Free internet for all

Competition among mobile operators has made the internet fees less expensive than before year 2015. Needless to say, some of the users always run out of data plans since they have exceeded the quota allocated or perhaps they do not have sufficient credit balance. It will be much easier if the internet is free for all as a matter of necessity, and at this age to have an uninterrupted basic internet network is inevitable. The operators may have set a different usage of data plans without compromising the basic internet mobile data.

Internet should be free for all. A developed country must have first class ICT infrastructure and this includes access to uninterrupted internet services. The operators may be able to control the usage at any interval as needed (Just-in Time) by their clients and this extra service can become a competitive edge for them since clients need customer care service at all times. The underlying issue is that some basic internet data is blocked entirely when the users exceeded their quota without realising that they need data plans without any obstruction.

The reasons behind the need to champion internet free skies are twofold. First, money can be saved due to exorbitant internet data charges by many telco providers. The extra money saved can be a huge factor for clients to switch to free wifi and internet data plans which shall make the books of the telcos themselves become red. Whenever clients’ internet access are barred due to exceeding limit, their phone applications or devices become idle and some data have gone missing (worst, irretrievable). Consistency of data privacy and security is at stake.

Second reason is that besides security and privacy of data, many telcos or internet service providers are charging contract rates which are beyond the affordability of their clients whereby their purchasing power is not determined by how much they can afford to pay for the internet charges, but by how they are supposed to be paying either by way of pre-payments or post-payments. And this will not be uninterrupted since telcos need uninterrupted cash inflows for their survival. These hidden negotiations aggrieved by their clients are not taken into account when telcos are doing their own ways to recouping outstanding debts owed by their clients.

Frustrated as it may seem to be, clients are always at the losing end since their data and privacy shall not become an integrity concern, but rather as a commodity which may be transpired through the invention of data transparency system cynically termed as C-tos. And the myths behind the above invisible non-affordability alert system for non-payment; is such a nuisance should their clients are doing business which are prone to be trailed by those telcos and their counterparts. Nobody can see the trade-off here as favourable not even in an abstract of its own.

Extraction of information for education purposes would require full internet service and most local libraries provide free internet services. Outside the libraries, users can always access to mobile data through their handheld devices, but the restriction is to the internet data plan which is interrupted upon expiry of the subscription or when they have exceeded their quota. The above justifies how important it is that internet should be free in view of the acquisition of knowledge and education per se.

Online businesses must be supported by full and uninterrupted internet service. It must be noted that everyone can become a businessperson in this millennium by selling and buying products/ services online without knowing they are actually transacting a sale or purchase. Malaysians are encouraging their people to do businesses apart from their full-time job as businesspeople in their offices. A cynical viewpoint is that many of the people in the offices are doing businesses by word of mouth which are not online in its entirety, but faster than online business in its diversity. Examples are in foreign exchange transactions, some of them are selling cakes and cookies to their peers, and surprisingly some more people have become insurance agents asking others (individuals and corporations) to become their clients, otherwise they would be sidelined by their “internet mobility [or mobile CNN] factor”*.

Online banking for instance must have uninterrupted internet service to affirm the above.

Family and friends are online communicators for whatever reasons they might be. Their existence is the fabric of all the need for human interaction and affection. Free calls and SMS charges are exclusive rights for all the clients for telcos; nonetheless, competition is indeed a pressure for all, in view of the supply and demands for all business ventures.

It is surprising to note that not just corporations and governments are doing their research and development programmes online, individuals are also now learners who develop their own R&D analyses and theses in upgrading personal growth and invention, entrepreneurial and business, marketing and they are writing high quality précis hitherto, for their fans and readers such as found in their blogs and personal websites.

People have not frequented libraries as often ever since the advent of e-library in the net. Easy retrieval of information for their references and quotations in studies and businesses have transformed the way they communicate among themselves, in pursuit of saving time and to look just good in their appearances and articulation. Have you ever wondered an erudite person is the product of learners of internet libraries? Well, many learners or businesspeople would only cut and paste data and information provided by the internet for their convenience. So free internet is such a demand that is so putrid in its sense when the above is dissected.

People may create their own profiles online. Jobseekers would gauge their level of employability spectrum, when their network is expanded through research by their future (and shockingly current) employers. If people have got great inventions or IDEAS, nobody knows exactly what’s in store for leveraging the ‘utilisation’ of prominent investors’ funds or finding business partners to be. Just be careful with online tricks and online businesses which are prone to hacking and industrial espionage.

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“internet mobility [or mobile CNN] factor” implies the grapevines mobility which exist in the office politics and social media which is faster than the internet speed itself. (Definition is entirely mine.) 

P/S: I tried to download a few pictures but non-compatibility of OS and also acceptance by other devices therefor, limited the downloading. Not nice to ask people to give you presents all the time, right? Thank you for your support. 

La Usurpadora (Malaysian Turbulence Facial Expression)

Cinetrons are synonymous with people who watch TV daily. The channels are subscribed to be in sync with the demand of viewers who really fond of the dramas and movies they are following to such an extent that immediate re-scheduling of timetables and rosters is necessary to adjust their viewing time.

Some people can even become parrots who can regurgitate dialogues as found in the series and nobody can explain better than the people who watch the dramas sometimes. Not even the drama can actually give clearer picture of what really happens if not because of the narrators who are the viewers eloquently expressing their lines as if they are the actors/ actresses in the cinetrons.

La Usurpadora is indeed a very lengthy drama, but one person in particular can summarise it in an intellectual incarnation of the plots. The sense that the drama is filled with beauty and nature indefinitely captures the moments of breathtaking events which the plots prescribe.

Surprisingly, the nature of the drama is depicted in an Amazon atmosphere whereby the country is so rich and full of beauty pageants and hunks. 

Off TV drama events happened when viewers are impersonating the actresses/ actors therein, to give way to so much another drama outside the TV channels. This will even surprise those who only take photos with beauty pageants, impliedly. 

There are characters in this particular drama where people cannot blatantly claim that those are of their own personalities. We can see occasions whereby riots and chaos would spark immediately when the character of one actor is given to viewers outside the TV series. For example, Pedro is a driver in the drama. To some viewers, it is ok if you are a driver as your profession. 

Unexpectedly, a person can run amok if you suddenly say to him that Pedro is just like his face and you make fun of him. Are we getting the point here? You are actually trying to make jokes. But some people are not jokers and some more people cannot buy jokes. But the viewers are making dramas whereby the person who is said to be alike Pedro cannot accept the fact that he is claimed as Pedro (the driver). Just imagine if that Pedro has got a gun or a knife in his car or pocket? Scary right?

Another character which is nice to see is Nenek Piedad (Madam Piedad). She is a mixture of modern sophisticated lady high class in nature, rich with big mansion of houses and business empires. Do not be surprised if that lady is prettier long before the birth of any Miss Universe in this millennium.

I received a call from my friend who said he was grounded for 2 weeks from his office because he texted an SMS to someone saying that his immediate Director of Finance was like Nenek Piedad. He did not tell me how that "Nenek Piedad" have come to know about what he texted. Not even to whom he texted that that "Nenek Piedad" is like "Nenek Piedad".

Do you still need to watch dramas or what?

Obfuscation is a favourite (favorite)

One writer in particular loved the word obfuscation in one of the writer's writing columns and the book was published for the writer's telling it straight as it seemed to be.

Well, well, well. Nobody cares if you are selling your own brand and suddenly the sellers who are supposed to sell the products, recommend other products instead of your own. Obfuscation as the loved word has become an addiction for that writer to know the products better, because the writer is not a nuisance sometimes but is actually an ad hoc businessperson now.

One person has got his smartphone sent for repair, but the worker in the workshop said the phone is irreparable and it is advisable for the client to buy another piece either new or secondhand item. With great despair, the client refused to use handphones anymore. That handphone was too sentimental in value to him in such a way if the phone cannot be repaired he would become idle. Have you met such a person before?

Inter-racial conflicts occurred regarding the sales of smartphones in many countries but the severity can be found in Malaysia as far as chairs and tables flying too high is concerned. Are the smartphones haunted or what, nobody has made thesis yet.

Another person wished to change new his phone battery and he asked from the kiosks. To his surprise, the shopowner said she did not know where to find the batteries to sell and her face was not sweet because she was selling iPhones at that time. The client's phone was VC, a brand made in Malaysia. Well, well, well.

By asking people where to get batteries, is like asking a tiger in a cage, whether the tiger is going to roar or to roam outside. Not like roaming beyond the fence, arguably. I encountered a problem when I was asking to change ASUS battery in the ASUS outlet. The worker said that battery was out of stock, and I was advised to buy another phones instead because the phone model was in its obsolescence stage. Well, well, well.

It is indeed an obfuscation, to which brands have become so much a nuisance far beyond recognition.

Astonished Coconut Rice

Never in our entire life that we have come across a valid reason for local people to be so astonished as far as their local food cuisines' origin is concerned.

Nasi Lemak as everyone knows is originated from Malaysia but it is not patented. To comfort some quarters, if there is comfort, the rice and coconut are good friends and the latter can be replaced with fresh milk sometimes to reduce cholesterol in coconuts.

I found a very mysterious origin statement in Reader's Digest - June 2011 as quoted below: -

" NASI LEMAK - Literally "rich rice". It used to be a staple of the fishermen in Malaysia who would fry up the small fish they couldn't sell and have it over a bed of rice cooked in coconut milk and salt. A spicy and delicate sambal concoction accompanies it and it also comes with a simple topping of fried peanuts and ikan bilis [anchovies] and slices of cucumber. "

As I was eating a Secret Recepi cake recently, the cake has become tasteless out of sudden. And the price of the cake has noticeably  become dearer and dearer, immediately after I finished swallowing the cake. I was so surprised to see how people frame the definition of Nasi Lemak in such a way that Giffen foods are not so 'Giffen' as compared to the 'Giffen-ness' of the above astonished Nasi Lemak.

And the connotation received by Nasi Lemak is that it is a street food. Well, well, well.

I am not arguing the above out of proportion or to ridicule. But to readers, especially those who never eat Nasi Lemak, it is a taste that will astonish you not so much of the origin, but of small fish as founded by Reader's Digest Asian Edition.