hello people!! i just came back from kuching, Sarawak. had to attend a work conference because i submitted a paper for oral presentation. because i am not fit to travel alone, i decided to make it a work cum holiday trip together with the parents and the sister.
so here we go! my travel-blog day one!
find my flight!woke up early at 6 am. did the last minute packing and off we went out from the house at 7.15am. flagged a cab and reached airport nearly 8.15am. but we were very early because the check-in counter wasnt opened yet. so we just waited around and when the counter was opened, we checked in our luggage (only 1 actually) and got our boarding passes.
since it was very early and we had a whale of a time on hand, we decided to take the skytrain to T2 to get breakfast in Burger King. Break record number 1: Abba had BK breakfast. never ever have he said yes to having a breakfast which does not consist of prata mwahahahaha...!!
breaky done, we took the skytrain back to T1. while waiting for boarding, yours truly had this urge to visit the toilet for big business, mwahahahaha...!! so had to ask the family to give me some time while i rush to do my business. went in for security checks on hand luggage after that.
sat around the waiting area and boarded the plane at around 9.40am. the take-off was a bit delayed because there were apparently a lot of planes in queue for take off. while waiting, we joked around with the sis so that she wont be nervous. she was a wreck when she was told we were going by plane. well, she actually was scared when the plane was on take-off. muka pucat lesi, and she was grabbing to the armrests. but she was ok lah. no crying or anything like that. after a while, she forgot that she was in a plane. siap menjenguk luar tingkap lagik. chet, cheat my feelings betol budak nih!
because of the delayed take-off, we landed later than expected. reached Kuching at 12.25pm. did our check-out and luggage claim and we were stepping on Kuching soil already.
was driven in the hotel limousine to the Four Points by Sheraton hotel. This is where the congress was being held.
after checking-in to the room and settling down a bit, i went to the congress floor to register myself as a delegate and sent my presentation cd to the speaker preparation room. i love my name-tag. so pretty hor!
done with that, we went down for lunch. i donno why but the area was quite deserted. the hotel is near the airport but not in the city area. which is so not fun. so i asked the hotel staff, where is the tempat makan area around there. he said, there's one kedai india on the opposite. LUCKY! that one kedai mama is our frequent food provider throughout our stay there. what a strange place to hold an international congress!
so we went to have lunch at this kedai mama called Bombay Masala.
lunch done, back to hotel to take a rest and napped a bit. at 7pm made my way to the Opening Ceremony of the Congress. lucky thing i met an orthodontist i frequently work with so she was my dinner partner for that night. if not i would be this one selenger bacin girl from spore who will be sitting alone in a free-sitting buffet dinner.
opening ceremony was full of speeches. i expected some cultural dance for the opening welcome. but alas, we were given a stage full of young gerls wearing little somethings dancing to steps which reminded me of the 1990's rap group Feminin. then there was an orchestra with and opera singer. *faint!*
lucky thing the dinner was good. and it helped that i was sitted beside A REALLY GOOD-LOOKING MALAY MAN who shared the same phone as me! i think he could be well over 2metres tall. sayang betol he wasnt wearing his name-tag, if not i would have looked out for his name and attend his session if he was presenting. i didnt see him again after that. *sulk*
dinner done, back to hotel room, chatted a while with family and off to lalaland. ngantuk sey!
ok chiows. see you in day 2!
ilal liqaa...!!
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