Well, the entire world knows by now that AirAsia is going to Taipei on 1 July 2009. What the AirAsia blog community knows is that you can be pilot on the blog. How does going to Taipei simply by blogging sound to you?

YES. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages. The AirAsia blog presents to you the "AirAsia Blog Your Way to Taipei!" competition.

Some people have lofty dreams of being pilots but more people want to win tickets to Taipei and the AirAsia blog says why not. We're going to make it simple for all of you. Tell us what you want to do and its just that simple. Because this is all about you. Create your blog post and tell us what your fantasy adventure/escapade/holiday will be in Taipei and find yourself a winner of a pair of tickets on the flight.

Make that three pairs of tickets that we have to give away. Just insert the following before your blog title: "I want to fly to Taipei because...". This is your chance to get to Taipei and see the 101 Tower, taste great cuisine, shop like crazy and visit the hotsprings for absolutely FREE!!!! Leave the flying to us and we'll leave the fun to you!

Remember you heard it first on the AirAsia Blog where dreams come true.

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Cu-mu-lo-nim-bus ˌkyu myə loʊˈnɪm bəs [kyoo-myuh-loh-nim-buh s]
–noun, plural -bus.
a cloud of a class indicative of thunderstorm conditions, characterized by large, dense towers that often reach altitudes of 30,000 ft. (9000 m) or more, cumuliform except for their tops, which appear fibrous because of the presence of ice crystals: occurs as a single cloud or as a group with merged bases and separate tops.

Also called thundercloud, thunderclouds, thunderhead.

Cumulonimbus. That would exactly be the descriptive word of my first week at AirAsia; simply a magnificent experience of uncertainty and excitement at the “highest peak”.

I remember the hustle and bustle at LCCT and the restlessness of the various crew units hustling and bustling in and out. The clockwork just rushing by as everyone simply knew what he or she was doing is simply fantastic; crew clocking in and out of their stations and ground staff running on the tarmac. It was a whole new window into the airlines industry and it still is.

Blogging as part of the airlines family had been absolutely fabulous with absolute access into the operations and the run down of an airlines. Watch this space as I go on myth buster adventures slash insightful journeys into the daily mysteries of Asia’s best low cost carrier. More ramblings and great insights to come!

I am actually a fan of the internet and blogging has become my daily ritual. Each day, I would browse at least ten to twenty blogs to find out the latest buzz in the blogging world. I am really in love with the concept of a blog and truly admire the changes it had gone through in time. What started as a personal diary online, today is a place where people share knowledge and expand their social network. It is also slowly becoming a tool for major companies to keep in touch with the public.

I must say that I have looked at many corporate blogs prior to this red beauty, and have to totally agree that it is truly worth the wait. Many high flying aviation companies around the world have started their blogs much earlier but I guess yours would be the icing to the cake. I am sure that the much white in the blog represents the beautiful smiles of the air stewardess as one approaches the entrance of your planes. As for the red, without doubt represents the color of the heart of all AirAsians that truly care for their guests.

Being a blogger myself, I must say that I haven’t come across a blog that allows users to write a post on it. The introduction of this brave feature would certainly set new blogging standards and wave a new trend in the blogging world. I find it really exciting seeing the number of comments and also public posts.

I am sure now that it is not where you start before the race, but where you finish at the end of it that matters. AirAsians, great job and welcome to the world of blogging.