Kuala Kedah Jetty

We could only manage the noon ferry, and compounded by this being a Saturday, it seemed to be the most popular trip. The next one after would be at 1.30, and that may be too late for us if we want to enjoy today at Langkawi.

We set off from the hotel at around 10, after everybody had a hefty breakfast. It was only a 15 minutes drive to the jetty but getting the MOV parked - there were no formal roofed parking space here - was tricky. Finally, we saw somebody waving at the side of the road with a sign saying “Parking Berbumbung”. We literally parked next to his house. And yes, it was covered and it was right opposite the road from the ferry terminal.

Problem solved. But we missed the 10.45 ferry. Initially we thought that the ferry will depart every hour at the half hour. Apparently it had been changed - and of course with no prior details. So, for the past hour, we have been enjoying our ice creams in the terminal, the crowd was building up and the ferry had just moored.

We should be off in the next 20 minutes. Time to drag the bags! Langkawi, here we come!

3 Days

My lab at Park City had just undergone a national audit earlier this week and in the last couple of weeks, the staffs had been hard at work making sure that the audit went successfully and without a hitch. The assessor came to visit on Tuesday with a short interview with me on the same afternoon. That also meant that I had been traveling back and fro regularly lately between the two hospitals and to be honest it could be tiring.

Luckily I managed to cancel a few clinics making the workload in Subang slightly bearable during the duration of the audit.

The feedback had been largely positive and the assessor did come up with a few suggestions for the hospital which would help my lab service. Hopefully the management had been paying attention. But credit must go to my lab manager who made everything looked easy ..... Well done!

Now that the audit was done, it was time to have a nice cup of mocha ....

Return to Routine

Back today and spent the morning unpacking as well as going into work for a quick ward round. Wasn't able to get much done afterwards since I was distracted. Wished that in could just spent the afternoon with my camera instead.

Then an idea struck me. Might as well get my photos from the Melbourne trip sorted out and get going with a blog entry or three.

The boys were back soon after and I was with Idlan finishing his homework. The bed beckon soon. I could do with an early night. Rather tired with the travels.

Just Landed

It wasn't the smoothest of flight although I must say the food on the flight was surprisingly good. Maybe I was starving.

Landed in Brisbane about an hour ago, and is now en route to the hotel. There was a long wait for other delegates and I was able to grab one of the local prepaid SIM - which came with 10GB data! Crazy!

So, it looks like I wouldn't be off line after all. The program starting from tomorrow afternoon would be packed. At least I will have tomorrow morning off. It would be events and meetings one after the other right after - including dinner on both Friday and Saturday evening.

And a nice cosy bedAnd then I would be leaving on Sunday late afternoon. No rest after that.

Best to enjoy some free time later, catch on a bit of a rest, shower and ironing. But dinner first!

The Final Morning

The weather was the best on the final morning before we departed as if it knew that we were leaving. Reluctantly, we had to pack. The boys were still asleep and missed breakfast. My father-in-law was at the TV watching the UMNO Meeting.

And I took a stroll around the hotel, this time taking just my iPhone to take videos. We planned to leave just after lunch, and should reach KL by 3 pm. We would be going straight to the apartment after leaving my in-laws since the boys were desperate for wifi and Wii U. Kids this days ....

Nice morning sunBye bye room ...I would be going through the tons of images which I had taken during the stay. Hopefully would have time to update the blog further before I start working this weekend.