Whooshed by
I traveled alone by flight for the first time on Saturday night. Yes i know most people would have probably done this even before they hit puberty, but i'm a late bloomer. I was excessively paranoid about being late, and wanted to be at the airport 2 hours before even though it was only SIN-KUL. So we reached way before time, and walked in relatively calm - till i saw the big signboard display that my flight had been retimed. To an hour and half later. Then i started worrying that i will be back too late instead.
Thankfully, the kind folks at Changi had a back up plan. There was another flight they could put me on which left earlier - 40 minutes from when i was speaking to them. Drangit, now i was concerned that i was robbed of the 2 hours i wanted to spend with Aji (and just Aji) before having to take off. But i decided to take it anyway, it was the more sensible thing to do. So i was checked into the SIA flight instead of the MAS i was booked on, some people would say it was a bump up or upgrade, i want to be nationalistic and say NO WAY! But then on the flight, i was offered apple, orange, guava, coffee or tea as apposed to the orange or mango that i got on my departing flight and was won over instantly. Yes, food is a deciding factor in many of my issues.
So we grabbed a quick value meal take away and rushed for my gate, which the stewerdess had forwarned me was far away and i'd have quite a walk. But i wanted to steal as many last minutes i could with the boy so we sat and shared the meal right outside before i said my goodbyes. Then i rudely discovered that far away, was indeed very very far away. So there i was, cursing myself for having packed my flat shoes and worn the three inch heels, running on the walkalators, pushing through folks with their carts, staring at my watch every 30 seconds, dragging along my huge backpack and my laptop,my handbag and my passport with ticket gripped tightly in my left palm. After 15 minutes of running which seemed like much much longer, i finally reached F37. got myself frisked thank to the watch i think. picked up a Herald Tribune and settled myself quite comfortably.
It's been a year of first timers for me isnt it.. tee hee..
It was a very filled four days, but for now, back to the regular scheduled programmes.
Thankfully, the kind folks at Changi had a back up plan. There was another flight they could put me on which left earlier - 40 minutes from when i was speaking to them. Drangit, now i was concerned that i was robbed of the 2 hours i wanted to spend with Aji (and just Aji) before having to take off. But i decided to take it anyway, it was the more sensible thing to do. So i was checked into the SIA flight instead of the MAS i was booked on, some people would say it was a bump up or upgrade, i want to be nationalistic and say NO WAY! But then on the flight, i was offered apple, orange, guava, coffee or tea as apposed to the orange or mango that i got on my departing flight and was won over instantly. Yes, food is a deciding factor in many of my issues.
So we grabbed a quick value meal take away and rushed for my gate, which the stewerdess had forwarned me was far away and i'd have quite a walk. But i wanted to steal as many last minutes i could with the boy so we sat and shared the meal right outside before i said my goodbyes. Then i rudely discovered that far away, was indeed very very far away. So there i was, cursing myself for having packed my flat shoes and worn the three inch heels, running on the walkalators, pushing through folks with their carts, staring at my watch every 30 seconds, dragging along my huge backpack and my laptop,my handbag and my passport with ticket gripped tightly in my left palm. After 15 minutes of running which seemed like much much longer, i finally reached F37. got myself frisked thank to the watch i think. picked up a Herald Tribune and settled myself quite comfortably.
It's been a year of first timers for me isnt it.. tee hee..
It was a very filled four days, but for now, back to the regular scheduled programmes.
posted by Annushia at 1:26 AM
2 Comments:
first time travelling alone??? aiyoh dearie.. you ARE a late bloomer! hehehe!! but hey, i've NEVER BEEN to changi airport, so there you go! Hope you had a good trip to Spore, catch up with you soon!
Halina
It's always boring travelling alone... imagine a 7hour flight and a 5hour transit by yourself! Nothing like travelling with the Voices crew,eh? :)
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