Maybank Ridiculous Rules

My Maybank ATM card war barred because it was inactive for 1 year. I called the service center but was told that i need to go the any of the Maybank branches to activate the ATM card.

At the branch, i was told that i need to do a withdrawal at the counter in order to activate the card. Eventhough i didnt need to do any withdrawal, i complied. At the counter, the cashier told me to fill up another form to change the status, from a client with a bank book to one without book since i did not bring my book. While i hated from going down to ground floor again to take & fill up another form, i still complied. Then the cashier passed my documents to his superior for his authorisation, i guessed. I was told that i still cant withdraw my money nor activate my ATM card because i didnt bring my bank book. Anyway they can consider my bank book is lost by asking me to fill up another form and pay RM 15.00 for the process so that i can withdraw my money. Fed up with all the nonsense, i asked can i close my account so that i can get back MY money, the officer said i still need to pay RM 15.00 because there is no bank book!!!! Am i still in Malaysia or what??? If this is not a daylight robbery, i dont know what is????

I called Bank Negara to seek their clarification on whether this is Bank Negara's ruling, one Pn Hamidah assured me it wasn't and asked me to call Pn Mahani from Maybank Customer Service Dept. Pn Mahani was puzzled too on why the officer could not approve my withdrawal or activate my ATM card since i went to my home branch, the same branch that maintain my account, the one and only Maybank branch in Jalan Hang Tuah ,Melaka!

Dear Maybank,
There are a few things that i dont understand:

1. MyKad is supppose a proof that i am who i am. The cashier has put in my MyKad in the card reader TWICE, took my thumbprint TWICE!!!! If this is still not a good enough verification, what else Maybank needs???? Do i need to bring my forefathers, my relatives, my friends, my MP,.....to prove i am who i am!

2. I wonder what a bank book can prove that my MyKad couldnt???? Why in the world that you need my bank book when i was there personally, letting you check my thumbprint...TWICE and with my valid Mykad?

3. I just need my ATM to be reactivated in the first place! I did not ask you to authorise any withdrawal nor approve a RM 1,000,000 loan! I just need you to activate my ATM card so that i can withdraw MY MONEY, MYSELF at the ATM machine! If i can activate my credit cards through telephone calls, i am sure i could activate my ATM card when i personally went to your bank,no?

Maybe i should start bringing my Maybank book instead of Mykad!!!

What Makes Malaysian So Unique!

1. A typical young Malaysian can name all the players from a topEnglish Premier League club, but ask him to name one football playerfrom Malaysia, he cannot!

2. When StreamyX come, you complain StreamyX too slow. When MaxisBroadband come, you complain Maxis Broadband always disconnects. WhenWiMax come, you complain Wimax too expensive. In the end, you sayStreamyX still the best lah.

3. When highway toll price increase, you complain. When petrol priceincrease, you complain. When you go Starbucks buy RM10 coffee, NO COMPLAINTS.

4. When you cannot find parking in a shopping mall and have to walkvery far, you complain. When you go inside the shopping mall andthere's SALE, run from one end of 1Utama to the other, that one NO COMPLAINT.

5. You are always late. And the excuse you give when you're late isalways either: (a) traffic jam (b) no transport or (c) cannot findparking.

6. You have a parent who forces you to take science stream in highschool, study engineering in Uni, then when you graduate, they ask youto forget everything you learnt in Uni and do commerce.

7. You know someone who can specially develop an angmoh accent whenspeaking to an American / British / Australian.

8. You complain against the government in kopitiam, you talk loudloud. Leave anonymous comments on blogs, you also talk loud loud.Attend ceremah by DAP, you shout loud loud. Then when Oppositionorganise a protest and ask you to go, you dun wan. Scared later kenatangkap by ISA.

9. Every year on the 30th April, you are one of the people below queuing up last minute to submit your tax return at the IRB.

10. When an angmoh stranger kisses you on the cheek to say hello, you very happy. When a Malaysian guy kisses you on the cheek to say hello,you slap him in face.

Source : Anonymous

Krabi - Part 1

Let me put it to you, there is nothing special in Krabi Town except this traffic light! I am not sure how many people will spend time & money just to go to see traffic light. If you are planning to go to Krabi, you should spend your time in Aonang Beach where all the activities are.

Krabi airport is quite new & nice. If you are travelling alone or only 2 of of you, i would recommend that you take the shuttle bus which cost around RM 9.00 to Krabi Town and RM 15 each to Aonang Beach. You can find the shuttle bus counter just after you clear the immigration. Buy the ticket and look for white bus at the exit door. Dont worry, you wont get lost or missed the bus.....there is only one way out!

If by one way or the other you ended up in Krabi Town, you can actually take this so -called 'songthaew' which loosely translated 'car motor' to Aonang whch only cost around RM 5 per person. Remember, it is white in colour and their station is nearby the unique traffic light, at the 7-11 outlet.

I would recommend that you only look for your hotel only when you are in Aonang as there are plenty of them and besides that you can actually bargain for a lower price if you are staying for more than 1 night. Anyway if you are travelling with kids or you are just plain lazy to walk then book the hotel prior your visit.

I stayed in Aonang Beach Resort and i would definitely recommend it to friends as it was strategically located in the middle of Aonang Beach.The rate is reasonable by Aonang standard, around RM 200-250 per night. If you dont take their breakfast, you will save more on the rate. Their breakfast is simple...i mean really simple, besides being convenient, there is nothing special about their breakfast though.
Aonang has only 1 main road, the Aonang Beach Resort is right in the middle. Along the road you can find endless row of shops selling eveything you need and everything you dont need.

Just across the road you can see nice beach and many 'mat salleh' sunbathing. If you are bringing kids, try to avoid the beach during the day time unless you want to give them biology lesson or dont mind spending your time explaining to them why all the ladies lying naked under the hot sun....over and over again.....

If you wish to have your husband attention, dont do it at the beach in the afternoon, im sure his minds and eyes will be somewhere else.

..to be continued....

Disney on Ice!

If.....by any chance that you dont know who Cinderella, Snow White or Belle are.....then this post is not for you!


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Recently i had the opportunity to watch Disney On Ice - The Princesses' Wishes in Stadium Putra, Bukit Jalil.

I have never been to the stadium and never dream that i will fork out money to watch the so-called princesses.......not macho mah! Anyway, i was persuaded to be there and i have to admit that i was impressed with the stadium & the whole setup. The seatings & steps are a bit steep though, it looks pretty dangerous for little children who can just slip and fall 20 feet down.

The tickets prices ranging from RM 58 until RM 228, if you are worry that you need a binoculars to watch the show if you are holding a RM 58 ticket, please dont be! I can assure you that you can still enjoy the show, the distance is not that far away....unless you want to see Cinderella's nostrils or you are really a BIG BIG fan!

The whole show was really impressive, entertaining and refreshing....for the young ones and young at hearts!

The merchandise are really expensive though....i mean really...really expensive. This cup of ice costs RM 30.00...........yes, you saw it right ...RM 30.00!!!!!

There was no way that i was going to spend RM 30 for that.......i rather keep this pop corn box as momento!

Conclusion.......i felt like 10 years old again. Definitely will go again in the future! Sob.....sob........i missed my childhood!!!!

Who said history was boring?

Life in England in the 1500's -- this is great

The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be . Here are some facts about the 1500s:

Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.

Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it.. Hence the saying, Don't throw the baby out with the Bath water...

Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof. Hence the saying . It's raining cats and dogs.

There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence.

The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying, Dirt poor. The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until, when you opened the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entranceway. Hence the saying a thresh hold = threshold.(Getting quite an education, aren't you?)

In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme, Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old..

Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could, bring home the bacon. They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and chew the fat..Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leak onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.

Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or the upper crust.

Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days ... Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a wake.

England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house, and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the graveyard shift) to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be, saved by the bell.

And that's the truth...Now, Educate someone..... Share these facts with a friend.

AH BENG

Ah Beng : I am proud, coz my son is in Medical College .
Friend : Really, what is he studying.
Ah Beng : No, he is not studying, they are Studying him.

Ah Beng : If I die, will u remarry?
Wife : No! I ' ll stay with my sister. But if I die will u remarry?
Ah Beng : No, I ' ll also stay with your sister.

Ah Beng : People consider me as a ' GOD '
Wife : How do you know??
Ah Beng : When I went to collect money today, everybody said, " Oh my
GOD! U have come again.

A man asked Ah Beng why Ahmad Badawi goes walking in the Evening and not in the morning, Ah Beng replied Ahmad Badawi is PM not AM!!!!

Source : Anonymous

Poor Nepali!

themalaysianinsider : Freeze on Nepali security jobs
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 — The government has announced an immediate freeze on employing Nepalis as security guards and might send back, in batches, about 300,000 already hired on the grounds that they might pose a security risk.
This is the most absurd excuse one can think of to lay off those hard working Nepali guards! I have worked with them before, i can say that they are reliable, hardworking & very dedicated in doing their work!

Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar told Parliament that too many Nepalis were employed in the security industry and most had military training and could handle firearms.
Only now our Minister knows that there are too many Nepali guards in the country????? You mean you didnt know and didn't check beofre this????

"They pose a possible security risk," Syed Hamid said.
The way i see it now, politician posed more security risks than the Nepali guards!

Lawyers and human rights activists dismiss the security fears, saying the government is looking for excuses to create jobs for unemployed Malaysians whose numbers have risen from about 3,000 in September last year to around 80,000.
Spot on!

"They all have military training, which can be a security risk to the country," he said. "If the security industry has only foreigners, it will have an impact on national security if not handled well."
Does that mean you did not handle it well since it now becomes security threat & pose national security, Mr Minister ????

Syed Hamid said locals in the security industry numbered about 200,000.
Have you seen our local guards???? I dare not say all of them but surely most of them became guard because they have no other choice. Most of them are not interested and couldn't care less. Their performance are surely not up to Nepali's standard! Say what you what to say but that's the truth! I know it and you know it!

"They are just finding excuses to get rid of the Nepali security guards," said Irene Fernandez of Tenaganita, a human rights NGO.
What a lousy excuse! Maybe next he will say that those taekwondo, karate exponents in Malaysia need to be sent to other countries because they pose security threat too.

"Going by experience, Nepalis are hardworking, committed and very law-abiding," she said, urging the government to respect national and international labour codes when sending home retrenched workers.
I totally agree!