moved
So, I haven't used this blog as often as I thought I would and I blame
it on the theme. I can't find any nice themes here and they are way too
hard for me to customize. Anyways, I have moved to tumblr =) come and visit!
September 12, 2010
July 29, 2010
Frankfurt, Germany
Airport Code: FRA
I never even dreamed of ever getting called to Frankfurt. I don't speak German and I'm way too junior. I guess that was just my lucky day! I've shared my Frankfurt flight story to many of my friends of already so I'm too lazy to retype everything.
Photo: All ready for another flight
Photo: Dinner with my crew at Specht
Menu: Chicken Snichel + Sparkling white wine
Photo: Wrecked church during WWII - rebuilt. Massive BBQ tent + BBQ Sausages!!
Photo: Freshly-made Crepe Frankfurt Annual Festival
Menu: Nutella + Banana Crepe - yummmmm....
Photo: NUTELLA - enough said. Loving the architectural buildings.
Photo: Annual Market - Baby Carriage + Funky Umbrella
Photo: Candies were sold everywhere! I wanted to buy a large Gingerbread Cookie but I couldn't make out the writings on them >w<.
Photo: Wondering what this is? It's a wall-mounted HAIR-DRYER!! I love foreign inventions!
空姐
正式當了空姐之後我才發現原來沒有我想像的那麼輕鬆。因為長途的飛行會有時差的困難，短程的飛行有飛機降落的氣壓變動。不在家的時間也變長了，能陪爸媽弟男友狗狗朋友的時間也變短了。不用飛行的時候又要上銀行的班，不用上班就只喜歡躲在家裡。慢慢的我變得非常愛家和愛我的那一張床，因為那裏就是我的容身之處。
July 13, 2010
my days off*
Argh.. I'm too tired to write, so this will be a photo entry instead.
Photo: Golf range with hubby... haha look where the ball went for me. I'm a pro!
Photo: My grandpapa and mama in Canada =)!
Photo: Dragon boat and my beloved family!!!
Photo: Hubby's specially home-made Chicken Alfredo and IKEA $1 breakfast
Photo: At IKEA with t.lau
Photo: Bowling at Club300 with hubby, therese and lucaaaaas.
Photo: Testing out my LX3 =D
July 8, 2010
Layovers*
Destination #1: PEK....revisited
My very first flight on my new job was to Beijing, China. It has been at least 15 years since I visited. I still remember the first time visiting was with my parents, we went to The Great Wall of China, The Forbidden City and all those other tourist attractions. This time however was for business. I laid over for 24hrs and I was hoping to tour around the Olympic Stadium of 2008, but I chickened out from traveling alone. Anyways, so the story started on June16, 2010, my very first day on reserve. I received a call from Crew Sched (schedule planners of AC) at around 12pm, the gentlemen spoke and said "Are you ready for your first flight? You are going to Beijing. The flight number is AC031 departing at 14:50 and your check-in time is at 13:30!" I said Thank You and hung up the phone with shaking hands, I looked at my mom and we started jumping up and down! My heart was beating like no tomorrow, I was so excited but at the same time I was so nervous! I managed to get to the airport in 1 hour and met all the beautiful people that I was going to work with for the next 3 days. The crew members were super nice, I couldn't ask for a better crew. We got on to the Boeing777 and before the passengers started boarding all the other crew looked so busy in the galleys, they were stocking up on drinks and getting all the meals ready. I just stood there and didn't know what I should do. Then the In-Charge announced "They're boarding". The passengers started boarding and I was so confused! I didn't know what to do.. then finally "Safety First" popped into my mind. I got to do the briefings, I had to do my very first mother with infant briefing but in MANDARIN. I got stuck and couldn't successfully translate "Oxygen Mask" and "Life Vest" into Chinese..... EMBARRASSING! so anyways, I finally got that over with and managed to close all of the overhead bins and sat myself down for take-off. Right after the seat-belt sign was turned off, I had to prepare myself to do my very first bar service. The service went well and I didn't spill any drinks on any passengers, SUCCESS!! After the bar service, people started dozing off while we prepared for the first hot meal service. As we went through the Economy Cabin giving out the hot meals, I came across a weird scene, I found people laying flat on the Cabin floor in front of their seats sleeping!! I highly suggest who ever is reading this not to pick up such a gesture because for one reason its very dangerous, if ever the aircraft goes through sudden turbulence you will seriously get injured. And for the second reason, the Cabin floors are filthy, it may not seem so because its a dark coloured carpet, but the groomers don't ever take the time to wash those, they are simply vacuumed even when someone pukes on that floor! Anyways, so my first flight went very well and I managed to get an hours sleep during my crew rest time =)
Photo: Crew Rest on my fav Boeing777 and Silk Market
Photo: KFC, Beijing and Fresh Fruit at a road-side cart
Photo: Foot massage at Bodhi with my beautiful FAs and yummy dumplings at Bodhi
Photo: For-longed traditional Taiwanese Breakfast. 豆漿 + 油條 + 蛋餅 *DROOL*
Photo: The amazing electrical bike taxi and magazine/newspaper stand (where VIVI = 20RMB only!!)
Photo: Cotton Market and Beijing Street Market (I managed to bring back some yummy Lychee for my mommy!)
Destination #2: FRA
Stay tuned.... Frankfurt, Germany
June 25, 2010
updates*1
May22
My girlfriend got married! I'm so happy that she found her other half, even though she's still young but I know her mr.wong will make her luckiest girl in the world! Congratulations mrs.wong! She's the first out of our group of 6 =). I wonder who's going to be next..... t.lau, b.chan?
May to June2010
I've stopped blogging for quite some time and the reason being is I was in training for in-flight services - FLIGHT ATTENDANT =). Many people around me have asked why I have chosen this to be my job post graduation from university and really the only answer I could give them was "I would like to travel the world". But really, it wasn't originally my idea. One day in mid-January of 2010, t.lau came up to me and asked if I would like to go to Air Canada's mass hiring with her, then I thought "hey, that wouldn't be a bad idea for interview experience purposes". So anyways I tagged along. As the days drew near for the interview I got nervous and started to research on being a flight attendant, that's when I started imagining myself being one and thought it would be quite interesting. After the long anxious wait for about an entire month, I finally heard back from AC and was enrolled for initial training in early May (of course t.lau got in too =)).
Initial training was very different than what I had expected, rather it was very intensive. My parents found me sitting at my table studying a lot more often than my entire post-secondary career! Training was so awesome flight attendants are usually seen has high-class steward/stewardess on air, however, they are a lot more than just servers. We learn more than just service, rather in training we only had ONE day of service training. For the 6 weeks of 5 day OT training, we were trained solely on safety and first aid, this all includes aircraft safety from doors to small safety equipments, emergency situations to shouting commands. Boy, was I every stressed from the workload and the possibility of getting dismissed! But obviously I have came through and graduated from training (everyone in my class passed!!! 22 for 2.2!!!).
Destination #1: PEK
I will update later.. because I just got called in for a flight to Frankfurt, Germany.
April 20, 2010
March 24, 2010
waiting..
I really don't like waiting!
Not that I am an impatient person, but then it just makes me anxious!
I want to know the answer now, t.lau when are we going to know?!
Also, within one and a half week my undergrad life will finally end.
I've been waiting for this moment for a long time now.
I won't need to pull another all-nighter,
I won't need to stress about that assignment that is due in the next hour
I won't need to walk into an exam room anymore!
Thank you University of Toronto for the many experiences you gave me.
But I don't like you! BYE. *soon*
March 9, 2010
spring is here
So the days here in Toronto are getting warmer.
Today there was a high of 15 degrees Celsius on a early March day!
I mean, it's great to have warm weather again,
but then, after all the trouble that babe and I went through to get me a pair of skates...
I DIDN'T EVEN GET A CHANCE TO GO SKATING =(
February 27, 2010
February 20, 2010
詩詩
現在是凌晨快兩點
我想很多人都因該不知道曾經我的綽號是詩詩吧
可是這後面的故事我就不想多說
在我睡覺之前我只是想要分享我今天的一通電話和兩個msn的對話
我今天打了通電話給我嘉義的爺爺
我已經有好幾年沒有給爺爺打電話了
因為自己搬家在加上爺爺也搬家了
可是今天終於讓我跟爺爺問好也跟爺爺聊了幾句
聽到爺爺大聲的跟我說話就知道他的身體很好，還非常有精神呢!
隨然他一大筆歲了，可是他還學會了用手機喔!
我爺爺真的是酷斃了，我今年最大的願望就是回去陪陪他
離開爺爺奶奶的照顧也已經有十七年了
我還記得好多跟他們在一起的小小回憶
像曾經爺爺幫我去買我最愛的塑膠吹技球，
奶奶帶我去燙頭髮，跟爺爺奶奶騎摩托車(我被夾在他們的中間
)
爺爺家，爺爺奶奶的日式房間，要去樓上之前的小格簍，還有好多好多
爺爺奶奶我好想你們喔!
今天也有機會跟我堂姐聊到天
說真的我們聯絡的紀律實在是太少了
我也是今天才知道我的另外一個堂姐結婚了!
在這裡我想要勝重的恭喜我的堂姐和堂姐夫!
祝你們永遠快樂，白頭偕老
我趁跟堂姐聊天的機會還在facebook找到了她，也會找到其他的梅家人 =)
能跟家人聊到天讓我好開心喔~
因為明天要上早班所以只有跟堂哥說你好跟晚安，哈哈
希望以後可以保持聯囉!
好啦，我現在真的要去睡囉。
Sealed (Jul 13)
