Hmm.... a lot of things to say today.... And yes i am now in UK already. Came back on Saturday... will fill in the details in a while...
And anyways,
Saturday...
Reached the airport at 745 today. Checked in, then the woman told me that my luggage is 4kg overweight, and that they will charge me for it, which will mean like, $300+ in excess baggage charge. So i tried to repack, but then those inflexible people at Change Airport wouldn't burge. So in the end, my sis went to the duty officier in charge of this flight to 'charm' him with her words (she's good with that) into letting me check in my other bag, eventually he did, but by then the flight has already closed (8.45am), so i had to bring my luggage to the gate to check it in. And i was rushing like hell, cuz i'm told to hurry (even though the plane has been rescheduled to 9.45). Which is stupid, in retrospect, cuz why am i hurrying, cuz i will be seating in the waiting area, waiting, and i hate that. I did reach the gate with 10 minutes to spare, and no one stopped me from bring in 3 bags(laptop, trolley, back pack). So i din care. I din ask to check the bag in or anything like that. Which made me feel stupid again, cuz i could have juz brought the bag into the plane, rather than panicking at check in. I forgot to get cigarettes for Johnny.
There was a hydraulic fault with the plane. So they had to change planes, and they would be ferrying us from the gate to a 'remote parking area' to board the plane 'shortly'. But the 'shortly' was like 30 minutes at least, and by then Cynthia and Becki (who were on the same flight) were starving. But got the see the airport from the apron, different view, which was kind of cool. Eventually stepped into the plane ard 10.15 and realised that my seat, 35K was next to a wall, which kind of defeats the purpose of a window seat right? They din tell me that 35K, while technically, is a window seat, is not next to a window. So i ended up having to fight for the window with that girl in front, who insists on having the window shield down. told the stewardess to tell that girl to put the window shield up cuz i get restless if the shield is down, which is entirely not true, but i dun care. Plane departed at 10.57am, 2 hours after the original departure time of 9am.
Got no eye candy this time round on the plane. I think the standard of the food dropped. Not much taste in the egg noodles, and the scallops were too hard. Good thing was the Magnum ice cream for desserts. Watched Bruce Almighty, Nemo, The Quiet American and Moulin Rouge. Bruce Almighty is good. Very Funny. Cabin crew was feeding us sandwiches, Ritz Bits, Toblerone towards the end of the flight. Which was stupid when they could have done that b4 breakfast, when everyone was starving and needed a snack. But that's juz me. Sometimes i complain too much, i think.
Lawrence fetched us at the airport, and we waited for Derrick, whose flight was only 1.5 hours after ours, after that delay. Reached Hazel Farm at 10plus at night after going to Tesco. My room is small. Carpet is stained with white patches. Kitchen is small, things all over the table. This is my new home for at least the next 4 months. What to do? might as well get used to it. =)
Sunday...
Woke up at 4.30 in the morning. Did some packing, then went back to sleep and then woke up again at 8.30. Went down to Ikea at Croydon. We din really know where it was, so we juz drove to these 2 huge chimneys (based on lawrence's intuition that Ikea is nearby), then only realised on arriving that is the Ikea, blue and yellow building, juz like the one in Singapore. =) Really cool, u know. The 2 huge chimneys are like landmarks, cuz that was like a tallest thing in the area. And the Ikea is so much bigger than the one in Singapore. Huge warehouse. Bought pillow, cups, hangers, lamp etc... 9 items for juz £16... not too bad. Wanted to go to the Warehouse size Next and Boots next door. But din have time. Next stop was Wing Yip to get our Chinese stuff. Rice, Soy Sauce, Tofu, instant noodles. Something the size of Tesco, and all Asian food. Amazing.
Went back to Heathrow again. This time to pick up YC. Then went to Wagamama for dinner. Chilli Chicken Ramen. Went home. Unpack somemore. Went to sleep.
I'll leave Monday to tomorrow.
