I do think that I’d learnt to be a bit more thick skinned after spending a weekend withTheClub.
Walking through a room full of people with a garbage bag over our heads
It was pouring with rain on the second night. While we were in the cafeteria wondering how to walk back without risking pneumonia, we realised that we had nicely left our umbrellas behind in the room. So it’s safe (and a little ironic) to conclude that the purpose of bringing the brollies over to Redang was to shelter us from the… sun.
We had no choice but to ask the kitchen staff for a big black garbage bag (those you see murderers stuffing their victims into for an impromptu disposal). After receiving it, Tze told us to “Fuck, practice first so we won’t get wet!”
And the four of us scuttled through the cafeteria full of unsuspecting diners with the big black garbage bag held over our heads, caterpillar style. I only noticed the whistles and laughter halfway through…
Underage flirting
Aud and Tze were a little disappointed over the percentage of eye candy at the resort (read: 0%). So disappointed that they settled for a decent looking… boy, who looked no older than 15.
At the beginning, Tze and Aud were subtly hiao- but Tze deduced later that at the age of fifteen, boys prefer girls who are more… rebellious. A round of aggressive flirting (from our side) ensued, and the boy escaped to the balcony outside for a snooker game with his (sigh) younger brother.
Oh well… your loss, kid.
Dealing out threats to annoying people
While gingerly making our way to the ferry, some juvenile delinquents up front decided that it was fun to scare us by rocking the floating jetty with their weight. We shrieked as we tried to maintain our balance, but amidst the yells we could hear Aud’s voice loudly declaring, “IF I FALL IN, IMMA FUCKING BREAK HIS BOOMBOX OVER HIS HEAD”.
Being kiasu at the airport
Despite the curious stares, we were already standing in line at the counter a whole half hour before the gate was announced open. And when it finally did, we started running- then sprinting to the plane. Unfortunately we ran to the wrong door… So our anger at being overtook by almost everyone in the end was pretty justifiable >((
What can I say
I am now equally as shameless. I love you guys to bits :)
In contrast to the angry post below, here are some happy photos from the weekend getaway! However it slipped my mind to bring the camera charger (doiiii) so there was enough juice for only one day :((( Never fear there are three more cameras! Will post the other photos up when the rest are done with ‘em.
Redang Day 1 (Warning: 40 photos)
#1 Frickin’ seven in the morning
#2 On the ferry
#3 Hello clear blue sea and soft white sand
#4 Attempting a jump shot with Suet
#5
#6 Check out our power abs
#7 Get a room
#8 Poor Tze couldn’t take the heat and downed an ice lolly in a record time of 3.87 seconds BRAIN FREEZE
#9 Aud, Tze,Tat!
#10 Official Club Photo ‘08 :)
#11 On the way to snorkeling (no photos cos I was too busy trying not to drown)
#12 Stole this photo off Aud- us on the boat. Can you tell which two went snorkeling haha
#13 Path to our rooms. Tze had to lie down cos she had a headache from the sun :((
#14 Jump shot with Suet and Aud!
#15 Spot the frisbee (which had a 50rm deposit btw)
I have never been so disgruntled in my whole life.
On failed trust
Two months ago, we made the mistake of purchasing Firefly air tickets from Kuala Terengganu back to Subang after our Redang trip. Mistake because not only our initial 5pm flight was delayed to 10pm ten days ago (we were still fine with this)- at the very last minute while we were on the ferry back to Kuala Terengganu from Redang island, we were notified BY A TEXT MESSAGE that the 10pm flight was pushed to ONE THIRTY MIDNIGHT.
WHAT THE HELL WERE WE SUPPOSED TO DO AT KUALA TERENGGANU UNTIL 1.30AM?! Thanks for the heads up, Firefly! Not.
The reason for the delay was because one of their planes was grounded. Apparently Firefly has only three planes and too many routes to cover, and having one plane down didn’t help. NOT MY EFFIN’ PROBLEM NOW IS IT? A simple solution could be- STOP TRYING TO GAIN EXTRA INCOME BY OVERBOOKING.
Budget airline or not, us paying customers expect and deserve PROMPT if not good service. If you’re able to pull such stunt, you’ll HAVE to face angry customers ie MY FRIENDS AND I. We are seriously this close to burning the head office down. Or filing a lawsuit. Or both.
On compensation (or the lack of it)
It was after our trip. We were tired. All we wanted to do was to go home. Of course we were furious that we were stranded, of course we demanded for compensation- and we hoped that it might be in the form of an earliest available flight out no matter if it was MAS or another airline, we’re not picky.
NO SUCH LUCK. Firefly had the audacity to tell us to write in a complaint letter and their management will DECIDE whether to compensate us or not.
WRITE IN A BLOODY LETTER?! WHAT’S WRONG WITH DEALING WITH THE PROBLEM AT THE VERY MOMENT ITSELF?! How responsible and efficient of Firefly! Not.
So we talked to Ajimat, an MAS officer we met at the Kuala Terengganu airport. He reassured us that if we purchased an AirAsia air ticket (we really had no other choice besides pulling a Terminal Man), Firefly will reimburse us for the ticket price difference. He even gave us free lunch! Such a nice man.
NOT.
Today, Suet and Barry headed to the Firefly office along with the AirAsia tickets for the claim- AND THE LADY TOLD HER THAT IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE. So they quoted Ajimat- AND MR. NICE GUY AJIMAT STATED THAT IT WAS A “COMMUNICATION BREAK DOWN”, HE NEVER SAID ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
Communication breakdown, Imma break something over his…
In conclusion
Thanks to Firefly, we have now lost RM1200 due to THEIR stupidity.
And thank goodness we hopped on to AirAsia, cos SO I HEARD the 1.30am plane could not land in the end as the Kuala Terengganu airport closes at 11pm- they did not have permission to do so in the first place. Another nice one Firefly!!!
I will be spreading the word as nobody deserves to be cheated of their time and money like that.
Update: Su kindly wrote in to Firefly about our sorry situation wtf. If you agree with her, please do help by signing and sending it to info@fireflyz.com.my thank you! Let’s teach them not to mess with us paying customers:-
Hi,
Just to let you know that I’ve personally decided to never fly with your company after reading these blog entries:
Budget airlines or not, in this day and age, you can’t expect to compete in the market without the right customer service. I hope more and more blog readers find out about your unscrupulous ways and inevitably force you out of the competition. Either way, looks like your company is already heading in that direction:
Right, finally found time to sort out the Melbourne photos + thoughts!
Melbourne ‘08 was exactly how I envisioned it to be- not really a holi-holiday kind of trip but more of… getting used to living there. Before the trip, I was quite apprehensive about the whole migrating issue; and I wasn’t even sure if I wanted to shift over at all :/
But right now, after experiencing the Melbourne life (and winter BRR), I can safely say I’m 100% alright with The Big Move :) I can always decide what to do and where to go after the two years required to secure my PR anyway!
There have been house buyers tracking in and out of the house lately, and they all do it before 12pm- everyone knows I wake up only after noon. So I’ll have to drag my half asleep self out of the bed every time my dad taps on the door ugh. But to be fair the buyers were nice and considerate enough to just peek into the room and tell me to ‘go back to sleep, sorry for disturbing’.
My dad had a talk with me and said that once a confirmed offer comes through, we’ll have to start scouting for a temp place to live in before The Big Move to Down Under. I guess Max will have to be an apartment dog for a bit…
That being said I really can’t imagine another family in my beloved home, and another girl tapping away at her computer at this very angle in this very room :( :(
Met up with Aud and Su for lunch after a very long time And Su I think I remember which Blonde Redhead song you sent me (which made me feel like slitting my wrists wtf) was it Misery Is A Butterfly?
The urr Random Stuff In Your Bag meme which Aud tagged me a thousand years ago:-
angry
emo
And Su I think I remember which Blonde Redhead song you sent me (which made me feel like slitting my wrists wtf) was it Misery Is A Butterfly?
