In Transit.... and I Laviated!

Hello blog people!

I'm currently cooling my heels waiting for my next flight in Changi Airport, Singapore. While I've travelled here in my FA life many a time, it's the first time I've a) been a passenger and b) had so much time to look around. Visiting Terminal 3 is also a first. While it's new and shiny, and has heaps of cool stuff like free baggage trolleys, koi fish ponds, a butterfly house & free foot massagers, most of the shops are too ritzy to buy anything from.

So far my airport purchases include an inflatable pillow (regular shaped ones made my neck hurt on last flight), a Kinder Bueno bar and a br/unch of spaghetti with a glass of OJ. The restaurant has free internet for patrons, and although I bought a meal I'm definitely getting a vibe of 'hurry up'from the staff. Too bad, 10 bucks should get me at least an hour of surfing :P And it's not even busy!

Flight here was pretty good. I was surprised by a couple of things. Got given an amenity kit, which actually contained only socks and a toothbrush (not even eye shades on a red-eye flight!). Good thing I BYO all that stuff!

The other thing I found unusual is that on SQ, the seatbelt sign coming on doesn't actually seem to mean anything. It came on 3 times during the flight for turbulence, and while the usual PA was made, the FAs continued to walk around doing work. I figured maybe it just applied to the passengers, but then quite a few got up to use the bathroom or rummage in their overhead bags, and went unchallenged by the crew!

Ok, I'm still getting looks, so I better cut this short. Next flight up is on the mammoth beast of the skies, the mighty A380. Let's see if it lives up to the hype!

PS- I laviated!!!! :D

PPS- Singapore Girls are even cuter in person. All so pretty. In-charge of economy seemed a tad grumpy though, maybe she was just in a rush and not grumpy?

Meandering in Melbourne

On a recent trip to Melbourne, I managed to take a few pictures which I thought were worth posting. I've been having camera troubles lately, more specifically, trouble with the camera card. It's brand new, so I'm not sure why it's playing up, but the fact that it's been 'eating' most of my photos is really frustrating! It also seems to happen only to the pics which I REALLY want to share.

Oh well. I'll just have to use the old one until I can figure out what the problem is, or maybe exchange it for a new one.

As you may or may not know, Melbourne is known for its trams, which are one of the main forms of public transport. The fun thing is, there's a free 'city circle' tram which runs right nearby the crew hotel. This is handy for getting into town to shop, go get some lunch or dinner, or just to sightsee.





The most well-known train station is the Flinders St Train Station, admittedly the more traditional of the two main rail stations in the city area. When we passed there were heaps of people crowded out the front, seems like it is a meeting spot of choice and of course a transit point for getting home after work!


After a nice lunch in the trendy Chapel St area (pizza & pasta, if you must know) we headed into the main area of town to have a look around, and of course to shop! On the way there in our cab, I saw this cute set of horses and carriage taking tourists around.




Cute chandelier in the crew hotel, which some of my readers may find familiar :P


A rather modern building in Federation Square, which is one of the more 'buzzy' places in Melbourne, but unfortunately we didn't have time to visit on this trip. I hope to go back there the next time I get a Melbourne trip and have a look around some of the galleries and exhibitions there.


Of course, a trip to Melbourne wouldn't be complete without a peek at the high-end labels :P

Prada...





This pic of the Louis Vuitton store, which was being renovated at the time. I had the pic all set up, but then the walk light went green so it blurred...




I really like this picture, it's a bit clever isn't it... hehe


And again, a tram: