Astro(k)....haih...

I think that most houses in Malaysia, especially in the urban & suburban areas, are Astro subscribers. As matter of fact, since it is the only cable TV operator that we have here, it seems like they are taking advantage of that fact in outrageous and (sometimes) unbelievable manner.

My family has only been a recent subscriber for the past 6 years. I do not have a clue to what extent it has evolved since the early beginning, but recent additions to Astro had prompted me to write in this page.

Right now, the whole world is struggling with the economic crisis. With more people losing their job, getting pay cut, incresing prices of goods... some of us had to forgo some of the luxuries of life (cable TV included). And yet... last week.. I was astonished to find that one of my favorite channels on Astro, Kirana (formerly on Ch122) had gone. A mysterious preview channel, Mustika, had taken place on Ch130. For the next couple of days, it was revealed that Mustika is a new package which consists of 3 channels: Citra (replacing Kirana), Warna (a new channel which will feature comedy theme) and B4U (focused on Bollywood contents).

I'm not trying to rally a hate team to Astro... neither do I want to demean their services (although I had to admit that the reception sometimes gets on my nerves especially when it rains). The only question I had in my mind right now was... In times like this, when everybody is getting more frugal and careful with their spending, how could Astro had the balls to bring in a promotion like that? Besides, I don't see the need to add in those channels.

I had to admit, I'm not exactly a big follower of Kirana channel, but it does provide good and quality movies from time to time. The fact that is screened movies form the Asian regions and other international screens, I appreciated the variety that it displays from time to time. Besides, I usually tuned in to Kirana for the horror night, in which it will screen horror movies on Thursday and Friday nights. I love watching 'My Wife is A Gangster 3'... it's damn hillarious.

Well, I guess that money is taking over the interests of the customer. I just want to wait and see what's going to happen next.

Until then...

p/s: To any of staffs of Astro who read this, I'm just voicing out about what I think. Like I said, I'm not trying to gather hate mail to you guys... My sister and I really miss Kirana channel... huhu!

Panas... yang panas...

Alhamdulillah... setelah beberapa minggu kepanasan... akhirnya hujan turun jua sepanjang pagi ini... sehingga kini, awan redup aja. Mungkin sebagai pengubat kepanasan sebab semalam letrik takdak dekat stgh hari... rasa terbakor muka pun ada...huhu!

Skang ni Malaysia makin gawat dengan pelbagai masalah dalaman. Semakin kacau bilau... bikin takut pun ada. Kenapa keadaan perlu jadi begini? Secara peribadi, skang ni nk jalan2 kuar umah pun dah seriau, melainkan kalau kuar reramai. Tapi tu pun lum tentu selamat.

Sedih... bila mana kita tak rasa selamat lagi di negara sendiri...
Sedih... bila mana ikhlas itu tidak lagi menjadi sifat warga kita...
Sedih... bila mana kita merasakan yg masa depan itu amat tidak menentu...

Moga Allah permudahkan jalan kehidupan wat kita semua... Amin...