February Roster is out~~~（Updated)

This time FEBRUARY roster came out quite late until 27th almost 9:00 in the morning!!! Everyone was so desesperated and ran out of patience...finally it was released, but as I forecasted and upon my research the day before...I got some flights I bid for hence I had an idea of my new roster before everyone~though I think i am quite good on searching my own roster by going day by day!

Feb 1 OFF
Feb 2 OFF
Feb 3 Dubai-Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (49 hours layover! yeah~)
Feb 4 KUL
Feb 5 KUL
Feb 6 Kuala Lumpur-Dubai
Feb 7 Dubai-Hamburg (Yesssss, I knew it!)
Feb 8 Hamburg
Feb 9 Hamburg-Dubai
Feb 10 OFF
Feb 11 Dubai-Paris! (Oh yeah~finally i have a Paris flight...this time gotta go to Museum Louvre)
Feb 12 Paris
Feb 13 Paris-Dubai
Feb 14 OFF
Feb 15 OFF
Feb 16 OFF
Feb 17 Dubai-Singapore (Yeah...love Singapore! and this is a 6 days trip)
Feb 18 Singapore-Melbourne (34 hours layover~this time i can get to know MEL better!)
Feb 19 Melbourne
Feb 20 Melbourne-Singapore (arriving on the 21st)
Feb 22 Singapore-Dubai
Feb 23 OFF
Feb 24 Dubai-Manchester UK (Swapped my original BOM for a layover!!!)
Feb 26 Manchester UK-Dubai
Feb 27 Dubai-Dhaka (Short flight but with layover! thinking to visit Dhaka Proyect~)
Feb 28 Dhaka-Dubai

Thank you Mr. Scheduling for setting up my lovely roster! I have no complaint at all~Have a safe flight and happy new year of Ox! (Gong Xi Fa Cai~ 恭喜发财！)

Perth, what a lovely place to go!

Perth, the only Australian destination I haven't been to so far...by also acknowledged of its long distance flight with only 27 hours layover, I made it! 10 hours and 30 minutes flight time from Dubai to Perth, full of passengers, midnight departure, most of the passengers were having their own dreams throughout the flight. Upon our arrival into Perth, was around 6pm and the sky was so clear and bright as if it were 2pm, local people told me that it will get dark until 9pm! yeah this is summer time in Australia~lovely because the day seems to be longer for me!


I didn't do much in Perth, apart from going to William Street and Hay Street Mall to have a walk and shop some groceries to bring home, something like what? FRESH VEGETABLES!!! Since those in Dubai are imported and not fresh for me...thus I bought some nice and fresh veggies to pack into my suitcase. One of my favourite thing to do in outstation...grocery shop! hahaha~

Next day, I took a bus to Cotteslow beach which is 35 minutes away from downtown...this time i didn't go out with the crew, I preferred to go on my own with much freedom and privacy to do what I want to do. Beach is so nice with white sands all over the coast~beautiful place to go for a tan or to get a nice and relaxing rest on the beach...well for me i had only 30 minutes to be there since I gotta come back to the hotel to rest a bit before the long flight back to Dubai...there is something negative on this trip is the fact that we had the worst senior flight attendant on board...she was such a weird person without education at all, how could she shut us in front of the passengers...all passengers saw her hace and vocabularies were absolutely unacceptable! even told us to go to the cabin every 10 minutes to check passengers!!! this is not even part of our standard i mean during 10 hours and half...how many times should you go to the cabin by doing every 10 minutes! so ridiculous~i heard that she already has many issues and problems with the previous crew, and this one with no exception, she made our life so impossible, one business class crew cried, no one could stand for her...and she seemed to be so irrational to not understand what people think of her...anyway some crew is gonna write her a report. I would not say anything but NOT looking forward to fly with her anymore! End of the story! hehehehe~

Vienna~yeah again!

Less than 3 weeks I went back to Vienna again~wow! is my thrid Vienna already, for other crew was their first Vienna though. I can say i am so lucky to get Vienna quite often, thank you Mr Scheduling!

This time, Vienna was as cold as usual however it snowed the day before we arrived, therefore we could still see snow and ice on the sides of streets, even on the runway of the airport. During 24 hours stay, there was no snow but cold air! Instead of going far from downtown, I decided to have my lunch in a Japanese restaurant (the same one i went last time). Was supposed to go for clubbing the night I arrived, but i was tired and needed more beauty sleep~so I called my friend to come til next morning to have our Vienna Breakfast. This ocassion in Starbucks~hehehehe funny huh~but later on we walked into my favourite chocolate shop in Vienna called "Julius Melinl" specially its well known Spanische Schokolate Crema, so rich and creamy taste! mmmm~suddenly the happiness was floating around my cup! Thank you Wayne for taking me out to have a morning walk in Vienna! Good luck for your study in Vienna~

First time seeing a pony on the street~ and saw EVA Airways aircraft parked right next to ours! Feeling strange as it represents taiwan my original home town...

What a difference~Qatar aiways uses A320 for Doha-Vienna, instead we use 777-300!

Beijing 北京你好~

Good morning Beijing! Yes...has been a long time i havent seen chinese flight in my roster, as the first month of 2009, i got Beijing for the second time when it was my second layover back in July~as now no chinese crew can fly to China for undefined period due to some issue with their agent back home (that's what I heard...) This time Beijing is in its coldest month January, was -7 degrees during my stay. Freezing cold when I walked out the hotel for sightseeing this time, unlike sumer, I wore scarfs and heavy coat to be able to walk around in the city.



Originally the first officer was joining me to go to Forbbiden City and Bird Nest (2008 Olympic Games Stadium), however, he needed a bit more sleep so he left a note outside my room so I didnt have to wait for him. Certainly he is a responsible person! At the end, I went out with the other phillipino crew...we had a great time haning out and had great photos ever~because of the custom we had to put on!


Subway system in Beijing is very complete and clean! Quite organized, similar to Singapore's. Chinese people have improved a lot in their infrastructure and turistic sites. But still selling fake brands is all around the market places...that's a critical characteristic...

Shopping days in Houston Texas!

At the end, I swapped my London and Dhaka layover with Houston flight, which brough me more flying hours and some SHOPPING at my favourite store....Abercrombie & Fitch! Let's say...we used 16 hours and 28 minutes flying from Dubai to Houston, non stop! The longest haul flight in our company, i have done this flight as passengers twice but never as crew...this time i definitely experienced how tiring it is. During the briefing, someone important was missing! THE PURSER AND ONE OF THE SFS! hahahaha~yeah it is weird huh! Because both of them were pulled out on standby, so they will be getting late to briefing...even though the other SFS took leadership in conducting briefing...safe talk and positioning were done...and guess what the purser still hasn't showed up...all we were waiting! So captain said anyway we should go without her...lol~ later on the purser showed up on the flight, yeah quite late. She told us because she lives quite far away from CBC so she really needed time to get ready, when scheduling called her at 6am she already advised them that she needed some time to get ready, on the other hand, the departure time is 9:05...yes scheduling called her a bit late...or too late! Anyway she made it!




FUUUUULLLLL cabin oh yes~very interesting for such a long haul flight, the only good thing was not too many call bells! which was unusual for US flights, but the unusual thing happened as well....that we ran out of our water and as you like snacks!! No wonder how thirsty and hungry they were! 16 hours and half is really long for a human! As usual, I always take the second break if no one wants it. We had 5 hours rest in the crew rest compartment, which was okay...not bad! but the way back since the flight time is shorter only 14 hours so we had 4 hours and 15 minutes...which means yeah probably we deserved a bit more rest the way going to Houston, however, it was a full cabin so we couldnt finish our service earlier...as to gain more rest time.

Houston, the forth biggest city in USA, somehow it looks like a ghost city~rarely see people on the street walking not even tourists...well not many sightseeing places to go except NASA. So all I did in Houston during 2 days was shopping in Galleria Mall, the largest one in Houston, and why there!? Because Abercrombie & Fitch is there! Oh Yeah~my favourite clothes, has been a looooong time not going there. As we dont have ANF in Dubai nor other places and countries i have been...hence, this time I descided to buy some...i mean some....almost cost me $300 USD...hahaha~from shirts to jeans, from underwear to FIERCE cologne! hell~FIERCE smells so nice! smells so A&F! WHAT A CHARMING AND SEDUCTIVE PERFUME! it's A&F fans' must buy! Since then, I have been using it just couple drops and make me feel so Abercrombie! hehehehe~

Right, my Houston trip is indeed a shopping trip~same as other colleagues. Is that true all flight stewards/stewardesses love shopping around? No wonder why~I am feeling it now...

Freezing Vienna!

Last time in Vienna back in August was summer time, everything was green and fresh plus lovely weather! This time at the end of december guess what...is winter time and was freezing!!! -6 degrees thanks god no snows so I could still go out for a bit sightseeing and crab something to eat. Vienna for me is one of the best layover I have done so far, besides Osaka Japan.

After we arrived at Vienna, i went out with one chinese girl we headed out for a japanese lunch and was great and tasty. I had a spicy nooddle soup and some spring rolls...yes doesnt sound like japanese cousine...hahaha~and no doubt Celine she had sashimi and sushi rolls...anyway I am vegetarian not many choices for me lah~

Later on, we went for a walk around the city centre and took some photos...I almost forgot in Europe during winter time the sunset is earlier...around 4.30pm it was getting dark...lol...we hadnt seen much yet, and it was getting late! By 6pm, the sun was completely set down at the horizont and which means my camara started to be useless (because the night mode in my sony camara doesnt work properly...crap! no many pictures this time!)

Next morning, I called my friend who has been living and studying in Vienna for past 3 months, to have a coffee and breakfast together. He took me to a nice restaurants where it ia famous of its delicious pastries and breads...next time i am sure i will buy some and bring them to Dubai! Oh yeah~tell you guys...I just swapped my days off for another Vienna trip! yessssss shopping and clubbing!!

Muuuuuuuaaaaaaaaaahhhh love you WIEN (VIENNA)! GUTTEN TAG~SHUZ

London, Paris and Strasburg!

Crazy enough, after landed from Singapore I started my holiday right away which means I popped on the Virgin Atlantic flight bound to London to see a special friend where I stayed for 2 nights before heading to Strasbourg to visit my best friend from Costa Rica. Cant believe I flew 14 hours and 7 time zones in 1 day just to see a friend!!! How a human being can do so many crazy things in this life!! This time I really enjoyed London, a fancy city and full of elegancy and royality, walking around the city under 4 degrees finding my winter coat before going to France. Was a great holiday spending 2 nights with my friend, he showed me around the city including Towers of London, London Bridge...etc.

Since I was holding BA standby ticket so I decided to arrive early at LHR to get better chance to get a seat. The staff travel lounge was crowded with people traveling on standby condition, as well as BA staffs and crew. People waiting for their confirmation call, so I was anxious because the flight to Paris was quite full and only about 4 seats left meanwhile there were 5 persons listed on standby, thanks god I got luck and they gave me a seat...45 minutes later i was in CDG airport connencting my flight to Strasbourg...suddenly I couldnt find my standby ticket with Air France to Strasbourg!!! @@@@@@~~~~~ a bastard kept my ticket in the same envelop where I had all the tickets in there, including one standby ticket from Frankfurt to Dubai...lol...bad luck and good luck come at the same time! Since the ground staff didnt return me the envelop and i was on a rush to get to the gate in juts 20 minutes before the boarding is closed...huh! Anyway I bought a full fare round trip ticket from Paris to Strasbourg in the last minute, was so expensive but i had to do so otherwise I gotta stay one night in a hotel and catch a train the next day to Strasboug which means wasting my vacation for nothing. Get over it! I flew to Strasbough on the 17th night and finally met my friend after all the nightmare.

Strasbourg is really homy and cozy, alcesean style houses, an authentical city! Full of tourists from everywhere, there was a well known christmas market going on in Strasboug, amazing event where you can shop and taste the christmas! Vin Chod, hot wine! Lovely flavour, kept your body warm in a cold weather. We also visited the EU parlament and best of all we got in there! Wow~now i can say i have been to EU parlament! hahahaha~

Singapore & Melbourne

This is a duty trip i did from Dec 11 to Dec 15, we had two 24 hours layover in Singapore plus 17 hours Melbourne layover... :(... yeah it is insane that we have this type of flight pattern. However this will eventually turn into a nice trip, starting february DXB SIN MEL SIN DXB will be a nice trip because Melbourne is gonna have 34 hours layover!!! which is absolutely great and that way crew can rest well instead of 17 hours sleeping without sightseeing.

This time I had my first layover in Melbourne and despite of its stormy weather that day, and moreover we delayed one hour departing from Singapore due to technical issue with the aircraft. First thing I did after arriving into Melbourne was to SLEEEEEEP, was exhausted. Next morning, I woke up a bit early and wanted to go to downtown for a walk...but but but...the weather was sooo stormy, windy plus rainy...the entire layover suddenly became a nightmare...when I asked the concierge for an umbrella unfortunately they ran out of them, so I had to walk out without it. Anyway, I poped on the tram and went to Melbourne downtown. In fact, I really like Melbourne due to its organized city design and people are very friendly. Walking around the shopping area and found a Coco chocolate store! Of course I ordered one pure hot chocolate, so rich and creamy, this is the best chocolate i have ever had.

Wish I can get a better Melbourne layover so I can visit some other sights as to know it better!

Singapore, was raining the way going and the way coming back...therefore this trip is a rainy trip, rain was following us from SIN to MEL and backworth...but Singapore is still one of my favourite destinations...LOVE YOU!