Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. In the name of Allah, The Most Gracious and The Most Merciful.
Salam readers :)
I love all the in-flight essential kit Etihad prepared for us. There's a warm wool blanket, a neck pillow, earphone, sleeping socks, and toothbrush.
Ohh did i mentioned that i love Etihad Flight Reimagined TV Commercial feat Nicole Kidman? I love the music and i just can't seem to get it out of my head. It's like Harry Potter soundtrack in arabian version! Been searching for the music but unfortunately Etihad didn't publish the soundtrack elsewhere. Keciwa~
This would be my first post on my first trip 2016. I went to Jakarta from 20 January (wednesday) until 23 January (saturday) with my aunts and cousin Raziq (who will be back to Queensland from Bali on Saturday) before heading to the middle east with dad. Had nothing much to write about Jakarta plus i didn't took much photos during my trip. Ohh there's this one funny dish i wanted to share with you. We went to have dinner with Aunty Rozie, Aunty Sherry's school friend at Cafe Betawi, Grand Indonesia (located next to Kopi Luwak) and she insisted me to try Mi Tektek and Es Teler instead of nasi goreng. Tipu tak gelak first time dengar nama makanan macam tu. Aunty Rozie went like, "Why ordered nasik goreng when you can have it in Malaysia?). True. At first i'm a bit skeptical but she, being the Sarawakian-turned-local-indonesian is able to convinced me to try. And i did! and it does taste delicious! And i'm definitely gonna order this two again the next time i come to Indonesia and i'm recommending it to you. Dappp!
Ok, i'm not gonna write anything more on Jakarta. it's the same old thing i did there so i have nothing unusual to rant about this time.
23 January 2016
Jakarta-Kuala Lumpur
I was supposed to take a flight at 9.55pm indonesia time with the rest of my family and estimated to arrive Malaysia at 12.55am. But i changed my flight to 11am because i'm afraid they'd be delays and if so, i'd be dead meat. My transit flight to Abu Dhabi is at 2.15am on the 24th so that would be a huge risk. Me and dad will be flying with Etihad airlines again this time bound for Istanbul, Turkey. Dad decided to go to Turkey since Uncle Rahmat is still working there and he had been urging us to come and visit him for several time already before he went back to Malaysia for good. I took a taxi to Soekarno-Hatta International Airport Terminal 2 at 9am. I used the MyTaxi app to call for taxi coz it's safer since we will receive all infos of the driver. Upon arrival, the taxi driver was trying to trick me to pay an extra Rp30,000 (including toll fees). Guess he thought i didn't checked the total toll price. So sorry for u pak supir, i've been to Jakarta quite a number of time recently and i'm not letting myself to be fooled by the locals. Tips: Even if you use the MyTaxi app, whenever your taxi entered the toll area, jot down how much is the toll fees. Or you'll ended up paying more than you should!
As expected, there was a delay for almost an hour to KL by Lion Air. I change my Rp to RM and had my lunch at Old Town Coffee in the international departure. Thank God i bought the book 'Coretan Matluthfi' at POPULAR bookstore in Balakong before. I love the book and i would definitely recommend it to all. I can't help myself to laugh at every page i read.
If you haven't read this, you should.
The plane arrive at 12pm and it landed KLIA2 at 3pm. I was craving for the coconut shake (Ko nii memang tak berubah. Asyik fikir pasal makanan je) so i head to Quizzin (KLIA2 foodcourt) and ordered a glass. i still have another 10 hours before my next flight at 2am so i stayed at the foodcourt and do some colouring.
Bought this colouring book at MPH Mid Valley and finally owned a 48 pieces coloured pencil i've been wanting since primary school (yayyy!) but i'm just not satisfied that it's not Luna. Luna is way more vibrant than Faber-Castell but it's ok though.
At 5pm i took a shuttle to Mitsui Outlet and look for a backpack. My blue backpack i bought in Singapore last year (which cost $9.00 about RM24.30) when i went backpacking with my unimates was torn and has a big hole near the zip. But i ended up not finding anything except food. At 9pm i took a shuttle back to KLIA2 because dad will be arriving soon from Kuching.
At 10pm we head to KLIA and checked in our bags at 11pm. there's a long queue of Etihad passengers waiting for their turn in line to check in and get their boarding pass.
After checking in, we were informed that our flight to AUH was rescheduled to 4am. I'm like Ya Allahhhhhh, mengantuk giler daa and my handphone battery is in serious need of charging. Cray crayyy!
At 3am we went to the international departure, took a train to our gate and as promised, our plane arrived at 4am.
Nampak sikit but it's not like checking in for domestic flight so the procedure took a bit longer.
After checking in, we were informed that our flight to AUH was rescheduled to 4am. I'm like Ya Allahhhhhh, mengantuk giler daa and my handphone battery is in serious need of charging. Cray crayyy!
At 3am we went to the international departure, took a train to our gate and as promised, our plane arrived at 4am.
Departure gate for flight EY413 bound for Abu Dhabi
Passengers waiting for departure calls.
This is my second time using Etihad and i'm satisfied with the service this time better than my first trip to Europe in October 2014. Talking about Europe, yes i haven't write any post on my Eurotrip yet. Europe can wait :p
Inside Etihad Airways:
i like their tagline 'From Abu Dhabi to the world'
Comel takkkkkkk??
I woke up again as they serve some light meals and i ended watching Disney cartoon Aladdin on board.
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5am: They serve this chicken potato pie but i didn't finish it. It's not bad at all. Just that i'm too sleepy to enjoy the meal at that hour and dad keep persuading me to sleep since i haven't enough rest since morning.
Breakfast! I love everything they serve on Etihad.
Arrived Abu Dhabi International Airport around 7am local time (11am Malaysia) and we have 2 hours before our next flight to Istanbul. i walk to the upper floor to have a look at what they have at the restaurants and cafes. The price is just so overwhelming! I feel like i'm lost somewhere in Europe. Too expensive. Nangis2.
The shopping area
Departure gate area
Our plane is at gate 52
Off to Turkey yaw. Meow!
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