Friday, December 01, 2006

Back from Taiwan part 2 - the beginning...

it's must be tiring for me for the past few days as I've slept from 1am in the morning to 5pm today. damn, when i woke up, the whole day have almost past and i ponder to myself, what have i done again...
 
well, let me recalled on my taiwan trip before the memory leaves me. the trip begins on the 3rd Nov, i remember working till 8pm the day before due to the last minute adjustment to the layout of the magazine. it totally spoils my plan as i need to collect my contact lens from the optical shop for my trip, see a doctor for my bad cough. by the time i reach northpoint, both have already closed and that leaves me with only 1 pair for the trip and a bad cough. i started packing at 12am and by the time i'm done, it was already 3am plus... i finally get to sleep at 4am in the morning and i got to be up by 8. i dragged myself up at 830 and still stoned from the lack of sleep. i need to photocopy my jap notes for my classmates, see a doctor for my bad cough and finished packing the little last minute stuffs like toothbrush, facial wash etc. well, the photocopy shop's haven't open and i didn't have time to rush to the clinic (which i later regretted) and by the time i left home, it was 1030am, the time which i'm supposed to meet my my fellow travelling colleagues. the thing is, it's hard, extremely hard to get a cab in Yishun after 930am, i think they must have gone for a break or wondering around in the city as there's no shit in sight. i gave up and took a bus instead. as i'm taking SIA, the flight's in T2. now, because of the security thing going around, every buses or large vehicles that goes into the terminals needs to be check by the CISCO guards. there's something i don't understand, what's their purpose and objective? i find that's a total waste of time for them to go up the buses as they don't check no shit, more like going thru the motion. i must be feeling damn pissed as i'm very late and there's more than 5 buses/vehicles infront of mine. it took more than 15mins to get going... by the time i met up wif them, it was 1130 and my flight is 1240.
 
when they saw me, they were complaining like why so late, must blanja makan etc. after finishing the check in, i rush off to mail my personal jap notes to my classmates as i din have the time to scan and email to her nor photocopy my notes. I'm quite thankful for the efficient service in the airport whether it's checkin or others. i remember reaching the HKIA one and a half hours before checkin and we're rushing like mad due to the long check in timing (they only open 2 counters for the economy flights), the immigration and the subway to the terminals. here in changi airport, one hour before my flight, after check in, i still have time for a subway sandwich and do some shopping.
 
i've taken lots of different airlines and i realised why SIA is among the best. They have the latest inflight movies. haha. other than that, the meals are not bad. i remember taking Swissair in jun, imagine it's a long haul flight and the inflight entertainment is down... and the food is only average... well, shortly after taking off, i started to cough... the sign of more to come.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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