Saturday, November 18, 2006
29th October - Jaslyn's bday @ Sentosa!
celebrated jaslyn's bday in sentosa. booked 2 connecting rooms at the beaufort hotel. crew gets 50% off published rates! haha... was fun to hang out in the sun (even though it was cloudy for most part of the day) & finally got to try the luge. quite fun as it can go quite fast. Had a fantastic branch in this indian restuarant...
Thursday, November 09, 2006
27th April 06 Venice
took a overnight train from Rome to Venice... arrived in the wee hours. Its a really lovely place...
Friday, October 27, 2006
tired but happy...
juz came back from jarkata nightstop... surprisingly light load on the way back. only 34 in economy. almost unbelievable. but it was a terrible stay in the hotel. some idiot called me at 5am, woke me up then at 845am, mosquitoes woke me up! there were like 4 bites on my neck n shoulder area, 1 on my cheek and i think got bed bugs! my legs were itching whole morning. horrrrrriiiibllleee.. so my gym/swim/tan plans were ruined. slept thru call time...
m tired but happy.. mayb not happy but glad? relieved? satisfied? in my previous post i mentioned tat sq 217 Melbourne is my 1st flight without probation and guess wat? i received my 1st compliment letter addressed to me on the return sector. it was from my complex leader. a fun n nice malay leading steward. 2wards the end of the flight, he asked me: "gabriel, a lot of crew like to say thank you right?" i was like... "ya. all the time". then he continued: " wats the pt of saying just for the sake of saying?" & promptly proceed to pass me a piece of paper. i was caught off handed & then almost speechless. its a crew feedback form. inside he wrote, " even though gabriel has just passed probation not long ago, his work could pass off as some1 tat have work for more than 3years...." he said, why not give me something that will go into my record rather then just saying thank you n hoped tat i will continue to be humble n hardworking n not bcome a 'zappy' crew like most of 'them'. to add on to my sense of achievement, the other LSS tat i worked with on the way up asked if she could add in her name. haha.. i must say i was in cloud's nine. (p.s. since i m boosting here might as well go all the way. duringmy 4th month flying, 1 LSS actually asked if i was a returning crew! =P)
ok.. enough of haolianess. i was telling timothy that this melbourne trip was 1 of the more fulfilling 1. i went out for lunch, did some shopping n had coffee. met tim's fwen, gabin. its nice to have fwens to hang out with when ya out stations. it makes u feel less lonely... =) thanks tim!
here are some pics by my personal photographer, tim.
gabin, tim & me @ max brenner
m tired but happy.. mayb not happy but glad? relieved? satisfied? in my previous post i mentioned tat sq 217 Melbourne is my 1st flight without probation and guess wat? i received my 1st compliment letter addressed to me on the return sector. it was from my complex leader. a fun n nice malay leading steward. 2wards the end of the flight, he asked me: "gabriel, a lot of crew like to say thank you right?" i was like... "ya. all the time". then he continued: " wats the pt of saying just for the sake of saying?" & promptly proceed to pass me a piece of paper. i was caught off handed & then almost speechless. its a crew feedback form. inside he wrote, " even though gabriel has just passed probation not long ago, his work could pass off as some1 tat have work for more than 3years...." he said, why not give me something that will go into my record rather then just saying thank you n hoped tat i will continue to be humble n hardworking n not bcome a 'zappy' crew like most of 'them'. to add on to my sense of achievement, the other LSS tat i worked with on the way up asked if she could add in her name. haha.. i must say i was in cloud's nine. (p.s. since i m boosting here might as well go all the way. duringmy 4th month flying, 1 LSS actually asked if i was a returning crew! =P)
ok.. enough of haolianess. i was telling timothy that this melbourne trip was 1 of the more fulfilling 1. i went out for lunch, did some shopping n had coffee. met tim's fwen, gabin. its nice to have fwens to hang out with when ya out stations. it makes u feel less lonely... =) thanks tim!
here are some pics by my personal photographer, tim.
gabin, tim & me @ max brenner
Sunday, October 22, 2006
SQ 217
location: australia, melbourne, crown promenade hotel
damn nice lor the hotel. so new. so white... n casino so near. haha.. so i m in melborne now. beri cold still. 9 degrees. bleearrrggghh..
bad bad bad bad bad flight today.... oh my gaawwwd... actually i was quite excited bout the trip bcoz i luurvv melbourne n i m gonna meet tim n my probation juz ended n so got no more P plate next to my name in the crew list. but guess wat... in total there are 4 junior crews (including me) in the flight, so all cannot work business class, so all in economy, and so put all 4 junior crews together = ??? DISASTER!!! i was alone in aft with only 1 FSS n 1 LSS. so i was working like mad and fwd was super slow bcoz 1 of the fss only 1 mth flying. so we had to cover fwd until beri beri far n i also start to blur bcoz not enuf meals & trays in my galley so i was running around like mad dog trying to get trays!
i shall not talk bout work. the flight is over anyway n nothing matters liao. i juz need to eat n sleep n wake up n eat n work n sleep.
damn nice lor the hotel. so new. so white... n casino so near. haha.. so i m in melborne now. beri cold still. 9 degrees. bleearrrggghh..
bad bad bad bad bad flight today.... oh my gaawwwd... actually i was quite excited bout the trip bcoz i luurvv melbourne n i m gonna meet tim n my probation juz ended n so got no more P plate next to my name in the crew list. but guess wat... in total there are 4 junior crews (including me) in the flight, so all cannot work business class, so all in economy, and so put all 4 junior crews together = ??? DISASTER!!! i was alone in aft with only 1 FSS n 1 LSS. so i was working like mad and fwd was super slow bcoz 1 of the fss only 1 mth flying. so we had to cover fwd until beri beri far n i also start to blur bcoz not enuf meals & trays in my galley so i was running around like mad dog trying to get trays!
i shall not talk bout work. the flight is over anyway n nothing matters liao. i juz need to eat n sleep n wake up n eat n work n sleep.
Thursday, October 19, 2006
8th Oct Graze @ Rochester
finally got to meet up with tim and huiling together on tim's departure day. had brunch at graze at rochester. beri nice atmosphere. a bit atas. a bit ex. haha.. (back-dated post)
me, tim & huiling
ron & tim
travis & me
me & huiling
me, tim & huiling
ron & tim
travis & me
me & huiling
Rome Part 2
SPANISH STEPS (Scalinata di Piazza di Spagna) - The monumental stairway, of 138 steps, was built with French diplomat Stefano Gueffier’s funds (20,000 scudi) in 1723–1725, linking the Bourbon Spanish embassy to the Holy See, today still located in the piazza below, with the Trinità dei Monti church above. In modern times the Spanish Steps have included a small cut-flower market, a favorite place for eating lunch (now officially frowned upon and rewarded with fines) or picking up a gigolo!
VATICAN CITY (Stato della Città del Vaticano) - A sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a landlocked, almost completely walled, enclave within the city. The entire state is about 44 hectares and thus is a European microstate. It is the smallest independent nation in the world, created in 1929. Although it is governed by the Bishop of Rome (the Pope), the Vatican City State is not the Holy See but can be said to be the governmental capital of the Catholic Church.
I must say the trip to Rome was fun and memorable. The team that i flew with is so bloody nice. None of the typical aircrew bitchyness or zapping. Every1 worked equally hard. Every1 partied equally hard. Below are some random pictures! - up next - VENICE.
VATICAN CITY (Stato della Città del Vaticano) - A sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a landlocked, almost completely walled, enclave within the city. The entire state is about 44 hectares and thus is a European microstate. It is the smallest independent nation in the world, created in 1929. Although it is governed by the Bishop of Rome (the Pope), the Vatican City State is not the Holy See but can be said to be the governmental capital of the Catholic Church.
I must say the trip to Rome was fun and memorable. The team that i flew with is so bloody nice. None of the typical aircrew bitchyness or zapping. Every1 worked equally hard. Every1 partied equally hard. Below are some random pictures! - up next - VENICE.
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