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 ...

Got me some Euros

4. 16. That was the exchange rate this afternoon when I went to the money changer. 1 EUR cost me RM 4.16. I must confess that I haven't been doing any homework as fat as the exchange rate was concerned. I went out thisbafternoon since u had some free time, and just went ahead to buy some Euros. Not cheap from the sound of things.

Even the queue at the exchange was painful. Being at KLCC, there were plenty of foreign visitors doing some business and the clerk seemed to be extra careful in scrutinizing the foreign notes. Maybe they had been conned a few times before.

I would be on call tomorrow, so the only time to get organised was Saturday afternoon. Packing and hair cut done. I only wished that I had more time to relax before the long flight.

Reading on Lugano

It had been a long day. I only reached hone after Maghrib, and by the time I had ny shower and prayer, it was already dinner time. The boys had some test tomorrow at their Qur'an school, so they had to do a bit of reading.

That meant that I would be left alone in front of the TV after dinner. And no, I won't be watching Buletin Utama. Not my cup of tea. So, I decided to do a bit of reading.

Last weekend, I picked up a book on the Italian Lakes at Kinokuniya. So, I decided to have a peek into it. This had been my habit for my trips. The idea was that at least I would have an idea of what to expect and what not to miss when I got to the venue. So far, it had worked. I read about places to visit and shop at Atlanta. Nothing much but at least I knee what to expect. Of course I read about Kyoto before the trip, and the place was amazing.

I would be leaving for Lugano next Monday evening via Amsterdam and Milan. The scary part was, I would be in call on Sunday. Hopefully I could settle my admissions quickly and pass then in to my colleagues. It would be a tiring trip again from the looks of things.