MAS being crappy

There is definitely something wrong with our "PREMIER AIRLINE". On the way in, my flight was delayed for half an hour. Acceptable. Yesterday, a colleague who is supposed to fly in before noon arrived at 8PM. We thought it was his bad luck and laughed at his predicament.

I am not laughing now. My flight is delayed from 2055 to 2200 to 2245 as I type this. Come on, you operational guys being angry at your management, please don't take it out on your clients.

Finally got home at 0200hrs. At least the services by the flight crew is still top notch and I got my peanuts. Sighhh, this situation is really not good for MAS or the nation. To make it worst, a lot of participants at the International Rainforest's Music is affected.

When its time to go...

I am leaving on a jet plane...like in the song...

When its time to go, its time to go. Leaving one door for another. Such is life I suppose, constantly changing. Change, the only thing that stays the same. Over and over again. When this happens, the thing that I detest the most is the ritual of goodbyes. Am never good at it and almost always will be uncomfortable doing it. I know the ritual means well, its just that I don't like it as I believe goodbyes should be left to do its work at the absolute final moment of human life i.e. when one actually leaves this world.

Life is short and the world is getting smaller and smaller. We are bound to see each other again. I would rather we just bid farewell and look forward to meeting again soon. Because, we will.

Mas cutting costs ?

On the recent flight into Istanbul, MAS cost cutting measures is clearly visible, especially in terms of food. No more peanuts to go with the welcoming orange juice. No choice for juice either. Only water or orange juice. The accompaniment that comes with brunch and lunch is the same, the vegetable is the same and the fruits for dessert is the same. Pumpkin, cucumber, tomatoes, melon, apple and was it a (1) grape ? Anyway, as consolation, I think the air host and hostess now does not differentiate between mat salleh and asian/locals as they were wont to do. Hey, they are even nice to me and smiles at my query. (Sorry Jag, kalau ko baca ni, tapi kenyataannya, especially flight to London, kalau mat salleh, bukan main lebar dia punya senyum....)

Could be my imagination but the movie selection also seems to have been drastically reduced. Rest assured though, I will still make MAS my preferred choice of air transport, if not for anything then to do my bit to uphold the pride of the nation.

Taking to the skies.

Will be flying off to Istanbul tomorrow. Insyallah, will return on 11 December 2006. Hopefully theres cheap fast internet access at the place I am staying. Oh, please do not call my mobile, sms instead as the roaming charges are real killers.