Archive for the ‘Bolehtics’ Category

TM Streamyx and telephone down Port Dickson area 24th February 2011

Thursday, February 24th, 2011

Sometime around 3pm the Internet connection died. The phone is also dead (no dialtone). There's no sign of my friendly local technicians at the local switchbox, so perhaps it's not just this area. Then again, perhaps nobody knows. I tried to fill in a "Contact Us" form at www.tm.com.my but ...

Streamyx down Port Dickson area Sept 29th 2010

Wednesday, September 29th, 2010

No Streamyx again, after a half hour dropout yesterday. Starting before 6pm this evening and still out at 9:30PM as I write. I tried phoning 1300 88 9515 first, but got bored after about 5 minutes. Among the adverts (do they have to spam me with adverts for their products ...

The Ministry of Tourism Poll: Penang Botanical Garden Arches

Monday, June 14th, 2010

There's plenty of 'information' available in Malaysia, and just a few people publicly questioning its quality. The Ministry of Tourism is conducting a poll on its website to see whether people want to keep the arches being built at the Penang Botanical gardens (Warning: abysmal Flash site). Anil Netto (who ...

The ‘One’ theme again: 1Malaysia, Unifi, Monopoly

Friday, March 26th, 2010

[caption id="attachment_868" align="alignright" width="136" caption="TM's high-speed internet service"][/caption] TM has announced its new 'High Speed Broadband' products, called Unifi, with the Prime Minister making the announcement. TM is Telekom Malaysia, the telecommunications monopoly in Malaysia. There is an alleged telecommunications regulator called the MCMC (Multimed... Commission, or something) but it doesn't ...

Unrequited love and Malaysia

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

The Nut Graph asks this morning "Stay or leave Malaysia?". I think they published an article on the theme of Unrequited Love not so long ago, but I imagine it's a recurring theme for many Malaysians, or anybody who has ever lived here for long enough to develop an 'attachment' ...