We assembled at Singapore Changi Airport at 1320h for our check-in process and to talk to our family members, friends and supporters who came to send us off… it is quite emotional for some of us as it’s the 1st time going for mission trip and be away from home for so long… we’ll be spending the next 20 days among the 12 of us…
All too soon it’s 1430h and it’s time for us to enter the departure gates… one of our team member’s pastor said a prayer for all of us before we bid goodbye and enter the gates…
By the time all of us enter the gates, it’s already 1450h, ½ hour before the plane takeoff… as such, we did not have time to look around those shop there and proceed to the plane at Gate 34… The airline that we took was Emirates… It’s my first time taking this airline and flying out of SE Asia, so I’m quite excited… there’s no queue outside the boarding gate… I think this is because the plane came from Dubai to transit here and most ppl are already in the plane…
A short while after we enter the plane… the pilot said we’re preparing to taxi out the runway for take off… quite surprise as it’s still 1510h and I think we’re one of the last few to board the plane… We take off at 1530h and start our 7 hr flight to Melbourne… it has a front view camera and we can see the runway clearly from our seats…
Inside the plane, we had our dinner and watch some movies… the in-flight system is not as good as the SQ one and we can only watch the movie when it’s play, and we cant forward or rewind it ourselves… the sun set about 3hrs into the flight and some of us starts to sleep while some of us and me continue to watch the movie…
Time flies even when we flies… haha… we started to descend to Melbourne airport and started to see the Melbourne night view… the plane landed at 0011h Melbourne time (Singapore time 2211h)… as MEL is 2hrs faster than SIN from Apr to Oct… between Nov to Mar, it’s 3hrs faster as they have daylight savings…
The checks at the airport is quite strict and it took quite long for us to clear the immigration… after that, ask we walk down to the exit, we keep thinking how cold is the weather outside, as we were told it’s 10 degree… yup, it’s really cold… don’t think we can survive without the jackets…
As it’s already 1am, two of the Australian staff came to pick us up and some of us take a cab down to our apartment at Glen Waverly. I was in the cab and the way the meter jumps is very scary sia… it jump 10 cents every second… we started at A$2.40 and when we reach Glen Waverly abt 40km away, the meter reads A$125 (which is abt S$160)… in Singapore this would cost only abt $40 with midnight charge… so expensive le…
Finally, we reach our apartment... it’s 0159h (2359h in SIN)… wow… look nice le… we just had our hot shower and had a light supper… going to sleep liao for tmr.. (today actually cos its 3am there liao..)
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