Fly My Ideas

With the ending of the recent All-England badminton championships, all eyes turned on to some of the other major badminton events including Thomas/Uber Cup, World Championships, and Asian Games for 2014. One of the questions that is hotly debated in the badminton world: Does Lin Dan deserved a second wild card to participate in the World Championship come this August in Copenhagen, Denmark? Some of you might wonder, why did Lin Dan need a wild card to participate consider that he has won two Olympic Gold Medals and five World Championship titles? The answer is simple. He doesn’t have the enough ranking points to earn him a better world ranking to qualify for the tournament. In order for you to make it to the World Championship, you need to have a good world ranking status and ranked ahead of your teammates as each country are allowed to send a maximum of three representatives. Of course, in the case of Lin Dan, he’s currently ranked 106th in the latest world ranking according

March 8, 2008. Exactly six years before today. It’s a day where all Malaysian of any ages wouldn’t forget. A day where we truly understand the meaning of democracy. A day we realize how important our votes count, and not to forget a day that changes Malaysia forever. Remembering the night of March 8 2008, when I stare on the screens of my computer, looking at the live results broadcasting from the TV, full of shocks and disbelieves, struggling to gasper for air. We all know the storm was coming before the day. But nobody knew how strong it was. The election results show it all, stumbling some big-named politicians along the way, and making some freshman in politics a policymaker overnight. It’s an eventful day that truly caught everybody by surprise.  Till today, I keep thinking how much Malaysia has changed since then. People around started to realize the importance of one vote in the ballot. Instead of complaining how bad the government is, people started to register and vo

Today is the second day of March 2014. Perhaps it’s the best time to talk about what I’m looking forward in this month.  In sports, it’s perhaps the return of Formula One on March 16 in Melbourne, Australia. I’m seriously hoping for a good season this year and hopefully, no more Vettel domination. Perhaps this is the main reason I have been away from Formula One for such a long time. Apart from 2012 (I think so!) which Alonso gives a strong challenge to Vettel, for the most of the 4 straight world champions years, he pretty much dominated everybody in the field. I’m no expert in Formula One and certainly in designing high-speed vehicles, but why can’t other teams (I mean not even one team) come up with a better car design and specification to challenge the Red Bull team for the title? Hopefully this year will be a competitive year. The other thing that stands out in Formula One is the return of Kimi Raikkonen to Ferrari. Together with Fernando Alonso, Ferrari certainly have the

At the recent Singapore airshow, low-cost carriers across the South East region are placing more orders for aircrafts hoping to expand their market share in one of the world’s fastly expanded aviation market. Vietnam’s VietJetAir has placed orders which include lease agreements and purchasing rights of 101 Airbus A320-family jets. While Thailand’s Nok Air has placed an order of 15 Boeing 737-family jets. Airlines in South East Asia have committed themselves to new planes primarily from both Boeing and Airbus. Looking at the number of aircraft being ordered over the past few years, I’m thinking is there any possibility of overconfidence in projecting the future growth of air travel market among airlines in the region? Let’s take a look at the numbers. Currently, the largest low-cost airline group in the region - Airasia (including Airasia X) currently operates 175 aircrafts in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Philippines. The group is expect to received at least 300 airc