Free iFlix now available for TM UniFi users

As reported earlier, Telekom Malaysia is in collaboration with iFlix to offer unlimited TV and movies streaming for free 12 months. This free subscription is worth RM 96 which was informed to be effective from some time in 2016.

Good news! You can now officially use this service! Yes, now!

How does iFlix work?

1. Connect your device to your UniFi connection
2. Search iFlix on website or download the iFlix app. Both Android or IOS work
3. Launch iFlix and enjoy!
   
   
   

[Tip 1]: You really don't have to do anything as long as you connected to UniFi internet. The iFlix can detect and pop out the notification to offer you for an one year iFlix for free.

What is really exciting here is you don't even need to register and it is free. Every UniFi users are able to use that iFlix at 5 different devices (including phones, laptop, pads, TV, etc). 

In case you have no idea what we have been exciting about, iFlix is like Netflix which is an online TV streaming site that provides movies and series. It works similarly to Spotify in which the purpose of it charging subscription fees is to discourage pirated download. Previously, iFlix is charging a monthly subscription fee of RM 8 to which subscribers are able to download movies of more than 10,000 hours.

According to Telekom Malaysia, this free package might also be provided for those Streamyx 4Mbps and 8Mbps users in near future. So, let's pray!

[Tip 2]: Current free package is only applicable to UniFi Personal users, i.e. UniFi Business users do not have this privilege yet to enjoy this package yet.

How to Get Your Employees Provident Fund (EPF) Statement Online

No idea where should you get an EPF statement for your loan or credit card application? Even you know where the EPF kiosks or machines are, you might just feel lazy to wait in a long queue don't you?

Here is how you reduce those hassles with i-Akaun registered at KWSP website!

[Tip 1]: Click  KWSP Log In here to get you started.

How to register an i-Akaun with KWSP?

1. You will first need to obtain the Activation Code at any EPF Kiosk or Counter nearby by using your MyKad or contact the EPF Management Centre at 03-8922 6000.You will then receive the Activation Code via message.
   

   
   
   
2. Next, click the "i-Akaun Activation (First Time Login)".
   

   

   
   
3. You need to agree the terms and conditions before you can proceed to the following page. Kindly complete the details of Member ID No (i.e. IC number) and EPF number together with your activation code that you have obtained from step 1.
   [Tip 2]: Note that the activation code will only last for 30 days, so please register it by then
   

   

   
   
4. Fill in your new account personal (eg. user ID) and security details which includes 3 secret questions and answers. Lastly, pick one out of the 5 images plus a secret phrase.
5. You are done!

Print Your EPF Statement

All you then need to do is to log in at the i-Akaun of KWSP website. Key in your user ID and you will have the secure image appeared. Type in your password to log in. After that you can clearly see the "Please click here to check your EPF statement" to get your statement. You can view it online anytime and the bottom of the page has a "print" button for you to print the statement anytime using your printer. How easy your life is with i-Akaun?

[Tip 3]: System will only display the statement for two years.

Good luck for the registration!

Your Best Modes of Payment for LRT/Monorail

Effective from 2 December 2015, all the Prasarana rail services including LRT and KL Monorail Line follows a new distance-based fares structure. Commuters now have 4 modes of payment which include token, cashless (i.e. Touch n Go, My Rapid card), MyRapid Smart 7 weekly and MyRapid Smart 30 monthly. You get different discount under different types of payment. Despite of bigger discount for Smart 7/ Smart 30 users, you should be aware of a regular premium charged on these two packages. The question comes next would be which mode of payment is the cheapest way for those who commute to work using LRT and monorail.

[Tip 1]: The set of four new fare structures released by Prasarana can be found here .

[Tip 2]: A premium fee of RM 2.50 is charged for "MyRapid Smart 7 Weekly" which is valid for 7 consecutive days whereas a premium fee of RM 10.00 is charged for "MyRapid Smart 30 Monthly" with validity of 30 consecutive days.

In general, you enjoy more discount when your mode of payment goes from token => cashless => Smart 7 => Smart 30. Nonetheless, it is not necessary that Smart 30 that provides most discount suits you the most. Let us now introduce a simple method to calculate the most suitable mode of payment for you together with examples.

Assumptions

The calculation is on monthly basis.

Average number of working days per month: 22 days

Example 1:

From Gombak to KLCC

Note: Monthly premium charged for Smart 7 is RM 2.50 x 4 = RM 10

Based on the calculation table above, the cheapest monthly fee is RM 133.20, i.e. for those who travel from Gombak to KLCC, Smart 30 would be your best option. 

Example 2:

From Wangsa Maju to KLCC

Note: Monthly premium charged for Smart 7 is RM 2.50 x 4 = RM 10

Based on the calculation table above, the cheapest monthly fee is RM 118.80, i.e. for those who travel from Wangsa Maju to KLCC, Touch n Go/ Rapid card would be your best option. 

As you can see, Smart 30 might not be the best option for all the users. You would be able to identify which option is the best for you by following the calculation method above.

With the increase in price of public transport, we hope this small life hack could help save some  of your money. 

5 Things To Do In The First Day Of New Job

The first day of your work in new job is most probably the most memorable day for you. It is also most probably the day that you give your colleagues your impression. Hence, it is essential to grab the following 5 tips to make yourself look great, and perhaps successful in your new career.

1. Prepare to Ask Questions
   
   
   Most of the jobs started with a training to give you an idea of your job scope. The training can be one-day or up to a week long which can be tiring. It is perfectly normal if you are confused even after the training as you might have a lot to absorb. Hence, it would be good if you have taken down some notes or questions to ask to clarify your mind.
   
   
2. Listen and Observe
   
   
   The first day of working basically means you have just come to a new environment. So you might not be able to get use to it very quickly. No worries, the best thing you can do is listen, listen and listen. It is not a good time to have a strong opinion at the first few days of working. Just observe and listen what your colleagues are doing to grab a better idea of your working environment.
   
   
3. Join the Lunch
   
   
   Lunch would be the best time you get to socialise and have a chit chat with your colleagues to understand more about them. So, try to join for lunch with your colleagues especially on the first day. Remember, the colleagues are just as excited as you to know about you. So, don't miss the chance.
   
   
4. Relax and Smile
   
   
   Yes, it is going to be quite tough when you see others are clear and doing their work but you are just sitting there doing nothing. In fact, you might not even know what you should be doing. Nevermind, it is just a situation that every new staff will face for their first day of working. Try not to be stressed out and worry too much. Stay calm, relax and smile. Things will go better as time goes.
   
   

   
   
5. Be friend with at least one colleague
   
   
   Last but not least, it would be good if you can find someone who is friendly and kind. Be a friend with him/her and perhaps grab his/her phone number. This is useful when you have something to clarify. If there is not a mentor/buddy assigned by the new company, this friend is going to be assisting you to get you pass through this early stage in your new job.

You definitely need some time to adapt to the new working environment. Just relax and be positive. You are already hired so you don't have to be trying hard to wow your colleagues or boss. Just be yourself and you will be fine.

Good luck and all the best!

Push Bullet: A Tool That Brings You Convenience

Have you ever encountered the time where you have something on your phone that you wish to send it to your laptop or to your other phone or both?

Or, have you ever encountered the time where you need to open a link from your phone to your laptop or to your other device?

If your answer is a "yes", then Push Bullet will be your best app that you should definitely own nowadays. Here is how it is looking like: 

How does it work?

1. Go to https://www.pushbullet.com/ and sign up an account with Gmail.
   
2. Download the brower extension for your Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox using the following links:
   
   
   Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pushbullet/chlffgpmiacpedhhbkiomidkjlcfhogd
   Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/pushbullet/
   
   
3. Download the Push Bullet to your any phone/pad devices that you always share files to.
4. Sign in the Push Bullet account that you have registered on step 1. As this is your first time, you would have to complete the set up as instructed step by step.
5. You can then add all your devices accordingly by clicking the button highlighted in yellow below.
   
   

You are almost there now. In Whatsapp, you send messages/photos/links to your friends. With Push Bullet, your devices are like your friends now. Just send those files/messages/photos/links or whatever you wish to send to your devices instead. Pretty cool right? 

Life is really simple with Push Bullet. We hope you would really enjoy it.

[Tip 1]: If you send a link to your laptop, it will automatically open up the link for you which is really great

[Tip 2]: Before sending, you actually get to choose whether you want to send to "All devices" or any one of devices. In other words, you don't have to restrict yourself to always send your stuff to all devices.

[Tip 3]: You can send files up to 25 MB in size for one time.

Petronas Twin Towers at KLCC

If you ask locals what to do around Kuala Lumpur, they would probably tell you pretty much just shopping or eating. But, when you get the chance to visit Kuala Lumpur, there is a place that you shouldn't have missed after all it is one of the most significant icons for Malaysia. 

Yes, it is the Petronas Twin Towers which is situated at KLCC. You can easily catch a LRT to KLCC station for the visit.

Petronas Twin Towers open for the visit of Skybridge and Observation Deck from Tuesday to Sunday including public holidays, from 9am to 9pm. You can get the ticket at Ticketing Counter, Concourse Level of the Petronas Twin Tower. The tickets are issued on a first come first served basis, starting from 8.30am. This is because they limit only a number of visitors to go up the tower for every time slots available. Also note that advance purchase is available.

[Tip 1] Usually tickets for evening - night sessions are the most sought after by the visitors to get a chance to watch night view from the tower. If you are one of them, you might want to buy the tickets as early as possible before it is too late.

If you are foreigners, you can actually purchase the ticket online to save your time queuing for the tickets at the counter. Online ticket can be purchase here .The ticket price is as follows:

[Tip 2] However, online ticketing does not apply to MyKad and MyKid holders. In other words, Malaysians can only get the tickets at the counter itself. 

Before you enter the tower, you will be screened by securities including your bags to ensure you do not bring any dangerous items to the tower. Note that selfie stick is also not allowed to be brought up and thus you would have to leave that at the counter and claim back after the visit. You will also be given a tag to indicate which group of visitors you are for their controlling purpose.

The staff will guide you all the way. Your first stop will be the SkyBridge at level 41. You will be told about a brief story of the tower and you have 20 minutes at that level for photo taking or scenery viewing. The SkyBridge symbolises a gateway to the future and is mainly used to facilitate movement between the two towers. It is also used as an escape route in the event of emergencies. 

After that, you will be led to level 86, which is the Observation Deck. Approximately 30 minutes is given to enjoy the view here. Here are some of the photos taken from the Observation Deck.

[Tip 3] You might notice your ticket has a QR code on top. If you stand in front of the TV at level 86 with this QR code pointing to the TV, you will discover something amazing. So you don't want to miss that ya. 

Finally, in case you want to understand more about the Twin Tower, here are some of the quick facts:

• Number of storeys: 88
• Height of each tower: 452m above street level
• Length of SkyBridge: 58.4m
• Height of SkyBridge (Level 41 from street level): 170m
• Height of each pinnacle: 73.5m
• Total built-up area: 395,000 sq metres
• Amount of stainless steel cladding: 83,500 sq metres
• Amount of vision glass: 77,000 sq metres
• Amount of concrete: 160,000 cu metres
• Amount of foundation concrete: 13,200 cu metres
• Steel used: 36,910 tonnes
• Weight per tower: 300,000 tonnes
• Usable space: 213,750 sq metres per tower

[Tip 4] Beside Petronas Twin Tower, there is also KLCC park beside the tower in which most people do their exercise or running there while enjoying the beautiful night scenery and fresh air. Family also has their children playing and swimming at the park as their leisure activities. Don't miss that too if you are at KLCC. 

TM E-Bill Registration

Starting from 1 January 2016, there is a RM 2 charge for TM's printed bills. This charge is applicable to Broadband residential and SME customers of:

1. Streamyx 
2. UniFi

[Tip 1] Although there is a RM2 charge, customers subscribing to only TM telephone service continue to have the printed bills for free.

In view of the charges applied on the printed bills, consumers are encouraged to register for E-Bills instead, which will be an electronic version of your monthly bill. E-Bill is free of charge as compared to printed bills.Upon registration, you will be receiving E-Bill via your email starting from your next billing cycle. You can register using a few methods:

1. Sending an email to help@tm.com.my
   This is considered an effective method as TM staff tends to respond your email within 24 hours. To even shorten the processing time, you are encouraged to include the following details in your first email sending to TM:
• Contact person (It can be someone other than the account holder)
• Contact number
• TM telephone number
• Account Number 
• Full name of account holder
• IC/Passport/BR number of account holder
• Full billing address
• Preferred e-mail address (This is important as the E-Bill will be sent to this email address upon success)
  
  
2. Walk in to TM point outlets
   There are quite a few TMpoint outlets that allow you to do your E-Bill registration. One of the most popular and flexible outlets would be the UTC KL at Pudu Sentral in which it opens from 8.30 am till 10 pm daily except for public holidays.
   
   
   [Tip 2] To view the full list of TMpoint outlets, kindly visit here
   
   
3. Call 100
   If you want to avoid the hassle and long queue, you might consider calling TM at 100.The good thing is calling 100 using your home telephone is free of charge. However, as TM consistently receive a high volume of customer calls, you might have to be patient while waiting for the TM staff picks up your phone. The waiting time could be up to 30 minutes. Anyway, please get ready with the information as stated in Method 1 to make the process quicker once the call has been picked up.

Once completed, note that you will only start receiving the E-Bill the following month after your registration. However, for those new customers (i.e. those who are not TM customers prior to 1 June 2015) will automatically receive their first bill via email. 

In order to view your historical bills online, you are also encouraged to register under TM online. Click here for the registration. Upon registration, you are able to manage your TM services, view and download your bills at anytime, pay your bills and upgrade your package etc. 

[Tip 3] Register under TM online does not mean you are entitled to having E-Bill sent to your email. You would still need to request for E-Bill registrations via the methods aforementioned to avoid the RM2 charges for printed bills. 

Let's begin a new year avoiding unnecessary expenditure. Again, we wish you a happy new year!

Source: https://www.tm.com.my/Pages/Home.aspx

 

Tips/Advice for writing your brand new year resolutions

3,2,1 Yay! Good Morning 2016!

2015 is the past and here comes 2016. No matter what you have done in the past year, good or bad, 2016 would be a brand new year for you to kick start your life, in terms of study, family, career, finance and etc. Hence, coming out with a set of your own new year resolutions could help ensure these aspects are all well covered and you will be pleased about what you have completed when you re-look them at the end of the year.

However, writing out your resolutions must be effective because when it is inappropriately set, you will be making yourself unproductive and ultimately setting the resolutions up for failures. Here comes some of tips that we believe to be helpful for you in writing your resolutions:

1) Scoping down resolutions to around 4-5 aspects that you want to focus on

Before you start writing out resolution, think about what aspects of life that you are planning to improve or enhance for the coming year. The aspects could be in terms of family, study, finance, career, health or any others that you think it is essential to you. Avoid stetting too many aspects. Chances are you are likely to lose focus when you have too many resolutions on hand. So, 4-5 aspects should be adequate.

2) Setting 1-2 resolutions for each aspects 

For each aspects, think of 1-2 resolutions that you would want to emphasize on. Remember, different people would have different resolutions so your friend's resolutions might not represent yours. Some examples of resolutions could be travel overseas once with your parents (family), pass certain exam paper (study), save at least RM x (finance), being a master of something (career). Again, avoid to have too many resolutions, i.e. 6-7 resolutions should be optimal.

3) Keeping your resolutions short

The resolutions should be short and easy to understand so that your mind is not overwhelming every time you look at them. 

4) Making your resolutions positive and always in present tense

Our brain can only take either positive or negative of a thing but never both. For instance, your brain can't take you are happy and you are sad concurrently. Hence, your resolutions must be always positive so that your mind can get use to it and help you achieve it. Besides, always write your resolutions in present tense rather than in other tenses. For example, you should write something like jog 3 times per week rather than I will jog 3 times per week. This is because future tense gives your mind the perception that "now" is not the time yet.

5) Making your resolutions measurable

"Jog 3 times per week" is more effective than writing "Do some running" for your resolutions. This is because you get to measure and check your progress when you write your resolutions in numbers. Without numbers, you might find yourselves some excuses and loopholes to skip running once a while and in the long run, your target is not achieved at the end of the year.

Finally, after setting your resolutions, always put the lists at places that are easily visible everyday so that they remind you from time to time. One last thing for reminder, never give yourself too much stress on the resolutions and not to overwhelm yourself. Moderation is the key. Plan your resolutions to your capability in order for them to be effective. 

We wish you a fantastic new year ahead and happy planning.