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Saturday, February 22, 2003

Finally reached Melbourne at around 6 something in the morning and as I passed the immigration check point, I was soon found waiting for my baggages for almost half and hour which I drew a conclusion that economy flight passengers would always be waiting for that amount of time which was entirely wrong as I found out that it depends how early or late the person checks in and this time, I'd guess i was early.

As I was flipping through the in-flight Entertainment Guide mag, I was surprised that Qantas does have a wide choice of the latest movies that were showing on the flight for the day. Such movies were Red Dragon which had just launched in M'sia for a few weeks and counting was going to be shown on-board and I was gearing up for a good trip with the entertainment of the latest movies available... Guess again, as I was scrolling down the page, I had stumbled upon this few words and this was it; *Note that the following movies with the asterisk are only available for the Business and First Class passengers. What else could go wrong?

The flight was a drag for me as I'd suddenly developed a flu which had terrorised my whole flight there and to top it all up, I'd was sitting in the middle of the plane and an old woman was sitting next to which if I were to answer natures call, I would have to bother this poor ol woman. This flight on-board Qantas was a first for me as this was the first time I'd be experiencing the LCD monitor in front of my seat with the games as well. Call it 'Jakuness', but it was pretty worthwhile but due to my developed flu, it was nothing big in entertainment after all. Sigh. What else could go wrong?

As I arrived in Changi Airport, flashbacks suddenly appeared and I wasted no time rushing to the transfer desk. This time my flight was to be boarded in Terminal 1 where I had to take the AeroTrain or SkyTrain (whatever you choose to call it). While on my way the to the train, I saw the personnel who had helped us get flights the last time where we were stranded in Changi. Suddenly, I started to reminisced about the day when four KLites were stranded in ol Changi. Funnily, I could even tell what was new in the Terminal 2, a new cafe of CoffeeBean was erected in the middle of the terminal. Now, that four days in which we were stranded, I'd observed enough t tell the difference. Haha...

Finally reached the long awaited Terminal 1 and I'd proceeded to the desk and asked for an aisle seat to which was not available due to connecting flights of a London flight. Then, I'd proceeded to grabbing a light bite at a fast food restaurant named 'Popeye's Chicken & Biscuits', yes you heard it right, chicken and biscuits you may ask (which I did wonder for a while) and I finally accepted the harsh reality and fact that this sort of funny conbinations for food can be found nowhere else but in 'KiasuLand'

Left KLIA with a sad heart indeed, as his trip would be a lonely one as most of the melbournians that I know of, are back in KL for their CNY celebrations and summer holidays. As I was waiting at the departure lounge, I'd realized that there was a large amount of Indians and a mix of chinese and muslims as well and they all sort of knew each other while they were chatting away before boarding. As I soon found my seat on the plane, out of curiousity, I asked where were they going and he replied to Russia and without much to assume, I'd asked in vain wheher they were pursuing Medicine there and he told me yes, and so was the rest of plane passengers and they were heading to Singapore to transit for another plane to Russia. Soon, we were joined by another friend of his and he greeted 'dey macha' so I guess it was a plane filled with future GP's, surgeons and medical practitioners. What else could go wrong?