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The Unifi website is down the whole morning. It shows an error page whenever I click the “apply now” link. I am only able to access it in the afternoon, after office hours. It is pretty straight forward, until some parts where it gets very confusing. Outlined below are the step by step guide (sort of) on how to apply Unifi broadband online.

The reward for my effort for applying online (For a limited time only):

1. Free installation charges.
2. Free equipments.
3. Free one month subscription.

Bulls, I only get the free one month subscription for applying online. The others are given free anyway, no matter how I apply. “For a limited time only” is also an ongoing sweetener. It has been like that for as long as I can remember. Better than nothing, I supposed.

Here’s the guide:

Go to Unifi’s website. Click “Apply Now” on the top right corner.

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Unifi is the premium internet broadband service in Malaysia. It finally reached my place. I wanted badly to subscribe to it. Blood sucking price, entry level package at RM149.00 per month (add another 6% government tax). It still is the most reliable and cheapest fixed line broadband.

Excited, I went to their website looking for more info and with the intention of registering for the package. Impressively the site flashes “Video. Internet. Phone. Experience the all-new high speed broadband lifestyle.” After reading through all the mumbo jumbo, I click “Register”

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Malaysia Day is celebrated on the 16th of September every year to commemorate the establishment of the Malaysian Federation in 1963. It signifies the joining together of Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore to form Malaysia. Singapore later breaks off and gained sovereignty as the Republic of Singapore (remaining within the Commonwealth) on the 9th of August 1965.

This year 2011, marks a significant change in Malaysia’s history. Greater civil liberties and democratic reforms are announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

The historic announcement was his Malaysia Day eve address that was telecast live on national TV.

• The Internal Security Act (ISA) 1960 will be repealed. In its place, two new laws will be enacted to safeguard peace and order the detention period will be reduced and can only be extended by the courts, except in cases involving terrorism.
• Three remaining emergency proclamations to be lifted are Emergency 1969, Emergency 1966 (Sarawak) and Emergency 1977 (Kelantan).
• Banishment Act 1959 will also be repealed.
• The annual licence renewal requirement for newspapers and publications will be replaced with a one-off permit by reviewing the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984.
• Reviewing the Restricted Residence Act 1933.
• Allowing greater freedom to assemble by reviewing Section 27 of the Police Act 1967 by taking into consideration Article 10 of the Federal Constitution which guarantees every citizen with the right to freedom of speech and assembly

Source – The Star Newspaper 16th September 2011

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This just in. Windows 8 unveiled to thousands of software developers. Windows Developer Preview is made available to the public here. You can actually download it and see how it looks like on your computer right now. How cool is that.

Well, for a start, it looks nothing like the windows we are used to. It is optimised for touch screen in an apparent battle set against iPad.

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Apple, you gotta be kidding me. But I am not kidding you. If this baby hits the street, I am gonna *queue for it (*trend nowadays).

Apple, the company behind these “i” products is producing toys for the grown ups at an astounding pace. It’s a lifestyle they say. Not much fun I say.

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Das Auto Show 2011, a two-day Volkswagen car show held at Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The most lansi car show in Malaysia to date.  People are excited. They are ecstatic. Just look at the queue, unbelievable! I don’t understand why anyone would queue to go see some cars already in the showroom. Nowhere and nothing better to do perhaps. Entrance is free.

Looks like Volkswagen is gonna be successful in Malaysia by looking at the crowd. It is now a fad of sort, like queuing for iphone, ipad, galaxy tab, bubbletea etc. Who is the smart ass who says Malaysia’s economy is no good? Come I bring you to queue.

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McDonald's Sundae Cone

You cannot buy happiness, but you can buy ice cream. That’s kind of the same thing.

The best ice cream in the world, for me at least, has got to be McDonald’s Sundae Cone. Price at Rm1.05 each, it is one of the cheapest ice cream money can buy in Malaysia.

Many will argue that Haagen Dazs is better, Baskin Robbins is better, Swensen is better. Call me a cheapskate, but McDonalds Sundae Cone is the best!

I hate licking ice creams. I will usually ask for a small plastic spoon. They provide them for free.

How to eat with a spoon? Well, it is basically scoop  and eat, scoop and eat,  scoop and eat until the ice cream is at the same level as the cone.

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