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10th October 202011th October 20202 Comments

Kingdom of Cambodia 2020: Part 12 – The Tedious, Much Awaited Journey Back Home

(The rather empty departure terminal at Phnom Penh airport in Cambodia and it is the same case, most airports around the world. Most of the duty-free shops were opened but sadly there were no customers. The lone guy at Starbucks was practically begging passengers to come in to have coffee)

This will be the last part in this Cambodian trip series – we have completed our assignment in Phnom Penh and it was time to make the journey back home and start the next phase of the project.

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Tags: Airport, Ban, Cambodia, Flight, Health, Immigration, Immigration Department, Infection, Pandemic, Quarantine, Self-Isolation

14th July 202010th October 20204 Comments

Kingdom of Cambodia 2020: Part 3 – First Mandatory COVID19 Test & Cosy Quarantine

Continuing the Cambodian adventure, our pockets were literally empty by the time we finished paying the USD3,000 at the airport and went to the immigration counter to submit our passport and all the relevant forms.

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Tags: 2020, Airport, Bus, Cambodia, COVID19, Flight, Health, Hotel, Immigration, MOH

8th July 202010th October 20207 Comments

Kingdom of Cambodia 2020: Part 2 – Overweight Luggage And Short of Cash

The trip to Cambodia started off rather early in the morning with me waking up early and ~~double~~ triple checking everything that I suppose bring along for the long work assignment overseas. The kids were deeply asleep but just before I left the house, they were awake to say goodbye.

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Tags: Airport, Cambodia, Credit Card, Customer Service, Economy, Flight, Foreigners, Health, Immigration, KLIA, Lockdown, Luggage, Malaysia, MAS, Money, Nasi Lemak, Overseas, Queue, Travel, Trip, Work Assignment

5th July 202010th October 20208 Comments

Kingdom of Cambodia 2020: Part 1, Hurdling Tough And Strict Red Tapes

They say the show must go on and so it is when it comes to work – this time is the work overseas assignment in Cambodia which is also known as the Kingdom of Wonders. This would be probably my 10th trip to the country. Image of The Royal Palace in Cambodia, Phnom Penh, source: All Free Photos

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Tags: Business, Cambodia, COVID19, Flight, Immigration Department, Lockdown, Overseas Assignment, Travelling, Visa

7th March 202012th July 20203 Comments

MH370: Was Air Traffic Control Deliberately Misled?

Tomorrow marks the 6th anniversary of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370) that went missing flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, China. Till today, there have been a wide range of theories and conspiracies thrown in the wind but the plane is yet to be found. Image source: Pinterest.

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Tags: Conspiracy, Crisis Management, Flight, Flight MH370, Malaysia Airlines, Simulations

11th September 20198th June 20203 Comments

Trip to Cape Verde 2019: Part 4 – Chaos, Impatience Passengers At Airport

(Chaos, confusion, uncertainty at Lisbon airport when we suppose to be in Cape Verde, we have a problem when adding impatient passengers into the equation)

The Cape Verde flight passengers started to assemble closer and rumours & assumptions started to fly – some passengers especially those with small children became restless. Someone shouted “It’s Not Fair!!!” and a bunch of passengers joined in.

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Tags: A330, Aldeia dos Capuchos, Cape Verde, Flight, Hotel, TAPS Portugal

6th September 20198th June 20203 Comments

Trip to Cape Verde 2019: Part 3 – Scary Flight And Return to Lisbon

(Calm before the storm – this was taken just before we took off from Lisbon to Cape Verde)

This is our final leg of the journey from KL to Cape Verde and this time, we changed the airline from Emirates to TAP Air Portugal, flying on the smaller Airbus A320. And given the fact that we have been on transit in Lisbon for the last 8 hours, we were very anxious to get to our next flight and reach our final destination to Cape Verde for a hot shower, clean change of clothes and a good sleep on a soft bed.

We lined up at the boarding counter, cleared by the TAP staff after verifying the cabin luggage size and went down to catch the shuttle bus to the plane.

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Tags: Cape Verde, Emergency, Flight, Lisbon, TAPS Portugal

13th May 20198th June 2020Leave a Comment

Next Change: Crazy 13,000 km Trip

(Image Source: Cruise Mapper)

Yes, next change coming up:-

13,000 km flight
20 hours of flight
14 hours of transits
4 different airports
2 different airlines

It has been some time since I last visited this blog.

The last few years have carried me away from the blogging and more towards others like social media, health and gaming.… [Click to read the rest] “Next Change: Crazy 13,000 km Trip”

Tags: Flight, Overseas Assignment, Work

13th March 201417th April 20215 Comments

Leadership 101: MH370 – A Lesson in Crisis Management

MH370 – frankly speaking, the last thing we need now is a missing plane…

(I had to pinch myself when I first heard about the missing plane. I flew MAS on a regular basis and I prefer flying on a Boeing 777 than Airbus. Having a missing plane was something that all Malaysian did not expect to hear on a Saturday morning. The disappearance remains a mystery and a multi-country search to date have revealed nothing to date. Image source: http://engtechmag.wordpress.com)

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Tags: Aircraft, Boeing 777, CCTV, Criminal, Crisis Management, Flight, Flight MH370, Government, Immigration, Iranian passport, KLIA, Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Leadership, Malaysia, Malaysia Airlines, Management, MAS, MH370, National Security, Politicians, Search And Rescue, Security, South China Sea, Terrorism, Tragedy, Transport, Transport Minister

17th February 20127th July 2020Leave a Comment

National Security 101: Are We Champion of Double-Talk?

(Washington Post calls us “champion of double-talk” in relation to Hamza Kashgari who is a Saudi poet and a former columnist who was wanted in Saudi for crossing red lines and denigrating religious beliefs in God and His Prophet. He almost got away with it – if not for 1 small mistake – he landed on the wrong country to transit. Image source: PRI.ORG)

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Tags: Deportation, Flight, Foreigners, Government, Hamza Kashgari, Lawyers, Saudi Arabia, Security

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