Saturday, November 25, 2006

A journey not to be remembered

9th Nov 2006
Everything went smoothly, all documentation has been checked and approved and I was called to the boarding gate to check my document again. I only hope that today gonna better, get myself the best seat in the front row next to the window and infront of the main door.

This is it..I thought that everything will be as scheduled, but then I saw something that I hate to start my journey with, the ground crew were having difficulty to detached the stairs from the aircraft, they keep on pulling and struggling for about 15 minutes until some passenger noticed it and start jamming the area to give a piece of advice or opinion...And I just wish that they change the aircraft, maybe I'm not patient enough but I was not the only one, the co-pilot too came and try to fix it and keep on swearing and blaming the ground crew. They finally succeed but came another problem when the Lady in red had a difficulty to closed the door, it won't attached, she keep on pulling and again the co-pilot came to rescue. It was a bad start, I was nervous, there were so many 'what if....' in my head, too much watching aircrash investigation. I tried to cool down and not thinking too much about it and enjoy the view, the cloud formation, the sea and suddenly there was a 'pop' sound from the door, the lady in red who was sitting right infront of me was shocked and looking at me and immediately alarmed the cockpit.Both of them suddenly choosed to stand at the other corner and suddenly I felt a gush of wind on my feet, maybe it's just in my head, I don't know..imagination run wild, at that moment I just keep on praying and rubbing my tummy.

23rd Nov 2006
Before I left home I prayed for my safety and my little one, after the last I became a bit nervous and protective. Again at Penang Aiport the same scenario running around and filling up the form.
I was waiting and prayed that today's journey are much much better with no technical problem until I got a phone call saying that it was raining heavily outside and they were worry about me. I noticed the ground crew were busy preparing umbrella for us, don't they have other option in this kind of situation? We were allowed to board the plane after 10 minutes delay, I was the first passenger who walked with that red umbrella and the other hand carrying nasi tomato for hubby. It felt very far since we have to used the back door, I walked terhuyung-hayang struggling with the rough wind and at the same time tried not to trip on the stairs.
I choosed the same seat even though the last incident were still in my mind. I don't know what to expect but it wasn't a good start especially the take-off and landing, it as too rough and bumpy, is it because the pilot is not competent enough or the weather to blame on or the runway was uneven..? I told myself that I'm not going to fly with them again or other airline when I'm pregant

I have survived many rough and dangerous incident but was calm and composed, but when you are carrying another Life inside you,the feeling of caring and protecting are stronger and that was why I cried like a baby when I finally saw my hubby waiting to take me home safely.

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

*hugs*..it must be really scary for u.. glad u r ok... no updates for so long..i was beginning to get worried.. when is the baby due?

sue said...

memang scary especially when u r alone, lama tak update sebab kat alor setar pastu penang, hubby outstation so i balik kg. due in mid january

oldtown~Smell the Roses said...

cannot wait for ur baby! hopefully everything's OK. take care!

Anonymous said...

birth kat kampung ka kat rumah sendiri? sapa yg jaga u pantang?

sue said...

roses,
me too, counting every moment

simah,
kat sini di putrajaya, after 2 weeks baru balik alor setar, maybe nenek i dtg jaga sat di sini

Count Byron said...

Sue.. alhamdulillah you are safe.. and so is the baby. I pray for safe easy delivery.. jangan lupa minum air selusuh.. bunga Fatimah. And lots of doa.
Doas from me and Countess, amin.

sue said...

Count and Countess,
thank u for the doa..i'm preparing myself now physical and mental and try not to worry too much :-)

Anonymous said...

sue .. syukur semuanya selamat
memang biasanya AA ni mcm ni ke sue ? just curious ... tak pernah naik AA
take care

sue said...

mobb,
selalu naik ok, tapi technical problem mcm tu tak patut jadi..naik Iran Air lagi ok even though aircraft lama

vsixth ada problem nak access!

Anonymous said...

assalamualaikum sue ...

wah seronon ya duduk malaysia bulan disember ni .. banyak projek makan makan ...
vi enam dah ok sekarang
aku ada letak maklumat terkini
jalan jalan cari makan ...
jumpa di sanaaaaa ...

sue said...

mobb,
thanx for the update..

memang best byk makan2 kat m'sia..jemput2 tambah :-)