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9 August 2020
Above: Masks must be worn on board at all times. Check-in My Malaysia Airlines flight to Kuala Lumpur departs at 0105 and I got to the airport a about 3h20 prior to departure. A queue had formed already and opened more or less as soon as I joined it, before the usual 3h opening. It […]
10 February 2020
Landing at Sydney around 0740, it was fairly painless going through security to the departure area. I grabbed a meal with my Priority Pass card. A bacon and egg roll, coffee, pastry and a fruit salad took up most of my AUD36 allowance. I kept the fruit salad for onboard consumption, which was just as well […]
9 February 2020
Disrupted again Today I have an evening flight out of Bali to Brisbane and onwards home to Auckland. Upon waking up, I noticed an email advising of a 2h delay to my first flight. This seems miniscule compared to nearly 10h of delay on my outbound journey. But with only an hour’s connecting time in […]
6 February 2020
Flying visit to Singapore Today I travel to Singapore for a nightstop with my aunt before flying to Bali tomorrow. It’s quite funny domestically in Indonesia with a Singapore layover. I left the hotel around 0900 by Grab and had a chatty driver (again, being Indonesia). I learnt that while he is Malay, the Minang […]
21 January 2020
Leaving Bali Today I make my way from Bali to hometown Kuching for Chinese New Year and family time, via Singapore. Normally it is far more convenient to connect via Kuala Lumpur but with the festive season ahead, the fares worked out better through Singapore. Neither choice was that cheap but I still think I […]
19 January 2020
Getting stuck … or unstuck? I had hurriedly googled a few possibilities for handling my nearly 7h18 delay in Sydney, before proceeding to the gate. I got to gate later than I normally would have. It was actually a perfectly-timed boarding onto Virgin Australia’s 737-800 to Sydney. It was a pleasant flight with a light […]
19 January 2020
Cheap way home Today I slowly make my way towards my family in hometown Kuching for Chinese New Year. At this time of year flights there are expensive, but I found a special deal to Bali for NZD544 return, on Virgin Australia with great connections. Allowing for nightstops and the shorthaul flights to Kuching, it […]
3 January 2020
I thought it would be nice to go see friends and relatives in Christchurch. It combined well with an invite to go camping with Kim’s friends at Lake Benmore. Despite being on a standby ticket, I managed to get to Christchurch without too many hassles during the holiday period.
12 November 2019
I leave Melbourne after experiencing the craziness of their weather. It was 9 degC when I arrived and went to a max of around 18 degC before having a day of 30 degC! Then it turned cold again. Talk about extremes! I had had too much sleep the night before last and suffered last night […]
8 November 2019
Today I leave Kuching for Melbourne via Kuala Lumpur. The flight leaves in the late afternoon, but I wanted to do as much as I could for Mum and my brother who recently had a knee operation. So I started the day at 0800 with getting their groceries, not entirely missing the rush-hour traffic. After […]