November roster!

NO TURN AROUNDS!!! wohoooo~i love my roster! top bid and didnt get any turn around flights...because i bid for avoid turn arounds~hahaha...here you are November roster:

11.1 OFF
11.2-4 New York JFK!!!
11.5-6 OFF
11.7-9 Kolkata, India...(my first layover in India)
11.10-12 Moscow, Russia (freezing!!!)
11.13 OFF
11.14 rest day
11.15-17 Osaka Japan!!! (going to Kyoto to see red maple trees~)
11.18-19 OFF
11.20-23 Los Angeles USA!!! (Swapped with my Singapore 50 hrs...i regret a bit now...)
11.24 start my holidays!!! til 12.08

Thanks god, i got all i asked for! this is the first time i got everything i wanted except Kolkata, Moscow and Singapore (now L.A)

Very excited to go to L.A~~~Hollywood land! but i heard the flight itself is a crap! 16 hrs...with 'interesting' & 'demanding' passengers on board...now i regret...i wanna go to Singapore!!! way much better than 16 hrs L.A (Orz///)

Wish me luck!!! ;o)

Octuber roster---revised! I am a swap master~

When i got my Octuber roster...i almost fainted! 5 turn arounds~~~nightmare! 2 Mumbai, 1 Bahrain, 1 Chennai, 1 Tehran! Looks like the worst roster i ever had...only good things is that i got 2 Osaka which i bid for...but again originally i had 3 Osaka...then they removed me and put me to Cape town~~~i am so pissed off with the rostering people...why there are people rarely get turn arounds or maybe 1...but i got 5 in my second top bid position?! Anyway, i used my swap skill and managed to swap away my 2 @#X$%^!* BOM flights and SHORT BAH flight for something else...this is the final result:

Octuber roster:
10.01 in Brisbane (continue my last trip on the 27th)
10.02 Brisbane-Dubai
10.03-05 OFF (maybe going to Rome!)
10.06 Rest day
10.07-09 Osaka, Japan!
10.10-12 OFF (going to Dusseldorf to see mein lieber!)
10.13-15 Hamburg, Germany
10.16 Rest day
10.17-19 Jakarta, Indonesia!
10.20-21 OFF (what to do? mmmm...Athens perhaps?!)
10.22 Rest day
10.23-25 Osaka Japan!
10.26-27 OFF (what to do again? mmmmm...no more money to spend on tickets hahaha!)
10.28-29 Chennai India (long turn around...lol)
10.30-31 Tehran, Iran (havent done it for a while...)

See...my 2 shitty turn arounds to BOM are gone!!! hahahaha~thanks god~sorry Mr Scheduling I am not Indian and i dont speak Hindu! okkkkkkkkkkkkkkk~~~stop giving me hard time loooooooooooool....i have very good performance on board all the time!!! ;o))

Cheers! Have a safe flight to all flight attendants! ;o)

September not so innovative roster...

This is my september roster...it came out on time but i am missing my Osaka flight! As i checked before it came out and i saw i had one Osaka flight...but when the roster was released it was gone!!! Dont understand why they removed me instead of other girls...i am 3rd top bidding position!!! But anyway i got 4 days off and 2 Dusseldorf flights which i bidded for...and now I only need to get rid of Mumbai...for a day off!!!

Sep 1...OFF
Sep 2-3...Vienna, Austria (my 5th Vienna in a year! nice layover~)
Sep 4-5... OFF
Sep 6-8...Dusseldorf, Germany (mein lieber!!! mein Schatz!!!)
Sep 9...OFF
Sep 10-12...Dusseldorf, Germany (yeah another one heheh...)
Sep 13-15 Milan, Italy (trying to swap for Osaka!!!)
Sep 16...Mumbai (noooooooooooooo~~~~~~~~~~~~need day off!!!)
Sep 17-26 On Holiday!!! (yeah going to Sweden!!!)
Sep 27-Oct 2...Brisbane & Auckland trip! (another long journey!)

Overall, this roster doesnt please me much except 2 dusseldorf flights and days off...all other layovers are just repeatitive and not attracting at all. I wonder why they keep giving me the same destinations over and over...please give me new ones next month okay! and i need my osaka flight back~ ;o)))

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...

Osaka and Kyoto in 28 hours! wohoooo...

My favourite destination...JAPAN! Despite of japanses passengers are very nice and easy to deal with, as they always demonstrate japanese culture and courtesy throughout the flight, featuring the "red eye" flight (midnight departure) much much easier~ After my London flight, i got 2 Osaka flights in a row, from 19-21 and 25-27 of May. Unfortunately, majority of cherry blossoms had gone but still some left behind the hotel but also some in Kyoto! This time Osaka weather was great to start my planned journey to Kyoto, 35 minutes by train (express one! but not Shin Kan Sen) from Osaka station, the good thing is the free hotel shuttle taking us to Osaka Station every 20 minutes. The train fare is 540 yen each way which was not okay not expensive at all.

Picture below, was taken in Monday morning, peak hour in Osaka Station! ppl walking like ants...FAST but ORGANIZED! If you dont respect the right line to go up or down, you could die under their feet!

Now, you can see these 3 Geishas walking on the streets near Kiyomizu Temple, you can always see them slowing walking down to the street! is real not a show! Such a good contrast to the modern life in Japan!

Now Kiyomizu-dera photo show~

Kiyomizu Temple, 清水寺 (built in 778, rebuilt in 1633), one of the must see sights in Japan and specially in this historical city Kyoto (京都), the antic capital in Japan but nowadays is Tokyo. Kiyomizu means clear water or pure water, you can always find those nature fountains with different meanings, to obtain blessings, love, luck, protection, such as amults can be purchased to bring home for more interests. Of course, I had to get some hehehe...one is actually now hanging on my door! Also i found a big charm walking in surounding area in Kiyomizu-Dera, is the streets with bunches of shops and local restaurants! Such a nice trip in Kyoto, beyond the words! Missing the red bean soup, those tempting japanses pickles! I brough some to Dubai but still eating them little by little...so yummy!! Also bought a Samurai sword which caused me 2 custom security checks in Osaka Kansai International Airport and back here in Dubai, even was just an imitation not a real one, but still had to go through that tedious process. That gorgeous sword cost me only 7500 yen! what a nice deal~the tip is you have to visit several shops and check their prices, sometimes the nice deal is just next to you! Those japanses people are nice to talk to, most of times credit card can be used!

The second trip wasnt much to do as the weather was aweful, next day was raining the whole day and quite cold, and my jetlag had started to claim for sleep...yawn!! Even though i still woke up around 10 o'clock in the morning to go to the charming city Kyoto again, but this time not to visit temples but shopping!!! guess what...bought so many skin care products, some for me, some for my mom! such as moisturizers, hand cream, masks, lotions...etc. Com'on! you cant miss going to those cosmetic shops and buy those skin care products, they are so good and at a good price! 10000 yen was gone in that afternoon~~~but with a good harvest of cosmetic things! the aircraft cabin is extremely dry, therefore, taking care of our skin has become a daily task! Keep my face and hand moisturized all the time throughout the flight, even during our rest time! I found DHC and Shisheldo UNO very useful and handy to bring on board with me, moreover, they are working great on my skin, has got my skin improved and prevent being dehydrated. Some crew joked at me, saying i have more "stuff" than girls! LOL....it is so necesary to carry those items with me!

Japanese cusine!

Tofu lunch! so tender and delicious!

My small toilet pouch comes with MUJI non-alcoholic sanitizer, L'occitane hand cream, nail cutis conditioner (hahaha...my nail cutis suxxxxx so dry! looks aweful if i dont start using this nice product), DHC face gel (moisturizer), hair gel for retouching. That's all~do you think that is too much for a flight attendant to carry in the cabin bag? Naaaaaaaahhhh, dont get me wrong. Leave your comment any good tip to care of our skin please be generous to share them please!

Attention cabin crew! Swine flu~~~~~

As we all realized from different medias, tv, newspapers or radio, currently there is a outbreak viral virus called Swine flu spreading around the world starting from Mexico! Our job as cabin crew obviously needs to be taken care of by all possible preventive measures, however, our company has implemented a contigency plan to avoid and protect our working enviroment.

Should we wear surgical mask to avoid being infected? Wearing masks on the plane working with passengers sounds weird to everyone, but if the flu keeps spreading over the world we will have to apply this type of preventive measure. Just be careful for now, wash your hands often after dealing with customers towels, used items and meal trays, as they may contain important viral virus! Thus, we should be using hand sanitizer or wash our hands for 15 seconds with soaps and dry them with clean tissues. We do not want to see any of our colleagues being infected because of our inevitable duties. Keep sanitizer handy and do not fly if you have any similar symptoms related to swine flu, such as high fever, caughing, lack of appetite, tireness etc please call sick instead of coming to the plane and spread your virus to the rest of the crew on board. Even though the influenza is not a killer desease but if your inmuse system is quite low and weak, then your life is at risk!

Sincerely all flight attendants shall pay attention to the current swine flu situation since the alert frmo WHO has arised to 5, henceforward, everyone should be looking after each other and be safe and healthy flying to every cornor of the planet!

14 days in Costa Rica...sweet home!

As I requested 10 days leave plus 5 days off they gave me...so in total i got 2 weeks exact time to spend my holidays with my family and friends back home. Had a great time with all my friends and they did spend their vacation with me as well, we went to Manuel Antonio beach and clubbing...also did a canopy trip with my friend Josue such a nice guy to spend time with.

This time i did not fly with Emirates back to Costa Rica, instead, I chosed Delta Airlines because they fly from Dubai to Atlanta and then Atlanta to San Jose, which is quite similar as my usual routing via Houston. The idea came along with the Houston flight is always full and the passengers are not americans...and so on. So I wanted to try other airlines also to find out how do they do in an ultra long haul flight! But Delta Airlines has absolutely nothing to compre with Emirates~we are the best for my opinion! Delta offered 2 meals, each one with 2 choices, always chicken or pasta, and prior our landing to Atlanta, we were served a veggie Pizza as it was a breakfast time! So pathetic...i couldnt believe the ameican airlines are that lean and mean to customers, poor meal tray with no presentation, and they set up a table with some sandwishes, chocolates, water and cokes during the flight which was okay for me. BUT yes serve yourselves! They rarely come to the cabin with round drinks, when they did, was only water! Another thing to highlight about Delta is that their cabin crew are OLD and literally OLD! I can tell their media age is around 45-50 years old! One of them, seems to be the senior, she has been working for Delta for about 39 years! My gosh~~~which means she must be over 60 already! and still doing this kind of UL flight. However the fact is that only senior flight stewardesses can obtain this kind of long haul flights...compare to the short flight between Atlanta and Costa Rica, the crew were mixed, young and old...

The good thing about this trip with Delta is an upgrade to Business Class on both flights between Atlanta and San Jose Costa Rica! What a surprise! Unfortunately, between Dubai and Atlanta all business classes were fully booked therefore they could not put me in business class! Their seats in economy class are aweful and old, unconfortable, cant recline too much, narrow seat, cheap blanket, the in flight entertainment system was just okay, that was when i started missing our ICE!!! but was a great experience to try other airlines service and observe how other cabin crew interact each other. Emirates is Emirates, Delta is way behind us! Cheers~ and thank you for offering Business Class!

Thinking to bring my dad and mom to Dubai in summer, but is gonna be so hot, maybe will take them to Japan as well! yeah~ Osaka trip detail is coming up soon, stay tunned!

Zurich~just like a picture!

Zurich, cant believe it finally I am in Zurich even though it was just 24 hours short layover but worth it! Wasnt that cold, around 10 degrees and the hotel was not far from the city by train only 15 minutes away. We arrived in the evening so there wasnt much to do except having dinner and sleeping tight for the next day! I was thrilled that Zurich wasnt snowing while we arrived because people said it had been snowing for the past 2 weeks~i want snow AGAIN~

People sitting by the lake having their lunch and snacks, how relaxing is it! What a pleasure to have a lunch with them...hehehe

Early in the morning i woke up early in order to go to the downtown for my usual city walk! Walked down to the lake...and along the street I could see a lot of gooses, seagulls, doves and differents types of birds on the lake relaxing, was so cozy looking at them so nicely and confortably lying there~just like a picture. Those beautiful and antic churches standing around the lake, the entire view in Zurich is unique and unforgetable! So many places to go and shop, this time I didnt buy Nespresso coffee machine due to short of my budget...after the previous Milan, bloody shopping trip...LOL

The allowance was great and the layover has become on my top list...

Definitely Zurich is one of nicest cities to go on your days off and spend your holidays in this Multilingual and artistic city! German, Italian, French, English...depends on the zone you stay they speak different languages. Full of tourists, easy to travel around with their trams. Switzerland is absolutely gorgeous! Mountains, lakes and stunning sights convert Zurich itself into a picture hanging in the central of Europe.

GOOD NEWS!!!

SKYTRAX RESULT:

AIRLINE OF THE YEAR 2009

1
Cathay Pacific
2
Singapore Airlines
3
Asiana Airlines
4
Qatar Airways
5
Emirates!!! (We are among the top 5!)
6
Qantas
7
Etihad Airways
8
Air New Zealand
9
Malaysia Airlines
10
Thai Airways

Also Emirates is voted for the Best Inflight Entertainment Airline.

Keep up the good job and let's do our best to become a 5 star airline!!!

Munich! danke!

I love Muchen!!! Such a beautiful city, passengers were very nice didnt drink that much as people rumoured...it was an afternoon flight hence load was full as well and we landed at night, next day in the morning as I opened the window from my room...what??????!!!!!!!! SNOWING~~~~~wohooooooooooooooo so amazing, had been waiting for so long to see snow!!! Was really impressive so couldnt wait any longer to go outside and feel the snow! After having the breakfast in the hotel, I decided to go out to Munich downtown for shopping and taking some photographs...its a cliche for me! hahahahaha~

As I walked down to the shopping area, it started to snow again which was a fantastic view and could feel the snow wasnt that strong, therefore my umbrella was fine enough to walk under snowing condition. Guess what again...another LV! and found a MUJI shop in Munich!!! Of course no doubt, i had a great shopping day in there! Munich people are nice and friendly, beautiful sites and bars for people for hang around and meet up for a coffee and tea! So looking forward to visit Munich again in the near future!

April Roster! (Updated)

Finally, the roster is out...but as i didnt realize that only 5 days off can be given after/before our annual leave, hence, I got 5 days off plus 10 days leave to go back home!!! Sweet Costa Rica!!! Right after my Bangkok Sydney flight, will fly the same day back home. Thank you Mr Scheduling...I got 2 Osaka flights which make me so excited! Thanks millions!!!

4.01-4.15 LEAVE (Costa Rica, Pura vida! Voy para la casa!)
4.16 Dubai-London Heathrow (swapped IKA for LHR)
4.17 London 24 hours!
4.18 London-Dubai
4.19 Dubai-Osaka, Japan!
4.21 Back to Sandpit Dubai...
4.22-4.23 OFF
4.24 Rest
4.25 Dubai-Osaka, Japan~2nd one!
4.27 From beatiful Osaka to steamy Dubai...
4.28 OFF
4.29 Dubai-Shanghai, China (My 2nd chinese destination...Pearl Towe, I am coming!)
5.01 Shanghai-Dubai (Then start my reserve month....huh~)

In general, this is my top bid month and so happy to get 2 Osaka! Watch out my wallet again after Milan~hehehehehe...

Flight Attendants' note

1. You can eat a 4 course meal standing at the kitchen counter
2. You search for a button to flush the toilet
3. You look for the "crew line" at the grocery store.
4. You can pack for a 2 week trip to Europe in 1 roll-aboard
5. All of your pens have different hotel names on them
6. You NEVER unpack
7. You can recognize pilots by the backs of their heads-but not by their faces
8. You can tell from 70 yards away if a piece of luggage will fit in the overhead bin
9. You care about the local news in a city three states away
10. You can tie a neck scarf 36 ways
11. You know at least 25 uses for air sickness bags-none of which pertain to vomit
12. You understand and actually use the 24-hour clock
13. You own 2 sets of uniforms: fat and thin
14. You don't think in "months"-you think in "bid packs"
15. You always point with two fingers
16. You get a little too excited by certain types of ice
17. You stand at the front door and politely say "Buh-bye, thanks, have a nice day" when someone leaves your home
18. You can make a sentence using all of the following phrases: "At this time," "For your safety," "Feel free," and "As a reminder"
19. You know what's on the cover of the current issues of In Touch, Star, and People magazines
20. You stop and inspect every fire extinguisher you pass, just to make sure the "gauge is in the green"
21. Your thighs are covered in bruises from armrests and elbows
22. You wake up and have to look at the hotel stationery to figure out where you are
23. You refer to cities by their airport codes
24. You actually understand every item on this list
25. Everytime the door bell rings you look up at the ceiling.
26. You change into you "galley shoes" to cook dinner at home!
27. You open your bathroom doors at home slowly incase someone forgot to lock it.
28. You only know 250 or 350 degrees on your home oven
29. When you ask your spouse when they will be coming home from work you ask for their "ETA"
30. You can spot out an airplane from the ground above and tell the other person what airline it is!
31. You go through each room at your friends place looking for magazines to read!
32. You bring home different grocery bags full of goodies that you can't get in your home town! and tell a story about it!
33. You know better NOT to date a pilot!
34. Your a fire fighter, a nurse, a security officer and a server all in one!
35. Your a GREAT multi - tasker!
36. You have mastered the art of walking very quickly down the aisle and not catching anyone's eye.
37. Your at a friends party and you start wiping your hands on their curtains.
38.You call for the car doors to be armed and cross checked before pulling away.
39.you answer your phone by saying "Hi its ..... at "position"
40. when you try and put the foot brake on your shopping cart.
41.When releasing your seatbelt in the car, you try to 'lift the top portion of the buckle and pull apart" and are confused when you can't find it.
42. When sitting in the backseat of your friends car, you check the seat pocket for garbage.
43. when your friends or family ask what time it is, you ask in what time zone!
44. When you're really tired and are staying in for the night, you tell you're friends you're 'slam-clicking'.
45. You remember the hotel phone numbers better than your home phone number.
46. You see rubbish dropped on the floor in your own home and instead of bending down to pick it up, you kick it under the sofa.
47. You have 400 mobile numbers in your adress book of crew you still wanted to meet up with....but when you finally get the time and browes for numbers you cannot put their faces and names together!
48. You locate all the exits when on public transport and learn the door operations.
49. You are standing in an elevator in your hotel and cant remember what floor you're supposed to go to, or what your room number is.
50. You can never make definite plans, otherwise you know you'll be delayed/called out, for sure!
51. You can't help saying goodbye to friends or anyone without sounding patronising... "b'bye now.. bye!
52. when you've finished your dinner you throw the dirty plate in the cupboard and kick the door shut.
53. If you check your breast pocket for a pen when you are going to write a shopping list at home.
54. You automatically uncross your legs, sit back, and fold your arms across your lap when you hear an engine rev up, whether you're a passenger on a flight that day or just in the car!
55. Every time someone ask's a question your reply is ... 'Just bear with me, or standby...
56. when ur going out from the hotel on a layover u smile and greet ppl u meet in the lifts... and ur not even in uniform! lol
57. You take out one blanket from the overhead bin or closet....and you hide it behind your back, running fast so no one sees it so you can use it!!!!
58. You know the water gague is showing empty and you grab a bottle of water and start washing your hands!
59. You spin around in the aft galley and yell, i love my job, i love my job....
60. You carry around ultra concentrated spray for the smells that come out of the lavoratory to protect you and your fellow co-workers!
61. You carry around a sharpie marker!
62. You work 18 hour days then go home and start cleaning up after someone else!
63. You have soo much time off you have 2 jobs!
64. Your dead heading on a flight and your sleeping and you wake up when they say "doors for departure and cross check" or when you hear the high low chimes in the cabin!
65. You tell people to turn off their cellphones or ipods.
66. If someone is smoking you show them the sign and remind them not to smoke!
67. You are ready to shop when you get to your destination!
68. You get so use to standing up while eating you don't even look for a chair anymore.
69. You hate people that slam their doors and call them slam-clickers!
70. You have soo many pictures, you don't know what album to start with and what pictures belong where anymore!
71. You don't like long walks at the beach anymore, cause all you do is walk the ocean, but 36,000FT above!
72. you stuff your cell phone in your bra while out clubbing in case you get a call from crew sked
73. you have mastered the art of putting on makeup in the car/bus/subway
74. you carry in your purse a stain-remover pencil at all times
75. you apologize for everything
76. you are no longer disgusted at stepping in dog poo: you've seen worse...trust me!
77. you appreciate time at home more than anyone else
78. when you ask someone a question, you stick your ear in their face and put your hand around it in order to hear better
79. you've developed an interest for astrology, and constantly ask "what's your sign?"
80. you're a pro of small talk and specialize in four categories: children, mortgages, divorces, and your in-laws
81. you've got a bunch of old worthless coins from the pre-Euro era
82. you bring your big suitcase on a one-day layover to get your groceries!
83. you know how to create a gourmet fondue using jersey milk bars, stale crew fruit, plastic cutlery and china from the business class cabin.
84. you bring home some passenger meal trays and wash them, then fill them with your own food and heat it up on board during your next flight!
85. you're dead-heading and you offer to place other passengers' luggage in the overhead bins, or bring them blankets.
86. you keep your crew tags visible when you are dead-heading, so that the flight attendants will know you are crew and offer you free food/booze.
87. you keep all your creams/perfumes/cosmetics in small pots and bottles so that they pass security cause you know its has to be under 100ML
88. You hear your cell phone ring even when it's not ringing
89. you bid flights according to the hotel at a destination, and not necessarily the destination itself
90. your fruits and veggies at home always go bad because you're always away(updated for crew members, written by you!)

So you want to be a flight attendant? Go to a resale store and find an old, navy suit that an army sergeant might have worn. Add a white shirt and a tie. Wear that same outfit for three consecutive days.Go to an airport and watch airplanes take off for several hours. Pretend you are standing by for them and they are all full. Go home. Return to the airport the very next day and do the same thing again.Fill several large boxes with rocks. Lift them over your head and place them on the top shelf of a closet. Slam the door shut until the boxes fit. Do this until you feel a disc slip in your back.Turn on a radio. Be sure to set it between stations so there is plenty of static. Turn on the vacuum cleaner and garbage disposal. Run them all night.Remove the covers from several T.V entrees. Place them in a hot oven. Leave the food in the oven until it's completely dried out. Remove the hot trays with your bare hands. Serve to your family. Don't include anything for yourself. Serve your family a beverage one hour after they've received their meal. Make them remain in their seats during this time. Ask them to scream at you and complain about the service. Scrounge uneaten rolls off the plates for you to eat 6 hours later when you're really hungry. Place a straight-backed chair in a closet facing a blank wall. Use a belt to strap yourself into it. Eat the rolls you saved from your family's meal.Ask your family to use the bathroom as frequently as possible. Tell them to remove their shoes and socks before entering, and see who can make the most disgusting mess. Clean the bathroom every hour throughout the night.Make a narrow aisle between several dining room chairs and randomly scatter your husband's runners and loafers along the way. Turn off the lights and spend the night walking up and down the aisle while banging your shins against the chair legs and tripping over the shoes. Drink several cups of cold coffee to keep yourself awake.Gently wake your family in the morning and serve them a muffin in a package. Don't forget to smile and wish them a nice day when they leave for work and school. After the family leaves, take a suitcase and go out into the yard. If it's not raining, turn on the sprinkler system and stand in the cold for 30 minutes pretending like your waiting for the crew bus topick you up. Then go inside and wait by your bedroom door for another 30 minutes for an imaginary maid to make up your room.Change into street clothes and shop for 5 hours. Pick up carry-outfood from a local deli. Go back home. Sit on your bed and eat your meal. Set your alarm clock for 03:00 am so you'll be ready incase you don't get your wake up call. Repeat the above schedule for three days in a row and you'll be ready to work your first international flight----------------

March roster

This time i am kind of dissapointed of my roster, since I am second top bid and didnt get the top bids flights! such as Nagoya (which will be called off next month!) and Osaka (why not!) only got Zurich and 3 at once BUT they gave me 8 days trip BKK SYD which is okay for me! Sometimes just cant understand how they roster the people! I am second top!!! not buttom bid!!! So weird~hard to understand. Anyway, I swapped for some good flights!

Mar 1 OFF
Mar 2 OFF
Mar 3 Dubai-Hyderabad-Dubai (arriving the next day) turn around~
Mar 5 Dubai-Nairobi Kenya! (Oh yeah~ Safari)
Mar 6 Nairobi-Dubai
Mar 7 OFF
Mar 8 Dubai-Munich Germany (Wohooooo~gonna try some local food and drinks!)
Mar 9 Munich
Mar 10 Munich-Dubai
Mar 11 OFF
Mar 12 Dubai-Milan Italy!!! (OMG! Shopping paradise~~~watch out your wallets and credit cards!)
Mar 13 Milan
Mar 14 Milan-Dubai
Mar 15 OFF
Mar 16 OFF
Mar 17 Dubai-Zurich Switzerland! (Lovely and beautiful Zurich!)
Mar 18 Zurich
Mar 19 Zurich-Dubai
Mar 20 OFF
Mar 21 OFF (Waiting for a London flight!)
Mar 22 OFF
Mar 23 Dubai-Bangkok (cool~thai food and thai massage!)
Mar 24 Bangkok-Sydney (Again! I am based in Australia or what! hahaha...love Sydney!)
Mar 25 Sydney
Mar 26 Sydney-Christchurch, New Zealand-Sydney (a killer shuttle flight!)
Mar 27 Sydney (for 2 days!)
Mar 28 Sydney-Bangkok
Mar 29 Bangkok (shopping day! if possible Grand Palace!)
Mar 30Bangkok-Dubai
Mar 31 OFF and start my holiday for 2 weeks!!! Costa Rica...my HOME!

Bonjour Paris!!! Falling in love with you~

My roster is wicked as always! So many surprises~well, this time I have Paris 24 hours layover, quite short but had a good time.

Bonjour~Merci~etc...many french words i learned on board but now not even can mention them all! hahahaha... Anyway, i was so exicted to go to Paris again after my 1st time back in December during my holidays. I was supposed to visit Louvre Museum this time however, the time we arrived in Paris was not so good to visit it, better next time ask for a afternoon departure one so i would have the whole next day to visit this historical museum and so looking forward to see Monalisa!

Once again, I visited Effel Tower and with a colleague we decided to go to Champs-Ellyse Avenue! which is my favourite routine to do in Paris. We went to Virgin's store and bought some DVD's and CD's which were on sale! cant miss them of course. Later on, I said to him we better go to try a fancy coffee in Nespresso!!! My favourite shop of coffee, we said to each other! please we must buy those coffee makers and capsules! I will do it one day this year soon! Even i know the fact that the coffee maker doesnt work without those capsules, but still~the smell and the whole coffee body knocked me out! Will show you guys when i get one!

Paris, so distinct from other european cities with wonderful sights. 24 hous is just not enough to get to know Paris~definitely has to go back again soon!