06 July 2009

tweet: stranded in Bangkok

Fuh. Another basi entry; about my Bangkok trip continuation post. I know its almost a month since I went there, but I still insist on blogging! I dont think Ill ever forget my last day in Bangkok. Sucha rare experience, I guess.

After all th last minute shopping on my last day of th trip, Abah called and said tt I might have some prob getting on th plane back to SIN. I didnt thought much about it at first cos I thought tt there must be at least ONE vacant seat right, and so we proceed to th airport.

Ucu checked us in and I thought tt everything was fine cos th pet service lady didnt mention anything. Two minutes later, she said tt I had to go on standby. Standby, fine. We were hoping hard for a seat on tt flight cos it was th last one to SIN for tt day. Next flight is at 7 AM th next day.

After waiting for what seemed like forever, we approached th manager.

Manager: There are ten more passengers who havent checked in. You will have to wait for ten more minutes and Ill check for you again.

Ten minutes later, seven people checked in (all of us actually counted), so we have three vacant seats!

Manager: There are three vacant seats left. But unfortunately, you are th forth person on standby today. You will have to wait for th next flight, Miss.

!_!

Boo right! So unlucky. Heh. Actually, I was semi excited about staying all alone at Bangkok for another night. I thought it'd be a fun experience. Huhu. So I bid th others farewell and went on exploring Suvarnabhumi airport....

My Longchamp and th red luggage which my dad bought from our last Bangkok trip in 2004!

Tips for survival - buy food! Found a halal stall and bought myself a packet of rice with some chicken dish and spaghetti (I know so tamak and penakut lapar kan?)

And burger too. Hah hah hah hah. I should kill myself for being paranoid about being lapar th whole night. Hah hah hah 

Found a surau!

Th ticket which didnt get me a seat. Boohoohoohoo

Unzipped my bag yang dah terlalu full to take out th charger. 

Oh I bought a book after changing SGD 50. 

Tips for survival two - bring an adapter! I was lucky I remembered to borrow Kakak Yaya's adapter. My battery was almost flat!

After resting and charging my hp in th surau, I head down to th food village to have dinner. Burger was average. Fruity smoothie was awesomeeee!

I was bored and didnt know what to do, so I ate all th food tt I bought. Th spaghetti sucks but th rice with chicken dish was nice. 

Wandering around th airport.

Sat down for a while... observing others... Went to th public phone to call my parents. Then called Joo to kacau her at work....

Took a pathetic picture of myself. I think th passerbys wouldve thought tt Im a psycho or something seh

Oh my goodness! It 2045! Whaaaaaat?! Only two hours have passed?! *faints*

Went back to th surau to freshen myself up.

Took off my tudung and untied hair. Sat down alone, doing nothing (didnt think reading Ladyboys in th surau was appropriate... didnt feel like listening to iPod either)

Changed my pants to this super comfy pants which I just bought. I look silly in this seluar ali baba, but who cares!

Took panadol which Mak Long gave to me. I wasnt even pening, but rase macam nak dekat pening. Hah hah hah hah. 

Wander around th aiport again. Went to all th toilets. Asked AirAsia about their rates for flight back to SIN (3000 Baht btw). Changed my loafers to Birks. I walked in th most malas walk ever. 

0053! Im halfway through!

Was uncomfortable so I walked around th airport again and sat here. 

It was freakin sejuk tt I had to do this! I know!!! So sloppy!

I slept like this for two hours. So terok kan! Pegang bag ketat ketat okay!

It was around four when I waked up from my very uncomfortable sleep. I totally forgot tt I didnt have toothpaste so I asked from one of th Thai lady in th toilet. Hah hah hah. Tak tau malu kan? Heh

Bestnye dpt bukak tudung after like 6 hours....

Waiting for 5 am! SQ booth akan bukak!

Continue reading Ladyboys....

SQ booth finally bukak!

Called my parents again...

Checked myself in and I got a seat! YAY YAY YAY!

Dont ask me why I didnt go online when I have nothing to do th whole night. I guess I didnt wanna spend this rare experience just sitting in front of th comp. Oh th rates are super cheap btw! Checked my mail, twitter and blog. Huhu. 

Went through th immigration and all tt stuff. Check out th time! Its time to go homeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!

Romeo Hotel! I always clean this freakin plane all th time. And I took Romeo Hotel too when I came back to SIN from Brisbane last year. 

While waiting for boarding. Penat menunggu sampai tertido for like ten minutes okay. So paiseh cos a lot of businessmen yang segar bugar dan bau wangi sat around me (while I look so busok and sloppy in seluar ali baba + Birks)

My last pic before flying back home. Huhu. Was too exhausted to take more pics! Cant help noticing th "world", which is 2000! Tertido again before th plane took off. Tau tau je, telinga dah sakit. Th people who sat around me were all Thai guys but I really didnt care. I slouched th whole time (which wasnt really me!) and even put my kaki up th tembok! Touched down and saw my mom waiting for me right outside th aerobridge gate. Whoopie. I felt so relieved to see someone familiar. Huhu. Abah, Kakak Iqa, Mak Long and Pak Long all waited for me outside. Thanks for fetching me. Huhu ^^

Although I didnt get on th scheduled flight, I guess there is a nikmah behind it. Being alone at Bangkok somehow prepares me for life in Perth. It will be lonely (at first) but its gonna be a fun wild ride ><

Hehe.

PS: I shouldve volunteered to clean th plane for free lor. Then maybe theyll let me on th flight. Haha.

PPS: Sorry to th Thai dude who tried to make friends with me at th airport! I was too sleepy to bother. I just ooohed and ahhhed th whole time. I would totally make friends with him if I was in a better mood la. Thumbs up for th pen pick up line though! 

PPS: I shouldve gone for another round of massage at th airport! Now I have around 300 Baht and I had no use for it! Grrrr!