Bleak

Things are messed up right now everywhere...but looking at the funny side...
Emjoy your weekend!

AirAsia Call Centre of Hell

SATURDAY, 06 Sep 2008
I got an sms saying that my return flight from Bali next year has been cancelled.


Just my return flight??? So I called up the number given in the sms and was kept waiting on the machines for a very long time. Someone suggested that maybe they didn't entertain calls during the weekend...that made sense. I'll try on Monday.

MONDAY, 08 SEP 2008

First thing in the morning, I called AirAsia again. Its bad enough that this is already a Monday morning...but listening to the machine telling me that they are sooooooooooo busy due to 'overwhelming response to our promotions' just leaves me almost foaming at my mouth. I had to hang up a few times to entertain my customers. I gave up calling in the late afternoon and resorted to sending them an email instead.

When I checked my email in the evening, they sent me the following reply:
For urgent queries and itinerary requests, please call our helpline at 603-8660 4388 or click on the following link for contact numbers of the Call Centre in your area.

Now, that's really rubbing salt in the wound.

TUESDAY, 09 SEP 2008
Filled with fighting spirit today (and a particularly good nights rest), I decided that I will not hang up but wait as long as it will take to get an answer from them.

11.13am - Machine ....
11.14am - A customer asked for a strip of Pepzan 20mg...Put the phone down for a second to serve him.
11.16am - Machine...
11.18am - A lady asked if I have Ethylchloride Spray... Put the phone down again.
11.20am - Decided to go to the toilet for a quick wee wee.
11.23am - Machine...
11.24am - Another customer asking for plaster...
11.27am - Lady: (Click) Good morning, AirAsia, How can I help you?
Me: Wahh..you know how long I've been waiting ar?
Lady: Er...yeah..
11.33am - Phone call ended.

I have received 4 calls on previous occasions from AirAsia telling me about their insurance packages, credit cards and what not...but when I really needed an answer from them, it takes forever to get through to one of them.

Anyway, my Bali trip next year has been cancelled. Anyone up for climbing Mt Kinabalu again? Heheh...

New Cure for Acne

I know that doesn't sound like an interesting title...but don't click away just yet. This will be an interesting post...trust me.


PHNOM PENH - A CONDOM lubricant designed for sex workers and gay men has become a popular acne cure among female Cambodians, women in the capital and local media said on Thursday.

(I told you its interesting...)

Number One Plus, a water-based lubricant produced by health organisation Population Services International (PSI), is an excellent cure for acne, 29-year-old vendor Tep Kemyoeurn told AFP.

'After I used it for three days, all of my acne dried up and went away,' she said. 'Many people believe in it,' she added.

Khen Vanny, 29, from Phnom Penh, told AFP that women of all ages have taken to using the lubricant to get rid of spots.

'It is very effective. Some people don't believe in it but people who do really get a good result,' she said, adding: 'My youngest sister and my aunt use it too.'

Another woman told Khmer-language Kampuchea Thmey newspaper that she had used many kinds of medicine to treat acne but none had worked.

'After that my friends, who work at garment factories in Phnom Penh, advised me to apply the lubricant from Number One Plus condoms on my face every night,' she told the paper.

'And just within three to four nights, the acne on my face gradually and then totally disappeared,' she added.

A vendor near a factory in the coastal city of Sihanoukville told the newspaper that she sold packets of Number One Plus lubricant for 500 riels (17 Singapore cents) to many women every day.

The paper urged experts to conduct research about the phenomenon.

PSI were not immediately available for comment on the apparent cosmetic benefits of their product. -- AFP -(LINK)

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There's something I like to know...who was the first person that looked at the lubricant and said 'Hmm...lets put some on my face and see.' Er... wait..maybe I think I know how it got there...

If you want to be a politician...

To any of you out there who have hopes of being involved with politics one day...





Well...



Make sure you delete all your embarrassing photos permanently first.

Who is Vincent?

Recently when ironing my clothes, I noticed this.

Vincent????

Another Vincent

The last time I checked my IC, the name written there is still Ted. Now that I've discovered the 'Vincents,' I am a bit reluctant to wear it. It feels really weird wearing clothes with other people's names written on it.

Can't make this one out but doesn't look like Vincent

Are my clothes seeing someone else I should know about?

Breakfast of Champions

Usain Bolt winning the gold and breaking the world record for the 100m

BEIJING — Usain Bolt celebrated his coronation as the world’s fastest man 20 meters early, throwing out his arms and thumping his chest. But he still obliterated the world record in the 100 meters Saturday night, turning his Olympic gold medal performance into a show of astounding talent. (LINK)

So how did the fastest man in the world prepare for his race?

"I woke up at 11, then I had lunch," Bolt says. "Some nuggets," he says. Yes, the greasy McDonald's kind. "And then I pretty much went back to my room, and slept again, for like two hours. Then I went back, got some more nuggets." It's the breakfast, lunch and dinner of champions. (LINK)

You've heard it from the man himself...
1) Wake up late.
2) Eat junk food.
3) Take more naps.
4) Eat more junk food.

I'm going to be a champion starting from today.

3 Bound Mice

When it comes to catching rats, I've always had the best results with rat glue. There are lots of restaurants near to my work place and they like to pop by make a mess whenever they have the time.

Recently the rats weren't falling for the trap. Before this it always had a 100% success rate. So were the rats getting smarter? After 3 tries of failure, we re-evaluated the situation. Everything that we have set from Day 1 were all constant except for the food. So one of my staff suggested that the food was not enticing enough. That made sense...since the bait used for the trap has always been leftovers from my dinners. We've always used cha kuey teow before this but I've been on a bit of a healthy eating plan lately. The low fat tuna chunks probably weren't that inviting.

Having agreed on a new strategy, we tried again with toppings from a pizza and man did it work.



Heheh...I guess this makes up for the past 3 failures.