Payment type

Cash n cheque

Debit card or nets

Stored value card - cash card or flashpay or ezlink

Visa pay wave, paypass

E wallet- alipay, paypal, masterpass

Fund transfer - paynow

Mobile wallet by top up - dash, Paylah, pay anyone, liquid pay

Mobile wallet via nfc - Apple pay, android pay, Samsung pay

Bkk sin kl hkg only one will emerge as champion

Sea has 2 main hub singapore and bkk. Both are trying to suck traffic from one another.

Hkg has 70 mil pax
Bkk estimated close to 90 mil pax

SG changi airport current capacity stands at 82 mil per annum after T4 opens in 2017

KLIA current capacity 70 mil per annum

As 4g becomes more common, rise of 5g is going to end telekom monopoly

Maxis digi u mobile currently offer 4g wireless broadband access. However their speed in 2017 is currently at around 10 mbps with 20gb of data. By 2022, with 5g Malaysian can finally be free from using unifi fiber if fixed wireless access is launch. 5G speed I estimate will be around 100 mbps good enough for most people.

Actually 5G only became common in Malaysia in 2023. Now besides fibre, 5g wireless broadband is a real alternative with the price drop of 5g router and 80% coverage in Malaysia. 3g services ended in 2021 and 4g speed has improved to around 40 mbps since 2022.

real world size

Hotel stay over the years

1. Bkk - mostly 3 star hotel, Doubletree, Amari, Pan Pacific
2. Hong Kong - Ibis
3. Hanoi - Pullman
4. Ho Chi minh - Metropole
5. Taiwan - Four points, local hotel group
6. Norway - Quality hotel
7. Amsterdam - Carlton hotel, Hilton, Fletcher
8. Australia & NZ - Quest, Novotel
9. Dubai, Togo - Ibis
10. Shanghai, HZ - Ibis, Ritz Carlton
11. Bali, Batam - apartment
12. Brunei - Empire hotel, Radisson
13. SG - Hilton, Aloha, D resort, Changi Cove
14. Kota Kinabalu - Sutera Harbour, Cititel, Kingston, Promenade
15. Paris - Ibis
16. Kuching- Pullman, Citadines
17. Penang - Millenium
18. Langkawi - Resort World
19. Prague - Ibis
20. London - Easy hotel
21. Tokyo - Prince hotel
22. Miri - local hotel

BB flights more than 5 hrs

BB took the long flight 5 hrs first to Perth (afternoon flight) when she was 1.5 years old. As she is now older she start to nap lesser.

Sin amsterdam and sin Melbourne was at night flight, so BB slept in the plane at nite.

Going forward those more than 5 hrs flight better take a night flight

Dinner gang BKK trip 2017 . Revisit BKK after 8 years

my first trip flying cathay pacific. Bkk is quite interesting and vibrant. Stayed at phrom phong. Next time will bring bb to kidzania bkk. Enjoyable trip with big elite group and good food.

Bb now has a seat and it's comfortable. Bb likes flying

Asean open skies have enable more 5th freedom flight that is killing budget air