Today I fly Kuching – Kuala Lumpur – Auckland with the shortest available connection time of 1h25.  I was advised by Malaysia Airlines 2 days before that I had been successful in my bid for an upgrade at the minimum price. With an upgrade guaranteed, I became concern that my domestic flight might be delayed […]

Inflight from Delhi to Kuala Lumpur, I managed to doze for about 3h with the aid of a sleeping pill. I woke up feeling much better.  I thought my chest had improved in the dry filtered cabin air, as opposed to the mildewy rooms in the highlands or the pollution of Delhi. I caught a […]

Above: Article from Guardian newspaper dated 18 September 2017, Getting away this time was stressful. About a week prior to my flight, an aviation fuel crisis hit Auckland Airport. More specifically, something hit the pipeline transporting fuel to the airport which meant that fuel had to be rationed to 30% of the normal uplift for […]

Above:  Flying over the Gold Coast area. For the flight from Gold Coast back to Auckland, I was seated back in my allocated seat squashed between two people. They were interesting enough, especially the lady to my right.  She looks completely African but has a Chinese name and carried a Hong Kong passport.  We got […]

Today was the much awaited day on which I’m meant to pick up my Uzbek visa in Ampang.  I woke up to AirAsia’s big sale though and scrolling through the destinations it seemed that I had either been there (sometimes more than once) or it didn’t appeal.  Then I thought of Makepung in Bali, a […]

We woke about 0600.  Kim had an 0945 to Singapore for an overnight before flying to Auckland.  I had an 1145 to KL for an overnight, especially to collect my Uzbek visa before flying to Auckland.  Uber to the airport was super cheap at MYR16.10. Kim dropped off his bag but it was too early […]

One of the benefits of taking the train to the airport was being able to bag-drop in the city (on selected airlines only).  I was able to do that today flying Malaysia Airlines and dropped my bag around 0930 before the 1000 cut-off for my 1200 flight. I got to the airport a little after […]

Today I had an important date.  I specially planned the trip so that I’d have some time in KL to submit my Uzbek visa application.  I was still finding it hard to get going in the morning.  I had tried to be out the door after 0800 but it didn’t happen until 0900. I took […]