BSM Chile: Takeoff
Sunday, January 08, 2006
Dec 3rd 19:70 Arrived at changi airport 10 min past meeting time..but thank god there's still a handful who's not here..seeing the scatter of parents around made me kinda feel a little bad for telling my parents not to send me off..=p anyhows checked in at about 7.50pm with some of the rest..luggage 11 point something kg *light*..got bored mulling ard so went in early with wanwen, samuel, fei fei, etc. and had a sushi snack before bumming at the terminals inside *cool..they had webcams and everything..only uncool part was tt you had to do everything standing up ;p* headed to the gate at about 8.40pm and had a pretty uneventful flight over to KLIA *i think* tt's where the adventure began.. .jpg)
All the boarding passes buds. Clockwise from top left: Singapore-Kuala Lumpur; KL-Buenos Aires *both Malaysia Airlines*; BA-Santiago *my only LAN flight*; and my passport with the Chilean immigration stamp =)22:00 approx landed in KL *first time i've flown into msia..was kinda excited..and hungry again* headed straight for Burger King with the others after Glenn (our prof) found the gate we were supposed to check in later. We were still pretty much in our cliques but Ling joined us, had quite a bit of fun playing silly little childhood games like Heart Attack and all. Danny got a lucky '8' onion ring..hahaz we all thought it's a good sign..if only we had known what was going to happen later *grinz* We got bored after a few rounds and headed to the DFS to check out the chocolates on display. Ling educated me a little on German choc *hee clearly i've kinda forgotten for now* and how to get a life while at ebs..ie. grab a bf..hahaz guess she really missed the german guys *wink*
us bumming at KL Burger King..they accept SGD too..but change is in RM only..confirm lugi..=p Headed to the gate at about 12mn..still damned early but at that hour there's really nothing much to see nor do..so took some bored pictures of one another there. found out Su San lost her phone on the previous flight *the first sign?* and it was gone by the time she went back to retrieve it. Nonetheless she kept smiling n really enjoyed the rest of the trip =) our ms. cool~ Fei Fei told us that she had problems with her visa..didn't seem to serious at first..seemed like just a miscommunication glitch which could easily be settled once she can verify that she's on the trip with us and would be returning..and was pretty much a singapore citizen. Turned out, she had to be detained at the airport during boarding (along with some 60 over ppl from the people's republic) and luckily Glenn and Ling were still pretty calm even then *hmz..were they putting up a front?..hee Glenn did look like he was looking forward to a long nap on the flight to BA*
Rest of us boarded the plane as Glenn instructed, thinking that all will be fine in just a while. After the usual take off delay, announcements were made on the plane that there will be further delays for some technical issues or something along those lines. 30 min later in the stuffy plane..still no sign of Fei..no news either..or we might have missed it thinking it was some safety warnings about seat belts..penned some thoughts on this transit visa thingy and nationality crap in a letter and continued waiting..this went on for about 3 hours..news..no news..lotsa speculations amongst us..one min Glenn's on..then Ling's on..then we're not too sure..sum it up..we were in quite a mess..but the plane was warming up quickly, with fidgety passengers roaming along the isle for water and ice, or both..a number of us passed out for a little while due to the heat..i know i did *hee*
The plane took off somewhere during my semi-conscious state and i vaguely remember sending a prayer that it finally did. Later did we realised that Fei Fei still wasn't on board and no body's really sure if either Glenn or Ling was. But rumor has it then that Ling was with us heading to Johannesburg.
Landed in J'burg sometime in the afternoon..caught a few movies on the plane..ate every meal..at least the food was pretty decent =)..but the long journey was getting to us..and were pretty glad for the 50min stopover we had at J'burg. Got an sms that we were on our own with Lavania as the official translator and Danny as the coordinator. *a streak of worry followed by excitement* my first school trip n we're on our own for at least the first 3 days! =) Most of us were pretty cool with the arrangements..in fact we kind of went ahead to the washrooms and the DFS visits as if nothing much happened. I guess even if it was something serious it's really out of our control *shrugs*
Headed to the souvenior shops with Samuel and tried on all the silly little rugby caps..sooo adorable..hahaz looks kinda childish actually but it's just so fun to play silly when you're overseas ;p hahaz from caps we went on the the sunglasses and Rest of us boarded the plane as Glenn instructed, thinking that all will be fine in just a while. After the usual take off delay, announcements were made on the plane that there will be further delays for some technical issues or something along those lines. 30 min later in the stuffy plane..still no sign of Fei..no news either..or we might have missed it thinking it was some safety warnings about seat belts..penned some thoughts on this transit visa thingy and nationality crap in a letter and continued waiting..this went on for about 3 hours..news..no news..lotsa speculations amongst us..one min Glenn's on..then Ling's on..then we're not too sure..sum it up..we were in quite a mess..but the plane was warming up quickly, with fidgety passengers roaming along the isle for water and ice, or both..a number of us passed out for a little while due to the heat..i know i did *hee*
The plane took off somewhere during my semi-conscious state and i vaguely remember sending a prayer that it finally did. Later did we realised that Fei Fei still wasn't on board and no body's really sure if either Glenn or Ling was. But rumor has it then that Ling was with us heading to Johannesburg.
Landed in J'burg sometime in the afternoon..caught a few movies on the plane..ate every meal..at least the food was pretty decent =)..but the long journey was getting to us..and were pretty glad for the 50min stopover we had at J'burg. Got an sms that we were on our own with Lavania as the official translator and Danny as the coordinator. *a streak of worry followed by excitement* my first school trip n we're on our own for at least the first 3 days! =) Most of us were pretty cool with the arrangements..in fact we kind of went ahead to the washrooms and the DFS visits as if nothing much happened. I guess even if it was something serious it's really out of our control *shrugs*
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act cool poses..then with the soft toys..ended abruptly as we had to board the plane *too soon*the silly rugby caps..*hooorrrnnnyyy* hee~
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