my 12 hr experience stranded in Perth Airport =(

3hr July 2009---Wednesday


5:00 am

smpai kt perth international airport tepat kol 5 pg...as my flight is at 6.50am...takut terlambat..(due to my bad experience before with air asia check-in time)...bgn bukan main awal giler..kol 3.30am kot sbb nk mandi2 dulu..n breakfast sket...tanks to daeng n intan yg sudi bgn pagi utk menghantar daku pulang ke tanah air pagi2 buta =)


6:40am

10 mins before flight... i was sitting near the crowd of passengers of flight D7 2717 air asia to kuala lumpur near Gate 5...next to me is a couple of makcik and pakcik cina who came to visit their daughter and their grandkids in Perth...in front of me there was this young malay husband and wife average 30+ with their 3 sons..one of their son was crying..wanted to buy a toy at the airport but the daddy refuse...and try to talk him out slowly

then..came a team of flight attendance all in red uniforms for the stewardess and in black suits for the stewards led by the 2 captain pilots in front...smart as always...leading their way to the gate


6:50am

it's time already...but there seems no announcement made by the flight attendance to go on board...there was also no sign of the air asia aircraft...the only plane that i could see thru the thick fog that morning is the emirates

suddenly there was an announcement...the flight that was supposed to land at perth airport that morning was diverted to melbn due to the heavy fog in perth's sky that morning...the aircraft was unable to land so they had to divert to the melbn international airport which will take them another 4 hours flight...the flight attendance also announced that any breaking news will be told later...the passengers were also told to hang around for a while in the airport and were given a $10 breakfast coupon


7:30am

i sat around waiting anxiously of when would we be able to fly back home...hilang dh smgt balik msia that morning...the pakcik cina beside me try to borak2 with me...he told his wonderful experience of traveling the whole world...he said he had been in most of the continents except for antartica...he told me about this experience in egypt, india, china, europe and also japan...(how i wish to travel the whole world like him too)..he also has a son in japan who is now wed to a local japanese girl...we also talked about the politic crisis in perak as he is from ipoh...then he went to have some breakfast with his wife...he asked me to join him but i wasn't in the mood for coffee right now..too many people were lining up for breakfast that morning


9:05am

finally i decided to have some mocha and a choc chip muffin that morning...it cost me more that $10 ok..still i have to topup some of my own money that morning...($10 dol mn cukup maaa kt airport nih)...so i sat by the corner..minum slowly..buying some time sambil dgr lagu james morrison at my ipod...then another announcement came...all of the passangers of flight D72717 were allowed to go wondering around the airport until 2.00pm..haih..another 5 hrs to go..nk wat apa seyh..pikir jugak nk balik umah jap tp leceh la nk kena dtg balik jap lg..tambang taxi lg..i then called berg..knowing that he was awake that morning...dia lak tgh shopping2 brg nk masak kuzi for lunch..dem..time aku nk balik br nk masak kuzi kn..xpe la..merajuk seketika


10:50am

kami passangers smua dihalau dari kawasan gate ke tmpt arrival...our passport dicop 'never departed'...so i hangout at the arrival seat..with my laptop..try to search for any free wireless...but tetiba..kena bayar la pulak..$10 for 15 mins online...so sempat la i curse2 sket pasal that misfortune day kt facebook and berchat2 kt ym..lgpn xbwk la pulak adaptor so terpaksa la bertahan ngan limited time my laptop bateri had left


12:30pm

my laptop bateri dh abis...so i went back up to the departure gate to find out any news about my flight...the screens showed that my flight was labeled diverted and will arrived at 3:00 pm...i then asked the flight attendent for any confirmation..she then told me that my flight will arrived at 4.30pm...pulak dh...n handed me another $10 coupon for lunch...the only thing that i could afford with that coupon is a lemon tea drink bottle and a plate of wadges...(xsedap langsung!)...i then called intan..she was having a feast ngan dak2 lain kt umah berg mkn kuzi...jeles giler!..haha..fine..xde rezeki that day


2:00pm

i then masuk balik kt ruangan gate...gate kitorg dh ditukar ke Gate 1...bila pikir2 balik nasib baik xde connecting flight to alor star..klu x mmg terlepas n terpaksa bermalam kt kl for one night...i decided to go back early as it was school holidays and my family is in kl at that time..so my dad just pick me up straight from lcct instead of taking another connecting flight to alor star..klu x planningnya mmg nk balik on the 14th june...but then the school holidays will be finished already


4.30pm

after 2 hours lebih flipping thru my ipod..(smpai nk abis bateri ipod tu)..the aircraft finally arrived...everyone clapped as we saw the flight finally landed in perth..kesian lak kt org2 yg dtg dr msia thru that flight..mesti almost 11 hours dok dlm flight je (kl-perth-melbn-perth)


5.10pm

i finally made it to seat 23A...dok sebelah tingkap...(i said to myself..."xpe..yg penting selamat smpai")...xnk la jadi apa2 drama pulak kn on the way tu...sayonara perth..will be back on the 11th july =)


10.50pm

back in kl akhirnya! my family pn dh smpai to pick me up...12hrs in perth airport...what a day~