"first" business trip

today 4th sep 2011 is an important day, it marks the start of my business travelling ... hmm so why "first" trip? afterall this is not the first time i was posted abroad.  BUT never before have I been ever posted to complete and deliver work in a week time!  in fact this is the first time, i feel like a business traveller leaving on sunday and coming back home on sat morning … the only part missing, i dun get to fly on business class haha erh that might be a bit too much to ask for isnt it? (at least for now ha!)

prior the trip - anxiety (-.-!)

being new to android development, i can't help feeling very anxious abt this upcoming project and how it will turn out.  days prior leaving singapore, i was feeling kinda stressed and was thus not even in a mood to checkout places I can visit ... i knew i will be swamped by work.  the only good thing is this is a development piece of work and not infrastructure design (that will have killed me)

flight experience

morning flights don't suit me, blurness consumed my brain:

1. almost decided to leave the house at 430am ... my flight is scheduled at 925am but somehow my brain keep registering 725am, dun ask me why ... i guess it's the results of blurness + stress 

2. queue at krisflyer elite gold (@_@) luckily i realised it long before i reach the counter, so maaaaluuuuuuuu 

putting the morning blurness aside, i am happy to be up early and enjoying breakfast.  i can barely recall the last time i was up for breakfast on a sunday.

boarding this flight was one of the most cumbersome experience i had to-date ... security are super tight, airport staff are examining every item luggage, opening every pouch and pocket regardless of how private they may seem.  i was so relieved that i have packed my stuff neatly ... then again to have the luggage opened in public and "ransacked" is definitely not a pleasant experience.  worst still, i even got touched from head to toe by an indian female airport staff (X_X) !!!  such an experience can only be associated with flights heading to united states in september and isn't my flight to seoul !!!  alamak it's a combined flight, the carrier also carries passengers heading to san francisco with stopover at seoul ... duhhhh

so when i finally get to board the flight, i was eager to get to my window seat, to get my tiny tweeny private space.  however as i approached my seat, i felt a couple "separated" by the aisle "eyeing" at me ... hmm i think  they are gonna ask for a swap and indeed they did .... hmmmm can i say no, better no i do not want to sit nex to a grouchy woman for a six hours flight, do i?

well in life, it always pays to be kind ... or at least i hope.  and for my small act, i got my first SQ goodie pack hehehe. i was shocked when the steward handed the goodie pack to me and for once i felt the quality of SQ service (^_^)

touched down seoul (last since nov 2010)

touching down bought memories of last korea trip, back then i was feeling so happy and free on a holiday ... sigh if only i can relive the same feelings.  back then i only need to locate the tour guide and the rest of my trip are planned and well taken care of, today i have to find my way to my hotel ... each offers different experience (^_^)

got my bus ticket and blurness continued, i got onto the wrong queue TWICE !!!  i m very lucky to meet kind souls who highlighted to me my mistake.  heng ah ... after 6 hours flight and 1.5 hour bus, i checked in my hotel ... hotel sweet hotel.  please let this be a good week !