stranded - 20 hrs delayed - part 1

My downstairs neighbour took over the clearing process. The house was still in mess when I left it behind. My friend help me out with the packing. She stayed the whole night with me. I ended up 3 pieces of luggage, a standard bag, a small bag, and an odd shape of keyboard.

Bob and Effi volunteered to send me to the airport.

The flight was at 10 pm. When we arrived for checked in, I requested Bob to hold for my hand luggage, so the odd keyboard and another bag would go into the luggage compartment. I would carry the hand luggage with me. Eventhough it was a small bag, but it was heavy with files and documents.

Behind me there was a small group chinese, one lady, one guy and a girl with luggages and a big box.

How did I feel to leave the country? It is hard to say. The burden of feeling was not really there. There was no sadness and tears. I was numb, I was already sad and frustratted since the day Nancy died. I could not yet feel at the moment any sadness in me. With Nancy death and George leaving me a month after that, I had nothing to look forward in this country. The devastated feeling drained the colour of my life, it stops the music to my ears.

How do I feel to come back? I feel that mission was not completed. Coming back and staying there make no difference to me at the moment. But I belived, coming back give me some sort of comfort and security. I do not know.

The flight was full. Everybody was ready in the flight with the captain making anouncement about the flight that took 13hrs jurney. Most of the passenger acommodating themselves and everyone was getting excited with the jurney and in good mood to get to know their next seat neighbour. I was hungry and tired. I was looking forward for the meal and long hours sleep after the non stop packing over the last week.

10 minutes before the plane took off we had a big shaking on the plane. O thought probably on of the ground vehicles was loading something in the plane. A minute after that we had another annoucement from thecaptain saying that one of the engines had been hit by the ground vehicle and all passengers had to leave the plane with the luggage.

We had to wait at the departure hall until further notice. We had another annoucement in the departure hall saying that the flight would be delayed another 20hrs and the staff were arranging accomodations for us. We had to wait for about 2hrs and later for further annoucement saying that we had to saty in a hotel and we had to take all our luggage with us.

12 o'clock midnight, we reached the arrival hall without leaving the coutry and had to go through the immegration asking the odd qustions such as why should you come back! A coach was waiting for us outside to bring the passengers to the hotel. We had about 300 passengers in the flight and one coach to ferry all of us. There was a long Q in the middle of the night at a freezing temperature.

Most of the passengers did not bring a thick coat, and they had to survive in sweaters only. By the way, why should we have our winter coat when we are going to the hot country! I had mine with me when my friend insisted me of wearing my winter coat.

Behind me was the chinese lady who was checking ealier. She started the conversation and asking me to look after her luggage. In the Q behind me, there was another chise guy and a malay lady whom I bumped into while collecting our luggage. She was a shy lady and did not speak much.

We eventually arived safely at the hotel after I another coach adding in to the sole ferry. It was 1 o'clock in the morning. I was so tired and hungry. Before we baord the bus, the chinese lady wha was behind me asking me to sit with her. There was nothing to loose in this unfortunate situation than to gain some opportunities. At least I had a friend eventhough she is not malay.

After checking in and checking out the flight, we had to check in to the hotel. The chinese lady who was sitting with me in the bus asked me once to again to share a room with her. We got a room together. I need a companion anyway. We had a comfortable room and straight away we went down to eat.

Atas batu jemala patek@ 2005-02-07;7:51 p.m.

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