Review:MH is Malaysian Hospitality?

Its been a while since I had taken a flight with Malaysia Airlines, the last was my flight to Taipei in December 2008. This time around for my flight back to Brunei for sem holiday, I had chosen MAS based on the fare (RM$6/7) but there was a ton of other surcharges and taxes about RM$160! The flight no was MH730, a Boeing 737-400 which was the most common fleet for MAS flights til they got more 737-800 which was so much nicer! The flight ETD was 1.30pm.
The check-in process was fast as I had performed Online Check-in. After check-in terus went down to escalator to the International Departure area.
Boarding commences quite late, a little over 12.40pm. And boarded the plane at 1.10pm, picked up a copy of Star paper at the plane entrance. 2 flight attendants greeted us while another few were on hand to assist with your hand baggage. Interestingly, the Star paper dont have the Metro section which I was awaiting to read every Saturday as The Bangsar Boy column was interesting to read, nevermind that Metro pullout got tons of ads!
A few people called for service just before takeoff and the FA gladly brought the pillows and blankets that was requested.
I was seated at 7C, but since my sides B and A was not taken apparently I got 3 seats for myself haha! Flight time was officially 2h 20min which was similar as Air Asia but not RBA which is only 1h 50min or 2h 5min. Puzzling, same route timing different.
After takeoff to cruising altitude, the co-pilot made a long announcement regarding our flight.Quite a chirpy co-pilot I must say.
Then it was makan time.What in the world was served hmm Chicken kebab with rice or beef with kuskus (what is that dont ask me),Arabic choices. This is again puzzling as Brunei is somewhere in ASEAN and not in Middle East.I was hoping MAS serve nasi lemak but apparently from my reading of flight review nasi lemak was served too frequently that many complainted! The meal was served in a 'eco-box', inside was a small cup of Spritzer mineral water,a pack of Cadbury Gold chocolate,a slice of cake and of course the hot meal. Not too bad tasting but I would prefer if there are carrots in it haha!
Since the last time, I saw from blogs that MAS still gives away stationery kit I decided to request for a pen and a postcard.And yeah I got it, but kinda disappointed that MAS didnt issue new postcards.MAS should take this opprtunity to issue new postcards of the new 738 and also the new airbus 330.
In flight angri Bird fiesta was on haha! people playing on htc,ipad,iphone,etc
The descent route was apparently different from usual, last time I use Air Asia it uses Muara route,RBA uses Bandar route while MAS uses a route that allows me to see Kg Wasan (lots of paddy).
Immigration at Brunei was a little longer as before our arrival it was still clearing Air Asia flight pax.Baggage was out quite fast and the new trolley sponsored by Tel Bru was smaller but better.
So, in conclusion was MH Malaysia Hospitality and not only airline code? Yes or No its your own to judge but from what I say it is. Tutup cerita LOL!

225th post

Been a while since I had posted anything on this blog and guess what this is the 225th blogpost since the 'birth' of this blog in year 2008. Loads of things happen between the last posting and this posting regarding my life,the world at large,etc,etc. Will try to keep em short n sweet to avoid my blog becoming a 'Jigglypuff', LOL!

Education Update

Exam period is from 7-21 (yesterday).7,10,13,21 were the exam dates and all of them were 3hr paper. 

7th is Biz Stats - not too hard but not easy either just right.I just hope that I can get a upper D but a low HD will be a bonus

10th is Biz Law - 1 of the toughest unit of the 4 (maybe not) units, the only open-book exam.From the name of the question I can summarise Dr Doom I am DOOMED! Hopefully I didnt misunderstood the facts of the question, otherwise a potential D can turn into a C or even P,but if I did it nicely could be HD

13th is Money n Caps - Not as hard as I thought but I think I screwed up the stock exchange question and my prediction went very off haywire.Could be a D

Yesterday Financial Accounting was a disaster for most of the students I think. Too much theory and some of it was so hard, I really hoped I didnt screw up the Point of Regconition question otherwise potential 18 can become a disastrous 9 or lower n there goes my biggest HD hope

A note to notice since it is MISSION QUITE IMPOSSIBLE to get straight HDs,I promise that if I get it I would start contributing to the World Vision monthly contribution to help those children in poor countries to have a better life. In addition, I badly need to boost my badly battered average grade of 67.5 to at least 70!

Alrite I was distracted just now by 2 things which I will blog about later, back to blogging

On another note,I had just allocated for next sem all are my core units.Commbank,Company reporting,Financial Management n 1 more forget haha

Well thats about it for my educational update.sem 1 has finally closed it curtains for me and now the d-day awaits on July 11! 

This sem I did lots and lots of group studying instead of me studying alone. Sharing knowledge is a good virtue and I works on the basis of what goes around comes around.No I dont expect any financial returns from them although i joked around wanting a business class ticket back to Brunei and also venison  haha.Only god can decide whether I deserve to be rewarded financially or non-financially.

20th BIRTHDAY

Happy Belated 20th Birthday to this blog owner from all the staff n administrator (ada ke?) of this blog.May I have a blissful,happy for many many years ahead til I became successful in life. I thank god for whatever that I have now even though its not as good as some other rich/smart/good kid have, I am grateful for it. On the day, my fellow coursemates blanja me at Wong Kok Char Chan Teng, and they also got to enjoy a huge glass of HK milk tea courtesy of my birthday (the one in my Facebook DP). Thanks for the treat, may you all have a great year ahead of you!

I stop here for the time being,my hand is tired typing,will continue some more in 1hr or so.At the mean time,enjoy this blogpost

Movie Galore before 'Nightmare' Comes

Before this, when people ask me have you seen this movie, that movie, I say sorry saya tunggu DVD. Now, Movie becomes part of my live. I have no idea how many $$$ have I contributed into 'Sugar King' Robert Kuok coffers (GSC is part of PPB Group owned by Kuok) or Ananda Krishnan coffers (TGV Cinemas is part of Tanjong Group owned by Tan Sri Maxis Astro). Sometimes I watch movie every other day,every week!
Ok here's some of the movies that I had watched recently
Fast 5- definitely awesome, awesome cars, actions. Most said its best movie of the year, well I agree on that
Priest - I am personally surprised this movie passed thru Lembaga Penapisan since it had some Christianity element in it. Movie about priest killing vampires, good albeit quite short 87min
THOR - This movie becomes part of the hype in Singapore elections. With the Thunder and Hammer, it will be a great power aka force to be reckoned, just like in Singapore PAP (lightning), WP (hammer). I watched this at TGV KLCC courtesy of Everyone Connects, and in 3D! Not to mention, among the 1st to watch in the world n Malaysia!
Next week, I am going to watch Pirates of Caribbean subject to no other plans by my fellow coursemates, courtesy of NEXT programme!
Lastly, if you are a movie fans take advantage of TGV offers by Daily Sugars. Buy movie ticket for only $7 (mind you Wednesday is $9 and student price is $10). But be reminded 1 person only can buy up to 10 tickets!
The bad news are slowly crippling in, EXAMS ARE NEARER! Its going to be a nightmare!
Till, next posting maybe next week or after exam.
Sarcastic Enjoy dearer sugar, or maybe in some shops cheaper drinks if you prefer kurang gula or no gula (Personally I feel, even sugar price belum naik drink price sudah naik 20sen for some drinks!). This is my 'dark secret' but whenever I go buy coffee at Pacific Coffee (my weekly coffee dosage nowadays), I 'borrow' some sugar packets hehe!
Unsarcastic 9sen for 1min of conversation from anywhere in this world to your loved ones/friends in Malaysia, all thanks to 'Mobile Phone Reinvented, Communications Redefined' powered by YES4G by YTL. YES had just made 'apples speak' by introducing YESlife iOS for iPod Touch, iPhone n iPad on Friday. And YES is going to make 'dancing robot and 'berry that cant be eaten' speak the YES way'! Amazing isnt it be amazed when you say YES, Malaysia's fastest 4G internet with voice or as the quote of Wing K Lee, CEO YTL Communications 'We are the fastest guy in town'. Jim Carey starred in the 'Cable Guy; so I called YES4G 'The Internet Guy'! For an update:YES had carried 224TB of data, 1.75m min n 859k SMS since it launched in Nov 2010. The data usage exploded 117% over last data in March of 104TB, I think this is attributed to Valuepacks.Voice min also exploded 75% from 1m! Kudos to YES! And thank you to me for being such supportive of YES4G. More amazing things in the YES story, coming soon!

OTR Driving Lesson n Club21 Sale!

Yesterday, I went for driving lesson number 2. It was on the road! 1st round the instructor, Cikgu Kamal drive and I sat beside him while he explain things to be done. After 1 round to Laluan 1. Its my turn to drive. Sad to say I dont have a good clutch control, and causes the car to 'mati engin' lots of times, even worst at the traffic light causing angry drivers to hon at us! At least Im a little improved last time I still need to look at my leg and the gear while changing it but now no need already yeah! LOL! Dont be too happy yet, the most important thing is clutch and gear control so that wont 'mati engin'.If I cant do it right, my JPJ test is going to be GG! Thats why I hate manual cars!
After my driving lesson, went with Tommy to Mid Valley for the Club21 Designer Clearance Sale. Actually I wanted to go today but since Tommy ajak me so I go with him yesterday. There we meet JX car in the carpark haha LOL!
Ok before I go on further what the heck is club21? Club21 is owned by Christine Ong, and you may ask again who is she? She is wife of Ong Beng Seng, one of the richest Malaysian in Singapore. Concorde Hotels,Hard Rock Hotel in Asia are owned by him. Oh yes, he is also the organiser of F1 in Singapore! Back to Club21. Club21 is the Asia license holder for Calvin Klein, DKNY, Armani Exchange (AIX), Giorgio Armani and more brands. In other words all the CK, DKNY stores in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand are owned by Club21.

how much damage had I done to my bank account? Not much just $350 for 4 piece of clothing! Let me give you the breakdown: (estimate UP coz the cashier took the price tag,i wonder why, over markup?)
AIX top looks like jacket UP $499 offer $50!
AIX plain T-shirt UP $239 offer $50
CK plain shirt UP $439 offer $100
CK pants (dont know what design just take only) UP $769 offer $150

Spend like 2hr there and only got 4 piece of clothing haih! And there are a lot of sweater, dont know why are they selling sweater in Malaysia.such a hot weather! Perhaps they want more people to sweat more! And there are no fitting room, otherwise I would get 2 pants!

Anyway even though I spend quite a lot its well worth every sen, and giving my body a 'luxury covering over my skinny body' haha LOL!

The brand that I really wish have sale like this is Esprit and Topman. I never see them having such sale but in neighbouring Singapore they organise it!

Righty, my hand is over tired typing these whole week, assignment and this blogpost. See ya soon and Happy Labour Day Extended Holiday Till Monday have a great weekend ahead!

Fun Time

I dont know is it funny or WTH but I got a funny tale to tell! 2 part in this post 1st part trip to Genting,2nd part clubbing 1st time!

Went up to Genting with my Monash mates, Tommy, his friend, Michelle J, Michelle T, Elaine from Sabah n Carmen. The actually plan was I was to enter the casino n try to win some cash with the guys but apparently some slips by me, make me having to enjoy in the outdoor park instead with the girls instead!

I could enter the casino with no problem, just enter selamba je! Then I head for the slots n inserted $10. Played till the credit want to finished,but suddenly I got a 'small durian runtuh'! I remembered what my dad say about casino 'When win stop'! So after winning $3, I decided to cashout.To my dismay there are no cashout button,so I called for the attendant.He give me a slip to collect the money. Then at the counter while waiting, suddenly policeman come and take me into the control room to be interrogated/interviewed. Asked the usual questions,nothing much and tell me only can enter in 2012 as Im underaged! And was 'chased out' of casino! If only I would wait for Tommy's green card then I would be $3 richer or $50 richer or $50 poorer!Apa nak buat tak der nasib la nak dikatakan

Then I joined the girls for fun in the outdoor park. I didnt go on most of the rides but I did go on the Cyclone, Malaysia 1st roller coaster, Spinner,Merry go round n Dinosaur island boat ride! However, poor us it rained and rained! And Elaine was frustrated that she couldnt get on the 360 degree coaster! Had McDonald for lunch, my goodness double the price!

Had a rather late dinner with them at Murni SS2.My goodness this mamak is so packed to the max even till the kaki lima! Had nasi lemak which is good, as good as the one I get from Teh Tarik Place but its ayam goreng is bigger and slightly cheaper!

Had a great time with them though even though I was 'chased out' from casino haha! And had rather interesting talk with them

Turn the clock forward to Monday, went for movie with JX n Tommy after Moncap class. Watched Scream 4! But I dont know what to say, the main essence is a phone call:Who is this then this is the last person you would see alive then a masked guy come to stab! I dont know what to say! Dinner at mamak near Taylors. Had Indomie with chicken $7! Mamak boleh jadi millionaire la macam ni! Anyway I miss Indomie!

Turn the clock forward again to Thursday nite! Club N Drink nite with Monash mates, JX n his gf, Wen Li, Tommy, Chris, Shu Wern, Chris friend and Elaine ! At first, I didnt want to go but I now realised that its so much fun! Earlier planning was to stay at Republic till late but they thinks Republic is too quiet so decided to go MOS after some drinks! 1st on the menu, Long Island, lemon tea mixed with bacardi n whatever I dont know! Next on the menu, Cokabel (coke + black label). Cokabel tasted awful even with 75% coke 25% black label, but Long Island is nice though. In total I had 3 glasses so I think I can tolerate better alcohol now after my 1st time experience last Xmas. But after 1-2 glass starting to feel a bit dizzy but still ok!

After that went to MOS for dance till around 2am. Had to pay cover charge $40 though inclusive of 1 drink! After MOS, again went to mamak. I cant barely sleep.slept at 4am woke up at 8am feeling energized haha!

Clubbing and drinking is going to be part of my life, but cant overdo it!Its costly and not good for health! Some alcohol is good though when you want to release stress or celebrate something!

Signing off, I gotta struggle for some more weeks since exam is nearer n assignment due date is coming soon!

Sohai Mode

Apologise for neglecting this blog for 2wk again! This is because Im in a 'sohai' mode, which I will explain in a bit. There will be another round of marathon posting to compensate it! So dont sue me for duty of care due to negligence coz you aint going to get it haha (ops law overloaded)!

1st of all you want to know what is the meaning of sohai right? The better meaning of it is crazy! Another meaning of it maybe too XXX to be posted here! Well there is your friend Google, so google it!
For the past 2wk I am in a 'crazy' mode. Last wk, I went to Putrajaya n KLCC. You must be thinking gila ker apa budak ni? Yes, I covered 2 places within 1day! Tak saya tak gila,saya terlalu 'free'!

And experienced so many kind of transport. I used the fast ERL train from Putrajaya to Kl Sentral which takes around 15min which is really fast compared to using bus, however it costs a 'worth it' $9.50. And if you bring your laptop or anything that have wifi, you can get free 4g wifi from YES4G which is the sister company of ERL, all under the umbrella of YTL, the builder! And also as usual Rapidkl bus and LRT as well as in Putrajaya Nadiputra bus.

I went to Putrajaya to collect my Facebook contest prize from Alamanda Putrajaya. The prize was well a lucky dip, and I got half a dozen of Big Apple Donut. In addition to that, I also gets to see Putrajaya as the Nadiputra bus takes a long long detour!

Next stop KLCC for PCFair! As expected KLCC is full of PC n gadgets buyers! Before that, I went for a quick 'tea break' at La Cucur, which is famous for its Malay kuih! Tasty but pricey, 3 piece of kuih $3.60! But their kuih have some special taste which I cant describe you have to try it yourself!

And the PCFair spans 2 floor and many halls! The 3rd floor is for AV things, Intel and gaming things. Saw Chris, my classmate.wanted to go say hi but sees he is so busy with his sales so dont want to kacau him. And in other halls are the computer vendors, saw YES doing joint promo with Acer. And in their Facebook, some people wonder why YEs dont have their own booth? In the directory YTL Communications is listed as 1 of the exhibitors in the telco zone! My damage is just a Singapore branded Sonicgear headset costs $26.90

Yesterday, I was also in the same 'gila' mode!Travelling to PWTC and Mid Valley! Went to PWTC for KL International Book Fair. And my favourite publisher Karangkraf had set up its booths near the entrance which is so good for visitors. Bought 3 Klik,3 Remaja at discounted price and got freebies! However I think the freebies are less 'syok' compared to what I get in Karangkraf Karnival in January! Buy Klik I get Mentholatum sample! Err, Klik is an entertainment magazine so I expect to get some movie freebies or the much wanted Kpop artist posters and postcards. And Klik posted on their Facebook, ari Sabtu/Ahad baru ada! Ei geramnya saya! Sometimes being early got no perks! For Remaja I got DiGi freebies which is ok.And also fibre powder and Garnier sample! Next I continued my hunt to find Berita Publishing to get my mum magazine. However Berita decided to hide itself up in a small corner and its so hard to find!

After PWTC off to Mid Valley. As usual had my lunch at Room18 which is as usual packed! Tried the new Venison Stonepot set @ $18.Includes a seaweed soup,2 piece of dimsum(fried prawn dumpling n fried radish cake).not forgetting venison hot in stonepot (poor deer/payau), and a bowl of premium rice! also ordered a 3 filling chee cheong fun!Last time I ordered a pork chee cheong fun @$8.80 n with additional $2 I get 2 more filling! With the 18 Room its only $4.80.almost the price of kopitiam chee cheong fun!

After lunch, went to Robinsons only to be disappinted by them! Wanted to give them business but I only saw Winter collection instead of the new Summer collection which they claim is in store and selling fast.Never trust Facebook people, LOL!

Enough of craziness story, my hand is tried too. Another coming up!
P.S. I got myself 2AM showcase ticket thanks to DiGi but should I go? Hmm

Invest, Eat & Crap

Welcome again to the extended version of my weekly posting! Since I got nothing better to do, its only reasonable if I continue updating this blog! If I go out sure will spend money,especially with the f1 sale going on,sure my money will drain out of my bank A/c like the speed of a f1car!

Which brings us to the 1st topics Invest! I do not know whether it is a good or bad time to invest but I had started investing in the stock market! Its a small investment though, only 100 shares of a few REITs which I think had the potential!1st wk of investing,I had been taken on a roller coaster ride as the price goes up 3sen,6sen and drop 5sen respectively. And apparently Im going to receive my returns soon as the financial report is coming out soon! Its not a zero risk game though,but considering property price are strong and doesnt show sign of going down and baring any circumstances (touch wood) like SARS,H1N1 or anything else bad, its pretty safe! I made the decision to invest as I want to be 'money smart' instead of 'money drainer'. If I just keep the money in the savings A/c earning a paltry few cents that is even barely not enough to buy a Chupa Chups I guess haha! But luckily, I had found an account that pays 10X more interest that normal saving! But its still quite low,so I diversified my portfolio further into REITs recently and soon Cash Fund which offers 2.6% according to the ads! I dare not go into buying stocks as Im still a 'newbie'!

With all the fruits of my 'frugal'(karit lifestyle, karit ka haha) spending, which most of my allowance is channeled to investing, its time for a little celebration Eat! Room18 which is part of Tai Thong Group had its 2nd anniversary promo where you can order selected 18 items on promo at incredible 18 Deals prices some as low as $1!I was asking around my circle of friends whether they want to go or not and I blanja them, but seems  that nobody interested to go considering Tropicana is quite far and MV is badly jammed usually! Hence, yesterday I went to eat with my cousin, and it was packed! We ordered simply too much that we were full from lunch till dinner (other words to payah makan dinner!). Just a duo mix rice set with drink n dessert,a meat rice set,2 drinks,2 item from promo,2 dimsum item which costs around $70! I have been raving about Room18 but the blogs were divided some of them said its no good,some say so,little say great (except me). I think its bcoz they are used to eating may different restaurants and so they had higher expectation considering its part of Tai Thong! And Im only used to home cooked food hence my expectation is lower perhaps! Each people had there own taste n opinion so different review!

Last but not least time for a little 'current issue crap', not serious political things though! 2 of my fav artists Hsiao Hung Ren/Jen & Blue J Ji Jia Song had released their new albums! One of Hsiao Hung Ren song is named 'Wo She Shou Shou De Nan Shen' (Im a Thin Guy). Some of the lines of the lyrics if Im not mistaken (forgive me if its wrong), says that coz Im (not me the song lyrics) thin and unattractive. its difficult to woo the girls! This line sounds so 'me', hence I gotta buck up by starting going to the gym(? maybe) or play more sports! On the other hand, Blue J new album one of the song is titled Gold Fish tears (I guess), is about the feeling of a heartbreak or breakups! Havent listen to it gotta download it first to listen a few times then I can get the meaning!

Signing off! just like Tiger Huang song Mei Na Me Jian Dan. Life is not so easy! Things are getting tougher and everyone is being competitive. It is the reality of the survival of the fittest.Who doesnt buck up shall lose!