I had a bad experience during my recent trip to KK. It is not Airasia that I am complaining about, but the passenger who caused the trouble to everyone else. When I arrive at KIA, the queue for the KK flight was already quite long, and there was only one check-in counter operating at the time for that particular flight...fair enough coz it is still early ...and to be fair, the service was smooth...
Smooth and quick ...until this family (who, by the way is only 2 position up from me) took their turn..they had 4 trolleys full of luggages and boxes ...what's in there, who knows ...that was not the problem...everyone who has ever travel by plane knows that there is a thing call "luggage allowance" ..and that regardless of the airlines, you would have to pay extra if you exceed the luggage allowance ...i thought everyone knows that ...but not this @$%!# idiot ...he held up the queue for nearly 25 minutes - coz he was arguing with the check-in staff and refused to pay his excess baggage fees ...claimed that he is travelling in a group of 6 ..and that airasia should not be charging him bla bla bla ...from a distance i thought the fee was such a huge amounts ...it turns out he was asked to pay RM60 for his excess luggage ...i felt like strangling the moron for that ...but thankfully, before I made a fool of myself, the guy in front of him, shouted at him to hurry up and just paid ...his words "kalau tak nak bayar, jangan naik kapalterbang ..." and someone else asked how much was the refuted fee ...when the guy (also an airasia staff - on the next check-in counter) said RM60 je ..i couldn't help myself, and join in the "shouting match" ..hehehe my dialog was "RM60??? Do you want me to pay for you just to speed up this queue???" Like magic, the idiot just paid up and left ..while complaining to his wife .....
Yes, Tony Fernandes did a great job with airasia...now everyone can fly ...unfortunately that includes idiots like that moronic guy...i pray to God I wont be in the same flight with him ever again ...Amin
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Sunday, March 8, 2009
What I did this weekend ...OVERSPENDING!
Since I already submitted my report earlier in the week, I am enjoying a free-ish weekend (I mean free-ish coz I still have to so something to update the report but I was not so urgent and I can relax a bit).
Dad has been pressing me to go shopping with him since last week, but knowing I was busy he said he would wait till I am free. Since I'll be going for a field work next week (to Meludam and beyond ...again) and the following week (to KK...yipee... again), this is my only free weekend...so, today, me and my dad went shopping ...the intention is looking for a new electric grass-cutter (the one we have is on the verge of a breakdown - macam tuannya kot!), looking for something for Bujang Kecik (for his buaian), washing machine cover for mum (she has been asking me and dad for this since January!), as well as browsing through a few galleries to look for another painting for the house (and to get a frame for a painting that I bought in Bandung).
Well, the result was that we ONLY managed to get the thingy for Bujang Kecik ... the galleries were either too crowded or closed...went to 3 different places and couldn't find the grass cutter ...i, however, went back with a trunk-full of items (down feather Friven pillows, candle holder with multi-colored glass and copper design, picture frames - different sizes and designs and other home decor items)...things that were not in the list ...but i buy them anyway coz of the 50% off labels attached to them! Ended up spending a lot on things I don't really need ...and now, as I am writing this, the feeling of regret is creeping in ......typical isn't it ....but can't say I won't do it again - coz it has become a force of habit with me!
Dad has been pressing me to go shopping with him since last week, but knowing I was busy he said he would wait till I am free. Since I'll be going for a field work next week (to Meludam and beyond ...again) and the following week (to KK...yipee... again), this is my only free weekend...so, today, me and my dad went shopping ...the intention is looking for a new electric grass-cutter (the one we have is on the verge of a breakdown - macam tuannya kot!), looking for something for Bujang Kecik (for his buaian), washing machine cover for mum (she has been asking me and dad for this since January!), as well as browsing through a few galleries to look for another painting for the house (and to get a frame for a painting that I bought in Bandung).
Well, the result was that we ONLY managed to get the thingy for Bujang Kecik ... the galleries were either too crowded or closed...went to 3 different places and couldn't find the grass cutter ...i, however, went back with a trunk-full of items (down feather Friven pillows, candle holder with multi-colored glass and copper design, picture frames - different sizes and designs and other home decor items)...things that were not in the list ...but i buy them anyway coz of the 50% off labels attached to them! Ended up spending a lot on things I don't really need ...and now, as I am writing this, the feeling of regret is creeping in ......typical isn't it ....but can't say I won't do it again - coz it has become a force of habit with me!
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
KL Trip - Food, Food, Food
Like i said in my previous posting - my KL trip was hectic. But i also had had fun ....
When we landed at the airport, Lina said she want to have satay kajang before we leave. My sister agreed to take us to Taman Melati - and we had dinner at the Haji Samuri's outlet there. Wan went with us as well ....maybe coz it was already late (bearing in mind we spent a lot of time at Arkib earlier and meeting at the hotel), i found that I was quite full ...i didn't do justice to the food ....but we sure had great time - catching up with Wan's news....and mengimbas kenangan lama!
I also ordered mee bandung - I love mee bandung, and the one in Sarawak is not the same as the one that can be found in Semenanjung. But this one was not as good as i hope it would ...maybe my expectation is too high!
This was after dinner...hehehehe..this the the part where Lina mentioned that she want to see a midnite movie ...though we scrapped the plans afterwards for reasons I couldn't disclosed here...
and after lunch, we rushed back to Setapak ...before going out, yet again, for dinner - this time at Seoul Garden Restaurant, before meeting Fendu for a quick coffee at Ampang Point...which I will cover in the next posting. I haven't downloaded the photos yet!
See: the chocolate muffin is history!!!
When we landed at the airport, Lina said she want to have satay kajang before we leave. My sister agreed to take us to Taman Melati - and we had dinner at the Haji Samuri's outlet there. Wan went with us as well ....maybe coz it was already late (bearing in mind we spent a lot of time at Arkib earlier and meeting at the hotel), i found that I was quite full ...i didn't do justice to the food ....but we sure had great time - catching up with Wan's news....and mengimbas kenangan lama!
I also ordered mee bandung - I love mee bandung, and the one in Sarawak is not the same as the one that can be found in Semenanjung. But this one was not as good as i hope it would ...maybe my expectation is too high!
This was after dinner...hehehehe..this the the part where Lina mentioned that she want to see a midnite movie ...though we scrapped the plans afterwards for reasons I couldn't disclosed here...And the following day, my sister took me to Amcorp Mall - to buy books. But since it was already past noon, we decided to have lunch there. I was keen on Subway, but she wanted to go for Kenny Rogers....so, since she was driving, I had to follow her :( ...but my food was ok. Much better than I expected! I had a jacket potato with cheesy chicken filling..yummy!!!
and after lunch, we rushed back to Setapak ...before going out, yet again, for dinner - this time at Seoul Garden Restaurant, before meeting Fendu for a quick coffee at Ampang Point...which I will cover in the next posting. I haven't downloaded the photos yet!
See: the chocolate muffin is history!!!Thursday, February 26, 2009
combining work with pleasure ....
I was in KL last week - only for 3 nights though. It was a bit hectic coz I was trying to combine both work and pleasure - hehehe. ...
My main reason for being there was to enable us (me, my friend Lina and our boss) to get information for our research and the ever looming final report. The three of us (better known as the donkey master and his two donkeys in certain circle) spent the whole day in the Dewan Penyelidikan at the National Archive, browsing through old (and I do mean OLD) documents - some were dated back to the early 1700s and 1800s ...It was funny coz the three of us never ventured into this "territory" and were clueless as to the location as well as the materials the we need.....Thank God, we have a really efficient Research Assistant ...Wan was the epitome of efficiency...he guided us through the registration process, finding materials, using the search system and so on ....i think we would be very lost is he wasn't there! We ended up spending hours there (instead of the "just 2-3 hours" as originally planned)....but by the end of the day, I have come to appreciate the materials that the Archive have, as well as appreciating the lengths and the painstaking efforts that Wan did in order to get what I want :-))
Anyhoo, despite my tight schedule, I managed to fit in a few shopping trips (Mid Valley, Sogo, Jusco Wangsa Maju, Book Excess-Armcorp Mall), meeting up with Fendi, Fid and Misha (sorry guys - the timing was so bad and being "lost" doesn't help!), meeting my uncle, going out with Lina, Wan and my sister for dinner at Satay Kajang Haji Samuri (Taman Melati's outlet) - though we have to forgo the midnite movie coz a certain someone was so sleepy, dinner with my family at Seoul Garden Restaurant and brunch at Anandur (Setapak). That is an accomplishment indeed considering I have to attend meetings as well ....
The fun doesn't stopped there. I arrived in Kuching around 7pm ...and lo and behold, the padlock to my front gate had malfunctioned. Despite dad's effort to prise it open (you name the tool, he tried then all - knives, hammer, metal cutter, extra keys, master keys, brick), it remained stubborn! I ended up having to pass my heavy luggage to my dad, took off my Donnatello shoes (hey, I am willing to go barefooted than having those shoes ruined!), hitched my pants and climbed, yes CLIMBED, over the gate. And when I was halfway over, I heard my neighbour, Cikgu Haikal shouted to my dad to ask what's going on. Am sure he must have thought I was a burglar or something - or worse, maybe I was running away from home and my parents decided to lock the gate and throw awat the key so that i couldn't go ...hehehe what an active imagination! Fun ending to my 3 days trip of business and pleasure combo...
P/S I had thrown the useless padlock into the bin that very night, and the Trienikens people had come to collect it the very next day!
My main reason for being there was to enable us (me, my friend Lina and our boss) to get information for our research and the ever looming final report. The three of us (better known as the donkey master and his two donkeys in certain circle) spent the whole day in the Dewan Penyelidikan at the National Archive, browsing through old (and I do mean OLD) documents - some were dated back to the early 1700s and 1800s ...It was funny coz the three of us never ventured into this "territory" and were clueless as to the location as well as the materials the we need.....Thank God, we have a really efficient Research Assistant ...Wan was the epitome of efficiency...he guided us through the registration process, finding materials, using the search system and so on ....i think we would be very lost is he wasn't there! We ended up spending hours there (instead of the "just 2-3 hours" as originally planned)....but by the end of the day, I have come to appreciate the materials that the Archive have, as well as appreciating the lengths and the painstaking efforts that Wan did in order to get what I want :-))
Anyhoo, despite my tight schedule, I managed to fit in a few shopping trips (Mid Valley, Sogo, Jusco Wangsa Maju, Book Excess-Armcorp Mall), meeting up with Fendi, Fid and Misha (sorry guys - the timing was so bad and being "lost" doesn't help!), meeting my uncle, going out with Lina, Wan and my sister for dinner at Satay Kajang Haji Samuri (Taman Melati's outlet) - though we have to forgo the midnite movie coz a certain someone was so sleepy, dinner with my family at Seoul Garden Restaurant and brunch at Anandur (Setapak). That is an accomplishment indeed considering I have to attend meetings as well ....
The fun doesn't stopped there. I arrived in Kuching around 7pm ...and lo and behold, the padlock to my front gate had malfunctioned. Despite dad's effort to prise it open (you name the tool, he tried then all - knives, hammer, metal cutter, extra keys, master keys, brick), it remained stubborn! I ended up having to pass my heavy luggage to my dad, took off my Donnatello shoes (hey, I am willing to go barefooted than having those shoes ruined!), hitched my pants and climbed, yes CLIMBED, over the gate. And when I was halfway over, I heard my neighbour, Cikgu Haikal shouted to my dad to ask what's going on. Am sure he must have thought I was a burglar or something - or worse, maybe I was running away from home and my parents decided to lock the gate and throw awat the key so that i couldn't go ...hehehe what an active imagination! Fun ending to my 3 days trip of business and pleasure combo...
P/S I had thrown the useless padlock into the bin that very night, and the Trienikens people had come to collect it the very next day!
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Lady Cash's Mafia Wars
I got my laptop!!! and am now able to be online most of the time at home..apart from blogging, and doing my work at home (yes, yes I know... most people would switch off their work antenna when they are home!), I am now able to play Mafia Wars at night and over the weekend ...so excited!
I found this game, Mafia Wars on Facebook...i thought it was fun and started to play...but i never did expect it to be THIS EXCITING and ADDICTIVE...I am on level 44 now and my mafia name is Lady Cash, and the game has grown a lot since i first started. A lot of features have been added to the Game - and it's more exciting. Sometimes it is like winning a lottery (maybe I am exergerating here :-)) coz you never know what you are going to get...well, apart from killing the enemies - or even strangers - you can loot a number of stuffs - like fire bombs, armoured car/truck, napalm, C4, night vision goggle, bodyguard, body double, butterfly knives and so on ...the most common (and i think is useless!) is the brass knuckles ...i prefer the other, more destructive stuffs myself...namely the fire bomb, and napalm...
The fun is when you are allowed to kill/attack other mafias, or if you are being kind, you could just rob them! Plus is you are really mean, you can offer your service as a hitman!
So, it is a great stress reliever - you can just vent your anger, frustration online ...and getting up the levels by doing so...see, it's a win-win situation!
I better be off now...going to purchase more properties for my mafia family.
Ciao bella ...
I found this game, Mafia Wars on Facebook...i thought it was fun and started to play...but i never did expect it to be THIS EXCITING and ADDICTIVE...I am on level 44 now and my mafia name is Lady Cash, and the game has grown a lot since i first started. A lot of features have been added to the Game - and it's more exciting. Sometimes it is like winning a lottery (maybe I am exergerating here :-)) coz you never know what you are going to get...well, apart from killing the enemies - or even strangers - you can loot a number of stuffs - like fire bombs, armoured car/truck, napalm, C4, night vision goggle, bodyguard, body double, butterfly knives and so on ...the most common (and i think is useless!) is the brass knuckles ...i prefer the other, more destructive stuffs myself...namely the fire bomb, and napalm...
The fun is when you are allowed to kill/attack other mafias, or if you are being kind, you could just rob them! Plus is you are really mean, you can offer your service as a hitman!
So, it is a great stress reliever - you can just vent your anger, frustration online ...and getting up the levels by doing so...see, it's a win-win situation!
I better be off now...going to purchase more properties for my mafia family.
Ciao bella ...
Friday, February 13, 2009
Valentine??? What Valentine???
Tomorrow is 14th February ...a.k.a Valentine's Day...yeah, yeah, the day to express your undying love, to send love gestures to your ones, to share romantic moments, to declare your love to your secret crushes ... so, this is the time of the year where florists are making big bucks out of the hopeless romantics, and restaurants offering candlelit dinners would be booked solid ...people would be so willing to splurge on really cute stuffs - teddy bears, roses, candies and bunch of other stuffs ...even those stingy people! That is phenomenal...
But the way i see it - do you only express your undying love only on that one day of the year - and completely neglect your loved ones for the rest of the 355 days in a year??? is it enough??? Just one grand gesture (be it 100 blooming, fresh, red roses or candlelit dinner in an expensive restaurant) to say you love someone - but only on that particular day??? And you can cheat, you can lie, you can neglect them on any other day of the year??? I may be biased but i would prefer the love of my life to love me every day of the year, in the good times as well as the bad, sharing everything - the ups and the downs ...don't you?
Well, I used to think like that Valentine is romantic - until i found out that the one person whom I trusted with my life betrayed my trust, my heart, my love - on Valentine Day! So, does the roses, the dinner, the holiday and the gifts given to say he love me are enough to make me forgive him for the betrayal? does it give him the license to cheat??? NO SIREEEEEE ...
Now, I am remembering Valentine Day - and using it as a day to appreciate myself, to pamper myself ... furthermore there is a saying which says that before you love anyone else, you should love yourself ...makes sense really ...and now, every Valentine - i would buy something for myself...Valentine 2006, I bought myself a car - which gives me freedom and and symbolises independence and empowerment; Valentine 2007 - I made up my mind to buy a house - which i did 3 months later - further strengthen my independence, Valentine 2008 - i went for holiday with my family and tomorrow - I am going to buy myself a laptop ... and i can spent time blogging and catching up with my family and closest friends online - that is my version of expressing love and appreciation to my family and my friends ...356 days a year, and not just on 14th February ....
But the way i see it - do you only express your undying love only on that one day of the year - and completely neglect your loved ones for the rest of the 355 days in a year??? is it enough??? Just one grand gesture (be it 100 blooming, fresh, red roses or candlelit dinner in an expensive restaurant) to say you love someone - but only on that particular day??? And you can cheat, you can lie, you can neglect them on any other day of the year??? I may be biased but i would prefer the love of my life to love me every day of the year, in the good times as well as the bad, sharing everything - the ups and the downs ...don't you?
Well, I used to think like that Valentine is romantic - until i found out that the one person whom I trusted with my life betrayed my trust, my heart, my love - on Valentine Day! So, does the roses, the dinner, the holiday and the gifts given to say he love me are enough to make me forgive him for the betrayal? does it give him the license to cheat??? NO SIREEEEEE ...
Now, I am remembering Valentine Day - and using it as a day to appreciate myself, to pamper myself ... furthermore there is a saying which says that before you love anyone else, you should love yourself ...makes sense really ...and now, every Valentine - i would buy something for myself...Valentine 2006, I bought myself a car - which gives me freedom and and symbolises independence and empowerment; Valentine 2007 - I made up my mind to buy a house - which i did 3 months later - further strengthen my independence, Valentine 2008 - i went for holiday with my family and tomorrow - I am going to buy myself a laptop ... and i can spent time blogging and catching up with my family and closest friends online - that is my version of expressing love and appreciation to my family and my friends ...356 days a year, and not just on 14th February ....
Hit and run (and I'm the culprit!)
I feel so bad today ... i just can't shake the feeling coz I know I am guilty... i didn't mean for it to happen, but, unfortunately, it did ... i'm sorry cat ...
I finished work a bit later than usual. I left the office at half past six, and it was starting to get dark. My usual route was a bit congested coz of the school children going home at the same time - so i was already frustrated having to drive at 20km/hour ... so, when all the lanes are cleared, I was able to drive a bit faster till i managed to overtake all the cars, motocycles and lorries ..(i am not exaggerating here - there are lots of lorries ladden with soil, construction materials, and sands - using this particular stretch of road!)..any how, when i was near SK Muara Tuang, a cat suddenly ran in front of my car ...i couldn't avoid it coz i was driving a bit fast, couldn't brake on time...and the sound of the tyres "crushing" (well i am assuming the poor thing is crushed!) the cat is horrible...i can still hear it...and when i looked back at my rearview mirror, i could see that the cat managed to get up and move to the next lane (and i was thanking God for small mercies), before it felt and stop moving ...i am assuming it is dead ...
i didn't mean for it to happen...i don't like cat, but i did not intentionally kill one...i'm sorry cat (whatever your name was), may you rest in peace (please don't haunt me in my dream!) ... i hope whoever owned you managed to find you and gave you a proper burial ...
i really wish the tales about cats having 9 lives is true ...and i hope that the cat is actually ok ...and that it wasn't moving because it is trying to get back its breath ...who knows, after i drove off, feeling guilty and all traumatized by the events, someone actually passed along and help the poor thing ...yea, wishful thinking, i know...but wouldn't it be a nice ending compared to what really happenned????
I finished work a bit later than usual. I left the office at half past six, and it was starting to get dark. My usual route was a bit congested coz of the school children going home at the same time - so i was already frustrated having to drive at 20km/hour ... so, when all the lanes are cleared, I was able to drive a bit faster till i managed to overtake all the cars, motocycles and lorries ..(i am not exaggerating here - there are lots of lorries ladden with soil, construction materials, and sands - using this particular stretch of road!)..any how, when i was near SK Muara Tuang, a cat suddenly ran in front of my car ...i couldn't avoid it coz i was driving a bit fast, couldn't brake on time...and the sound of the tyres "crushing" (well i am assuming the poor thing is crushed!) the cat is horrible...i can still hear it...and when i looked back at my rearview mirror, i could see that the cat managed to get up and move to the next lane (and i was thanking God for small mercies), before it felt and stop moving ...i am assuming it is dead ...
i didn't mean for it to happen...i don't like cat, but i did not intentionally kill one...i'm sorry cat (whatever your name was), may you rest in peace (please don't haunt me in my dream!) ... i hope whoever owned you managed to find you and gave you a proper burial ...
i really wish the tales about cats having 9 lives is true ...and i hope that the cat is actually ok ...and that it wasn't moving because it is trying to get back its breath ...who knows, after i drove off, feeling guilty and all traumatized by the events, someone actually passed along and help the poor thing ...yea, wishful thinking, i know...but wouldn't it be a nice ending compared to what really happenned????
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