12 February 2011
Home sweet home
It’s never nice to abandon the Kiwi summer, so it was nice to arrive back in Auckland around 1110 knowing that there’s some of the summer left for me.
10 February 2011
Last stop
Today I fly from Penang at 1455 to Hong Kong for an overnight, before picking up my flight back to Auckland on an Air New Zealand staff ticket (hence the circuitous routing). It’s also one of the rare instances AirAsia gets my money … while I normally buy free or nearly-free tickets for my travels, […]
16 December 2010
Leaving home
It was a late night departure at 2355 to Hong Kong. This allowed me to fit in a full day at work … giving me a few extra drops of income before I (once again) head off into joblessness. Kim had managed to swap on to my flight as crew, meaning that we could have […]
9 August 2010
Chores and errands
Crossing the International Dateline, we landed in Auckland on Tuesday at 0850. We had the day to do chores and errands for the remainder of the day in Auckland; that was the reason for coming back early. We are grateful for the time we had in Rarotonga and Aitutaki, and didn’t feel short-changed for coming […]
8 August 2010
Change of plan
We had planned on getting the evening flight home. But there were things that needed sorting out at home so we changed our flights to an early one, very early in fact at 0615. We got on the flight fine on standby.
4 August 2010
Booking my next trip
We departed from Auckland at 0900 bound for Rarotonga. But it was an early set-off from the house at 0630 to avoid the Auckland traffic. But before that, I had to spend about 15 minutes on the computer as AirAsia had a sale for their new flights from Kuala Lumpur to Seoul … so I […]
29 July 2010
What makes a bird noisy or quiet?
From Kuala Lumpur to Melbourne, I managed to get 3 seats because some passengers moved. So each seat cost me about NZD10 only! For 8 hours!! I’ve always noticed that the Airbus A330 (which operated the flight) is eerily quiet, especially if you sit near the engine (ironical). Many a time I have hopped off […]
24 July 2010
Nightstop
I left a family dinner a little early to catch my flight to KL departing at 2150. I was very fortunate to have been able to see my brother-in-law visiting from the UK. Walking through the tarmac at KL Airport (LCC or Budget Terminal) at midnight offered a different insight as nearly all AirAsia’s red […]
19 July 2010
Time with family
It was an early start at 0430 to catch the 0815 flight to Kuala Lumpur. Landing there at 1415, I had a 4h25 self-connect, at my own risk, to hometown Kuching where I landed at 2025. My favourite airline does not offer connections (to minimise liability and to keep fares low). One has to allow […]
24 June 2010
How to leave and not feel like it’s happening
Above: Flying to Melbourne with Emirates. Today I departed on a 5 week journey but it didn’t feel like I was going anywhere. There was no real sense of excitement as the first leg was only to Melbourne, flying Emirates Airlines departing at 1745. Melbourne is somewhere which is not too different from New Zealand […]