last days in manila

last thursday was the last working day for me in manila. it as pretty tiring day as everyone have to finish their job by 530pm. coz that night, everyone will be treated to a go-live party in Pasai, Manila.

as expected before, there were crucial tcodes which werent given to users. but i didnt expect it that i have to create 20 plus roles for each users... damn... it was tiring... got the list around 12.. by 5pm evrything settled and given to users... but this week, i found out some of it werent transported well.. thats why on the next day, a lot of issues were highlighted. thank god evrythings settled now.

so in the evening, the country manager there treated all of us to a dinner in manila. at the singing cooks & waiters... the food was quite ok, evrythings were ok... ate fish and veggies tho.. quite entertaining to see the cooks and waiters singing to tunes impromptu style.. ok la... their voice is ok.. but everyone thought the party was really a PARTY.. but got a dinner instead. well, its better than HK people. they told us there were nothing at all.. hmm as if all work were not appreciated eh?biarlah..

after the dinner, luckily i got the van which got the most jovial lots.. we were given a time to take a walk in Manila Bay.. nothing to buy there. except for Balut & nuts.. so all of us just strolled and took pictures.. by midnite we went back to our hotel.. evryone were tired...

Friday, the day of departure.. back to malaysia..yippee!! i shud be online dat day. but it seems the hotel network were down. so i can't help with any cases dat day. but i heard the EKPI office were experiencing some problems too.. maybe the whole network of the island? who knows...

1230pm, me n eva checked out of the hotel and the hotel driver were designated to send us to the airport.. thanks chandra for helping us out for the driver. hehe he told the hotel clerk to make sure the driver bring us to the dried mangoes shop for us. we bought a few there until some of the items were cleared by us. "excuse me, can i have more of this packets? sorry sir, you cleared the stock already. " haha.. that was what happened to me when i asked for more packets..

our flight is at 450pm, must check in by 250pm, but, becoz of the heavy traffic there. 1230 were the best time to leave the hotel. we arrived at the airport 1 hour plus later.. tipped the driver were the shillings that we had.. if we brought it back, the money changer wont take it. so better tip the driver.. its quite weird how phillipines manage their airport. to get into it, line up and show ur passport with the boarding pass, without it, go another entrance and take the visitor pass.
before checking in, line up and scan ur bags, line up again?? then move to ur counters.. line up again. (again???) measure ur bags weight.. line up again, checkin ur bags... line up again....

once done, headed to the checkin in hall.. show again the boarding pass.. line up to pay airport tax. 750 pesos.. then line up again to chop your passport.. another line up for another body scan and bag scan.. this is the good part. take all belongings in the pocket and put in tray, take off da belt too, and finally take off da shoes.. watdaaaa... yeah.. its normal procedure in manila bro.. haha.. luckily they didnt smell my week old socks and luckily my pants didnt rolled down..

cleared all of this around 2pm plus... the duty free area were bored... nothing to see or buy anything much.. except for some local souvenirs tho... by 4, me n eva waited in the waiting area.. now i realised all the other airlines got better palce, why do MAS has a shoddy place?? eventho MAS won alot of awards for the best cabin crew, at least, give a nicer boarding area... coz it pisses me off seeing the place packed, then seeing the place that just arrived is the one that will be boarding soon..

finally around 5 we got into the plane.. eva asked me to sit beside her, coz our seats were separated by the aisle... then the original seat holder, a mat salleh seem pissed off, coz he wants da window seat.. we said sorry tho.. but finally he got his window seat when another couple asked to changed seats with him.. the whole flight were ok.. food were fine.. but still, didnt get the tv at the headrests.. maybe coz ist just a short flight... reached kl around 8-9pm.. cant sms, stoopid citi person wasted my credit for some credit offers.. sheesh..

so at the duty free bought some chocs and of coz ciggies which our officemates asked to buy.. when we reached at the bags area, our flight no were not there anymore, luckily i didnt panicked, asked the attendant there, this is much better. they already put it aside... so just picked up our things and move on to ERL..

eva were excited as the whole journey were her first times.. even the erl... by the time reached kl sentral, her parents were already there.. their faces seems like to see if i jaga their daughter or not.. so we parted ways...


once i reached home, yippeeee the car is finally here.. yess black does look good.. my dad made a joke for me tho, as the car just arrived on the day i got back from manila, consider it as a outstation gift..hehe... alhamdulillah.. finally i got a car of my own... :D