Athena

I think it is ridiculous to make te hollywood movies pricey and expect people to watch the Malaysian made movies. Be they Indian, Malay or even Chinese movies, most local movies are no value for money. I have done reviews for several locally made Tamil movies and sitting through them had always been a daunting task. There is no way i will watch local movies even if you make imported moives 20 times more pricey. Why cant the local movie learn to compete on equal grounds ? Naturally, if the movie is good there will be viewers. I cant believe that the Government is even entertaining such dastardly thought. After all we have given Shahrukh Khan Datukship in the hope that he will do more movies here and that we can learn from him , so i suppose the local moview makers will need to just wait and work. I cant believe that the we Malaysians are always looking for an easy way out for success.
Real skunks!!!!

My recent trip to Bali was a frustrating experience flying with Air Asia. We were booked for the 3pm flight to Bali. We arrive at the jam-packed LCCT two hours in advance , religiously following the requirements for the check-in. I herded myself into the departure hall, with air-con functioning at the barest minimum. At 3.30pm we hear announcments of delay in the flight. At 4pm, another delayed is announced. We finally get to board the plane at 4.45pm. Into the flight, I am tired and just want the flight to take off. We are made to sit there for 30 minutes and nothing happens. I then enquire and I am told " we will be taking off soon". Then the captain comes with his overdue announcement that the flight could not take off as they had not got clearance from the airport authorities. I again approached the ones in red and the girl says , " dont worry sir, you will be entitled to your vouchers in 20 minutes, ".I was angry. I do not want the voucher, my time is more important. Does Air Asia think that money can buy everything ? The flight finally took off at 6pm, some three hours behind schedule and the rest is history. My return flight was delayed by 1 1/2 hours and i felt relatively at ease compared to the three hours delay on the flight to Bali.
That was not my first trip by Air Asia and I really pray this is my last. I had plans to try the recently introduced route to India, but i thougth enough is enough. Air Asia treats people like dirt just because it is a low cost carrier. I would rather save up and have the dignity flying in a decent airline that emulates the basic ethics of keeping to its flight schedule. I just cant understand the delay that has become part and parcel of the flight operations. Incidentally, on the same day I was leaving for Bali, I saw in the papers ( 5 Dec ) Tony Fernandez receiving the prestigious Brand award and i was wondering for what. Here we are left high and dry, fuming from lack of air-conditioning and i must mention the toilets. I went into three different toilets at the airport and all of them had heaps of used toilet papers on the flooor inside tne culbicles. There was no water in some toilet. Really, is this what service is all about ?
Air Asia has evolved into a giant or a monster, over the years and its arrogance and complascency is rearing its ugly head.
Tony Fernandez needs to fix this first, instead of finding new routes and not being able cope with the passenger volume.

I must say i am a little amused with all the debates that is going on in the media regarding Yoga and the muslims. I find it even more unacceptable that the non-muslims are so concerned for their muslim brothers and sisters that the latter will not be able to participate in Yoga and the likes.
Frankly, why are the non-muslims getting involved in this tangle?I was at my in-laws over the weekend and our casual conversation steered towards this topic and my my!, there was so much anger and frustration from the floor. I had a simple question; do we know enough about Islam to comment on the Fatwa, naturally i dont and neither do the people whose enthusiasm ran amok. And that brought the topic to a grinding halt, much to my pleasure and there we were talking about movies.

Ha, I thought, what a relief!