A 2.4km finally

I finally a 2.4km non stop. It took me a good 6 months to muster enough courage to do this run mainly because I have been jogging for a whole decade.

A weekend in Guangzhou

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Guangzhou, Hong Kong

Today is Saturday, I am done with my business in HK so I took a fast train from Hung Hom to Guangzhou East Station.

I thought I would be taking something as luxurious as the bullet train but I was wrong. I was put on a rather old and unsightly train from HK to GZ.

I wanted to get some serious work done on the train but sadly, there was no desk for me to put my laptop on. Hence, I got a great reason to dream my 2 hours journey away.

I have heard many horror stories about GZ train station but I am certain now they are, well, just horror stories.

I joined the queue for cab and took a cab from the station to where my grandma is staying. I was worried that the taxi driver may take me on a long meaningless ride but luckily he did not.

I arrived at my final destination in one piece =)

The differences between SQ and SILKair

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Up in the air

I am very embarrassed to announce that THIS is the first time I am taking SILKAIR. I am very apprehensive because I am a spoilt brat, spoilt by none other than SQ. So spoilt that I no longer dare to travel on any other airlines.

I made a list of difference between the 2 sister airlines:

1. Baggage allowance.

We all know this is always explicitly stated as 20KG on the electronic air tickets. But we also know that we can test the limits with certain airlines, in particular SQ. You will need to check in near 30KG onto a SQ flight before you will receive a gentle warning from the staff at the check-in counter.

The max limit you can push for on Silkair is 25KG. I checked in 26.7KG. I was lucky enough to be let off with a friendly warning and a gentle reminder that the MAX, MAX I can bring on is 25kg, the airline has the rights to charge me for the additional 2KG I checked in. But lady behind the check-in counter say she can waive it for me this time.

If you want to try this yourself, please remember to SMILE and maintain a friendly disposition. And it does help when you are a frequent traveler with SQ.

2. Newspapers

We all know SQ will place all the available newspapers just outside the door of the aircraft. You are suppose to choose and pick what ever you fancy.

This is not the same for Silkair.

Newspapers will only be distributed after all passengers are seated. I asked for Business Times  twice, after the second time, the air stewardess told me they have ran out of Business Times… haiz….

3. No Hot Towels

Yes, no hot towels are distributed. Which means I can use my wipe off cleanser and do my own DIY facial during take-offs.

4. Safety concern

I am a bit disturbed by this difference. During take-offs, some passenger sitting by the window actually had their window shades DOWN. Another passenger 3 seats in front of me actually lowered his back-rest. This is definitely unheard of on SQ!

Do you know why the sun screen are to be lifted during take-offs? One version I heard was so that there will be eye-witness in the event of an accident. Morbid right?

5. No Menu

I washed (ops… should be wiped) my car

Not sure if its boredom or I was looking for avenues to release my pent up tension.

I left office on the dot today, reached home, filled a bucket with water and went back down to wipe my car!

I used to pay the Bangla to do it for me at $35  per month. Not sure what went wrong, Bangla did not contact me to pay for this month’s car wash at the end of last month. Other cars were also not washed (ok, wiped) nightly since then…

Maybe he went home?

Haiz, gotta say I miss Bangla.

Seeing my car was getting dusty and I am getting poorer, I decided to save that $7 snow wash and get my hands dirty instead… Good form of exercise for 25 mins I must say.

Hope I keep up with it!

Heart Pain…

I drove past the ERP gantry without inserting a cashcard into my IU =(

I took out the cash card to make payment while i was exiting a carpark after a meeting, forgot to insert it back into the IU immediately.

Sad… gonna pay $10 for nothing…