Crusin' in the Air

About 2 months ago, Shiva and I had the chance to go on a 4 seater plane ride. A client was supposed to try out the Pilot for a Day experience on a 2 seater plane but because they only have a 4 seater plane available, our kind supplier said we could tag along to try out the experience of riding a 4 seater plane. I can still remember clearly when Nik asked if Shiva and I wanted to go for the ride, I was so happy! Hehe. :D

After chilling at Starbucks at the Subang Airport, the friendly Captain came and greeted us. So after everyone was ready (including the client who was suppose to go for the piloting experience), the captain took us to the hangar area where all the other planes are. As this was my first time to ever get to experience such a thing or to even come remotely close to this side of the Subang airport, I had my trusty camera all ready hung around my neck. Like a jakun, me and Shiva, were like "Waaaaaa, look at that plane wei!", "Fuyohhh..." or "Damn cooool laaah!" with our mouths open all the way. Hahaha. Or okay, maybe it's only me mostly. Hehe. :P




Then, we finally saw her. Isn't she beautiful?


This is the 4 seater plane we were gonna be riding. It's nothing really new or fancy or anything, in fact, everything about it from the outlook to the interiors were really old skool, but I loved it! I absolutely love anything that's old skool I don't know why. Haha. Here are a couple of pictures of the interior.




Before the flying begins, the Captain would usually take the client through a pre-flight briefing session for him/her to learn some basic pre-flight inspection of the aircraft. I was actually kinda looking forward to learning some new things about planes that day, but unfortunately the client wanted to skip that part because he already went through the briefings before. But no matter, I was busy exploring the insides of the plane and taking pictures here and there anyways. Hah! But the Captain did give us a brief explanation about some of the routes we might be taking. Whether or not we will be taking the route towards Port Klang, or towards Damansara...etc.


When he mentioned Port Klang, immediately I thought of what my dad said, "Bee ah, make sure when you're up there, you try to look for our house and take picture let me see ah!" Heheh. And when Captain mentioned Damansara, immediately I thought of searching for our RRD office as well. :D

Anyways, it was finally time to get on board and fly! The interior of the plane is really small but JUST right for 4 people to fit in cozily. After settling our butts onto the seats, we buckled up!


And wore the keeewl headphones! Kekeke. Just like Nik during her Pilot for a Day experience, I too was amused with the voices coming from the control tower after putting on the headphones. Although I seriously have no idea what the hell were these voices at my ears were saying, it felt 'kool' anyway, to be wearing real headphones from a plane! Heheheheh

the point where we were leaving the ground

After the take off (which was such a breeze, I didn't even realize we already left the ground), and while up in the air, I stuck my nose onto the window like a kid seeing the world for the first time. It's really a pretty amazing feeling when you're up there looking down with a clear bird's eye view of everything! It's a different feeling than looking down from a commercial plane because with a commercial plane, you will never get to fly this low.


I'm gonna let you take a wild guess on which route we took. Was it the Damansara route? Or the Klang route? *chuckles*. Sorry couldn't help it! Recognize that short but long blue building with the white rooftop there on the picture above? Guess what building it is! Guess! Guess! :D


The part where it was most exciting (and okay I admit, a lil scared for my life) throughout this ride was during the time the client was having control over the wheel. It really did look like fun (and scary at the same time) especially every time the Captain asks him to do turnings, flying up higher/lower or maintaining control of the plane when strong wind comes...etc. I have to say, I think the client did pretty well, he seems to be calm throughout the time. If it was me, sure heart pounding like 'siao' most of the time wan. ANYWAYS, I bet it must have felt awesome to be able to sit right beside the Captain of the plane, where all controls & zillions of buttons lay right there before him, and of course having the chance to actually fly the plane - Just like an actual pilot!


Now I've experienced being a passenger in a 4 seater plane while another person is trying out the Pilot for a Day experience. And I have to say, as an observer, I can already tell that having a go at flying a plane is really something. It's really not something you get to do everyday and it's definitely one experience you will take with you for the rest of your life. Heck, you can tell people "I flew a plane before". ;) So can you imagine being able to give this as a gift to your loved one? Being able to give them something they are able to cherish forever and maybe even, fulfill one's dream?

I definitely don't mind going for another cruise up in the air again, but this time with ME having a go behind the wheel. Hehe.


Definitely a Saturday afternoon well spent! Thanks Captain and RedRibbon Days. :)

A trip to the Clinic

I went to the clinic just the other day.

Why? Because I had a frigging fish bone stuck in my throat. Not just any fish bone. A measely ikan bilis bone. And that's just assuming that it is, because I ate Nasi Lemak. Unless it's might be something else, but let's not go into that shall we? haha. So let's just assume that it was a stupid ikan bilis fish bone then.

What's so annoying about this situation is that it was just a tiny bone and it got stuck on like (okay how do i explain this) the lower soft palate thingy part of my mouth? Like the end of my mouth? Hahaha. And the stupidest part is that I could SEE it!! Gah!! But I can't seem to get it out! It literally looked like one of those stubborn splinters that gets stuck onto the skin. Haha, I'm disgusting I know. :P

This happened after I ate lunch in the office you see, and after Project Extracting Ikan Bilis Bone 1 in the toilet did not work, I went on to Project 2. This time, trying to swallow a huge portion of what's left of my cold Nasi Lemak rice with hopes the rice will push the bone down. eeww.. FAILED. Project 3; gulping down what's left of CNY's pineapple tarts also with hopes the tart will push the bone down. FAILED AGAIN

Gah! So after having to tahan that piece of !@#$% in my mouth half the day in the office, I decided I will use my toothbrush once I reach home. And yes, I tried it and still..... -____- FAIL. I almost wanted to ask my sister to use a tweezer to get it out. hahahaha! Then I had this horrid scenario flashed through my head. I was afraid that while my sister is trying to get it out, somebody might just come in and give both of us a fright, and thus causing my sister to accidentally tweeze my Uvula (I think that's what it's called) or worse, causing me to choke on the tweezer. Ish.. What a nasty sight!

So anyways, my dad made me to go to the clinic to get it out. And so I did... When I was there, there was this Chinese old lady with another Indian guy who was ahead of me. They were in the midst of telling the medicine aunty at the registration counter the reason for the doctor's visit. It turns out that this poor old lady was all alone in her house doing her house chores and she fell. Her head was bleeding and swollen very badly. She looked so frail and my heart just sank when I saw her. Thank goodness her neighbour, the Indian guy was there to take her to the clinic.

After they were done, it was my turn.

Medicine Aunty: Next. Yes? How are you feeling?

Me: Erm.. I have a fish bone stuck at the back of my mouth.

.....

Hahaha. Lucky the medicine aunty didn't give me a -_____-" face, especially right after the case of the old lady who fell.

So yeah, talk about the fastest doctor's visit in my life! When I went in and told him about my situation, he just told me to say "Aaahhh....." and stuck a huge ice cream stick on my tongue, grab a long tweezer and took it out. All in about 10 seconds. Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy! But the bill? Freakin RM30!!!

!@#$%^&*@#$% gaaaaah!



Oh well.

Till next time folks!