I just pickup this up from hongkiat.com site. Barcamp is arriving in Malaysia on July 26th & 27th.

I saw some big name sponsored and saw 2 contributors that I know. Dr. Sivapalan and Ganesh Kumar. Dr. Sivapalan was one of the founder to www.team.net.my and Ganesh is the CEO of MOL.Com.

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My first time flying [tag]Air-Asia[/tag] and my first time arriving in LCCT. Wow, there are ton of people on this terminal. No wonder Air-Asia is making so much money.

I went to get checked-in my luggage and they said my luggage weight above the allowed 15kg by Air-Asia (others airlines allowed 20kg). Mine was 23kg. I hv to pay Rm 84. To me, this is another way to skim some dollars from customers.

The flight was delayed 1/2 an hours. Given Air-Asia record, I am pretty ok with it. The flight was not full. So, everyone seat pretty comfortably. I tried the Air-Asia nasi lemak…..yeh….Rm 7.

All in all, Air-Asia really is not that bad. After this experience, will I fly Air-Asia again? Well, it’s going to depend on the destination. If it’s to [tag]Hong Kong[/tag] again, probably not.

I spent Rm 647 on ticket, Rm 84 on excess luggage, Rm 7 on nasi lemak, Rm 8 on 2 coffee, Taxi – Rm 28(aprox.) and Ferry ride to HK Rm 80 (plus I throw up on the ship. it was not a good ride). So, total about Rm 954.00. A full service flight from China Airlines is about Rm 1196.00.

There is no much of cost different. I have added the cost of excess weight because I think I could get away with it in a full service flight. Also, the time spent on air and sea. It took me 6 1/2 hour to reach Hong Kong whereas a full service flight takes about 4 hours (including clearing custom).

Now, the question here is – is no-frill flight really cheaper or it’s just perceived to be cheaper?

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I went to [tag]Lembaga Hasil Dalam Negeri[/tag] ([tag]LHDN[/tag]) at Pandan Indah hoping to register for my tax e-filing. I arrived at around 2 pm and the lines was empty. I took my number and it was the first one (0001).

I thought since its was 2pm and just after lunch. Being govt servants, they would take their own sweet time to call my nunber. After waited for 5 mins, I thought there must be something wrong. I went to information counter, showed her my number and told her I want to register for e-filing.

She said ‘[tag]the broadband lines has been down for the day. come back tomorrow[/tag]‘. I can only shake my head and walk away. I might hv go there back again tomorrow. Wasted time and parking fees.

[tag]Only in malaysia[/tag]

June 20 – Update – Finally, today I got my pin number and manage to register my e-filling. Let see next year, if I could file my taxes online.

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