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Home Sweet Office

I woke up in the crew bunk after the breakfast service and downed a hot meal standing in the galley. I was quite impressed by Air New Zealand’s Boeing 787. It was a much nicer experience than the two Air India 787s which I flew on. The décor was nice, entertainment excellent and very quiet […]

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Time with family

My aunt insisted on driving me to the airport, saying that the car needed a good run.  Bag-drop at AirAsia was quick and I was in the lounge having breakfast before the short flight to Kuching for a 10 day stay to see family.

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Leaving home

Kim and I flew to Singapore at 0115. We had separate purposes for the trip. I was on one of my regular trips to see family combined with a minibreak around Tokyo afterwards. But for him, it was a short stay in Singapore before going to Kuala Lumpur for the Grand Prix.

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Down to the Bay of Plenty

We left Auckland late morning after my yoga class, for the 3.5h drive to Whakatane.  It was necessary to overnight because the starting time tomorrow was unconfirmed till the evening due to tidal conditions.  It has been quite a while since I travelled outside of Auckland and it’s nice to be reminded how beautiful New […]

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Home Sweet Home

Despite being on standby, I got on the short flight to Auckland easily.  I had accomplished what I had hoped to do for many years, ie. stopover in Norfolk Island en-route from Sydney to Auckland as the airfare was constructed as a single fare with a stopover (rather than two separate fares) and the hefty […]

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Back Downunder

I landed in Sydney feeling refreshed after an overnight flight because I managed to get decent sleep onboard. I had departed Kuching last night with a sobering start to the flight; we observed a 30 second silence before the safety demo in memory of those who perished in QZ8501.  We arrived on a happier note […]

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