Attend hearing for "Bantahan" Assessment Fee

I received a letter from MPS today to attend hearing session of the "bantahan" assessment fee increase on Nov 3rd at MPS office at Cyberjaya.

Anyone receive similar letter?

Beware of dogs and now......snakes

It is not long ago that I posted that beware of stray dogs in our Taman and now we have new problem SNAKES! So watch out because since the clearing of trees beside our Taman heading to Taman Mas, these creatures lost their home.

Snakes normally like to hide in wet and dark areas like under the trees, in the drain or big flower pots. So do not mistaken it as a piece of sticks when you saw one. Call the BOMBA if you saw one as many still do not know BOMBA are expert in catching snakes and yes it is their duty to catch snakes and not the wildlife department so do not call the wildlife department unless you saw a wild boar!

The Development Of A Child's Mind

A child that age 0-3 years old has a mind that is super absorbent and extremely active and some experts say is genius like. From age 3-6 it takes little effort, great potential and learning skill can be easily developed. But when a child reach the age of 6-8 years old, more work and effort will be required to develop the brain capabilities.

How do we maximize the learning potential of a child's mind during his most absorbent years that can help develop a lifetime enthusiasm and eagerness in learning? How do use games to educate children and create a learning environment that filled with joy, love and laughter? How do we equally develop the left and right brain in balance to achieve the best educational learning ability?

Glenn Doman is a child educational expert who pioneered in the learning and development of a child left and right brain in order to build his intelligence. Flash cards provide a strong image capture in a child's mind that in his subconscious mind, the image or words are in bedded in the mind with little effort. This flashing of image or words cards method, proven effectively develop and open a child's left and right brain at a very early stage when the brain is still at development stage when harming the normal development of a child's mind.

There are some videos from youtube on the right that show how powerful the Glenn Doman's method in teaching and aid in the development of a super genius. Hope all residents who have children enjoy the video.

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Burning smell in the morning

Once awhile, I got this funny smell in the early morning before I go to work. Initially I thought someone is burning rubbish so early in the morning. Long before I moved in, someone who stayed here in Taman Putra Prima wrote in a forum saying that the factories nearby Taman Mas are releasing smoke at night. But surprisingly some residents at TPP are denying that bad smell ever existed.

Just the other day when I consulted doctor for my cough and cold, the doctor told me that she knew where the smell came from. She also stayed in Tmn Putra Prima and said that the smell is coming from the burning tyres. She claimed that the foreigners stayed here burned tyres to prevent mosquito. I wonder why she never complained to the authority when she witnessed the tyres burning.

In my short conversation with the doctor, I did not manage to ask her which part of TPP that the tyres burning came from, sigh....I suspect that it comes from the industry area at Taman Mas. If you guys are reading this please share your experience and put a stop on it. I can make a complain to MPS but must have proof. Shall I go ask the doctor instead.....

Beware of dogs!

Just yesterday we read a sad news whereby a jogger was killed by a Pit bull dog at Subang Jaya. This poor man never thought that having jogged in his own housing area for the past 20 years will meet such a tragedy. Just over the weekend I saw some of the residents are bringing out their dogs for walk at the taman and some do not even have the dog chained and let them roam free.

My wife encountered an incident not long before that being followed by a dog from the playground back to her house. Luckily nothing untoward happened. I wish and hope dog owners and dog lovers always keep an eye on your pets and if you let them out of your house please make sure that it is not unchained. You never know when and how the dogs will behave. I think no one from us will wish to read another news of dog killer anymore. Dogs are men best friend and not nightmare.

Shocking Majlis Perbandaran Sepang letter

Today I am shocked to receive a letter (unsealed and no stamp) in my mailbox from Majlis Perbandaran Sepang. I wonder why MPS dropped an unsealed letter into my mailbox?

The letter heading: Notis Pindaan Senarai Nilaian (Seksyen 144). It says my property now assessed on nilai tahunan as RM4,920 and from July 2012 onwards I have to pay cukai tahunan of RM361.62!!

My cukai pintu previously was RM53.20 a year with an assessment of nilai taksiran of RM1,330. That is an increase of 6x what I have to pay now! It said that because I have done renovation to my house, so the nilai hartanah had increased. My God, I only extend the back yard and I do not even extend the upper floor. It is an intermediate unit and suddenly my property become Bungalow!!

What a shocking surprise and I wonder you all got the same letter because most of us do extend the back yard. Please comment if you do receive the same letter. I am going to call MPS tommorow to find out what the hell they are trying to do?

BERSIH 3.

Today is the Bersih 3.0 rally. I had been following the news since morning till afternoon. Anyone of you go there? It really surprised me how this rally turned into fanfare where peoples wear masks, colorful cloths and in good mood. Well at least from the photo captured from the Star online, peoples who gathered are in a joyful mood.

It is not that violent and dangerous as it is portrayed in the mass media for the pass few days. It only turned violent a little when the crowd tried to break the barricades put up by the police and water canon and tear gas are fired to the crowd.

Sometimes in a democratic country, protest and demonstration are inevitable and only when it is provoked that violence will result. In this case the crowd provoked the police and they reacted. This rule apply when we live in a neighborhood. When we are nice to our neighbors, they will be nice to us and if we are hostile to them, then nobody wanted to talk to us.

It can be simple and easy living together harmoniously if everyone of us respect each other and compromising among ourselves. It is not always easy to find peoples who share the same thought, be the same opinion with us, but if we can respect each other opinion and not rubbish peoples when they are not in the same wavelength, then there will be peace.

Just like the Bersih 3.0, if the crowd respected the police and not entered the Dataran compound, I believe no untoward incident will happen or vice-versa, if the police allowed them to sit at Dataran and leave after 2 hours, what harm will it do to the country? Peoples might argue that violence might happen if the police allowed the crowd to move in. Well it is like clapping with both hands, if one side is not provoking the other, do you think you will hear clapping sound?

Back to the story of living together, respecting each other, compromising, tolerance and give and take is what we need to have harmonious neighborhood. Force, aggression and intimidation will only bring temporary submission but in the long run, the relationship definitely will not last.

How much your property worth now?

Do you know how much your property worth now about 1 year after collecting keys? After checking a few property websites here is the summary.

RM550k for intermediate normal ceiling height
RM630k for intermediate high ceiling
RM850k for corner unit with extra 20' land

The subsale for 8B is even higher and some selling at least RM100k more than 8A.

RM750k endlot 32'x65' (2139 sqft) double storey
RM1.5 mills 3300 sqft 2.5 storey

Disclaimer: Price is base on the property website and actual selling price might differ from what had been posted. Please do not treat this as the official market price for your property.

You have anything to say?

Do you have anything to say, complain, announce or simply something to share? You are welcome to be authors of the blog by giving me your email contact and I will send invitation to you to be authors. Priority is given to residents of this Taman.

Public Transport

Friends,

Anyone there to advise me on public transport available in area?

I would like to know:

1. Bus details - which bus passes by the taman

2. Call taxi numbers?

Really appreciate your kind response on the above.

Thanks!!

Mosquito fogging - are they real?

At about noon today, there are people coming to my house wanted to do mosquito fogging. They asked me to close all the door and windows before fogging take place. What puzzle me was that they only do fogging in front of my house and my neighbours but not the whole taman.

They didn't even go to the back lane for fogging and leave after a while. Who are these peoples, are they real and from MPS?

Permanent fencing between 8A and 8B

The developer is building the permanent fencing separating Phase 8A and 8B. Finally my worried is over as initially it was informed that there will be no fencing between the new phase and old phase as we are sharing the playground and garden.

The temporary green zinc fencing is in a sorry state and we are exposed to any intruder along the whole stretch of the garden especially after the key hand over. There will be at least 6 months before there is anybody move in to the new house. Imagine the horror of having a wide opening for anyone to pass thru the taman without anyone noticing.

I still wonder how the Phase 8B residents can use the playground since there is no playground at the new phase. There must be a door (unlock door) for them to come in....??

Nice and cheap tiles

I just knew about some owners of Phase 8B are visiting this blog so I want to share (after great survey during my house renovation) with you all, where to buy cheap and nice tiles for your new house. When I say cheap and nice is not those low quality tiles but Swiss-Niro, White Horse etc...

If you are familiar with Serdang, there is a Hardware shop near the Public bank, Petronas Station and traffic light. The shop is facing the junction leading to the new Serdang wet market. Look for Chin Yap Marble & Tile! If you think that the Fourbest Tile at Puchong is cheap then check this shop at Serdang and you will be surprised!

Got water no water got water no water...

Today there is very slow water flow in my pipe....and then no water at all. I called Syabas to complain and just after I put down the phone, the water came back but very low pressure for not even 5 minutes gone again.

Later Syabas called me again saying that the developer is doing some work at Phase 8B and the water will be restored very soon. I think Syabas did a good job responding to customer complain very quickly so it is really a surprise me. Well done Syabas!

Recycle For Charity

There is a shop at Putra Prima Commercial that take in recyclable items and refurbish it to be sold off later. If you are planning to relocate, you can give a call to this shop and ask them to collect those unwanted bulky items like furniture, wardrobe, tables, etc. Instead of throwing it at a dumpsite, you can do your part for charity.

I am not sure what time it opens, but you can give them a call if you want to dispose those rubbish that could be jewels to the unfortunate.

OWNER'S RETURN

Today, I was told by a resident of TPP Ph8A that a lady walk around our taman in the morning and taking picture of some houses and dropping an owner's return form into the mailboxes. The form requires the resident to fill in personal & property info, like Hakmilik No., etc. and also tenant info if rented out. The form is printed on joined letterhead of MPS & Proharta Consultancy S/B. All the contact phone numbers of both MPS & Proharta are clearly stated on the form. Do anyone know about this matter? Please provide your comments or info. Thanks