Please Don't Do It Again

0234hrs

Mom called saying she is having difficulty in breathing. I know something was wrong. She never called at this hour before.

0237hrs

Mom called again starting to tell me that I should take care of myself and be a good boy and she started to talk something she shouldn't be saying at all. She was trying to say goodbye but I wouldn't listen to her. I told her she would be alright and I will see her when she is back in Malaysia. I heard the ambulance siren on the background as she continue talking to me. She is having trouble saying it because she was trying to breath at the same time. The call ended in less than a minute when she said she going to sleep already.

0239hrs

I started panicking. I called my brother to call mom fast. Tears starting to fall from my eyes as I dialed to call some of my relative here in KL. I really don't know what to do. She is in Saudi Arabia doing her Haj with my dad. I can't just fly there to see her even if I wanted to because I need to apply Visa for it. All I can do now is wait.

0945hrs

My auntie called as she managed to get trough my dad. He said my mom condition is stable now and I should stopped worrying. She asked me to get some rest.

1242hrs

1330hrs

I tried to call both my mom and my dad but nobody answered the phone.

1541hrs

Mom called. She said she is alright now. Well I want to believe it but I can still hear her voice is very weak and tired. I also now know that she DID stop breathing just after she called me in the morning. Luckily they managed to revived her back. I keep asking for her to come home but she said she can't do that yet. She had to complete her Haj. I hope she will stay healthy and I shall see her home.

God, please take care of her. I only have one mother and I am not ready to lose her yet.

Review: Virgin Blue (DJ)

Date: 7th October 2010

Sector: Sydney (SYD) - Gold Coast (OOL)

Virgin Blue to me is a low cost airline operated in Australia. It is also Australia's second-largest airline as well as the largest by fleet size to utilise the Virgin brand [1]. As always, if you purchase your ticket early, you will get the best rate from them. As for me, I bought it on the day itself thus leaving me with higher fare. Just like any other LCC, you pay for only what you use.

Check-In

To buy the ticket, it is advisable to do it online. However, the service counter will gladly help you with the purchase. They could even check you in straight and all you have to do is to drop off your luggage (if applicable) at the dedicated counter. All this is easy and at breeze.

Departure Hall

The Sydney Terminal 2 offer an ample seating area and dedicated Gate for Virgin Blue. So it is easy for you to get around the terminal. Terminal 2 is mostly dedicated to low cost airline and regional airline.

Aircraft

For the flight, the Boeing 737-800 is being utilized. It is consider to be a brand new fleet and nicely maintain by DJ. The seats are a bit cramp but it does serve it purpose. Might not be so good for tall or big person though. All the seats are in leather and I personally find that leather seat if alright for a short flight but not for long distance flight.

Cabin Crew

The crew are nice and cheery. They are very efficient in doing their job. From my observation, they work nonstop right after departure until the time the aircraft land. Still I can see they smile.

In-flight Entertainment

Every seats are equipt with personal IFE. In this case, you have to pay if you like to use the IFE. I am not really sure if the headset is given free or you need to pay for it as I did not use it. The flight is just under 1:15 hours, I think I better save my A$10 for something else. The flight information still available free for viewing.

Meal

The meal need to be purchase as well. They do have set with drink available for sale. In my case, I can't review this section as I did not try it.

Overall Rating

Check-in 5/5

Departure Hall 4/5

Aircraft 5/5

Cabin Crew 4/5

In-flight Entertainment N/A

Meal N/A

Planing A Holiday

I love to travel a lot. When I say a lot I mean every single chance I get. So basically most of my friend would be surprise everytime they call me to hang out with them as I normally just pack and go at the last minute without telling anyone. So how did I do it? Well put aside the money of course. I know a lot of you sure say "He got money sure can do one"

Ok. It pretty simple actually. I am talking about the planing. Not the grab your bag and just fly. That you need money and lots of it. Hahaha. This is what I normally do if I were to travel. Since traveling is consider one of stress factor, I always follow this simple rule.

Transport, Accommodation and Meal.

So put aside some budget say RM 500 (excluding flight ticket) for a 3 days trip. That is more than enough already. Hahaha. I am blank already now. Don't know what to say.

I usually do everything online. It is easy and fast. Try and look at all available resource.

Like example for flight. I usually open up few airlines site at a time just to compare the price. That way I know which cost the least.

For hotel or hostel, I usually go to www.booking.com or www.hostelworld.com. These two site always give the best price and most of the time the hotel will actually upgrade you to a next type of (a better) room (which happened to me twice already). Alternatively, you can go directly to the hotel website. Sometime they offer a lesser rate compare to the booking website.

Done with that so I can Google map the place I will be visiting. With that I could know what mode of transportation I could use. Sometimes what good in that country might not be good in other country. For example taxi should be strongly use in Jakarta compare to other mode of transportation but MRT or Bus is good enough in Singapore.

So that how I roll. All this can be done in just an hours. The rest is just small adjustment on where to go or what to do at the destination. I normally would do the read up on board the plane or better yet I always have a chat with the person next to me. If I am lucky, they could be local and mostly willing to recommend you on places to go and do. It always best as they know how to get things cheaper.

Don't worry, I am still in Malaysia right now. I think. ;)

I Miss My Parent

It only two weeks since my parent left for Haj. They will be away for 40 days to be exact. That is longest time ever they leave the country.

They also left all their work to me to handle. I am not used to it. They just leave it like that without warning. I know they did left me a note telling me what to do but to be exact I actually had to keep this family running until they are back.

It is not an easy job. I had to juggle between my job and family matters on my own. Yes, I do have an older brother but he also had been assign for the house and the shop. As for me I am assign for all the financial matter. It is far more difficult and complicated.

That is why you always heard me talking about going for a holiday. It has been a stressful period for me with my studies and this. Now I know how difficult my parent had been handling all sort of matters. Now I really missed them and hope they will be back soon.

For now, I am doing it slowly. Some are easy to handle (paying bills, etc) while some are hard to settle (collecting rentals, etc).

I'm tired. I think I am going to rest now.

Halloween Night

It was so fun hanging out with bunch of friends during the Halloween night. I didn't know I would meet some of the people I know and didn't know at the party. It was so cool.

The theme for the might was character from a movie or something. I don't know what to wear so I just thought maybe a plane crash victim would be nice. It is not that hard for me to do it actually. The only thing I need is my uniform and fake blood and done.

While picking my friend up at his condo, got people asked me if I'm ok. I was a bit confused at first until they told me if I were in an accident or something. LOL.

Most of the people there did not follow the theme at all. They just wore their best cloth. Too bad I guess.

Funny thing was, people keep asking my friends about me. Ya ya. I know I 'perasan' one but it's true. I didn't know also until they told me. I do know that a lot of people are looking at me. That was fun.

So party over and sleep sleep sleep. It was tiring but I was enjoying it.

Schedule Post

In this few weeks time you will see few schedule post from me as I am taking a month break from blogging. My brain don't know what to post lately. Well anyhoo, you wouldn't know about it actually if I didn't tell you. Hahaha.

So enjoy and have a great weekend everybody.

Two Is Enough

So I just got the news from the boss saying that my our training will be delay. How long? Two freaking months. Ok. What am I suppose to do in this two months? I did had my very extra long leave before. So I can die again due to boredom.

I know they still keep paying me my salary but I don't think I can even survive with the amount they giving me right now. Ya ya. Ungrateful employee. Never satisfied with what they give.

So anyway, talking about the two months now. I was thinking of going for a holiday again. The last one.. well.. (I think some might know what happened). Somehow, my friend told me to just stay put in Malaysia and not go out from the country again. Hmm.. Should I consider it?

I was planning for my Asia trip since my round the world trip still being postponed. Maybe I should just stay home. Arrgghh.. This thing also give me headache.

I don't think I want to study now. I know I should but still got time right? After all, 60 days is a long day. I am actually partially book this month. I like to keep myself busy with unrelated stuff. If not, I will be in my room watching TV series from my laptop. I know right? No life.

So let's enjoy the scenery. I don't mean the nature. Wait. That one too. ;)