A Quick Hop

A bit of a change this weekend with an overnight trip down south to Singapore on Friday. Great that I would be back on Saturday evening and would have the Sunday to chill.

I was at the hospital early that morning to clear a few things before Anita dropped me at KL Sentral for early lunch. The journey to KLIA was tight as the train was full. Most of the passengers however went on to KLIA2. My flight was only half full.

Didn't pack muchThe train to KLIA was packedDelayed ...The schedule for the rest of today and tomorrow looked full. I would go straight to the conference venue from the airport, then to attend the faculty dinner before my pickup back to the hotel at 9.30 pm. I would only check myself in then.

It would be an early start tomorrow. Pickup would be at 7.30. My talk would be after the coffee break in the morning before being taken straight to airport for a 7pm flight.

En routeWaiting for my pick-up from the airport ...What should I do on Sunday then? There is a hifi show in town. Maybe I'll go to that ...

Returning Home

Three nights away initially seemed long, but with the talks and other stuff, the rest was limited. Maybe I should've returned on the Saturday evening rather than stay until Sunday. I had to wake up early still and the transport for the airport came at 8.30 in the morning.

But I had other plans that morning. Mahmud, an old schoolmate from MRSM came to pick me up to the airport, stopping over at his new bicycle shop - although he is a pilot actually - before another spot of breakfast after checking in.

Ready to leave the hotelWaiting to boardI slept very early last night, practically falling off to sleep the moment I reached the hotel after dinner and quick walk in town to get some gifts. The sun was already up by 6, and I got up at 5 in the morning. I did all the packing then before going down for breakfast, and later check out and waited for Mahmud at the lobby.

I reached KLIA just after 1 in the afternoon - hungry as I didn't really enjoyed the meal on the plane. Took the KLIA Express to KL Sentral before being picked up to the apartment. Anita and the boys were out for a birthday party at Kidzania, so I had a shower and headed out to town for some food.

Landed at KLIA

The big but empty bagNice to be back homeBack to the usual routine I guess. Good thing I cancelled my clinic tomorrow. The boys would be on their last day of holidays and they were keen to watch the Avengers. Better get that organised I guess.

Out of Town

After a hectic week, and a hectic weekend. Just done with the boys concert - which I missed - and now on the ERL heading to KLIA to catch a flight to Kuching. A short overnight stay, to deliver a talk late tomorrow morning.

Had time to go through the slides but adjustments needed aplenty. Hopefully would be able to sort those out in time to board the flight. Reckon it would be full house.

Might be able to catch some sleep and some chill time at the hotel tonight. My return flight would be late afternoon, teaching KL by Maghrib.

Ready to Roll

I only managed to spend about an hour at home as I reached home rather late. Busy on call last night, ending up having to redistribute my patients to be looked after by my colleagues. Luckily, they were all very helpful.

As soon as I arrived home, I did some last minute packing, got my chargers and cameras organised. Documents and currencies and all the necessary stuff.

This being a Monday evening meant that the airport was rather empty. Checking in was straight forward. It was all done straight to Milan, so all I had to carry would be my piece of hand luggage. My flight would be via Amsterdam. Just a short stop there to change gate.

Since I'll be flying KLM, I'd better have something to eat before I leave. The food on the flight tended to be atrocious. And that was on business class. I would be flying cattle tonight ...

Good to be Home

Am back now after a longer than expected flight home due to strong headwinds. Considering that, the flight was pretty smooth. I touched down t KLIA just after 5pm. Got my bags pretty quickly after and decided against taking a can back.

I'm now waiting for the KLIA Express at the newly refurbished terminal downstairs. Not all the system were online yet, including the problem of buying the train tickets. I ended up having to purchase ten on arrival at KL Sentral. Bizzare!

It had been a good trip. My first experience of Japan. It had been a positive one and hopefully I could return with the family for a holiday trip. At the moment, I was looking forward to share the titbits with Puan Anita and the boys when I reach home. I will some time to reflect on the trip later and of course blog about it more. For the money, it was time to chill ...... and back to work tomorrow ....

More on my Kyoto trip here.