A Quick Hop

A bit of a change this weekend with an overnight trip down south to Singapore on Friday. Great that I would be back on Saturday evening and would have the Sunday to chill.

I was at the hospital early that morning to clear a few things before Anita dropped me at KL Sentral for early lunch. The journey to KLIA was tight as the train was full. Most of the passengers however went on to KLIA2. My flight was only half full.

Didn't pack muchThe train to KLIA was packedDelayed ...The schedule for the rest of today and tomorrow looked full. I would go straight to the conference venue from the airport, then to attend the faculty dinner before my pickup back to the hotel at 9.30 pm. I would only check myself in then.

It would be an early start tomorrow. Pickup would be at 7.30. My talk would be after the coffee break in the morning before being taken straight to airport for a 7pm flight.

En routeWaiting for my pick-up from the airport ...What should I do on Sunday then? There is a hifi show in town. Maybe I'll go to that ...

Just Landed

It wasn't the smoothest of flight although I must say the food on the flight was surprisingly good. Maybe I was starving.

Landed in Brisbane about an hour ago, and is now en route to the hotel. There was a long wait for other delegates and I was able to grab one of the local prepaid SIM - which came with 10GB data! Crazy!

So, it looks like I wouldn't be off line after all. The program starting from tomorrow afternoon would be packed. At least I will have tomorrow morning off. It would be events and meetings one after the other right after - including dinner on both Friday and Saturday evening.

And a nice cosy bedAnd then I would be leaving on Sunday late afternoon. No rest after that.

Best to enjoy some free time later, catch on a bit of a rest, shower and ironing. But dinner first!

A Quick Bite

Anticipating the terrible inflight meal, I decided to have a second dinner. I already had some rice at home. Guess that wouldn't be enough. Plus I planned to sleep all through the flight since I was still tried from the call last night.

What should I have? The queue at the cafe here was just too slow and long. Only O'Briens looked a bit sensible. So, that was where I parked.

Most of the Doctors in my group had already checked in but I was yet to find them. Hopefully it wouldn't be a crowded flight as I wanted to have some rest.

Hectic LCCT

An early start this morning. Sending my Mum and Aunt to LCCT. They had to catch the 7am AirAsia flight to Vietnam. That meant that they had to check-in by 5.30, and setting off from Bukit Antarabangsa by 4 in the morning.

Even though the drive in was smooth, the traffic got a lot heavier by the time we reached KLIA. And it was still about 4.30am.

The place got unbelievably crowded by the time I reached LCCT to drop my Mum. Next order of business would be to find a parking slot. Long queue and unhelpful signage made the simple task complicated.

Sunday morning and the terminal was super crowded. Checking in also took rather long. Luckily my Mum was traveling in a group. She didn't have to queue up for the group check-in and everything was sorted out in time.

Wishing her a safe journey, I was just about to leave for an early start for my ward round. On second thought, maybe I just have a breakfast first.

Taking Off

Kansai Airport was located in the middle of a bay on a reclaimed piece of land. As a result, it had a short runway and was exposed to all the elements. And on that particular morning, it was raining with strong winds. Hence, the take-off was rather rough.

And it was rough for the next 30 minutes until we reached the cruising altitude. The flight was also longer than expected due to a 200km/h headwind. We were scheduled to be 45 minutes late.

To kill time, I watched a couple of movies. I never liked traveling during day light as I won't be able to sleep ....

More entries from my Kyoto trip here.