September Newsletter

2. Indah Elite Resident & Owners Association (IEROA)
EDITORIAL
www.facebook.com/groups/indahelite | indahelite@groups.facebook.com Sept 2011| Issue No.2
QUICK FACTS We Are On The Right Track
Shah Alam
Taking a leaf from an old Buddhist quotes dents and owners to come forward and help
that says “If we are facing in the right direc- us in building a better and safer community.
tion, all we have to do is keep on walking. “ We have always held the view that IEORA is
Nevertheless, when we first got together to the platform to unite the residents and the
form some kind of resident committee, we owner‟s vis-à-vis to build a better community
were not so sure if we are facing the right and neighborhood. Nevertheless, despite all
direction but our notion told us to keep on of these good efforts, there are still some mi-
Motto: “Indah , Bestari” walking. After two years of walking, we real- norities that have failed to understand the
ize that we are on the right track. As a testa- concept of living in a community. Despite our
Area : 290.3 Km2
ment to this, our Resident Association was repeated communications and warnings,
formed in May this year, subsequently we these handful of owners and residents have
Population : 671,282
held our first EGM ( Extraordinary General undermined the essence of community living
Mayor: Mohd Jaafar Atan Meeting) , accelerated our presence on Social by not paying their maintenance fees. We
Network namely facebook ,launched our own strongly urge them to have a change of heart
City Status On: 10-10-2000 Newsletter and successfully carried several and be a part of community by paying their
key events and activities e.g the recycling maintenance fees.
Total Sections: 56 campaign.
Sister City: Tangerang, Last but not least, we would like to wish all of
Although, we have fared well in the last two our Muslim readers “Selamat Hari Raya
Indonesia years but we understand that the destination Aidilfithri. Maaf Zahir dan Batin”
is still some distance away and the obstacles
State Capital On: 7-12-1978
are abundant. All this while, we have man-
aged to do what we have done with less than
20 volunteers. Now imagine if we can achieve
all this with less than 20 volunteers what can
we achieve together with hundreds of volun-
teers. In view of this, we strongly urge resi-
Your role as a
Resident.
 Be active and par-
ticipate in discus- ―Do unto others as what you want others to do unto you‖.– Quote of the month
sions/meetings
 Give constructive
comments and
ideas
 Take responsibility
and report any
incidents /faults
 Join in the activi-
ties and events and
get to know your
neighbors

3. Bits & Bytes
Building Your Own Wireless Entertainment System
By Sashi Kumar Sivam (sashi1973@gmail.com)
Remember those good old days physically hooked to one of the UNIFI ports.
when you have your CDs, DVDs, Once you are done with your NAS and got it all
VHS Tapes scattered all over the up and running, all you need next is some con-
floor and to add to all those mess tents. These contents can either be downloaded
you have your cables dangling all from the internet or ripped from your favorite
over the place. Well with the ad- DVDs.
vancement in the field of digital
and wireless technology you can at Once you are done with the contents. The last
least clear the mess by going media piece of the puzzle is the player. Ideally, you can
and cable free. go out and buy yourself a BD player but never-
theless, feel free to grab any device that could
You might have had your first taste of digital play MKV, AVI, WMV, RMVB, MPEG file for-
technology from Astro Byond and Unifi mats. Hook the player to one of your network
HyppTV. As a matter of fact, it doesn‟t take port and you are now ready to sit back and enjoy
much to build your own digital and wireless all your favorite movies and music digitally and
media system nowadays. For a start, you cable free. The best part is that it doesn‟t cost
would need a decent bandwidth, Unifi would you an arm and a leg plus with DLNA (Digital
do the trick. Next, you would need to get some Living Network Alliance) technology you can be
form of Network Acess Storage (NAS) , luckily rest assured that you can access your contents at
for us there are a handful of them in the mar- anywhere and anytime.
ket today. As for me, I went out and bought a
Buffalo NAS since it is the cheapest but you
can literally choose anything from Apple to
WD. The NAS need to be configured and
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24-Hrs Call Centre
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016-301 1689
USEFUL CONTACTS Some part of the playgrounds
are over grown by weeds and
Police Station mimosa plants. If left uncheck
Sri Muda: 03-5121 6872 this would turn out to be a real
Bukit Aman: 03-2262 7555 eyesore, unless we do some-
Kota Kemuning: 03-5124 6222 The monsoon drains
thing about it.
around Indah Elite are
IEORA Committee clogged due to rubbish
President (Jag): 012-251 8249 dumping. These has been
Security (Mega): 013-626 1111 mosquito breeding
ground in our commu-
MBSA nity. Now to make things
Main: 03-5510 5133 worse it has attracted
Bilik Gerakan: 03-5510 5811
rats and even snakes. We
Some of the bins around the play-
recently lost two dogs
Others ground have been overflowing
due to snake bites. What
Bomba: 994 with litters for weeks now. It
Telekom: 100 shall we do about it?
seems MBSA has not cleared them
Tenaga Nasional: 15454
for ages now. What can we do to
Shah Alam Taxi: 03-5519 1740
get MBSA to get the litters?
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4. Safety
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5. Hot From The Pot
White Coffee Cheese Jelly Mooncakes
By Elaine Ngan (Elaine_nsh@yahoo.com.my)
For Filling Method
B. 1tsp agar-agar powder 1.Combine ingredients into a pot. Bring it to
a boil. Strain solution. Pour into small ice-
20g caster sugar cube moulds. Cool then keep chilled till set.
125ml water 2.Except the whipping cream, mix all ingredi-
ent (B) to a boil. Turn off heat, add-in whip-
20g Cheddar cheese
ping cream. Mix thoroughly and strain.
1 tsp lemon juice
3. Spoon a little of no. 2 into small moulds.
75g non-dairy fresh whipping Let it set a little, Gently , place in mock Jelly
cream egg yolk. Spoon more of no.2 to cover mock
egg yolk. Set jelly, unmold, trim edges and set
aside.
For Skin
Ingredients for mock jelly egg yolks
4.Bring ingredients (C) to a boil. Turn off
C: ½ tbsp agar-agar powder
heat, add in ingredient (D), mix well.Scoop
A: 1 tsp agar-agar powder
70g caster sugar 100ml of this white colour solution, sepa-
40g caster sugar rately. Next add in ingredient (E), stir well.
250ml water Strain solution, set aside.
1/8 tsp salt
D: 100g non-dairy fresh 4.spoon a little coffee mixture of no (4) into
150ml water moulds. Set a little, place in no (3).Spoon a
whipping cream little of white colour solution in. Set and fill in
100g carrot (diced, boiled till coffee mixture of no (4).Set before chilling
cooked, pureed) E: 20g (3-in-1) white coffee moulds in the refrigerator.
Household Tips
 Crayon marks on wall: use a
blow-drier to heat the crayon so
it can easily be wiped off
 Marks on Walls: Try using
bread to remove marks on
walls and surfaces .
 Chewing gum: To remove
chewing gum from clothes
freeze, or cover the gum with
ice, then crack and scrape
off.
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6. Fitness
Interval Training
Principle behind Interval Training
By Shawn Chan(shawnchanhl@gmail.com)
hour for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes he
It is not the amount of calories burned
increases his pace to 10 km per hour and
during the workout but the amount of
does it for a duration of 15 minutes. After
calories burned after the workout.
performance of 15 minutes of 10 km per
hour pace, he then slows down to 3 km
per hour jogging pace. He repeats the Exercises or activities that can in-
intervals according to his goal. corporate interval training
In another term, interval training is a 1. Jogging or running
cardiovascular workout that involves
brief bouts at near maximum exertion 2. Cycling
interspersed with periods of lower inten-
sity activity. 3. Aerobics exercise
Interval training is any physical training Benefits of Interval Training 4. Rope jumping
that involves burst of high intensity work
or exercise. The high intensity work or 1. It boosts metabolism rate. 5. Swimming
exercise is alternated with periods of
recovery (which may involve complete 2. It burns off extra fat. 6. Brisk Walking
rest and/or lower intensity activity).
It is the quickest and the best way to
burn fat.
Example:-
Tay was jogging at the pace of 3km per
HEALTH TIPS
1. Do not eat heavy food after 8pm.
2. Do not sleep after a heavy meal.
3. Eat more fruits and vegetables in
our daily diet.
4. Do regular exercises every day.
5. Have a smiling face everyday.
6. Maintain a healthy weight.
7. Cut down the intake of sugar.
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7. Am I My Brother’s Keeper? Community Living
Part 1
By Shawn Chan(shawnchanhl@gmail.com) guest not to double park their cars at
areas that would obstruct or intrude the
neighbour‟s space. As neighbours, all of
The meaning of “ Am I my
us must be sensitive towards each other. authorities. Minding one‟s own business
brother’s keeper?” is having the
Courtesy is very important. A smiling in this scenario (which is typical of to-
responsibility to watch out for and
face does not mean consent in most day‟s society that we live in) would cause
care for one another. It is relevant in
cases. People are just being polite and do further harm and injustice to the victims
today‟s social settings. Social crimes is
not want to be rude. However if courtesy in the stated scenario.
on the rise. Security and safety of indi-
is taken for granted, it could build up to
vidual well being has been compro-
resentment and eventually disputes. However this philosphy does not mean
mised.Trust on the ability of local en-
Hence it is paramount that simple cour- being “Keh Poh Chi” or busy-body to our
forcement to protect and to care for our
tesy such as informing or asking for con- neighbours. Such behavior would result
safety and security have diminished.
sent from our neighbour is being prac- in conflicts , resentments and arguments
tised to ensure that harmony and peace (maybe possible boxing contest). We
Hence it is very important that all of us
within the community are maintained. must be pragmatic in adopting the above
living in a gated community to adopt and
philosophy. We ought to intervene into
practice the above philosophy. Such phi-
It would ensure that the commu- matters that would ensure harmony and
losophy would ensure the following posi-
nity intervene into matters that are peace for the community as a whole.
tive outcomes.
crucial to one’s well being
or rectifying a wrong being done.
It would ensure that all of us will
Scenario B
always think of others first before
A resident seeing a domestic violence or
doing anything in this
child abuse happening in a neighbours
gated community.
house should intervene and take neces-
Scenario A
sary steps such as reporting to respective
Residents would inform their respective
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8. Personal Development
Voyage of Discovery
By Kugendran Shanmuganathan (kugen@hotmail.com)
have to say about your life when you look at it Fourteen minutes experiencing pure joy. Three
that way! Glance through the passage below and months doing laundry. Fifteen hours writing
see what an average Malaysian does. your signature. Sixty-seven days of heartbreak.
Five weeks driving lost. Fifty-one days deciding
In the afterlife you relive all your experiences, what to wear. Nine days pretending you know
but this time with the events reshuffled into a what is being talked about. Two weeks counting
new order: all the moments that share a quality money. Eighteen days staring into the refrigera-
are grouped together. You spend two months tor. Thirty-four days longing. Six months watch-
driving in your neighborhood, seven months of ing commercials. Four weeks sitting in thought,
intimacy. You sleep for thirty years without wondering if there is something better you could
opening your eyes. For five months straight you be doing with your time. Three years swallowing
flip through magazines. You take all your pain at food.
once, all twenty-seven intense hours of it. Bones
break, cars crash, skin is cut, babies are born. Then write down what your afterlife will be if you
Once you make it through, it‟s agony-free for the were to continue to live the life you are currently
I recently undertook a journey in an experiential rest of your afterlife. But that doesn‟t mean it‟s living. See if you can live with it. I discovered
training program, upon receiving a certificate always pleasant. You spend six days clipping after I did some math and figured that if I carried
upon completion - At the bottom a note “The real your nails. Fifteen months looking for lost items. on doing what I was doing, in the next 30 years I
voyage of discovery lies not in seeking new places Eighteen months waiting in line. Two years of would spend 10 years sleeping, 1 year playing
but in seeing with new eyes". If this is indeed boredom: staring out a express bus window, some sport or exercise, 12 years working, 3 years
true, the possibilities for discovery are endless. Your eyes hurt, and you itch, because you can‟t riding to work and 4 years with my family. That
By shifting my point of view, I should be able to take a shower until it‟s your time to take your changed the way I saw my life, and had a pro-
see the same thing in a completely different per- marathon two-hundred-day shower. Two weeks found impact on some decisions I made. Try this
spective. A psychologist researching the impact wondering what happens when you die. One exercise, it is very powerful.
of „finite time‟ – the notion that you will certainly minute realizing your body is falling. Seventy-
die on a given day and that you have a finite seven hours of confusion. One hour realizing The question is - If you saw your afterlife
differently, would you live your life as
number of days left on planet Earth. Another you‟ve forgotten someone‟s name whom you you are now?
interesting point of view suggested was to pre- met. Three weeks realizing you are wrong. Two
sent one‟s life reshuffled and see what you truly days lying. Six weeks waiting for a green light.
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9. Parenting
HELLO! I‟ M A PARENT!
By Mrs.Loh (anniesungloh@gmail.c0m)
tried everything, but nothing seems to work!” three children were all graduates of our local
“Rising early” – make breakfast, get the children universities here – two from UM and one from
ready for school, laundry, marketing, clean- UKM and my oldest child graduated from KDU –
ing….and the list goes on… she was the Valedictorian for her class.
“Stay up late” – unfinished chores, make sure
children do homework, plan for next day‟s menu, We are in this era where you can obtain abun-
errands, etc… dance of information about anything and every-
“Toiling” – chauffeuring children to and fro from thing – so no one can say „ I don‟t know
tuition and other activities, grocery shopping, how‟. Parents just stay focused and do not be
seeing to the needs of the family, etc…. distracted with where the current trend is head-
ing. Our parents could do it without all these
At the end of the day, when we finally put our technologies and modernization, and we are
heads on the pillow, do we sleep – no….our living examples of their good teaching and values
minds will run again!! Have you been imparted to us.
there? Yes, many parents, especially MOTHERS
can agree with me! Many of us who have been This Parenting page is open to all – you can ei-
Observation tells us that Indah Elite consists of there can sympathize with this phenomena. To ther:
mostly young families. Therefore, this page is be honest, there are no short cuts and as parents 1) share your thoughts on this sub-
solely dedicated to you, young parents! we have to go through this „season‟ of life. Yes, ject (we need articles for this page)
the work of raising a child from the crib, we give 2) or ask questions regarding par-
Short description about myself – am a stay-at- absolutely no formal training. There is no such enting ( we are no experts, but will try
home mom since the birth of my 2nd child, thing as “instant parents” when today we have so to answer)
mother of four (2 boys and 2 girls), Grandmother many “instant” stuff like instant noodles, instant 3) or send us anything relating to
of 3 (2 grandsons and 1 granddaughter). Believes coffee, etc. Parenting , maybe pictures, quota-
parents should raise their own children. Work tions, jokes, etc
hard to cook meals for my family that are BUT, the good news is parenting reaps GREAT
healthy, varied and, of course, budget-friendly. JOY AND GREAT REWARDS!! It gives you Please send all matters on parenting to Mrs. Loh,
Enjoys craft, gardening, music, decorating and GREAT OPPORTUNITY to shape your children‟s email address: anniesungloh@gmail.com
writing. Supporter in the concept of recycling, lives for time and for eternity. I recalled the time
reusing and repairing. Believes that cleanliness is when my parents and friends had advised me not
godliness! to stop work after having such good education,
training, etc. When I finally made the decision to
To start with, here is something am sure all par- be full time homemaker, I had not looked
ent is familiar with: back. Found satisfaction and fulfillment in being
“I just don‟t know what to do with our kids!” the parent my children needed which I would not
“Every day is another hassle. From morning to have gotten if I had continued working. My
night something is always going wrong. We have
JOKE CORNER
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10. Going Green
IEORA Recycling Campaign
By Eu Jin Ang and Sashi Kumar Sivam (eu_jin@hotmail.com)
We launched our own recycling campaign according to respective categories
on the 20th of August 2011. After weeks of
preparation, the event turned out exactly  Containers that contain food / oil /
how we wanted it to be, a success. We owe beverage should be rinsed and washed
this largely to the participation of our resi- thoroughly to avoid attracting house-
dence and the commitment shown by all hold insects & pests;
our sub-committee members. Unless you
have somehow missed the banners, you Once you have done so , bring across your
would know that this is monthly, intended recyclable items to our basketball court on
to be held during the third Saturday of the stipulated date. The sub-committee
every month. In case if you have missed it would then take it over from you and if
the next „Recycling Campaign‟ is to be held needed then would re-sort and re-
on 17 September 2011 from 9 to 11 a.m at categorize the items accordingly . As a mat-
Indah Elite‟s Basketball Court. So block it ter fact , you could even communicate with Meanwhile, these items are not acceptable:
in your calendar or key it in yoursmart them on that day to get answers to some of
phone, your questions.
The overall objective of the campaign is to The vendors are selective and they would-
create awareness among all IEROA mem- n‟t usually accept everything and anything.
bers on the benefits of REDUCE, REUSE & The following are a list of items that are
RECYCLE towards a better, sustainable deemed to be acceptable:
and healthier community living environ-
ment. Plus, it also helps to diversify our
collection as the Proceeds received from
the recycling campaign will be channeled to
the IEROA account and will be used for
IEROA sanctioned activities.
Participation is simple and we don‟t really We would appreciate if you could follow
these simple guidelines. Last but not least,
have many rules for you to follow. Here are see you all in the next recycling campaign
two simple guidelines: and lets do our very least in saving Mother
Earth.
 segregate or sort the recyclable items
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11. Community
IEORA COMMITTEE
COMMUNITY ALBUM
2011 EGM Registration
President Jag Rao
When Patrick
Deputy Allan
President turns green
Vice Presidents Raimie, Moorthi
Secretary & Patrick, Alice Tan Surat Khabar
Assistant
Lama , Surat
Treasurer & Eric Leong, Raja
Khabar Lama
Assistant
Auditor Mrs Lee
So heavy
Head of Mega ah!
Security
We are all
Head of Heath & Edwin
in
Environment
Head of Safety & BK Wong, Maran
Assistant
Head of IT & Sashi, Saravanan,
Assistants Ju-Lian Lim
ACTIVITIES & EVENTS
Head of Koh, Christia
Infrastructure &
Assistants
Futsall -Every Sunday, from 8.00 to 9.00 Cycling- Every Monday,
Head of PR & Rajes, Alven Chua Wednesday & Friday from 9.30
Assistants pm @ IE basket ball court. Contact Sashi
at http://www.facebook.com/groups/ to 10.30 pm , starts from IE
Head of Sports & Eu Jen, Suren,
indahelite/ basket ball court. Contact
Recreational + Jeffrey
Kugen Dran or Sashi at http://
Assistants
Recycling Week & Garage Sale—3rd Week www.facebook.com/groups/
Street Representa- Lim Pang Chong
tive 135 24,135 of September, Saturday, 17-09-2011. from 9.00 a.m indahelite/
Street Representa- Eu jin, 25,136A onwards @ I.E basketball court. Contact Patrick at at
Basketball- Everyday from
tive 136A http://www.facebook.com/groups/
5.30 to 7.30 pm , starts from IE
Street Representa- Norizam bt Yaacob
basket ball court. Contact us at
tive 136B 19,136B
http://www.facebook.com/
Street Representa- Agnes 6,136C Guitar -Every Friday & Sunday from
tive 136C groups/indahelite/
8.00 to 9.00 pm @ Gazebo next to IE bas-
Street Representa- Gan Wee Hunn ket ball court. Contact Chai at http://
tive 136D&E 20,136E www.facebook.com/groups/indahelite/
Street Representa- Asokan 25,137
tive 137
Street Representa- Kugen 8,138A
tive 138A
Our Team Our Sponsors
Street Representa- Edwin 23,138B
tive 138B Shawn
WS Art Green Krista Lim
Street Representa- Teng 11,138C Gallery World Auto
tive 138C Sashi Mrs.Loh
Sara Elaine Sense Global World Driving
Street Representa- Mrs Loh 2,138D Link School
tive 138D
Bake My Hon KTS
Street Representa- Mr Ren 2,138E Day Cafe Ming Kee Kavita
tive 138E
Millennium House Of Restoran
Street Representa- Anita Kaur 12,138F Bridal & Beauty Saloon Selva
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Street Representa- Mrs Tan 30,138H
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without additives, and flavours. Using only
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freshly baked cookies made with pure butter,
Cakes suitable for weddings, birthdays,
real vanilla and organic flour.
anniversaries, door gifts, “hantaran” and for
those who don’t need an occasion to celebrate
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varieties specially in imported chocolates,
Cheese, Fruits and healthy flour.
Vegetarian Cakes , low fat cakes, No Sugar
Added Cakes are also available.
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