Fuel Rebate Claim

With the price increase of fuel, the government came up with a new subsidy mechanism that requires those who own a car to claim this rebate via the Post Office. Since this came in place, post offices have been filled to the brim and sometimes waiting for your turn can be pretty long!

To address this very issue,Pos Malaysia Berhad now allows collection of fuel rebates through its online portal at Pos Online. All you need to do is sign up for a Pos Online account and login with your username and password. Then go to Cash Rebate Online and click on Cash Rebate. Key in your number plate and the other information required. You can then select either Money Order or Bank Account Deposit as your mode of payment.

For the Money Order option, a Money Order will be posted to your registered address within 7 working days of the online transaction. For the Bank Account deposit option, your money will be credited directly into your bank account within 3 working days. For those who renewed their road tax before it expires, you can only perform the rebate transaction online 3 days after the road tax renewal. If you experience trouble with the system, give 1-300-300-300 a ring.

Finally a more practical system for those who really dont have the time during working hours to endure the headache of a que at the Post Office.

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Why Pay?

I finally completed my linux trial with the installation of ubuntu on my notebook. Its now effectively a dual boot with Vista Ultimate(ORIGINAL) and Ubuntu(FREE). I was testing out ubuntu over the weekend and i must say its been a pure joy to use!! Its super customizable, that means you only install what you use and leave out what you don’t use and its light!

Lets say you were to buy a new pc, the OS probably cost you about RM900 (Vista Basic) and Microsoft Office about RM 900 (Office Basic) and then you have other softwares like the cd burning and anti virus which cost money as well.

Now lets look at the other side of the spectrum, You go with Ubuntu(linux) FREE, Open Office which has your word,spreadsheets and presentation utilities (FREE) and it comes with heaps of other softwares which are free as well.Then there are superb browsers like firefox and thunderbird email client which are simply great!! That means you spend ZERO on software and can pump that money into some superb hardware or not and take the girlfriend out for some shopping

When it comes to open source there are heaps of solutions out there by independent programmers who are doing it merely for the passion, if you have a few bucks to spare..simply send it to them and that will keep them going to create more better softwares for you!

Im no IT champion but anyone can do all this if i can do it!! So if you have that computer running on pirated softwares its time to re-evaluate all this and go original..FOR FREE!!

If you need help in getting all this setup, there are may IT dudes out there who would love to help you set this up for a few bucks!!

After tasting ubuntu, I’m contemplating getting rid of the Vista but i think i might just hold my horses for a while till im 100% sure, moreover i still have the option of using either if i wanted too

You can get UBUNTU HERE (which comes with open office)

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Ubuntu Testing

Danny(my internet guru) is a linux champion and still i had never tried using linux as a OS but lately i have taken a special interest in linux which i know jack about!! just completed the download of ubuntu and its now burnt on a cd at home.

Since i have a 50gb un-touched partition on my notebook, im going to try the entire open source experience out!! This will of course include thunderbird, open office and pretty mush as much open source softwares i can find!! Wish me luck!

Should be interesting

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