Why was Brickfield name Brickfields? Answer

While sharing a car with some classmates on the way to a lunch get-together in Ukay Heights, we passed Brickfields in Kuala Lumpur, a classmate remark: "Do you know why Brickfields named such?"

According to him, in the early days, Brickfield was very muddy and filed with houses made of mud and ....(forgot). When the British came, they ordered that house be build using bricks and that was the reason Brickfields was named Brickfields.

I did a little research and found that he was not too far off at Wikipedia - Brickfields. It seems Kuala Lumpur was flooded in 1881 following a fire earlier which destroyed the town's buildings made of wood and atap (thatching). Frank Swettenham, the Selangor British Resident ordered that buildings be made of bricks and tiles instead.

Kapitan Yap Ah Loy responded by purchasing a big piece of land where the current Brickfields is located and started a brick industry to supply bricks for the rebuilding of Kuala Lumpur. Thus the area was famous for producing good quality bricks and Brickfields became associated with bricks.


View Brickfields in a larger map

Chaco King for delicious Chinese desserts

Nostalgic and yearning for some delicious and aromatic black sesame broth? Head to Chaco King in Pudu. The black sesame tong sui is prepared fresh in-house with the sesame seeds, pulut (glutinous rice) and rice flour grounded with not too much rice flour to dilute the flavor of the aromatic black sesame.

Chaco King prepare in house all types of Chinese desserts such as
woon chai koh,
yeh tong muk sui ko,
fan she (sweet potato) tong sui,
loh mai chee (sticky pliable dumpling with peanut filling),
sang chau lor mai farn (fried glutinous rice)
yam cake
Taiwan bowl kuih

Chaco King is located at 43 Jalan Kancil, Pudu 55100 Kuala Lumpur.

Location map: Chaco King

View Chaco King (Chinese Desserts) in a larger map

Buy Sell Auction, Insurance Claims, Factory/Shop Close Down Goods

Do you have goods from court or custom auction, insurance claims, factory or shop close down and wants to sell them?

Or do you want to buy goods from court or custom auction, insurance claims, factory or shop close down?

Call or SMS 019-232 1717

They have more than 100,000 sq. ft. of space to carry out the buying or selling of the above items.

Chinese New Year gathering @ Taman Jaya, PJ

Y.B. Lau Weng San, A.D.U.N. (Stateassemblyman) if Kampung Tunku invites all to a CNY gathering at Taman Jaya, Petaling Jaya, on the 25^th of February, 2013 (Monday) organized by his team.

Location map for Taman Jaya:


View Larger Map

Malaysian polymer ringgit melts when heated

Imagine you left your new Malaysian currency, the new polymer ringgit under the sun or left it in the car under the sun and it is heated. Here is what will happen to it. It will melt:

How to adjust mirrors correctly to eliminate blind spots

Blind spots when driving can be dangerous potentially leading to accidents. Here is a very easy way to correctly adjust your rear and sideview mirrors to eliminate blind spots and avoid accidents.

On the driver side, lean out of the window till the eyes are aligned with the side of the car. Then adjust the driver side sideview mirror outward till you can see just beyond the car and view in the reflection of the sideview mirror of the car just disappear.

On the passenger side, lean towards the passenger as far as possible, then adjust the driver side sideview mirror the same way, that is, till you can see just beyond the car just after the side of the car disappear in the reflection in the sideview mirror.

For the rearview mirror, just adjust the normal way. For more graphic instructions, view the video embedded below:

Missing person: Jasmine Loh Lee Huang

Name: Jasmine Loh Lee Huang
Age: 48
Height: 167cm
Race: Chinese
Description: Long Hair, Tan
complexion, Slim
Last seen on 7“‘ Aug ust 2012, Bam
in Hougang Ave 2
If spottedffound, please contact
Jessica at 96738498.
Thank You!

Robbery at 1 Utama Old Wing Car Park. Poor Security Guard response.

From an email forward

Dear all, please be aware when you are at outside, no matter where you are, especially at the parking inside the mall. This incident happened on 16{7/2012 which is yesterday night around 10pm at 1 Utarna Shopping Center, old wing LG floor car park.

An old man got punch by a malay guy, and he got robbed. There is no security guard around at all, and we cant even find a security guard that time. After reaching of the security guard, they want us to stop taking photo and keep chasing us leave, they are trying to cover up the issue.

And the best thing is, when I call 999, I got scolded by the police =.= "eh! cakap melayu, cakap me|ayu..." Excuse me sir, I know malay, I'mjust kinda panic at the moment because |'m used to speak english most of the time. And it take almost half an hour for them to come over.

There is a police station at Taman Tun right? Why took so long? What if people dying?
This is seriously unacceptable.

Please share this to all of your friends, love one, family, strangers.. Nowadays no matter shopping complex, or wherever are no longer safe, we gotta take extra care to our self, must be extreme alert when we are at outside.

Share! Share! Share!

Click on image to enlarge:

Evidence Act 1950 Amendments seriously flawed

Below is the press release from CIJ (The Centre for Independent Journalism):

26 June 2012
*Petition to stop controversial amendment handed to deputy minister*

KUALA LUMPUR - The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) today handed a petition against recent amendments to the Evidence Act 1950 to deputy law minister facto law minister Datuk VK Liew in parliament.

The petition collected more than 3300 signatures and called on the government to withdraw Section 114A of the Evidence (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2012 because it threatens freedom of expression online and presumes the guilt rather than innocence of internet users publishing content online.

CIJ director Jac sm Kee said, "The law is vague and broad enough that it has caused a lot of fear. Majority of Malaysians will err on the side of caution."

The presumption of guilt also disproportionately burdens the majority of internet users in Malaysia who are not very tech-savvy. “What can an ordinary internet user do to prove it wasn't them who published something online when the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) itself sometimes says it doesn't have the technical resources to find the real culprits?” she told Liew.

Liew however said that many fears are misplaced and he agreed that more dialogue is needed. He also thanked the petitioners for presenting their views.

The amendment also makes Internet intermediaries --parties that provide online community forums, blogging and hosting services -- liable for content that is published through its services. This has implications on businesses such as eateries that provide free wi-fi. "If a kopitiam owner is liable for all the traffic that goes through its wi-fi, it places a lot of burden on them, in terms of monetary and human resources, to either conduct surveillance or stop providing wi-fi altogether," Kee explained.

She said the law is also in contradiction to the prime minister's speech on the eve of the last Merdeka Day, where he talked about wanting to improve the ICT infrastructure of the country. The law creates a chilling effect that hampers this economic drive.

Joining CIJ at the handover was A. Asohan, Executive Editor of Digital News Asia, and Foong Cheng Leong Co-chair of Kuala Lumpur Bar Information Technology Committee. Speaking to reporters later, Asohan said, "The fact that MPs from the both sides of the political divide did not understand the wider ramifications of this amendment shows there is a need for greater discussion. We need more legal brains on it and feedback from the industry and others like Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) and MCMC. Given that the BN will be announcing the digital transformation programme soon, this will be a major issue.”

Referring to the recent move by Kuala Lumpur City Hall requiring provision of wi-fi under its food and beverage business licence, Asohan said, “If businesses are being told that they must provide wi-fi access in KL but they are going to be liable for every tweet that comes out from their network, why would they want to do so? It sounds very alarmist. But it's there in black and white. It may not be the spirit of the law but it is in the letter, which makes it open to abuse.”

The controversial amendment was bulldozed through during April's parliamentary meeting which saw a raft of laws passed without debate. The amendment made news shortly after when concerns were raised by civil society as to its detrimental impacts and broad reach.

Small Roundabout at Car Park just after Lake Club

View Small Roundabout just after Lake Club in a larger map

For sale: Electrolux Sensor Dry 7kg cloth drier

This almost new used only a very few times Electrolux Sensor Dry 7kg cloth drier is for sale. Reason for selling - only because we have facility for air/sun drying, but would be very useful for people staying in condos, apartments or just plain prefer the convenience of using an electric laundry drier. It may also interest you to know that it has a CREASE FREE option.

PDF User Manual
Options available
Contact form

Electrolux Sensor Dry 7kg laundry drier for sale. Click photo to enlarge.

Options available:

Programs
. Extra dry
. Normal dry
. Iron dry

Temperature
. Normal
. Delicate
. Airing

Options
. Buzzer
. Crease free

Delay
. 9 hours
. 6 hours
. 3 hours

Start/Pause
. Drying
. Cooling
. End

Electrolux Sensor Dry User Manual PDF format.

Contact Form

For email contact, use one of these contact form (you may experience occasional difficulties in completing the word verification or captcha and in such circumstance, just switch to the other alternative contact forms):
Kontactr contact form
123 Contact form
EmailMe Contact form

Kontarkr Contact Form

123 Contact Form

---

Name:*
Email:*
Subject:*
Message:*
Verification No.:*

HTML forms generated by 123ContactForm

---

Email Me Contact Form

Contact Form

Name *

Email *

Subject *

Message *

<br />

Image Verification Please enter the text from the image: [Refresh Image] [What's This?]

Rentokil Initial local offices telephone numbers

Rentokil Initial toll free: 1 300 882 911

State	Telephone number
Kuala Lumpur	03-6157 8843 Zahari
Negri Sembilan	03-6157 8843
Selangor	03-6156 8850
Penang	04-644 8036
Perak	05-254 6604
Malacca	06-317 3588
Johore	07-554 8218
Pahang	09-573 7333

Extension 15 days for e-filing confirmation from LHDN

The great majority of people are wary and very careful with their dealings with Income Tax Department (Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia) or LHDN (Lembaga Hasil Dalam Negara) since they have vast powers and likely to impose heavy penalties for non-compliance.

The penalty for filing and paying late for this year has been increased to 20 to 30% of the tax payable which is a hefty sum. Thus the importance of filing and paying in time.

The dateline for filing our income tax returns as well as to pay the taxes is normally the end of April. But there has been news floating around that the dateline is extended by 15 days (May 15) for 2012 if we do e-filing (filing online).

Being wary of LHDN, I have been making enquiries at their offices but even the officers there are unsure and need to ask each other when asked about the truth of the 15 days extension plus none were prepared to stamp and countersign the letter to confirm the extension.

As such I did some searching online and found this confirmation at "letter to Star Publications"

I append below the relevant section:

6. Nonetheless, the implementation of the new rates does not make LHDN heartless. We understand that circumstances arise that prevent taxpayers from submitting their returns within the tiling
period. In such situations, they need only to apply for an extension of time to comply with the tax filing deadline. There is also an avenue to appeal for defaulters and with reasonable cause, LHDN will waive the penalty. For the first time in l.HDN's history, top management granted an extension to the deadline for filing returns to 15 days tor individuals as well as companies but only if the taxpayer opts for filing online, through our e-filing facility. As sure as the sun rises from the east every morning, there will be the last-minute rush but e-Hlers need not worry because, our upgraded system has the capacity to accept the surge as proven in previous years.

So folks, if for some reasons we are unable to file by the end of this month, we can have peace of mind that we still have a choice to file by 15 May through e-filing.

EVENT: There will be a Malaysia Digital Fiesta at the SS3 MBPJ Multipurpose Hall from 27 to 29 April 2012.

Details:
27 - 29 April 2012 (Friday to Sunday)
Venue: SS3, Dewan Serbaguna, MBPJ
Time: 11am - 9pm
Call 03-79814776 for details

Main organizer: Mavisco

Main Sponsor: Fuji Xerox

Official Contractor: VSMS Sdn. Bhd.

Location map: SS3 Community Hall

View SS3 Multipurpose Hall MBPJ in a larger map

Massimo breads versus Gardenia bread

Malaysians via emails were encourage to buy Massimo breads instead of Gardenia because Massimo is owned by Federal Flour Mill (Robert Kuok) while Gardenia is owned by .Syed Mokhtar Shah bin Syed Nor Al-Bukhary.

There were allegations that it was because of racial issue. However, I believed otherwise from the email I received which said to boycott Gardenia bread because Al-Bukhary is an UMNO crony who obtained numerous projects and businesses at extremely favourable terms at the expense of the rakyat.

Here is one more reason to prefer Massimo breads to Gardenia breads. Massimo told me that their breads are made with unbleached flour. Bread made with unbleached flour is a healthier choice than bleached flour because bleached flour contains bleaching agents which is not good for our body.

Selangor PDRM MyDistress Apps for emergencies

Now for those in distress (emergency) and needs help from police, aid is just fingertips away with Selangor MyDistress Apps for smart phones (Android, Blackberry, iOS, Java Phone).

Down load and install MyDistress Apps from Selangor MyDistress Apps and be ready for any emergencies. The system can locate victims who activated the distress call within only 2 metres.



This Apps is currently only available in Selangor which in trials which started from August last year was successful in helping a woman being robbed by 4 men armed with machetes with police coming to rescue within only 5 minutes with the 4 robbers arrested.

In another case a man who used the Apps when 4 machetes armed men broke into his house had police reaching his house within 6 minutes. The trespassers were arrested.

Income Tax Malaysia e-filing website

Income tax return for Malaysia Income Tax Department (Lembaga Hasil Dalam Negeri Malaysia) can conveniently be done online via e-filing.

Borang BE for those without business income

If you already have an existing account (file) plus password, e-filing can be done at Login e-Borang.

If you have forgotten your password, go to Terlupa Kata Laluan (forgot password

For First time login

Login Kali Pertama

May 15 dateline for Income Tax e-filling

According to TheStar online newspaper, the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) or Jabatan Hasil Negara has extended the dateline to submit the Income Tax Return, Form BE for individual taxpayers and June 30 for business taxpayers.

It seems that the IRB wants to encourage taxpayers to use e-filing. However, IRB spokesman said the 30 April dateline stay and the extension is a grace period and encourages taxpayers to not do it at the last minute

Refer to Later deadline for e-filling

Review: Proton car power window lifetime warranty

According to TheStar article No more faulty windows by Isabelle Lai, Ong Kay Jen and Lee Xian, Proton offers a lifetime warranty? of its notorious power window.

However, read this: "The lifetime warranty? offers an unlimited number of free claims for any Proton model within 10 years of a customer's vehicle age or 250,000km from the car's registration date, whichever comes first."

To me, a lifetime warranty means warranty for life, that is, till the car is no longer usable. But a lifetime? warranty for 10 years or 250,000km, that is a 10 year warranty, not a lifetime warranty

Klang Valley Council disaster lines/hotlines

MPAJ 03-4280 9050/ 4296 8100

MPS 03-6138 9898

MBPJ 03-7954 2020

MPSJ 03-5637 6545

MPKj 03-8736 8017

MBSA 03-5510 5811

MPK 03-3371 4404