It ain’t oRDinArY

It all started when Air Asia grabbed a part of the airline industry in Malaysia. Everyone started to experience the joy of flying. Prices for flight tickets are more and more affordable. People started rushing to experience transportation through the skies. Old people, young people, babies, and all able people. Disabled people started complaining, and they too, then get look after.

Other than the normal people, there are also those ‘great’ body-odour people whose appearance at the cabin will release the oxygen mask and forced an emergency landing. Big sized people who positioned half their butt on one seat and the other on your lap. Yet they never pay half of your ticket. There are also some people who took of their shoes, scratch their legs, sniff their toes and asked whether you’re interested. And then some more. But that is a story for another day.

To counter the sudden competition from this new kid on the block, MAS launched their own budget airline through Firefly. Air Asia started to promote free tickets. MAS counter with their reveal-all advertisement of ‘no hidden charges’. The battles continue with Air Asia removing fuel surcharge and MAS promoting their stimulus packages.

Now, Air Asia is advertising their RM0 admin fee. According to Tony, they stand to lose RM400 million a year but Air Asia wanted to keep their promise of providing lower fares. Wow, lower and lower fares with the coming of each brand new year. From my computer analysis and graph interpolation, within the next few years, the airlines will start paying us to board their flight. Woohoo!

There is no holding back these airlines. Even with the current flu panic and the screening of passengers at airport, the airlines are making big money. Even when there’s news about Air France Airbus-A330 accident at the Atlantic ocean, the Jetstar Airbus-A330 cockpit fire, and Qantas Airbus-A330 sudden mid-air plunge, consumers are still jamming up the online air ticket bookings. Well, or maybe my streamyx is as slow as it normally is.

Just so you know, Air Asia is one of the biggest customers of Airbus. They have 68 Airbus while awaiting delivery of 147 Airbus planes. 26 of those is the A330 model.

Rumour has it that the above picture is taken by an Air France passenger before it plunges into the ocean. I’m guessing that the using of this guy’s camera/phone has something to do with the accident. Remember those warning bout electronic stuffs they have on flight?

In the meantime, let’s wait a few more years. One airline or another will come up with a catch phrase “Now We Beg You to Fly!”. That is the ultimate flying experience.

Everyone is a Boss nowadays. It is not easy to be a boss, except you mean being a mamak boss. When you’re at the mamak shop, you said “Boss, teh tarik satu”. The mamak will then answer, “Ok boss! RM1.20 boss”. The mamak guy is a boss, you’re the boss, even the waiters are called bosses. What makes a boss…well, a boss?

Bosses almost never complain their staffs to the public. I once heard from an MD, “I never hang my guys out to dry. They made the mistake. I scold them privately but I protect their ass in public” It’s just like your parents spanking your ass at home but the moment after, buy you nice pants so no one notices your swollen butt. That way, you get your lessons and at the same time, have some nice Levi’s sticking onto your wounded flesh. But you’ve never stop hearing the complains from the employees, do you?

I have noticed that most of the top management a.k.a Boss are using ‘old styled’ phones. These are either Nokia 3310 or some other type of mono coloured screen handphones. Even if it’s the latest handphone, it will be the cheapest. This occurs while the employee holds out his thin iPhone or some of the latest PDA phones. And mind you, these phones are being allocated to the staffs through phone allowances. So, who’s the daddy boss here?

It also makes me admire people who are their own boss and employ lots of staffs. Being a staff, you have the privilege to resign when you don’t like the boss or the company. But being a boss, you could not just hand someone a big letter saying “You’re fired” just because they dig their nose and accidentally flipped that shit onto your face. You just have to live with it. Well, but if they are caught facebooking while calling in sick, that makes a firing as what happens to a woman in Zurich.

And the internet jokes are always pointed at bosses. They are protrayed as people with pea-sized brains while we, the employees are always the smart ones. Do we call this the majority making fun of the minority? Let’s not make fun of the bosses and start respecting them, huh?

So boss, any mid-year increment/bonus this year for me? This posts is up just because I’m in need of ca$h. lol~

Is it pepper spray? Is it not? Make your own judgement

Drifting (the not so hard way)

Drifting (the very hard way)

Received these videos from a friend and it’s too good not to share, especially during the Fast & Furious mania~