27 hour flight from Madison to Singapore July 8,9 and 10, 2008

Salam semua,

Saya kini berada di Changi airport setelah mengharungi perjalanan yang melebihi 25 jam saya bertolak ke madison airport lebih kurang kul 9.00 hari selasa dan kini sudah pukul 12 tgahri di Madison.Perjalanan yang amat memenatkan untuk pulang ke tanah air yang dicintai. Walaupun penat tapi memang berbaloi perjalanku kali ini. Tujuanku kembali ke tanahairku adalah untuk menyemarakkan semangat bersyukur atas satu kejayaan besar di dalam hidupku iaitu Konvokesyen Sarjana. Insya Allah harap2 ianya akan berjalan lancar dan proses menghantar dokumen2 yang penting ke tempat kerjaku itu dapat di jalankan dengan sempurna.

Prayer Times
I have arrived here in Singapore. And as I sat on the plane for 12 hours, I did notice that the sun never actually sets outside our window panels. This was because we were flying against the rotation of the earth. And after we reached Tokyo and about 6.30 local Tokyo time, did I saw the sun slowly set. Another confusing thing is the prayer time. I thought that I wanted to stick to Minneapolis prayer times strictly during flights. So I prayed Jamak Qasar Zuhr-Asar about 3 pm Minne time, and around 9pm Minne time, I prayed Mghrib-Isyak. But as I arrived in Tokyo, the sun hadn't set yet. And that makes me confused. There wasn't an actual Maghrib during flight.Anyways, during the Tokyo-Spore flight, I prayed Mghrib-Isyak again.

Perjalanan dari Minneapolis St Paul ke Tokyo mengambil masa 12 jam. Tapi yang seronoknya ialah melayan betah teman yang duduk di sebelah kiriku seorang student Korean-American yang tidak henti2 berceloteh sepanjang perjalanan. Dan slanga Americannya itu, amat menakjubkan padaku, suatu hari kelak aku juga akan memilikinya hehe.InsyaAllah. Di sebelah kananku pula adalah seorang IranianAustralian yang resides in Sydney, but just coming to America for a holiday of about 20 days.

I had this terrible seat actually, the middle part of the 4 seats in a 747. And luckily the girl was so outspoken and chatty. And it was a blessing.
And I sat in 60E. And there are no personal LCD screens for our seats, but we had jeer and peek at the screen in front of us, and listening to the audio with the 'cheap' , headsets that was given. I saw 'fools gold'. The plot was interesting , but the direction was off. It had the most interesting bits to an exciting movie, but the movie does not project it well. In contrast to the next movie that I saw, 'the other boleyn girl', now this movie, the plot was you know, on and off but, still with the camera and the direction it was simply superb. I am talking from a person who does not or never watches English history movies.


The trip from Tokyo to Singapore takes about 7 hours, and its a boring flight cause the person sat next to me was totally 'mute' in other words he did not speak at all. He was clad in a business suit and jeans and wears a 'kinda' gold rolex. But this flight was entertaining cause we had in seat entertainment, our very own LCD screens. And I chose to watch, Nim's Island. Shortly after that, I dozed off.

Muslim Meal
The muslim meal that I requested has its good and bad points. The good point is, you get your food first from all the other passengers. But the bad point is that, with beans and salads as replacement for the real proteins that you need, you feel nauseated, especially in a 12 hour flight. Luckily the muslim meal that I received in the Tokyo-Singapore flight was roasted chicken. Thank Allah.

Its about 1.38 am in Spore, but I wasn't feeling sleepy at all. Cause I was so used to the USA time, its actually midday there.
And I have 3 more hours to go before the Mas counter opens in Terminal 2.