I started my day very early on Thursday.. leaving from home at 7.30am, got into the 1st bus to KL, its an 8am bus Konsortium (satisfaction guaranteed).. Don't ever ride on any other busses especially Fivestar buses, you'll have the worst journey you could ever imagined!! For instance, A short 3 hours journey could be dragged to 8 hours (as what had happened to my other half last month).. So DONT ever get overwhelmed with the tickets usherers at the bus station... just go straight to Konsortium Counter (unless you have no other choices which is too bad)
I reached KL as scheduled, around noon... i quickly made my way up to puduraya ticket counter.. and get the earliest bus to LCCT (Starshuttle).. and i managed..then i have to walk all the way to MYDIN bus stop there because all the busses bound to LCCT stops there. Oh.. little that i know that you could also buy the bus ticket at the MYDIN bus stop itself.. no need to go through all the troubles of climbing staircase.. RM12 from puduraya to LCCT.. a smooth plus minus 45 minutes ride.. i was really happy!
I reached LCCT and quickly check in at the self check in kiosk, tried to find a seat in the flood of people.. managed to find one.. :) settle myself down and waited till 5pm.. and i was killing the time by utilizing the 3 hours free wifi provided by LCCT management. Oh Pls.. why it has to be 3 hours??? why not all day long??? A little too calculative ain't it??? However, my laptop battery only lasted for about 2 hours the most. i had the chance to chat with a few friends.. wishing me a safe journey.. You guys were sooo sweet!!! at least you managed to lift up my mood waiting for my flight for a couple more hours...
I finally went in at 5 something.. waited for half an hour or so, managed to get my cellphone recharged and then.. i heard the announcement and the last thing i know.. i'm ready to go.. the flight was smooth. Thank God. Good weather. Thank God. Experienced Pilot. Thank God again.. oh.. i did not buy buy a prebook meal so i only managed to have chicken rice for iftar because everything else was sold out!! (i was drooling for the beriani the girl beside me was having.. erghhh!!! lesson learnt!!! prebook my meal if i want to eat something good)... and this is the first time i break- fast at 30000 ft above sea level.. sky high iftar.. :)
i was a little uncomfortable with the fact that no one would come and fetch me at Tawau airport when i arrived.. its nothing foreign because this is the 5th time i'm here, i'm not worried of getting to the camp on my own because taxi are easy and so convenient, but a little emotionally disturbed because i know i wont be getting any welcoming hugs and kisses from anyone at the airport..sad isn't it.. oh come on!! i flew so far away and no welcoming hugs and kisses???? i'm expecting a bouquet of flowers or something plus some romantic gestures from heroes from the fairy tale would do.. but all that only happened in my dreams.. i am a tough girl and immediately after touch down, i get a taxi ticket from a counter cost me RM45.00 (but everything was all in order!! kudos to Tawau Air Port Taxi!) and get myself into a taxi, and well.. in a matter of a few seconds, i was already chit chatting with the driver. a very nice 50 something man, have 4 kids , all living in the peninsular, 1 doing masters in UPSI, 1 doing medical in UKM... 1 working in a big company, 1 working in klang.. so i'm quite good at "chatting up" people.. they opened up.. the really did.. and the only thing the driver knows about me is i'm from Penang and i'm going to Kem Kukusan.. i should be a spy!
umm..my ride was already at the gate when i arrived, there he was, wearing a blue baju melayu (just came back from terawih wajib) smiling at me in the car, come on at least help me carry my bags into the car.. ahh nevermind.. he sent me to the mess, and went to the room.. well nothing changes from the last time i came here, but there is an LCD Tv in the room.. which i'll definitely bring back and put in my new house..:) .. that is all about it.. my 5th time journey coming to Tawau.
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