Assalammualaikum…
Menulis daripada bilik number 1015, Savera Hotel, Chennai, India…dgn diiringi dendangan seruling dr satu temple kat sebelah hotel ni…
hihihi….tak sangka plak sbb dah selamat sampai sini sorang2..hihihi…dulu riso tak tentu arah…siap dedicated 1 post utk kerisauan tu…bila dah sampai sini, rasa mcm sumer tu membazir tenaga je…apa2pun, Alhamdulillah, selamat sampai.
Bertolak dari bilik di Paddington pkl 5.30 petang, ambil Heathrow Express pkl 5.50, sampai di Heathrow platform 3 pkl 6.15…check in and security check until pkl 7…tunggu sampailah pkl 9, baru msk balai berlepas…hihihi…rajin beno nak kuar awalkan…merasalah…
dah masuk balai berlepas tu, menunggu lagi sekian kalinya selama setengah jam…berterabur betul system diorang kat heathrow ni….klia beribu kali ganda lagi systematic dari sini..
flight tu baru je touchdown, so diorg nak perform clean up dulu…it took around 15 minutes off from schedule for them to clean, another 15 minutes just to arrange passengers to their seat. tukang arrange tu pompuan, dlm 40-an mcm tulah…gelabah bukan main…buatkan passengers sumer lagi kecut aje dgn kegelabahan dia tu..dahla balai berlepas tu kecik, yang nak naiknya maun 200-300 org…berdiri separuh duduk separuh..sesaklah…dia pulak kulu kilir sambil mendengus kuat…n menjerit2 panggil nama anak buah dia, come on…bilik tu kan bising, mana nak dengar…hihihi….kelaka aje tgk…
dah semua selamat naik, ready to take turn to take off, then pilot say kena pusing balik ke tempat parking, pasal engine rosak kena tukar sumthing…and it took 2 good hours…mm..pkl 12 lbh baru bergerak…flight tu penuh dgn passengers yg berbagai kaum…saya dudk tengah2 antara 2 org putih..satu pompuan satu lelaki…saya ni badan besar…so ingat naik emirates, luasla lg dr mas…hmm…harapan hanya tinggal harapan…kecik juga…berlanggar sikulah time makan..pramugari/gara dia..hmm…biasalaa..mestilah lawa2 n hensem2…but…i bet mas’s is better than this airline’s in terms of service n meal…atleast mas punya flight attendant bila tekan call button sekali, cepat je dia dtg n dtg dgn senyuman, ni tekan 5-6 kali baru dtg, siap dgn muka kali tu…hmm…dahlah flight delay 2 jam, patutnya serve la apa2 yg patut nak round up the loss time, ni idok…ayaq tawarpun bermintak doww…hmm…dia punya meal plak? hmm…mmglah satu tray penuh, but the food served was…mm…if i can a rate it, i would give 5 out of 10…hmm…bolehlah setakat nak isi perut…i bet mas’s was better..which would contradicted to many opinions that i’ve heard before regarding this airline…ramai yg kata emirates is the best airline currently, but i beg to differ. watevapun, its just my 2-cent. dlm flight tokle nak lena sgt time tu, so dok lyn movie je…
sepatutnya sampai dubai pkl 8.30 pagi…ni pkl 11 lbh macm tu baru sampai…bila samapi je di dubai airport, greeted by emirates officers leading us to their counter…without proper explanation…dah sampai counter, beratur lagi…dlm 15 minit beratur tiba turn saya…then officer tu kata dgn muka selamber yang saya tak perlu beratur disini sepatutnya, boleh terus ke balai berlepas…hek eleh…napa tak ckp awal2…ni direct suruh pi beratur kat situ…kolo taw td terus je bole pusing2 kat sini…x systematic btl taw….n ramai yang bising pasal flight diorg especially ke Durban dah terlepas and the next flight would be 1 day after…so they have to spent their own money for 1 nite stay in dubai…or take other airlines..ramai la yang komplain n marah2 waktu tu…mmg patutpun marah sebenarnya…but these things u never know right…hmm…just have to bare with it…<>
at Dubai Airport
dah sudah je tu, saya pi take a shower…then pi tukar 20pound to dirham…1pound=5.64AED..dptlah 110AED mcm tu…terus pi masuk restoran nak lunch., kena byr 85AED…dlm 12.45 pi jln2, cari poskad, n beli setem, pos kat mak…hihihi…then pi pusing2, dubai airport ni boleh tahan lah facility dia…sama kot mcm klia…n way damn good than u knowlaa…hihihi…manage to capture some picca of myself n terus pi tunggu flight pkl 2.45 ke chennai di gate 203…
di ruang menunggu tu, ramai indians yang sama2 tunggu…n their attitude is way too different from the previous flight passenger’s attitude…i think i might have to swallow my opinion on this for this time…yg pentingnya i felt really awkward by their stares…and a bit horrifying. u know..i am purposely wearing big jeans and blouse to cover everything…sbb ada dpt nasihat yg kata criminal rate on women is high in india…so, i tot prevention is better than cure…somehow, i might have been very different from them, maybe thats y i am attracting the stares from men esp…but thankfully nothing had happened..Alhamdulillah..
flight delay lagi 15 minit ntah pasal apa…masa tunggu tu saya dah tersengguk2….ada sekali terdoze off…bahaya betul…masa dah boleh naik kpl terbang, diorg susun masuk ikut zone, economy class first…tp instead of beratur, semua passengers utk zone yg dipanggil dok kerumun pintu masuk…ya-allah…ada yg tolak2…ada yang selamba potong q…..yg business class plak ada yang tak puas hati sampai marah2 sbb kena tunggu turn…hmm..yelah…maybe i’ll feel the same way, as i’ve paid a lot of money for my seat in the business class…however, the officers maybe prioritize the operational comfort first, to allow passengers at the back seat first to get in…and they have announce about it at the first place…it should not be a problem at all to wait in a comfortable waiting room (to compare to u knowlaa) bila da masuk dlm flight, mcm2 bau ada..hmm…pala dah lah pening dgn jetlag lg..mmg serius rasa nak muntah…sibbaik saya duduk tepi n sebelah takder org…kolo tak mmg betul saya muntah….hihihi…
the flight took around 3 hours to get to chennai…around 8.30pm mcm tu sampai di chennai international airport…hmm…mcm perhentian bas di bukit jalil je ropernya…seriusly..thats the first thought that came into my mind…condition dia? well, furniture n its facilities mcm zaman 80-an, nothing fancy, tp ada perhiasan ‘kolam’ kat situ n patung tuhan diorg..
terus pi cari teksi yg byr dulu…kenalah 340 rupees to savera hotel., tukar duit 30pound kat tokey teksi tu, 1pound=65 rupees, dptlah 1950 rupees ..ada mamat yg kije situ tu tlg heret beg saya dr airport ke tpt teksi parking, saya tak kisahlah..maybe mmg kije dia sebagai ‘cooly’ kot…entahlah..selalu tgk cite tamil mmg ada org yg kije camtu…tp tataw plak kena bg tips..dia minta, so saya tanya, kat sini selalu dinner berapa rupees, konon2 nak bg sebnyk harga dinner yg biasa diorg makanlah…tp diorg tak phm soklan saya…so sayapun bgla 20 rupees, tp dia kata tk cukup n minta lg 1o rupees..driver teksi tu dah buat muka kat budak ni n dah start enjin nak jln, tp saya rasa kesian plak, bg jelah…masa tu otak tak pick up sgt nak hitung berapa jumlahnya dlm rm atau pound..hihihi….lagipun dok pk, ala, setakat heret beg beroda tu bukannya satu kijer beratpun….tp kolo dia tak tunjuk tempat teksi tu, maun sesat barat jugak saya dibuatnya…hihihi…baru ni dok kira2..alahai, patutlah dia buat muka sedih, rupanya saya bg dia rm2.30 je…hihihi…
dlm teksi tu saya mmg kecut perutla…kot2 dia bwk saya ke tpt selain dr savera hotel tu..hihih…ni ciklan lah ni takutkan saya…hahaha…tp alhamdulillah, sampai juga…tp dlm perjalanan tu, punyala sesak dgn kereta, tak jam tp bnyklah kereta, teksi, motor, lorry, auto, basikal, bulldozerpun ada lalu kat highway tu hihihi….selang 5 minit bunyi hon….pantang lambat atau halang jln sikit je bunyi hon….mat2/minah motor ramai yang tak pki helmet…ada yg rasanya umo 15 mcm tu gayanya merempit secr merbhaya di celah2 kesibukn tu…mm…ditepi2 jalan tu pulak punyalah ramai org berjln kaki, tatawlah arah kemana..tp ramailah yg jln kaki…and bnyk bangunan lama yang tak diselnggara…semak samun tepi jalan tu….billboard bersepah2 sana sini, tak tersusun…main letak aje kot…kedai2 dia plak mcm zaman 80-anla…takder fancy2 punya display…ada ternmpk 2 kedai makan kecik diantara longkang besar….hmm..
akhirnya, dlm 15 minit mcm tu sampailah ke savera hotel…pun taklah moden ke hapa ke…mcm taraf 3 bintang…bukan mcm…memgpun..hihi..3.5 bintangla kot…tp dlm lastminit punya webpage kata 4 bintang…apa2 lah labu…asalkan ada tempat tinggal yg sama tempat dgn conference venue…and within budjetlaa…uthm kasi elaun rm200 semlm utk hotel di india, savera ni semlm if book sendiri =5000rupees semlm =rm384 semlm…tp dgn last minute dptlah potongan harga, so byr rm220 je semlm, tp kena byr pki duit sendirilah baki rm20 tu…tp bnyk tu beza dia…n mmg hotel ni mahal berbanding tempat kita…kolo kat mesia rm400 tu dah boleh duduk dlm suite dah tu…hihihih….
so dah check in sumer terus pi bilik…biliknya takder carpet…hmm…sgt susah nak adapt especially saya ni mmg dari kecik tido atas karpet…n bilik airnya takder tub mandi…takperlah…bukannya nak berendam ke apa kan..hihih…ada wide flat screen tv n byk channel..tp electrical wiring dia masya-allah…berselirat…kolo terusik kepala plug kat soket dia, siap ada ternampak pancaran elektrik….haa..maun tak takut…n ada 1 soket tokle pakai…hmm…yg lain tu mcm biasalaa..ada katil, tp bnyk bantal..ada 4 bantal..hihihi…ada peti ais, ada makanan ringan, ada pemanas air…ada air panas and sejuk…and ada safety box…staff dia boleh berbahasa inggeris so oklah…cuma tak suka bila dia tekan loceng bnyk kali nak cuci…dah tekan butang do not disturb pun dia nak cuci gak..hmm..n satu lagi, ada certain staff yg bila masuk bilik (ramai yg masuk sbb nak betulkan soket elektrik) mata dia meliar…masa tu dah takut dah…kot2 dia aim apa2 brgkan… Nauzubillahiminzaliq…
esoknya pi register, dpt buku n comfirm yg semua paper will be indexed by IEEE n will be available online in IEEE Xplore…so mlm ni kena prepare slide presentation…dah prepare dr london lg, cuma nak sharpen up…oklah nak start buat dah ni…bye2…wassalam…
