Annoyed with AirAsia

Is 'budget' synonymous with 'brainless'? I can think of no other explanation for AirAsia's blind refusal to acknowledge Bangkok's biggest flood in recent times. If you planned to fly there, then surely hundreds of people dying there won't change your plans? That's what AirAsia seems to say.

They will neither offer you a credit, change your travel dates, or allow you to fly to another location. In short, they seem to say that they will leave you stranded at the Bangkok airport, come hell or high water (literally, in this case). You can then 'enjoy' your week at the airport, since there's no way that you can do anything if you get out.

And they don't see why this should be a problem either. I'm baffled by their complete disregard for an exceptional situation, and their lack of sensitivity at this time. They will not veer from their dogmatic canned responses. I find it hard to appreciate the acts of 'charity' they describe on their website, when these same acts were probably funded by the money they collected from helpless travelers who did not wish to travel to disaster struck areas.

Edited: Subjugated them since. Change of dates, no loss of money.

Laptop-Less

It's been a weird week without my laptop. I did things I've never done before. Such as fall asleep mid afternoon for lack of anything better to do. I also read through some management & sports books, for the same reason. Ditto watching daytime TV and making phone calls to people because I couldn't just ping them. (I'm so not a phone person.)

Then there was the day when I went to pick my laptop up from the service center, but they didn't have it ready yet. So I went out and watched a movie by myself to fill in the time till they had it ready. I've never done that before, and I've hardly ever watched morning shows on weekdays - so I didn't realize I'd literally have the entire theater to myself.

I ran through security and the demographic poll guy at the gate in my usual OCD way (stopping only to snap 'Yes!' at the very annoying guy who bleated 'Married-a??' at my filled-up card) and found myself all. alone. In a giant theater. With the lights dim. Thank god I hadn't opted to watch a 3d movie or I'd have peed my pants right about then. (Whaaat, so I'm scared of 3d. You'd be scared too if someone or something actually came that close in real life.)

Just when I was getting good and freaked out by how very dark and big it was, a gay couple showed up. So that's who else watches weekday morning shows. Some kids playing hooky from college also eventually turned up and it started to feel very cozy. All in all it was most fun, and I was quite disappointed that the laptop was ready when I went back.

Sadly nothing on it can be recovered which means my lovely collection of one-line recipes is gone. GONE! As is the bloody novel I was writing. There go my chapter outlines. It's back to the drawing board if I want to write a book out by the time I'm 25*. And I only have six days.

*I know I technically wrote one full-length one already, but it doesn't count if I don't want to send it to a publisher :P

Closed Doors

I would be enraged, but at this precise moment, it's funny. And the joke's on you.

To Be or Not To Be

In honor of our proposal anniversary, I was looking through this list my husband made, which he used as a checklist when meeting prospective brides.

An age of 24 or above.. uhm, I didn't fit that bill. Preferably a post graduate, earning a take-home salary of XX... there's no chronological way to accomplish both those goals before the age of 24. Anyway, the list goes on, but I'd say I meet less than 5% of all the criteria he had in mind.

Just got me thinking... I have an equally well defined list for the ideal job. Salary of XX, growth prospects, company's vision, benefits/location, my interest in the job, and so on. Maybe I should just take a chance on a job even if it doesn't fit that list wholly but feels right. Maybe not. But either ways something to think about.