Homeward Bound

Salam and hi everyone. Right now I'm at Domodedovo International Airport, Moscow, waiting for my flight to go back home! I'll be flying via Thai Airways, simply because I've heard lots of good reviews about the flight from my friends and due to my wanting not to fly with Arab-associated flights during the summer. Let's just say that I've had enough bad in-flight experiences with them for me to X them out this time around. Hopefully Thai Airways won't disappoint, especially since I have excess luggages with me. The ticket said I only have 20kg, but I brought along stuffs totalling about 40kg!

Anyway, the journey from Kursk to Moscow itself was pretty eventful. Instead of the usual choices of train, bus or mashruts Ahmad and I opted to try out the flight service this time around - our first and also our last. The plus point is that the journey was quick - instead of having to endure 8 hours of train/bus/taxi journey the flight journey took us only 1 hour. The downside: the plane was like a world war era type of plan. Very old, very noisy, very.... it's like we're sitting inside an engine chamber as Mohamad had put in. Oh yeah, forgot to mention that we met Kak Syarifa and Mohamad who were flying back to Lebanon.

I'm more nervous this time around flying home, and not just because it's gonna be my final flight out of Russia. I have been entrusted to carry along with me not just my own MD, but three others! Pipi, Murni and Prem Kumar have all gone back earlier than the time we got our MDs' certifications and such. Mohamad who was doing this stuff noted that everyone seems to put in 'Nik Adzrul' as the one who will be bringing back all the Diplomas! Gulp... I only have with me the three I've mentioned, plus my own; I needed to bring back Vanitha and Jeewadas' MDs as well but theirs will only be ready tomorrow and I'm already safe and sound at Malaysia that time. InsyaAllah. So I have with me the lives of three other doctors, for without these MDs they won't be able to work. Huhu. Let's not talk about the whole total cost of the MDs I have with me: boleh terkejut beruk seiii.... Haha. Pray for me that I will be able to deliver the MDs back safely to their owners.

I've slept for the past one hour and so, and now I'm up and about but pretty much confined to my seat because Ahmad wanted to have a lookaround the airport: he'd watched my luggages while I was sleeping so it's my turn to watch over his. I didn't sleep at all last night - doing all last minute packing, cleaning up the room, playing with Kiro one last time. Razi, Sirena and Anne came by to bid me farewell, and we all went down along with Ahmad to help Umi and Farhana loading their cargo items into the mashrut - all totaling up to 300KGs worth of stuffs. My God....I only sent 55kg worth of stuffs back home via cargo. Even the mashrut driver face-faulted a bit when he saw the loads of stuffs these two girls had. Right now they're probably at the Emirates Cargo Bay, and as Umi had put in last night: kelam-kabutlah esok..... Hope everything goes well for those two. 300kgs...~cringes~

Selva called me up and said that Kiro had been acting a bit weird. The furball was gazing at me while I was packing last night, as if sensing that something is wrong but he didn't know how to make out of it. My roommate (or is it ex-roommate now?) told me that Kiro was running all over the room like a madman. Hmm....usually when I was in the room I'd yell at him to stop and step on his tail and body (not too forcefully, mind you) to stop him - he'd proceed by playfully biting my toes (not too forcefully as well, haha). Or I'd carry him using the way that irritated him the most that he'd stop being so mischievous for the next 10 minutes after I delivered the punishment. Heheh. Nak disiplinkan kucing orang kan. Haha. Kiro oh Kiro... really gonna miss that guy. It was my first time co-raising a cat on my own.

Last minute camwhoring with Kiro before. He now knows how to pose too thanks to me. Bwahahah perasan gile. Murni definitely will like this pic of Kiro. Kan Murni?

Anyway, gotta go now. It's close to check-in time. Pray for my safety.