\nEven your fridge, microwave oven, rice cooker and air cond are run by software.\nAs the famous quotes from Marc Andreessen since 2011: software is eating the world", "Totally right.", "Care to explain? I don't think Software jobs are overrated, if anything it's fairly rated. Just a shame we get paid peanuts compared to our counterparts in Singapore.", "Companies need someone to update their SharePoint", "BUT WAIT! First of all, you need to have a Microsoft cert and Information management cert"], ["underrated - handjobs\noverrated - blowjobs\nedit: sounds funny but I am serious", "Undersized: r/lalat_1881 penis", "How can you rate something people always get as underrated? Self-service still counts as handjobs if you think about it \ud83d\ude06"], ["Underated : Teachers, Farmers, Cleaners, Doctors, Abang Lori Sampah", "Doctors are underrated in what sense?"], ["Underrated: Buruh, Nelayan dan juga Petani"], ["Ohh dont get me started\nSoftware developer, web dev etc is bad now"], ["Weird comparison tbh. How many footballers did we have and how many teachers did we have in our country?? Most of footballers are not even rich, and it's not like they're going to be a footballers till they're 55 and got pension too."], ["Underrated: teachers, operations, events (the ones who talk and gives facts and studies when suggesting things)\nOverrated: CEO, PR, Sales. (the ones who NATO and gives a fondle on your balls to get you easy)"], ["It's crazy to think that a footballer can be paid hundreds of thousands or even millions a year while a teacher gets about 2-3k per month on average.\ni hate this argument....it all depends on the revenue they bring in", "How much revenue do you think teachers bring for the human capital? Much more than any footballer, or politician. The value might not be immediately apparent, but it undeniably yields substantial long-term benefits.", "they dont directly bring in revenue", "There\u2019s a very strong correlation between human capital and economic growth.", "still not directly isnt it?", "I can see your point", "But they are a lot of teachers, collectively they get paid a lot\u2026"], ["Underrated: 4D\nOverrated: Bitcoin", "I am in both and can confirm. Need to get into shitcoins instead of the orange boomer coin."], ["Overrated: The rulers \ud83d\udccfin Malaysia. RM 36 million a year. Being born with a gold spoon in the mouth is just another level of lottery", "You do know they don't earn money from being rulers? They earn money from all the other businesses they own (which is a lot and frankly, the reason why they're rulers to begin with).", "Yes, most of them own business. You do know they\u2019re in the civil list right? And they actually do receive money from being ruler. The government ought to pay roughly RM4.78 million a year from our taxes and gains to Agong, Queen and their household. That\u2019s not including money they earn from businesses"], ["I think except JDT players and maybe Selangor, local footballers are not getting paid in T20 levels and definitely not millions for all of them yearly"], ["I find it bizzare that a dishwasher can earn more than a fresh grad these days... what's the point of getting a tertiary education now??? *"], ["Underrated : truck driver, welder, electrician Overrated : engineer, IT related position"], ["You mean overpaid and underpaid? Because as much as I think footballers are overpaid, generally our society doesn\u2019t hold the career in high regard."], ["Imo overall in Malaysia more on low to mid tier jobs. Need a salary boost . Now local and foreigner basic is the same at 1.5k. I think local should be paid higher.", "Salary should be based on skillet and effort, not nationality.\nI know Bangladeshis that could do things no Malaysian would be willing to do, and make over RM8-12k a month average. They're very hardworking."], ["Overrated : GLC Ceo\nUnderrated : The rest of the jobs under those CEOs"], ["Underrated: Plumber, Electrician & Farmer\nOverrated: Politician & Scientist"], ["Logistics industry is pretty big and profitable actually. The beauty of this industry is there's really no need for formal higher education for most of the well paying job. Learn to operate crane, reach truck, drive a 40' container truck, or arrange for vessel, manage warehouse. A lot of these have SPM background but are paid well with experience.\nDownside is a lot of this job are in Port cities like Port Klang."], ["Doctors are severely oversupplied in Msia, lots of new doctors are having trouble getting jobs as fresh grads\nThe real demand starts if you\u2019re a specialist, GPs are everywhere"]]}
{"title": "What exactly is the minimum salary for fresh Master in Malaysia?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/1902fud/what_exactly_is_the_minimum_salary_for_fresh/", "num_comment": 7, "flairlabel": [], "header": "I am sorry if this sounds dumb.\nTo begin with, I have worked many part-time jobs during my years on my degree, and I am quite active at university. I have just graduated for a degree in 2022 and work as the HR prot\u00e9g\u00e9 in GLC with a 2.6k salary. Then I further study in Master 2022 and at this moment I am doing a thesis for my last semester.\nI am 27 now. Thinking about having a job, but unfortunately I don\u2019t really have experience for exec role, most of it are actually 2 internship & 1 protege I\u2019ve mentioned earlier.\nAfter 56 applications for the job I\u2019ve made since last Wednesday. Only 3 company responded to invitation interviews and only two of them offering me the job.\n1st company offered me RM3200 for HRBP(Junior), Cyberjaya (local comp)\n2nd company RM3100 for Talent Acquisition Specialist (Contract 1 year) , Ampang (MNC) ps:/even the manager tells me it\u2019s actually too high to ask for RM3200 \ud83e\udd72\nMy mom keeps telling me not to be rushed and saying I am worth getting more than that. Dia bila mak2 cakap ni, aku tak boleh tau, so I trusted her. So I am still waiting for other responses from 53 other companies I\u2019ve applied to. What is your best advice for me?\nShould I demand more? Is 4k is an absurd number for me to come up with? If no, how can I sell myself. Any tips? Somehow I regretted the decision I\u2019ve made for furthering study, what\u2019s thw point of studying then if I can\u2019t demand\u2026..", "comments": [["56 holy shit", "Yeah I keep the list in excel."], ["Most companies would value relevant experience over a masters unless the it is actually relevant and needed for the role (eg masters to be a lecturer, PhD for researchers). So I\u2019m not sure a masters alone gives the necessary \u2018booster\u2019 for a salary increment for roles in HR.\nIf TA is an acceptable position, perhaps you could consider a recruiter role in agencies - at least there are commissions to boost base pay.\nIn any case there is no harm to state your expected salary, but you can say that this would be negotiable so you have room to discuss; and then perhaps after a few interviews you will be better able to gauge your market value and accept a figure accordingly.\nAll the best in your job search!", "Thank you for kind words stranger. Going for TA, \ud83e\udd14 wow good recommendations about the boost pay & I understand your point ah thank you!"], ["Hi there, looks like you made the same decision I did but I did tht in 2009. I did my masters not really because I wanted higher salary but mainly because I wanted more knowledge for the job I wanted to get into. When I left my job to do my masters, my salary was RM2,200 (in Sep 2009) and my first salary after my master was RM2,400 (in Jan 2011). So if you ask me, dang you've done well. Having said that it's not entirely you asking for an absurd number but it's more the job market now has many graduates. What I did instead was continue to hone my skills, ikat perut wherever I can then do some investments. And after 13 years, I am now working in HK (having spent stints in Singapore, New Zealand and UK). Hope that helps.", "Hi Mckay that\u2019s so nice of you. Understandable. Thanks ever so much for your suggestions & your encouragement. Given that, I think I will try join more courses, and just accept whatever it is."]]}
{"title": "This would be an absolute money maker in MY. If they allow personal vehicles, it'll keep rempits off the streets.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/1901jnd/this_would_be_an_absolute_money_maker_in_my_if/", "num_comment": 3, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["The point of rempiting on the streets is exactly that, its on the streets.\nThey need the thrill of getting chased by police, the thrill of getting splattered on the side of the road. They need the admiration of the peers for having the biggest balls, doing it safely is absolutely not on the menu."], ["Haha. No."], ["not the same thrill as being on the streets. and also money lol. rempits won't be paying by the hour for this come on. and the best races are at night, which well, of course this place will not be open at 3am.\nsource: I used to ride a motorbike but not a rempit."]]}
{"title": "Pas president's health stable, no visitors allowed during treatment at IJN By Baharom Bakar January 6, 2024 @ 8:20pm", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zzmrz/pas_presidents_health_stable_no_visitors_allowed/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "\"While Hadi's health is improving, he said the Marang member of parliament remains under monitoring, and the expectation is that he will be discharged from IJN soon.\"", "comments": [["Dr M always did this to 1) get attention 2) get sympathy 3) do nothing. Expect same from this guy."]]}
{"title": "Where can I buy a physical old map of Malaya?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zyvm2/where_can_i_buy_a_physical_old_map_of_malaya/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Note: Have tried searching both Reddit and google but unable to find any meaningful leads\n**\nHey all!\nWanted to see if anyone here knows where I can get an old/antique map of Malaya or Sarawak? Are there any stores in KL I could visit?\nLooking for a physical copy, not digital print.\nThank u!", "comments": []}
{"title": "Asia\u2019s business heirs look beyond profits, hoping to escape parents\u2019 shadow", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zs8u8/asias_business_heirs_look_beyond_profits_hoping/", "num_comment": 14, "flairlabel": ["Economy & Finance"], "header": "", "comments": [["Oh it's Abe Lim lol.", "Daddy cannot kasi parliamentary seat :26554::26554::26554::26554:", "Ber-daddy-kasi"], ["Lmao STFU Abe Lim. Enough of your bs, we know you are a parasite. Talking about environmental goals when you yourself taking private jets.", "i don\u2019t think her family is wealthy enough for private jets lol", "Maybe rent like rm10k - 20k per flight?"], ["This girl look familiar, oh wait its that wannabe politicians, don't trust anything coming out of her mouth."], ["Nepo babies huh\u2026"], ["look beyond profits\nonly trust fund babies and nepo babies can say that with a straight face.\nyou need profit to run things sustainably, whatever the cause or the charity."], ["Abe Lim can appear on Al Jazeera?\nHoly fuck we\u2019re doomed.", "Paid by her I guess. \ud83d\ude05"], ["This is why wealth dont last 3 gen. Younger ones get weird idea about wealth", "They dunno how hard it is to make money from nothing\u2026."], ["Ah.. the stuff of serial drama tropes."]]}
{"title": "Anyone familiar with importing classic cars?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zx07c/anyone_familiar_with_importing_classic_cars/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "With the fresh new year, more cars are 35 years old now. Just wondering if anyone is familiar with importing classic cars into the country? What are the associated fees etc. If there's any reputable dealerships that offer this service too, would be good! Just want to know if there are any experienced veterans here who can give some tips.", "comments": []}
{"title": "Does anyone know if this website is a scam? Need desperate help", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zwofn/does_anyone_know_if_this_website_is_a_scam_need/", "num_comment": 7, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["https://www.facebook.com/bestbuyitmallsp?mibextid=LQQJ4d I think this is their physical store, so checks out. One of my rule of thumb of buying online is to always check if they have physical store first then only decide"], ["The website looks sketchy. I would recommend getting one on Shopee. Sometimes they have better promotion."], ["Go to physical shops nearby, take photos, i can help you pick the suitable laptop."], ["I would be boiling in red blood rage if I had to do a transaction on that website"], ["Honestly I would avoid buying something directly off a website unless it is from a reputable retailer. Most retailers have a Shopee storefront these days, check the reviews there to see if they are legit.", "I was buying SSDs and was warned of potential fakes on Shopee. I buy from shops that have a physical presence and did me well."], ["The specs are not that great for the price so it is believable. Better to get from a physical store as shipping damage is very possible."]]}
{"title": "Suggestions", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zttzo/suggestions/", "num_comment": 14, "flairlabel": ["Education"], "header": "Hello guys, I'm studying and will be sitting for SPM examination.. And I wanted to hear from you guys about my career choice. I have admired the subject 'Physics' and planning on to be a physicist. But my relatives suggested me to take Engineering instead. What are the difference between those two?", "comments": [["Physics - Theory > Academic > Teaching > R&D\nEngineering - Application > Design and Problem Solving > Industry", "Thank you man,, I think I'm more of a theory guy so I am probably going to pursue Physics.. :D", "be the best in whatever path you choose. do not go astray or let anyone say you cannot achieve it.", "Thank you for the kind words <3"], ["Physicist: you\u2019re going to be studying a lot until you get a PhD, most likely need to teach to fund yourself. Best would be to get into R&D, but of course that\u2019s quite limited in Malaysia, so staying in academics is probably more realistic.\nEngineering: right after degree you can start making money. If you\u2019re good, get promoted to senior level or manager for more money. But depending on your field, might need go throw work life balance out of the window to be competitive.\nThat being said, just do your best for your SPM. You don\u2019t have to decide this now.", "Thanks, I think I should decide this after finishing SPM :D"], ["Not too sure about the situation in Malaysia particularly. It also depends on your thoughts. A basic bachelor's degree in Physics (in most advanced countries) is not sufficient for academic careers. Of course, one could get a teaching certificate and teach in secondary schools.\nAnything beyond that typically requires a PhD. So bear in mind that it is probably a 7-8 year pursuit if things go well. There are also research physicists in industry or government research facilities. Broadly speaking, you might have to choose between experimental physics and theoretical physics later if you enter academia/research. If you plan to stay in Malaysia, theoretical physicist jobs may be hard to come by.", "Sure, I'm taking that into consideration..but I don't want to leave Malaysia haha"], ["Go watch Sheldon Cooper drama, he is the theory one (for future), while his friend Leonard is the experimental one (for current). Of course real life will be 100x more complicated than drama.\nIn brief, you have to be committed to pursue up to Doctorate+, you have to fking really like it and dedicate your life for science. Job, lecturer in My, or overseas, we are not a developed country.\nEngineering receives ideas from physicists and produce the machine/ car/ tools for real life usage. It is like DNA to RNA.\nI am not a doctorate btw.", "I've seen the short clips of the show hehe,\nI'm interested in quantum mechanics however many claimed that it's very complicated for them. Since the new implementation of KSSM, we learned the basics of quantum physics(photoelectric effect etc) in Form 5", "Watch the Big Bang to feel it.\nBasically your life = physics. It is very complicated and boring lifeless for others. Interesting and fun for the one who loves it.\nThus, your mind and body have to be prepared to go deep in, far and overseas. Else, you will end up half baked, degree graduate selling insurance etc.", "Good to know."], ["Don't do engineering.\nSource: I have a Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the school that the first man on the Moon went to.", "Waduhh bro"]]}
{"title": "KPOP fans in Malaysia", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/1904ijs/kpop_fans_in_malaysia/", "num_comment": 1, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Hey KPOP fans from Malaysia!\nJust wanted to check in and see if anyone in R/malaysia\u2019s part of the fanbase!\nQuick question: How's the merchandise scene for you? Do you usually buy your bias's goodies, and have you ever faced any challenges snagging the ones you really want? Maybe the store doesnt ship to Malaysia etc \ud83d\ude05 Share your experiences or any tips you might have!", "comments": [[""]]}
{"title": "Malaysians advised to avoid unnecessary travel to Bangladesh on its election day", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zxkz0/malaysians_advised_to_avoid_unnecessary_travel_to/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "Govt urged to explain why T&CM is not tax-exempt", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zvlfs/govt_urged_to_explain_why_tcm_is_not_taxexempt/", "num_comment": 10, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Just say traditional medication is dominated by big corporation. Then everyone will be quiet"], ["...Traditional and Complementary Medicine (T&CM), says the Malaysian Chinese Medical Association....\n...Association of Malay Naturopathy Medicine Practitioners Malaysia....\n\u201cThis can increase the price of the T&CM services by 15% to 20%. There is no doubt that clients will start switching to unregistered and unqualified practitioners to get cheaper services,\u201d he added.\nLol gods forbid people go to unqualified naturopaths or traditional medicine practitioners. Who knows what unproven quackery they would be exposed to then....", "Reminds me of the case where a husband divorced with wife after wife went to hospital to treat her stage 4 breast cancer instead of using traditional medicine like he asked.\nLike other demerit goods, these kinds of \"medicine\" that are based solely on superstition should not be exempted from taxation."], ["If it works it won't be called traditional medicine."], ["\u201cThis can increase the price of the TCM services by 15% to 20%. There is no doubt that clients will start switching to unregistered and unqualified practitioners to get cheaper services\u201d\n\"Unregistered and unqualified\" like what? KKM that gives modern medicine that works at a heavily subsidized price? Come on man, I also consume traditional medicine due to traditions but it's pretty clear that traditional medicine nowadays are portrayed as some premium goods which reflects on it's price.\nFederation of Malaysian Consumers Association chief executive officer Saravanan Thambirajah said ideally, healthcare should be exempted from taxes.\nI agree, which is why there is no reason why TCM should be exempted from taxes because it is NOT healthcare. If it is, the government (or Singaporean government if that would be more convincing to you) would've subsidized traditional medicine long ago."], ["Because it\u2019s a scam"], ["Its pretty funny, government really doesnt \"service\" T&CM industry. They just forbid this forbid that, and dont even recognize MC given by licensed practitioners.", "Of course. Because if the TCM practitioner didn't study medicine (ie a registered doctor) they have no right to give out MC."], ["This happens to new gomen we all elect. Squeeze out until the last cents from your pocket.\nThank you for waking us up and realize how good the gomen is. Next election you will wake up too.\nPH = Pasti Hampa"], [""]]}
{"title": "I didn't know Larian had an office in Malaysia.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zv2fv/i_didnt_know_larian_had_an_office_in_malaysia/", "num_comment": 34, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["I know it's not a total Malaysian production, but we should be proud of the output. BG3 was truly GOTY"], ["A lot of game studios are opening up offices in Malaysia. Last year I interviewed for this billion dollar company that releases a yearly football game.", "Same company that make racing game every 2 years?", "Among other things", "Codemasters", "There's a Bandai Namco branch office in Kelana Jaya, for example.", "Bandai has a studio in KL as well, they've done some of the latest releases.", "EA ?", "\ud83d\ude01"], ["I remember seeing their job posts hiring people to do cutscene animation or cinematic lighting around 2 years back. I was intrigued so I tried applying for the job without animation background and they actually gave me a test to do cutscene animation using the divinity original sins 2 assets in an old custom unreal engine."], ["They open it here when they get the Baldur Gate licens, I believe."], ["A bunch of AAA games has outsourced some of their art and modelling works, and there's a Malaysian company frequently seen among the credits, called Lemon Sky Studios."], ["The CGIs for the game were done by Sarawakian devs. I have a friend who's now an alumni at the university I attend who told me he met them at a game showcase/competition. He's now working at a local game prod company making mobile games. Cool dude.\nPretty cool tbf. I think Malaysia have the potential to be the base of game production for the whole of ASEAN"], ["I believe SIE also opened their Malaysia PS Studios at the same time during Level Up KL I reckon."], ["I think that a distant cousin used to work there, visited her once, and she found out I was mildly interested in games and back in 2019 she said they were working on a new baldur\u2019s gate and asked me whether I knew the BG series or not (I said no but still curious about it), and also asked something about street fighter 5 too\nShe managed to give me a steam keycard for Divinity: Original Sin 2, which I didn\u2019t really appreciate until BG3 actually came out, basically for free, its still in my library untouched and not installed though because I wasn\u2019t very much into DnD (yet) but I\u2019ll try it out one day"], ["thats actually genius tho. i do have a question like is this more cost effective than operating a studio 24hrs with shifts?", "Eventually your shift workers need rest. So there's at least three days of that studio operating at 66% capacity at least.\nHaving these arrangements ensures 100% staffing almost all time.", "that makes sense"], ["They actually had job openings end of last year, saw it on Linkedin."], ["I actually spotted one of the staff that works larian studios. And I can tell they were Malaysia as I was wandering in CF."], ["Met some of their developer back in an MDEC event, pretty cool guys"], ["Larian has a studio in Bangsar South. Pretty sure that on top of having an office operating in a different time zone, the foreign exchange rate helps with their cost efficiency as well when employing local talent."], ["Pretty sure their headquarters are in Malaysia. Something something MDEC tax cuts", "no they\u2019re uk based but their local office here is significant and it\u2019s been here for a while now. they mostly support hq (at least that we\u2019re aware of)", "Their hq is in belgium, no? They're a belgian game studio", "Nope, its a satellite office just like mentioned in the video.", "If the unit is making profit. They could also just be cost centre making slim profit but I guess hiring at myr saves a lot of money.\nMeanwhile I hear sg game industry is struggling.", "Meanwhile I hear sg game industry is struggling.\nBad rep due to Garena, or Garena monopolizes gaming in Singapore?", "Garena is making bank through Free Fire but ye kills of the other competition", "That and making SEA Call of Duty Mobile a separate server ran by them."], ["passing works like passing batons in larian"], ["Cousin of mine is about to work with them in Malaysia"], ["There are tons of international and famous game companies in Malaysia. I have a friend working in Virtuos Game Studio in KL."], ["They have 6 studios worldwide. 4 in Europe, 1 in Quebec and 1 in KL. I don't know where their KL office is but I'm super familiar with their UK office building because it's only 15 minutes walk from my uni."]]}
{"title": "r/Malaysia geopolitics containment megathread for 06 January 2024", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18ziwes/rmalaysia_geopolitics_containment_megathread_for/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": ["Geopolitical Megathread"], "header": "r/Malaysia geopolitics containment megathread\nThis thread is for all news and discussion on Malaysian geopolitics - primarily the current Israel-Palestine conflict. Please post links and discussion posts as root level comments below!\nGround rules: To keep things civil, personal attacks, flaming and/or bigotry will result in a ban. Also, throwaways are not welcome: you must be >3 months old and have >30 karma to participate.\nRationale: Why we have set this up\nThis thread is sorted by New, and will be refreshed every day!", "comments": []}
{"title": "If all 13 states and 3 federal territories became human and fought each other, who would win?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zyb5g/if_all_13_states_and_3_federal_territories_became/", "num_comment": 19, "flairlabel": [], "header": "If all the 13 states and 3 federal territories came alive and had to fight to the death. Who would team up with each other, who would die first, who would die on accident and who would win? Explain your answer.", "comments": [["Perlis. Because they just hide in the background and nobody noticed them.", "The art of standing so still, you\u2019re (almost) invisible"], ["Sabah and Sarawak just watch from the distance sipping moonshine together.", "Aramaiti dulu busku.", "I approve this statement."], ["selangor and kelantan best friends forever:26554:", "<image>", ""], ["Nice try Indonesia"], ["Kelantan dies of dehydration and dysentery as soon as the combat starts"], ["KL is the rich loan shark with a loan agreement.\nPutrajaya is his young son that will take over his business.\nSabah and Sarawak are the poor brothers that have to keep paying off their loan because they did not read the fine print before signing their finance agreement.\nJohor is his lieutenant that wants to take over his business so keeps complaining to the other middle management about how incompetent KL is and how he is suffering from being oppressed by the boss.\nMalacca is KL's secretary and the one really in charge of all the finances but just wants to do her job and does not want to be involved in politics so KL keeps passing her money to invest.\n.......\nNow that I think of it, it really seems like it can work as a drama! lol!", "Putrajaya is his young son that will take over his business.\nFail son that will never take over his business", "Then that is going to be part of the script, not part of the character profile, no? There is a difference between a character profile and an event arc.", "This hits home. Good one."], ["Sarawak.\nHeadhunter by profession."], ["I reckon the Borneo side ,seeing both state have f ing head hunter's maybe they even tag team to all others"], ["Perlis will be the last 1 standing. The assassin. While the others bz fighting each other, he goes kill 1 by 1 in stealth. No one even noticed he was there."], ["Johor. They'll rename Malaysia as Greater Johor / Johor Besar"], ["I believe, Johor would win this."]]}
{"title": "What the worse thing that have happened.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zkx0o/what_the_worse_thing_that_have_happened/", "num_comment": 27, "flairlabel": [], "header": "It's 6th of January for 2024 now. I wonder what have happened so far in Malaysia.", "comments": [["PADU, thats what happened. and millions of data of private citizens at security risk", "terpaling data as rafizi said.\nhttps://youtu.be/DE1CcZrBeHs?feature=shared", "What is this anyway.", "it\u2019s an app by the goverment that Malaysians need to install and register their personal data to qualify receiving subsidies and other financial assistance.", "So you spreading fear to urge people not using the Web?"], ["My business whatsapp got banned. Fml."], ["28 billion female population yet im still single", "There's only about 8-9 billion people in the whole world \ud83d\ude02", "Seems like he is considering some animals too \ud83d\udc40", "When a man is desperate, anything is possible."], ["Godzilla arrived and it shook Japan..."], ["Discrimination"], ["The worse thing is I still poor"], ["Singapore kicked out from Malaysia to keep the status quo.", "almost 60 years. never forget"], ["Najib Razak"], ["Hadi and Kit Siang", "People keep trying to make them seem like both sides of the same coin without ever giving any evidence to backup their statements.\nOne wants equality another is a fascist. How are they the same?", "When one is so accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.", "May I add another one, their blind supporters, as above lol.", "Oh you are one of those moderates who just want to pretend they are better than everyone else.\nNotice how there still aren't any justification behind his initial statement", "Lol, thank you for proving my point.\nHave a good day, sinky wannabe.", "You're proving my point more than anything since you don't actually have a point"], ["still single since I born"], ["My goals to earn lots of money for family started from 2013 , now is 2024 and i am still broke af", "", "Rinse and repeat"], ["Diarrhoea"]]}
{"title": "Need help with Maybank transaction refund. I think I got scammed.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zwejo/need_help_with_maybank_transaction_refund_i_think/", "num_comment": 17, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Saw an item I liked on Carousell. Contacted seller. Moved conversation to WhatsApp. Seller sent Maybank account details, along with pictures of item packed with POSlaju consignment note. I made the payment, but seller has not shipped item yet. Been contacting him for last 3-4 days. Messages are not being delivered on WhatsApp.\nBasically, I think I got scammed, and I want to get my money back. Is there any possible way for me to get it back?\nEdit: forgot to mention. I\u2019m an expat, and it\u2019s only been 1 month here for me. So I don\u2019t really know much about any police/bank procedures to follow.", "comments": [["OP, this is a common scam tactic on any selling platform. Never ever deal outside the platform, you will not get buyer's protection. You cannot ask for refund.\nThe only thing you can do is report the seller on Carousell and make a police report at the nearest station. I doubt you'll get your money back though.\nNext time, be sure to deal only on the selling platform. It also helps in seeing the seller's ratings and sold products. Scammers don't usually use their own bank account as that's easily traceable. They'll be using mule accounts. Check here first if in doubt: semakmule.rmp.gov.my.", "I checked on semakmule, because the seller itself told me to check. And no reports came up.", "Just because it isn't there, just means the account isn't reported yet or they just got their hands on it. That will be your job when making the police report. The main red flag here is trying to make a transaction outside the platform. The reason is simple. It's so you can't ask for a refund so easily. And they can simply block you.", "if the seller asks you to check mean that if they are a scammer and they know their name is not on it, you will trust them 100% now."], ["They can't help because you willingly conducted the transaction."], ["Take this as an expensive lesson. Next time, never take the convo to whatsapp no matter how cheap cheap one. And use carousel pay. It has protection over your money and will only release the money to seller after you received the item.\nYou can make a police report. They will make note of the seller and phone number. But nothing can be done to get your money back as it is referred to as a \u201cwilling transaction\u201d.\nSorry OP."], ["The only thing you can do now is report via the platform and the police, with screenshots of the evidence and all info you have about the scammer. The bank won't be able to do anything I'm afraid and I wouldn't expect the money back, but hey better than nothing.\nYour first mistake was moving the transaction deal out of the platform and onto WhatsApp. The warnings on Carousel are there for a purpose, I mean they even block you from inputting phone numbers. If the seller is adamant that you move to another platform, tell them that you are uncomfortable with doing that and prefer to use Carousel. Otherwise, just give up, not worth the risk.\nAnyway, take it as a painful lesson I guess. Some scammers will even send you a QR or link (which will lead you to a third party website made to look like an official thing) to make payment, don't fall for it. Only make the conversation, deal AND payment via the platform, easier to hold the seller accountable too."], ["You won\u2019t get it back. I\u2019m sorry this happened to you. That being said, there have been a million stories here of the same scam. Only way you will be insured is if you stayed on Carousell\u2019s platform."], ["> Moved conversation to WhatsApp"], ["Unfortunately you won't get your money back.\nI always use this rule when buying online: Always pay via the platform, never transfer directly."], ["No way. Make a police report with the details you have."], ["There is no way you're getting your money back. Consider it as a lesson."], ["Tldr\nSorry for your loss, as long it is locally purchased and transfer there is nothing u can do .\nEven with police report u wont get back the money.\nU can do is spread the info u have to social media and report to bank that the account is scammer and report to bnm . They will do something for you , then on your side u must keep talking to the scammers everyday even it is the sms message .\nAll the best"], ["There is a 997 scam hotline."], ["You can call 997 to report and also Maybank."], ["Sorry to hear about your situation here OP. Perhaps you can share the scammers carousel ID, full name and bank details here so that those who\u2019s on carousel would know not to deal with that person."], ["OP, if you wanna buy something on Carousell, PLEASE make sure the seller is under Carousell Protection/Buyer Protection (they'll get the money only after you received the item. If they scammed you, Carousell will give your money back). ALWAYS use the website to pay (there's a buy button) or Carousell won't entertain your refund request. Some sellers hate Carousell Protection because they get the money late so please ignore these sellers. There are lots of scammers on that website.\nAlways prefer COD if it's an option."]]}
{"title": "Tiong King Sing says pork-eating allegation part of larger campaign to foil tourism reforms", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zoxb6/tiong_king_sing_says_porkeating_allegation_part/", "num_comment": 74, "flairlabel": ["Politics"], "header": "", "comments": [["This should not be a question or discussion.\nLooking at the World, pork is a very common protein, affordable and easy to cook/ prepare, relatively tasty and healthy too. Not race, not religion, but Science and Quality of Life.\nIn the Western, they even come out with the premium Iberico type and the best ham etc.\nYou guys are busy with internal-fighting, while other countries (our neighbors) are continuing advancing their tourism and cultural export.", "To PN, they want to market Malaysia as the premium and only destination for the Middle Easterns, not the rest of the world.", "Premium destination for Middle Easterns is Singapore", "Yup, they want exotic. Not more of 'same as back home, but worse'.", "Actually it's Europe and USA.", "Really?! I saw even more Middle Eastern folks in Phuket.", "I take \u201cPremium\u201dto mean not cheap and accessible. Malaysia can aim to be the most popular amongst Middle Easterners in this region, but it won\u2019t be the kind exclusive experience. there\u2019s no MBS or RWS in Malaysia", "Oh gods, you really don\u2019t want to have an MBS or RWS sitting in prime districts in your main city.", "Just blast the whole country into a desert so the Arabs feel more at home and the extremists can feel closer to Islam.", "Use the nukes!", "*All terrorists in the world*\n\"Wooo!!! *applause* We want that!!\"", "Pork is one of the reasons I'll never convert to that faith. As well as their disdain towards dogs.\nAny religion that hates dogs is a joke.", "lol, I agree, I could give up alcohol tomorrow, I could give a fuck about that, but Pork, proper bacon, none of that turkey or beef bacon shit, pork sausages and proper ham are to die for.", "U can still convert n eat pork. So many ppl do it. Lol", "Might as well don't convert lol", "No la those convert because married Muslim but their spouse are the kind that don't eat but don't mind kind. Go for it", "Compelling people to convert leads to more covert non-compliance to that religion\u2019s rules.", "That is not converting. That's only pretending to convert."], ["pork is nice bro, sedap giler", "Quiet. Later these people start to makan and then harga pork naik bro", "Nah, encourage more is fine. Who knows someone will develop a genetically engineered halal pork, with better health benefits and such, and nons will benefit from this too", "It's already quite close with things like \"impossible\" meat. They already have halal \"ba kua\" for Muslims.", "Wait what now????", "Yes, it's not pork, it's a mix of other meat to mimic the taste. It's for the Muslims. Think it was from Singapore and one of their attempts at multi-culturalism to bring the Muslims in on the Chinese New Year celebrations too.", "lol, you think halal makes anything healthier FFS", "I don\u2019t, in the end it\u2019s only a category tag and one has to judge themselves based on available facts if something is indeed more healthy to them or whatnot. Though if a business want to push out this kind of new product, having proper backup that it has certain benefits over the available alternatives (health as an example) would be a no-brainer.", "Already so mahal d. +1", "Won't having a huge market actually brings down the cost ?", "Please eat in moderation"], ["He's being picked on because he's Chinese and outspoken for Sarawak. Next complaint will be that he ate bak kut teh in a restaurant for lunch and threw used the toilet in the office. Horrorific haram!!!"], ["Did he eat a bacon \ud83e\udd53 sandwich?"], ["what's wrong with eating pork. please don't project your middle eastern superstition on a cheap nutritional protein and hamper the enjoyment of others.", "If you are interested in real world history, the story to anti-pork is far more towards politics and economic, and far far less about spiritual. Politically is propaganda towards certain ethnic or tribe that consume pork, and economically rearing pigs is detrimental in places where water is a luxury.\nWhile in Malaysia it doubled down on spirituality because majority parts of Asia are still superstitious, confused the \"do not consume pork\" to don't touch pig and even say the word \"babi\".", "But cholesterol tho.", "Less cholesterol than beef and lamb", "Bacon however, is not hahahahah", "Bacon however, is not hahahahah\nBut so worth the oncoming heart attack. Bacon and lap cheong are the gods gift to mankind.", "Is there no option for lean meat in pork also?"], ["This is why some companies prefer to self segregate based on hiring"], ["So...it is forbidden to eat pork in an empty office while my Muslim coworkers are in other parts of the building ?\nIs this what the fuss is about ?"], ["anonymous claims emerged that Tiong consumed pork and alcohol in his office, after which he would force cleaners who were Muslim to wash up after him\nclaim that the ministry did not retain cleaners. instead, it was the practice for individuals to wash their own plates and utensils (dekat ofis semua orang termasuk vip & mentri cuci pinggan sendiri:26554:)\nAlcohol is only received in the office when they are brought by foreign guests...as the representative of the civil service, I don\u2019t reject the gift (:26554:?) and at the same time, (but) it is improper for me to take it home when it was given to me during an official meeting\noh brother", "I don't envy Ting. Making your ministry actually deliver after decades of being a \"fun\" ministry will make a lot of your staff unhappy. Hence, the anonymous complaints.", "Org nak makan gaji buta jer.", "Best wor. Banyak overseas postings and trips.", "He should fuck with them and turn into a healthy vegan who only allows water in his office.", "after the report of 4.5mil malaysian visit spends rm160 billion in a year as tourism expenditure to thailand? i too would not envy him.\nwhy people dont spend locally was and how we gonna move forward is a question he eventually need to awnser.", "Better check your figures my friend.", "i stand corrected. turn out thats the whole tourism income in a year", "But all the Bruneians, rush to Malaysia to get their haram fixes, just like the Malaysians rush to Hatyai for theirs.", "I'll consume pork in Hadi's office just out of spite.", "Take my upvote , add liquor too", "KBBQ at Hadi's office.", "\"We try to give the gift to another recipient like an officer or a foreign guest during dinners or other occasions; is this all wrong?\u201d he asked.\nThis is the next paragraph that you didn't add to your list of points.", "Justs sayin if saudi prince gift to najib and he said he tried gifting it to others but they wouldnt accept them would you defend najib too?", "now after receiving the gift they also giving out gifts to other people too:26554:\nwhy does a public servant, a minister want to give gifts in form of alcoholic beverages to foreign guests?", "Are you 12? It\u2019s real fucking normal: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomatic_gift\nNot sure you get out much but if you make it over the border to Brunei you can visit the Royal Regalia Museum where they have a whole wing for gifts from foreign dignitaries.\nThe only non-normal thing is when Najib considers a gift for Malaysias hard work to be a personal /party political gift that he banks in rather than a gift to the country/government", "that was a symbolic formality gift. plates, banners exchanged between diplomats mostly treated as a symbolic gesture.\nthe minister stated that he took alcohol (that was gifted) from one foreign visitor and gift that back to another.\ni personally dont know if exchanging something like chivas regal or cabernet sauvignon as a diplomatic gift is considered normal :26554:", "i personally dont know if exchanging something like chivas regal or cabernet sauvignon as a diplomatic gift is considered normal\nIt's actually fairly normal for countries with extensive wine industries to give the local produce - France and Australia has a tradition of giving out wines for example.", "thats fair. i guess if you have the finest wine in the world why wont you offer it to your host", "It is. It's the most common diplomatic gift. There are reasons for it, one being that it is a consumable so once \"used\" it is gone so no long term implications and another being that it is an easily found commodity."], ["Don\u2019t bother about them lah Dato. These people komen anything we do"], ["\"If the complainant knows which Chinese restaurant from a hotel serves pork, tell us and recommend it to us,\u201d he said.\nClearly he never gave a fuck if it's true. True Sarawakian."], ["Why not take action if its a false allegation? STOP complaining and teach a hard lesson like you did to Sunisi Kedah", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_lawsuit_against_public_participation\ntl;dr: If I have 500 lawsuits on you, you're probably gonna go bankrupt before you can win any of the cases."], ["Cmw to malaysia! Eat, drink & wear shorts", "Or go to Thailand where you can eat, drink and be Mary!\n:P", "Be Mary? You mean like cross dressing? (I think (hope) you meant merry)", "What do you think Thailand is famous for? lol.", ":26554:"], ["Kejadahnya bende ni nak jadi issue. Kalau ye pun islam dan dah tersentuh babi, boleh sertu kan?. Dah macam2 product kat luar sana yang memudahkan untuk melakukan sertu.", "Hello /u/insulaturd, your comment has been removed under spam.\nI am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns."], ["ahh nice. title conveniently left out that he was also accused on consuming alcohol in the office."], ["This guy is one of the more disappointing ministers, tbh. He can do wtv he wants but nothing is gonna change this fact.", "can you elaborate :?"]]}
{"title": "Encounter another stupid driver today", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/1901bru/encounter_another_stupid_driver_today/", "num_comment": 21, "flairlabel": [], "header": "Is this the correct way to cut the car ahead?\nLocation: Perak\nWont be posting car plate number here. I tried to report through myjpj app but theres no option for reckless driving.", "comments": [["Sometimes I just feel like crashing into these folks and letting them deal with the consequences.", "used to do this with my old CRV in pahang-kelantan road , dudes trying to overtake 2 lori on a double line road . Dude end up in longkang . Not my fault , was it dangerous? yes! was it fun for me? Probably , but i never felt alive!", "Ohhh I would love to see it happen. We should make a subreddit or whatsapp/telegram or instagram or whatever group where people from all over Malaysia just share footage of this kinda thing happening. It'd be the greatest circlejerk in the history of the nation.", "Once an asshole beat the red light and got honk by me , guy can\u2019t be embarrassed with his friends in his car and chase me over trying to beat me in fast and furious eye locks , I give way at the last second with head on traffic but his bola already kecut abit afterwards and we \u201ctalked it out\u201d and we went separate ways.", "if you drive a semi consider it done"], ["Just made a report on a reckless driver using the JPJ app. Put it under seatbelts because from my camera, there is a probability the doofus is not wearing one.\nI really wish JPJ includes reckless driving in the app lah."], ["It happens, especially on our kampung 2 lane roads. That's why I'm always wary if I'm the lead car. See lorry or buses on the other side? Be extra wary. Can't stop other people from being stupid."], ["King of the road again?"], ["I tried to report through myjpj app but theres no option for reckless driving.\nOver a year ago I tried to report to jpj via email about reckless driving and included the clear dashcam footage (idiot lorry almost killed me). After a week of back and forth, they told me they only do illegal parking and told me to report to police instead before immediately closing the case. I got so pissed off at that point I already lost my motivation to pursue the case.", "Jpj - anything to do with vehicle. Example blinding lights, noisy exhaust, smoke from exhaust.\nPolice - the movement of the vehicle. Example dangerous driving, pass red lights, driving against traffic.", "I wished they had just explained and redirect me to police on the very first response email instead of wasting time asking me for more info (even though i already included detailed writing of the incident, photo and video evidence) and then only telling me to report to police a week later."], ["That's some nice defensive driving."], ["<image>\nMore entitled cb"], ["This is one of the reasons why I hate the fact that cars below 100k have such underpowered engines. It's better to have more power but not need it than not having the power when you need it.\nBeing stuck behind a slow vehicle in these 2 lane kampung roads in a car with 1.5L NA engine sucks."], ["Toksah give way dgn bodo camni motivate la dia nak buat lagi without remorse mcm bapak dia punya jalan", "If dont give way, I dont think op will still be with us and have the chance to post this video."], ["How about report at police station?"], ["cibet kalau tak elak memang accident"], ["Reckless driver: sry I want pangsai liao"]]}
{"title": "Stupid property agent and owner o0o", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zzz2m/stupid_property_agent_and_owner_o0o/", "num_comment": 17, "flairlabel": [], "header": "When they post in ads platform on mudah, facebook and propertyguru saying that the price is 900 when ws and pm them they said the 900 is rent out (almost all agent did this stupid trick). The only unit left is 1100 after view saying the price is 1200. Idk who tf start this stupid trick.", "comments": [["It's a bait my friend. Cheap tactic but it works", "They put lower priced ads as bait and to see how many people are looking for a given property at a given area. Once they get an idea of the number of leads, they get to better guess the maximum price they can negotiate\nTldr: all lowest prices are baits to collect data.", "ikr but end up we are the one want to rent be the victim :)", "Yup. Hope you find a place soon", "Report them on the platform", "All it does is waste everybody\u2019s time, people find out it\u2019s more expensive than what they bargained for, the agents waste their time having to go through the entire song and dance - nobody is happy\nIt works sometimes, but in a very annoying way that waste a lot of time for others"], ["My favourite\nLocation = Damansara Perdana Landed Bungalow 5 mins from Curve\nReality = Somewhere in Subang Bestari and say new highway can reach 5 mins o0o"], ["There is a special place in hell for these breed.\nI found a small number of trustable agents and only dealt with them - not pushy and very patient (normally senior in age) .\nThe rest are just another MLM carbon copy (normally young punks that portray themselves successful and associated with million dollar agencies)"], ["Yeah it's so annoying. How nice if there's a place for us to give review to such agents. Sometimes I will ask if it's the house in the picture with the exact price shown, if not I will just change agent.", "Do that because tons of agent do this. Being an agent myself, I'm pissed off at those agents too."], ["Friend introduce me to be an agent before, whole place is people using tricks to get sales. No sale no talk. All lies and betrayals, have to set up strict rules so they don steal each other's customers. All about money only.\nDefinitely not a place where u can find trustable ppl or frds lol. Maybe there are some good agents out there but not the one i went."], ["Rumah 1000sqft sblah TRX 400k sahaja\n(Hanya untuk 2 unit terawal Yang orang dalam dah ambil, unit lain 1.2m)", "Sebelah be like : just zoom out far far on the maps fk yes looks sebelah enough! For real tho the 400k advert is probably for KL48 sales"], ["Try my subsales purchase experience: owner lists as 400k? Great! Viewed 2 times in a span of a week, offered 400k(for example) and paid earnest deposit and you know what happens next?\nAgent calls and ask: \u201chey can you offer more? Owner wants to sell higher at 420k\u201d. (Agent previously tells me they list at 400k cuz nobody wants it at 420k), okay nvm so I offered a 410k and still he doesn\u2019t budge.\nHoly cow, dear owner although I seem like a desperate buyer to do an instant deal I\u2019m not THAT desperate. Nobody wants your old and overpriced 10yo condo and you should be grateful I\u2019m willing to take it from your hands at this instant. There\u2019s a reason why nobody wants it at 420k and they think getting an instant deal like me is easy. You can wait and chill with ur empty condo (it\u2019s still listing after 6 months) and rack up the maintenance fee(6 months is like rm2.4k already, haven\u2019t calculate their loan interest).", "Did the owner accept your 400k offer or accept then renege after that?"], ["I got kena once but I didn't budge. Just said thanks and was about to move on when they said, \"Oh actually there is one that is still available.\""], ["Owner gets screwed by the property agent as well.\nHow ?\n(1) bringing in a potential tenant to view, but not disclosing the fact that the potential tenants sister, which is also there viewing the place would move in together despite the room being rented out for strictly 1 person. After kantoi and kena confront then the agent say the sister staying there for 1 month only and we can charge more(???). (2) bringing in people who completely cannot afford the rent and thinking that the owner will relent and rent at 60% of the agreed rate with a ton of freebies(free water, free electric, free cooking gas, free parking, free cleaning, fully furnished,even nego for no sharing toilet wtf). Best thing is the agent negotiated for all these perks while the potential tenant just stood there stunned coz it's waaay out of their budget as a freshie.\nEh hello, agent job supposed to help owner rent out, not help tenant nego rental la, free parking whatsoever. If not I pay agent 1 month rental + RM 350 contract fee for what. Waste errrrrbadiiii's time."]]}
{"title": "PADU security breach: Pikom urges government to engage \u2018crucial\u2019 external IT expertise", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zxllp/padu_security_breach_pikom_urges_government_to/", "num_comment": 6, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": [["Expect the Gomen to fork out some ridiculous amount of millions to some IT company who will be secretly laughing their asses of behind closed doors at the money they are making to point out the simplest flaws in the PADU system.", "I'm just surprised at the lack of security testing for a, you know, national database.\nI have a lot of sympathy for the public servants who built this (and from the sounds of it, were given very little time + training to do so).\nIt's the heads higher up the food chain that should roll for this. Even less important commercial software often gets pen-tested before release. It's crazy that something as important as a national database didn't get any external security testing before release.\nAnd if they did get an external company to pentest this, then that external company should just close shop. These were simple vulnerabilities that any pentester worth their salt would have discovered within a day.", "I scare the company is given the project because of krony..."], ["Eh... already got security breach??", "Yeah and Fahmi is still in denial."], ["Wow already?"]]}
{"title": "Air Itam dam only has 2 months supply left, residents told - Chief minister Chow Kon Yeow advises people to save water as level drops to 67%.", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zw9u3/air_itam_dam_only_has_2_months_supply_left/", "num_comment": 0, "flairlabel": [], "header": "", "comments": []}
{"title": "As an international Student, can i work a remote job?", "href": "/r/malaysia/comments/18zn2xt/as_an_international_student_can_i_work_a_remote/", "num_comment": 5, "flairlabel": [], "header": "I heard working in malaysia is not allowed if youre an international student. However if i get a remote job, and im paid online... will it still be allowed. Eg if im working from another country ?", "comments": [["Sure, as long as you don't get caught."], ["Legal questions are for lawyers not strangers on the Internet.\nThat said, I'm not aware of any terms of a student visa that would prevent you from doing that as long as you maintain your student status etc."], ["yeah, I think so can. I know a few who does that, but not on permanent employment basis like they getting a monthly salary, but more like gigs and short contract basis."], ["You can if the contract is not with a Malaysian employer with an employment contract."]]}