Back from Male
(Pronounce Mah Lay...) haha... Better know to many as the Maldives. haha... Land of Crystal clear blue water and white beaches. Male is actually it's capital lah.
Think of the Maldives as a group of islands on top atolls. The atolls creates a natural lagoon round the island which gives it it's paradise appearance. So imagine a chain of these islands! Each island has a different hotel resort!
The airport itself is on another island and the only transport to any of the hotel resort islands are by ferries, converted from fishing yacht.
Wow right? I was damn lucky to be call up on this flight lor, i was put on standby on New Year Day and they gave me Male! hmmm... i wondered who reported sick for Male. haha... Anyway now is monsoon season too, so we were lucky that it was bright and sunny while we were there.
Actually there really wasn't much to do there, which was a good thing. It's a rest and relax station where everyone could spend quality time with each other and hold a proper conversation that could last 3 to 4 hours with ice cold beers and cocktails.
All activities are all water related, shopping and sightseeing are non existent. Giving the island we were staying on only takes 20 mins to complete walking 1 round. haha... It's that small.
But it's an experence u won't gain anywhere else.
In singapore u swim with rubbish, there, u really swim with the fishes. Remember to bring some bread, U could make the fishes feed off your hands. Some of the fishes are as long as your arms!
*Lots of fishies fishies!
*Come fishies fishies, come bite the EY breadroll. I'll give u the Jclass one later! haha...
Anyway, this got to be one of my best trip ever!
*Eh... Damn small right? haha... Some Russian tourist took for us one. haha...
Guess what? i flew with Rujun for this flight to Male. Haha... It has been 4 yrs since i last saw her for the chinese new year gathering lor. Haha... I was hoping to see her for Chinese New Year gathering at my Second Uncle house, hee... but instead i get to see her in advance!
How are we related ah? Very complex lah, we were also trying to explain this to the rest of our crew. haha... She's my 2nd Aunt's (二舅妈) niece. While i'm the nephew of my 2nd Uncle (二舅). So that makes us sort of cousin. haha... complex right? haha... But let's just say we are related and in the past we used to see each other at my 2nd Uncle house for chinese new year gathering. Only the last 4 year we've not done so.
But we didn't realised we were flying with each other till after we finished the service! haha... She suspected it was me coz i still sound and look like me, while i only thought she looked familiar. After service we were chatting and she dropped some hint and finally asked if i knew YiZhi. haha... Immediately i know it's her already! haha... so "duh" of me leh...
U see, YiZhi is our common cousin.
At first everyone thought we were school mates which was also true, coz we both studied in the same polytechnic. Haha... Only later after we told them we were sort of cousins, they were all damn stunned. So was the first officer lor... haha... He was super stunned.
Anyway although i get to access "Crew on Flight", i didn't know it was her coz only her dialect name was reflected, but for me, my full chinese name and my "jonathan" was reflected on the "Crew on Flight" list. So that should have ring some bells.
So glad we've finally gotten to meet up after so long. haha... But i never expect will be on flight. I think, things will always work itself out in a way or another.
We even got to work together on both sectors. Hee... Might be the IFS decide to let the cousins work back together on the returning sector. haha... True or not we dun know, but i had a great time working with her. Click damn well man! Duh... Cousins mah... haha... Hope we'll get to fly with each other again in the future.
This is another great flight not to say the least. Light load there and moderate load back! haha... 4hours 25mins, one chop chop supper service and happy passengers. My kind of flight!
Anyway Male is my kind of destination as well, the Sun, Sea and Sand. Oh... If u have not forgotten, i'm still a beachboy! hahaha...
lalalalalalala...
(Pronounce Mah Lay...) haha... Better know to many as the Maldives. haha... Land of Crystal clear blue water and white beaches. Male is actually it's capital lah.
Think of the Maldives as a group of islands on top atolls. The atolls creates a natural lagoon round the island which gives it it's paradise appearance. So imagine a chain of these islands! Each island has a different hotel resort!
The airport itself is on another island and the only transport to any of the hotel resort islands are by ferries, converted from fishing yacht.
Wow right? I was damn lucky to be call up on this flight lor, i was put on standby on New Year Day and they gave me Male! hmmm... i wondered who reported sick for Male. haha... Anyway now is monsoon season too, so we were lucky that it was bright and sunny while we were there.
Actually there really wasn't much to do there, which was a good thing. It's a rest and relax station where everyone could spend quality time with each other and hold a proper conversation that could last 3 to 4 hours with ice cold beers and cocktails.
All activities are all water related, shopping and sightseeing are non existent. Giving the island we were staying on only takes 20 mins to complete walking 1 round. haha... It's that small.
But it's an experence u won't gain anywhere else.
In singapore u swim with rubbish, there, u really swim with the fishes. Remember to bring some bread, U could make the fishes feed off your hands. Some of the fishes are as long as your arms!
*Lots of fishies fishies!
*Come fishies fishies, come bite the EY breadroll. I'll give u the Jclass one later! haha...
Anyway, this got to be one of my best trip ever!
*Eh... Damn small right? haha... Some Russian tourist took for us one. haha...
Guess what? i flew with Rujun for this flight to Male. Haha... It has been 4 yrs since i last saw her for the chinese new year gathering lor. Haha... I was hoping to see her for Chinese New Year gathering at my Second Uncle house, hee... but instead i get to see her in advance!
How are we related ah? Very complex lah, we were also trying to explain this to the rest of our crew. haha... She's my 2nd Aunt's (二舅妈) niece. While i'm the nephew of my 2nd Uncle (二舅). So that makes us sort of cousin. haha... complex right? haha... But let's just say we are related and in the past we used to see each other at my 2nd Uncle house for chinese new year gathering. Only the last 4 year we've not done so.
But we didn't realised we were flying with each other till after we finished the service! haha... She suspected it was me coz i still sound and look like me, while i only thought she looked familiar. After service we were chatting and she dropped some hint and finally asked if i knew YiZhi. haha... Immediately i know it's her already! haha... so "duh" of me leh...
U see, YiZhi is our common cousin.
At first everyone thought we were school mates which was also true, coz we both studied in the same polytechnic. Haha... Only later after we told them we were sort of cousins, they were all damn stunned. So was the first officer lor... haha... He was super stunned.
Anyway although i get to access "Crew on Flight", i didn't know it was her coz only her dialect name was reflected, but for me, my full chinese name and my "jonathan" was reflected on the "Crew on Flight" list. So that should have ring some bells.
So glad we've finally gotten to meet up after so long. haha... But i never expect will be on flight. I think, things will always work itself out in a way or another.
We even got to work together on both sectors. Hee... Might be the IFS decide to let the cousins work back together on the returning sector. haha... True or not we dun know, but i had a great time working with her. Click damn well man! Duh... Cousins mah... haha... Hope we'll get to fly with each other again in the future.
This is another great flight not to say the least. Light load there and moderate load back! haha... 4hours 25mins, one chop chop supper service and happy passengers. My kind of flight!
Anyway Male is my kind of destination as well, the Sun, Sea and Sand. Oh... If u have not forgotten, i'm still a beachboy! hahaha...
lalalalalalala...
