Amazing YES or plain trick?
Malaysians have been amazed by YES since its launch in November 2010. This include me (Yours Truly), who have done so much promotion for YES that I managed to get 2 new customers for YES (banggalah, LOL!). In addition, my Bruneian fellow friends were also very much interested in YES service, and was amazed by its low ping(latency) & also blazing speed of download. There is a saying that says 'Good things should be shared with others, so if you get fast internet why not share which ISP you are using so that your fellow friends can also enjoy the same' Sharing is Caring! Last week, Star published an interview with Tan Sri Francis Yeoh, the man behind YES4G (or better known as the people network). He states that YES4G network is able to support 15 million/15 JUTA users before it gets congested and require upgrade! I beg to differ Tan Sri, but Im more pessimistic I say 1.5 million users and Yes will be congested! 15 million is like half of Malaysia population! Is YES really prepared for that much of users without upgrade? Lets wait and see! In another update, Tan Sri Francis also said if there is 20 million/20 JUTA users on board YES4G network, they will do a Groupon and give more discounts to users (other words lower rates). It is also mentioned that they are targeting 400,000 students nationwide next! Ok, but your student plan (Campuspack) is more costly than normal Valuepack.Apa macam ini?
Language Language
Last week, it was reported that the Vice Chancellor of Universiti Malaya came under fire for asking undergrads to improve their English! Im not here to comment about that, but Im here to present my observation of which I always runs into trouble with! Generally, (not all) city folks/KLians are more inclined to speak English, even when you speak to them in Chinese/Malay. Not talking about Bahasa Rojak here. While non-KLians are more adaptive, you speak English with them they reply in English and so on so forth. This is just a general observation, please dont find me and give me a piece of you (Disclaimer haha, Biz Law class teach me to use disclaimer)! KL is an international metropolis so apa nak dihairankan!
Money Not Enough Meh!
Im not here to create a script for Jack Neo famous Money Not Enough continuation but rather to blog about what was talked about this morning, which I think was rather a heavy topics for us students now. Previously I had blogged that scholarship students from certain countries can get up to RM$3500/month as allowances! That is like the salary of an account officer I guess! Students have been grapling with increasing cost no thanks to 'people 1st' government policy of reducing subsidies, for the betterment of our future generation! 1 full tank of petrol requires Rm$50 for a small car, and imagine 4 days of class commuting to and for your house to uni, how long can it last? Not to mention if you have to go dating with your girlfriends if any, hangout with friends at mamak stalls. Imagine how much the petrol and toll costs a month? This is only 1st part of the story! Havent even talked about food,etc,etc! Talking about food, dont you find it rather irony that uni food are supposed to be at par or cheaper than outside? However for my case and perhaps a few others, this is the case! There had been already talks of further reduction of subsidies for flour n sugar, but the govt quashed it as baseless but often gave warnings 'WE CANT TAHAN ANYMORE'! Bracing a 10-20sen increase in drink price/50sen increase in food price once in a blue moon is acceptable but once every 3 months is a big NO NO! Not to mention gym,phone,internet,Astro,shopping n more, allowance of RM700-1000 a month might not be enough if you are not smart enough and you spend money like running tap! What if (touchwood) you get samans, how to pay? Then, the emergency savings come into play! But if you dont have how? Sie liao loh! (die already) or you are in a big trouble! Even if you have quite a sizeable savings like me, with the paltry interest banks give (0.1-2% at most) and luckily I found the one the give 1.5%! Inflation is going to eat up your savings, and here comes investment into the game! Investment is not a zero risk game but there are some low risk investment such as REITs which so far so good!
Well there you have it 3 feature stories for this week. hope you enjoy it.before I end condolences to Japan tsunami n earthquake victims, stay strong and rebuild Japan as Asia powerhouse! And today, some video had been exposing some opposition figure that the govt didnt like! Mind you we had a Johor video last time, then a superimposed picture of somebody, some nude pictures of some politicians, and a whole lot more in the past.Now, some alleged video of this person with a prostitute? Have their thinking drop so low til the Gutter Level?
Enough, of me talking crap! I gotta go lots of things to do! Bye, have a great week ahead
