Having slept around 2200 last night, I woke before 0400.  That’s way before my alarm set for 0545.  I killed some time before summoning a Grab car.  The price started at SGD15 but with no takers around, it went up up up and up to SGD28!  Ouch!  But a taxi would have cost similar anyway. […]

This morning I fly to the Lion City with the original intention of taking the evening flight back to Auckland.  On a standby ticket, I had little chance as it was nearly full already a few months back.  I decided I’d stay the night with my aunt in Singapore and take the one tomorrow morning […]

My flight to Kuala Lumpur (connecting to my hometown Kuching) departs at 1345.  I had planned on leaving for the airport around 0945 to get there 3h+ before departure.  But since I was up early, I left at 0900 getting to the airport about 4h before the flight. Check-in wasn’t open yet.  I had trouble […]

Even though my flight was 1035, I decided it was best to wake early at 0600 so we could head to the airport to avoid the traffic.  Leaving home at 0620, the traffic had built up in lead up to the motorway but it was smooth running all the way to the airport thereafter. At […]

While in the lounge, I had cleverly gone online to reselect my seat so that I had a spare seat next to me (two people in a row of three).  I shared the row with a young lady who came on with four cabin bags, comprising of a wheelie, a 20 litre backpack, a large […]

Despite having three seats from Gold Coast to Kuala Lumpur, and a sleeping pill, I didn’t sleep the entire flight as I have in the past.  I woke up about three hours before landing and felt peckish.  I settled for a meal that I hadn’t tried before and a visit to the galley revealed that it […]

I hadn’t suffered any jetlag at all despite flying Kolkata to Melbourne.  I had kept local time and slept soundly!  So, it wasn’t a biggie to wake up naturally before my alarm sounded at 0715.  Today I fly the last leg of my trip from Melbourne to Auckland at 1210. The Skybus 0817 connecting shuttle […]