Petrol Saving Tips

Other than using petrol rebate credit card and comparing petrol stations' reward points, I would like to share with you on some tips of how to save your petrol consumption. These do not require additional cost and we can start saving immediately by practising good habit.

1. Keep your tyres at the right pressure. Correctly inflated tyres are safer and last longer. A tyre that is under inflated by 10% can reduce petrol economy. An under or over inflated tyre is also more susceptible to failing.
2. Lose weight. Every extra pound or kilogram matters and affects your petrol efficiency. So keep your boot and back seat clear of unnecessary items that just add weight to your vehicle.
3. Maintenance. Get your car serviced regularly according to the manufacturer's schedule to maintain engine efficiency and make sure you use the right specification of engine oil.
4. Avoid excess idling. Idling gets you nowhere but still burns petrol. Turn the engine off when you’re in a queue, or waiting for someone. As a rule if you think you will be stopped for more than 10 seconds, switch off your engine.
5. Plan trips carefully and avoid the rush hour. Cutting down on the time spent in the car is the easiest way to conserve petrol. To reduce driving time, combine all your short trips and errands into a single journey. Plus, if you can travel outside of peak times, you’ll spend less time stuck in traffic and consume less petrol as a result.
6. Consider alternatives. If it's a short journey (a couple of kilometres or so) could you walk or cycle rather than taking the car?
7. Slow down. The faster you drive, the more petrol your car uses.
8. Pace your driving. Unnecessary speedups, slowdowns and stops can increase petrol consumption. Stay alert and drive steadily, not erratically. Keep a reasonable, safe distance from the car ahead of you and anticipate traffic conditions. 
9. Use air conditioning sparingly .Air conditioning puts added load on the engine and uses petrol to operate, so limit use to particularly hot days.
10. Petrol matters. All petrols are not the same.  Your petrol economy can be improved through a combination of good driving habits and using the right petrol for your car.

How to merge subtitle in MKV?

Do you have any difficulty on playing MKV movie with your blu-ray player which has no subtitle?
If yes, maybe you can refer to my solution below.

Many of the blu-ray player has USB features which supports MKV, AVI, TS playback file format.
Especially MKV movie format that supports on DTS and AC3 that has 5.1 channel surround mode.
But many of the MKV movie do not has subtitles along together.
Now you can use "mkvmerge GUI" to combine language subtitle ".srt" into the MKV file. 
Maybe you will think of "will it takes long time" to process the merger? 
The answer would be merger of subtitles into mkv won't takes long time. Normally i spent around 4~5min to merge the subtitle into movie file.

You will need the software of mkvtoolnix application as below,

official web: http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/downloads.html#windows

1. You must attach the subtitle ".srt" together with your MKV movie clip. (please rename your subtitle file name to be same as your MKV file).

2. Open "mkvmerge GUI" application.

3. Click "add" for searching the MKV file that you wish to merge the subsititle.

 

4. After you add-in the MKV movie clip from directory that you've choosen, it will display as above picture.

5. Click "add" again to look for the subtitle ".srt" that is same directory as MKV file.

6. After you've add-in the substitle, you can select the language format that you've added-in.

7. Then you may click "Start muxing" for processing the merger.

8. Processing merging of subtitle just spend around 3mins. It is quick!

9. Please make sure after combine, it show "Everything went fine". Mean no mistake happen during processing.

How to make Egg McMuffin?

Egg McMuffin was created by a restaurant franchisee named Herb Peterson in 1972. Time flies, it has passed 40 years. Raymond Albert (was an American businessman who joined McDonald's in 1954) one of the favorite breakfast is McMuffin, it had bring up a great value breakfast and solid core item in business.

Let see the video of how to make Egg McMuffin,

IKEA's 2013 Catalogue is ALIVE!

2013 IKEA's catalogue is getting even better. The catalog itself will be an interactive product with latest augmented-reality technology that packed with an app that can literally bring physical catalogue to alive.
You can use your Android app as an "X-Ray" to look inside the furniture, cabinet, photo galleries and inspiration coming alive right before your eyes. Check out the video below,

How To Make BIG MAC!!

Actually it is a question that asked by public that "What is in the sauce that is in the Big Mac?". 

This is a video from McDonald's Executive Chef that showing how to make BIG MAC.

Although it is not exactly look like the food in their advertising. but this new video shows you how to make their classic Big Mac, including the famous sauce, at home.

Touch 'n Go Reload

There are many places where you can reload your Touch 'n Go card but most of them will charge you RM 0.50 transaction fee each time you reload.

Places where you can reload your Touch 'n Go card for FREE:

1. PLUS office beside toll.
2. Selected petrol station by highway.
3. Touch 'n Go spot.
4. Selected KTM station.
5. CIMB Bank ATM.

CIMB Bank has a lot of branches all over Malaysia and it is the most convenient method for you to reload your Touch 'n Go card for free. All you need to have is a saving account with an ATM card. The minimum reload amount is RM50.00.

Steps to reload:

1. Just go to the ATM with a Touch 'n Go logo on the right side of the screen.
2. Insert your ATM card and key in PIN number.
3. Then choose Touch 'n Go reload.
4. ATM would prompt you to put your Touch 'n Go card on the Touch 'n Go logo.
5. ATM would then display your Touch 'n Go card current balance.
6. Proceed to choose the amount you wish to reload.
7. Your ATM card would be ejected from the ATM machine.
8. ATM would again prompt you to put your Touch 'n Go card on the Touch 'n Go logo.
9. After transaction is done, a receipt will be printed.

Skim Simpanan Pendidikan Nasional

Most parents start to save money for their children's future education fund since their children were born. There are many education savings and funds out there. The only one that is entitled for income tax deduction is SSPN, a saving scheme under PTPTN for the purpose of higher education.

Main Features

1. Tax relief of up to RM3000 per annum.
2. Free insurance coverage for depositors with savings of RM1,000 and above.
3. Competitive dividend rate and exemption from income tax.

How to Apply?

1. Print the application form and fill in.
2. Bring a copy of applicant's IC and beneficiary's birth cert/MyKid.
3. Walk in to nearest PTPTN agents (BSN, CIMB, Bank Islam, Maybank).
4. Submit the application form and related documents to the agent.
5. Minimum amount deposit is RM20.

How to Do Additional Saving?

1. When the application is received by PTPTN, a SSPN card will be sent to the applicant.
2. This is a confirmation from PTPTN that the application is verified and approved.
3. Applicant can then increase deposit by means of counter, online or salary deduction.

How to Get Maximum Cash Rebates

For income not more than RM36,000 per year, a person can only have credit cards from maximum TWO financial institutions. Maybankard 2 and OCBC Titanium Card are ESSENTIAL to spend smart and live smart as the combination is best of the best in the current market.

You can get maximum rebates by using Maybankard 2 AMEX and OCBC Titanium Card as a combination. Let's see how much you can save from current family monthly spending.

 

 

 

 

 

   

Monthly Card Usage

Item	Amount (RM)
Petrol	400
Phone Bill	130
Shopping	350
Broadband	100
Electricity	80
Indah Water	8
Dining	250
Miscellaneous	100

Card Spending Strategy

Item	Amount (RM)	Card	Rebate (%)	Rebate (RM)
Petrol	400	AMEX	7.5	30.00
Phone Bill	130	OCBC	5	6.50
Shopping	350	AMEX	7.5	26.25
Broadband	100	OCBC	5	5.00
Electricity	80	OCBC	5	4.00
Indah Water	8	OCBC	5	0.40
Dining	250	OCBC	5	12.50
Miscellaneous	100	OCBC	1	1.00
		Total saving/ month		85.65

Total Saving per month    RM85.65

Total Saving per year       RM927.80

(deduct GST RM100)
               

Termites Killer DIY

Today i will write about Termites!

Does your house termites bother you so much?
Especially the way the eat the paper/wood sound is so irritating. Believe me, i feel same as you.

I found the people use to kill termites by themselves (DIY). 
Without any high expenses on hiring people helping you clean up termites.

They use Termites DIY Colony Elimination Box to let termites trap and died.

1. Buy Termites DIY Colony Elimination Box from any online shop or you can directly buy from below web. http://www.termitesdiy.com

2. Open up the box.

3. Sprinkle with water (5~6ml)

4. Tear off the double tape around the box and ready to stick on the wall.

5. It is time to stick on the wall, which near to termites.

6. In order to make sure the box stick more firmly, you will need to extra tape on box.

7. Now the termites will walk into the box to suicide themselves.

The pricing that i surveyed online will be from RM50~100. 
Please try your best shot to buy the cheapest online. Good luck.

Mosquito killer trick

Today i saw a interesting blog that teaching people to kill mosquito effectively.
Firstly i really feel doubtful about this method. isn't the mosquito so stupid to suicide themselves?

I decided to take a try. it is very surprise in the after the first night.
My bucket have few mosquitoes died inside it. i'm feel very interesting.


Do you want to have a try? Please check below,

1. Prepare a bucket of water (<500ml) .
2. Put in the soap/detergent into water.
3. Place at the area that has a lot of mosquito.
4. Observe daily. if the mosquito died inside water, then you've success.


I'm still observing next few days. Isn't very cruel to set a trap for mosquito? ....kill dengue?


The blog explains that due to the soap/detergent made the water becomes alkaline.
While the soap/detergent has good smell that lead mosquito thought it has food inside the water. While mosquito laid egg on the water surface, but mosquito difficult to survive in alkaline water.