Reno @ MDPKT20

The cost of reno. 

BR 2.8 x3 = 8.4

Kitch = 1.8 + 1.6

Own

Paint + some tools = 0.2

LED + misc = 0.1

Total damage = 12.8 + 0.3

=13.1  so expensive

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Murni Discovery @ Kelana Jaya

It's a bad pic i know LOL. Can't do much as i stand too near the staircase wall when snapping haha.

GPS location:3.1014129,101.5999935,14

Parking as usual at this area is a bit a hassle, just park around in front of shop houses.

This place is supposedly quite atas aka classy than your standard mamak stall with more fancy dishes version of mamak at a slightly higher price. It's a cozy eatery with quite good environment (here is the 2nd floor interior shown). Service is quite fast and there is huge selection to choose from.

Ordered a sirap bandung, forgot the actualy price ~RM3 i think.

My order of German maggi , which is not too bad. It's portion is big, just like a dry version of curry maggi sup, must say the noddles is quite bouncy good compared to it's maggi goreng. It's not really a healthy choice i guess, considering i just gobbled up at least 2-3 weeks worth of maggi quota haha.

Total costs RM 9.50 including drinks. Quite nice place to hang out with friends i guess, only thing i dislike is their tendency to stick the ticket of your order into your plate. I had one sticker on the cup which is ok, but the ones swimming at the edge of my plate ..it's a bit of a turn off frankly speaking. Again not a bad place, as its famous franchise known to serve big portions of food at decent standard taste & quality.

Shihlin Taiwan Street Snacks @ Paradigm Mall Kelana Jaya

GPS location: 3.1051058,101.5939629

Located at LG floor of paradigm, among the food shacks right across Tesco entrance.

New Year sepcial crispy chicken with egg yolk sold here. We shared one and it's not that impressive.

The queue waiting for food is pretty impressive. Our orders of rice set with crispy fried chicken being prepared.

RM15 shared among us and one set of Egg yolk XXL fried chicken. Sadly, the taste is only mediocre and similar to Uncle Bob's at pasar malam. Rice is normal with some soy sauce draped over & 3 pieces of soft tofu to compete the meal together with a V-Soy drink.

For this price, this is the first & last time i will visit Shihlin on my own. You can get the same for slightly cheaper @ pasar malam unless you fancy crispy chicken with some rice + drink as above.

2017 Beryl's Chocolate CNY Sales from 6th January 2017 to 25th January 2017

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Beryl’s chocolate Malaysia are having their warehouse sale at Seri Kembangan & Bangi. Enjoy special discount & exclusive chocolate products fresh from the factory and many more.

Date: 6th January 2017 to 25th January 2017

SERI KEMBANGAN CHOCOLATE FACTORY 

No.2, Jalan Raya 7/1,Kawasan Perindustrian Seri Kembangan,43300 Seri Kembangan,Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.Mon – Fri: 8:30am to 6:30pmSat & Sun: 9:00am to 6:00pm

Our yearly chocolate pilgrimage, have you done yours?
It's good alternative to gifting new year cookies. Still one more week till end of the sales.

GPS location: 3.0199674,101.7100624

Parking is free opposite the lot of nasi kandar shophouses.

Swap your own T8 flouroscent to LED T5 lamp

Since young time, i rarely see my family fix anything at home, leaking tap /pipe or broken lights all also hire people. 

Today everything very expensive, but we live in ICT era where information is easily accesible via Mr G(oogle) and there is MR DIY everywhere. For a flourescent light with old legacy style fixture (the holder), i called one contractor and he quoted RM60 together with purchase of lamp. That is ~RM4x for installation work along, that also considering that he is willing to do swapping of 2-3 sets of flourescent light, some might even refuse because not much to earn ma.

First of all, safety is most important. Electrocuted dude, is not a happy MR DIY.

Get a Voltage Detector, this one runs on AAA battery. Just turn on light switch & watch the LED & beeper goes wild. That is to detect the live wire since cabling standards can be quite messed up depending on what the contractor likes at the time of installation.

Have to use this thing for nerdy/noobie people that just start DIY, better be safe than shocked.

Even went to MR DIY to read some manual of rewiring T8 fixture to use T8 tubes on old fixtures.

Even google up what is ballast, fuse and fixtures during the process. 

First attempt didn't go so well. Figured out how to unscrew fixture & dismantle it. This is some weird classic T8 fixture and in it slotted with a T5 fixture to accomodate T5 light using legacy T8 fixture.

Burnt my first cable. Very simple mistake, having wire tape the 3 cables together. After observing how my contractor works, i figured out that these cables need to be separated. When AC current runs, it can get qutie hot and short/burn the wires like below.

And using this triangle connector is silly. The expert told me, this thing has nothing to do with installing fluorescent light wiring. Now i see, why i screwed up thinking that this is the connector =.=''

Finally after some advice from experienced bro, and observation i tried again. My chance came quite fast. Right side live, left side neutral and middle earth. Finally succeeded. Proud of myself LOL

Hire cost: 

a) change light RM60 per set

DIY:
a) buy voltage detector ~RM15
b) buy new yellow T5 LED light RM12.50
c) spend time to try ~3 hours on site
Total DIY cost = RM22.50.

Next time i change if i do T8 LED tube, it's ~RM20 as cost per light. LED suppose saves electricity alot more & can last ~15 to 20 years. 

But need invest in drille since standard flourescent light wiring is in middle, LED light can connect on its side. 

In the mean time, invested the RM30+ for emulsion paint and RM20 x2 gloss paint for repainting metal gate & part of house wall. Scraping tool and plaster material + sandpaper costs less than RM10.
The rest is invest own time to make own house nice. Not so bad, at least it's my own haha.