Post began: 12.28am
(Melbourne Time)
Approx 9.30pm in KL.
After walking around
this airport (and getting a tad lost a few times… all the shops look the same!)
I’ve given up – it’s too humid, the air is thick with the smell of fermenting
fruit – even though I haven’t been outside yet! Luckily for me the plane pulled
up right next to the airport… I think I’m going to have to catch a bus to my
next flight. It’s 13 hours long, and I wonder how I will pass the time. I know
I should sleep but even now – when if I were in Melbourne I would easily fall asleep – I feel
wide awake. I got a rude shock when I arrived here and needed to use the
toilets… it’s a whole in the ground… no toilet paper, but a hose you can hose
yourself down with. I think I’ll wait for the plane – even if it is several
hours away. I’m lucky here that most people speak English, although the guy at
the Transfers desk got his numbers mixed up big time.
On the eight-hour
flight we flew over Air’s Rock and had an awesome view… quite incredible really,
although I don’t think I have any compulsion to go there. Probably should, if
only for one day to climb that thing. It was always an achievement in primary
school for people to climb Ayre’s Rock. What a weird primary should I went to.
Philippa: I watched
High School Musical and High School Musical 2. I have this to say: the reason
why Disney has such great success with its musicals: it always ensures there is
real emotion in the voices, not just
that they’re hitting the right guy. Also, what a (good) change in Zac Efron
from the first film to the second!
I also read Cosmo (I bought it and Cleo) on the way
over. The guy next to me was an old man – grey hair, just brushing his
shoulders. He was a professor from the Uni of Adelaide going to KL to examine a
thesis (yes, I snooped). I wanted to say that I was a student too… but then I
just watched the Simpsons Movie and Pussy Cat Dolls instead.
Simpsons was
pretty good at the start – made me laugh out aloud a few times within the first
20 minutes… but other than that nothing really new or interesting… just a “blow
up” of your typical Simpsons episode
– like the Rugrats movie!
There is a diamond
/ jewellery store here called “Habib”.
There are quite a few
police here… they’re very small! There are quite a few women too – with suits
tailored to accentuate their curves – and they all wear headscarves.
And with their public telephones and drinking water taps, they have two heights for them - one low, one high. I wonder if it's for children or the very small people in Malaysia? Although some of my airhostesses were significanly taller than me and i though they were asian.
My beautiful new watch that mum bought me at melb airport's batteries decided to die about 10 minutes into the flight. Good omen or not? It means i'm running around not terribly sure what the time is. I'll see how much it is in Paris to get a new battery - if it's not that much difference, i'll get it in Paris just for the convenience.
Um… that’s about it.
Getting paranoid about drug dealers sneaking things into my bags
And slowly becoming
more and more excited about Paris…
I’ve fantasized about being there for so long, and it’s only a flight away!
