airbourne n touchdown

30.10.2005
Posted in Blog
Left for Melbourne Tullamarine airport at 11am from the CBD for the 3pm flight to KLIA. Great big thanks to Howie who helped me lug that suitcase from my place to Arrow so I could take the Skybus shuttle. I owe u one! :D  
 
I guess I was way too enthusiastic to be going home coz I arrived half an hour before the check-in counters opened. Suitcase : 28kilos  *whew*  Thank gawd it ain’t overweight. Luckily for me, I got a good seat – aisle seating in the front row with tons of leg room plus no one sitting beside me! Stretched out all the way… yeah!
 
My butterfly shoes set off the metal detectors at customs and i had to take them off… and my belt too. I had a chat with the custom officers and found out that at that area itself, there were at least 70 cameras trained on me at that moment. *freak out*
 
They served lamb cutlets on the plane. *yum* Thank gawd I didn’t have to settle for some miserable egg omelette like I did on the flight to Melbourne coz the only other choice was beef steak (which I don’t eat). Had a glass of wine with that, which i thoroughly regretted. Down two cups of coffee just to clear my head after that. I swear, the wine was pretty good but I’d rather not live with a pounding headache on a long-haul flight like that!
 
Touched down on M’sian soil at exactly 9.03pm. The smoothest landing I’ve experienced… Bought mum’s dirty old man (D.O.M) at the duty free and headed off on the aerotrain for the main terminal. Got squashed amidst a tour group of Hongkies who talked so loud i had a pounding in my head after i got out. Customs was seriously lenient… there wasn’t a soul there. Malaysia    u just gotta love ‘em!
 
Mum, Dad n Sis came to fetch me and we went for Hokkein Mee immediately. Thank gawd it was raining but I was still so hot. Found it a tad bit difficult to breathe for a couple of hours. Well, the food was good (as expected). However, I got diarrhoea after that (unexpected). Then on waking up the following day, I got mouth ulcers (even more unexpected). *Gawd* Still, I insisted on having my nasi lemak, chee cheong fun and tau fu fa :p  Then had diarrrhoea again. Oh nvm. At the very least, I am eating great tasting food!
 
*happy to be home*
 
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  • MoZaReLa wrote:

    Homeward bound… hmm, can’t describe the eagerness and surprises too. Well, upon touching down on Malaysian soil (on a not so smooth landing sitting on an Airbus A330), purchased the American light (Marlboro) for dad, taking the aerotrain (never came across any hongkees, so silence is golden), arriving at KL Sentral where dad awaits (sisters are all abroad, mom would be asleep by then), I would head for the one dish I miss for weeks – bak kut teh. Oh, no diarrhoea ever happens, and breakfast would be roti canai and teh tarik panas kurang manis tak mahu tongkat ali. Lunch, wan ton mee, dinner, grandma’s house. No tom yum. Forbidden word while I’m in Malaysia, though I contradicted myself one night and dished out a spread of Thai food. Ouch. Thumbs up to nasi lemak too. Ain’t any wonder how I gain weight just in a matter of days I spend in Kay-El. Darn. Should remain in Bangkok and slim down.