I Believe I Can Fly

Stuck to reading newspapers & checking out the Net recently. No, not part of the Election 2008 fever...I'm not eligible to vote anyway (my fault for registering my names late) Air Asia was having tis promo of RM 0.05 ticket to multiple local & international locations where travelling period can be extended till Jan 2009...been a yearly affair for the airline to launch tis knockdown price promo. Check out the website: http://www.airasia.com/site/my/en/home.jsp

And I'm left wondering how come Time Magazine can ignore Tony Fernandes for the Man of the Year award. If only he can be nominated for Nobel Peace Prize 2008 for bringing everyone in Asia closer & help push the Asian tourism as a whole ehehehe. Well, Bangladeshi banker Mohamad Yunus won it in 2006 for lending $$$ to his poor countrymen..Anyway, Tony got my vote for any award & I believe millions of ppl out there share my views too. And thanks to him, the airline truly live up to their promise that "Now Everyone Can Fly" and I have that R. Kelly signature song playing in my head for few weeks already...

Not to be left out in the race, MAS is currently having a promotional fair on its own whereby ticket prices are slashed down to 70% for multiple international destinations. Check out the website as well. http://www.malaysiaairlines.com/matf08/fare.asp The travel fair only lasts for 3 days (Feb 22-24) and book ur tickets fast to avoid disappointment. Suddenly everyone seems to have time to go somewhere anytime...and same goes to me here. List goes from here:

1) Kota Kinabalu (Proposed reunion trip II and my dream to climb that Mount Kinabalu)
2) Bali (Will be on & meaningful only if there's the other half)
3) Hong Kong again...(How not to go again when good food is aplenty)
4) Ho Chi Minh (To reciprocate my Nippon Vietnamnese frens last visits to KL)
5) Phuket/Krabi (Value for $$$ destination)

Ok, enough of fantasy & back to reality, hope at least one dream destination can be fulfilled in 2008. Hope...no no no, make it a motto tis year: Hope + Actions = Fantasy Fulfilled...keep ya updated if it's fulfilled

Futsal Fever

Went to tis futsal tournament, KL World 5's Futsal held in Statium Negara last Sun. As stated in its website http://www.klworld5s.com/ , the total prize money is USD 150,000.00 !!! And that xplain why the top teams such as Brazil, Argentina, Holland etc travelled round to globe to play here.

Ray & I were bracing ourselves for the dream final between defending champion, Argentina & Brazil. Arrived earlier & managed to watch the Bowl Final between Iran & Holland. In the end, Iran edged Holland 2-1. Crowd was fabulous with traditional blue-white attires on one side & green-yellow coloured attires on the other side. My my my...surprised to see that we actually have sizeable South American community residing here in M'sia. Some of them are hot chicks too...We're sat in the middle not knowing where our hearts are...too bad M'sia not playing in the final. Not that the M'sian team suxx. In fact, they managed to thrash England 6-2 (a scoreline u wouldn't see in the 11-a side version) The rest of the teams were simply too experienced & good.

Match finally started with both teams playing cautiously & occasionally showed some sublime skills. End result: Argentina 0 Brazil 4 !!!!! Should this scoreline is stated in the 11-a side version, the Argentine coach would have been sacked & the whole team disbanded. We tried not to cry for the Argentinians while jiggling to the Brazillian Samba tunes. The Brazillians are simply too powerful & outclassed their traditonal rival. God probably created the Brazillians to play football...their nimble feets & silky skills are a delight to watch.

Thanks to the organiser ESPN, these world class actions can be seen live in our own backyard. Hope tis can continue in years to come....

Ole Ole Ole...Brazil