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9 January 2021
Above: Wood-fired outdoor bath at my accommodation. With damp and changeable weather, I deferred my sight-seeing plans and went to the supermarket. I got some canned tuna, tomatoes, cucumber and a fake baguette for my next few meals. Supermarket baguettes in New Zealand are just ordinary bread in a different shape. But it was probably […]
8 January 2021
The ATR72 flight landed in Nelson around 1045, about 10 mins ahead of schedule. I had a rental car booked with Pegasus an off-site car rental company. Other operators had wanted about NZD600 for five days whereas this company was the only one offering non-inflated prices for the post New Year holiday period at around […]
8 January 2021
Today I go to Takaka again for a summer break. I can’t believe that it has already been 11 months since I had been there. Despite the monotony of life in the Covid-10 world, 2020 went past very quickly. New Zealand is still enjoying its New Year holidays and it was an easy drive to […]
1 December 2020
Above: Released on the official first day of summer, 1 Dec 2020. My flight touched down around 0840 on Tuesday two weeks ago, so I am allowed out from Managed Isolation at the same time today. But due to traffic for Kim coming to pick me up during rush hour, I advised the facility that […]
30 November 2020
Today is my last day in Managed Isolation for I will be free at 0840 tomorrow. But I’ve organised Kim to pick me up at 0930 because traffic would be bad otherwise. I have kept to the routine that I had set but wasn’t as strict and didn’t set targets like when I did my […]
20 November 2020
Today is Day 3 of my Managed Isolation; the day of arrival is counted as Day 0 here. So far, I’ve got myself into a routine. My previous experience with quarantine in Kuching really helps with the discipline. My routine is roughly as follows: 0645: Wake and coffee. 0730: Yoga including sun salutations. 0830: Breakfast. […]
17 November 2020
Arrival in Auckland We arrived nearly an hour early into Aotearoa (New Zealand), landing in Auckland at 0840. Seemingly the standard nowadays, we disembarked in batches. After a brief healthcheck of temperature (in the ear) and whether we had any symptoms, we cleared immigration and collected our bags. It was all very quick as there […]
16 November 2020
Leaving Kuala Lumpur Having retired early last night, I woke at 0515. I took my time readying myself and checked-out at 0630 and made it to the 0700 train from KLIA2 back to KLIA. With a half-hourly service being a weekday I wasn’t too concerned about missing that train. Once at KLIA, it was a […]
15 November 2020
Leaving Kuching I didn’t sleep well last night due to the excitement of returning to New Zealand. My flight from Kuching to Kuala Lumpur is scheduled for 1700 this evening. I had been checking for cancellations in the last couple of days and there had been none so far. Just as well, as there is […]
12 November 2020
Another flight cancellation Yesterday, 11 November, I had notification from Malaysia Airlines that my flight of 6 December had been cancelled. I wasn’t surprised; why would they fly when there’s no way passengers can secure Managed Isolation spots. Rebooking on another airline I had been relaxed about staying in Kuching till March next year. But […]