Fed up astro price increase

Up, up and again!

Feel very dreaded by the announcement that Astro is going to increase its price. I feel this is a act that is done in bad taste because the program quality has not increased to justify the increment. There are still many old serials which are repeated and the number of commercials has increased more and more. Sometimes I feel like switching the TV off because the commercial breaks come in every 15 minutes and may take some 5 minutes long! During bad weathers, we can't even receive the signals too! I don't watch football or what...so i'm considering changing my choices.

Sad to say, cable TV business is a monopoly here in Malaysia. Unless we see another cable company in competition, we will continue be taken advantage by Astro. I know this may be useless but if you feeling frustrated, sign this online petition about the Astro price increase.

Repair done

It was a quiet weekend without the blastering sound of the telly. Everything seems less livelier. Managed to find a telly repair guy with a colleague's referral and by the time he arrived, it was already Sunday evening. He said the digital board responsible for the frequency scanning was spoiled and he needed to change to a new one. From there, I know the price wouldn't be decent and some more I heard that there was weekend rate for this type of service.

I held my breath for him to quote the price after nearly 2 hours of repair. Somehow, I sensed that the repair fee would be very expensive and wondering whether he was delaying his work to charge for more? I'm going to scold my colleague if that was the case.

Finally, the repair was done! The pictures were back to normal and I noticed that the tints were more contrasting too!

The price for this repair: RM320 for the new digital board + RM100 for the service rate! :( And he told me he charged me a normal day rate..... I should feel happy, right?

Telly broke down!

Now then I know how important is the status of television in the life of the people nowadays! OMG.... my trusted 29 inch telly broke down on Friday night just when I was in the high of watching my favourite entertainment show! The colour just turned to bluish tint although the image could be seen. However, it was just too much and it's eye strained. Soon the deterioration got worse and I got no choice but to off it. My family was emotionally devastated too!

Therefore, in the end, I asked a couple of nearby pals to come out for a supper session at the nearby mamak store... the roti canai and teh tarik tasted like heaven in the absence of the telly! And I ended the day with some Marie Callas svadhisthana stretching. :P