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4 August 2019
Our flight to Auckland with ETA of 0030 on Saturday 03 August, closed up 20 minutes ahead of schedule but couldn’t push back till a few minutes ahead of scheduled time. Another aircraft next door beat us to the pushback and took up the available space. I was lucky to have received my paid upgrade […]
19 July 2019
Tram 28 We have a flight at 1635 to Salvador in Brazil. I wanted to take Greg on Tram 28 to go up the windy hills east of the old town centre. We hopped on just west of Praca Comercio around 0830. As it was still early, the tram was rather empty. I have had […]
26 May 2019
Leaving on a journey of more than two months doesn’t feel exciting when the first leg is domestic or shorthaul to a familiar destination. Today I fly to Sydney for an overnight to pick up my AirAsia X flight to Kuala Lumpur tomorrow. The weather forecast for Auckland isn’t good and it appears I’ve timed […]
19 April 2019
Having slept around 2200 last night, I woke before 0400. That’s way before my alarm set for 0545. I killed some time before summoning a Grab car. The price started at SGD15 but with no takers around, it went up up up and up to SGD28! Ouch! But a taxi would have cost similar anyway. […]
18 April 2019
This morning I fly to the Lion City with the original intention of taking the evening flight back to Auckland. On a standby ticket, I had little chance as it was nearly full already a few months back. I decided I’d stay the night with my aunt in Singapore and take the one tomorrow morning […]
5 April 2019
My flight to Kuala Lumpur (connecting to my hometown Kuching) departs at 1345. I had planned on leaving for the airport around 0945 to get there 3h+ before departure. But since I was up early, I left at 0900 getting to the airport about 4h before the flight. Check-in wasn’t open yet. I had trouble […]
26 March 2019
Even though my flight was 1035, I decided it was best to wake early at 0600 so we could head to the airport to avoid the traffic. Leaving home at 0620, the traffic had built up in lead up to the motorway but it was smooth running all the way to the airport thereafter. At […]
16 February 2019
While in the lounge, I had cleverly gone online to reselect my seat so that I had a spare seat next to me (two people in a row of three). I shared the row with a young lady who came on with four cabin bags, comprising of a wheelie, a 20 litre backpack, a large […]
30 January 2019
Despite having three seats from Gold Coast to Kuala Lumpur, and a sleeping pill, I didn’t sleep the entire flight as I have in the past. I woke up about three hours before landing and felt peckish. I settled for a meal that I hadn’t tried before and a visit to the galley revealed that it […]
29 January 2019
Today I fly back to my hometown in Borneo to celebrate Chinese New Year with family. It was a stinking hot day in Auckland but not as hot as other parts of the county. New Zealand was catching the tail-end of the Australian heatwave. Having readied myself with a shower, it was better to set […]