Monday, November 19, 2018

Cyberjaya House/Condo Cleaning Services - weekends only



- Available on Saturday afternoon and Sunday
- Only servicing Cyberjaya area
- Doing part time
- 2 person team
- Speak Bahasa Malaysia/Indonesia 

I’ve use their services before on numerous occasions. This is a 2 person cleaning team from Indonesia 🇮🇩

They are not pro cleaning services company, so prices quoted is reasonable. You need to negotiate with them. They are very detail oriented and do get the job done. If there was any issues it is they do not have cleaning equipment like vacuum cleaner and stuff. It is best owner to provide.

Having said that, the only problem is they only work in the weekends when they are off, so weekdays is a no go for them.

So far the cleaners have covered Summerglades, Shaftsbury Square, D'Pulze Residences.

Note : I am not getting any commission out of this, just helping out the cleaners as their day jobs do not pay enough.

Contact Dhia at 011-11630867 for inquiries

Thursday, November 15, 2018

Stashaway RoboAdvisor Referral Link

Rise of the Machines aka RoboAdvisors

Roboadvisors is a generic term use for software that automates and invests money for you.
Stashaway is a new Roboadvisor Platform launched in Malaysia (Securities Comission registered company). The funder is formerly Zalora CEO. Originally this came from Singapore (Monetary authority of Singapore registered company).

The application can runs on web and mobile (IOS and Android).

Don’t bother going to their website to sign up for waiting list. It is just bogey. I signed up using 10 emails and non of the emails got any invites. The website is currently only getting users via referrals.

How to register :
Use my referral code to sign up : www.stashaway.my/referrals/jonoav

Fill up your risk profile and deposit money to the trust account given (citibank).
Not for the faint hearted who do not trust technology.

Useful Links :
Lowyat discussion forum on Stashaway RoboAdvisor : https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4634745/all
Press coverage by Vulcan Post : https://vulcanpost.com/…/stashaway-fintech-robo-advisor-in…/

Disclaimer :
This is not a sponsored post, though if you sign up with my affiliate link, we’ll both get a 50% discount from StashAway.

I started off with a test account of RM400, got some very small gains but it dipped back due to foreign exchange. Few days later goes back into the black RM401. Anyway, this is not meant to say this is a quick trading system, it is suppose to be long term as the rebalancing and repurchase are all done by robot software, so it's not required to keep checking the total portfolio amount every single day to maintain sanity.




Below is my account after a few days


Updates 19/3 :

I've since topped up until RM 3,900 into my Stashaway Account. There's still a big forex loss of there even though there a small investment gain already.


Got to wait for good news like that for it to profit. The investment will probably turn a profit if Ringgit strengthens.


Updates 30/3 :

I bought a free management fee coupon for RM1 for 6 months using BoostPay wallet.
I further topped up more into the account until 8K. The portfolio starting to see some positive results already.



I've also restructured my portfolio into 3 funds. Conservative, balance and aggressive with the latter having the highest risk. The US stock market and strengthening of Ringgit helped bring positive results to my portfolio.







Wednesday, September 19, 2018

Cyberjaya Saturday Farmer's Market

Morning markets define the vibrancy of townships. Cyberjaya Community, Cyberview and Majlis Perbandaran Sepang came together and organized weekly farmers market on 15 Sept 2018.



The farmers market location is inside the MAGIC (Malaysian Global Innovation and Creativity Centre) building's outdoor carpark called Cyberview Solar Farm Carpark. It's named as such as the structures nearby houses energy producing solar panels. Just drive to the MAGIC building and tell the guard that you are going to farmer's market, then turn left.



As this event is in Cyberjaya, it differentiates itself from other Farmer's market by accepting digital wallet payments via Boost e wallet. The guys at eWallet company Boost were also there to sign up vendors as merchants. 

Having been to many farmer's market around the world, I was kind of disappointed by the offerings at the Cyberjaya farmer's market. There were probably only 20 stores around, most of which were not selling fresh product but instead more about promoting their wares.

Having said that, I'm also pleasantly excited to see technology and innovation being infused into the products and produces.


This vendor does fresh seafood delivery to doorstep via Whatsapp.



This Teh Ais store I can't tell sedap or not but confirm is too sweet for my tastebuds. Their teh ais (ice coffee) is topped with grass jelly (cincau). RM 3 per cup.


This vendor selling all kinds of colorful pasta. The unique part is the pasta gets its colors from the vegetables infused into the pasta. No more forcing people to take the vegetables anymore.



This vendor was selling preloved shoes and clothing.



This vendor was selling hydrophonics system to grow vegetables.


This entire experience, it is one small step for Cyberjaya one big step for the Cyberjaya community as a whole. I hope that the farmer's market activity would continue to be done weekly. By then, hopefully more vendors and people will come and make the place more vibrant again.

Saturday, August 11, 2018

Sup Kambing at Nasi Kandar Pelita Cyberjaya

Nasi Kandar Pelita is a well known household name of Malay muslim restaurants in Malaysia. One of their dishes which I look forward to during my every visit is the lamb stew (sup kambing).  It is prepared with goat meat, tomato, celery, spring onion, ginger, candlenut and lime leaf, its broth is yellowish in color.

This dish best paired with white loaf bread, they do serve it with bread loaf but need to order it.
This is a dish that will really warms the soul.

The location of this place is at Glomac Cyberjaya area somewhere near the main Cyberjaya crossroads.


Location :
Cyberjaya No. C-0-1 & C-0-2, Blok C, Jalan GC1, Jalan Teknokrat 3, Glomac Cyberjaya, Cyber 12, 63000

Saturday, May 19, 2018

SRJKC Union Chinese Medium National School in Cyberjaya

Not many people know that there is a Chinese primary school in Cyberjaya. The location of it is near MCT’s LakeFront project. It’s at one of the edge of Cyberjaya area.
                

Chinese primary schools are basically schools where mandarin is taught and spoken as a medium while still following the national school curriculum. 

In Malaysia, the setup of such mandarin medium schools very controlled as the government still encourages students to attend the national medium schools. For Cyberjaya’s case, this Chinese primary school “license to open” was actually transferred from Ulu Sepetang, Taiping. The original school from Ulu Sepetang, Perak also had the same name. It closed down and subsequently transferred to Cyberjaya because of dwindling students and availability of teachers in the Ulu Sepetang area.

I drove around and visited the school just for the sake of getting to know Cyberjaya. The school compound is quite small but looks fresh as the building is very new. 

Since China is poised to overtake the United States in economic power, these schools will be in more demand with limited supplies around. 

Properties around this place should fare well and make more people want to stay in Cyberjaya.





Monday, May 7, 2018

New grocer in town - StarGrocer at CyberSquare

There's a new grocer just in town. It's called StarGrocer and is located at CyberSquare. It's just a few doors away from the Pakistani restaurant Al Mehran.

Based on my Google, this is the second branch for this company, their 1st branch is located at Desa Pandan.

The place is moderately stocked, the fruits and vegetables are quite limited but their dry goods are quite well stocked.







I still prefer RedTick supermarket as there's dedicated customer parking and the items there are more varied. 

However StarGrocer add vibrancy to Cyberjaya and as the population around central Cyberjaya should be able to support both of these businesses.

Cyberjaya 24 Hour Clinic from Qualitas Group

Not sure how long this 24 hour clinic called Qualitas-SV Care Clinic has been opened but this is a landmark to take note for medical services. This place is at Nadayu Square, just opposite the upcoming Tamarind Square.

On a similar note, the government’s building a hospital somewhere next to GemIn Mall Cyberjaya. This will boost the healthcare boosters in Cyberjaya.


Sunday, May 6, 2018

Cyberjaya Food Review : Ayam Penyet Indorasa


Today I'm continuing my exploration around Glomac Cyberjaya. Next to Pelita Nasi Kandar there's this restaurant called Restoran Ayam Penyet Indorasa.






Ayam Penyet is actually a dish with Indonesian origins. The main component is the deep fried chicken which is served with chilli sambal sauce and raw vegetables. The dish is topped with crunchy rice flour bits.

The side dishes were raw cabbage and tempeh (fermented beans).

I pleasantly enjoyed the dish. The chicken (Ayam Penyet) was crisp and well seasoned. The Chilli sambal was good with a citrus after taste. The tempeh was well salted and cook just nice. 


There were other dishes but I was alone so I didn't manage to test the other dishes.

To be frank, I've taken much better Ayam Penyet dishes before but I would say this place would also be one of the top Ayam Penyet I've taken. If the restaurant could have serve long bean inside the dish I would have rated it as good as the best Ayam Penyet.


Sunday, April 29, 2018

Aik Huat Hardware

Many years ago, it was quite difficult to find hardware shops in Cyberjaya until Ace Hardware open at DePulze Shopping Center. The problem was Ace Hardware items were expensive and they only have the general DIY items, they didn't sell more hardcore hardware items like cement, water proofing paint, bricks etc

These heavy hardware items now can be get from Aik Huat Hardware at Glomac Cyberjaya.


Their inventory seems to be very well stocked and their shop is frequented by all the contractors around Cyberjaya.


Thursday, April 19, 2018

Cyberjaya Food Review : Hinz Kichen 兴寰小厨 at Glomac Cyberjaya

This place is considered one of the older food establishments that has survived in Cyberjaya. This place was also one of the few places in Cyberjaya few years ago to get your Chinese food.

After 1 year hiatus from Cyberjaya, I am back based in Cyberjaya again has got a chance to revisit Hinz Kitchen. I recall last time this place was only opened for the lunch crowd.

The food menu is very suited for Cyberjaya, all dishes is single dish served with rice and noodles.

Prices are quite reasonable. My fresh orange juice drink only costs RM4.50. The main course is also ok, this time I ordered wheat butter squid. It’s basically deep fried batter squid topped with sugar coated deep fried egg yolks. Only complain was the deep fried egg yolks floss were a bit sweet.

This place closes at 9PM. Crowds come in from 6PM onwards. Business seemed to have boomed a lot since my last visit years ago. 





Sunday, April 15, 2018

McDonald's Drive Through in Cyberjaya Prima Avenue

After patronizing the Starbucks drive-through in Cyberjaya for many years, I noticed there was always a queue at the neiboring McDonald's drive-through. 



I was thinking to myself, why so many people queue up for the McBreakfast, only got Coffee and McMuffin. I decided to try it out myself. How wrong I was, actually McDonalds serves coffee related beverages like Latte, Americano, Mocha etc. 



Taste wise I think both coffee from Starbucks and McDonals are very similar, price wise is 40% to 50% cheaper than Starbucks Coffee.



They're having a loyalty program now where after collecting 3 stamps, the next beverage comes free.




 Compared with Starbucks drive through, the McDonald's drive through experience is not as smooth. You need to drive to 1 counter to order, 1 counter to pay and finally 1 counter to collect. For Starbucks, payment and collection is at the same counter.