I am an owner of 2 old junks; both my cars are more than 15 years old. I have asked the above question many times “How much will it cost to repair this and that?” If the cost is way out of my budget and the repair will be postponed until I have saved enough for the repair cost. Many times, you wouldn’t know the price of the repair until the mechanic takes your car apart. By then, it will be too late to look for other mechanic if the price quoted is very expensive. You never offend a mechanic after he has taken your car apart; you wouldn’t know what other “problem” will surface after he has put everything back together. If he puts everything back together. 
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Repairpal not only provides list of repair shops and their estimated price but also reviews and comments about any car model/make. Let’s say you want to buy a 1999 Acura TL and wondering what to expect from driving this car. Follow the link and you will find reviews, feedback from other owners and also the common problems of the car.
I see that Repairpal as a very comprehensive website for everyone who owns a car and wish to own one.
To those who will be traveling by car soon, please don’t forget to send your car for servicing for you safety. I am sure Repairpal can lead you to the best service shop to get this job done.
I got this forwarded email which I think it is very important for me to share. Please take time to read and spread the news. Even if it not true, never ever accept any food or drinks from strangers (man or woman) or accept help to apply sunblock cream from them. Please read on…
Please Forward The Story To Everyone You Know:
I stayed in Pulau (island) Redang And Pulau Perhentian In Terengganu, Malaysia For 2 weeks due to my research and I observed a lot of things done by the local youngsters to the ladies who visited there.
The VICTIMS are those who come alone or with group of girls only, most of them came with one female friend.
They acted as a normal driver of the boat for the resorts but they selected the lone or girls victims mostly the dumb Chinese girls and western ladies. But if the girls are accompanied by guys, they will not dare to touch. When they reached the snorkeling area, they will ‘HELP’ the ladies by holding their hands to snorkel here and there. Most of the Chinese ladies wear exposed and sexy swim wears and they will peep into their bras and underwears from behind.
The worst part are they seemed to bring along their local friends to join the club, to get one or two victims everyday. They gathered on the jetty and looking at their preys. Then, they will guide the girls to a plastic containers with fresh water to wash them up, sometime trying to ‘help’ them by touching their body parts. These girls thought they were friendly and helpful but they have others intention.When the girls are so busy washing and cleaning up, the locals will hand them the mineral water (with something inside), the girls will drink it. It happened everyday. Then suddenly the girls will allow them to hold her hands and walked to the boats and go away to the resort and finally to the rooms with the others local ‘friends’ following behind ‘TO JOIN THE PARTY’!!!
Sometimes they will ask the local or western ladies whether they like to apply some sun block cream. Then they will apply some on their skin. Once, to my surprise the lady bare her breast and let them ‘played’.
Then I knew what they applied is actually the ‘Minyak Dagu’ or Corpse Oil’, one type of ‘Jampi or Curse Oil’ so that you will love them. They kissed her until she brought them to her room. SURPRISE!!! ( I think my fellow friends and I were more handsome (100 times) then the local guys, haha) Please remember in Terengganu state, the Black Magic is strong over there. I have observed these for 2 weeks but cannot stop them, they have many many friends around, if I questioned them , I will be in trouble…over there. I hope every lady will take precaution on this matter and forward it to everyone.
Just let them know that if the drivers are so friendly and took advantages on them, they have to beware. I am so frustrated because the girls are so dumb to trust them.
I asked one of the victim and she said she didn’t remember anything but She said she have some DREAM that she have sex with the locals. SEE !!!
My story is true here.
Beware when you’re going out snorkling especially ladies’ & girls’ team only. Boatmen would drug the mineral water when your are busy snorkelling. Later you passed out after drinking the water when you get back on the boat.
There are insufficient evidence to prosecute them cause they cleverly done their job including dressing up victim nicely to original & don’t leave any traces behind even ejected externally. And when the victims awakened they were told they had a short nap. Salt water further makes it difficult for them to discover on the spot until perhaps later.. This happened in Pulau Tioman and can happened any other places. Victims include Italian, American, Japanese, Chinese, Arabian & even Malays.
Please belief me the oil is real and it works. Just google “corpse oil” and you will get pages on this. Beware!!! The most important thing is “don’t drink the mineral water and don’t apply the sun block cream given by the boatman !”
Please pass this message on to all the world.
Glory Beach Resort; that was where we went for our family getaway last weekend. We wanted to go to Tiara Beach Resort but I was a day late in making the booking through Mari Mari, they need full 3 workings days before the check-in date. Cuti.com only requires 1 working day for the reservation but unfortunately, the room rate offered is RM190 instead of RM155. So I went to look for other resorts in Port Dickson offers the same rate since that was our budget.
I picked Glory Beach Resort because it has bigger children swimming pool than Bayu Beach Resort and they have a private beach too. But I regretted not reading the review posted in Cuti.com before I made my reservation!
Upon checking in, the receptionist informed me that only 2 towels will be given at the swimming pool because we are staying in a 2 rooms apartment even though the occupancy is for 3 adults. I asked whether I can request for more towels, he said “No”, it is the hotel policy. Either they are lack of towels or saving laundry cost to wash the towel. Be sure to bring along your own towels if you want to use their swimming pool. Unless you don’t mind sharing your towel with others.
Checking in on Sunday, I did not expect many people would be there but the children pool was crowded. It seems that many outsider swims there too. Yes! It is opened to public!
I was very upset with their lifeguard. I didn’t plan to swim because I am already 32 weeks into my pregnancy but hubby told me that I needed the exercise so I head to the adult pool. I didn’t wear a proper swimming attire; just a swim pants but the top, I just wore my black t-shirt because I don’t think I can fit into my swim suit anymore. I was refrained to swim by the lifeguard because he said that his directors are everywhere spying on them. I told him how come others can swim in their normal clothing but not me. He said “others” didn’t come to the adult pool but are at the children pool only. That is allowed because they have to look after their children; understood. But then arh…there is no separation between the adult pool and children pool; the water from children pool flows into the adult’s vice versa.
I requested for just one lap but he still didn’t allow me. Don’t want to waste my saliva anymore, I left feeling very disappointed because hey, I am on a holiday and I am going to pop soon; can you just let me swim for one lap? I paid so much and I only get to dip my feet in the pool.
Not even 5 minutes after I left, I saw a Malay lady swimming in the adult pool in her t-shirt and long tight pants and a group (like 6 of them) young Chinese girls swimming in their shorts and t-shirt too. I was very, very upset and really felt like going to the lifeguard and gave him a piece of my mind. Hubby knew how upset I was and returned the towels to him instead of letting me return them (I took it from him in the first place you see). If I go, he will surely get it from me.
The apartment looks spacious but only the master bedroom and the hall comes with air-cond. The study room (single bed) has no air-cond; just ceiling fan. We have no problem with that because hubby doesn’t prefer sleeping in air-cond room. The bathroom is very small and comes with 2 towels only and without the bathroom floor towel/mat. Well, I called the housekeeping for an extra towel and the floor mat; they gave. Their tea cups are stained! And the stain goes off after I washed them. This shows that they did not wash the cups properly. I refrained my children from using their glasses too.
Their private beach is VERY dirty. All this while I thought Port Dickson beaches are cleaner than the beach in Tg Bidara and Tg Puteri. My children are quite disappointed that they can’t play longer at the beach. I just allowed them 10 minutes there. Just take a look at the colour of sea water.
If you are planning to swim in PD beach, please do not stay in Glory Beach Resort. Go to Bayu Beach Resort, they have the best beach in PD.
If you bring your children along, please bring some toys for them to keep them entertained at night because there is nothing for the children there at night even though in their website they stated they have Video Arcade. We only found an abandon cargo container with the word “Video Arcade” printed on it.
The only thing that I was happy about Glory Beach Resort is that the receptionist gave us a room which is near the lift and near the swimming pool too because I showed him my bump and told him that I can’t walk too much. Other than that, the TV channels are ok; no Astro but you can get TV8 and TV9.
As for the food, I have no comment about it. For RM155, it does not come with breakfast and I was craving for the Singapore Beehoon served by Pantai Ria Restaurant, about 10km away from the hotel.
I hate coming back from a holiday feeling like upset and regretted by my choice of resort.
The New Year is here and we need to talk. So we left the children at home and head out for food. It is typical of Malaysian to talk during meal time. Kinda undecided on what to eat and which restaurant to go too. We just drive until I suggested to dine at Restaurant Sri Percik which we have not been since our bachelor days.
Sad to say that the quality of the food has deteriorated since they first started. I realised that once a restaurant get too famous, they kinda slack out after a while. They were featured in Jalan-Jalan Cari Makan some time ago.
The price of the food is on the higher side and the portion is quite small for the price that we are paying. Will we return? Definitely NO.
Below was what we ordered:
Pandan Coconut at RM3.90.
Malay style Leng Chee Kang with Nata de Coco, Barley, Dried Longan, Ground Nuts, and 2 more, I can’t recall the name. Too much ice which I threw it out, if not it will surely be diluted. Forgot to ask for warm Leng Chee Kang. Price RM3.00.
This one is called Bamburi Thai Chicken Rice. The only Thai about it is they use the Thai Chili Sauce to spread on the fried Chicken. The rest is the typical Malay style chicken rice. Price RM7.50.
This is Nasi Beriani Ayam Percik. The Beriani rice taste good coz they use Basmathi rice. The Ayam Percik is sweet and spicy. Price RM7.50.
Before you leave comment wanting to rent my apartment, please read below update. Updated on May 16th, 2010: Apartment not available for rent anymore until next year May, 2011.
Melaka or also known as Historical City in Malaysia has recently been listed as a prominent World Heritage Site of UNESCO. For this month of August there are a lot of activities planned for the tourist and the locals. As Melaka is rich in cultural and food; you can expect that in abundance this month.
If you are planning to visit Melaka and on a low budget, you might want to consider renting my apartment which is situated at Bukit Beruang. It is a walking distance to MMU (Multimedia Univerisity) and only 10 mins drive from the Ayer Keroh tol.
Previously my apartment was rented to the MMU students, so the room setting is of a student room; double decker bed in 2 rooms with study table and a big cupboard and one room comes with a Queen size bed. All 3 rooms are with air-cond. There is a washing machine, water heater, fridge and a gas stove; so cooking is allowed.
So, if you are looking for Cheap Holiday Apartment in Melaka, Malaysia, please consider mine ok. 
Oh ya, forgot to tell you the price. It is RM150.00 only.
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Bedroom 1
Bedroom 2
Bedroom 3
Bathroom and Toilet.
Living Room.
Dining Room.
Kitchen.
Last night we brought MIL and the maid out for dinner. We seldom do this because most of the time she is reluctant to go out with us. Maybe she doesn’t want us to spend money on her. 
The food at this restaurant is very affordable compared to other Chinese restaurant in town. It has the ambiance and the food taste very nice too.
All of us had Barley drink. Good for cooling down the body from eating heaty food.
Ordered Cheesy Chicken for my daughter since she love chicken but she doesn’t like Cheddar Cheese! 
Instead we shared a plate of Black Pepper Lamb Chop and she finished all my french fries. I was surprised that my non-chilli eater girl likes Black Pepper sauce.
For the maid, we ordered Salted Fish Fried rice. She must have rice. We learned that from previous dining out with her. If you give her all chicken meal, she can’t finish it.
MIL too must have rice. She picked the “Kung Poh” Chicken.
Hubby ate his favorite; Tomyam Seafood Bee Hoon.
Total spent for all the above is around RM46 only. You say, cheap or not?
When travelling to hot climate, be sure to keep yourself cool as possible like drinking water and eat a lot of fruits but not durians please. Eat fruits that is very high in fibre.
Lack of water can cause constipation. Food that is alien to our body might cause constipation or diarrhea. If you have history of hemorrhoids, like me, be sure to bring along Dioflex or any anti-inflammatory tablets that contains Diosmin and Hesperidin. It will help shrink the hemorrhoids very fast.
You can read all about it in my post on The Fastest Way To Shrink Hemorrhoids.
If you travel a lot or you haven’t traveled before, you may still be familiar with the term “flying standby”. Flying standby is a term the airline industry uses when a traveler wants to fly on a flight with an open seat. Travelers that usually purchase a ticket the day of will usually have to fly standby if there a limit number of tickets available.
If you find yourself flying standby in the future, there are a few tips you can follow in order to make the trip at the airport a lot easier.
Don’t check your luggage
If you’re flying standby, don’t check in your luggage. A lot of the times an airline will look for people that have carry on only. If you have checked in luggage, it’s just going to be a bigger hassle for the airliner to find your luggage and throw it on the plane. If you just bring carry on luggage, you’re going to increase your chances of getting on the flight.
Early flights work
If you can get to the airport early, you’ll find that earlier flights are usually easier to get on since many people technically don’t travel early in the morning. If you find yourself traveling in the afternoon, this is peak traveling time and you may find that the flights are going to busier compared to the mornings.
After I heard my sister bad experience with the bike rental in Bali; if I were to travel again, I will make sure I find a reliable car hire company before I make any booking. I would rather pay slightly more than being conned and scorned.
Fortunately, we can find cheap and reliable car hire company online. If you are searching for one, check out Car Hire Direct. Car Hire Direct is one of the leading UK’s independent car hire agencies, serving more than 5,000 locations in over 50 countries which includes car hire in the USA, Canada, the UK & Ireland, mainland Europe, Australia & New Zealand, Asia, Africa, Middle East, South America and the Caribbean Islands.
In order for them to offer and guarantee theirs is the cheapest car hire online; they searches up to 40 car rental companies worldwide. All you got to do is choose your destination, vehicle preference, holiday dates, add your age and their online booking form calculates the price for you.
I am sure with their professionalism, you won’t be conned.
My sisters was in Bali sometime last year. She and he friends had a very bad experience with the bike rental there.
This is what she discovered there. Some Balinese hates Malaysian. Those that are friendly are not Balinese, there are the Javanese working in Bali.
This is what happened. She and her friends hired 2 bikes. Upon returning to the bike rental, they were accused of stealing the road tax which was placed under the seat. Why would they want to steal right??? And it didn’t come across their mind to check whether the bikes are with road tax.
My sister stood aside as her boyfriend and friends try to settle the issue. No one side them, not even the hotel and their tour guide. My sister overhead them saying, “They are Malaysian, don’t give them chance.”
The bike rental owner asked for RM100! No less. They had no choice but to pay coz they are in foreign land and no one sides them, not even the policemen!
So if you plan to hire a bike in Bali, be sure to check whether the bike comes with road tax. If not, demand for it!
Tags: Bali, Bike Rental, Indonesia