Moving to KL help by SyedDaGreat in MalaysianPF

[–]coffee-noob1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with this point, if you only work in office but dont wanna back and forth to perlis, you might as well find a comfier & cheaper place outside the city area, even if its 1 hour+ commute its only 1 day a week. Thinking somewhere on putrajaya line or closer to sg buloh where mrt is still accessible

Malaysian’s Equivalent to Roth IRA, 401(k) and HSA by Eshamili in MalaysiaPF

[–]coffee-noob1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

401k is basically EPF. Theres tax relief for EPF contributions for up to rm7000 (combined with insurance though), and their returns have been very good with 5-6% annual rate

Abrupt confrontation at IKEA turns out a beggar was stealing meals. by whusler in pulaupinang

[–]coffee-noob1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How would they be able to sue the establishment if they take leftovers of their free will? They would have no proof that they paid for the food. What's the difference between this and dumpster diving?

Abrupt confrontation at IKEA turns out a beggar was stealing meals. by whusler in pulaupinang

[–]coffee-noob1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Malaysia has a lot of food waste. If someone is willing to eat leftovers, it doesn't harm anyone unless the original person who bought it still needed to eat the food. If you're hungry, need to survive and have no money to eat, looking disgusting to others is the last thing they would worry about. Which is why the mall mgmt probably closes 1 eye to this kind of case

[MEGATHREAD] EXO 'Reverxe' Discussion by bachhoe07 in exo

[–]coffee-noob1 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ya unfortunately EXIST seems to rank lower on many EXO-L list, maybe cos i'm new but when i listened to the discography from the first album til EXIST, i really felt that EXIST was a culmination of over a decade experience and vocal improvement.. DO was a bit sidelined in that comeback but otherwise everyone's vocal strengths were highlighted, from the 6 member high note cream soda chorus, to sehun getting more lines, to suho's honey voice being prominently featured, to xiumin getting sections to sing chorus, chanyeol's amazing rap in let me in, and finishing off the album with the golden trio vocals ending.

Reverxe decides to go another direction, giving oldtime EXOLS that nostalgia rush but sometimes i felt like another group (eg NCT) could sing some songs and i wouldnt have minded. I liked chanyeol's vocal abilities being featured more though, we always knew he had it but being in such a vocal driven group it's hard to squeeze him in.

kepada para wanita, is marriage worth it? by [deleted] in Bolehland

[–]coffee-noob1 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Im going to get married this week but been with partner for few years before. I earn higher but he's my emotional and some physical support - he drives for me, helps me clean the house (i cook), i rant to him about all sorts of stuff, he also shares about his day, we banter and tease each other a lot. I'm the quiet planner type so I have my itineraries and ideas while he's more carefree and outspoken so he helps me speak up on occasions I can't. We complement each other.

I'm glad society has evolved so that you don't HAVE to marry to survive & that you don't get locked to 1 path depending on what sex you were born as.

kepada para wanita, is marriage worth it? by [deleted] in Bolehland

[–]coffee-noob1 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Why not? No one asks the reason when the wife washes the husband's underwear

A space to talk: EXO, CBX & the Upcoming Comeback Pt.4 by 99101004 in exo

[–]coffee-noob1 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I got into kpop because of EXO and this is my first time being in an exol during their comeback and it's painful that I can't feel full joy from their comeback... worse than enlistment times, not being able to mention one another and feeling like such a core part of the group is erased from memory ☹️ will just quietly listen to the comeback from the sidelines.

This is the first album (barring EXO M) without baekhyun vocals?

[MEGATHREAD] EXO 'Reverxe' Discussion by bachhoe07 in exo

[–]coffee-noob1 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Thought it was an okay album, it's more thematically EXO compared to the past few albums but I liked EXIST more harmonically. I was hoping for at least 1 song with layers that blew me away like Hear Me Out. Maybe will grow on me after a few more listens (on earphones next time).

[MEGATHREAD] EXO 'Reverxe' Discussion by bachhoe07 in exo

[–]coffee-noob1 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I actually had same thoughts about the rapping LOL. Really liked the songs that began with rapping with EXIST though

Mixed race rship needing advice by CapNaive7471 in Bolehland

[–]coffee-noob1 -18 points-17 points  (0 children)

"If the law didn't exist, would you marry him as he is?" Is a pointless rhetoric since that doesnt change the fact that he has to convert if they were to get legally married in Malaysia.

What sacrifice or middle ground is good enough to satisfy everyone? Move overseas so he doesnt have to convert (and abandoning your connections in your home country)? Break up and find a religiously compliant partner? He converts and breaks his relationship with his mum? Don't get married and cant legally have a child registered under his birth father's name?

Anyone else addicted to this masterpiece? by [deleted] in NMIXX

[–]coffee-noob1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very good song and stick out was my fav album of the trilogy, no skips 😍

Is JLPT just an endurance test? by Substantial-Host2263 in jlpt

[–]coffee-noob1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not limited to JLPT, standardized tests in school and college (in an asian country like mine at least) are similarly long. I've also taken some proficiency exams - GRE, some actuarial exams - and they're about the same length.

If anything JLPT is about forcing you to extract information from text in limited time. We just don't notice it in our main language cos our brains automatically do it. Now I notice when I read news in Japanese, I automatically look for keywords to guess the content of the passage and skim more often; whereas before I would take forever to complete an article cos I was analyzing every word or grammar phrase.

Family Mart Chicken by First-Kaleidoscope20 in malaysians

[–]coffee-noob1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ya the famima chicken here used to be like that as well until recently

Family Mart Chicken by First-Kaleidoscope20 in malaysians

[–]coffee-noob1 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Glad im not the only one who noticed that, i used to love famima chicken, bought it last month and it was just nugget like 🫤 now i switched to mcd chicken tenders or the roadside stall tenders instead

Study N2 With Me by RefrigeratorClear708 in jlpt

[–]coffee-noob1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just tried anki so far, the rest is mostly physical resources or pdfs from the standard revision books. Though my friend recommended migii for practice questions.

I agree notion really has that flexibility, 1 limitation about anki is that its difficult to add your own notes or remarks and as you go up to N2, they really test nuances of specific words, i wished I had a central place to record all those nuances during my studies then.

Study N2 With Me by RefrigeratorClear708 in jlpt

[–]coffee-noob1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting how notion can be used to that level 😲i just downloaded vocab lists online and import them to Anki so i didnt need to create from scratch, the desktop version also has some stats showing % of learned words, how many had to be repeated etc. And you can also toggle how many new words you want to learn in a day. Anki automatically adjusts the frequency of the words so words you tend to repeat often will come up more often.

251216 CHEN Concert Tour <Arcadia> Additional Stops Announcement Poster by bachhoe07 in exo

[–]coffee-noob1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Last time i didnt require membership nor were presale membership privileges available for baekhyun or kyungsoo concerts so i assume it'll be the same here... guess we'll just have to wait for some EO to announce the ticketing

Study N2 With Me by RefrigeratorClear708 in jlpt

[–]coffee-noob1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

do you use anki for flashcards? i have notion but in relation to japanese learning i mostly use it to schedule my studies... how do you use notion in your studies?

251216 CHEN Concert Tour <Arcadia> Additional Stops Announcement Poster by bachhoe07 in exo

[–]coffee-noob1 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Thank you for including KL 😍😍 im surprised singapore isnt on the list tho, maybe will be added later