Tuesday, May 9, 2017

May 9 2017 - Departure

What a hassle. On the way the the airport, I received a text that my flight was delayed by 3 hours.. Since I was with mum, we went to have a nice dinner, kind of like a birthday treat from her. We had Thai at Terminal 1, and it was pretty delicious and affordable, at least by airport standards.

With me having pre-allocated 2 hours for preflight, now I had 5 hours to burn. And off I went strolling with my backpack across all three terminals! Meanwhile, I had to settle some work matters with my mobile. So thankful for smartphones and Dropbox!

And after one complete round through all three airport terminals on foot, I found myself an empty foot massage station and stoned there for 30 minutes.

Then, I found out that I had forgotten to bring the camera mounting plate for my tripod! Well done, Simon! Feeling quite irritated with myself, I went to the electronics store around the terminals before finding one at terminal 1. Thank God my tripod took the universal acra-swiss plates!

At 2230h, that's still 3 hours to burn. Hence I went to my pre-scouted entertainment hub at terminal 2 and parked myself there for 2 hours while charging my phone and watching Masterchef on it. And with an hour left before departure, the airport announced that my flight was changed from gate F34 at Terminal 2 to gate D41 at Terminal 1.. Gosh!

And here I am typing all these while walking to my flight gate. Time check, 00:28h.

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