For newbies ,collectors and anybody else..

[terrenceterrence]

Siodee> beansprout chicken best taken at its place where it's prepared. So call out when you wanna come Ipoh.
Since David will talk till mouth dry, best to replentish with Ipoh's famous snow-beer

wah! now ipoh have beer ar?

never been back for a long time... sigh

so watch gallery opened in syuen yet? talked with the young boss and heard they are branching out into ipoh and kk early this year

[ivanswk]

Siodee> beansprout chicken best taken at its place where it's prepared. So call out when you wanna come Ipoh.
Since David will talk till mouth dry, best to replentish with Ipoh's famous snow-beer

where is ipoh famous snow beer ? 

[Watchnewby]

Siodee> beansprout chicken best taken at its place where it's prepared. So call out when you wanna come Ipoh.
Since David will talk till mouth dry, best to replentish with Ipoh's famous snow-beer

IMHO, if daytime, drink white kopi. If night time, snow-beer.    

[bryankwc]

Yup! Ipoh white coffee for Siodee & DC to keep them talking, stuff their mouths with 'Yee-poh ngar choy kai' to shut them up and finish off with snow beer to put them to sleep!
But, seriously I haven't gone round my own town to look for good pre-own pieces. 
I guess there would be more choices in KL anyway.
Terence> There's only 1 watch shop in Syuen Hotel I know of, and they are the AD for Rolex.  The main shop is run by the elder brother in old town, near the popular white coffee shops.
Take care, Ciao!

[terrenceterrence]

Yup! Ipoh white coffee for Siodee & DC to keep them talking, stuff their mouths with 'Yee-poh ngar choy kai' to shut them up and finish off with snow beer to put them to sleep!
But, seriously I haven't gone round my own town to look for good pre-own pieces. 
I guess there would be more choices in KL anyway.
Terence> There's only 1 watch shop in Syuen Hotel I know of, and they are the AD for Rolex.  The main shop is run by the elder brother in old town, near the popular white coffee shops.
Take care, Ciao!

dunno... the young boss in watch gallery told me they are opening in ipoh during CNY and have a shop in KK in sutera harbour

[siodee]

Bryan, White coffee for DC, snow beer for me la  ,
Btw, is it home made snow beer? didn't know Ipoh got Snow Beer, must try next time visit there, any recommended pub or restaurant???

[chrisyen]

Since when Ipoh is famous of snow beer?
I thought only snow White?

[bryankwc]

Snow beer or 'sheet far bear' was made popular in Ipoh back in the 80s and slowly spread to KL in the 90s, if I got the facts right.
Basically, it's beer chilled to a certain temp and when the bottle is open, the foam pours out in a 'snowy' texture.
Beer lovers swear that it goes down nice and easy and you don't get drunk so easy!
Most popular place is in old town, between the Maybank building and the historic 'Concubine Lane', at night.
Take care, Ciao!

[terrenceterrence]

Snow beer or 'sheet far bear' was made popular in Ipoh back in the 80s and slowly spread to KL in the 90s, if I got the facts right.
Basically, it's beer chilled to a certain temp and when the bottle is open, the foam pours out in a 'snowy' texture.
Beer lovers swear that it goes down nice and easy and you don't get drunk so easy!
Most popular place is in old town, between the Maybank building and the historic 'Concubine Lane', at night.
Take care, Ciao!

oh now i remember what is "snow beer"........

[nayo]

Yup! Ipoh white coffee for Siodee & DC to keep them talking, stuff their mouths with 'Yee-poh ngar choy kai' to shut them up and finish off with snow beer to put them to sleep!
But, seriously I haven't gone round my own town to look for good pre-own pieces. 
I guess there would be more choices in KL anyway.
Terence> There's only 1 watch shop in Syuen Hotel I know of, and they are the AD for Rolex.  The main shop is run by the elder brother in old town, near the popular white coffee shops.
Take care, Ciao!

Ipoh old town serves great white coffee but for that exquisite smooth lingering aftertaste try the iced white coffee at Foo Kwai coffeshop in Kg Bercham. Never fail to stop by for a cuppa when passing thru. Corner shop just next to Maybank, opposite Shell station. Serves great noodles and yong tau foo mix too. Highly recommended is the dry curry mee. Yummy. Try it Bryan, and rate it.

[terrenceterrence]

miss ipoh.... any coffee shop in ipoh is better than everything over here.

can't get any decent noodles over here. everything so heavy alkaline taste. coffee and tea sucks too....

tau foo far not smooth enough...bean sprouts not crunchy enough..... fried noodles too sweet.....

the only saving grace are the women wears shorter than Ipoh 

[TheHobbit]

the only saving grace are the women wears shorter than Ipoh 

But is it better than Kampar? 

[siodee]

the only saving grace are the women wears shorter than Ipoh 

But is it better than Kampar? 

Wow, from Ipoh to Kampar, you mean Kampar's woman wear panties only?

[bryankwc]

Why is Ipoh famous for produces so many langlui ah .............. Is it because of the ngahchoi chicken?

Most of the Ipoh langluis go to study or work in Kl and learnt to wear short-short skirts!
Nayo> I'll try the place in Bercham. Sounds yummy! Is it open at night as well?

[Gigi]

Guys,

Please keep this thread clean you guys are staying off from the main purpose of this topic.....

I dont want newbie to look for guidance end up reading about good food and drinks......

 

[siodee]

Guys,

Please keep this thread clean you guys are staying off from the main purpose of this topic.....

I dont want newbie to look for guidance end up reading about good food and drinks......

 

Agree  ...if the newbie read until here, those previous posts are some bad example to follow, especially those food or leng lui stuff. This is MWF (Malaysia Watch Forum), and not (Malaysia Wanted Food)...

[bryankwc]

Guys,

Please keep this thread clean you guys are staying off from the main purpose of this topic.....

I dont want newbie to look for guidance end up reading about good food and drinks......

 

Sorry, topic got carried away not intentionally.
Take care, Ciao!

[Watchnewby]

Back to topic.

To summarise:

From Gmac - always go for your grail watches. There may be semi-grail & everyday watches, but the most satisfaction is your grail watch.

From Gigi -
1) Watch is not "investment". Only watches (those big name brand) are more "liquid" to exchange for cold, hard cash.
2) Consider about maintaining the watch ie., sent for service; prices will be from around Rm800 to ten of thousand Ringgit
3) Get the watch you liked the most and try not to follow the crowd, ie buy the watch to satisfy yourself, no one else.
4) Enjoy the hobby and do not judge people by what watch are they wearing.

From siowdee -
Let the newbies think that watch is an investment, get their fingers burn, then they will learn.

[Watchnewby]

Hope I'm not breaking any rules with this post.
Since this thread is for newbies, and I am new to this hobby, can I ask the Sifus here this.
There are many shops that sell pre-owned watches. In your experience, how do you check or find out if;
a) the shop / seller is honest with his claims.
b) the authencity of the watch that you are interested in?
Thanks in advance for the advices

Me no sifus, but from what I can gather these past few weeks,
a) the shop / seller is honest with his claims - "buy" the seller first, ie get "pally" with the seller and from there assess if he is an honest seller; find out from other buyers (if you know them), recommendation from internet(?).
b) the authencity of the watch that you are interested in -
1) do your own homework; for example, if I am looking for a 1970 Rollie, check out the serial no. and see it match the year of make or not.
2) caress or molest the watch, (this one may need many moons of experience by feeling the fakes with the originals) you will know if the watch is a "chou fo" (Cantonese meaning rough stuff aka fakes)
3) get watch sifus from MWN to tag along for their assessment

Some of the recommendation can be forund in the thread started by siodee on vintage watch and please see my comments at reply #13:
http://www.malaysiawatchforum.com/index.php/topic,2798.0.html

Cheers.
Chng
 

[bryankwc]

Watchnewby> Thnks for the post. I bow in respect to your superior knowledge.
Take care, Ciao! 

[sm]

I am thank for the explaination. After two years, I think i got my semi holy grail. But I have made some mistakes n sold it off after a few months. Some seniors also advised me to stay with a certain numbers (unless its collectable) otherwise we bankrupt our account. I have much to learn. After 2 years, I do not think I have lost alot of money and am still confine to 6 pieces only.
Now I am eyeing my holy grail and may just off load my moonwatch.
Thank you

[TheHobbit]

Interesting thread. Must have missed it because of the ipoh girls and kampar girls and ...... 

[GlySinn]

Ipohmali 

[jaron1982]

Wah, so rich one. I wear my Panerai for all functions. Hope I can have someday be like you all. Can get watch for daily wear, for pasar malam, for dinner and for etc..... hehehee...

[Watchnewby]

Wah, so rich one. I wear my Panerai for all functions. Hope I can have someday be like you all. Can get watch for daily wear, for pasar malam, for dinner and for etc..... hehehee...

Your one panerai is worth more than our seikos, citizen, casio, swatches etc.
You wear wear one watch for many occasions.
We wear many watches for the one occasion we deemed appropriate (in our opinion).