MAS Rant

Dear Malaysia Airlines/MAS,

Your customer service sucks. Here's the story.

I purchased 2 ticket for a return flight on the 18 April 2012 from JHB to KUL through your website two days before the flight. The total costs was RM 390 per person, with the going flight costing RM 79 pre-whatever extra charges there are. It was cheap. I got the confirmation email and printed a copy for reference.

Come take-off day, I checked in at your counter in Senai Airport and was told that my payment did not go through. Now I had no ticket. The flight was MH 1038. I was then referred to your ticketing counter to check if there was some mistake somewhere. Fine.

I went to the counter, the woman there was kind enough to check. Then she told me that my payment indeed did not go through and I had to purchase another ticket, which costs RM 401 one-way. After much arguing with her who rudely repeated her statement that there was nothing she nor I could do except purchase the new ticket, I asked her that if I found out that the original ticket was paid for, could I get a refund for this ticket. She said no. They can refund the earlier-booked flight instead. Balls.

Now, this was a work-related trip so I had no choice but to buy the (a lot) more expensive ticket. Also, I might have to buy another one later costing about the same for the return flight. This complaint was typed on the flight.

I would like to share this as a cautionary tale to other travellers who are booking their services. Use another airline instead. I heard Singapore Airlines has excellent service.

To MAS, please do something about this issue. Or else.

Also, it was not like the flight was full. There were many empty seats.

#MalaysianHospitalityMyAss

Sincerely,
Yong Jia Yaik

If I'm Gonna Necro..

..the other blog, might as well do this too ;)

Say, let's do some East Asian Poetry Haiku Versey Thing!

Born name, big small
Die white, see one down
Braised duck, make sky
One follow, small death

Heart come, late up
Beauty calls, sow intestines
Soup show, noodle wrap
Yellow floor, egg naan middle

Most hungry, fall cake
Snake belt, eight snakes unlucky
Jump road, flat darkness
Divide clock, measure him

#end

Great Wall of China.

blogger vs tumblr

I think tumblr wins.. it just looks so much better and is a lot more intuitive.. really!

therefore, from now on.. visit jiayaik.tumblr.com instead of this one.. hehe :-D

Another shift?

Trying out another blog. This time on tumblr. It certainly looks better (for photos at least) than this one..

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Taiping, Perak

East Coast Photo Special

Look what we did there! We took photos!


Of animals!


Seafood!


And beach litter!


Not forgetting..


Fishing boats!


Moonlight!


(moon)light!


And helmet-wearing goats!


Introducing, The Cow!


The Baboon!


And the Chicken!


See the blue lagoon!


The sandy beaches!


The sampans!


The (uh..)!


Fences!


Handicraft!


Fanning of Flames!


The (at least) RM 1,000.00/night boutique resort!


The (probably) future furnishings of said resort!


And last but not least, A Rock!


p/s: The boutique resort mentioned above is Terrapuri Heritage Resort, owned and managed by the boss of Ping Anchorage. The idea is that each of these buildings were built using original materials and designs. What this means is that Mr. Alex (the said boss) would buy these "Terengganu palaces" from various people, dismantle them, and transport the materials to the site where it will be reconstructed again. This effort took him 19 years (and counting). The resort is still under construction but will be open sometime this year.

If I Show You These...

Can you guess the car?