Flying…

So there I was at the Sibu Airport waiting for my flight to Kuching…

After having had a bite to eat at the Sugar Bun outlet there, I proceeded to the departure lounge and sat there prior to the call to board the aircraft.

If you may recall, I mentioned in this post sometime ago how I was put off by how the national carrier, Malaysia Airlines (MAS) handled the boarding procedure when it was time to do so…and how the so-called cheap airline, Air Asia, would do it differently and everything would run so smoothly without any hassle nor any hitch.

Let me show how they would go about it! As soon as the aircraft had landed, we were asked to proceed outside and made to stand and queue in groups accordingly…

Because I had booked my ticket at the last minute, all the cheap ordinary seats were occupied so I had no choice but to grab a hot seat and that was why there I was – right in front!

The others were divided into two other groups – the ones seated in the rows at the back and those in the rows in the front half of the aircraft…

As soon as the plane was ready, we were instructed to proceed accordingly to take our seats in the aircraft…and in no time at all, we were taking off…

…and on our way!

I’m afraid I cannot say the same about the airline ground staff at the Kuching so-called international airport though. To put it mildly, let’s just say that boarding was somewhat messy. It certainly would be  a good idea to emulate what the ground staff in Sibu does and make it the standard practice at all airports. There was no delay and in fact, we arrived EARLY, some 10 minutes ahead of schedule. Wasn’t that great?

My cousin met me upon arrival and she wanted to take me for dinner but I had already eaten so we went for drinks to chat and we also ordered this plate of tomato kway teow (RM8.00)…

…to share. I wanted the Kuching-style noodles, fried till crispy, with the tomato gravy poured over them but this stall that we went to did not serve that.

After that, she dropped me off at the hotel…

…where I would be staying the night prior to making my way to Serian the next morning.