new checkin system at KLIA

congratulations MAS! it is very convenient now...u just walk to the machine and key in your ticket number and presto! your seat is shown on the screen and you can even change your seat number if u wish. yes...very very convenient. even fun...the freedom to choose seats...and then your boarding pass or passes ( depending on your flights ) ejects out of the machine and then only you go to the nearby counters to check in yr baggage for weighing...of cos MAS charge beyond 20 kgs per passenger...hmmm that again has a rhyme of its own....( whooooaaaaaaaa!!!!!)
Back to 'self-check in' everthing that is newly implemented has its setbacks....its all a transition period of 'cos...
Now back to those 'atm-like machines...( well from afar can be taken for such ).Take the elderly for example...or take those who are 'phobia' to automated machines..those who are unaware of the very existence of these 'self check-in ' machines....usually there are not enough MAS personnels posted nearby the machines to 'shadow' or literally show passengers how to use the machines to check in. so please... MAS staff, be ready at all times....or train airport attendants to be posted near these machines to help travellers.( for this transition period of cos )
So as can be observed at KLIA last few weeks, its kinda slow and inconvenient for passengers...hopefully the situation will get better...
and a little note ( little? i know to MAS...wow...after 20 kgs...RM15 for an extra kg.....please can that be revised? people not only bring their personal belongings but official things too like documents, books, notes...despite possiblities to claim later...its very 'dehydrating ' for our purses and wallets....so please MAS, 'weigh' some consideration on the 'set rate' - RM15 for an extra kg..
I know a lot out there have had bitter grievances about these overweight issues....some have to part with personal belongings to lessen the charges....and leaving these belongings and things with janitors or the counter staff .I know a lot of you out there will agree with me....on the reduced rates.
well.. i was lucky not to part with any of my things as my luggage was just a little overweight ...6 kgs.( A little? whhhhoooaaaaa ) ...of cos i have to part sadly with RM90...the next time i travel, i will weigh my luggage before i leave for the airport...hehehe! Errr....Dato sri Idris Jala....do have some compassion for us please......( we understand its unavoidable but a little emphathy on passengers please....just a little bit.....)

Self evaluating?

Self evaluaton?

Somebody once told me…I trust people too easily…and always end up disappointed and miserable …..that’s one of my weak points…I am seen to have many many weak points….unable or hard to take the blame …always having negative thoughts….unable to make decisions…..cold….spendthrift….impatient…..careless…..emotional… and many more....at the moment…..I am a nobody and will always be a nobody …because of my weakness and my negative traits….I have always been betrayed , taken advantage upon, turned down, and maybe ignored altogether….

However, even though how lowly negative I can be, surely there are some bright sides of me that people failed to see or do not seem to even care to take note…
If other people cannot see the positive flow in me…at least I am dignified and have pride to know I have these qualities that maybe balance my dark sides..
When I give love, I give it with all my heart…only those I love and have loved will know and verify that
When I give help., I go all out to help... that I can verify from testimonies from my friends..
I am a good listener…. Friends always confide in me and I am a confidante to many of my friends…ever since schooldays..
Male or female alike….and I give advice and motivation especially to my two beloved sons….they both treat me as their best friend to whom they can talk about almost everything….
I love animals……and I talk to my cats …they understand and their responses always calm my senses especially when I am feeling down…
I am a nature lover…I like to draw…potraits.. sketches…and one of my unfulfilled dream is to set up my own art gallery.
I treat my friends as tangible treasures….even though they may stray away from me..I am always there and vigilant to ‘prodigals’
I can forgive and forget easily….oh yes I trust people easily , maybe because I think everybody is like me….trustworthy…

Of course, the most I appreciate about myself is I am healthy and fit even though I have reached the golden age of 50. I do not feel my age at all, I have a zest for life..and to keep a fitness routine is important to me….

By listing all my good values ( correct me if I am wrong) , I feel a lot better now even though people tagged me with all the negative labels.

In retrospect : wriiten : 16 June 2008.(2200 hrs )

born to touch your feelings

SALARIES PAID TWICE MONTHLY?

Yesterday Pak Lah announced salaries of those in the public sector will be paid twice a month? Fortnightly?
Good news ? or Bad News?
good news - wallets / purses will never be 'drained' by middle of the month
-spilt salaries overtime/travel claims -- mmmm....will come in handy

bad news - hard to curb the urge to withdraw unneccessarily -im a typical spendthrift
- readjusting to monthly budget planning on expenditures
- am still trying to list them out....anybody out there can help me?

Overwhelming!

yes....that's the word! overwhelming response over price hike, overwhelming queues at petrol stations.....overwhelming ....massive jam on roads....and of cos overwhelming comments ......over coffee....restaurants...offices...parks....everybody arrived home from work at overwhelmingly late hrs .....from the usual 1900 hrs to 2200 hrs...arriving home at 10 pm ( without stopping for teh tarik ) was certainly ......errmmmm overwhelming...for some i mean. So what should the anticipated response from the authorities be?


reduced rates of public transport?
subsidies ?
That sounds a far cry?
calls for a consideration , right ?

To subsidise or not to subsidise? That's the question.

The Government has now announced an increase in petrol price by 78 sen to RM2.70 per litre, an increase of more than 40 per cent.
I may be mistaken but there seems to be less vehicles on the road today. But obviously that is not all that will happen. All other consumer goods, services and luxury goods would increase in price.
The cost of living must go up. Put another way there will be inflation and the standard of living will go down.
The increase hurts but the pain is greater not just because of the increase percentage-wise is higher than in developed countries but because of the manner the increase is made.
A few days ago the Government decided to ban sale of petrol to foreign cars. It flipped. Now foreign cars can buy again. Flopped.
Knowing that in a few days it was going to raise the price and foreigners would be allowed to buy, why cannot the Government just wait instead of banning and unbanning.
But be that as it may what could the Government have done to lessen the burden on the people that results from the increase in petrol price.
I believe the people expect the increase of petrol price. But what they are angry about is the quantum and the suddenness. The Prime Minister was hinting at August but suddenly it came two months earlier, just after the ban on sale of petrol to foreigners.
If the increase had been more gradual, the people would not feel it so much. But of course this means that the Government would have to subsidise, though to a decreasing extent.

Can the Government subsidise?

( Extracted from www.chedet.com )