UNIFI

  As we all know, TM has released their High Speed Internet last year which is called UNIFI. I got it a few months ago and I think it is time that I give a review on it. As most of you know, there are three packages you can pick from. I got the VIP5 package which gives you the max speed of 5mbps. I will break up my review into five segments, which is:

1. What you get for your money

  When I got UNIFI they were having a promotion so I could install UNIFI for free. If there was no promotion on the other hand, I would have to pay an installation fee which if I am not mistaken is RM200. These promotions come around every now and again so if you do want to get UNIFI, you should wait for one. With the UNIFI package you get a free dect phone, modem, router, hypp tv basic channels and a few different softwares. These come free with all three packages. 

  The only difference between VIP 5, 10 and 20 is the speed and monthly price. For VIP5, you pay RM150 per month. This is only a RM10 difference from stremyx's 4mbps. I think, if you get UNIFI during a promotion, you get a lot for your money but then again, if you do end up paying for the RM200 installation fee it makes you feel that you have been cheated. 

Overall, I give UNIFI 7/10 for what you get for your money.

2. Internet Speed

  Before I got UNIFI I was using stremyx's 1mbps. Because of this I can really see the difference in internet speed with UNIFI. When I watch YouTube, I only have to wait around 20 seconds before I can watch a full HD video without any interruption. Using normal websites on the other hand such as Facebook, I can't see any difference. Maybe the page opens slightly faster then before, but nothing to shout about. Downloading has improved drastically. I don't have an exact figure on how fast it is but a whole season will only take a few hours to download. 

  Gaming has also improved. I used to have a hard time playing call of duty before online. I needed to off my downloads so all my internet speed was focused on my game. Now I don't need to do that but my FiFa 11 lags a lot still. This could be caused by many factors. I think it is because the other person I am playing with has slow internet so myne also gets slow. I don't know.

Overall, I am happy with the speed even if it can get a bit slow on the weekends. I give it a 8/10.

3. Hypp Tv

  As I told you, hypp tv comes free with your Unifi package. It is something like Astro but you can still enjoy it when it rains. The only thing you get free actually are the basic channels. They have other channels but they cost a lot and they don't have that many shows that are as up to date as astro which is also very late in getting its shows. For example, on astro we are already on season 11 for CSI, but on Hypp tv, they are only on season 5. Those channels are also not cheep. One channel can cost up to RM6 per month. 

  The good thing with hypp tv is that you get Videos on Demand or VOD. VOD's are shows or movies on which you can buy and watch. The movies they have on their VOD are kinda new. They have Toy Story 3, Salt, Prince of Persia and many more. They do have the latest seasons of CSI, but you have to pay for them. Hypp Tv also comes with interactive tv or iTV. iTV lets you watch trailers of new movies, go to TED.com and read the news. It's a cool feature but not used that much.

  As you know, I use 5mbps. This makes my hypp tv lag a lot cause 5mbps is the slowest of all three packages. This makes it hard to change channels and sometimes makes you want to throw the remote and hug your astro decoder. 

  Overall, I must give Hypp tv a low rating: 5/10. This is caused by the number of channels which are not even 40, the price you pay for it and the lag.

4. Dect Phone

  With UNIFI you get a free Dect Phone and number. With this number you can call all land lines for free. Cool, yeah I guess so but how many people still use land lines. The clarity of it is also not good. It always sounds like you are in a plane and if the power goes out you can't use the dect phone because it is connected to the modem. 

The cool thing about the dect phone is that you can connect other dect phones to it wirelessly. Because of this, I now have three dect phones. One in the living room, one in the tv room and one in my parents room. I think the Dect Phone deserves a solid 7/10

5. Overall (Again)

I think UNIFI is very good. Yes, maybe hypp tv is not the best and sometimes the speed is slow and stuff but I still think it is very good. Because of UNFI i can now stream videos directly from my computer to my tv. I must give UNIFI a 9/10. Thats right 9/10.

Long Time No See

  Hello again. Sorry for not posting for so long. It seems that every time I post something new, I would start by saying what I just said. It's not that I don't have any time to post, its just that I keep forgetting about it. I am just not the blogger type person. Well I am since I am still posting, its just that I am not a very frequent blogger. I might only write a new post every week or even two weeks. Just wanted to get that out.

  So for todays post, I am going to talk about school assemblies: the pros and cons. Why don't we start with the pros. School assemblies are needed to make sure students actually know what is happening in their school. It is a gathering where no one is exempted except for those who feel like skipping it. During school assemblies teachers talk about really informative things like when are you going to give your text book back and if the students are really quiet, go down amongst them and "pat" them on the back. 

  What I like most about school assemblies is when the headmaster speaks. I know it is long and stuff, but he actually talks about things that interest me like how the school is doing and what is he going to do to improve it. To me, that helps me love my school more. Also, these assemblies are the few times that the school is actually pretty quiet. The quiz that they have every now and again is also very good and makes things interesting.

  Now for the cons. This might go on for awhile. Okay when someone wins something, yeah its okay for them to go on stage to receive prize. Really, its okay. But when 100 people are going to get a prize such as what happened yesterday at school, well it is not necessary. Because of that my sports class which is only once a week, got cut into half. Even if I did not have sports after that, it gets really hot once you pass the 30 minute mark of assembly. By that time we should be in our class studying. 

  As you know I am a prefect. So once a year we have this special assembly for us. It's okay cause its the prefects special day and everything but it goes on for a long time. Almost an hour. By that time, its so hot. If I was a normal student, I would be thinking, why should I sit in the middle of the sun while I watch these prefects do their thing for one hour. I just think that we should be more clever it cutting down the time that is taken into doing this. 

  Also, I think the assembly should start earlier. From what I see, the teachers always ask us to hurry up and things and for the prefects, be at school by 7.20 so you can get things prepared. Well, I come to school at 7.30 and on mondays, I see all the chair for the teachers ready but the assembly does not start till until 7.40 or even 7.45. I know we can't start right on time cause please, we are just a school but it also should not be delayed that much.

  What I post above if based on what I observe and I am not blaming anyone for anything cause I know I am also at fault sometimes. I just had nothing else to post about. Bye, and don't forget to leave comments.

Super Mario Bros.

  Sorry I have not posted anything for like weeks. I have been so busy with my debate team. I had a debate competition last friday. The topic was "women are the weaker gender" and as the government I was to support this topic. How sexist. It is against what I believe in. Anyways I lost but it was okay. 

  Anyways, back to the topic, I finally finished the basic levels of Super Mario Bros. I say basic because there are another two worlds (levels) which are still locked, but those are only extra worlds. I have made it to the last boss level, so to me I have finished the basic game. For those people who don't know what Super Morio Bros is, I hope this next paragraph will help you.

  The main character in which you play is Mario. His beloved princes got kidnapped by the evil Bowser jr. To save the princess he has to chase Bowser jr. and so you take on these worlds on which have an average of 6 levels in each. In each world on average, there will be one mini boss level and one main boss level. There is world 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 8. Remember the two other levels which have yet to be unlocked, well those are world 4 and 7. 

  For most people who have played this game before, may it be the old one or the new 2006 one (which is the one I played) world 1 is the most recognisable world. It is the most cheery of all worlds. The first mission is obvious the easiest and to me, one of the most fun. World one's boss level is also easy. World 2 takes you to this desert themed area. Here the levels are still easy but you can feel that things are just about to get harder.

  World 3 and 5 are okay. They are just okay worlds and nothing to shout about. Once you reach world 6, things really get hard and you might be stuck on a level for a very long time but this is nothing compared to the last few levels of world 8. I must admit, I cheated a bit in the biggest boss level of world 8. I tried so much to beat both bowser jr and his father but I could not do it. So in the end, I used one of my power ups if you may that makes me huge and all I had to do was to jump on both of them. Yes you can say I am a cheater and stuff but I was stuck on that level for weeks and I could not take it anymore.

  I see that I have forgotten to explain to you what are power ups. Well, as you go to each level you will pick up power ups. The most basic power up makes you a bit bigger but not huge like I explained just now. It just makes you a bit bigger. After that you pick up another power up that gives you the capability to shoot fire balls at your enemy. This is very good but some enemies are able to withstand the fire balls, thus making them useless. 

  There are more rare power ups that make you extra tiny so you can go into some tight corners to get extra stars and stuff. Then there is the one that makes you huge, like 20 times your normal size. With this all you do is jump on you enemies and make your way to the end of the level. But do remember that it only last for a few seconds and if there is something solid in your way, you wont be able to move forward and you would waste that rare power up. There are other power ups but I don't have the time to explain them all. 

  Anyways, Super Mario Bros. is an awesome game and if you have a Nintendo Ds, you must get it. It may get annoying at times because you can't get through some levels, but when you do get through a level, there is this sense of pride that you really enjoy for 10 seconds. Overall, graphics is a 10/10, game experience 9/10, time that it takes to finnish it (higher the rating, the faster it is to finnish) 5/10. Multiplayer 11/10 (it is awesome) 

On average, I would give it a 8/10. Thats all for now. Please feel free to leave any comments.