Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Short Getaway

Last month I was connecting my days off with July to make it longer days off,in total I’ve 13 days off. I went back to Malaysia. July,a very special month to me because its third years together with JS. Connecting days off is not easy to get as my seniority is not senior enough but I must make it no matter what. JS is having one month semester break and we planned for a short getaway to Redang island.

From my hometown Ipoh à Terengganu is not an easy journey (I never thought of it). Every thing was planned by Mr.JS and he did some mistake on our transportation and it caused that we had missed out the marine park visit. But it’s fine, travelling should be happy ^_^ as long as I’m with him.

Lets see how did I get there.
We took bus from IpohàKLIA 2 (4hrs)
Waited 3hrs for our flight from KLIA 2àTerengganu (1hr)

At Terengganu airport someone picked us from there and took 30min journey to the pier. Again waited for 2hrs for the ferry and 1hrs45min to the island we choose. In total we took almost 13hrs to reached our destination.   
Now,enjoy my photos ^_^

 Heading to the Kalong Island.









 Wooden house that we stayed.

 We went snorkeling twice per day and as you see the water is as clear as crystal. Super enjoyed.
 It was selected as "The Best Resort 2012" by Tripadvisor. No doubt,although there's not thing else except the wooden resort we stayed. Food was very delicious prepared by their chef everyday,JS ate too much without controlled. Many foreigners here like tourists from China and Australia.

Finally,Happy 3Years Anniversary my dear JS. <3 nbsp="" p="">

Monday, July 21, 2014

No body listen to my story

Hi is M3 Dom here. Today let’s talk about my current working airline. Why working here and Why not.
Recently we had changed new uniform,what do you think? Hmmm…
The old one was better OR the current one?

Old uniform
New uniform


Some people they would join the airline is because of their uniform ,are you one of them too? Its ok,there’s no right or wrong with it as long as you like it. I still remember when I went for interview I asked some of the candidates around me why they choose this airline,their answer is… “ Owhh,this is the only airline which allow crew member to put on hijab (is a veil that covers the head and chest,which is particularly worn by a Muslim woman). My dream is to become a flight attendant and I’m a Muslim so I’m so happy they are hiring Malaysian again after many years.” See,an airline’s uniform could makes people dream comes true.So there’s not thing wrong by choosing an airline by the uniform design.
When I had been hired I was told to be based in Kuala Lumpur,but last month had announced about me? Let me tell you the reasons of making me to stay.

Long night stop. Comparing to others airlines this airlines having more hours layover. Mean you have more time to go out during layover. For example, flying to New York is 13 hours. Here I got minimum layover 33hrs but my friend from other airlines with similar flying time but layover for 26hrs only. Some other destinations could up to 50hrs or more.  

Hotel. For internationals layover company providing good location (normally in city center) 4 or 5 stars hotels.

Work load. We don’t have many services like others 5 stars airline. For me,its an easy job.

Tax Free. One of the biggest benefit. I enjoy tax free salary and the pay is similar with 5 stars airlines.

Days Off. The only airline giving 5-6 days off consecutive every month. If I make some swapping I could even get more. I did combined two months of days off and after did some swapping I got 17 days off.

Annual Leave.Every year we got 30 days annual leaves without separating. So you can enjoy one month leave with pay.

Accommodation and transportation are provided by company. It helps me to save a lot of money.
Of course,there’s some thing good and also there’s bad too.
Jeddah-Kula Lumpur flight is always full load. If you are not with the luck,sorry you have to be in standby for the flight. So going home is not an easy task. It could make you disappointed any time.
Passengers profile and background here is the biggest challenges I have to face. There’s a culture male and female beyond of family member are not allow to sit together. Always headache during boarding. And most of the local passengers they couldn’t read their seat number correctly. It’s a hard time for crew members.

Some thing you might not know~
Weather :
Maybe you will only know that Middle East  is only HOT HOT HOT for whole year. But actually there’s two seasons here,winter and summer. From March to October is summer,September to February is winter. Summer could up to 45 degree centigrade,that’s really crazy. I will just stay at home and blog,like now =D Lollll During winter its great. Average temperature is around 20 degree centigrade everyday and some places like Riyadh will cold like London. I’m serious. 

Any topic you wish me to write about you are always welcome. 

Any question you may email to dominiquechoe@hotmail.com  


Friday, April 11, 2014

Milan, Italy

I was almost give up on this flight. Hmm… Because I was overlooked my roster. It’s really terrible for a flight attendant, it may cause a lot of problems and profile will be not clear any more.
I traded this Milan flight one day before my original flight. Confident to myself, did not double check the reporting time and date. Careless. That night I went to bed around 2300 and the Milan flight’s reporting was 0145. I was still under “Know Nothing” situation.  Check hostess outside my compound called to my mobile phone to check on me and my housemate Sam picked it up,she was watching movie in the living room. I believe she get shocked in that moment. Of course I’m sleeping. Sam banged into my room and woke me up. Shit! My mind was empty, I know I’m late. I was wondering to take medical sick leave. But this matter will cause my profile in bad record. I don’t want. I told the check hostess I will get ready as soon as possible and reach to her. I immediately put on my uniform (without makeup), packed “throw” all my needed stuffs into my luggage. Sam was helping and me what to bring and what to do. Take a deep breath for 2 seconds, make my mind clear.
ü  Jacket
ü  Winter coat
ü  Boots
ü  Casual wear
ü  Cosmetics
ü  Skin care
ü  Currency
ü  Phone charger
ü  Camera
Check list done!
Ran to check hostess and report myself. Check hostess : ” You are able to catch the flight.” Get into the bus … and I’m saved. Sweat~ Ive another 10min to put on my makeup in operation before reporting time.
Night flight,didn’t rest well and I was in bad condition. My headache was killing me in the flight. After 5hrs and 30 min flight,finally I’ve arrived. Body was screaming “I NEED TO REST!” Slept in the crew bus while on the way to the hotel. Reached the hotel, removed my makeup,washed my face and ly on the bed. But I couldn’t sleep, jetlag. Put on a simple makeup again and went out alone.
First station : Santa Maria da Grazie. Metro : Conciliazione

To see master art “The Last Supper” by Leanardo da Vinci’s late 1490s mural painting in Milan,Italy.
I was pretty lucky when I on the way to St.Maria, I met a sister and she guided me there. Reached there around 1010 in the morning and the available ticket for next group to visit the paint was 1245. I bought the ticket and walked around. At that time I met a Chinese bag packer,DaShan who studying in UK. As he was waiting to visit the art too. We make friend there and he bought me to places that I wanted to visit. I’m a lucky girl ^_^
He bought me to Castello Sforzesco and took me a lot of nice photos.
 
 Although it's just first met and it's in random we do share a lot of our experienced life stories. That's interesting.
This huge palace was amazed me, what I watched from movies and read from the fairy tale story books palace is really exist and I'm here =)
Also feel like in Harry Potter magic school ... Lol 





Thank you DaShan, you took me a lot of nice photos. 
After the palace we were heading to the famous church Duomo. He knew the way and I saved plenty of time from reading the map.


Duomo
I failed to find the Longchamp store =( I know you are somewhere here.


Half an hour before visit the "The Last Supper" we went back again to Santa Maria de Grazie. The authentic paint is located in a hall under protection and it's not allow to take picture inside. So I just able to take this outside the church. Feel bless... after seeing the authentic art piece. =)

After we had our lunch we went back to Duomo and that's the time we have to say goodbye. He need to catch a train to another destination,Venice. Before he left I gave him a piece of 1 Saudi Riyadh paper note as souvenir.
A photo to remember.^_^
And than I went up to the roof of Duomo alone.




I'm at top of the roof.

Next time coming to Milan again I'll take a train to Venice. Hope it will come soon. =)
And thanks for reading my blog.^^





Ouhh Manchester~

After Manchester(MAN) flight had been stop flying for several years,I don't know how long it is exactly. This is my honor to operate the first flight from Manchester to Jeddah. Lucky me =) Although it's only a short layover but most important is I'm flying with my housemate,Sam.

Super excited! BECAUSE I'm going to most of the guys dream football stadium "MANCHESTER UNITED STADIUM" located at Old Trafford. That's first cool~ I even did online search bout ManU team song and learn to sing "Glory,Glory Man United. Glory,Glory Man United." hahahaha... Second cool,that's I'm going to deadhead (as a passenger but in uniform) all the way to London!!! Wowww... And we had been upgraded to First Class. No need to squeeze in a small seat and enjoyed better food,I could sleep well on a 180' with massage comfortable seat. When I woke up,breakfast is ready to serve.
At this time captain came and asked
Captain, "Make sure all of you with UK visa."
Me, "Malaysian,we do not need UK visa."
Captain, "I know better than you."
... Sigh,the truth is I fly without UK visa and I'm on board at that time. Captain "ARE YOU OK?Please don't fool bout yourself." Arab's ego style. So I just keep quiet and look at Sam who sitting beside me. 
After we arrived at London we had to take British Airways fly to Manchester. Third cool~ Few girls with checked in luggage were in another ground Sam was there and I'm going to immigration like normal passengers. (At that time all crews having liquid more than 100ml in our hand luggage) One of the senior crew asked the ground staff bout information where and how to check in our hand luggage. The "I know better" captain speak out to all of us "If you want to ask any thing,ask me. Please do not simply question any body here." =_= Fine,so we followed what he did. The immigration took us a lot of time. And it's close to our departure time. After the immigration our hand luggage still with us. We follow the flow took a lift and ....(trouble came)... It's security check. I didn't see the captain at that time,crews were worried bout their hand carried luggage. As you,you,you,and you know,more than 100 ml liquids are not allow to bring in. Of course all of us know,but we cant go back to the level where we came before that. Time is running,the "I know better" gone. We had no choice and have to tell the securities bout our problems. Such a shame. Crew members with more than 100 ml liquids going through security. One of the crew was not willing to dispose her items and showing bad attitude. Sorry to say that even you are my colleague. She almost delayed all of us and brought troubles to the supervisor. This trip was ruined with this incident. Anyway we still managed to catch our flight and safely arrived to Manchester.
#1  Land of Manchester
#2   Handsome? LoL~  
#3  In Old Trafford town .On the way to stadium..
#4  Taking pictures non stop. Just because it's so incredible ! 
 #5  Hye boy,you wish to come with me too?
 #6  Speechless...
 #8  While waiting Sam for her souvenir shopping in mega store,we just had fun around with silly poses.
 #9
 #10  "Sam,have you done your shopping? I'm starving now. "
We bought the last tour trip for museum and stadium walk. 30min more for the last stadium tour so we went for lunch first at "Red Cafe".There's no photo of my lunch because I'm so hungry and just forget bout it. Anyway I had a huge beef burger and I couldn't finish it. The food came late and we were late for 20min for the tour. 
#11  In the cafe.
#12  (Screaming)
 #13  Thank god for giving me this amazing experienced. I'm not a football fever but hope to have an opportunity to watch a real match in this stadium again.  
 #14
 #15
 #16
#17  In the museum.
 #18
 #19  Back to hotel and start hunting.
 #20  This's not Big Ben ~

 Next day morning,pack my luggage and back to Jeddah. See you soon MU ^_^