pre arrival~adelaide

location: sandakan international airport,
date: 11/02/2008
weather in sandakan during my departure was wet and cloudy. it was raining heavily the night before and on that day itself, the weather didn't seems to clear even a little. i guess bad weather cause my sandakan-KL flight to delayed for about 35 minutes. I checked in with 36.5 Kg of bags =S, and got away with the 6.5kg of excess weight =) hahahaha... lucky me. maybe sandakan airport is not that strict with the baggage issues. my hand carry items was my laptop and a trolly bag. MH 2709 took off gracefully at approx. 3.10P.M to KL via KK transit for 40 minutes. Sandakan - KK flight was quite bumpy(weather) and this causes no drinks to be serve. therefore, i got a 40 minutes nap without disturbance on the plane. the plane landed in KK quite rough with strong backthrust and breaks, as the runway is very wet as well due to rain. arrive in kk about 4.00 p.m. and had a 40 minute break to get the pasports stamp. and then continue our flight to KLIA at about 4.50.

location: KK international airport,
date: 11/02/2008
KK - KL flight(MH2709) was quite smooth. had sandwich, an apple, and a cup of tea as in-flight meal. MAS now serve in flight meals in boxes, something like those japannese restaurant rice set box(bento box??). we then landed in KL at about 7. Nothing much with KK- KL flight. safely landed in KLIA terminal and proceed to the transit counter to get my KL- Adelaide boarding pass. after that, my dad n i had dinner at burger king and i proceed to terminal C with the KLIA's train(i don't remember the name). dad then proceed to LCCT to catch his flight to penang. As i arrive at the star building, i went straight to gate C25 but since the gate was not open, i went walking aroud terminal C. and of course, during that time, called my friends. and sms and all the other stuff. i also feed my phone's credit so i can call while i am in adelaide. i didn switch on my laptop due to lack of time to enjoy KLIA's wireless services.

location: KLIA, gate C25, starbuilding
date: 11/02/2008
gate C25 open at 8.30 p.m. After going through another round of security check, and get my boarding pass torn, i went into the gate and waited for the boarding time at 9.45 p.m. recieve calls from mum, dad, cousin, and friends. Board a boeing 777-200 with the sitting arrangement of 2-5-2 and i manage to get an aisle seat(38H). i was siting with the Adelaide Crows, a football team and chatted with 2 of their players. they had a game in Dubai and had a night in KL before going back to adelaide. Nope, i didn't had any pictures with them, and no i didn't get their signatures. MH139 took off at approx 10.00 p.m. My flight was quite full.

location: in the end belly of MH139, [Boeing 777 - 200]
date: 11/02/2008
the flight to adelaide takes approx 6 hours and 38 minutes, which fly pass indonesia, south-west direction straight to adelaide. in flight, i watch 2 episodes of CSI, 1 episode of Dr House and 1 movie(gameplan). Late dinner was serve at approx 11.00 p.m. and early breakfast was serve at about 3.00 a.m. heacy turbulence were experience when we flew past indonesia and sitting again right at the back of the plane(38H) maks me feel like i am sitting in a salt shaker being shake for about 2 hours. they had chicken, beef or bow tie pasta for dinner and i choose the pasta since i wasn't hungry at all. after my late dinner and 2 CSI and 1 Dr House, i slept for a while and woke up. then early breakfast is serve, freezer cold muffin and some kind of pastry. had to warm them up with my hands before consuming into my tummy.

air temperature in the plane is quite cold and dry causing me to have some discomfort when i breath with my nose... so i ask for a warm cup of chinese tea.(they serve jasmine tea on-board) to solve my prob, i will just breath the steam from the hot cup of tea. which makes me feel so much better.... hahaha.. i had 2 cups of jasmine tea and 2 cups of 'english' tea. after my early breakfast, i watched gameplane and then slept for another short while. when i woke up, almost the whole plane is awake, which means we are arriving shortly. btw, free flow of beer is serve as well in flight.

i filled up my declaration form and played some in-flight games. a bright light shown through the window indicate that the sun had came out, and i saw adelaide for the 1st time. the 1st thing that came into my mind was.... "Wow.. Adelaide is...... erm.... flat!!!" yeah.. from air, adelaide is a flat piece of land. no hills no mountains... not like sabah, the whole journey you can see the earth going up and down and up and down. after that, the 1st assistant made his speech on behalf of the captain.

location: adelaide international airport runway
date: 12/02/2008
touch down was quite smooth, and we safely arrive at adelaide international airport at about 4.45 a.m. (7.15 adelaide local time). Over all, the flight was quite okay, considering its my 1st international flight out of malaysia.

p/s: will continue with my 1st day in adelaide another time.
p/p/s: not much photos taken during flight due to bad lighting and i am not sitting at a window seat.
p/p/p/s: all time stated is according to malaysian time.