summer break.

wednesday morning i've been home since early sunday morning. the flight was the worse i've ever taken. for starters, the domestic flight was an hour of nothing but turbulance. to be fair, the pilot did a very good job given the heavy crosswinds and incessant headwind.

so we landed in sydney on time and before long, we found out that our flight back to singapore was delayed for 2 hours. apparently the cause of the delay was because the plane had to stop in melbourne to refuel before being able to continue on to sydney. add to that the fact that the plane was to stop in singapore for a bit before continuing on to frankfurt. it's surprising that the plane didn't have enough fuel. we finally boarded the plane at 7.45pm. the plane taxied to the runway, revved up the engines in preparation for take-off before the announcement came to inform the passengers that there was an engine failure of sorts and that the plane would be heading back to the terminal to get it fixed. so that was another 1 hour delay.

when the plane eventually took off, the in-flight entertainment system was ridiculously incapable of erm, entertaining. first, the movie-on-demand function didn't work, then the sound system went all bonkers with nothing but loud static.

one can only imagine the relief when the plane finally landed in singapore. it was long, tiring and uncomfortable. unfortunately i have a return ticket for qantas next year when i return for the new semester. after that, it's singapore airlines all the way for me.

anyhows, back for the summer. a relatively long 2 and a half months break. will be off to do a bit of travelling, taipei, batam, bangkok and maybe even kuala lumpur on the agenda. the hols have started with a blast so far. been hanging out with the anu people the past 2 days or so. can't wait for the rest of my friends to end their exams this week and next before the meet-ups become much more frequent.