'Awal Muharam' 2008

Tracy and I went to Jusco Arena Food Court at 1U for breakfast.

We chose the shop Penang Noodle and Lam Mee. Both of us ordered ‘Pan Mee’ Soup.

The toilet inside this food court is very clean. I did not smell any bad smell at all. I was impressed. i found hanging at the door an inspection report which meant that this toilet is being inspected at least once a day.

We went to the section where I did not manage to take photos of the Christmas decorations on Christmas Day.

I bought some gifts at a small stall selling accessories and some stickers for the kids at the RM5 shop.

I saw packs of asparagus for sale and bought a pack for RM3 at Jusco Supermarket.

We went into a gift shop and found Christmas decorations sold at rock bottom prices. A box of one dozen of red and gold ornaments supposed to cost RM29.90 per box. I bought three boxes at <>

I bought some pork jerky for mum before having lunch at Just Thai Restaurant.

We were not that particularly hungry and therefore I ordered two appetisers only.

Then it was time to go back to Tracy’s place to do the final packing.

We arrived at Sentral at 3.50p.m. and the next Skybus was scheduled to leave for LCCT at 4p.m. but it did not leave until 4.15p.m.

I was a bit apprehensive on the way to LCCT and prayed earnestly to God that I will arrive on time to check-in. When I arrived at the check-in counter, there were no other passengers checking in. The two checked-in bags totalled up to 15.4kg. (When I left KK, the luggages totalled up to 5.4kg). So I bought a total of 12kg.

After checking in I looked at the clock on the wall. The time showed 5.30p.m. I was early by 5 mins. The counter will close at 5.35p.m. Thank God I made it. Otherwise I would have to buy a new ticket for a later flight.

I quickly went to McDonald’s to queue up to buy a burger. I did not have enough time to consume and therefore brought it up the plane with me. I bought a packet of Hershey’s chocolate at the confectionery shop and proceeded to the departure lounge. As I was queuing up, there was a Malay family who jumped queue simply because they know the officer stationed at the entrance.

I went straight to the loo and found toilet paper in the toilet again. Previously there was no toilet paper in any of the toilets in the airport, be it in JB, KK or KL.

An announcement came through the PA system for boarding but it did not happen until about fifteen mins later. I did not queue up until people started to leave the terminal building.

Just like when the plane arrived at LCCT on Christmas Eve, I did not have to walk far to board the plane. Since I do not wear a watch, it felt like taking forever for the rest of the passengers to board the plane as well as for the airport staff to put in all the checked in luggages onto the plane. I could view this being done as I was seated near the right wing part of the plane.

A while later an announcement came through the PA system inside the plane asking two people to identify themselves to the airport staff. These two persons happened to sit next to me and I was wondering what was going on. When the airport staff came to talk to them, they were informed to get off the plane because the man is an Air Asia staff and they were ordered to take the later flight at 9p.m. The woman enquired about their checked in luggages and were told that they did not have to worry. The airport staff will search and take the luggages out from the plane for them.

After these two persons left, more people boarded the plane. A mother and daughter came to sit next to me. The daughter who was having fever complained of being cold the whole journey. And she was only wearing a short white skirt and did not have any jacket with her. She asked the air hostess for a blanket but Air Asia does not provide it.

I felt like trying the Pak Nasser’s Nasi Lemak eventhough I still had the burger in my bag. It tasted ok for food being consumed up in the air but does not look anything like the one shown in the picture. Haha

The flight was delayed by 20mins in arriving in KKIA - Terminal 2.

Before I left for KL, my sis-in-law told me to bring the car keys with me. They were going to a dinner when I arrived back in KK and therefore could not fetch me from the airport. She will park the car at the airport before going to the dinner. Therefore I had to drive myself home.

Thank God that eventhough at one stage during the flight, the turbulence lasted for half an hour but I did not have a headache. I was able to drive myself home safely.

Once again Tracy thanks for everything including the ‘Zentel’ gift. Haha