03 May 2017 // Wednesday
So today was supposed to be an Okinawa (OKA) chartered flight but after hearing how horrible this flight was I decided to swop it away for a PNH. The original cic was nice enough but I'm surprised another cic got called up on the very morning.
She overheard from someone that I was leaving the company soon so she put me to work in Business Class with her so she could "interrogate" me ahaha.
Business Class was full on the way up and 9 on the way back. A pleasant surprise that more than half of the passengers were not eating on the way up so we had some time to rest.
Other than that it was just another PNH.
:))
Friday, May 5, 2017
End of Mini-Holiday
01 May 2017 // Monday
That's officially the end of my mini holiday.
On the way back I worked in Business Class and the load was light!
Midway through the flight this Caucasian couple started searching frantically in the cabin for something so I asked if they needed help. The gentleman told me he just dropped his wedding band so we started searching as well. My cic found the ring eventually and the passenger thanked my cic for "saving his marriage". We were dumbfounded haha.
Coming back was much faster than expected and I must say this was one of my best Cairns!
That's officially the end of my mini holiday.
On the way back I worked in Business Class and the load was light!
Midway through the flight this Caucasian couple started searching frantically in the cabin for something so I asked if they needed help. The gentleman told me he just dropped his wedding band so we started searching as well. My cic found the ring eventually and the passenger thanked my cic for "saving his marriage". We were dumbfounded haha.
Coming back was much faster than expected and I must say this was one of my best Cairns!
Thursday, May 4, 2017
3rd Cairns!
29 April 2017 // Saturday
So its my third CNS and its especially special because my special one is coming with me!
Putting aside the fact that he paid $1.6k for the ticket, it was a pretty enjoyable trip.
On the way up to CNS the load wasn't too full and we took a quick nap before starting breakfast service.
I think its either due to our late commencement for duties or whatsoever we ended up working our asses off till landing.
We didn't even have time to finish our goodies we bought onboard. Food are not allowed into Australia but we managed to sneak some into the country because we were exempted from the customs check.
Yay to the weekends and PH on Monday spent in CNS!
So its my third CNS and its especially special because my special one is coming with me!
Putting aside the fact that he paid $1.6k for the ticket, it was a pretty enjoyable trip.
On the way up to CNS the load wasn't too full and we took a quick nap before starting breakfast service.
I think its either due to our late commencement for duties or whatsoever we ended up working our asses off till landing.
We didn't even have time to finish our goodies we bought onboard. Food are not allowed into Australia but we managed to sneak some into the country because we were exempted from the customs check.
Yay to the weekends and PH on Monday spent in CNS!
Thursday, April 27, 2017
wtf KL
27 April 2017 // Thursday
So its KL again today and I got a shock when I saw the going up load of 145 and what's more shocking is that coming back was only 28! So we all expected a battle going up.
As we commenced boarding about half the aircraft cabin was filled with Sri Lankans who wore the same t-shirt and are prolly going on some mission in Malaysia. We were joking about how we are doing a semi-Colombo (CMB) flight.
Going up was already crazy enough (as usual) and what's worse was that some passengers even asked for milo (wtf?) my crew just stared at me in disbelief lol.
Sadly we gotta clean the entire cabin for coming back sector even though it was a super light load. When cic made announcement to commence boarding, my S3 thanked me for boarding in advance claiming that I would be able to handle 28 pax alone haha.
Upon boarding, my S3 stood at 5D and coincidentally, passenger who boarded was seated at 5D so she had to step out. She stepped to 14D and I followed suit, only to have her chased out by the second passenger who was seated at 14D too. This happened for the third time when she stepped to 17D. The next passenger who boarded was seated at 18D. Just as she thought she managed to "escape" this time, the forth passenger seated at 17D came by, and all of us were having such a great laugh that despite the super light load our S3 is so unlucky to keep stepping into passengers' seats.
That's all for KL today! Gotta pack for CNS tomorrow lo~~
So its KL again today and I got a shock when I saw the going up load of 145 and what's more shocking is that coming back was only 28! So we all expected a battle going up.
As we commenced boarding about half the aircraft cabin was filled with Sri Lankans who wore the same t-shirt and are prolly going on some mission in Malaysia. We were joking about how we are doing a semi-Colombo (CMB) flight.
Going up was already crazy enough (as usual) and what's worse was that some passengers even asked for milo (wtf?) my crew just stared at me in disbelief lol.
Sadly we gotta clean the entire cabin for coming back sector even though it was a super light load. When cic made announcement to commence boarding, my S3 thanked me for boarding in advance claiming that I would be able to handle 28 pax alone haha.
Upon boarding, my S3 stood at 5D and coincidentally, passenger who boarded was seated at 5D so she had to step out. She stepped to 14D and I followed suit, only to have her chased out by the second passenger who was seated at 14D too. This happened for the third time when she stepped to 17D. The next passenger who boarded was seated at 18D. Just as she thought she managed to "escape" this time, the forth passenger seated at 17D came by, and all of us were having such a great laugh that despite the super light load our S3 is so unlucky to keep stepping into passengers' seats.
That's all for KL today! Gotta pack for CNS tomorrow lo~~
Best KL
26 April 2017 // Wednesday
So I am on amsby today and just came back from leave so I originally wanted to call in to request for a China flight. Got to know from my batch girl that she is gonna mc for her Kathmandu (KTM) so I was really afraid I'd get called up for KTM. Just as I was pondering my next step, I received the call from OCC and activated me for first KL. KL two days in a row before CNS; I got no complains man.
What's even luckier is the load! 59 and 48... what on earth? Super light load!
But the ground staff must be crazy to assign almost everyone at the back of the aircraft like full at each row.. even the passenger questioned me and I couldn't answer.
Other than that, this is the smoothest and bestest KL ever so far... I've got no comments xD
P.S. Kudos to my man who sends me to work everyday without fail even at the oddest hours like today :)
So I am on amsby today and just came back from leave so I originally wanted to call in to request for a China flight. Got to know from my batch girl that she is gonna mc for her Kathmandu (KTM) so I was really afraid I'd get called up for KTM. Just as I was pondering my next step, I received the call from OCC and activated me for first KL. KL two days in a row before CNS; I got no complains man.
What's even luckier is the load! 59 and 48... what on earth? Super light load!
But the ground staff must be crazy to assign almost everyone at the back of the aircraft like full at each row.. even the passenger questioned me and I couldn't answer.
Other than that, this is the smoothest and bestest KL ever so far... I've got no comments xD
P.S. Kudos to my man who sends me to work everyday without fail even at the oddest hours like today :)
Hyd... Hyderabad... Holiday!!!
19 April 2017 // Wednesday
Yay last flight before leave! India overnight always leaves me with nothing to look forward to.
Gonna keep it simple... Having passengers who can't decided whether they wanna eat... And passengers who asks for beer one and again even though they haven't touched the first one.
Haiz... Tidy up my tired feelings and off I go for my long awaited holiday!
Yay last flight before leave! India overnight always leaves me with nothing to look forward to.
Gonna keep it simple... Having passengers who can't decided whether they wanna eat... And passengers who asks for beer one and again even though they haven't touched the first one.
Haiz... Tidy up my tired feelings and off I go for my long awaited holiday!
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Happening HKT
17 April 2017 // Monday
Been some time since I did HKT and I must say its a killer to do this flight during Songkran because both ways are full! To add on to this horror, there's more of those one-kind passengers (OKP) which I mentioned before.
Here's one at Row 5.
Upon boarding she was seated in jcl and her mother seated in ey, but she decided to swop so her elderly mother could enjoy jcl. We had no problem with that.
Next she pressed call bell to ask me for a toy for her nephew. "Is it still the green spongebob and the plane plushie?" She probably was trying to show she knows our stuff very well but I am not impressed at all. So I told her yes its still those two in which she replied, "ee, so leychey," (sorry I can't explain the meaning of that) "but never mind la, give me one each." she continued. *roll eyes*
When I was pushing down my cart to Row 5 and serving special meals along the way, I reached Row 5 and was about to serve the baby meal at 5ABC, this OKP at 5DEF interrupted me by asking, "Come, tell me what's the entree choice today?" She totally caught me by surprise because (1) I wasn't ready to serve her yet and (2) who the hell uses the word entree? I managed to blabber to her "just give me a moment please" where's she perfectly fine with it.
When I finally reached her I offered the fish or chicken to her and she asked to see both meals! I rolled my eyes a hundred times inside and unwrapped the foil to show her. She was taking her own sweet time to pick and choose by weighing the healthiness of the choices and finally opted for the fish because "there was more greens". After picking the fish she asked for the chicken too and I told her I can't give her extra unless all passengers have been served. She agreed and carried on with her meal. *phew finally*
Then the second challenge came when I was serving this young Indian couple. They don't look local, so when I offered the meals, he stared at me for a few seconds before asking me for vegetarian meal. I told him it was only by request basis and offered him biscuits. He waited a few seconds while staring at me and asked for orange juice. I repeated my question to know whether they wanted biscuits and he stared at me AGAIN, waited and waited and waited... "ya of course" he said.
..........
First sector closed. Here comes the second sector's first OKP. Row 5 AGAIN.
I stood at 5ABC for boarding and since I was pretty tall I usually close the compartment above so I can stand straight. When this family boarded, this lady who seems like the MIL started putting all their bags in the compartments across. I was worried the passengers at 5DEF will not have space for their bags later on so I asked the MIL if she wanted to put it in the compartment above but she ignored me and continued. *rages inside*
After they settled down, I opened the empty compartment above them and this MIL started standing up and transferring all her bags and blocking all the boarding passengers. Why are there such stubborn passengers!
Something on a lighter mood, I'm surprised a kid below 2 years old can speak and answer questions perfectly. I think its my first time seeing an infant speak so I find it very amusing.
Finally it comes to landing time. This couple asked about their connecting flight to Brisbane (BNE) which is boarding at 8.30pm and we were supposed to land 8.40pm but because of slight delays we're landing at 9pm. They asked, "so what am I gonna do if this plane lands at 9? Is the aircraft gonna hold for us?"
Rule number one; if you are asking a favour, please ask nicely.
The way they asked the question triggered the inner sarcastic me. I asked if they booked the connecting flight themselves and they nodded. "Sir, ma'am, I would suggest you to book a longer transit the next time you book your flights, preferably at least 2 hours. I can't promise the aircraft would hold for you, but the ground staff would assist you in anyway they can."
I ended up checking the seat plan and realized half the plane passengers are heading to BNE.
Such a happening HKT...
Been some time since I did HKT and I must say its a killer to do this flight during Songkran because both ways are full! To add on to this horror, there's more of those one-kind passengers (OKP) which I mentioned before.
Here's one at Row 5.
Upon boarding she was seated in jcl and her mother seated in ey, but she decided to swop so her elderly mother could enjoy jcl. We had no problem with that.
Next she pressed call bell to ask me for a toy for her nephew. "Is it still the green spongebob and the plane plushie?" She probably was trying to show she knows our stuff very well but I am not impressed at all. So I told her yes its still those two in which she replied, "ee, so leychey," (sorry I can't explain the meaning of that) "but never mind la, give me one each." she continued. *roll eyes*
When I was pushing down my cart to Row 5 and serving special meals along the way, I reached Row 5 and was about to serve the baby meal at 5ABC, this OKP at 5DEF interrupted me by asking, "Come, tell me what's the entree choice today?" She totally caught me by surprise because (1) I wasn't ready to serve her yet and (2) who the hell uses the word entree? I managed to blabber to her "just give me a moment please" where's she perfectly fine with it.
When I finally reached her I offered the fish or chicken to her and she asked to see both meals! I rolled my eyes a hundred times inside and unwrapped the foil to show her. She was taking her own sweet time to pick and choose by weighing the healthiness of the choices and finally opted for the fish because "there was more greens". After picking the fish she asked for the chicken too and I told her I can't give her extra unless all passengers have been served. She agreed and carried on with her meal. *phew finally*
Then the second challenge came when I was serving this young Indian couple. They don't look local, so when I offered the meals, he stared at me for a few seconds before asking me for vegetarian meal. I told him it was only by request basis and offered him biscuits. He waited a few seconds while staring at me and asked for orange juice. I repeated my question to know whether they wanted biscuits and he stared at me AGAIN, waited and waited and waited... "ya of course" he said.
..........
First sector closed. Here comes the second sector's first OKP. Row 5 AGAIN.
I stood at 5ABC for boarding and since I was pretty tall I usually close the compartment above so I can stand straight. When this family boarded, this lady who seems like the MIL started putting all their bags in the compartments across. I was worried the passengers at 5DEF will not have space for their bags later on so I asked the MIL if she wanted to put it in the compartment above but she ignored me and continued. *rages inside*
After they settled down, I opened the empty compartment above them and this MIL started standing up and transferring all her bags and blocking all the boarding passengers. Why are there such stubborn passengers!
Something on a lighter mood, I'm surprised a kid below 2 years old can speak and answer questions perfectly. I think its my first time seeing an infant speak so I find it very amusing.
Finally it comes to landing time. This couple asked about their connecting flight to Brisbane (BNE) which is boarding at 8.30pm and we were supposed to land 8.40pm but because of slight delays we're landing at 9pm. They asked, "so what am I gonna do if this plane lands at 9? Is the aircraft gonna hold for us?"
Rule number one; if you are asking a favour, please ask nicely.
The way they asked the question triggered the inner sarcastic me. I asked if they booked the connecting flight themselves and they nodded. "Sir, ma'am, I would suggest you to book a longer transit the next time you book your flights, preferably at least 2 hours. I can't promise the aircraft would hold for you, but the ground staff would assist you in anyway they can."
I ended up checking the seat plan and realized half the plane passengers are heading to BNE.
Such a happening HKT...
Monday, April 17, 2017
DRW isn't that bad after all
16 April 2017 // Sunday
DRW again on a Sunday but this time with a much more comfortable load. I chose S4 for the day because I felt so tired and wanted to catch some rest behind.
Can't recall much from the first sector except for the heavier load and the extremely long flight time. Sadly one lavatory couldn't be locked from inside because the lock broke so we foresee a tough time handling the passengers later.
And this Japanese couple with their extremely small infant. I can't help but worry about bringing kids that young onboard an aircraft. Other than them making a ruckus, the amount of germs and bacteria they're exposed to is also another concern.
Since it was Easter today, each of the passenger trays came with one chocolate Easter egg except the special meals tray. This passenger who ordered Vegan meal asked, "why is it that the whole world has the chocolate egg except me?" Like how we learn in training, choice of words is very important. I explained to her that we do not cater for special meals because of the ingredients of the chocolate egg, but if she'd like to have one I have plenty extra. She took one and continued complaining about how we don't provide jam on the tray for the bread because they don't eat butter. That isn't a valid enough reason for us to cater jam for your personal preference right? I explained to her and she argued, why we provide butter when she's vegan. I took the butter from the normal tray and proved to her, that the "butter" on her tray is actually margarine. She kept quiet and continued eating her chocolate Easter egg.
On the returning sector, this passenger showed me his boarding pass which clearly states 26C as his seat but he told me the ground staff changed it to 12D. I didn't really get it because there was no amendment on the boarding pass so I just brushed it off. The very next moment, this gentleman was clearly upset because his seat "was changed three times" and someone was seated in his 12D. Without much consideration I immediately squeezed my way through the boarding crowd and asked the ground staff to come in to settle this. It eventually turned out that the passenger at 12D was seated wrongly. As this gentleman was waiting for all this to get settled he stepped slightly into the row behind. To my utmost horror, the passenger in that row asked him to move away! Imagine the anger inside.
After everything was sorted out, he got his seat 12D and in fact the entire row is empty but it is non-reclinable since the row behind was an emergency exit row. Although the ground staff told me he was aware and fine about it, I decided to move him forward since Row 6 was empty and reclinable. He was very glad and appreciative about it. Case closed!
One jcl pax also recognized me the last time I did DRW and told me he lost his specs on the last flight and asked me to find it for him. Lolol but I really couldn't!
And... one PPS in EY who was such a nice guy we had a really nice long chat in the cabin and he had lots of drinks too. He thanked me for taking care of him and said how much he loved Singapore!
And guess what? We actually touched down almost an hour earlier than scheduled arrival time!
Such a nice flight to work with and nice crew... DRW isn't that bad after all!
DRW again on a Sunday but this time with a much more comfortable load. I chose S4 for the day because I felt so tired and wanted to catch some rest behind.
Can't recall much from the first sector except for the heavier load and the extremely long flight time. Sadly one lavatory couldn't be locked from inside because the lock broke so we foresee a tough time handling the passengers later.
And this Japanese couple with their extremely small infant. I can't help but worry about bringing kids that young onboard an aircraft. Other than them making a ruckus, the amount of germs and bacteria they're exposed to is also another concern.
Since it was Easter today, each of the passenger trays came with one chocolate Easter egg except the special meals tray. This passenger who ordered Vegan meal asked, "why is it that the whole world has the chocolate egg except me?" Like how we learn in training, choice of words is very important. I explained to her that we do not cater for special meals because of the ingredients of the chocolate egg, but if she'd like to have one I have plenty extra. She took one and continued complaining about how we don't provide jam on the tray for the bread because they don't eat butter. That isn't a valid enough reason for us to cater jam for your personal preference right? I explained to her and she argued, why we provide butter when she's vegan. I took the butter from the normal tray and proved to her, that the "butter" on her tray is actually margarine. She kept quiet and continued eating her chocolate Easter egg.
On the returning sector, this passenger showed me his boarding pass which clearly states 26C as his seat but he told me the ground staff changed it to 12D. I didn't really get it because there was no amendment on the boarding pass so I just brushed it off. The very next moment, this gentleman was clearly upset because his seat "was changed three times" and someone was seated in his 12D. Without much consideration I immediately squeezed my way through the boarding crowd and asked the ground staff to come in to settle this. It eventually turned out that the passenger at 12D was seated wrongly. As this gentleman was waiting for all this to get settled he stepped slightly into the row behind. To my utmost horror, the passenger in that row asked him to move away! Imagine the anger inside.
After everything was sorted out, he got his seat 12D and in fact the entire row is empty but it is non-reclinable since the row behind was an emergency exit row. Although the ground staff told me he was aware and fine about it, I decided to move him forward since Row 6 was empty and reclinable. He was very glad and appreciative about it. Case closed!
One jcl pax also recognized me the last time I did DRW and told me he lost his specs on the last flight and asked me to find it for him. Lolol but I really couldn't!
And... one PPS in EY who was such a nice guy we had a really nice long chat in the cabin and he had lots of drinks too. He thanked me for taking care of him and said how much he loved Singapore!
And guess what? We actually touched down almost an hour earlier than scheduled arrival time!
Such a nice flight to work with and nice crew... DRW isn't that bad after all!
Work on a PH...
14 April 2017 // Friday
So its Good Friday today and sadly I have a mid day PEN and what makes it even more tempting to call in sick is that my roster is OFF PEN OFF so 3 days off do sound tempting right...
But anyway, my extended family have a advanced Mother's Day lunch and in order to accommodate me. We had lunch at Peach Garden at the airport and had to rush off for my flight.
Not to mention how full the flight both ways was and the amount of special meals we had, I was S1 for the day and that meant a load of 3 and 10.
I was basically not in the mood for work since it was PH and being S1 made me feel all the more "left out" hahaha because I'm totally not aware what's going on at the back especially when we have an sny.
Blah Blah Blah this post is rubbish because I forgot what happened. #kthxbye
So its Good Friday today and sadly I have a mid day PEN and what makes it even more tempting to call in sick is that my roster is OFF PEN OFF so 3 days off do sound tempting right...
But anyway, my extended family have a advanced Mother's Day lunch and in order to accommodate me. We had lunch at Peach Garden at the airport and had to rush off for my flight.
Not to mention how full the flight both ways was and the amount of special meals we had, I was S1 for the day and that meant a load of 3 and 10.
I was basically not in the mood for work since it was PH and being S1 made me feel all the more "left out" hahaha because I'm totally not aware what's going on at the back especially when we have an sny.
Blah Blah Blah this post is rubbish because I forgot what happened. #kthxbye
Thursday, April 13, 2017
Series of Events in a Day
12 April 2017 // Wednesday
So today's my one and only 3 sectors for the month! Danang-Siem Reap (DAD-REP) today.
The series of events start as we took the lift to departure hall. As my set of crew was about to exit the lift, a foreign Asian man stepped into the lift hurriedly before we even got out. His face seemed to be puzzled and shocked from seeing us but trust me; we were feeling the same too. He stood right in the middle of the lift as we struggled to get out of the small lift with 7 people inside.
So I was doing jcl today and our Captain is a "top 3" I would say so I was really on my toes the whole time. Jcl load was 12, 7 and 10 so it wasn't going to be an easy day for me. Its never easy when there's 12 in jcl so my cic and I were working our ass off. Thank god we had a few minutes to munch on our food before preparing for landing in Danang.
Transit passengers to REP are requested to disembark as a security sweep needs to be done. When boarding in DAD for REP, a family told us they were not aware that this flight is not direct. My crew told them that multiple announcements have been made by tech crew and cabin crew but they said they didn't know until they disembarked and realized it wasn't REP.
The middle sector only lasted 1 hour but the weather got really bumpy that my stomach was kinda churning so I'd really rate it a 8 of 10. After the seatbelt sign was turned off, a passenger feedback that she hated turbulence and hated taking flights and asked us to do something abut the weather. Let me summon the gods then?
As we were landing into REP, Captain announced that Angkor Wat can be seen from the left side of the plane so almost instantly you could see all the heads turning to look out. My jcl passenger decided to unfasten his seatbelt just to see the view ad what's worse was that we were very close to ground. The little fuming me inside was very tempted to yell at him but my cic said to ignore. Even on ground, I was tempted to be sarcastic towards him but I held back.
On the last sector, it was already almost 8pm as we departed so just as I guessed, most of them had their dinner already so they decided to skip the onboard meals. They had a good sleep and my cic and I had a good rest too. Just can't wait to land.
After arrival in SIN, as we were walking out into Arrival Hall, this middle aged uncle was slowly pushing his trolley of luggage after collecting his luggage from the conveyor belt. We could foresee a collision between our set of crew and him since we crew have to head for the red channel (which is further) and the uncle only has to go through green channel (which is in our way). But as the circumstances looked we seemed to be able to walk past him before colliding, which actually also mean he gotta kind of let us pass first. But I think since its in a crew's blood to give way, our set of 6 cabin crew and 2 tech crew eventually stopped and let this uncle walk first.
And so, his friend shouted from behind, "walao eh brother! what you doing!"
Hahaha and we all secretly laughed inside.
Anyway here's a picture of the sunset in Siem Reap.
#offdaytomorrow #likefinally
So today's my one and only 3 sectors for the month! Danang-Siem Reap (DAD-REP) today.
The series of events start as we took the lift to departure hall. As my set of crew was about to exit the lift, a foreign Asian man stepped into the lift hurriedly before we even got out. His face seemed to be puzzled and shocked from seeing us but trust me; we were feeling the same too. He stood right in the middle of the lift as we struggled to get out of the small lift with 7 people inside.
So I was doing jcl today and our Captain is a "top 3" I would say so I was really on my toes the whole time. Jcl load was 12, 7 and 10 so it wasn't going to be an easy day for me. Its never easy when there's 12 in jcl so my cic and I were working our ass off. Thank god we had a few minutes to munch on our food before preparing for landing in Danang.
Transit passengers to REP are requested to disembark as a security sweep needs to be done. When boarding in DAD for REP, a family told us they were not aware that this flight is not direct. My crew told them that multiple announcements have been made by tech crew and cabin crew but they said they didn't know until they disembarked and realized it wasn't REP.
The middle sector only lasted 1 hour but the weather got really bumpy that my stomach was kinda churning so I'd really rate it a 8 of 10. After the seatbelt sign was turned off, a passenger feedback that she hated turbulence and hated taking flights and asked us to do something abut the weather. Let me summon the gods then?
As we were landing into REP, Captain announced that Angkor Wat can be seen from the left side of the plane so almost instantly you could see all the heads turning to look out. My jcl passenger decided to unfasten his seatbelt just to see the view ad what's worse was that we were very close to ground. The little fuming me inside was very tempted to yell at him but my cic said to ignore. Even on ground, I was tempted to be sarcastic towards him but I held back.
On the last sector, it was already almost 8pm as we departed so just as I guessed, most of them had their dinner already so they decided to skip the onboard meals. They had a good sleep and my cic and I had a good rest too. Just can't wait to land.
After arrival in SIN, as we were walking out into Arrival Hall, this middle aged uncle was slowly pushing his trolley of luggage after collecting his luggage from the conveyor belt. We could foresee a collision between our set of crew and him since we crew have to head for the red channel (which is further) and the uncle only has to go through green channel (which is in our way). But as the circumstances looked we seemed to be able to walk past him before colliding, which actually also mean he gotta kind of let us pass first. But I think since its in a crew's blood to give way, our set of 6 cabin crew and 2 tech crew eventually stopped and let this uncle walk first.
And so, his friend shouted from behind, "walao eh brother! what you doing!"
Hahaha and we all secretly laughed inside.
Anyway here's a picture of the sunset in Siem Reap.
#offdaytomorrow #likefinally
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
PNH Problems
11 April 2017 // Tuesday
PNH again today!!!!! The load is really so unforgiving... 127 and 150 haiz.
I have come to realize that no PNH flights is ever good to do. Firstly most of them ar enon-English speakers, second... I have no idea too. Its just so hard and frustrating to do. You can tell by every crew's face after meal service and collection.
On the second sector, the final load was 148 although it was originally overbooked. Our cic asked the ground staff for help to tag the bigger bags so we wouldn't have baggage/space problem.
One of the first few passengers boarded and tried to fit their luggage in the overhead compartment. Obviously he realized it couldn't fit in so he asked me for help (count me unlucky since I was the nearest crew to him). We usually fit luggage vertically in to save space but if the bags get too bulky, fitting it horizontally usually does the trick. However for this case, despite my efforts, the luggage refuse to fit in. After I gave it one hard push, it fit just in. But the moment I turned my back to help the next passenger, I realized his wife was carrying the exact same luggage. Which based on my one year flying experience judgement, it will not fit.
So we made the ultimate decision: to offload the luggage.
Sadly both of them are Cambodians so they don't really understand what I was trying to get across to them. Before tagging the bags into the cargo, we gotta make sure that all valuables, medication, important documents, laptops or portable charger. But of course they couldn't understand me. As I was trying my best to understand where their final destination was, they just kept telling me Singapore and it shows the same on the boarding pass too. After communicating to the ground staff, another crew informed me that they were actually transiting to Brisbane. Oh my gosh. Big hooha on ground.
Meal service was crazily fast and that's when I realize how efficient we are when it comes to short flights. The load was 148 so we really had no time to spare and we were grabbing every minute we have to do everything.
A slight delay of 10 minutes but what was more memorable was the super hard landing that the crew seated beside me screamed "wtf" and grabbed me and same goes to the other two crew. I guess it was raining really heavily so it had to be a hard and firm landing else the aircraft would skid.
Anyway it feels good to be home and this weather is perfect for a good night's sleep zzz...
PNH again today!!!!! The load is really so unforgiving... 127 and 150 haiz.
I have come to realize that no PNH flights is ever good to do. Firstly most of them ar enon-English speakers, second... I have no idea too. Its just so hard and frustrating to do. You can tell by every crew's face after meal service and collection.
On the second sector, the final load was 148 although it was originally overbooked. Our cic asked the ground staff for help to tag the bigger bags so we wouldn't have baggage/space problem.
One of the first few passengers boarded and tried to fit their luggage in the overhead compartment. Obviously he realized it couldn't fit in so he asked me for help (count me unlucky since I was the nearest crew to him). We usually fit luggage vertically in to save space but if the bags get too bulky, fitting it horizontally usually does the trick. However for this case, despite my efforts, the luggage refuse to fit in. After I gave it one hard push, it fit just in. But the moment I turned my back to help the next passenger, I realized his wife was carrying the exact same luggage. Which based on my one year flying experience judgement, it will not fit.
So we made the ultimate decision: to offload the luggage.
Sadly both of them are Cambodians so they don't really understand what I was trying to get across to them. Before tagging the bags into the cargo, we gotta make sure that all valuables, medication, important documents, laptops or portable charger. But of course they couldn't understand me. As I was trying my best to understand where their final destination was, they just kept telling me Singapore and it shows the same on the boarding pass too. After communicating to the ground staff, another crew informed me that they were actually transiting to Brisbane. Oh my gosh. Big hooha on ground.
Meal service was crazily fast and that's when I realize how efficient we are when it comes to short flights. The load was 148 so we really had no time to spare and we were grabbing every minute we have to do everything.
A slight delay of 10 minutes but what was more memorable was the super hard landing that the crew seated beside me screamed "wtf" and grabbed me and same goes to the other two crew. I guess it was raining really heavily so it had to be a hard and firm landing else the aircraft would skid.
Anyway it feels good to be home and this weather is perfect for a good night's sleep zzz...
Crazy-Fun!
09 April 2017 / Sunday
Last day of 3 days! PEN today and we were down by one crew with the horrible full load of 145 and 150. On the second sector the ground staff in PEN gave us the wrong seat plan and we all thought out load dropped to 108 but it was a misunderstanding. Anyways crew was nice and seatbelt sign was on all the way too since weather was bad.
But for the second sector Captain decided to play tricks again by turning off the seatbelt sign, this time just as we started collection. The moment we realized the seatbelt sign was off, the face of the crew manning cart with me and my own expression was like "wtf..." we bent down and conversed in the cart and was complaining about why Captain turned off the seatbelt sign and then we stood up and continued smiling to all our passengers.
It was a super crazy-rush flight but like one of the crew said "crazy-fun". I was practically like throwing everything to the passengers haha (kidding la, how can I possibly throw anything) but everything was really so fast paced that I couldn't catch up with myself. My crew and I were practically laughing as we were doing service as we couldn't help but laugh at us being so crazily in service.
Such short flight are good once in a while, but I'd rather have a lighter load :)
Last day of 3 days! PEN today and we were down by one crew with the horrible full load of 145 and 150. On the second sector the ground staff in PEN gave us the wrong seat plan and we all thought out load dropped to 108 but it was a misunderstanding. Anyways crew was nice and seatbelt sign was on all the way too since weather was bad.
But for the second sector Captain decided to play tricks again by turning off the seatbelt sign, this time just as we started collection. The moment we realized the seatbelt sign was off, the face of the crew manning cart with me and my own expression was like "wtf..." we bent down and conversed in the cart and was complaining about why Captain turned off the seatbelt sign and then we stood up and continued smiling to all our passengers.
It was a super crazy-rush flight but like one of the crew said "crazy-fun". I was practically like throwing everything to the passengers haha (kidding la, how can I possibly throw anything) but everything was really so fast paced that I couldn't catch up with myself. My crew and I were practically laughing as we were doing service as we couldn't help but laugh at us being so crazily in service.
Such short flight are good once in a while, but I'd rather have a lighter load :)
Happening KL
08 April 2017 // Saturday
Day 2 of 3. This 4 sectors KL is one that I have been trying to give away but no one wants to take because nobody likes 4 sector KL.
1) Its super draggy because of the transit time.
2) You gotta clean the aircraft twice because there's no cleaners for KL.
3) We all hate the feeling of reaching SIN yet still having to do another 2 sectors.
So... I went for the flight. Weather was really bad for the first two sectors... So seatbelt sign was on throughout. EXCEPT for the second sector. Captain happily decided to turn off the seatbelt sign just as we finished service so we ended u having to serve coffee/tea orders to passengers who asked earlier.
Another OKP on this flight. Before takeoff as I'm checking the cabin I would turn on the reading lights for passengers who are reading because we would dim the cabin lights for take off and it is pretty dark outside already. I turned on the lights for this lady and as I walked back I realized she turned it off. So I politely asked if she would need the lights since we would be dimming the cabin lights. She looked at me and gave that kind of look and nodded reluctantly. What did I do wrong man?
So I saw how she turned off the lights once we were in the air after the cabin lights were on again so when I checked cabin for landing I did not turn on her lights for her. When the cabin lights dimmed, she looked up, looked back at me and closed her book, seemingly annoyed. #OKP
On our last sector back a family with a kid boarded first and Captain allowed him to enter the cockpit and he was so excited. Kids never fail to feel amazed at the cockpit haha.
And... We noticed this same lady who took our first flight from SIN-KUL coming back with us on our last KUL-SIN flight... still clad in her skin tight dress and branded handbag and nude heels. Wondering what she did in KL in just that few hours? Haha
As quoted by my cic... "After a thousand years we finally landed..." That's how it feels doing 4 sectors.
Day 2 of 3. This 4 sectors KL is one that I have been trying to give away but no one wants to take because nobody likes 4 sector KL.
1) Its super draggy because of the transit time.
2) You gotta clean the aircraft twice because there's no cleaners for KL.
3) We all hate the feeling of reaching SIN yet still having to do another 2 sectors.
So... I went for the flight. Weather was really bad for the first two sectors... So seatbelt sign was on throughout. EXCEPT for the second sector. Captain happily decided to turn off the seatbelt sign just as we finished service so we ended u having to serve coffee/tea orders to passengers who asked earlier.
Another OKP on this flight. Before takeoff as I'm checking the cabin I would turn on the reading lights for passengers who are reading because we would dim the cabin lights for take off and it is pretty dark outside already. I turned on the lights for this lady and as I walked back I realized she turned it off. So I politely asked if she would need the lights since we would be dimming the cabin lights. She looked at me and gave that kind of look and nodded reluctantly. What did I do wrong man?
So I saw how she turned off the lights once we were in the air after the cabin lights were on again so when I checked cabin for landing I did not turn on her lights for her. When the cabin lights dimmed, she looked up, looked back at me and closed her book, seemingly annoyed. #OKP
On our last sector back a family with a kid boarded first and Captain allowed him to enter the cockpit and he was so excited. Kids never fail to feel amazed at the cockpit haha.
And... We noticed this same lady who took our first flight from SIN-KUL coming back with us on our last KUL-SIN flight... still clad in her skin tight dress and branded handbag and nude heels. Wondering what she did in KL in just that few hours? Haha
As quoted by my cic... "After a thousand years we finally landed..." That's how it feels doing 4 sectors.
VVIPs vs. OKP
07 April 2017 // Friday
So its the start of my three day work pattern today. Short and sweet last PNH for the day and when I reported to the briefing room was surprised to find out am flying with three stewards!
The load for both ways was pretty full and what's more there's VVIP on the first sector in jcl so I kinda saw it coming that cic would put me in front. Call it sexism or whatsoever, there is this tendency of human belief that girls can actually do better in jcl than guys.
Well bad news before we even got on the plane; our incoming aircraft was delayed. Our flight departs at 1635h, so we are supposed to be in the aircraft at least an hour before, but our aircraft only arrived from Shenzhen at 1555h. Another set of MI crew was at the same gate as us, had their flight delayed too. We were all at the last gate F60 because we all had VVIPs on flight. They had the Crown Prince of Johor, while we had the wife of PNH's prime minister.
When we finally commenced boarding for passengers after god knows how long, the VVIPs came in last and the first thing I spotted was the three Hermes bag they were carrying; all crocodile skin. As expected they refused to put their bags up for take off so they asked us to keep it somewhere secure for them.
But after take off they're really nice since they asked for nothing except a glass of water. Going up load was only 9 and despite not all eating me and cic were busy like mad till we had to sit down to catch our breath.
Not looking forward to the full 12 in jcl coming back.
Anyways the station manager of PNH was going to be on our flight back and he told us how a PPS in EY was supposed to get an upgrade to JCL since it was his birthday today but was denied because JCL was full. We all felt bad for him but thankfully one passenger in JCL didn't turn up eventually so this PPS was really lucky.
There were a whole family of about 8 locals with three kids who are exactly the "one kind" passengers (gonna call them OKP from now on) I always mention. When I first took order from Row 1DF, the father and son both said they didn't want to have any food and only asked for two drinks from me. When I was serving Row 2DF their food (mind you they are one family), the father from 1F turned to tell me he "wants one too" while pointing to the beef choice I was serving. I clarified with him again whether he wants the beef choice or the chicken and he told me "same one" so I assumed it was beef. I double confirmed is it one or two sets because his child was there but he said one.
When I prepared another set of beef and was serving him he asked for one more for his son.
......
SO.... I took another set for the son. And guess what? On collection, they never touched the meals the littlest bit. So why waste my time?
And not to mention how one of my jcl lady brought me to EY JUST to tell me 5ABC and 6ABC are all her children.
VVIPs vs. OKPs... You decide.
So its the start of my three day work pattern today. Short and sweet last PNH for the day and when I reported to the briefing room was surprised to find out am flying with three stewards!
The load for both ways was pretty full and what's more there's VVIP on the first sector in jcl so I kinda saw it coming that cic would put me in front. Call it sexism or whatsoever, there is this tendency of human belief that girls can actually do better in jcl than guys.
Well bad news before we even got on the plane; our incoming aircraft was delayed. Our flight departs at 1635h, so we are supposed to be in the aircraft at least an hour before, but our aircraft only arrived from Shenzhen at 1555h. Another set of MI crew was at the same gate as us, had their flight delayed too. We were all at the last gate F60 because we all had VVIPs on flight. They had the Crown Prince of Johor, while we had the wife of PNH's prime minister.
When we finally commenced boarding for passengers after god knows how long, the VVIPs came in last and the first thing I spotted was the three Hermes bag they were carrying; all crocodile skin. As expected they refused to put their bags up for take off so they asked us to keep it somewhere secure for them.
But after take off they're really nice since they asked for nothing except a glass of water. Going up load was only 9 and despite not all eating me and cic were busy like mad till we had to sit down to catch our breath.
Not looking forward to the full 12 in jcl coming back.
Anyways the station manager of PNH was going to be on our flight back and he told us how a PPS in EY was supposed to get an upgrade to JCL since it was his birthday today but was denied because JCL was full. We all felt bad for him but thankfully one passenger in JCL didn't turn up eventually so this PPS was really lucky.
There were a whole family of about 8 locals with three kids who are exactly the "one kind" passengers (gonna call them OKP from now on) I always mention. When I first took order from Row 1DF, the father and son both said they didn't want to have any food and only asked for two drinks from me. When I was serving Row 2DF their food (mind you they are one family), the father from 1F turned to tell me he "wants one too" while pointing to the beef choice I was serving. I clarified with him again whether he wants the beef choice or the chicken and he told me "same one" so I assumed it was beef. I double confirmed is it one or two sets because his child was there but he said one.
When I prepared another set of beef and was serving him he asked for one more for his son.
......
SO.... I took another set for the son. And guess what? On collection, they never touched the meals the littlest bit. So why waste my time?
And not to mention how one of my jcl lady brought me to EY JUST to tell me 5ABC and 6ABC are all her children.
VVIPs vs. OKPs... You decide.
Friday, April 7, 2017
Laughter all in a Day's Work
05 April 2017 // Wednesday
Hi guys! April has been really boring for me so far. Nothing much in my roster to look forward to except for Cairns at the end of the month. Today was a Darwin (DRW) for me; another long ass flight.
My Captain for today is someone whom I know quite well; he added me on Facebook since the first time we flew together. He was a First Officer (FO) then, but today is my first time flying with him after he has been promoted. When left with S1 and S3 to choose my position, I chose to work in Business Class since the tech crew are pretty nice to get along.
Load in Business Class was 5 and 12 and in EY was 73 and 149. I chose S1 also because I really was too tired to face 149 passengers at the back haha.
When the caterers bought in the carts and meals in the oven rungs, he told us that everything fell on the way here so I was to check if everything was intact. The entire oven rung was slanted to one side and one of the meals spilled all over the oven rung so there was food everywhere. Everything on my jcl trays were gathered at one side of each tray and I had to rearrange everything but most was fine except for a chipped plate or two. The caterer had to re-uplift few food items since they were destroyed beyond recognition haha,
When the caterers bought in the carts and meals in the oven rungs, he told us that everything fell on the way here so I was to check if everything was intact. The entire oven rung was slanted to one side and one of the meals spilled all over the oven rung so there was food everywhere. Everything on my jcl trays were gathered at one side of each tray and I had to rearrange everything but most was fine except for a chipped plate or two. The caterer had to re-uplift few food items since they were destroyed beyond recognition haha,
Anyway nothing much on the first sector except the intriguing conversation between me and tech crew about life and marriage and such. On the way back, I was so flustered in JCL with the 1 passengers "chasing" me for food and drinks. I ran out of meal choice for the last four passengers and I felt really bad. Especially for 3A, who asked for Cider and Coke Zero which we both do not cater.
I eventually asked the aft crew if they were okay to give up the crew meals so I could offer to passengers and they were okay. But when I went back to offer them, they were no longer keen. But their faces still seemed pretty unhappy. I was on my toes the whole time.
When I headed into EY to get some stuff, I was shocked by the scene I saw. A full flight of big bulky Caucasians! Our passengers are usually quite small built so this was a different scene.
The aft crew shared a story to us how this Indian passenger drank beer thinking that it was apple juice and she stared into blank space there after.
On disembarkation, one passenger was so flustered looking for his glasses. Just as I was searching for him, his wife told him, "aren't you wearing your glasses?" Then I looked at him; and he laughed and walked away.
When we exited the aircraft back in Singapore, the ground staff mentioned one passenger left her passport so we all went back in to find the passport, to no avail but we found a scarf. One of the freelance crew bet with us that the passport is surely in the passenger;s bag because this is what always happen. When she went out to check with the passenger again, she came back telling us a joke.
The passenger didn't lose her passport, she lost her scarf.
Laughter all in a day's work.
Sandwich Yums
04 April 2017 // Tuesday
So it's a KNO for me today again!
We were down by one crew but had 2 cics because one of them just came back from maternity.
The load was pretty comfortable and it was a short flight so all was good.
Did I mention of the new sandwich menu was chicken rendang? Not spicy but full of lemongrass flavour.
#nothingelsetoblogabout
So it's a KNO for me today again!
We were down by one crew but had 2 cics because one of them just came back from maternity.
The load was pretty comfortable and it was a short flight so all was good.
Did I mention of the new sandwich menu was chicken rendang? Not spicy but full of lemongrass flavour.
#nothingelsetoblogabout
Monday, April 3, 2017
Overnights
01 April 2017 // Saturday
You know you've grown up when 1st April is just another Saturday.
Peaceful day for me. Took a nap before I went for the later COK today which departs near 11pm and arrives Singapore 8.20am. This is gonna be super shag flight because of the timing so I took a nap before going to work.
As people said, load was extremely light and comfortable and although I took a nap in the afternoon, still couldn't resist my closing eyelids especially when its so dark at night.
The morning sun was extremely bright and we landed at 8.10am. Headed for breakfast with Hubby's family before becoming a zombie and headed to bed. Sadly only managed to replenish 3 hours' of sleep and woke up feeling not right.
That's what one overnight does to my body.
You know you've grown up when 1st April is just another Saturday.
Peaceful day for me. Took a nap before I went for the later COK today which departs near 11pm and arrives Singapore 8.20am. This is gonna be super shag flight because of the timing so I took a nap before going to work.
As people said, load was extremely light and comfortable and although I took a nap in the afternoon, still couldn't resist my closing eyelids especially when its so dark at night.
The morning sun was extremely bright and we landed at 8.10am. Headed for breakfast with Hubby's family before becoming a zombie and headed to bed. Sadly only managed to replenish 3 hours' of sleep and woke up feeling not right.
That's what one overnight does to my body.
Chit-Chat Session
31 March 2017 // Friday
My first Semarang (SRG) flight since I started flying about more than a year ago!
Its a medium flight but with the full load and down by one crew its never an easy flight. Flying with the cic who went Cairns (CNS) with me so she put me S1 to work with her in Business Class. My load was 11 going up and 4 coming back but there's three air marshals (we call them star 5) so my actual passenger load is lesser.
My going up load consists of one whole group of 8 and the three star 5. They boarded together (4 adults and 4 kids) and they changed seats so I have no idea who is who. While taking orders I figured out the kids' names but have no idea about the adults. My cic and I were basically trying to figure out who is who but were extremely confused because they bore different surnames. I ended up giving in and went to ask the passenger for her name. *faints*
Anyway on the second sector I wanted to help the aft crew but got rejected by them so I continued chatting with my cic happily about everything under the sun.
Flights like this are the best~
My first Semarang (SRG) flight since I started flying about more than a year ago!
Its a medium flight but with the full load and down by one crew its never an easy flight. Flying with the cic who went Cairns (CNS) with me so she put me S1 to work with her in Business Class. My load was 11 going up and 4 coming back but there's three air marshals (we call them star 5) so my actual passenger load is lesser.
My going up load consists of one whole group of 8 and the three star 5. They boarded together (4 adults and 4 kids) and they changed seats so I have no idea who is who. While taking orders I figured out the kids' names but have no idea about the adults. My cic and I were basically trying to figure out who is who but were extremely confused because they bore different surnames. I ended up giving in and went to ask the passenger for her name. *faints*
Anyway on the second sector I wanted to help the aft crew but got rejected by them so I continued chatting with my cic happily about everything under the sun.
Flights like this are the best~
Weirdest Passengers
29 March 2017 // Wednesday
So I'm flying with my batchgirl today! It is our second flight since we graduated and it has been more than a year! Flights with batchies are always nice and hard to come by. So despite it being a short flight we never want to give it away!
It was just a short short Medan (KNO) today and both my batchgirl and I wanted to swap it away for longer flights (to earn more money) but changed our minds after we checked the crew! I wanted to swap it away because I was off yesterday and tomorrow so I feel a little "wasted" to do such a short flight with so much rest.
As mentioned we went for the flight and we got to work together! I'm S3 and she chose S5 because she had two more flights after this so wanted to do "less work" hahaha. One of the senior crew wasn't feeling well so she chose S2.
Since boarding we could already sense the weirdness in the passengers that was very different from people on all other flights. One passenger put all his bags into the overhead compartment, sat down and then took everything out and brought with him to the toilet.
Another one seated at 20C, was directed to his seat by my crew. My crew showed him to his seat and said, "sir, your seat," and he replied, "20C".
"Yes sir, this is your seat."
"Yes, 20C"
"Sir, this is 20C."
"My seat is 20C."
*facepalm*
Then on the second sector there's people rejecting me serving food to them but asking for food just as I left their row AND returning me the untouched food as I am doing collection. *rolleyes*
A passenger had a huge mole on his left cheek with extra long and curly hair on the mole.
Not forgetting that moment when 5 call bells went off one by one and my crew and I were scrambling to find pens and immigration cards for almost every passenger.
And that Row 5 mother, who at one moment wanted me to let her kid pass through my cart so he could go to the washroom, yet blame me for not clearing her tray AS I was letting her kid pass through, maybe you should tell me how to do my job.
This flight left all of us bewildered. All in a day's work~
So I'm flying with my batchgirl today! It is our second flight since we graduated and it has been more than a year! Flights with batchies are always nice and hard to come by. So despite it being a short flight we never want to give it away!
It was just a short short Medan (KNO) today and both my batchgirl and I wanted to swap it away for longer flights (to earn more money) but changed our minds after we checked the crew! I wanted to swap it away because I was off yesterday and tomorrow so I feel a little "wasted" to do such a short flight with so much rest.
As mentioned we went for the flight and we got to work together! I'm S3 and she chose S5 because she had two more flights after this so wanted to do "less work" hahaha. One of the senior crew wasn't feeling well so she chose S2.
Since boarding we could already sense the weirdness in the passengers that was very different from people on all other flights. One passenger put all his bags into the overhead compartment, sat down and then took everything out and brought with him to the toilet.
Another one seated at 20C, was directed to his seat by my crew. My crew showed him to his seat and said, "sir, your seat," and he replied, "20C".
"Yes sir, this is your seat."
"Yes, 20C"
"Sir, this is 20C."
"My seat is 20C."
*facepalm*
Then on the second sector there's people rejecting me serving food to them but asking for food just as I left their row AND returning me the untouched food as I am doing collection. *rolleyes*
A passenger had a huge mole on his left cheek with extra long and curly hair on the mole.
Not forgetting that moment when 5 call bells went off one by one and my crew and I were scrambling to find pens and immigration cards for almost every passenger.
And that Row 5 mother, who at one moment wanted me to let her kid pass through my cart so he could go to the washroom, yet blame me for not clearing her tray AS I was letting her kid pass through, maybe you should tell me how to do my job.
This flight left all of us bewildered. All in a day's work~
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Last SBY
27 March 2017 // Monday
Last standby of the month; not as lucky I guess.
They called me the night before at 8pm. They sure are early but I answered because its better than having them call me at 3am after all.
So I am doing MDC today. Fishy fishy!!
Crew and cic were nice so I happily went on the flight. Going up load was just comfortable but coming back was full.
On the way up it was a full service hence despite the comfortable load, we only had about 20mins of rest before commencing our service before landing. We had a quick bite and had to go for service again.
On the way back, during the boarding we all could already sense the bad feeling from the passengers. It wasn't going to be an easy flight. Our service took us 1.5 hours and since the flight time was 3 hours and we had to do our before landing service and hour before landing, we only less than 30mins of rest!
W ended up going for the service earlier than planned because even though the passengers just had their meals they were still constantly asking for drinks. Rather than walking up and down to deliver individual orders we decided to go ahead with a tray of drinks which is much more efficient.
The weather on the way back was pretty bumpy too, and many passengers who queued to use the toilet didn't manage to use it before the weather got worse. Despite multiple announcements and warnings to have them take a seat, they simply refused to budge.
Just then, the announcement came on, "Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your crew-in-charge speaking." We all grinned sheepishly to ourselves because our cic was nice enough to make the announcement for passengers to return to their seats. Guess what? They all obliged.
MDC is the longest Indonesia flight as compared to the shortest PLM. It was a long and draggy day but at least I'm off tomorrow!
Last standby of the month; not as lucky I guess.
They called me the night before at 8pm. They sure are early but I answered because its better than having them call me at 3am after all.
So I am doing MDC today. Fishy fishy!!
Crew and cic were nice so I happily went on the flight. Going up load was just comfortable but coming back was full.
On the way up it was a full service hence despite the comfortable load, we only had about 20mins of rest before commencing our service before landing. We had a quick bite and had to go for service again.
On the way back, during the boarding we all could already sense the bad feeling from the passengers. It wasn't going to be an easy flight. Our service took us 1.5 hours and since the flight time was 3 hours and we had to do our before landing service and hour before landing, we only less than 30mins of rest!
W ended up going for the service earlier than planned because even though the passengers just had their meals they were still constantly asking for drinks. Rather than walking up and down to deliver individual orders we decided to go ahead with a tray of drinks which is much more efficient.
The weather on the way back was pretty bumpy too, and many passengers who queued to use the toilet didn't manage to use it before the weather got worse. Despite multiple announcements and warnings to have them take a seat, they simply refused to budge.
Just then, the announcement came on, "Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your crew-in-charge speaking." We all grinned sheepishly to ourselves because our cic was nice enough to make the announcement for passengers to return to their seats. Guess what? They all obliged.
MDC is the longest Indonesia flight as compared to the shortest PLM. It was a long and draggy day but at least I'm off tomorrow!
Hate Morning Flights!
26 March 2017 // Sunday
No need me to mention how sucky working on a Sunday is, what's worse its a super early morning flight?
Since I stay pretty far away from the airport, I gotta wake up at 3am just for morning flights like the first HKT today.
Checked the crew and realized I was the only chinese crew! Cic was nice and let us choose positions to work at and since I was the most junior I didn't get a choice but just as I expected, all of them chose to work behind so I was left with S1 in jcl with cic. But cic was nice so I didn't mind at all.
Load in jcl was 9 for going up and 0 for coming back! But sadly ey was full on the way back so I am already expected to help them with service on the way back.
To add on to the misery of this freaking early flight, our departure was at remote bay and boarding from the back! This greatly increases the time required to complete boarding. Worse still, we had a shitty ground staff who cannot communicate properly... pfffff
On the way up a passenger in ey lost her phone so I took details from her and handed it to the ground staff in Phuket to take over. On the way back I helped them with meal service and once collection. As I was walking back to jcl once I was done, a passenger stopped me to ask how much does it cost by taxi from the airport to city? It was a pretty tough question for me since I seldom cab these days but I gave him a rough estimate and he thanked me for that.
Touched down at 11.30am. The rest of the day is my off day! Wheeeeee~
No need me to mention how sucky working on a Sunday is, what's worse its a super early morning flight?
Since I stay pretty far away from the airport, I gotta wake up at 3am just for morning flights like the first HKT today.
Checked the crew and realized I was the only chinese crew! Cic was nice and let us choose positions to work at and since I was the most junior I didn't get a choice but just as I expected, all of them chose to work behind so I was left with S1 in jcl with cic. But cic was nice so I didn't mind at all.
Load in jcl was 9 for going up and 0 for coming back! But sadly ey was full on the way back so I am already expected to help them with service on the way back.
To add on to the misery of this freaking early flight, our departure was at remote bay and boarding from the back! This greatly increases the time required to complete boarding. Worse still, we had a shitty ground staff who cannot communicate properly... pfffff
On the way up a passenger in ey lost her phone so I took details from her and handed it to the ground staff in Phuket to take over. On the way back I helped them with meal service and once collection. As I was walking back to jcl once I was done, a passenger stopped me to ask how much does it cost by taxi from the airport to city? It was a pretty tough question for me since I seldom cab these days but I gave him a rough estimate and he thanked me for that.
Touched down at 11.30am. The rest of the day is my off day! Wheeeeee~
China Habits
24 March 2017 // Friday
So my one and only China flight for this month: Chongqing (CKG).
Never an easy flight when you see China. The chaos start from boarding where they all scramble to find their seats, change their seats, anyhow sit at other people's seats. I once briefed three passengers at the emergency row but turned out that three seats didn't belong to them after all.
Come on, your seat number is printed on your boarding passes, or you thought it was a free-seating flight? I can forgive you for that :)
But changing of seats? Even after multiple "warnings" telling them to change seats after take off, seemingly they never really get my point. Maybe I wasn't speaking Chinese? Hmm.
So the battle continues after take off. Other than rude remarks (like calling us "eh") and rude actions (like videoing everything we are doing and poking us whenever we walk past them), there's tons of side orders and I wonder how do these people hang out on a daily basis. So chaotic.
So one passenger told me she lost her gold bracelet and since she's quite nice I decided to help her (I'm kidding I still help them even if they are rude haha) so I took down her details and couldn't help wondering how could anyone even lose a 999k gold bracelet. And what's worse was that she didn't even know where she lost it. How to help her?
Another story about PPS comes in here. PPS passengers who love to book Economy seats but ask for Business Class privileges are a**holes. They know that we wouldn't outright reject them since they were of a "certain" status so passengers like my 5C insisted on using the jcl toilet (which obviously he shouldn't) but the annoying part was how he stood at jcl and refused to budge even though one crew "accidentally" rejected him, not knowing he was a PPS.
Whether or not they are a**holes, you judge.
On any China flight, also don't forget to keep a lookout on the toilet queue. Well actually the toilets. It looks like a battlefield after almost every other passenger. I wonder how do they actually use the toilet to make it so messy.
That's why we are cleaners onboard too :(
So my one and only China flight for this month: Chongqing (CKG).
Never an easy flight when you see China. The chaos start from boarding where they all scramble to find their seats, change their seats, anyhow sit at other people's seats. I once briefed three passengers at the emergency row but turned out that three seats didn't belong to them after all.
Come on, your seat number is printed on your boarding passes, or you thought it was a free-seating flight? I can forgive you for that :)
But changing of seats? Even after multiple "warnings" telling them to change seats after take off, seemingly they never really get my point. Maybe I wasn't speaking Chinese? Hmm.
So the battle continues after take off. Other than rude remarks (like calling us "eh") and rude actions (like videoing everything we are doing and poking us whenever we walk past them), there's tons of side orders and I wonder how do these people hang out on a daily basis. So chaotic.
So one passenger told me she lost her gold bracelet and since she's quite nice I decided to help her (I'm kidding I still help them even if they are rude haha) so I took down her details and couldn't help wondering how could anyone even lose a 999k gold bracelet. And what's worse was that she didn't even know where she lost it. How to help her?
Another story about PPS comes in here. PPS passengers who love to book Economy seats but ask for Business Class privileges are a**holes. They know that we wouldn't outright reject them since they were of a "certain" status so passengers like my 5C insisted on using the jcl toilet (which obviously he shouldn't) but the annoying part was how he stood at jcl and refused to budge even though one crew "accidentally" rejected him, not knowing he was a PPS.
Whether or not they are a**holes, you judge.
On any China flight, also don't forget to keep a lookout on the toilet queue. Well actually the toilets. It looks like a battlefield after almost every other passenger. I wonder how do they actually use the toilet to make it so messy.
That's why we are cleaners onboard too :(
Finally PLM... hmmm muffins?
23 March 2017 // Thursday
Finally its my turn to do EY for PLM. If you've seen my previous blog post on my first PLM flight, I didn't get to work in EY so I didn't know what was going on behind. Today's officially my first then, and its a flight with my batchboy!
I chanced upon a post about him giving away this flight and told him not to since we were flying together. Its a really rare chance to get flights with our batchmates actually.
So our crew are nice and the load going up was light but coming back was full. No surprise that it was a whole group of Indonesian makciks and pakciks and it actually made me speak Malay throughout the whole flight (broken Malay actually). Every Chinese crew speaks a little Malay and every Malay crew speaks a little Chinese too. If not how to survive? Haha.
So PLM actually serves muffins instead of sandwiches like other refreshment flights and the muffins are so yummy! We had maple syrup muffins for the first sector and chocolate chip muffins for the second! Took home some to share with Hubby and I now want to do more flights serving muffins onboard haha!
Finally its my turn to do EY for PLM. If you've seen my previous blog post on my first PLM flight, I didn't get to work in EY so I didn't know what was going on behind. Today's officially my first then, and its a flight with my batchboy!
I chanced upon a post about him giving away this flight and told him not to since we were flying together. Its a really rare chance to get flights with our batchmates actually.
So our crew are nice and the load going up was light but coming back was full. No surprise that it was a whole group of Indonesian makciks and pakciks and it actually made me speak Malay throughout the whole flight (broken Malay actually). Every Chinese crew speaks a little Malay and every Malay crew speaks a little Chinese too. If not how to survive? Haha.
So PLM actually serves muffins instead of sandwiches like other refreshment flights and the muffins are so yummy! We had maple syrup muffins for the first sector and chocolate chip muffins for the second! Took home some to share with Hubby and I now want to do more flights serving muffins onboard haha!
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Birthday Overnight
20 March 2017 // Monday
Day 4 of 4 finally... Though it was all pretty short flights its still tiring since I'm working shift work.
DRW overnight today and the load was pretty light. Roster was out today and I'm elated I got Cairns (CNS) flight again!
My last one was beginning of January and CNS is our only layover destination so of course everyone is looking forward to it. And what's better this time is that Hubby is going with me! Though the tickets are expensive but we've purchased it already so we can't wait for it to come!
Back to the flight anyway, it was a light load (80+ and 60+) so there really isn't much drama. Just that it was Captain's birthday tomorrow so we all bought a cake and our cic did a handmade card and bought the Baby Romper from duty free for Captain! The whole of the first sector was practically spent preparing for the surprise during transit.
And it was a surprise! Captain was surprised and shocked haha. The baby romper was signed by us as a memento's sake. Anyway his youngest child is already 4 years old too haha.
On the returning sector, there were a few Indian couples and one of the lady was using the washroom when I saw her slamming the toiler door while she was inside with the door half open. I asked if she was trying to come out because she seemed like she was having issues coming out and I realized that's because she was blocking the bi-fold toilet door that folds inwards to open.
I politely asked her to step back but she closed the door on me and opened again. I repeated to her to step back so I could open the door but she started stripping her sari in the toilet (what?) I stretched my hand in to gently push her back and finally she managed to exit. What a rescue mission.
All in all was good, supposedly there was ice cream service but turned out there wasn't (which is good news for us hehe) and we chatted throughout the night and were more than glad when we landed about 30 mins early!
Ta-da!
Day 4 of 4 finally... Though it was all pretty short flights its still tiring since I'm working shift work.
DRW overnight today and the load was pretty light. Roster was out today and I'm elated I got Cairns (CNS) flight again!
My last one was beginning of January and CNS is our only layover destination so of course everyone is looking forward to it. And what's better this time is that Hubby is going with me! Though the tickets are expensive but we've purchased it already so we can't wait for it to come!
Back to the flight anyway, it was a light load (80+ and 60+) so there really isn't much drama. Just that it was Captain's birthday tomorrow so we all bought a cake and our cic did a handmade card and bought the Baby Romper from duty free for Captain! The whole of the first sector was practically spent preparing for the surprise during transit.
And it was a surprise! Captain was surprised and shocked haha. The baby romper was signed by us as a memento's sake. Anyway his youngest child is already 4 years old too haha.
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| Group Shot! |
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| The handmade card & cake! |
I politely asked her to step back but she closed the door on me and opened again. I repeated to her to step back so I could open the door but she started stripping her sari in the toilet (what?) I stretched my hand in to gently push her back and finally she managed to exit. What a rescue mission.
All in all was good, supposedly there was ice cream service but turned out there wasn't (which is good news for us hehe) and we chatted throughout the night and were more than glad when we landed about 30 mins early!
Ta-da!
Monday, March 20, 2017
The Oven Ghost
19 March 2017 // Sunday
This flight today was given by another crew so I could do her Darwin (DRW) overnight tomorrow as well. She initially told me it was just Palembang (PLM) but later on realized it was a four sectors PLM-KUL. (nobody really likes four sectors anyway)
But when I reported for briefing the whole set of crew were glad to find out that our KL flight was cancelled and reduced to two sectors for us! Well it wasn't really cancelled, but since the load was overbooked like yesterday as well (142 over 138 on a A320), the company decided to switch the Airbus aircraft to a Boeing instead and we as crew cannot operate dual fleets in the same day. Therefore all we were left with is the PLM with the fairly light load of double digits, both ways.
Flight was short like a KL and most of the passengers on the going up sector could not speak English so I had a hard time communicating with them. They drink so much coffee and tea that my usual set of hot drinks is not sufficient for a 70% load.
And to mention something out of the blue... my oven kept initializing a 1-minutes dry heat process... which I have no idea why and how.
And nope, none of us heated anything. Three times.
This flight today was given by another crew so I could do her Darwin (DRW) overnight tomorrow as well. She initially told me it was just Palembang (PLM) but later on realized it was a four sectors PLM-KUL. (nobody really likes four sectors anyway)
But when I reported for briefing the whole set of crew were glad to find out that our KL flight was cancelled and reduced to two sectors for us! Well it wasn't really cancelled, but since the load was overbooked like yesterday as well (142 over 138 on a A320), the company decided to switch the Airbus aircraft to a Boeing instead and we as crew cannot operate dual fleets in the same day. Therefore all we were left with is the PLM with the fairly light load of double digits, both ways.
Flight was short like a KL and most of the passengers on the going up sector could not speak English so I had a hard time communicating with them. They drink so much coffee and tea that my usual set of hot drinks is not sufficient for a 70% load.
And to mention something out of the blue... my oven kept initializing a 1-minutes dry heat process... which I have no idea why and how.
And nope, none of us heated anything. Three times.
Crazy KL
18 March 2017 // Saturday
So I was originally rostered HKT but the timing fell right over dinner time and I had a wedding dinner to attend to with Hubby so my boss very kindly assigned me this KL flight instead that comes back early.
Our set of crew were elated to find the going up load less than 50 but was appalled to find the returning sector overbooked (154 over 150 on a Boeing). Guess its time to fight war?
So the first sector was pretty comfortable for all I guessed but once we were done with collection the very next moment Captain asked to check the cabin for landing. We were greatly shocked because if this was a "just nice" flight with a load of 50+, what are we going to do on the way back when the load is three times more? Oh I don't really want to think about it.
Yeah and so we still had to face the 150 of them and me as S3, was practically excusing myself through passengers as I served coffee and tea for them. I kept glancing at my watch and cross checking how much more time we have before this short 45-min flight is landing.
Guess how long we did to finish the service? 10 minutes. We are so proud of ourselves.
Upon landing, we took a selfie together and I tried to airdrop the photos to one of my crew. Blame it on my fast fingers, I sent it to one of our passengers! I tried to airplane mode my phone immediately hoping it would cancel the sending. The last passenger who disembarked came to us and said, "I got your photo!" and I knew the salvage failed. We took another selfie with him but I didn't mange to get the photo from him.
But anyway KL is never for humans. Its for superheroes who wear the "Flight Stewardess" tag.
So I was originally rostered HKT but the timing fell right over dinner time and I had a wedding dinner to attend to with Hubby so my boss very kindly assigned me this KL flight instead that comes back early.
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| Family photo before the dinner |
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| Double Couples! |
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| Dressed up for the night! |
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| Menu for the night |
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| I fell in love with him again <3 |
So the first sector was pretty comfortable for all I guessed but once we were done with collection the very next moment Captain asked to check the cabin for landing. We were greatly shocked because if this was a "just nice" flight with a load of 50+, what are we going to do on the way back when the load is three times more? Oh I don't really want to think about it.
Yeah and so we still had to face the 150 of them and me as S3, was practically excusing myself through passengers as I served coffee and tea for them. I kept glancing at my watch and cross checking how much more time we have before this short 45-min flight is landing.
Guess how long we did to finish the service? 10 minutes. We are so proud of ourselves.
Upon landing, we took a selfie together and I tried to airdrop the photos to one of my crew. Blame it on my fast fingers, I sent it to one of our passengers! I tried to airplane mode my phone immediately hoping it would cancel the sending. The last passenger who disembarked came to us and said, "I got your photo!" and I knew the salvage failed. We took another selfie with him but I didn't mange to get the photo from him.
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| Our selfie together! |
Shit Is Real
17 March 2017 // Friday
Start of my four days pattern Kuching (KCH) T_T I had swopped flights with another crew and failed to realized I had to work four days in a row until the change of flights (COF) has been reflected. Well, three short flights plus overnight shouldn't be that bad I guess? *fingers crossed*
Anyway, cic today just did the recent CTU with me when I was called up. On the going up sector, there is a Qualified PPS (mind that its the lowest tier of PPS Club) whom I shall name Mr Y whom our cic asked to handle with extra care since company is aware that he complains very easily. Thankfully everything went smoothly and although he didn't seemed pleased at all during disembarking, I suppose that no complaints is a good news too?
And not forgetting this family with their child who refused to be seated for landing. He looked about 8-9 years old and his mum said he was having a stomachache and refuse to take a seat. We were already preparing for landing so neither could I let him use the washroom. Not to mention how smelly the whole cabin was because of this kid (I'm not sure if he shitted or what) but I swear the whole cabin was stinking so bad.
After they disembarked I even found dark brown spots on the seat. Don't ask me what happened next. I'm already thinking of getting this flight over and done with~~~
Start of my four days pattern Kuching (KCH) T_T I had swopped flights with another crew and failed to realized I had to work four days in a row until the change of flights (COF) has been reflected. Well, three short flights plus overnight shouldn't be that bad I guess? *fingers crossed*
Anyway, cic today just did the recent CTU with me when I was called up. On the going up sector, there is a Qualified PPS (mind that its the lowest tier of PPS Club) whom I shall name Mr Y whom our cic asked to handle with extra care since company is aware that he complains very easily. Thankfully everything went smoothly and although he didn't seemed pleased at all during disembarking, I suppose that no complaints is a good news too?
And not forgetting this family with their child who refused to be seated for landing. He looked about 8-9 years old and his mum said he was having a stomachache and refuse to take a seat. We were already preparing for landing so neither could I let him use the washroom. Not to mention how smelly the whole cabin was because of this kid (I'm not sure if he shitted or what) but I swear the whole cabin was stinking so bad.
After they disembarked I even found dark brown spots on the seat. Don't ask me what happened next. I'm already thinking of getting this flight over and done with~~~
Mabuhay!
15 March 2017 // Wednesday
Three sectors Cebu-Davao (CEB-DVO) today. Never a flight to look forward to but the load is pretty light today and it came as a surprise to all of us.
Flight was okay all in all, except that our service felt so draggy somehow. We only managed to grab a quick bite before finishing the service before landing.
Because two pack of bread (40pcs) fell out on ground we didn't manage to heat up enough breadrolls for service and this guy who didn't get his bread along with his meal was pretty upset since when we served the breadroll to him he had already finished his meal.
...... no comments on that.
But our cic was super nice and she even packed the jcl pralines for all of us! And I bought the A320 aircraft model for Hubby hehe.
A day flight sure is tiring but thankfully I have a off before and after this flight!
Three sectors Cebu-Davao (CEB-DVO) today. Never a flight to look forward to but the load is pretty light today and it came as a surprise to all of us.
Flight was okay all in all, except that our service felt so draggy somehow. We only managed to grab a quick bite before finishing the service before landing.
Because two pack of bread (40pcs) fell out on ground we didn't manage to heat up enough breadrolls for service and this guy who didn't get his bread along with his meal was pretty upset since when we served the breadroll to him he had already finished his meal.
...... no comments on that.
But our cic was super nice and she even packed the jcl pralines for all of us! And I bought the A320 aircraft model for Hubby hehe.
A day flight sure is tiring but thankfully I have a off before and after this flight!
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
Chillax Overnight
12 March 2017 // Sunday
So its Changsha (CSX) overnight today and load going up is full but coming back was super light!
A passenger actually told me she was claustrophobic and asked me to guard her door whil she was in the toilet.
Other than the above excerpt, it really is a pretty peaceful flight. We had a good night's rest on the way back since all the passengers were asleep. But because I drank two cups of coffee I couldn't make my way into lalaland. Sitting there in the dark made me ponder about life and appreciate life.
We should all have such calming moments at times, right?
So its Changsha (CSX) overnight today and load going up is full but coming back was super light!
A passenger actually told me she was claustrophobic and asked me to guard her door whil she was in the toilet.
Other than the above excerpt, it really is a pretty peaceful flight. We had a good night's rest on the way back since all the passengers were asleep. But because I drank two cups of coffee I couldn't make my way into lalaland. Sitting there in the dark made me ponder about life and appreciate life.
We should all have such calming moments at times, right?
Standby Activation
10 March 2017 // Friday
So today's standby wasn't as lucky. I got called up for Chengdu (CTU) but I requested for other flights because doing this CTU will mean insufficient rest before my Siem Reap-Danang (REP-DAD) tomorrow. I specially changed my flights to do this 3 sector so it would be a waste of efforts if I got taken off and put on standby (I hate standbys). But the lady told me no other flights already and told me she would give me an off day so I immediately agreed haha. Who wouldn't like an extra off day?
So China flights really aren't that bad actually (maybe 'cos I speak Chinese so I don't feel alien onboard) but I wasn't really expecting a smooth flight still.
When we arrived at the gate ready to board the aircraft, we saw a bunch of kids waiting outside. For a moment I was experiencing mixed feelings on whether this was a good or bad idea after all. Kids shouldn't be too nasty as passengers right?
I was wrong. So wrong.
Kids nowadays are really super rude. I tried to be nice on ground to them and talked to them like they were my siblings. They were still joking about not being able to reach the call bell but right after takeoff, the call bells kept coming. Asking for tea, for earpiece, for help to watch movies, why they can't use Youtube =.=
So anyway I was S3 so I started service from the front and had no interactions with the kids. I heard from the teacher-in-charge that the youngest was only 13 years old. And guess what? They were not done with us. Next was inflight duty free sales, and holy, these kids are loaded!
All the sales came from them and I am totally wowed by how they had absolutely no qualms about buying a $45 Clinique lip gloss just because their lips feel dry. One bought an Elizabeth Arden handcream, another bought a keychain, and another two bought tote bags. Most of the time they'd ask to pay in yuan which I believe was given to them by their parents for their 6-day exchange programme in CTU. Spending the money before even reaching the destination? Something I would highly not recommend.
Then they continued asking for refill for drinks and even pressing the call bell just to ask us to throw a piece of used tissue. Seriously we are not that free. Not even the other passengers will ask that of us.
Two of the most ridiculous requests which I got when I found it intolerable was asking me to pick her pen from the floor when she has her seatbelt fastened because she can't reach the ground; and asking me to pick up the peanuts she dropped on the floor.
Seriously, kids?
So we thought sending this kids off was a burden taken away. Drama on the coming back sector again.
Passenger at 6D was traveling alone and since meal service he only ate a cup noodle and a bottle of white wine. Since then he asked for white wine non stop (don't forget how far 6C is from out galley) and I sure walked a few kilometres just to pass those wines to him.
And a message to all travelers out there: you get drunk easier than usual when in air, so please don't drink more than what you can hold. Before I gave 6D his wine I made sure he looked fine before I proceeded. Towards the end of the flight (about his 6th bottle) he started pressing the call bells too frequently and so I decided to report the timeline below:
*event timeline starts when he gets slightly tipsy*
*presses call bell*
I grabbed a glass of water and headed out.
As I was walking down, he turned to look at me, and reset the call bell, then activate it again. Twice.
(he was basically playing with the call bell)
As I approached him, he asked to clear an empty bottle of white wine.
I made sure to check if he needed anything else but he said no.
Just as I left him to head back to the galley, he pressed the call bell again.
"one white wine please." *ultimate roll eye*
So I walked back to get the wine and pass back to him.
Checked again if he needed anything else, no.
He pressed the call bell again when I reached my galley. My cic answered the call bell.
He asked her how long more before we land.
He pressed the call bell AGAIN. I attended to him.
He said 6C needed something, but when I asked, 6C said no. (fyi they are not traveling together)
He insisted. 6C insisted too.
When he realized he was wrong, he shut me up by asking me not to disturb his rest.
He pressed the call bell again. Asked me where is the lady beside him.
(now at this moment I was starting to freak out. what lady?)
He ignored me again when I told him there was no one seated beside him.
Then we proceeded to land. And according to my colleagues, he managed to walk of the aircraft perfectly...
Yet another day of drama in the air. Case closed.
So today's standby wasn't as lucky. I got called up for Chengdu (CTU) but I requested for other flights because doing this CTU will mean insufficient rest before my Siem Reap-Danang (REP-DAD) tomorrow. I specially changed my flights to do this 3 sector so it would be a waste of efforts if I got taken off and put on standby (I hate standbys). But the lady told me no other flights already and told me she would give me an off day so I immediately agreed haha. Who wouldn't like an extra off day?
So China flights really aren't that bad actually (maybe 'cos I speak Chinese so I don't feel alien onboard) but I wasn't really expecting a smooth flight still.
When we arrived at the gate ready to board the aircraft, we saw a bunch of kids waiting outside. For a moment I was experiencing mixed feelings on whether this was a good or bad idea after all. Kids shouldn't be too nasty as passengers right?
I was wrong. So wrong.
Kids nowadays are really super rude. I tried to be nice on ground to them and talked to them like they were my siblings. They were still joking about not being able to reach the call bell but right after takeoff, the call bells kept coming. Asking for tea, for earpiece, for help to watch movies, why they can't use Youtube =.=
So anyway I was S3 so I started service from the front and had no interactions with the kids. I heard from the teacher-in-charge that the youngest was only 13 years old. And guess what? They were not done with us. Next was inflight duty free sales, and holy, these kids are loaded!
All the sales came from them and I am totally wowed by how they had absolutely no qualms about buying a $45 Clinique lip gloss just because their lips feel dry. One bought an Elizabeth Arden handcream, another bought a keychain, and another two bought tote bags. Most of the time they'd ask to pay in yuan which I believe was given to them by their parents for their 6-day exchange programme in CTU. Spending the money before even reaching the destination? Something I would highly not recommend.
Then they continued asking for refill for drinks and even pressing the call bell just to ask us to throw a piece of used tissue. Seriously we are not that free. Not even the other passengers will ask that of us.
Two of the most ridiculous requests which I got when I found it intolerable was asking me to pick her pen from the floor when she has her seatbelt fastened because she can't reach the ground; and asking me to pick up the peanuts she dropped on the floor.
Seriously, kids?
So we thought sending this kids off was a burden taken away. Drama on the coming back sector again.
Passenger at 6D was traveling alone and since meal service he only ate a cup noodle and a bottle of white wine. Since then he asked for white wine non stop (don't forget how far 6C is from out galley) and I sure walked a few kilometres just to pass those wines to him.
And a message to all travelers out there: you get drunk easier than usual when in air, so please don't drink more than what you can hold. Before I gave 6D his wine I made sure he looked fine before I proceeded. Towards the end of the flight (about his 6th bottle) he started pressing the call bells too frequently and so I decided to report the timeline below:
*event timeline starts when he gets slightly tipsy*
*presses call bell*
I grabbed a glass of water and headed out.
As I was walking down, he turned to look at me, and reset the call bell, then activate it again. Twice.
(he was basically playing with the call bell)
As I approached him, he asked to clear an empty bottle of white wine.
I made sure to check if he needed anything else but he said no.
Just as I left him to head back to the galley, he pressed the call bell again.
"one white wine please." *ultimate roll eye*
So I walked back to get the wine and pass back to him.
Checked again if he needed anything else, no.
He pressed the call bell again when I reached my galley. My cic answered the call bell.
He asked her how long more before we land.
He pressed the call bell AGAIN. I attended to him.
He said 6C needed something, but when I asked, 6C said no. (fyi they are not traveling together)
He insisted. 6C insisted too.
When he realized he was wrong, he shut me up by asking me not to disturb his rest.
He pressed the call bell again. Asked me where is the lady beside him.
(now at this moment I was starting to freak out. what lady?)
He ignored me again when I told him there was no one seated beside him.
Then we proceeded to land. And according to my colleagues, he managed to walk of the aircraft perfectly...
Yet another day of drama in the air. Case closed.
Friday, March 10, 2017
Does PKU exist?
08 March 2017 // Wednesday
Short and sweet Pekanbaru (PKU) today! More importantly flying with my favourite cic after so long!
Its my first PKU since I started flying about more than a year ago and all of us seriously have no idea about the actual service sequence. My cic said her last PKU was 6 years ago the first inaugural flight!
So I was the second senior and cic let us choose our positions, she requested either the most senior or me work with her in jcl. The most senior chose to work behind so I took S1. More than happy to work with my cic!
When S2 reported her meals, she told us that it was muffins for both ways. Going up was oatmeal chocolate chip muffin, but guess the coming back menu?
Mushroom onion muffins. What a weird combination!
So the last time I flew with this cic was right before her wedding and we were discussing about her wedding plans throughout the whole overnight flight. Same goes for this flight, now that her big day is over, she shared with me her experience since mine is upcoming as well!
Such a pleasant surprise to find out we touched down an hour before schedule! Since I was so early, Hubby was kinda late on picking me so he was still on the way when I exited into Arrival Hall, whereas my cic's hubby was already there to pick her!
PKU was generally a very short flight, almost as short as KL. We had three air marshals onboard and for the firsts sector an additional staff, and on the way back, two individual passengers.
When we were doing boarding at PKU, both my jcl passengers were late in checking in and hence late in boarding. When he stepped in to the aircraft he started yelling and questioning why were the ground staff blaming him for arriving late when he's early for the flight? Well the flight departs 6.30pm but gate closes at 6.15pm so arrving at 6.12pm on the aircraft isn't exactly very early. Of course I didn't argue with him but instead went on to offer him drinks, newspapers, and magazines. He rejected me and headed to the toilet while muttering how annoyed he was and not forgetting to yell at me in between sentences.
When he exited the toilet and went back to his seat, I politely asked him if he would like to have sandwiches after take off but got hollered at again. He was extremely annoyed that he was rushed at the airport and refused to calm down. He wasn't satisfied with the sandwich choice, but grumpily settled for the egg mayo croissant.
As my cic was about to offer towels to him I warned her of him seated at 1C. As I peeked from behid the galley curtains to see if everything went well, I was surprised to see this passenger annoyingly staring at my cic as she gave the towels but choosing to keep quiet and just taking the towels. He looked as if he was about to criticize again, but I guess he took back his words upon seeing that the crew serving him wasn't me but in fact, a RED crew.
CICs all wear red while we wear blue and honestly, many passengers are "colour-blinded". I can say the same thing a thousand times yet passengers won't listen, but as long as the cic appears and tell them the exact same thing they get consoled right away. I don't get this?
Anyway, its just another nasty passenger. What's new today?
Short and sweet Pekanbaru (PKU) today! More importantly flying with my favourite cic after so long!
Its my first PKU since I started flying about more than a year ago and all of us seriously have no idea about the actual service sequence. My cic said her last PKU was 6 years ago the first inaugural flight!
So I was the second senior and cic let us choose our positions, she requested either the most senior or me work with her in jcl. The most senior chose to work behind so I took S1. More than happy to work with my cic!
When S2 reported her meals, she told us that it was muffins for both ways. Going up was oatmeal chocolate chip muffin, but guess the coming back menu?
Mushroom onion muffins. What a weird combination!
So the last time I flew with this cic was right before her wedding and we were discussing about her wedding plans throughout the whole overnight flight. Same goes for this flight, now that her big day is over, she shared with me her experience since mine is upcoming as well!
Such a pleasant surprise to find out we touched down an hour before schedule! Since I was so early, Hubby was kinda late on picking me so he was still on the way when I exited into Arrival Hall, whereas my cic's hubby was already there to pick her!
PKU was generally a very short flight, almost as short as KL. We had three air marshals onboard and for the firsts sector an additional staff, and on the way back, two individual passengers.
When we were doing boarding at PKU, both my jcl passengers were late in checking in and hence late in boarding. When he stepped in to the aircraft he started yelling and questioning why were the ground staff blaming him for arriving late when he's early for the flight? Well the flight departs 6.30pm but gate closes at 6.15pm so arrving at 6.12pm on the aircraft isn't exactly very early. Of course I didn't argue with him but instead went on to offer him drinks, newspapers, and magazines. He rejected me and headed to the toilet while muttering how annoyed he was and not forgetting to yell at me in between sentences.
When he exited the toilet and went back to his seat, I politely asked him if he would like to have sandwiches after take off but got hollered at again. He was extremely annoyed that he was rushed at the airport and refused to calm down. He wasn't satisfied with the sandwich choice, but grumpily settled for the egg mayo croissant.
As my cic was about to offer towels to him I warned her of him seated at 1C. As I peeked from behid the galley curtains to see if everything went well, I was surprised to see this passenger annoyingly staring at my cic as she gave the towels but choosing to keep quiet and just taking the towels. He looked as if he was about to criticize again, but I guess he took back his words upon seeing that the crew serving him wasn't me but in fact, a RED crew.
CICs all wear red while we wear blue and honestly, many passengers are "colour-blinded". I can say the same thing a thousand times yet passengers won't listen, but as long as the cic appears and tell them the exact same thing they get consoled right away. I don't get this?
Anyway, its just another nasty passenger. What's new today?
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Standby Not Called Up!
07 March 2017 // Tuesday
So I am on fullday standby (SBYFULL) today from 0900h - 2359h (which is extremely long yes) and therefore the chances of getting called up is usually quite high. Today was no exception.
I woke up at around 9am and pleasantly found no missed calls on my phone so I headed back to sleep. At 9.45am I was awakened by my ringing phone and unpleasantly found MIOCC calling me. Missed the call and caught a few winks before returning their call within 15mins (a serious lapse if I did not do so).
He wanted to activate me for Chongqing (CKG) but reporting was at 11.15am which is quite rush for me since I don't exactly live very close to the airport. He was worried I couldn't make it too so he told me to remain on standby. *chuckles inside*
Washed up and Hubby came over to pick me to his place so we could have lunch and watch movies together. Just as I packed lunch and got into the car, MIOCC called again and I missed it! I was on the way to his place to have my chicken rice and kuay chup and no I don't want to go for flight! I was already treating it as my off day and we were just discussing about having Swee Choon for dinner.
So I called back eventually at 12noon where he asked me to report to aircraft at 2.15pm but honestly I told him it was a little rush for me still since I take about 45mins to reach airport and at least 30mins to prepare, on top of that I just bought my lunch :( I was actually at jurong side but I didn't tell him that. I asked for a slightly later flight but he said he did not have any so he told me to remain on standby (yes!).
I never heard from them again.
Took a nap about 2pm after we had lunch and when I woke up at 4pm seeing no missed calls I kinda think I'm free for the day. But still to be safe my phone was still on ringing mode but the moment the clock hit 7pm I turned my phone to silent and we headed out for dim sum dinner. Standby not called for the first (or second) time for me!!
So I am on fullday standby (SBYFULL) today from 0900h - 2359h (which is extremely long yes) and therefore the chances of getting called up is usually quite high. Today was no exception.
I woke up at around 9am and pleasantly found no missed calls on my phone so I headed back to sleep. At 9.45am I was awakened by my ringing phone and unpleasantly found MIOCC calling me. Missed the call and caught a few winks before returning their call within 15mins (a serious lapse if I did not do so).
He wanted to activate me for Chongqing (CKG) but reporting was at 11.15am which is quite rush for me since I don't exactly live very close to the airport. He was worried I couldn't make it too so he told me to remain on standby. *chuckles inside*
Washed up and Hubby came over to pick me to his place so we could have lunch and watch movies together. Just as I packed lunch and got into the car, MIOCC called again and I missed it! I was on the way to his place to have my chicken rice and kuay chup and no I don't want to go for flight! I was already treating it as my off day and we were just discussing about having Swee Choon for dinner.
So I called back eventually at 12noon where he asked me to report to aircraft at 2.15pm but honestly I told him it was a little rush for me still since I take about 45mins to reach airport and at least 30mins to prepare, on top of that I just bought my lunch :( I was actually at jurong side but I didn't tell him that. I asked for a slightly later flight but he said he did not have any so he told me to remain on standby (yes!).
I never heard from them again.
Took a nap about 2pm after we had lunch and when I woke up at 4pm seeing no missed calls I kinda think I'm free for the day. But still to be safe my phone was still on ringing mode but the moment the clock hit 7pm I turned my phone to silent and we headed out for dim sum dinner. Standby not called for the first (or second) time for me!!
Fight of Love: Maldives
05 March 2017 // Sunday
So this is officially my first Male flight since I started flying more than a year ago. It is a super draggy flight, from reporting at 9am then touching down at 9pm... Male on Sunday is never a nice thing.
But thankfully my batchboy swapped flight to be on this flight with me! It wasn't that bad a flight after all.
But as expected the flight was full of couples going on honeymoon in Maldives. There were 8 honeymoon cake requests and so I decided to go the extra mile to prepare special drinks for them too. There were all kinds of couples on this flight; Korean couples, Japanese couples, Chinese couples and more. It is sweet to see them on honeymoon and wonder when will be mine haha.
When we arrived at Male the ground staff told us that we might stop flying to Male and it is kinda a good news because this flight is so hard to do usually. Passengers would complain about the lack of amenities and service onboard when they compare to another similar airline.
But we wonder how true is the news? Glad to be back home safely.
So this is officially my first Male flight since I started flying more than a year ago. It is a super draggy flight, from reporting at 9am then touching down at 9pm... Male on Sunday is never a nice thing.
But thankfully my batchboy swapped flight to be on this flight with me! It wasn't that bad a flight after all.
But as expected the flight was full of couples going on honeymoon in Maldives. There were 8 honeymoon cake requests and so I decided to go the extra mile to prepare special drinks for them too. There were all kinds of couples on this flight; Korean couples, Japanese couples, Chinese couples and more. It is sweet to see them on honeymoon and wonder when will be mine haha.
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| Eight sets of Honeymoon cakes |
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| Flight full of love! |
But we wonder how true is the news? Glad to be back home safely.
India flight or what?
04 March 2017 // Saturday
Start of a new week and I'm doing Siem Reap (REP) today. Was supposed to be on amsby today but there was a dinner so I requested for a flight that comes back early.
When I checked the special meals, I was shocked because there was 14 Hindu meals (HNML) ad 14 Indian Vegetarian meals (AVML). Am I on a Cambodia flight or India flight??
And I just had to be S3... There were two other stewards so cic said be nice and let them work together. The other most senior crew was working at jcl. Cannot decide how to serve the special meals...
So in the end I still had to serve all myself. Kept counting and double checking to make sure I didn't serve the wrong passengers.
Anyway my cic was very nice she came down to help us for both sectors. REP is officially my favourite flight. Comfortable enough to finish service and have our meals before preparing for landing. Not as long and draggy as WUH but not as rushing at a HKT.
Male tomorrow T_T
Start of a new week and I'm doing Siem Reap (REP) today. Was supposed to be on amsby today but there was a dinner so I requested for a flight that comes back early.
When I checked the special meals, I was shocked because there was 14 Hindu meals (HNML) ad 14 Indian Vegetarian meals (AVML). Am I on a Cambodia flight or India flight??
And I just had to be S3... There were two other stewards so cic said be nice and let them work together. The other most senior crew was working at jcl. Cannot decide how to serve the special meals...
So in the end I still had to serve all myself. Kept counting and double checking to make sure I didn't serve the wrong passengers.
Anyway my cic was very nice she came down to help us for both sectors. REP is officially my favourite flight. Comfortable enough to finish service and have our meals before preparing for landing. Not as long and draggy as WUH but not as rushing at a HKT.
Male tomorrow T_T
Thursday, March 2, 2017
Side Orders Queen
02 March 2017 // Thursday
Last day of three days! Hubby sent me to work very early so I had time to eat breakfast at Mac while playing Tsum Tsum haha.
Went to briefing room early and realized I cannot check load so I called MIOCC. And they confirmed that our first sector is zero load because it was a chartered flight from Langkawi (LGK) back to SIN! So basically we were just flying the aircraft there and picking the passengers up. It was great news because it means we're only working for one sector but paid for both!
So on the way up we all sat in Jcl and had our meals while playing charades and before we knew it we were landing! We landed at 1150h and commenced boarding at 1200h but can you believe it our boarding lasted 45min? These German passengers are taking their own sweet time to board and take pictures outside the aircraft. They are probably on a company trip because there is one tour guide in charge and they were all wearing the same Wrutch lanyard.
So this is my first flight where it is monoclass (meaning there is only one class of passengers) so as S1 I do not have any duties during service so we agreed that I'd standby at the back for side orders instead of having S2 running here and there. But can you imagine doing 50 side orders? Oh my I never stopped running up and down for coke, diet coke, beer, milk and other side orders. Even had to run for hot wraps! Not complaining because I enjoy doing this more than interacting with passengers haha. Call me side orders queen haha. Even my crew agreed I was pretty quick in doing the side orders.
So anyway before we know it we were landing!! And that's it for the day bye guys I'm going for my off day :D
Last day of three days! Hubby sent me to work very early so I had time to eat breakfast at Mac while playing Tsum Tsum haha.
Went to briefing room early and realized I cannot check load so I called MIOCC. And they confirmed that our first sector is zero load because it was a chartered flight from Langkawi (LGK) back to SIN! So basically we were just flying the aircraft there and picking the passengers up. It was great news because it means we're only working for one sector but paid for both!
So on the way up we all sat in Jcl and had our meals while playing charades and before we knew it we were landing! We landed at 1150h and commenced boarding at 1200h but can you believe it our boarding lasted 45min? These German passengers are taking their own sweet time to board and take pictures outside the aircraft. They are probably on a company trip because there is one tour guide in charge and they were all wearing the same Wrutch lanyard.
So this is my first flight where it is monoclass (meaning there is only one class of passengers) so as S1 I do not have any duties during service so we agreed that I'd standby at the back for side orders instead of having S2 running here and there. But can you imagine doing 50 side orders? Oh my I never stopped running up and down for coke, diet coke, beer, milk and other side orders. Even had to run for hot wraps! Not complaining because I enjoy doing this more than interacting with passengers haha. Call me side orders queen haha. Even my crew agreed I was pretty quick in doing the side orders.
So anyway before we know it we were landing!! And that's it for the day bye guys I'm going for my off day :D
Every Passenger makes a Difference
01 March 2017 // Wednesday
Day 2 today! Manado is a long flight but we're all excited 'cos we get to buy the sedap fish and rice from there!
I was S1 today and although the load was full both ways and company is so bad enough to give us surveys for both sectors, it was still a pretty good flight since our passengers were nice.
1A on the going up sector kept staring at me whenever I am in the cabin and he kept smiling too so I gave him one survey. Turned out he was very satisfied with our inflight service and even complimented me. Cic then told me to pass him a proper feedback form and he gladly agreed to fill it up. He said he love filling up such forms haha.
I passed him a bag of some souvenirs from onboard and offered him another drink. He asked for beer so I asked for his preference for Tiger or Heineken. He did the tiger paw purring action and gave a cute wink. Hahahaha so funny and I held my laughter till I reached the galley.
My other passengers who filled my survey were super cute too. One of them drew me and my cic on the survey and the other compliment us too!
When we arrived at Manado we collected the fishes and omg we bought so many! It was a sumptuous dinner for me and Hubby that night.
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| This passenger drew my cic and me on the survey form! |
Last working day tomorrow! Leggo
Never-ending KL
28 February 2017 // Tuesday
A short KL today to end the month of February!
Really such a short flight that I cannot really remember what happened... all I can recall is that all of us were saying how any flight makes us tired, even if it is a KL.
Take off was pretty long from Singapore since the weather was pretty bad. Captain said he might turn on the seatbelt sign throughout the flight which means we won't have to serve hot drinks but end up he didn't...
On ground in KL when I offered jcl pax the arrival cards for Singapore passenger at 1D asked me for a pen which I gave from my pen pocket. My pen pocket is supposed to fit only one pen that is visible but I hide 2 more inside. So when the passenger at 1F also asked me for a pen I pushed the second pen from inside my pocket out and passed it to her. The passenger at 1D appeared so shocked and was about to laugh while asking me, "how many pens have you got in there?" Hahaha.
That's all for today folks! Day 2 of 3 tomorrow.
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
One of a kind passengers
26 February 2017 // Sunday
Sunday already sucks, what's more is a SZX. Thankfully the load is light both ways and crew are awesome!
Passengers are ridiculous! 5D on the coming back sector asked during boarding for the magazines I was holding on to offer to jcl passengers. I couldn't find a reason to reject him so I relentlessly gave him one. He then commented on how small the aircraft was and questioned weren't we under SQ. I replied him yes we are but we are just flying regional and our aircraft are the smaller sized ones (like duh). He asked if SQ fies to SZX and the answer is no and he even went on to ask me if they plan to do so in future. Of course I wouldn't know. I passed him our inflight magazine which shows our flight routes. Case closed (for now).
5B was a mother with infant who was already cocky when she boarded the aircraft. When my colleague offered to help her with her infant seatbelt, she refused to let us help her and demanded that we not touch her baby. That is no problem at all. However, she did not even cooperate to listen to the safety briefing to be done to all parents traveling with infants and my colleague asked for my help. I went over and from her accent found out that she is a Hongkie but thinks she is very "up there" just because she speaks English. Oh come on.
Anyway I managed to brief her and she acceded to all our instructions too so I shall not bother her. But during meal service she gave my colleague problems again. When my colleague offered the meal choice of the day, either fish with spaghetti or chicken with rice, she questioned my colleague in a doubtful manner, "isn't the menu fish with rice? You mean you changed the menu?"
In response, my colleague answered really tactfully and subtly that we change our menu very often once she felt that this passenger was trying to prove that she is a frequent flier with us to the extent that she even knows our menu. And fyi, the menu is not decided by us. Haha.
Back to the passenger at 5D, he decided to move to 6A right after take off. Doesn't matter, during meal service, he requested for a gin tonic "like now" as quoted by my colleagues serving him. What's worse is that when they were doing collection, he not only moved back to his seat at 5D, he asked to clear the gin tonic which he did not even touch! Sometimes I really wonder what goes through these passengers' mind.
Finally we were done with service and while enjoying our crew meals I attended to a call bell at 26C and was shocked to find 5D there staring at me without his shoes! He asked for a glass of water which I gave to him, and out of curiosity I walked to 5D and saw his pair of shoes there. Seriously?
Mid flight a passenger bought a sales item from Skyshop but just as we were about to land (about 30mins before landing when we're preparing for landing) this passenger at 22D asked to purchase a health bracelet from Skyshop but was worried about the length and whether it will fit on his hand. The bracelet length was stated clearly as 20cm but he asked for an estimation so I used my finger tips of my thumb and pinky when I stretch them out and told him that was about 15cm. He doubted me and asked me to get him a string to measure again but I already told him we do not have string onboard. I made a marking on a tissue paper that I rolled thinly into a string-like object and gave him the measurement and from my judgement, I assured that he would be able to fit in the bracelet. He was still skeptical about buying the item and by now I was already getting impatient. I offered him alternatives of buying it online and have it delivered to your place after he get the measuring done at home, buy it onboard and ask for extension at the shop or attempt to do a refund with the company. He rejected all and suddenly decided to pay for it (good for me anyway). I passed him the item and the receipt and witnessed him putting it on perfectly and comfortably just as we were about to land. That sense of satisfaction on my right judgement made me feel so good.
Case closed for today, fears of China flights never go away *cries*.
Sunday already sucks, what's more is a SZX. Thankfully the load is light both ways and crew are awesome!
Passengers are ridiculous! 5D on the coming back sector asked during boarding for the magazines I was holding on to offer to jcl passengers. I couldn't find a reason to reject him so I relentlessly gave him one. He then commented on how small the aircraft was and questioned weren't we under SQ. I replied him yes we are but we are just flying regional and our aircraft are the smaller sized ones (like duh). He asked if SQ fies to SZX and the answer is no and he even went on to ask me if they plan to do so in future. Of course I wouldn't know. I passed him our inflight magazine which shows our flight routes. Case closed (for now).
5B was a mother with infant who was already cocky when she boarded the aircraft. When my colleague offered to help her with her infant seatbelt, she refused to let us help her and demanded that we not touch her baby. That is no problem at all. However, she did not even cooperate to listen to the safety briefing to be done to all parents traveling with infants and my colleague asked for my help. I went over and from her accent found out that she is a Hongkie but thinks she is very "up there" just because she speaks English. Oh come on.
Anyway I managed to brief her and she acceded to all our instructions too so I shall not bother her. But during meal service she gave my colleague problems again. When my colleague offered the meal choice of the day, either fish with spaghetti or chicken with rice, she questioned my colleague in a doubtful manner, "isn't the menu fish with rice? You mean you changed the menu?"
In response, my colleague answered really tactfully and subtly that we change our menu very often once she felt that this passenger was trying to prove that she is a frequent flier with us to the extent that she even knows our menu. And fyi, the menu is not decided by us. Haha.
Back to the passenger at 5D, he decided to move to 6A right after take off. Doesn't matter, during meal service, he requested for a gin tonic "like now" as quoted by my colleagues serving him. What's worse is that when they were doing collection, he not only moved back to his seat at 5D, he asked to clear the gin tonic which he did not even touch! Sometimes I really wonder what goes through these passengers' mind.
Finally we were done with service and while enjoying our crew meals I attended to a call bell at 26C and was shocked to find 5D there staring at me without his shoes! He asked for a glass of water which I gave to him, and out of curiosity I walked to 5D and saw his pair of shoes there. Seriously?
Mid flight a passenger bought a sales item from Skyshop but just as we were about to land (about 30mins before landing when we're preparing for landing) this passenger at 22D asked to purchase a health bracelet from Skyshop but was worried about the length and whether it will fit on his hand. The bracelet length was stated clearly as 20cm but he asked for an estimation so I used my finger tips of my thumb and pinky when I stretch them out and told him that was about 15cm. He doubted me and asked me to get him a string to measure again but I already told him we do not have string onboard. I made a marking on a tissue paper that I rolled thinly into a string-like object and gave him the measurement and from my judgement, I assured that he would be able to fit in the bracelet. He was still skeptical about buying the item and by now I was already getting impatient. I offered him alternatives of buying it online and have it delivered to your place after he get the measuring done at home, buy it onboard and ask for extension at the shop or attempt to do a refund with the company. He rejected all and suddenly decided to pay for it (good for me anyway). I passed him the item and the receipt and witnessed him putting it on perfectly and comfortably just as we were about to land. That sense of satisfaction on my right judgement made me feel so good.
Case closed for today, fears of China flights never go away *cries*.
Saturday, February 25, 2017
Saturday Morning
25 February 2017 // Saturday
Saturday morning was supposed to be a KL flight but yesterday office called to ask if I was willing to do a PEN instead which comes back earlier so why not? Although I was pretty skeptical whenever office calls but oh well just trying my luck.
So I heard the reporting time over the phone and when I woke up this morning and checked in for my flight, to my ultimate horror I realized I remembered the wrong reporting time and it actually mean I was going to be late! I hurried my hubby and gave a call to briefing room to inform I'd 5-10mins late (Google Map says 8mins to be exact).
I was totally stressed out and hurried to briefing room once I arrived at the airport and the other crew were all waiting for me to start briefing and I feel so paiseh ><
So I was S2 (since a long time ago) but I was kinda happy 'cos feeling tired from the morning RT and can avoid interacting with passengers. Sometimes S2 is the best position when you just don't want to talk to anyone haha.
So during boarding I heard a lot of commotion in the cabin and secretly thanking cic for putting me as S2 to get out of all these drama.
During the second sector, passenger at 22C feedback to me about the boarding process at Penang station and that he liked it very much and suggested that we should adopt the same boarding method at other stations too. Honestly I know nuts about boarding because it is solely up to the ground staff so I just passed him a feedback form and asked him to write in to our company. Case closed.
All in all was a good flight, we were pretty fast since we completed collection before Captain's arrival announcement. We departed at the nearest gate and ended up arriving at the furthest gate. A long walk to get out...
Drama II: Bollywood
22 February 2017 // Wednesday
Happy midweek! Second and last India overnight of the shortest month of 2017: Coimbatore (CJB).
CJB is a relatively easy overnight to do but anyway I was S1 with an extremely nice cic so nothing else matters.
We were sharing cold jokes all the way and laughing non-stop at our lame selves. When my cic opened a champagne for a passenger after take off, probably due to the bumpy take off, the champagne popped so hard that all the champagne started flowing out and it got onto my cic. She was joking about the advertisement on tv about celebrating with champagne while I was joking about her having a literal "champagne shower".
Our jcl passengers are such "high-class" people that they think they are having fine-dining by slowly enjoying their meals and taking forever to finish their meals.
This lady at 1D asked for Chamomile tea but when I served she insisted that the tea smells funny and ended up taking out her own TWG Chamomile teabag (which my instant response was a inside 180 degrees roll eye). Atas lor.
Our Row 5 passengers were an old elderly couple whom our hearts wrenched when we saw them. The husband probably suffered a stroke and had a severe hunchback that his face was already leaning on the tray table during meal service. He can't use his hands to eat so his wife had to put his food on the tray for him to eat directly with his mouth. But it is still sweet to see them so loving despite their age.
Taking off out from CJB, my crew and cic had issues with a kid at the aft and took so long before we could set the cabin for take off. When we were landing in SIN, this same kid was giving problems because the mum refuse to let the crying child sit down and it turned out that their kid was below 2 years old but they bought a seat for the child so we ended up having to issue an infant seatbelt. I was in jcl on standby while they were settling this family and Captain called to say we were landing in 3mins and when I took a look out of the window oh my god we were literally landing anytime! Such a rushed cabin check and the moment my cic sat down and informed Captain, once she finished her landing announcement our wheel touched the runway!
But thank god we landed. Rest off rest off :D
Happy midweek! Second and last India overnight of the shortest month of 2017: Coimbatore (CJB).
CJB is a relatively easy overnight to do but anyway I was S1 with an extremely nice cic so nothing else matters.
We were sharing cold jokes all the way and laughing non-stop at our lame selves. When my cic opened a champagne for a passenger after take off, probably due to the bumpy take off, the champagne popped so hard that all the champagne started flowing out and it got onto my cic. She was joking about the advertisement on tv about celebrating with champagne while I was joking about her having a literal "champagne shower".
Our jcl passengers are such "high-class" people that they think they are having fine-dining by slowly enjoying their meals and taking forever to finish their meals.
This lady at 1D asked for Chamomile tea but when I served she insisted that the tea smells funny and ended up taking out her own TWG Chamomile teabag (which my instant response was a inside 180 degrees roll eye). Atas lor.
Our Row 5 passengers were an old elderly couple whom our hearts wrenched when we saw them. The husband probably suffered a stroke and had a severe hunchback that his face was already leaning on the tray table during meal service. He can't use his hands to eat so his wife had to put his food on the tray for him to eat directly with his mouth. But it is still sweet to see them so loving despite their age.
Taking off out from CJB, my crew and cic had issues with a kid at the aft and took so long before we could set the cabin for take off. When we were landing in SIN, this same kid was giving problems because the mum refuse to let the crying child sit down and it turned out that their kid was below 2 years old but they bought a seat for the child so we ended up having to issue an infant seatbelt. I was in jcl on standby while they were settling this family and Captain called to say we were landing in 3mins and when I took a look out of the window oh my god we were literally landing anytime! Such a rushed cabin check and the moment my cic sat down and informed Captain, once she finished her landing announcement our wheel touched the runway!
But thank god we landed. Rest off rest off :D
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
Smart Alecs Onboard!
21 February 2017 // Tuesday
Today was my ChiangMai (CNX) in a while. Everyone is busy changing flights for their new March roster while I dragged my feet to work early in the morning.
I was S3 and was kinda dreading this flight. It wasn't an exactly easy flight to do.
Anyways, on the way up, something minor happened. When we first arrived the aircraft, my S1 found outdated newspapers in the galley so she threw it outside the aircraft on the floor (the previous set of crew should have thrown it away).
I was S3 so I was in charge of preparing the papers and I got a shock when one passenger who just boarded returned me a copy of the Sunday Times (today is Tuesday if you need a reminder) and questioned why we gave him outdated papers.
Followed by a second passenger who returned a copy of Monday's paper to us but he was nice. We then figured out all these passengers actually picked these discarded papers from the floor thinking that it was given/set up by us?
We are not budget airlines please; we don't leave papers on the floor for you to take. Even if we are budget airlines, there would not be any papers itfp.
So that aside, when we arrived at CNX, I met the ground staff again (whom I'm not sure if he remembers me) but because we had a good chat the last time I flew chartered to ChiangRai (CEI). While we chatted, two of our crew went down to buy us authentic Thai Milk Tea. Yums.
So on the way back, we were serving Spicy Chicken with Noodles or the Fish with Potatoes in Tomato Sauce. There was this group of China pax in the mid cabin which I served. One lady stopped me and asked for "spicy" so I thought she was referring to asking for a second helping for the chicken since she was already munching on her fish. She repeated "spicy" a couple of times with me trying hard to understand her and trying hard not to get annoyed.
I kept asking her if she wanted the chicken but she said no and she even spelled "spicy" to me. (yes ma'am I know my spelling)
She finally was willing to speak Chinese and said "la jiao" which means chilli and at that very instant, I tried so hard to hold my eyes back in place so I wouldn't have to roll my eyes. Ladies and Gentlemen, please don't speak English if you can't. I am bilingual, tyvm.
So all in all it was a much better CNX than usual. A chilling night with Hubby and starting to dread Coimbatore (CJB) overnight tomorrow...
Today was my ChiangMai (CNX) in a while. Everyone is busy changing flights for their new March roster while I dragged my feet to work early in the morning.
I was S3 and was kinda dreading this flight. It wasn't an exactly easy flight to do.
Anyways, on the way up, something minor happened. When we first arrived the aircraft, my S1 found outdated newspapers in the galley so she threw it outside the aircraft on the floor (the previous set of crew should have thrown it away).
I was S3 so I was in charge of preparing the papers and I got a shock when one passenger who just boarded returned me a copy of the Sunday Times (today is Tuesday if you need a reminder) and questioned why we gave him outdated papers.
Followed by a second passenger who returned a copy of Monday's paper to us but he was nice. We then figured out all these passengers actually picked these discarded papers from the floor thinking that it was given/set up by us?
We are not budget airlines please; we don't leave papers on the floor for you to take. Even if we are budget airlines, there would not be any papers itfp.
So that aside, when we arrived at CNX, I met the ground staff again (whom I'm not sure if he remembers me) but because we had a good chat the last time I flew chartered to ChiangRai (CEI). While we chatted, two of our crew went down to buy us authentic Thai Milk Tea. Yums.
So on the way back, we were serving Spicy Chicken with Noodles or the Fish with Potatoes in Tomato Sauce. There was this group of China pax in the mid cabin which I served. One lady stopped me and asked for "spicy" so I thought she was referring to asking for a second helping for the chicken since she was already munching on her fish. She repeated "spicy" a couple of times with me trying hard to understand her and trying hard not to get annoyed.
I kept asking her if she wanted the chicken but she said no and she even spelled "spicy" to me. (yes ma'am I know my spelling)
She finally was willing to speak Chinese and said "la jiao" which means chilli and at that very instant, I tried so hard to hold my eyes back in place so I wouldn't have to roll my eyes. Ladies and Gentlemen, please don't speak English if you can't. I am bilingual, tyvm.
So all in all it was a much better CNX than usual. A chilling night with Hubby and starting to dread Coimbatore (CJB) overnight tomorrow...
Monday, February 20, 2017
Sleep > Food??
18 February 2017 // Saturday
Sucks to be working on a Saturday but oh well. TRV overnight and my cic changed last minute. The cic that was called up is known to be a little "crazy" onboard, so I'm keeping my fears in mind. Lol.
I was 3rd most senior on this flight, and I had a seriously bad feeling that I will be S1 (which I don't want because of the cic) and what's worse is that another crew said he also had a feeling I would be S1. Seriously I wouldn't mind if it was other cic but because its her I recalled all the shuddering stories of her previous flights I swear I don't want to work JCL.
Like people say... Be careful what you wish for. Yeah I was S1. Suck it up man hahaha. Not too bad actually since going up was 0 in JCL and coming back was only 5. So we kinda had a good rest on the way up but I kept going to the back because I was discussing marriage and hdb stuff with another crew who is getting married soon too. But I was afraid cic might think I don't want to talk to her... But seriously we had not much in common.
On the way back, 3 out of 5 were Chinese and I'm surprised. The other couple was Caucasian. And out of these 3 Chinese, 2 were Taiwanese while the other was a PRC. Here's what's interesting about the last guy I mentioned.
So on ground when I offered newspapers and all I spoke to all in English (one does not speak Chinese to Chinese lest some gets offended AND some speaks really good English) so all of them managed to reply me decently. So I continued speaking in English when taking orders after take off and this guy at 3A couldn't really understood me and to a certain point in time he got a little frustrated and asked in a little raised tone, "can you speak chinese?" (in chinese). So of course I did since I could.
After I took his order, I went to prepare his tray but to my surprise when I approached him, he was snoring away! IT was less than just 2 mins and he fell asleep? I was speechless and couldn't help but chuckled.
The very next moment, when my cic walked out into the cabin, she came back questioning me if 3A was sleeping. I was positive because I couldn't wake him up although repeatedly calling his name, but my cic showed me, he was awake! I was so confused hahaha so I immediately rushed out to serve him his appetizer.
5 minutes later as I was checking if he was done with his appetizer so I could serve his main... guess what? Yeap, he was snoring away again, with the chicken still on his fork. Hahahaha I held back my laugh and rushed back to the galley.
After relaying the story to my cic, I peeked outside again, and there he was happily munching on his chicken. By this time I didn't know to laugh or cry.
It took him about an hour before he finished his appetizer, so finally I managed to serve his main course.
I shall not mention how many times this repeated with his main course and can you believe it or not, a 4 hours flight and he only finished his food right before land?
Told this to hubby and he said this guy prolly has some sleeping disorder... If that's the case its pretty sad because they can't drive or operate machinery as its too dangerous. But it's still funny.
Yay to rest off! #weekends
Sucks to be working on a Saturday but oh well. TRV overnight and my cic changed last minute. The cic that was called up is known to be a little "crazy" onboard, so I'm keeping my fears in mind. Lol.
I was 3rd most senior on this flight, and I had a seriously bad feeling that I will be S1 (which I don't want because of the cic) and what's worse is that another crew said he also had a feeling I would be S1. Seriously I wouldn't mind if it was other cic but because its her I recalled all the shuddering stories of her previous flights I swear I don't want to work JCL.
Like people say... Be careful what you wish for. Yeah I was S1. Suck it up man hahaha. Not too bad actually since going up was 0 in JCL and coming back was only 5. So we kinda had a good rest on the way up but I kept going to the back because I was discussing marriage and hdb stuff with another crew who is getting married soon too. But I was afraid cic might think I don't want to talk to her... But seriously we had not much in common.
On the way back, 3 out of 5 were Chinese and I'm surprised. The other couple was Caucasian. And out of these 3 Chinese, 2 were Taiwanese while the other was a PRC. Here's what's interesting about the last guy I mentioned.
So on ground when I offered newspapers and all I spoke to all in English (one does not speak Chinese to Chinese lest some gets offended AND some speaks really good English) so all of them managed to reply me decently. So I continued speaking in English when taking orders after take off and this guy at 3A couldn't really understood me and to a certain point in time he got a little frustrated and asked in a little raised tone, "can you speak chinese?" (in chinese). So of course I did since I could.
After I took his order, I went to prepare his tray but to my surprise when I approached him, he was snoring away! IT was less than just 2 mins and he fell asleep? I was speechless and couldn't help but chuckled.
The very next moment, when my cic walked out into the cabin, she came back questioning me if 3A was sleeping. I was positive because I couldn't wake him up although repeatedly calling his name, but my cic showed me, he was awake! I was so confused hahaha so I immediately rushed out to serve him his appetizer.
5 minutes later as I was checking if he was done with his appetizer so I could serve his main... guess what? Yeap, he was snoring away again, with the chicken still on his fork. Hahahaha I held back my laugh and rushed back to the galley.
After relaying the story to my cic, I peeked outside again, and there he was happily munching on his chicken. By this time I didn't know to laugh or cry.
It took him about an hour before he finished his appetizer, so finally I managed to serve his main course.
I shall not mention how many times this repeated with his main course and can you believe it or not, a 4 hours flight and he only finished his food right before land?
Told this to hubby and he said this guy prolly has some sleeping disorder... If that's the case its pretty sad because they can't drive or operate machinery as its too dangerous. But it's still funny.
Yay to rest off! #weekends
Instant Karma
17 February 2017 // Friday
Full Day standby (SBYFULL) today so it starts form 0900h. Because hubby is on reservist he can't really send me to work so he's extremely concerned as to what flight I will be doing so he made me call MIOCC the night before to ask for fights.
I asked, and as expected they said no open flights. So I headed to bed.
They called me at 3am and told me to operate MI774 USM. I'm more than happy (at least its not some China or India) but the reporting is at 0855h why did they call me at 3am? Omg. Had such a hard time sleeping back. Hubby says MIOCC is most productive between 1am-3am haha.
I was S3 for this flight and because USM only uses A319 we were down by one crew at the back and its full load both ways. For the first sector S1 came down to help us for service.
For the second sector, cic came down halfway through meal service and started spying on me. So god damn stress and she was practically eavesdropping on my passenger and my conversation. For a moment I wondered if I was on check haha.
And when I did collection with cic, I accidentally spilled a can drink and I was like whoosh omg. What a blunder. I was extremely clumsy this day, not to mention how a bottle of wine rolled onto the passenger. So embarrassing.
Aside to service, when we arrived at USM, we were shocked to find out that the earlier USM MI771 hasn't departed yet! They were overbooked and delayed by almost 2 hours. Poor them!
Just as we were laughing at the other stet of crew, instant karma found us. We were delayed for almost 30mins due to this group of China tourists (which is actually a very long story about miscommunication) so basically I shall just skip that.
Guess what, we were still 10mins early when we arrived in SIN! What a good way to start the weekends (not). I'm doing Trivandrum (TRV) overnight tomorrow.
Full Day standby (SBYFULL) today so it starts form 0900h. Because hubby is on reservist he can't really send me to work so he's extremely concerned as to what flight I will be doing so he made me call MIOCC the night before to ask for fights.
I asked, and as expected they said no open flights. So I headed to bed.
They called me at 3am and told me to operate MI774 USM. I'm more than happy (at least its not some China or India) but the reporting is at 0855h why did they call me at 3am? Omg. Had such a hard time sleeping back. Hubby says MIOCC is most productive between 1am-3am haha.
I was S3 for this flight and because USM only uses A319 we were down by one crew at the back and its full load both ways. For the first sector S1 came down to help us for service.
For the second sector, cic came down halfway through meal service and started spying on me. So god damn stress and she was practically eavesdropping on my passenger and my conversation. For a moment I wondered if I was on check haha.
And when I did collection with cic, I accidentally spilled a can drink and I was like whoosh omg. What a blunder. I was extremely clumsy this day, not to mention how a bottle of wine rolled onto the passenger. So embarrassing.
Aside to service, when we arrived at USM, we were shocked to find out that the earlier USM MI771 hasn't departed yet! They were overbooked and delayed by almost 2 hours. Poor them!
Just as we were laughing at the other stet of crew, instant karma found us. We were delayed for almost 30mins due to this group of China tourists (which is actually a very long story about miscommunication) so basically I shall just skip that.
Guess what, we were still 10mins early when we arrived in SIN! What a good way to start the weekends (not). I'm doing Trivandrum (TRV) overnight tomorrow.
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