STA SUCKS!!!!

so, two months ago i asked for quote from several parties regarding my flight to uk. a definite front runner was this company-(maybe you've heard of it)called STA.

there's this disgusting excuse for a human being who works there; named Karen T. (you think im gonna censor her name after the shit she's caused me?)

the plan was simple. get quotes from different parties, compare, make informed decison, correct?yeah, so STA quoted me a figure that looks like this RM38**.00 ok? other competitors (during the MATTA Fair) quoted me like this RM43**.00. So obviously STA is by far cheaper correct? so, i called this Karen woman and booked it straight away. She gave me all the info on the flight; Flight Number, Seat Number, Time of Departure, Date of Departure- everything. Then she told me she would call me closer to the flight date for me to make payment,biasalah. so i was like yeah,great.

Fast Forward to last week when i still hadn't received a single call from her nor black and white, i decided to call her lah..cos wanna make sure my flight's been really booked mah. So, call her like 6 times over the course of the week (she's either never in or the phone never gets picked up) so i slightly tiu lun lah..so i asked big momma to call the boss ask him whats up with their phone line. He immediately got this Karen to call back. She said oh yeah she can fax the b&w over then we pay to the address stated on the b&w.

When i got the black and white i thought there was some kinda mistake. the Quote stated:

Flight (Return) - RM 318*.00 per person 368*.00

Airport Tax - RM 650.00 per person 950.00

TOTAL 46**.00

Notice how the left column is different fromthe right column? So the total, instead of coming up to 38** became 46**!!thats almost a grand difference.

So this week, tried to get her on the phone and again, to no avail so my momma had to call her and of course lah she tried to say that i misunderstood and it was another flight, also that she was telling me about student flights, yadda yadda.BULLBLOODYSHIT.

We only had one conversation.During that conversation i had already researched online and i asked for the price of the specific flight!MH 002. So how could there be a misunderstanding?Furthermore, she issued me a fucking SEAT NUMBER on the flight already. so how can be misunderstanding?

So anyway, all this i told her during our phone convo today. And it wouldnt have been so bad if she wasnt being such a stupid, defensive, blaming bitch about it. Not one apology.Basically what she said was "You must have misunderstood me." followed by "There no discount that i can give you. Take it or leave it" when she got more panicked and finally "You can complain to my boss if you want" and "I didnt issue you a b&w before this what so you cannot prove that i gave you that rate!". (i swear those were her exact words)

I think when a person TELLS you that you can complain to her boss, there's something seriously wrong. But I have heard he's pretty shorthanded so maybe she's got him by the short hairs - whatever.

but boo hoo for me loh..i have to rebook my connecting trains (both ways) and book an extra night at a hotel..which is gonna be hell at peak time like now and it being so damn close to my travel date. and this is what its about. it's not about the fucking discount. its about the fucking stress and inconvenience. she could have so very easily told me earlier instead of abusing the trust i had in her y'know? i mean i've introduced clients, friends, family to sta and she just fucking blew it with her arrogance. And i've missed the other cheap flights from the Matta fair.

I know that to say something behind someone's back is terribly bitchy but i've already said all this in front of her back so it's not AS petty lah..heh heh..just so angry lah you know?

Apologies for the late reply..

to the dude/dudette who wrote this:

"Sorry-ah, but out of curiosity why does Anion suck? Friend of mine asking me to help sell this stuff. Can you elaborate some more so I can get him off my back ..." - Anonymous.

sure no worries..i'll tell you everything you need to know..how much do i get paid again?:)
nolah just kidding..but maybe i could put a face to a person? (Anonymous is so overused nowadays) Email me or call me and i'll give you all the bloody details yeah?cool..:P

Johnny Depp is hot.

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i just wanted to say that. cos i reckon he totally deserves it. and he's so damn hot that i've taken some time out of my day to dedicate this blog entry to him although i'll bet that i'm not the only one. he's not just hot hot, y'know what i mean?he's like cool hot, which i dont think many men can pull off...brad pitt's used to be almost as hot sort of like, sexy hot but now that he's become one half of brangelina (dont you hate that?when stars become couples and get referred to by one name?it's like a fucking epidemic going around or something) so anyway, then there's george clooney who's old man hot and then tom cruise..who's just sort of gay hot now cos i've sorta lost respect for him ever since the whole nicole kidman/katie holmes/jumping on oprah's couch thingy happened..so yeah..then of course there are the younger up and coming hotties but i must say john john still takes a big chunk of the cake if ya ask me..even his movies credentials man..like 21 jump street - hot!, secret window - hot, edward scissorshands - hot, sleepy hollow - hot even though movie was just so-so, and then of course the whole charlie & the chocolate factory thing was brillianttttttttt! (i was so set up to be dissapointed because to become willy wonka is a gargantuous undertaking but he did it..well. and then comes pirates 1,2, and 3 that opens tonight. phew!thats quite alot of nonsense i just typed huh?i think ive been drinking too much coffee again which makes me type whatever comes out of my head and unfortunately at this very moment, it just happens to be johnny depp. :) (bloody channel 76, sooo bad but soooooooo gooodd...)


Remodified Post:

Hey you guys, have you watched Pirates of the Caribbean 3 yet?reckon it's quite awesome since it's gonna be like the finale of the trilogy and all..Johnny Depp's gonna be in it so that's always good. I'm off to catch it tonight, so i'll tell ya how it goes..:)
By the way, does anybody know the malay translation of red radish and red beets?anyone??


(Geezus, my brain has become mush..which is obviously what happens when you work too hard and then you start to get tunnel vision, y'know what i mean?well, this is sort of like that but more like tunnel thinking..bloody hell, i need to party..soon..and not just like dance little bit kinda thing..i need to dress up and prance and strut in 4 inch heels and paint the town red kinda thing..what d'ya reckon girls??next weekend?*big grin*)

Marketing Tips from a Mee Pok lady.

ellloooooooooooooooooooo lovelies!!

i'm finally back to normal (well,my definition anyways, not the general public's) after the very hectic long weekend followed by the very hectic "back to work" first few days of the week and now, im restless and itching to catch up lah..

ok, i'll tok first and then you reply ok?because i miss your replies..and if you dont give me enough hits then how am i gonna someday be able to rely on this website to earn advertising money or whatever?

soh! went to singapura to catch phantom which was phabulous!phantastic!so phucking good!you must go watch..i promise you, no matter how macho you think you are, you'll be singin "that's all i ask of youuuuuuuuuuu" in no time.


although it comes close, that's not really the phantom.

i really like singapore because i always feel like i have more creative freedom there for some reason. i really hate singapore because i always feel like i lose the freedom to smoke there. our hostel didnt allow smoking in the bedrooms so i resorted to this:


standing on the bathtub,by the way..stewpid small window..



so jess and i stayed like 4 days. Three hours were devoted to phantom.The rest, shopping. i have NEVER, NEVER in my life shopped the way this crazy person shops. Needless to say we now have buyers remorse. And not only is it embarrasing enough to have NO financial restraint whatsoever..must go take picture of it somemore..god man..




Then there was the mee pok lady. She's not actually the lady selling mee pok in newton circus she was actually operating the shop NEXT to the mee pok stall lah..but if you've ever been to the newton circus food court, you'll understand that its rare to meet such a gem of a hawkerette. she flagged us down (as they all do) but shes didnt force us to eat her food (which i've never ever seen happen before). so that like, totally impressed me already..marketing tip no.1:always be kind to everyone.not just when you want business from someone.

So we sat down, ordered our mee pok from the real mee pok store and also O-chien (i heart o-chien) and then drinks. We didnt order anythnig from her. As we were eating, she came over, mentioned that the O-chien was the best in Singapore and continued to ask us where we were from,etc,etc. Marketing tip no.2: There is no need to diss your competitor. Marketing tip no.3: Taking an interest and finding out more about your potential clients.

Half an hour later, we decided since she was so lovely, to order a plate of cumi-cumi (litttle deep fried cuttlefish). It was incredible yummy and happens to be one of my favourite dishes,if executed well. Marketing tip no.4: it's not just about marketing your product, it would help if your product was actually good.

At the end of our meal (she continued to sit with us thruout the duration of the meal, by the way) she took one of the cumis and ate it. Her reason: quality control. tasting her customers' food so her cooks couldnt con her. thats tip no.5 for ya.

Finally she passed us EACH a name card. tip no.6: implant the name of your business in your customers brain. Also, be generous with your name cards. I've had some people go like"ah,you all can share lah" i find that shit ass to be honest. two people are two people,even if they're from the same company.

I'll tell you guys about crazy cab driver another time. he was such a whack job. i love holidays. one always meets such insane people!:)

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At three minutes and four seconds after 2 AM on the 6th of May this year (or to us the 5th of June, so we havent missed it yet!), the time and date was (will be) 02:03:04 05/06/07.
This will never happen again.

cool eh? ok, more fascinating stories tomorrow (hopefully), with pictures...promise promise..don't pout. it causes wrinkles. till tomorrow,kiss kiss!