August Roster~

well...forgot to post this month roster, anyway is not as wonderful as i thought...didnt bid anything and this is what i got...4 layovers and 3 turn arounds...apart from roster was delayed seriously due to short of crew, and many of them are taking unpaid leave~what an awkward thing! very annoying when we couldnt see the roster on the 26th! let's hope next month roster will be out on time!!!

8.1-8.4 Days off
8.5-8.10 Dubai-Brisbane-Auckland! (My first Auckland trip!!! had Q.Q. rice!!! yumy~)
8.11-8.12 Days off
8.13-8.15 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia! (good eat and good shops!)
8.16-8.17 Mumbai...X@#$%7 (called sick at the end...thanks god! why always got this flight???)
8.18 OFF
8.19-21 London Heathrow!!! (tried to swap but impossible~)
8.21-23 OFF to see mein lieber in Dusseldorf!!!
8.24-26 Munich but swapped for Dusseldorf
8.27-28 Bangalore India...another unwanted turn around!
8.29 Day off
8.30-31 Beiruit, Lebanon (looooooooool....too many turn arounds!!! are we short of people or what?)

So, last month i didnt get any turn arounds...but this month yeah...3!!! I dont like turn around flight at all, doesnt matter is a short one or long one! Please stay away from my monthly roster! Thanks~ ;o)

Prague~a city full of history and art! (unfinished...)

Since i got 5 days off in a row, therefore i planned a trip to Czech Republic which i would say that is one of the best place you can't miss out. However, July is a peak season to travel around and is a tough season for airlines crew to travel on standby tickets. With no exception, i am one of the examples. I had purchased 2 tickets, one to Vienna so i can take a train later on to go to Prague and the other was to Frankfurt which is the second choice if Vienna flight was full...Indeed, it happened exactly what i had forcasted lol...I arrive at Dubai Airport just hour and half for standby luck and along with me there were 2 serbian crew same as me but they were heading back home but via Vienna as well...which means i had nearly no chance to get on the flight as Vienna flight that day was overbooked and as a result we couldn't get on the flight to Vienna...then now comes the second option which is going through Frankfurt and of course no way i will take a train or any land transportation to Prague, as it might take 9-12 hours traveling...lol this will drive me insane! Hence, 3 of us we came back to the airport for the FRA flight and i did check previously and the load was optimist so we had no problem and all went on FRA flight. The only tricky thing we had to do upon our arrival into Frankfurt, we gotta buy a zed fare ticket to go to our different destination. And luckly they issued the ticket for me to go to Prague with Lufthansa but arriving at Prague around midnight...and i had no idea how to go to the city after 00:00 from Prague airport~

Seems like i was pretty lucky when i arrived in Prague, there was still bus running every hour...so i took the bus and head to Prague downtown around 1 am...i ended up so tiring in a budget hotel which was the only option i could find with my budget! hahaha, don't laugh! not all flight attendants are rich hey! :0( anyway i am very impressed that most of the czech people can speak quite good english maybe because it is a very demaning and attracting to tourism so English has become their common language...just guessing.

The history of Prague spans thousands of years, during which time the city grew from a castle known as Vyšehrad to the multicultural capital of a modern European state, the Czech Republic. Check out the photos below which i visited. What an amazing and historical castle!

July amazing roster! ***updated***

For my surprise, July's roster is a stunning one without bidding any flight! Only layovers no turn arounds!!! Check it out:

7.1 back from Vienna
7.2-7.6 Five days off!!!!!!!! (went to Prague, Czech Republic~~~)
7.7 Nujum day (was a very different experience and it actually touched my heart!)
7.8 Dubai-Johannesburg, South Africa
7.10 J'burg-Dubai
7.11 OFF
7.12 Dubai-Dusseldorf, Germany
7.14 Dusseldorf-Dubai
7.15 rest day
7.16 Dubai-Mauritius!!! (36 hrs layover in an all-included system resort!)
7.18 Mauritius-Dubai
7.19-20 OFF
7.21 Dubai-Hamburg, Germany (will fly with Carlo from Costa Rica!!!)
7.23 Hamburg-Dubai
7.24 OFF
7.25 Dubai-Dusseldorf (swapped for it because i have someone there! hehehe...)
7.27 Dusseldorf-Dubai
7.28 rest day
7.29 Dubai-Mauritius (another Mauritus but this time in a different spa&resort!)
7.31 Mauritius-Dubai

i couldnt believe it when i saw my roster, without bidding anything and i got a great roster! compare to last month's!!! the moral behind this is: If you dont bid, scheduling "might" give you a nice roster beyond your expectation!

Enjoying myself in Ticolandia!

Pura vida! Ticolandia is called by all costarican people (Los Ticos), means our own country COSTA RICA! However, we name it in diferent ways such as, La Tiquicia, Ticolandia. Because we are TICOS!!! Oh eh oh eh oh eh oh eh...ticos ticos~~~hahahaha this is so funny! So us! I am very proud of being costarican, our unique identity, our uncomparable tradition. I always recommend my colleagues and friends to come to Costa Rica for tourism, as you can find different patern of joy spending your holiday, either going for mountain side or ocean area, you can always have a big time without enforcing it.

2 days left before going back to Dubai, i have started feeling nostalgic and wish i could stay longer, though i have JED and DEL flights right after my leave and having a hard time to swap it! On the DEL flight i will be the only male crew thus a big barrier to swap flights or days off, because i can only swap with male crew!!! what a rule~anyway, this is flight attendant's life. I cant wait to get over these turn arounds and go to Vienna at the end of month for a short break! Seriously, i am tired of this pathetic roster! Please give me a nice one next time okay! (Voice up! Like me, hard working crew with stunning performance, doesnt deserve this kind of roster!) Ahhhhhhhhhh~~~~~

Going home for 8 days! My b'day is coming up~

Surprisely, i managed to swap my bombai flight for 2 days off so make my leave a bit longer though. People ask me how i swapped it? well...of course not free! Is my first time paying money to someone to do the flight for me! So actually after the second day SEP recurrent exam i am flying back home in the midnight. This time i purchased zed ticket with LH (Lufthansa), really looking forward to experience their service and hopefully get upgraded for busienss class~hehehe... My journey is routed thourgh Frankfurt and then down to Miamia, 5 hrs boring waiting, American Airline flight back to San Jose! Quite exciting this time, because my b'day is coming on the 21st~dont ask my age! LOL... let's have a big party then!

Now, updating the previous journey to cape town, south africa...

Finally did Cape Town flight on the 8th, but wondering why they way back the entire passenger profile changed completely, full of indian people and 154 special meals requests, all of them in group and without any previous notice to our cabin crew, they swapped their seats as crazy, therefore caused a big delay on delivering our special meals and also delaying the normal meal delivery...wondering why there are so many people like swapping seats and love standing in the aisle during boarding phase...dont they see more passengers are coming through the cabin with big luggages? and most of them pass up and down of the aisle just trying to swap seats among. Seriously, we had a hard time on the way back...with 2 hot meal services, again never seen that much special meals before, i think we should introduce either hindu meal or asian vegetarian meal on certain high demand routes not only for indian flights...anyway this is all about the drame i had on this 9 hrs flight to South Africa~

As now it is winter time in the south ephemeral, the temperature was quite nice around 15 degrees, and blue sky, the only place i went to was the water front harbour, having a great food and local wine! short stay in cape town not much can do, last time i already did the sightseeing thing, so i didnt want to go out with rest of the new crew for touristing. Had a great manicure session close to hotel, was the first time i got all my nails polished! look really nice and healthy!

The worst roster of the year!!! updated version...

May reserve month...
Got 3 turn arounds and 1 long layover ONLY!!! what the hell is going with reserve month! really not equally distributed the flights to people, some got rosters some didnt like me and having shit turn arounds. my performance is always good but why i deserve this kind of shit roster? this is really not nice at all~

3 turn arounds are: AMD india, DAC bangladesh, and MAA india...lol full of india and long turn arounds...

1 long layover is BKK SYD, 8 days trip to Thailand and Sydney Australia...well i cant complain about it, i love both cities and during this lovely trip i was the galley operator throughout the flight~flew with 4 very junior crew was a bit challenging and the other two never took galley before so i too initiative to manage the galley for the 6 sectors flight...was the first time taking galley for such a long journey, but was a nice experience plus nice performance report was arised too hehehehe...

June "roaster":
06.01-06.05 RSV (actually being given days off only~lol)
06.06-06.07 Days off
06.08-06.10 Cape Town, South Africa
06.11 Day off
06.12-13 Jeddah turn around (not bad but full in a 2 class config, 777-300ER)
06.13-14 Kuwait turn around (short flight only about an hour and 15 mins, we served hot meal!!!! this is so crazy~was like a war delivering and collecting trays at the same time, no tea coffee, basically everything was in a rush! only giving them sandwish is more than enough!)
06.15-06.16 SEP recurrent exams!!! (Study a lot~)
06.17-06.25 Leave...going back home COSTA RICA! PURA VIDA! 21st is my b'day!!! wohoooooo~
06.26-27 Jeddah turn around...another one!!! why?????
06.27-28 Delhi, India...omg~what a roster!
06.29 Day off
06.30-07.01 Vienna, Austria! again...one of my favourite city!

As you can see, this is the worst roster i have received so far! Group 3 we are buttom bid group but still come on! all ppl i know from group 3 our roster are really really bad...full of turn arounds and only couple layovers! my total flying hours are 51 something...poorest ever! Trying everyday to swap for any layover even Lagos...crying :((~~~~~

Keep discovering...

Joke on the plane

Joke 1:
Let me see if I can remember this conversation verbatim.
One day before the flight began and as passengers were boarding, the cutest little old woman tugged on my suit jacket."Hi there", I said. "Excuse me, sir?" She said. "Why aren't you in the cockpit?" I looked at her puzzled."Why would I be in the cockpit?" I asked. She looked back at me as if she just lost her puppy. "Aren't you a pilot?"I smiled at her. "No Mam, I'm a Flight Attendant." "Oh!" she said. "You mean a Stewardess?" "No." I replied. "A flight Attendant. Same thing, we just don't use that term much anymore.""Oh", she said again. "In that case I'll take a coke, no ice."I laughed. "I'll began beverage service as soon as we get to 10,000 Feet. I promise, you'll be the first person I serve."

Joke 2:
As soon as we finished delivering the menu in the cabin...minutes later...Ding~ (call bell!) from seat 42C, Me: Yes madam, how may I help you? Pax A: Yes, can I order my meal now? I want Okra Sambar (indian vegetarian) and my husband wants Curry fish! Me: Madam, we will be serving the meal from the front to the back so there is no need to order meal in anticipation! Moral-Aircraft is a public transportation not a restaurant!

Joke 3:
Helga is a woman pilot working for a well-known airline...
Anyway, one day Helga boarded the plane and was sitting in the cockpit with the door open. A man climbed onto the plane and was just taking his seat when he looked up and saw Helga. She saw that his face turned a shade of green and she heard him say to the air steward, 'Blimey, is that a woman I see in the cockpit?' Waiting a while Helga then heard the man say, 'Well, I suppose it's alright as long as they don't let her touch anything.'

More jokes will come to my mind as I fly more...