Sense of community: Membership

Membership is the first element for a sense of community. It is said that we become members of a community when we feel:
- secure (Sri Mahligai is a gated community with security guards, so we should be secured, or do we not?)
- personally invested (not sure how but probably because we need to pay maintenance fees)
- sense of belonging, or, (do we feel belonged?)
- identification in the community (we don't have any badges...but we need car stickers to show where we live)

Next, element INFLUENCE

SENSE OF COMMUNITY

What do you understand by "sense of community"? It has been reported that it means "...a feeling members have of belonging, a feeling that members matter to one another and the group, and a shared faith that member's needs will be met through their commitment to be together (McMillan and Chavis, 1986)". Do you think you have that feeling? You know something like...you feel sad or lonely and there is someone out there in the community (Sri Mahligaians?) who you can speak to? Hmm....or perhaps you run out of sugar and ....there's.... the little shop at the club house that you can buy, of course where else, for goodness sake!

Anyway, McMillan and Chavis identified 4 elements they said compose a person's sense of community. What are they? Will be sharing with you the next time.

Parking woes?

May be MC should consider mechanical or multi parking or stack parking?

Cats, kitties oh...

They can be so adorable....when they look like the one on the right! But when there are just too many of them they can become a nuisance. In fact, the house rules clearly stated "...no pets" which includes cats! The following comment was posted regarding cats...

"hi.. i dont know where else to put this question at. so here we goes.. i was wondering, does the condo management allows the residents and tenants to have cat at their house??"

A Punching bag is.....

"A heavy bag is a larger, cylindrical bag, usually suspended by chains or ropes for practicing powerful body punches"(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punching_bag)

 Unfortunately, the punching bag at the gym is on the floor....

Some ideas to replace the old desk at the clubhouse perhaps?

It's a long weekend!

Sigh! what a relief its CNY holidays and happens to be a long weekend. I can see many residents are taking this opportunity to be away from home. Hot weather seems to be here again, and so is dengue...no not that I know of anyone being down with one, well not at Sri Mahligai but somewhere else in other parts of Shah Alam. The hot spell has also drove loads, I mean loads of people to cooler areas like to waterfalls at forest reserves. Well at least this was what I saw today when I went to Ulu Yam for a get together with my family. It's amazing to see all the vehicles jamming up the parking areas and also the road leading to the picnic spots. Back at Mahligai, the pool is very quiet...

By, the way I wonder whatever happened to the visitors' parking located between blocks 16 and 17? I know MBSA has put up a huge banner regarding parking outside our compound but that does not mean we should take up all the parking inside our area. What happens to our visitors when they visit us? I do hope the Management will enlighten us on this. I hope MC is sensible enough when they let out parking spaces to residents. Please don't do it at the expense of visitors.

Happy holidays!

GONG XI FA CHAI TO SRI MAHLIGAI COMMUNITY!

Oh my guard....

An Anonymous sent this comment and I find it rather amusing...
"The management are becoming strict-er. Before, it was pretty relaxed i would say...
I wonder what they are trying to accomplish.
The security guards are keep on changing...and being biased so many times unless u biasa with them and belanja duit kopi then ure alrite.
A car was clamped for no reason and no apologies were given.
A car wasn't clamp when it is parked under the tree for instance but not the other car that did the same thing.

Welcome to the real world."

These are not ours but 

taken (a courtesy...) from
 another blog
(source: haziqah nasirah's blog)

Hang on, please....

We do not want our clothes to hang out like that do we?

Water meter migration

MC has distributed the Syabas water meter migration form. If this goes well, it means everyone is responsible on their own water meter.

What's your new year's resolution?

We are coming to the end of 2009. Share your thoughts or happenings, grudges... or whatever you experienced in 2009 within or surrounding our neighbourhood. What do you wish to see in 2010? Any resolutions for the neighbourhood? Let's hear it from the community.

p/s Wishing clothes and laundries are hung out neatly from balconies and not out of windows.

Get healthy people!

Everyone agrees that exercise is an essential part of a healthy lifestyle. By doing exercise regularly, it has been said time and again by many (including NHS UK) that it helps to maintain our overall fitness and it lowers the risk of many life threatening conditions. And, if you do it regularly it is said that you will live longer and you improve your quality of life.

How can we do it? At Sri Mahligai we are fortunate that we have the swimming pool, the badminton court, the tennis court (now a futsal court?) and most recently just reopen the GYM! Yes, the GYM! Oh, ok you may have seen it and we have got like 3 equipments plus 1 miserable sit-up bench. Oh, ok you may have signed up with other gyms. But for those who have not...hear this...

You have to book the gym one day in advance and what is more fascinating is you can only use the gym 2 HOURS PER WEEK! I know, so much for long life and healthy lifestlye. You said it is always occupied? I can see from my bedroom window that no one is using it MOST OF THE TIME. Is it suppose to be a show room?

They said its house rules...MC which rules are you referring to? I have the same set of rules...

BOOK CLUB

....thinking of setting up a book club. I wonder if there is one already at Sri Mahligai?

Blog going independent

When JMB started sri mahaligai condo blog it was meant to be informative and transparent. Residents could also provide feedbacks and comments - a discussion forum rather. Since, MC (management corporation) took over it appears inactive or dormant. None of the MC seems to bother.

Lets hear it from the community. Do you think we should continue? Sambung? Why? Kenapa?

Give your answer at the end of this page. Thank you.

Istimewa buat semua warga Sri Mahligai

Painting in progress

The colour scheme used for guard house 2 (picture shown here is The Nomads, Bangsar)

PAINTING WORK IS IN PROGRESS

1. The second guard house has been painted with a different colour scheme. This colour scheme is based on The Nomad's in Bangsar. What do you think?



2. Block 17 residents please take note! Painting of the COMMON AREAS is expected to begin on 1st July 2009 (Wed). Rotol (contractor) will work from the top most floor, then moving down. The work is estimated to take about a month.



Your fullest cooperation is appreciated.

WE NEED YOUR VIEWS ON THE MOCK-UP

What do you think of the mock-up paint on the first guard house? Although Sri Mahligai is in a dire need of new paint, we have to remember the colour scheme of a condo can either increase or decrease the value of a property. As condo owners, we are pretty sure we do not want the value to fall.

Please give your comments.

Sri Mahligai is getting a new coat of PAINT

Starting next week 22nd June 2009, you will see some hive of activities in our condominium. On Monday we are expecting cabins coming in and they will be parked within the club house grounds. Next, 23rd June, we should witness a mock-up paint of the guard house. And soon after the first phase of the repainting work will commence. Gondolas and scaffolding will be part of us for the next 50 weeks or so.

WE NEED YOUR FULLEST COOPERATION TO ENSURE THE WORK WILL BE DONE SMOOTHLY WITHOUT ANY GLITCHES. ANY INCONVENIENCE CAUSED WITHIN THE PERIOD IS DEEPLY REGRETTED.