integration should start where there's no prejudice, at the root, at a young age, at the primary school. or even younger at the preschool.

yet the plan to scrap all the different vernacular schools in malaysia are heavily opposed and could not be done previously. we're still continuing the segregation, and indirectly supporting it by avoiding the school integration.

Now working in Qatar, when tell them that we have throwing animal's head in front of a house, they also surprise.
Their electric bill is ~rm1000 for a family of 4 but then they never complaint as their average income is rm30000.

The house, what happened to the house.......

+1

Following this thread as a guide for my new house too.

seriously - if you are so sure about being cheated go ahead and file a claim. and this has *nothing* to do with government. the court will accept and expert witness with credentials. i encourage you to sue tnb if you think they cheat you. get evidence, confront them, demand compensation and rectification and if they dont budge, sue them - easiest is in small claims trial which limits your claim to RM 5000 but you can add side demands (working meter, affirmation of a no future overcharges etc. etc.). the problem i see is that ppl like to complain but they dont act on it. if i were you, i'd be breathing down tnb's neck already. no need to be scared of glc-companies - i personally took three to court before results: two wins, one settlement (which essentially was a win too). and mind you this involved a major local government controlled bank. no need to be afraid to use the tools at hand. but honestly: under normal cicrumstances their meters are spot on - i have my own data to compare to (old/new meter). so i dont see a case but then i havent seen your individual setup.

Well, if there is a lawyer that willing to take this case, I already filed a law suit against them.
Even a lawyer from DAP also said this cannot be a case as there is no government certified third party independent company that can confirm the meter's accuracy. Or you want me to look for an UMNO laywer to sue his boss?
File a law suit is easy, but winning it is another story.
This is just like some people won in Indah Water's case. But did they specify clearly how they won it? Most of the people that won on such law suit is mainly because their "dirty" water a routed to a tank rather than routed to a Indah Water's facility. And Indah Water are charging normal rate to them. So for such group of people they just only need to provide their floor plan and other legal documents and that's it.

Wow, you think so easy to build a house?

what is the location of this land

N u think a chinese lady who slapped a malay lady enforcer in penang is her majesty?
No need to resort to physical attack, just paying a ticket for the offence u made is suffice. Duh

seriously you are going all wrong. why stroll to a pary lawyer? what for?

you file a small claims suit in your local court, provide evidence and serve a notice, wait for TNB to reply and then continue. you do not need (nor are you allowed) a lawyer in small claims court. max. damage to you is 100 RM court fees.

to win a law suit you need to have evidence and an argument. i told you before that your evidence and arguments are not good. that's your problem. you dont need a government certified blah - an expert testimony and witness statement is good enough (i.e. get someone from the field to check our your situation). if your evidence is good its TNBs job to proof you wrong. going for political parties for support is the wrong way to get anything done. personally i see the quality of the politicians in malaysia and i feel very sad. the incompetency and lack of knowledge in pretty much everything is sad and frightening and it persists across all parties with one no two standing out in this ocean of incompetence. but all that is irrelevant to a court case. try to read up on it instead of ranting around.

all that*s needed is your willingness to act if you feel someone it doing you wrong. small claims court is easy and even a laymen can get through it. the court helps and advises you. trust me if you have a case the court will be in your favour. been there done it. bank went against me with one lawyer, saw i had good arguments beefed up with 3 and in the end 4 lawyers, still they lost on all grounds and had to fullfill all my demands, i only was asked to skip the demand for a public personal apology in a national newspaper. as part of the settlement this was moved to a public apology in the bank's branch in front of all customers that happened to be there. mind you all my contract changes and damages demand had to be met and they paid me my court expenditures too.

so to sum it up: if i had actual evidence (which once again i dont think you have, gather proper evidence first) i would send tnb a warning and then sue them. we actually need more consumers to go and sue irresponsible companies. but only if there is a case.

Hi,
I have a plan for you. You can have a design of a container to transform into a house. You may look according, to the picture inline.

For more details, you can message me or call me. My number is 016-3272143


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Hi, ive been reading your thread.
Very impressive project

Im very much interested once you ve designed your LED downlights with
Acceptable efficiency..

I recently furnished a studio with individual oem leds units, no idea on the bill yet

Well, it is easy for you to say. But again if 100% I can win then only I go for it. Else I won't waste time on it.

then there is no need to complain.

I never complaint, just to let more people know on TNB's dirty way of making money.
Does verbal statement from a TNB contractor's statement carry any weight? You think of it.

i am lost - i really dont understand you issue then. nvr mind, i dont think this serves any purpose.

this is what happened to the house.

this is the original, simple outlook.
front perspective from the entry road:


back perspective from the master bedroom:
(furthest right is the master bedroom)


front perspective from the left, overlooking the family deck.


it's too simplistic. doesn't look that nice, especially from the back.
well it's supposed to be that way, since it's just a rough sketch to get a basic idea on the house outlook. in no way final.

time for some architecture magic. courtesy of the wife.

we're going for modern-minimalist outlook for both the exterior and interior.
pardon the extra things visible in the drawing. it's a work in progress after all.

walls are fixed at 12 feet high, because we're going for at least 10 feet high ceiling minimum.
opting for 10.5-11 feet high ceiling for the rooms, 14-16 feet high ceiling for the living room, family area and kitchen.

main structure beam is 1.5 feet high, for a floor raised to around 20 inch effective from the ground. it will act as a natural deterrent for rodent and snake from entering the house. the house is flanked by paddy fields around it, and snakes and rat is a natural problem here.

front perspective from the the entry road.


back perspective from the left. left side is the HT room, right side is the master bedroom.


back perspective from the right. master bedroom and deck visible.


front perspective from the deck


view of the deck with the integrated planter box and raised floor that will act as sitting area.


now it looks much nicer. i was a little worried with the basic outlook of the house previously.
after messing around with the windows design and wall arrangement, it looks pretty modern to me.

architecture magic!
the floorplan is the same, but only some parts the wall are extended by a brick length. i was surprised to see how a simple modification could change the outlook so much.

wife provides the architectural insight, and i provide the engineering standpoint.
i can understand why architect and engineer fight all the time.

been designing things and building them for a few years now, made that much easier with the advent of sketchup.
it's much easier to use compared to autocad (for 3d design/editing in 3d space), much faster result, less hassle, while retaining much of the precision that you get from a cad software.

some of my past projects designed and fully built with the help of sketchup:

all built with less than 1mm error. the precision is there, provided you could accurately follow the design.
project is documented over in lowyat's home entertainment section and hifi4sale's DIY section.

i freakin love sketchup. because i freckin hate autocad.

somewhere in kedah, near the perlis border.
not revealing the exact location.

thanks for the offer. i (we) already have a plan that we're comfortable with.

i've order individual smd chips supposedly from epistar. well the seller says it's from epistar, can't confirm even he's lying.
0.5w chips, from 3 different sellers. 100 pieces each. testing purposes

hopefully i could hit the targeted 100w power usage for overnight lighting.
in no way possible with off the shelf solution.