Kom då Fido! Kom ska du få skräp!

Voff Voff!

Potatisskal!

Jag blev också sjuk och köpte en flygande rullstol. Den var egentligen till min mormor. Men jag lånade den lite och åkte runt på stan. Det såg ganska kul ut när mormor kom till sitt gamla jobb med den och hennes arbetskamrater tittade förvånat ut igenom fönstret.

SUCKERS! Skrek Mormor när hon flög iväg över staden i racer fart.

Också har jag kollat lite om spöken på internet och det är fan ett jäkla gnäll om att det inte finns några bevis på ditten och datten. Fan kan dom inte bara dra igen munnen och titta upp på himmelen. Varför är den blå? Är det för att en skit sa att den skulle vara det eller är det för att folk ville flyga eller vafan jag vet inte. Det finns inga bevis på att det heter himmel och att den är blå. Det är bara människans öga och människans idéer. Kanske den heter Karl Bertil och är Gredelin? Vad fan vet vi? Vi bara ser vad vi ser. Tror det vi tror. Så håll käft och flyg.

På söndag blev det även projektarbetsplugg hemma hos Emil, och vi jobbade på riktigt bra. Vi blev även bjudna på middag där, så vi kunde stanna lite längre. Det var var faktiskt riktigt mysigt att var där och skriva projektarbete. Kolla för övrigt gärna in vår hemsida som vi har gjort, som är den största delen av vårt projektarbete: http://www.friluftslivstockholm.se/

Träning har jag också ägnat min tid åt, som vanligt. Jag känner att jag är inne i ett riktigt skönt flow just nu och träningen går superbra. Keep up the good work!

                                                               Lite av den chokladen som vi smakade. Jisses vad gott!

                                                                                              En gammal kyrka i Sigtuna.

International Arrivals and China Immigration Hallway at Guangzhou, China airport

On Thursday, I was given the go ahead to travel to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and to be in the office on Tuesday. The customer specified that the travel budget including hotel was $4000. This left me rather short – searches on Delta, Air France and KLM were running over $5000. But a mixed itinerary brought it down to $2500: CLT-ATL-LAX on Delta, LAX-CAN-KUL on China Southern (CZ), KUL-PVG-JFK on China Eastern (MU) and JFK-CLT on Delta. Cheaper flights on Emirates or other carriers that are neither SkyTeam or  Star Alliance were closer to $2000. [It’s worth noting that I was having trouble finding this itinerary on my own, so I hired a Travel Messiah (TM) who was tremendously helpful.]

Friday afternoon, I was unable to check in on delta.com and nor was the TM. A call to Delta was similarly unhelpful – I was told that due to the number of segments, I had to check in at the airport. I was also unable to change my seat assignments for the CZ segments.

I arrived CLT on Saturday at 12:00, dropping my car at the Business Valet ($10/day instead of $7/day for long term lot). At the Delta ticket counter, the ticket agent (TA) had a few challenges getting me checked in, but managed to figure it out. A bag tag with four segments was printed and a Priority tag attached. My passport was reviewed. Four boarding passes (BPs) were printed as well, including an upgrade for the first short segment.

Boarding for CLT-ATL was called at 13:15 and I took seat 3D in F on this 737. Pre-departure drinks were offered and I took advantage of a gin and tonic. In the air, another drink service and the snack basket which had peanuts, pretzels and Biscoffs. Each passenger in F was thanked for their business by the flight attendant (FA). With my Gold status and an international itinerary, I was able to access the Delta Sky Club in ATL where I grabbed some snacks and power.

No upgrade on ATL-LAX, I had 10G on a 767. Bulkhead row. One drink service cart with buy-on-board was offered. Gogo In-flight Internet was not operational, several satellite channels on the in-flight entertainment (IFE) were not working and there was no power at the seat. I did not hear an apology or announcement. The flight had significant turbulence almost the entire time. Arrival at LAX was still 10 minutes early.

I was warned that the walk to the international terminal was a headache, but it’s really not so bad. From T4, you walk past T5 (American) to the terminal. It took a while to find the ticket counter for CZ, but there was no one waiting in the Sky Priority lane when I arrived. My BPs were reprinted and I was able to slightly change my seat assignment from 79D (the last row, aisle) to 74A. I was also given a VIP Pass for the lounge.

The CZ lounge was pretty decent with sandwiches, serve yourself drinks and free wireless. A shower was also available. I stayed for about an hour before heading to the flight.

At the gate, several rope lines were set up for passengers based on seat and deck. No status other than business and first had separate queues. Boarding for the 22:00 departure commenced at 20:30. Yes, 90 minutes to board the plane and we pushed back on time. From there, a 30-minute taxi around the airport and past runway 7R to take off on 25L. I could see a wingtip escort car for most of the taxi and while it’s hard to judge distances, I am sure that we missed one light post and one hangar by less than six feet.

The upper deck on this CZ A380 configuration is 2-4-2 with storage bins between the window seat and the window. A pillow, an amenity kit (toothpaste, eye mask, etc.) and a thick blanket was on the seat. There was a 7-inch IFE in the seatback with no power outlet. While the extra storage was nice, it meant that there was nothing to lean against. And with all but five or six of the seats taken, there was no opportunity to switch to an open row. 79D would have been an AWFUL seat – it’s the last row and not only has limited recline, it is immediately next to the galley and lavatory area so there is constant foot traffic.

Until this flight, my longest had been 11 hours on AMS-IAH. LAX-CAN is 15 hours. Extreme! With my Bose QC15s, it was at least quiet but I was still not able to sleep. After pushback, they dimmed the lights for a half hour. And then turned them back up for dinner service, leaving the lights on for about two hours. Then the lights were dimmed until two hours prior to arrival.

Two meal services (Dinner: tuna salad appetizer, steamed cod with white rice and sliced fruit. Breakfast: quiche with tater tots and a slice of ham, a croissant and sliced fruit) and a few water services, but mostly the FAs were hiding. Since I couldn’t sleep, I watched three or four movies, a few sitcoms and tried to read. An hour before departure, it was time for final cleanup and seatbacks restored to upright. A few videos describing the China immigration and transit process were shown and then a 10-minute “flight exercises” video. And then 40 minutes of… nothing. Boring as hell.

China immigration was pleasant and quick as I was a transit passenger. A quick review of my passport and onward boarding pass, I got a stamp and was directed to the China Southern lounge in Guangzhou where I entered at about 05:30 AM. There were a couple of cold snacks that looked stale and a self-service fridge of drinks. Hot food started to arrive at around 06:30 which included meat buns, some sort of chicken in sauce and beef with wheat noodles. Aside from the time anachronism, it was pretty good. I left the lounge at 07:45 and made my way to the KUL departure gate.

The gate is a “commuter airline” set up with a large common area that smelled of cigarette smoke and eight gates. Boarding announcement in Chinese only, but I got the gist of it and had my “Economy Plus” boarding pass ready. A standing-room only bus took us to the hard stand where we made our way up the stairs into the three-class 737.

I saw no one in first class and of the 24 seats in Economy Plus, only three were occupied. A pillow and blanket were waiting and then the FA distributed small water bottles to us and then closed the curtains between the three sections. I had all three seats to myself and on the four-hour flight, I managed to sleep for an hour or so. Meal service was a chicken in sauce concoction with white rice and some sliced fruit. I wanted a drink at this point, and while the FA said they had gin, she did not have tonic. I stuck with water.

We arrived KUL on time. Baggage claim took about 15 minutes, but my Priority tagged suitcase was one of the first out for the Guangzhou flight. Immigration and Customs were extremely quick, even for foreign passport holders – ten minutes in queue and no visa is required for stays less than 90 days. Images of index fingerprints were taken.

Summary: From leaving home at 11:30 AM ET on Saturday to arriving at the hotel at 14:00 Malaysia time (13 hours ahead) on Monday (I lost Sunday crossing the International Date Line) makes for a very long trip, especially when you can’t sleep on the plane. Delta: Only a B due to the very high fare they offered and the broken IFE. China Southern: A- for nice lounges and on-board meals plus I appreciated the E+ upgrade.

Effective 1 March 2013, Delta has changed redemption for most economy fare classes on most partner airlines. Even though I’m flying 21309 miles, I will only earn 16709 MQM’s. Some fare classes earn zero! Serious bummer.

I’m sorry for the extended length of the TR, but this is the first time that I have ever flown a four-segment/three-country itinerary! The return on Wednesday, March 6 will be KUL-PVG-JFK-CLT and I will write upon my return.

Total Trip Cost: $ 2,529.40
Actual Airfare: $ 1,933.00
Actual Miles Flown: 21309 (http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=CLT-ATL-LAX-CAN-KUL-PVG-JFK-CLT&MS=wls&MP=r&DU=mi)
Yield: $ 0.091 per mile (0.116 per MQM)
Taxes & Fees: $ 596.40, 23.58% of ticket price

Skjortan är begangnad från min syster! Samma med dom två kofterna! Resten är köpt! Kramis

Som vanligt spelar de riktigt bra låtar på Ace och stämningen började på topp när de spelade Mr Brightside av The Killers. Då blev vi glada minst sagt!

Morgondagens schema är inte fy skam det heller för då ska jag, pappa, farmor och kanske syrran till Sigtuna för chokladprovning och gotta i oss hur mycket choklad som helst. MUUMS! Senare på dagen blir det nog projektarbetsmöte, inte så kul kanske, eftersom det börjar bli väldigt stressigt med rapporten som ska in på fredag. Men men, det går nog bra. Bara att kämpa på!

Ibland är man bara för vacker!

Juste får inte glömma, en månad gammal är bloggen idag. Att blogga är ju faktiskt riktigt kul, så jag fortsätter nog ett tag till.

Här är lite fina bilder från idag!

Mössa ett, Lisa i en sketasnygg basker!

                                                                                         Mössa två, Ellen i en grön dunmössa!

                                                                          Mössa tre, moi i en supermysig fakepälsmössa!

Mina nya snygga brills som införskaffades idag!

Igår så hände en sån där kul spontan grej igen, då var jag nämligen på rockmusikalen “Rock of ages” med pappa. Riktigt kul var det, och eftersom det var premiär så såg jag många kändisar och det bästa av allt var att jag fick en hel kasse med najsiga gratisgrejer med bland annat choklad, ansiktskrämer, en bok, konstigt svart vatten, schampo och parfym. Rätt så najs!

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Nu ska denna lilla krabat få sällskap!

Nä men än så länge funkar de bra, chattade med en person, som irriterade mig lite.. Men tänkte nej, jag behöver inte tänka så längre, jag kan bara go With the flo då att säga:)

Där viljan är stark, kan inte svårigheterna vara starka. ~ Niccolò Machiavelli

Har bloggat dåligt på sistone vilket beror på att det har varit mycket att göra den senaste veckan. Mycket planering och stress, men också mycket kul grejer har hänt. Bland annat filmvisning i skolan på alla hjärtans dag, fest och pizzabakning hemma hos mig med min underbara klass vilket var hur trevligt och mysigt som helst och i början av den här veckan så var vi ute på en vintertur där jag var en av ledarna för turen.

Turen blev riktigt lyckad med bland annat skidåkning, pimpling, lekar, bastu och övernattning i militärtält då vi testade på att vara eldvakt i uppdelade grupper under natten. Sov dock bara i max 20 minuter under natten och det är därför de här 12 timmarnas sömn i natt var nödvändiga.

Bilder från turen: