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Mitsubishi Lancer 2.0 GT OR Honda Civic 2.0

madstone — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:47:17 +0800

Guys,

Wish you all can help me on this.
Well, i'm planning to buy me a brand new car but dunno which 1 to choose
but the title says it all, of course.

I dunno about 2nd hand car value of Mitsubishi but 1 thing we know about Honda right?
it's 2nd hand car value is still up to the market price & lot of people still craving for it right?

So, any advise, suggestion, tips or anything you can help me on this

I'm planning to get this car somewhere next year, probably in the 3rd quarter or 4th, hahahaha
never mind about when will i gwt it, the thing is wanna share with you guys
So, help me guys

i thank you in advance

Question About Absorber

madstone — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:40:51 +0800

One of my KIA Spectra rear absorber is kong
Is it ok to (keep) using the absorber or i do need quick change to new one?

thank you in advance

Burn Notice - Season 2

madstone — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:01:43 +0800

Already aired for Season 2 in the US. Wonder why there's no thread for this quite good TV Show.
This series is about a 'McGyver+James Bond' type of show. You'll love it especially there's Bruce Campbell in it.

Burn Notice is a American television drama series created by Matt Nix and starring Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, Bruce Campbell, Sharon Gless. The series premiered of June 28, 2007 on the USA Network.

Premise
The title refers to the burn notices issued by intelligence agencies to discredit or announce the dismissal of agents or sources who are considered to have become unreliable. The television series is a first-person narrative (including frequent stream of consciousness voice-overs providing nuggets of exposition) from the viewpoint of covert-operations agent Michael Westen, played by Jeffrey Donovan.

After fleeing a Nigerian operation blown apart by the sudden and unexplained non-cooperation of his U.S. contact, Westen finds himself in his hometown[2] of Miami, Florida, USA, attended to by his ex-girlfriend but abandoned by all his normal intelligence contacts, under continuous surveillance with his personal assets frozen. Extraordinary efforts to reach his U.S. government handler eventually yield only a grudging admission that someone powerful wants him "on ice" in Miami; if he leaves the city he will "heat up fast", i.e., he will be hunted down and taken into custody, whereas by staying there he can remain relatively free. Consumed by the desire to find out why he's been burned, and by whom, Westen goes to work as an unlicensed private investigator and freelance spy for anyone in town who can pay him any money in order to fund his personal investigation into his own situation as a blacklisted agent.

Characters
* Jeffrey Donovan as Michael Westen: Michael is a covert operative who has been "burned" (i.e., tagged as an unreliable or dangerous agent) who now finds himself in his hometown of Miami, unable to leave. With his assets frozen, Michael is forced to live off his wits and any small investigative jobs he can find while he pursues the person or persons who burned him. Highly skilled and extremely clever, Michael displays his abilities by quickly thinking on his feet, improvising electronic devices from commonly available commercial equipment such as radios and cell phones, and by using ordinary items such as duct tape or cake frosting in highly unorthodox ways in order to complete a job. Michael has two black belts (or as he put it in one episode "thirty years of karate") and is "rated with anything that fires a bullet or holds an edge." He believes that his unhappy childhood, largely at the hands of an abusive father, helped make him into a natural covert operative, but made relationships difficult for him. Michael presents himself as a cynic hardened by experience, but soon reveals a soft, and sometimes vulnerable, side.

* Gabrielle Anwar as Fiona Glenanne: A former IRA operative and Westen's ex-girlfriend. Fiona re-enters Michael's life when he was dumped, half-dead, in Miami, and she decides to stay, quickly making herself valuable to Michael. Highly knowledgeable about guns and explosives, Fiona provides support to Michael on his investigations and at times, assists him in missions to find out who burned him. In the pilot episode, Fiona speaks with an Irish accent. In the second episode, she changes to an American accent, along with a change in her style of dress, in an effort to distance herself from her past and blend in, showing her own ability to adapt. Fiona is both a complement to Michael and his match in many ways, both intellectually and tactically. Series creator Matt Nix has said about Michael and Fiona's relationship:

The thing about the relationship with Fiona is…They are two people who really don't have anybody else that they can be with. Anybody else is going to be afraid of what Michael does, and it sort of turns her on, and anybody else for Michael is going to be uninteresting. He is attracted to her, but part of what we explore over the first season is that they really are attracted with each other, and yet there is a reason they broke up. She is an incredibly chaotic person who just thrives on disorder…Violence is foreplay for her.

Where Michael is concerned, Fiona is not entirely willing to let go of their past relationship, which continues to simmer, at least until she understands why he left her with no explanation.

* Bruce Campbell as Sam Axe: An aging semi-retired intelligence operative and former Navy SEAL. With a low amount of cash-on-hand to his name, Axe spends most of his time sleeping with rich, older Miami women in exchange for food and shelter. Sam and Westen are old buddies; Sam is also Westen's last, tenuous contact in the official spy community. Sam presents himself as "the guy who knows a guy." It is revealed in the pilot that he is also an FBI informant, reporting on Westen under duress. Knowing this, Westen is able to pass false information to the FBI through Sam, who is glad to become Michael's double agent.

* Sharon Gless as Madeline Westen: Michael and Nate's mother. She is a chain-smoker and a hypochondriac. Although seemingly hard-hearted, she is family-oriented and shows her full support to her sons in times of need. Until recently, she has had only infrequent communication with her adult son, who does not relish her company. Despite this, her appeals for help are Michael's one great weakness, and she has the ability to persuade Michael to do as she wishes.

What Is The Best Things To Do....

madstone — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:53:24 +0800

Guys,
Wanna ask some question regarding financing
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY, tQ in advance

What is the best thing to do if you got every month RM1,100 available after pay all bill
this amount actually come from the amount i have to pay for my car monthly installment
since i will finish my car monthly installment end of this year, i want to plan a few thing
the thing is, i got lot of options
i - Credit Card debt (normally i paid RM500 to 600 every month, total debt amount is near RM9K & i'm still using it )
ii - Personal loan of RM600 monthly repayment, there's around RM20K plus plus to pay
iii - Study Loan of RM6K left to pay
iv - Computer installment until next year, which is i paid RM148 per month

What i want to do are, the choices actually
i - Pay my credit card debts starting from Jan 2009, so that i can pay around RM1,500 or RM1,600 a month AND i can finish my CC debts in 5 to 6 month next year OR
ii - Pay my personal loan by doubling or tripling the amount, so, i can add another RM100 to RM1,100 available & i can pay around RM1,800 per month and finish the loan throughout 2009 OR
iii - Pay my study loan of RM6,000 for 6 month starting from January until June OR
iv - Just finish my computer loan repayment around RM1480++ for 1st two month and proceed to pay option i,ii & iii.

The question is, i dunno which 1 to start first & of course, all the option came with pros & cons
for example, if i finish the CC debts, i might use it once in a while to buy big thing like furniture or gadgets
but i still want to reduce my debts

OR
worst come to worst, just enjoy with the money i have available to do with whatever i want to do, in short term, enjoy with the money after finish the car installment

Please be careful of rayzrblade

madstone — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:50:44 +0800

Hi all,

Just want to remind all of the Low Yat forumers to be careful with this man whose name is Raymond Lim. His phone number : 0142766605. (this is his sales thread http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/691178)

I reserved my items with him; Transformers Cybertron Evac & Alternators Grimlock last month. Paid full amount of RM330 (RM150+RM180) before 1st of July. I asked him when can meet & deliver my items, he kept giving excuses, busy, outstation & told me he will be free end of July to meet me & deliver my item.

For the past few weeks, i PMed him and at 1 time he said his friend using his LYN ID, not him at another thread HERE and replied my PM after that.

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I waited July 26th & 27th for him to call me to set a meet up to deliver my items but he didn't call me BUT instead he can set up few meeting to COD with few guys!

On Tuesday, July 29th, I sms him & he said he gave my item to somebody else but the other item (ALT Grimlock) lost in the process while moving to new house. He said he lost 4 Alternators including mine BUT from his sales thread, there's ONLY 2 alternators & 1 Binaltech left. I felt suspicious on this d.

He can met few guys on sunday, gave my item to someone else to pass it to me but never call to tell me to set up a meeting to deliver my item but instead gave it to somebody else.

Why not call me on sunday, sunday night & the whole monday to tell me the item is with somebody else. But when i sms him & asked him on Tuesday(yesterday), after that, he told me the situation. What unethical seller he is plus his ignorance made me sick!

After gave the item to the person to pass it to me, on sunday, he still didn't call me to explain the situation earlier. When i SMS him yesterday(tuesday), after that he replied & explain the situation. Why wait tuesday to explain to me? Why not sunday? Monday?
Nearly 48 hours wait. Lucky me i sms him on tuesday but just imagine if i wait for few days, will he ever call meor SMS me?

I've been waiting for a month for him (after paid full amount last month) to deliver my items but instead he gave my item to someone else to pass it to me. He tried to replace my lost item with different item BUT i refused since it is not the same mold that i want.

So i ask for refund yesterday (Tuesday) & wanted him to refund my money by Tuesday but he SMS me last night he will refund my money by tomorrow which is today (wednesday).

Till now no refund has been made & i called him around 3.00PM with my friend's handphone & managed to talk to him. He said he will refund my money by today, as before 12.00am.

Just want to tell you guys, just be careful with this guys. PLEASE DON'T PAY ANY DEPOSIT BEFORE DEALING WITH HIM!

Hope can get my refund by tonight so that can close this case faster.

Have You Ever Receive SMS Like This?

madstone — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:22:00 +0800

I received a SMS from The Joker;

It says like this: Why so serious..Hahaha! Hihihi! Hohoho...!

When i tried to call the sender, it says: Mobile number does not exist
When i tried to reply the SMS, of course i can't.

Anyone of you ever receive this before?
It's kinda suprised to receive this since i made Batman my phone's wallpaper. Coincidence? I don't think so.

How To Remove Big Belly?

madstone — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:37:43 +0800

I have big belly of 40 inch waist to be exact

the thing is, i exercise twice a week playing badminton for an hour
though i sweats like hell, i think my belly is getting bigger & my wieght is maintaining
i thought when we exercise, we can reduce a bit our fat right?

Or am i doing it the wrong way?
coz, after playing badminton, i like to drink cold 100 plus
is that because of cold water?

Or do i need to do more sit ups?

Any advice from experts here?
Please, do not PM me about supplements
i want to do it the hard way, E X E R C I S E

The Official DELL Inspiron 6400 Vol 7

madstone — Fri, 02 May 2008 11:02:54 +0800

i6400 Specification

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Our Honorable User

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REMINDER
Please be notice that DELL got Dell's 30-day worry-free return policy
You can return the whole system in 30days without getting any charges.

TRANSFORMERS THREAD V24

madstone — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:57:18 +0800

Img: Credit to Samus
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History of Transformers.
Generation One (1984-1992)
Generation 2 (1992-1995)
Beast Wars/Machines (1996-2001)
Dreamwave Productions (2002-2005)
G.I. Joe crossovers (2003 onwards)
IDW publishing (2005 onwards)
Robots in Disguise (2001-2002)
Unicron Trilogy-Armada, Energon and Cybertron (2002-2006)
Transformers: Universe (2003-2006)
Film franchise (2007-present)
Transform! Henkei! Transformers! (2008-present)
Transformers: Animated (June 2008)
Transformers: Universe(Classics 2.0) (August 2008)
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Reliable Transformers reference/news sites.
Wiki
www.tformers.com
www.tfw2005.com
www.seibertron.com
www.theallspark.com
transformers.wikia.org
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HAPPY POSTING!

Problem With My KIA SPECTRA Lamp

madstone — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:50:43 +0800

Dear Sifus of LYN Technical Talk

Previous mechanic said my lamp socket broke so i can't adjust my light level
it happened few years back & i didn't change the light coz gonna cost me around RM600++
plus the lamp is in good condition

When i switch on the light, it's kinda low, very low coz i can't barely see few metres infront of me
When i switch to high beam, the light's in the correct position where it suppose to be when switching it on

What should i do?
Do i need to change the whole lamp? (Both of it)
Or can it be adjust to it's correct position?

TQ in advance

Drivers Not Using Signal Nowadays

madstone — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:54:31 +0800

Yesterday, i nearly ram into back of a lorry (big lori pasir)
I followed slowly behind the lorry coz i want to turn left, already gave my signal
then the lorry going slow & i thought he also wanted to turn left
BUT suddenly the lorry just stop beside the road without giving signal
i gave him a very long honk & middle finger
nearly ram the back of the lorry

Nowadays i noticed most of the driver on the road reluctant to give signal to wherever they want to go
turn right or left no signal, want to stop also, no signal
overtake also NO signal
even motorcycle also getting stubborn each & everyday to give signal

getting sick of this stupid culture
going anywhere & not bother to give signal, damn it!
just felt like to ram their head into their car's windscreen

UPM Fee FOR MBA

madstone — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 00:48:43 +0800

Hi Guys,

Anyone here study in UPM?
I want to survey how much UPM's fee MBA courses there?
I've checked UPM's website BUT nothing
just downloaded the form

Anything else i should know MBA courses there?

Thanks for the help

Typical American Hero's Name

madstone — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:15:13 +0800

Kinda thinking of this quite long
BUT when i watched SPEED movie last night, i'm thinking of starting a thread about this

Did you guys realise that most of American hero's name in TV Series or Movie named JACK?

For example, in SPEED, Keanu Reeves character named JACK TRAVEN
then, i remember one of my fav TV Series which is 24, also JACK, Jack Bauer
then i thought about LOST, also JACK, Jack Shephard
in Men in Trees, also JACK, Jack Slattery

Where else got JACK for their HERO's OR Main Character's name:

MOVIES
1. Titanic (Jack Dawson)
2. The Hunt for Red October & Clear and Present Danger (Jack Ryan)
3. The Pirates of the Caribbean (Captain Jack Sparrow)
4. Firewall (Jack Stanfield)

Television
1. Jack Bauer, the main character of the series 24
2. Jack Bristow, a main character from the series Alias
3. Jack Donaghy, a main character on the series 30 Rock
4. Jack McFarland, a main character from the series Will & Grace
5. Jack Gallo, a main character from the series Just Shoot Me!
6. Jack O'Lantern, a villain character in Billy and Mandy's Jacked Up Halloween,
a holiday episode of the animated series The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
7. Jack O'Neill, from the series Stargate SG-1
8. Jack Shephard, the male lead character on the series Lost
9. Jack Tripper, character from the series Three's Company and Three's a Crowd
10. Jack McCoy, Executive Assistant District Attorney in Law & Order series.
11. Jack Cox, Dr. Perry Cox's oldest child and only son on the sitcom Scrubs.
12. Jack Carter, from the series Eureka
13. Samurai Jack
14. Jack Bing, Monica and Chandler's son from the series "Friends"

Err...If you could find more 'JACK' in TV Series or Movies, please do so
The discussion is, why JACK?
Is it because of the simple name? Why not JOHN? DAVID? Or else?
May be we can find a reasonable statement why they are using JACK instead of other names?

[WTS]TPB Comics For Sale (Price Reduced Again!)

madstone — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 09:57:27 +0800

Item(s):
*1. The Transformers: The Movie Prequel (RM65)

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2. 30 Days of Night: Return to Barrow (RM45)(One Shot)

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3. Ultimate Galactus Vol 1: Nightmare (TPB) (RM20) (Vol 1 of 2 Parts)

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4. Wolverine/ Punisher Vol 1 (TPB) (RM20)

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7. Transmetropolitan Vol 9: The Cure (TPB) (RM10)

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Problem With My KIA SPECTRA

madstone — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 01:04:49 +0800

Greetings my humble friends,

I have ONE big problem with my KIA SPECTRA of 2001

My engine oil container has leaking problem before
I fixed it and no more leakage problem

the thing is, my engine oil kept dry n dry very very fast
during one service to another which is about 10,000KM, the oil seem not enough
eventhough i add the oil few weeks after changing the engine oil
it's like my car ate the engine oil so fast
when i checked for leakage problem, i find NONE, no leakage or leaking anywhere

my engine getting noisy when the engine oil getting lower
and i have to buy another extra of engine oil to make sure my engine don't go noisier again

what is actually my car's problem

Can't Play MP4 Video FROM SAMSUNG E900

madstone — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 21:49:44 +0800

Dear Sifus here

I can't playback the MP4 video when i tried to play it in my laptop
the video is basically recorded in my Samsung E900 formatted as MP4
when i tried to play it in Quicktime, this message came out

Error-2041 an invalid description was found in the movie (SV_A0028.mp4) <---Video/Files name

When i tried to play in VLC, the video came out BUT no sound
i tried with Media Player Classic but this message came out

When i 'click look for codecs on the net', it went to www.gabest.org

what the hell happened? i'm in

Pop-Up in Mozilla

madstone — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 08:37:28 +0800

I've been getting this pop-up of adware over and over again
eventhough i delete the cookies files, the pop-up still running over n over again
the files sometimes display this http://www.lop.com/ads/cpx or CiD
and then when i closed it, another pop-up will come out

I run almost everything adware or spyware detector such as Ad-Aware SE, Spyware Doctor, Yahoo Anti-Spy, Spyware Blaster, Spybot - Search & Destroy BUT to no avail, the pop-up ad still coming out

Advice me on this, what should i do

FYI, when i opened mozilla ONLY the pop-up will come-out BUT the thing is, the pop-up is in IE

Pop-Up in Mozilla

madstone — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:41:21 +0800

I've been getting this pop-up of adware over and over again
eventhough i delete the cookies files, the pop-up still running over n over again
the files sometimes display this URL http://www.lop.com/ads/cpx or CiD
and then when i closed it, another pop-up will come out

I run almost everything adware or spyware detector such as Ad-Aware SE, Spyware Doctor, Yahoo Anti-Spy, Spyware Blaster, Spybot - Search & Destroy BUT to no avail, the pop-up ad still coming out

Advice me on this, what should i do

FYI, when i opened mozilla ONLY the pop-up will come-out BUT the thing is, the pop-up is in IE

Summer Glau - (River Tham)

madstone — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 23:27:32 +0800

Watched her act in Serenity & The Sarah Connor Chronicles
what a beauty!!

gonna add somemore later

Emmy Rossum - Beauty!

madstone — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 23:19:42 +0800

Quoting from WIKI

QUOTE

Emmanuelle Grey "Emmy" Rossum (born September 12, 1986) is a Golden Globe-nominated American actress and singer. She is probably most well known for her leading roles in the films The Day After Tomorrow and the 2004 version of The Phantom of the Opera.
Personal Life
Although she was born in New York, Emmy currently splits her time between the apartment she shares with her mother in Manhattan and Los Angeles, CA, where she is working on her album for Geffen Records.

Rossum suffers from coeliac disease, an auto-immune disorder marked by the body's intolerance of food containing gluten.[9][not in citation given]

Rossum claims that "When I was really young, I wanted to be 1,000 different things. In acting, I get to do that every six weeks."[10] Although her secret ambition is writing, directing and producing, she believes that if she weren't an actress, she would likely be a mathematician or an astronaut. Rossum attended Spence School in Manhattan[11], an elite girls school attended by Gwyneth Paltrow; the school gave her an ultimatum when her attendance started to slip on account of her engagements with the Met, forcing her to choose between school and music. Choosing to continue with her music, Rossum received her high school diploma when she was fifteen via online extension courses offered by Stanford University's Education Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY).[11] Although Rossum has elected not to attend college, she has taken some extension courses through Columbia University, where she plans to someday major in English and minor in Philosophy and Art History.[citation needed]

Rossum began dating art scion David Wildenstein of the French billionaire art-dealing family in 2004. Unfortunately, although Rossum considered him to be "a great guy: really smart, a gentleman,"[3] she was in L.A. all the time, while he continued to reside in New York, causing the relationship to end in 2006. Rossum, who has been credited[attribution needed] with her clean lifestyle and strategic ability to avoid tabloids and paparazzi, suggests that she would never date other celebrities for the sake of maintaining her positive image. Preferring to keep her personal life out of the media spotlight-a task made easier by living in her native New York-Rossum believes she is of no interest to the media as she is not "sleeping around or falling down drunk" and she is determined "not to get caught dancing on tables.

Recently[specify], Rossum was inspired by her Poseidon co-star Josh Lucas's work with YouthAIDS, and became a YouthAIDS ambassador.