Sunday, December 13, 2009
Keys, food and tears...
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
I am ready...
Travellers..My View
You can always spot the avid traveller from the first time travellers. You can always differentiate the students and the holiday goers. You can always see a difference in the people who are reluctant to leave and the ones who can’t wait to board the flight.
Avid travellers: They travel light – VERY light. Either dress very smartly cuz they are in Business Class or dress very comfortable ie like my sister in her pyjamas. They check in online or have some frequent flier travel VIP service so they can cut the queue. They have everything in hand and ready to go anytime. No mess no fumble.
First time travellers: They dress in long pants, long sleeves and also bring a jacket. Not forgetting a big backpack AND a carryon luggage. Students going off for the first time fall into this category as well. Students will be carrying HUGE files with ALL their documents. Easiest way to spot this student is that their PARENTS and friends will be surrounding them like a precious item. There will be flashes of light everywhere, cuz they’ll be taking pictures like he/she is going to war and never coming back again.
Students: Same as above. But those who are going back for their 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th time, they are as efficient as the avid travellers. Sometimes tagging along is their family or even none. Just look at their check-in luggage you’ll know they are students – you know how?? They are filled to the rim!! With what??... As Malaysians of course with food-lah!
Holiday Goers: You have the group travellers who congregate and have either matching jackets or pulley bag. Then there will be one dude with like a million passports – he is either the tour guide or the leader of the pack.
People who are reluctant to leave: these are the one that would only pass security about 15mins to boarding time. They’ll be hugging and talking to the people that they are reluctant to leave and once they are in the boarding gate, they are then on the phone with the exact same person they are reluctant to leave. They will be the last one into the plane with tears streaming down their cheeks or a very red nose.
People who can’t wait to fly off: these are the ones that would be grinning from ear to ear the moment they stepped into the airport. They go thru the security as soon as they get their boarding pass and might be the first on in line to go to the plane.
I have fallen into each of that category. I couldn’t wait to leave the first time flying off to Dublin – def had that huge grin on my face. My subsequent trips back to Dublin, I’ll go home with an almost empty bag and come back with bag filled with food and even more clothes. Travelling with friends every holiday we got made me an experienced traveller – my packing skills of short trips are not too bad and then there was that reluctant-to-leave-phase when I left Dublin for good, I didn’t care if I was embarrassing myself crying in public.
I’m now back in Schiphol Airport with a big grin on my face – just like in 2005 when I first flew off. It never hit me that I have walked past the same bronze statue so many times, it was only my then first time to this airport (I took a picture with it!) and now that I’ve acknowledged it.
*My sister definitely falls into the Avid-Traveller category. She dresses like she’s at home when she goes on a flight, packs her own lunch and probably had a million frequent flyer points with maybe a million airlines in the States. She probably even knows the entire American airport layout by heart. BUT that was all before the babies popped out =) She is now demoted to the First-Time Traveller category because every time she travels she’s with another baby in tow..hehehehe and with HUGE bags!!


Thursday, December 03, 2009
Sick =(
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Taiping oh...Taiping
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Dear Santa



