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Jan 25 2010

Unpredictable Hobart weather

Published by Francesca Kang under Travel

After about a 2-hour delay at Melbourne airport caused by a computer glitch, my flight finally landed in Hobart. As I stepped out of the plane at Hobart airport, I was surprised to feel the coldness in the air, despite being summer in Australia.   Although the sun was shining brightly (even hotter than Malaysia), [...]

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Jan 24 2010

Sleepless in Melbourne

Published by Francesca Kang under Travel

My flight to Melbourne arrived a little past midnight on 14 December 2009 and I had to wait for the 7.30 am flight out to Hobart.  As I was already tired from the long flight, I thought I should try to catch some sleep at the airport.  It was rather interesting to see some really [...]

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Jan 24 2010

Solo flight adventure

Published by Francesca Kang under Travel

On 13 December 2009 I took an AirAsia flight from Kuala Lumpur’s Low-Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) to Melbourne.  From there I had to take another flight to Hobart, Tasmania.   As my husband Phillip was unable to go with me to attend our son Edmund’s convocation I had to travel alone. As I had never [...]

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Nov 20 2009

A heart-stopping scare

Published by Francesca Kang under Travel

This is no joke – I almost had a heart attack at Genting Resort.  Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t go gambling and in fact I was too relaxed. As Esther, Phillip and I whiled our time away at Macdonalds we thought that we would leave the Resort at 6 pm, just in time for [...]

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Nov 18 2009

Interviewing taxi drivers

Published by Francesca Kang under Society,Travel,Vocation

Whenever we go to KLIA (KL Airport), we usually take a cab. As the journey takes us almost an hour, both my husband Philip and I try to make small talk with the taxi drivers. As I was always the busybody and talkative one, I would be always the first to strike a conversation.  The [...]

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