As mentioned, I was scheduled to meet darl during the weekend at the beautiful east coast. To make sure that everything turn out well and as expected, I called the airline company and double check on my check-in time a day before my flight. Yeah I know I tend to worry a lot but hell the last time I flew with them, it stated 30 minutes in the email I received but they told me I was late!
This time I was there 90 minutes before my scheduled flight. The staff at the check-in counter was very friendly this time (that fella I met last time was extremely rude and unhelpful!) and everything went smoothly for me up to this point. I got my boarding pass and went straight to Gate 14, got myself a good seat and waited happily for my turn to fly.
Just when everything seemed to be alright, a group of people walked out from Gate 14, and I heard one of the ladies talking on the phone:
“So bad ah? Aiyo… Yeah we were already on the plane but had to turn back…”
And another businessman telling his friend to pick him up at the ferry…
I looked at the screen. It seemed that the flight at 9 am to Langkawi was canceled.
I waited a while, until I figured that at this time, I should be going on the plane already. I walked to the crew at Gate 14, and was told that my flight got delayed due to bad weather. Until when ah? No idea. @.@
And although the screen kept showing ‘BOARDING… BOARDING…’ but I was told to follow the announcement on updates. Finally at 11:40 am, the lady announced that my flight will be rescheduled at 1 pm. Since flying to Kota Bharu will take approximately 55 minutes, I sms-ed darl and told him that I’ll take a quick bite here first.
I went to the food stall just right in front of Gate 14, surveying around and decided to settle on a sandwich and a bottle of mineral water… which costed me RM7.50! And the best part was, just right after I finished biting the sandwich and took out my notebook, thinking of doing some quick sketch, the announcement came and stated that my plane is ready to fly!!! ARRGGGHHHHHH!!!!!
Nothing much to talk about for the next 55 minutes of journey, except that the crews were all extremely friendly and polite, the plane still smelled like someone had spilled his perfume, and a 4 month old baby was crying while a big family with kids were travelling. Oh and as my seat was just right beside one of the propeller (correct me if I’m wrong), I somehow was imagining that it was going to fall off and crash the plane… and we all will end up on an island like what happened in Lost… lol OK me pressure. In fact I arrived safely about an hour later with darl waiting for me at the airport. :P
The rest of the day was used to accompany darl running some errands at home. Like test drive a car for his dad, check out his sister’s new place, pick up keys from the contractor, and fetching his nephews from school. Had a great dinner with bunches of satay, and went to bed very early to make sure I was ready for the next day! Stay tuned! :D
