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June 02, 2006
Destination Singapore ... via Perth
Depending how you look at it my travel either started today or last week when I went to Melbourne. It's today because this is will be day I'm leaving Australia or last week, because since Melbourne I no longer has a 'home' in Sydney. My brothers vacated the premise last weekend and I have been living with my auntie in Chatswood. Funny that until yesterday I didn't realise that she is the same auntie who brought me to Australia on the first place, I have come full circle :)
First stop (or second stop) is Singapore, which will be my base for the South East Asian leg of my trip. Here I will catch up with friends, family and more importantly my grandmother. But not before stopping for 4 hours in Perth (I'm flying using my frquent flyer points, so not much of a choice here) where I am currently writing this entry at an Internet computer kiosk at a typical aiport overpriced rate with a really shitty keyboard.
I have a feeling that I'm going to have a really .. err ... "exiting" time ahead. On our Melbourne trip, we almost didn't make it to the plane back to Sydney because we misread the plane departure time (15:30 instead of 15:10 ... I was the last person to be checked-in .. just made it in time). I've blogged earlier about carrying too much stuff than my measly 20kg economy class allowance. Maybe it's fate but at my last 3 places to stay (my own, my auntie, and my friend's at Brighton) none has a working scale, so I don't know how much my baggage weigh. Although I do know it's going to be over 20kg.
At the check-in desk this morning my guess was confirmed, all up almost 30kg ... crap still carrying too much stuff. On my defence I have a suitcase and a rucksack, those must weigh at least 8 - 9kg. The check-in chick scolded me telling that I should know the 20kg maximum baggage limit. She gave me the fame Qantas supermarket bag and asked me to remove 4kg, that's the best she can do, otherwise she has to charge me. After stuffing full the supermarket bag, we weigh in my luggages again, although still over 25kg this time it seems to be under the acceptable weight.
So here I am in the sleepy Perth International Terminal waiting for my connecting flight to Singapore ... with two heavy bags, I really need to change my packing strategy. There's hardly anyone here, most of the activities are in the domestic terminal. Anyway I almost run out of time and have to end this entry here.
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Update: Well apparently the email notification doesn't work - so much for that - and there are more people in Perth International closer to the flights departure time.
Posted by vhadiant at June 2, 2006 12:31 PM
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