This blog serve as a place of sort to vent my pent up anger and frustrations. This is necessary as all kinds of complains to all levels of authority fell on deaf ears.

The Authority that has the authority to do something often refuses to address and tackle the problems many dwellers of high-rise apartment and communal living places are facing.

More often than not, laws and rules are created to address issues but they are loosely enforced if at all. Let’s see how long they will take this time.

Board to handle strata title grouses

PUTRAJAYA: The soon-to-be-formed Strata Titles Board will handle all complaints regarding strata titles.

Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Azmi Khalid has informed the Bar Council that he was in the midst of appointing members to the board.

The council’s conveyance practice committee chairman, Roger Tan, said this was provided for in the amended Strata Titles Act, which came into effect in April.

Tan said condominium owners could take their complaints to the board and its decision would be final.

-Excerpt from The Star Newspaper

However, I realized that many can complain and whine but not many can actually do something to end the woes. We need more action than just talk. Complain letters and discussions held with proper diplomatic channels do not work. If the proper ways do not work, what choice do we have?

The direction of this blog is vague for now. I can see a faint light at the end of the tunnel.

The middle larger Bomba Lift is not working since six years ago. It has been scavenged for spare parts to repair and maintain the other two lifts (note the door, missing buttons and floor indicators in the picture). The Evil Developer does not seem to want it to be operational again. The lifts do not even have certificate of fitness issued by the Fire Department. It is illegal but the authority is not taking any action.

The other lifts that are still working do not have proper ventilation system, no emergency lights in case of power failure and no intercom or alarm bells. The resident’s life is at risk every time they use the lifts. Heaven forbids, if there is an unfortunate event of fire, the fire fighters will not be able to do their rescue jobs. Ambulance stretchers will not be able to fit into the smaller and shallower lifts too.

Despite all the faults, the lifts are allowed to operate and the Government of Malaysia is not doing anything about it. Complains fall on deaf ears. Even the Prime Minister chose to close one eye over this matter when written complains were submitted to him last year. The Evil Developer involved is an investment arm of the State Government and they are on the same side.

There is nothing the residents can do now except to hope that some mishap happen and hope that no one dies or injured in the process. Only then will the plights be brought into light and justice be done.

May the Evil Developer and their partners in crime burn in Hell forever.

They are to discuss about the implementation of an autogate system with CCTV surveillance camera. Security is bad at the apartment where I am staying. There has been a constant spate of break-ins. Car thefts are rampant too. All the residents are very angry and demanded something to be done in order to prevent further incidents.

The autogate system is something that should have been implemented more than ten years ago. It is in the brochure when the developer launches the property. Somehow the Evil Developer did not deliver what they promised and gets away with it.

The interesting part is the cost of the whole autogate system is to be financed by the residents themselves. Money is to be collected from every unit of apartment. Each car will also be imposed a RM150.00 annual “parking fee” and an entry card will be issued for those who paid. Those who did not pay will have to park their vehicles outside the apartment’s compound.

I expect sparks to fly and I have better things to do than to attend a meeting to see monkeys fight. I am not running away from my responsibilities to see that the place I am staying in turns to be better. For the benefit of all, asking the residents to bear the cost of the autogate system is fine but for the maintenance company to make profit from it annually from “parking fees” is just out of bound.

Seriously, the people in Malaysia is still not ready for communal living.

I wet my pant in one of the toilets, it has this fountain that will aim a gush of water at the most embarrassing spot on your pants the moment the tap is turned. I turned the faucet aiming the other way in order to capture this picture.

News has it that Projet Petrol Stations in Malaysia will be re-branded as Shell Stations at the end of the year. A case of if you don’t buck up, you get taken up.

Why are most of the public toilets in such a sorry state throughout Malaysia? Lack of maintenance or the people are not civilised enough to use them properly?

Ah, the pool is always greener at home.