Lagos - Amsterdam - Stavanger

*Shivering*..Sejuk weh dekat Stavanger ni..

Alhamdulillah..I safely landed in Stavanger, Norway pukul 8.30 in the morning Stavanger time..International airport dekat Stavanger ni kecik jer. Tapi a way better la from international airport dekat Nigeria..hihihi

Journey from Lagos to Amsterdam took about 5 1/2 hours.. I bertolak from Lagos around 10 PM..flight tak berapa penuh sangat..Sampai in Amsterdam around pukul 5 AM. Transit for about 3 hours..When the plane touched down kat Schipol airport, I had to rush a bit sebab nak beli jacket. Did I tell you guys that I don't have any warmth clothes or jacket? Yes, I am in need to have at least one jacket with me..Tapi faham² jer la kalau dekat airport, most of the clothes are designer clothes..Mujur la I jumpa one jacket yang ada discount 40%..brand pon tak berapa nak famous sangat..yang penting comfortable and boleh keep me warm..Tapi...kan...kan...tiba² 'terbeli' benda ni jugak...I couldn't resist la..actually dah lama teringin mengidam tau nak ada benda ni..tapi tak tau bila nak pakai..sekali bila ade peluang nak pakai memang tidak ku lepas kan lah...huhu*cakap jer la memang kau suka jer nak belikan*...

My first ever UGG boot..Super duper comfortable and cute..I heart the boot so much! I think kalau beli kat OZ murah sikit kot..kat Amsterdam harga dia *gulp* in Euro la tapi...tutup mata jer bayar, lepas tu sakit hati bila tengok bil credit card..('__')

Ooh..masa I lined up dekat counter immigration, I jumpa ada sorang aunty ni dengan anak dia..Peramah sangat aunty ni..Dia and her daughter on their way to Paris ada conference..Orang² macam ni la yang I suka jumpa kalau pergi overseas..tak sombong langsung..Ada certain tu macam poyo giler, tak nak tegur langsung..

Tengah² asyik berborak dengan aunty tadi tu, sekali ternampak muka sorang pakcik dengan wife dia yang agak familiar..Aunty tu pulak dok waving² dekat dieorang..I macam ingat² lupa nama dia "Aunty, tu bukan mak Linda Jasmine ker?"..Aunty tu slow² whispered to my ear, "Itulah Datuk Murad Hashim dengan Datin Kay.."...I memang sumpah tak ingat nama dieorang okay..But I surely knew that I saw them somewhere, probably in the media..Datuk Murad Hashim was a former vice president for Petronas..Coincidentally, they also on their way to Stavanger..I met them again dekat boarding gate, sampai² dekat situ, Datin Kay Hashim terus offered me a seat beside her..She is so generous and humble..Siap ajak I datang rumah celebrate birthday cucu baru dia, Ratu (anak Linda Jasmine and Que Haidar)..

Wahh..kau mira terus nak mesra² dengan Datin Kay..Serius weh, lepas borak² dengan dia terus rasa mesra..Datuk Murad Hashim pon sangat peramah..siap cakap Penang dengan aku..sempoi giler..

For the whole period I'm in Stavanger, I will be staying in Quality Airport Hotel..The hotel is very closed to the airport..boleh jer nak jalan kaki from airport..tapi tadi I dengan luggage besar and ditambah pulak dengan angin sepoi² bahasa dekat luar, so memang sangat malas nak jalan kaki..

Quality Airport Hotel, Stavanger, Norway

The room isn't that spacious but comfortable enough for me to stay alone..not suitable for family la..

Giler boring nak tengok TV kat sini..semua channel in Norwegian language..Lama² I rasa annoyed pulak dengar dieorg cakap terus I tutup TV..Movie channel kena bayar pulak..semua nak charge la hotel..Mujur lah ada free wifi..

Nak tengok tak jacket yang I beli kat Amsterdam airport? *cakap jer la ko memang nak tunjuk* =P

Sekali tengok terus suka...Love at the first sight la bak kata omputih...Nasib baik la harga kau murah jacket..Kalau tak telan air liur jer la aku..I like the front button on the jacket..ala² Army Jacket gitu..

*Ehem*..UGG hand gloves..Bila pakai terasa macam menyentuh bulu kucing yang sangat lembut..okay I'm a bit exaggerating here..tapi memang sumpah sangat comfortable..Lepas try terus letak dekat counter and bayar..*Sila jangan tanya harga sebab nanti aku sakit hati jugak!*

Sampai bilik terus try boot dengan jacket..Kalau memang dah camwh*re tu, anytime, anywhere boleh jer nak tangkap gambar kan..

I am so glad and relief that I bought the jacket dekat Amsterdam airport, sebab bila sampai dekat airport Stavanger, semua shop tutup..Ari ahad most of the shops tutup dekat sini..Kalau tak bersejuk² kan la I dekat sini..

P/S Besok I ada offshore survival..hopefully takde la aktiviti dalam air...Otherwise I will freeze till death...I doa supaya air dalam training pool tu bertukar menjadi ice..hehehe

Me, being clumsy and skeptical

Sedih. Malas. That's what I feel now. Sedih sebab hari ni pergi kerja, takde orang wish birthday secara live (dalam facebook and blog dikira secara virtual), lain tau feel dapat birthday wish secara live..Lepas tu jari terkepit masa tengah buat kerja. Sangat clumsy hari ni. Macam mana ntah my thumb boleh terkepit masa tengah check tool. Masa mula² tu tak terasa sangat. Dah sampai rumah terasa berdenyut². Adoi la...

Arghh..barang tak kemas lagi. Besok awal² pagi dah kena pergi domestic airport kat Port Harcourt. I will fly straight to Lagos and stay half day in Lagos then after that catch a flight to Amsterdam. Transit in Amsterdam for few hours, after that I'm gonna take next flight to Stavanger. It's gonna be a long journey tomorrow. And worse thing is I'm gonna travel alone. Sepatutnya ada my colleague yang pergi sekali. Tapi atas sebab² tertentu, he will join me in Norway hopefully next week. So yes, it somehow makes me feel down a bit. Bukan la tak biasa travel alone tapi sebab masa kami dapat tau yang kami kena on-loan to Norway together, we all dah plan la macam2. Furthermore, seronok sikit kalau ada geng travel sama² kan..

Memang takde mood sangat nak mengemas. The other reason is because travel kali ni bukan sebab nak balik rumah for days off but because atas urusan kerja. ('_') ..I should enjoy my trip to Norway, shouldn't I? Dapat experience baru, expose to new culture, meet new people..I bet I will enjoy the scenery the most. I've made some research from Mr.G.O.O.G.L.E, Norway ternyata sebuah country yang sangat cantik. But silly me, I left my DSLR camera at home. Last time bawak datang Nigeria tapi tak fully utilized sangat dekat sini since I pon duduk dalam camp jer kan. If I've known that I will travel to Norway, I should have definitely brought the camera with me..=(

I rasa I dah terbiasa kerja dekat tempat² yang di kategorikan 'red zone' in the company, so it made me becoming a bit skeptical. I tanya² macam² dekat manager in Norway, sampai I rasa dia pon macam dah malas nak layan I. Because of this, I easily will become panic if I encountered something which beyond my expectations. Lagi2 bila travel alone and pergi pulak tempat² yang totally different from where I come from. Sampai manager kat sana cakap "You dont have to be worried, people here are nice and civilized and they speak english very well". Okay, first of all, mungkin I dah biasa bila sampai each location ada company driver pick me up and I don't have to bother to take taxi or any public transport. Dekat Norway semua kena buat sendiri, nak pergi base pon kena naik taxi sendiri. Second, I tanya dia taxi dekat sana accept USD or Norwegian Krone, sebab nya I ada USD jer sekarang ni. Nak tukar dekat airport of course la currency exchange will be a bit higher than exchange duit dekat Money changer kat luar airport (tu pon aku nak berkira kan? Claim jer la nanti..) Ada banyak lagi soalan yang I tanya kat dia. I think I need to be a bit more relax and try to enjoy my business trip this time.

Makin terasa berdenyut² pulak ibu jari aku ni type panjang². Bukan pakai ibu jari sangat pon nak type ni. Tapi mungkin ada urat² saraf jari lain yang interconnected dengan urat ibu jari. Okay la, I better start packing now.

Tata.

How to avoid Jet Lag?

Hi all,

For those yang selalu travel to overseas especially countries that across a number of time zones mesti rase jet lag..Jet lag ni mcm sleeping disorders result from rapid long-distance travel (east-west or west-east)..

The condition of jet lag may last few days, and according to some research jet lag recovery rates is 1 day per eastward time zone or 1 day per 1.5 westward time zone as fair guidelines.

Okay, base on my experience pulak, I ade few tips untuk avoid or cepat recover from jet lag...

1) Be well rested
Make sure to have your normal quota of sleep before and during your stay at the destination.

2) Stretching
If it's a long flight, make sure to get up and walk around (like pegi toilet basuh muke pon okay) and do some stretches to get the blood flowing.

3) Keep hydrated
Ensure you take plenty of non-carbonated fluids water or juice - on the flight. Banyak kan minum plain water. Keep in mind that alcohol amplifies dehydration.

4) Sleep at the right time
If you arrive at your destination in the day time, try not to sleep, irrespective of how tired you feel. Go about the day as normal and your body clock will adapt.

5) Homeopathic remedies
Avoid any sleeping pills on flights, if you need help sleeping seek a natural remedy such as melatonin.

Actually I just arrived in Libya, then terfikir why I share some tips with you guys. Libya is 6 hours difference from Malaysia. So out of many times I travel mesti selalu rase jet lag. Then I pon google to find some info and tried it myself. Alhamdulillah so far I feel better each time I touch down Libya. The next day my body dah boleh adapt dengan time Libya. Kawan-kawan pon boleh try. InsyaAllah boleh kurangkan jet lag.