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12 June 2025
Above: My Indonesian lunch. The weather turned as I prepared to venture out today, with intermittent drizzle continuing through the day. It wasn’t forecast and even when it was raining, the forecast said it was currently cloudy! That’s so unusual as forecasts show a rainy icon with the slightest showers. I had thought of going […]
11 June 2025
Flying to Taipei I woke at 0330, way ahead of my alarm at 0500. That meant only 5h of sleep but that is somewhat enough for me. I lay in bed for quite a bit before preparing to head to the airport. Leaving the room at 0527, I called by reception to return my keycard […]
10 June 2025
After a relaxing day yesterday of just lunch with a friend from Melaka and a gym workout, I had my long-awaited big day today. It’s the day of my CT Calcium Score test to see the level of obstruction (if any) in my arteries, in case I can do without taking statins. I had recently […]
8 June 2025
Above: Tapas at the airport lounge upon arrival. Arriving in Kuala Lumpur I had about 4h sleep on board with the aid of 1.5 tablets of sleeping pills and a very good recline position on the slimline aircraft seats. That’s the highest dose I had ever taken. Nothing seemed to happen with the initial 1 […]
7 June 2025
Above: Malaysia Airlines A330neo interior. Trip Overview This trip started with an intention to go to Europe for summer, to escape New Zealand’s wet and windy winter. We managed to get confirmed tickets on points from Taipei to Vienna and later on added budget airline flights around to various sunny spots, and then it kept […]
30 April 2025
Despite the 90 min delay out of Singapore, we arrived in Auckland only 55 mins late. Despite all the food I was carrying, I was kerbside within 30 mins of landing. I credit this to having taken photos of my food haul, to show the quarantine staff that they are of low risk (eg. not […]
29 April 2025
Leaving Kuching It had been a productive six day stay in hometown. Apart from the optician, I had a good dental visit and for the first time in about 20 years, I managed to get all air-conditions in the apartment working properly. I had been having intermittent AC problems, a fix for which proved elusive […]
23 April 2025
I leave Kuala Lumpur today for hometown, after a whole in the big city. The day was spent having lunch in Kampung Baru, a long massage and dinner with friends Faiz and Colin. I woke at 0615 to take the 0700 train to the airport. I did a lot of work at the landside lounge […]
21 April 2025
My AirAsia X was full but I was fine, having requested and paid for an aisle seat. We landed in Kuala Lumpur at 0700 and parked at one of the furthest gates. Once landside, I checked if I could use the Plaza Premium lounge located landside in the shopping mall, based on my boarding pass […]
20 April 2025
Final sightseeing It’s my last day in Xian and China today before a flight out after midnight. I had they day to kill and I chose to do that with E & BW. Kim went out with Dennis instead, to do car “things”. KL & M had departed this morning for Penang. The morning was […]