Naim

Is this her story?

Sorry to hear about this, Mush. For a young person to meet the end in a foreign land so far away from family and friends, is always a tragedy. But your group should be proud that you were her last friends, who also brought her home to her kins. Al-Fatihah ... For our non-Muslim friends' info, it is customary for Muslims to offer Al-Fatihah, the first chapter in the Quran, as prayer gift for the departed. The script above roughly translates into: 1. In the name of Allah, The Most Affectionate, the Merciful. 2. All praise unto Allah, Lord of all the worlds. 3. The most Affectionate, The Merciful. 4. Master of the Day of Requital. 5. We worship You alone, and beg You alone for help. 6. Guide us in the straight path. 7. The path of those whom You have favoured. Not of those who have earned Your anger and nor of those who have gone astray. Thanks. .naim

See latest here: http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060822/53000931.html

From the Regnum website. Basically too early to say.

Are you sure? They can be intimidating. You stutter in your answers and they go in for the kill. The fella next to me got that. .ny

Hehehe... I got both interviews at SFO, but the guys were professional and polite. The other trip was via LAX, which was a breeze. This year no US trips for me, but there could be one looming before year-end. .ny

What if I use my thick Kelantanese accent? Once in Europe, somebody asked if I was speaking French. Oui! During the height of the 9-11 scare, I was once pulled aside by Singapore immigration when they saw 'Kelantan' as my place of birth. My 'Muhammad' prefix would prolly scare ppl too. Last year, went thrice to the USA, twice I won secondary interviews in the small room at the end of the corridor.

O'Leary back in the news, with a bang.

"These men had aroused suspicion because of their appearance and the fact that they were speaking in a foreign language thought to be an Arabic language, and the pilot was refusing to take off until they were escorted off the plane." Oh dear, I guess I'll have to give Europe and US a miss in the foreseeable future. .ny

I was reading a story about RyanAir's Michael O'Leary in The Independent today ... Got me interested to learn more about him, so I found these two articles: http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,3604,1513268,00.html http://www.flug-revue.rotor.com/frheft/FRH...410/FR0410g.htm He surely makes our Tony look like a choir-boy. .ny

This is good progress. AK will surely benefit. A pity Singapore is missing. .ny

What does Horizontal Air Service Agreement mean? .ny

The movie maker screwed up by using footages of modern planes, non-existent during the time of the event. I spotted 744s too! Yes, you saw the same show we saw last night. Capt. van Zanten was made the main culprit. .ny

Today (Sun 6/8/06), Discovery Channel showed Hiroshima, commemorating The Event of 61 yrs ago today. Great 2-hr docudrama! Do not miss it - for MY encores see here: http://snipurl.com/uhy8 Reminds me of my own pilgrimage to Hiroshima in Aug 2004, see here: http://snipurl.com/pllr And in Feb 2005, I completed my Hiroshima Tragedy when I bumped into The Culprit at the Dulles Smithsonian Museum, near Washington DC. A very sobering experience for me, personally.

Don't think so. See: http://www.cineflix.com/news01_050.html .ny

The blurb reads: Not to be missed. .ny

What are the chances of not detecting a pilot's failing heart? I thought the medical check-ups were stringent. .ny http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/stor...5005941,00.html

Interesting item in today's Star. Good write-up by Ms Sidhu. Read the whole article if you can. .naim

Reminds me of Ting's Saeaga Airlines. .ny

http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?f...4757&sec=nation

Yes, I discovered that just a few minutes ago when I booked a couple of 0.99 tix for PEN-KUL return, for my daughter. On the plus side, I booked 5 return tickets for KUL-BKI at RM29.99+RM50 a pop, just last week! .ny

Heheheh ... the same person who's earning MYR2k in Malaysia. Obviously not an MBA lah. Anyway I found this '2k' number handy for back-of-the-envelope calculations. Seems to be the ballpark for how much a fresh first degree holder typically earns: S$2k/mth in Singapore, US$2k in Japan, US$2k in Gulf States, A$2k in Australia. Do check the numbers out. .ny

I always do a simple comparison. In Malaysia, a fresh univ grad earns about RM2k a month, and in the US, the same person would prolly get US$2k a month. Now who gets to buy more stuff and stretches his money further? Definitely not the Malaysian chap. .ny

Not a particularly good piece of news. .ny +++ July 31, 2006 16:35 PM MAS's Fares To Increase By 15-25 Pct Effective Aug 15 PETALING JAYA, July 31 (Bernama) -- Malaysia Airlines would raise its fares by 15 percent for its economy class and 25 percent for its business class effective Aug 15, due to higher fuel surcharge costs and the imposition of an administration cost. Its managing director Idris Jala said MAS would increase the domestic fuel surcharge to RM20 from RM15 within Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah and Sarawak effective tomorrow. Between Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah and Sarawak, the fuel surcharge would be raised to RM51 from RM36, he told a press conference here Monday. He said an administration fees of RM14 would also be imposed as practised by budget carrier AirAsia. MAS also aims to break even by the year-end following the implementation of its new business unveiled earlier this year, he said. -- BERNAMA

Anybody seen this movie? http://www.onesixright.com/ http://imdb.com/title/tt0475994/ Don't think it can make it to Malaysian shore. .ny