called up in sin for london, called up in london for sin

Happy Friday 13th March 2009!

i had such a "great" week of luck...

was called up on monday to operate a flight into London at 7am, meaning i had 2hr 45mins to pack and prepare.

finneeee... i accept it.

the evening before standby in london, one of the junior was called up. she was to depart the next morning.

next morning, i woke up at 8am(london time) and attend the briefing at 11am. all clear at the moment.

after briefing, went to exchange some stuff. tabao lunch and back in room by 2pm. still all clear. no blinking messages on the hotel phone. no notes slipped under door.

getting groggier after lunch but had to stay awake till night fall. coz once i nap a bit, i'll have problems sleeping at night. what's more, there's a live match between Man U and Inter at 730pm.

RRRRRRRRRIIIINNNNNGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i thought it was mr loy.

me: hello!
guy; hi, is that fss fiona? i'm calling from xxxxxxxx. you have been activated for the flight departing later at nite.
me: *silence, heart stop*
guy: helloooooo???
me: huh? tonight? later? are u kidding?
guy: errrmm... yup, later at night. let me double check. *paper rustling* yes! it's tonight! in a short while in fact.
me: no shit! wat time is the pick up?
guy: 735pm pick up.
me: it's almost 530pm now!!!!!!!!!
guy: ya... someone report sick pretty last min.
me: this is too lat min lorrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
guy: eehh... yeah.. u have 'bout an hour or so to prepare. call time is at 635am.

i haven eat. i haven pack. i haven finish my grocery shopping. i cant watch the match. i woke up at 8am! im so freaking tired!!! duty time to n fro is 17hrs and 15hrs!


called up in singapore for london on monday.
called up in london for singapore on wednesday.
what a joke.

called up (as usual)

haven even gotten over the jet lag from milan and now called up LONDON, AGAIN!!

this is the second time they call me for london. why cant they call earlier like after midnight so i have ample time to prepare? why must call at 7am when the reporting is at 1055am, meaning i have to prepare at 8-ish and get out of the house at 945am?

no wonder i couldnt sleep despite all the prata-flipping tactics since 1am. i managed to fall asleep at 2am n suddenly jolted awak at 3am. had this feeling of my name being called... called and check, nothing yet. STILL couldnt sleep. almost dozing off when the house phone rang, which also brings the question of why cant they call my mobile first ah?? knn.

i knew it.

i gotten "lucky" for the second time.
and i only slept for ONE HOUR.

milan time difference was 7hrs.
london is 8hrs.
i'm still so tired from the time difference (not because of the shopping horrr), then now this. some might say "this is extra income. somemore now recession!".
but i guess right now, i rather have my health than this kind "time-adapting" life.

who say nowadays standby wont get call up de ah?

Roses for Love

this year V-Day was simple and sweet..

i ordered a basket of sunny orange gerberas which comes with 8 tasty Chuppa Chups lollipops. In fact, i sent Mr Loy his first Valentine's bouquet of roses back in 2007. =p


heehee, who says only guys can give girls flowers for february 14!

xoxoxoxo

Air Crash Spookiness

Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 was a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar jet that crashed into the Florida Everglades on the night of December 29, 1972, causing 101 fatalities (77 initial crash survivors, two died shortly afterward). The crash was a controlled flight into terrain as a result of the flight crew's failure to monitor the flight instruments during a malfunction of the landing gear position indicator system. It was the first crash of a wide-body aircraft in the US, and, at the time, the deadliest crash in the United States.

It is also known for reported paranormal activities, supposedly stemming from the salvage of aircraft parts; Eastern Airlines later removed the Flight 401 parts.

After the accident, employees of Eastern Air Lines began reporting sightings of the dead crew members on board another L-1011 (N318EA). The story was that parts of Flight 401 were salvaged after the crash investigation and refitted into the other L-1011. "Sightings" of the spirits of Flight Engineer(and Second Officer) Don Repo and Captain Robert Loft spread throughout Eastern Air Lines to the point where Eastern's management warned employees that they could face dismissal if caught spreading ghost stories.

The apparitions of the crew members were allegedly sighted inside a Foster Refrigerator infrared oven that had been in the galley of Flight 401, and was later salvaged and put into another L-1011. After the supposed ghostly sightings, the oven was sent back to Foster Refrigerator in Hudson, New York.

yes, airlines do that to save cost. so the next time u disembark from a plane, do say a prayer for those who did not managed to finish the flight.

Couch Potato

all started with the match between Man U and Everton on Saturday 1.25am... bedtime at 4am... i woke up at 2pm. Mr Loy woke up at close to 3.30pm... Australia open final between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal(and his very distracting underwear-digging tactic) at 4pm till 'bout 10pm... and after all the tv was.. .. ..

blackjack!! with ah lian's humongous deck of card.

then we tried Dai Di...

Mr Loy holding easy the 13 huge cards.

while i had to use(almost) all four limbs to sort out those cards.

hahahah!! The guys can hold the cards with one hand while the girls had to use both. Coincidentally, all four mega-card players were wearing red top!!

Have a Ox-picious New Year!