Dear Pipsqueaks,
The day started very early - for me anyway - at 5:30am. Not to mention I only got to bed around 1am. But yes, I had to wake up to wrap all the chocolates in the fridge so they'd stay cold enough until I reach Taipei. Didn't want them to melt out of shape, would we?! After finishing up with packing, I literally had 5 minutes to change into my clothes before heading down to meet Mr. Goh aka my taxi driver.
I like my taxi driver. He's a morning person so he's quite cheery when he sees me for these morning flights. We'd chat for a little while, then he'd let me doze off into my own little world - either listening to music or taking a short nap. It's never for long though because he takes his driving very seriously. We left my place around 7am, expecting to arrive around 8am with the morning traffic. You know when we arrived? 7:38am.
It only took me 5 minutes to check in, and by 7:45am, I was wandering what to do to kill 1hr15mins before having to board my flight at 9am. Which of course wasn't the real boarding time - try 9:30am. So yes, I made a loop around KLIA2, and to my surprise, most shops were already open for business by then. Quite unusual in comparison to the 10am-10pm hours in the city. Anyway, I was already carrying too much, so I wasn't in the mood to buy anything else.
Slowly made my way to the gate, and was the 7th person to board the plane. Not bad eh? And no, I didn't budge - they didn't make any announcements so I just walked up. Plus, all I wanted to do was SLEEP! As soon as I got to my seat and settled down, I snoozed to keep hunger under control. Definitely a pain to wait for them to give me my pre-ordered meal, but so worth it when it comes. Yum, nasi lemak for the win!
Every time I see the land that is my first home, a feeling takes over. It fills me up and I find myself smiling. It's good to come home to a familiar place. Especially when I know I'll be seeing my folks VERY SOON. They're so adorable...
...adorable enough to forget where they parked their car. We literally walked all of car park 2 only for my papa to realise - after I asked whether it was THIS parking lot - that he said, "OH! We didn't park here la...aiyo." YES, AIYO. I was about to faint...but seeing how cute he was, FINE. We did eventually find the car (in car park 1) and made our way home. Slightly jam, but all good.
First thing was to empty the loot in my luggage - all the chocolates from Hokkaido and presents from Paris. They literally filled the whole living room table full of goodies. The view gave me a sense of accomplishment :) We all tried a piece of everything, and I think they like what I brought - YAY!
Time for home-cooked dinner. Totally love being spoiled.
Chat soon.
The day started very early - for me anyway - at 5:30am. Not to mention I only got to bed around 1am. But yes, I had to wake up to wrap all the chocolates in the fridge so they'd stay cold enough until I reach Taipei. Didn't want them to melt out of shape, would we?! After finishing up with packing, I literally had 5 minutes to change into my clothes before heading down to meet Mr. Goh aka my taxi driver.
I like my taxi driver. He's a morning person so he's quite cheery when he sees me for these morning flights. We'd chat for a little while, then he'd let me doze off into my own little world - either listening to music or taking a short nap. It's never for long though because he takes his driving very seriously. We left my place around 7am, expecting to arrive around 8am with the morning traffic. You know when we arrived? 7:38am.
It only took me 5 minutes to check in, and by 7:45am, I was wandering what to do to kill 1hr15mins before having to board my flight at 9am. Which of course wasn't the real boarding time - try 9:30am. So yes, I made a loop around KLIA2, and to my surprise, most shops were already open for business by then. Quite unusual in comparison to the 10am-10pm hours in the city. Anyway, I was already carrying too much, so I wasn't in the mood to buy anything else.
Slowly made my way to the gate, and was the 7th person to board the plane. Not bad eh? And no, I didn't budge - they didn't make any announcements so I just walked up. Plus, all I wanted to do was SLEEP! As soon as I got to my seat and settled down, I snoozed to keep hunger under control. Definitely a pain to wait for them to give me my pre-ordered meal, but so worth it when it comes. Yum, nasi lemak for the win!
Every time I see the land that is my first home, a feeling takes over. It fills me up and I find myself smiling. It's good to come home to a familiar place. Especially when I know I'll be seeing my folks VERY SOON. They're so adorable...
...adorable enough to forget where they parked their car. We literally walked all of car park 2 only for my papa to realise - after I asked whether it was THIS parking lot - that he said, "OH! We didn't park here la...aiyo." YES, AIYO. I was about to faint...but seeing how cute he was, FINE. We did eventually find the car (in car park 1) and made our way home. Slightly jam, but all good.
First thing was to empty the loot in my luggage - all the chocolates from Hokkaido and presents from Paris. They literally filled the whole living room table full of goodies. The view gave me a sense of accomplishment :) We all tried a piece of everything, and I think they like what I brought - YAY!
Time for home-cooked dinner. Totally love being spoiled.
Chat soon.