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11 February 2026
Leaving Jakarta With a 1255 flight from Jakarta to Kuching, I left my room at 0800. Today, I thought I’d try out the rideshare and train combo, despite the highway to the airport being clear and the rideshare price being low. I took a car to the Sudirman Baru station where I would catch the […]
10 February 2026
Above: T-shirts based on Jakarta scenes and food. Chinatown I woke at 0600 in Jakarta, which was 0700 back in Bali. Today, I’m meeting Ah Meng, who is family of the hotel that I stayed at in Jakarta. With brunch on the cards, I made do with some fruit and cake before heading out at […]
9 February 2026
Above: Art made up of scrunched up fishing nets at Sarinah Mall. Leaving Despite retiring much later last night, I woke at 0500 for my rehab exercises and taking breakfast at 0730 to avoid waiting (like yesterday). I told them to skip the pastries and juice, in order to eat less. Checking out at 0900, […]
8 February 2026
I kept up with my rehab exercises after waking up at 0500 and taking breakfast at 0730. Kim was home attending to lots of matters, so I played my part by doing some admin on the computer before having a swim around 1000. For lunch, I went out to the main road in search of […]
7 February 2026
With 5h of time difference, I was up at 0500 and did my rehab exercises for my hip and knee before breakfast started at 0730. Breakfast started with a basket of bakery, cut fruit and cereal before a hot ala carte option was given. It was too much food for me! Having recently gone over […]
6 February 2026
Landing some 20 mins ahead of schedule at 1700, we disembarked about 10 mins later and I was through immigration using the automated gates at 1715. It was purely walking time with no waiting at all. I had applied for an obtained a Visa Exemption application online free-of-charge, which allowed the use of the autogate. […]
30 July 2025
A bit of a fright I had a bit of a fright this morning with my flight departure time to Kuala Lumpur which I had thought was at 1320. I had thought of going to the airport at 0945 to have brunch at the lounge but didn’t think I could last till then without […]
25 July 2025
No jetlag Three nights after landing from Europe, I’m happy to report that I haven’t had any jetlag. That’s quite unheard of, for me, especially flying towards the east. I’ve had not trouble falling asleep and have been OK to wake with the alarm at 0715 each morning. And my nature calls were nearly on […]
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 […]