Originally posted November 19, 2008 on a previous web server. 7 February 1979 late night. Our aircraft, a four-engined Malaysian Airline System’s Boeing 707-300 took off from Kuala Lumpur’s Subang International Airport on our way to Perth, Western Australia. It was quite a stressful night for me. That was the first time ever I left […]

Originally posted on another server on October 30, 2017 8 February 1979. At Haywin House on Irwin Street, Perth, Western Australia that evening I was informed that we were going to be taken to a Malaysian’s house. We went down to the street level, and true enough, a few cars were there waiting for us. […]

Originally posted December 24, 2009 ¬ 12:10 AM on previous web server Previously on Across Australia in 4 days – Part 3: Sydney Landing With the repacked High Sierra backpack heavy on my back, the Acer netbook computer snug in its bag and the luggage bag in tow, I stepped into the elevator down to […]

Originally posted November 9, 2009 ¬ 1:08 AM on previous web server Previously on Across Australia in 4 Days – Part 2: Kuala Lumpur International Airport It was 4:51 am Malaysian Standard Time. The aircraft had been in the air for nearly 5 hours. The flight information display on my armrest LCD screen showed that […]

Originally posted October 27, 2009 ¬ 1:13 AM on previous web server Previously on Across Australia in 4 Days – Part 1: Before the Journey The taxi ride to the airport only took 30 minutes. At 9:00 p.m. I had completed checking-in and was given a boarding pass which indicated that the MH123 flight would […]

Originally posted October 22, 2009 ¬ 1:25 AM on previous web server Previously on Across Australia in 4 Days – Part 0: An Adventure About to Unfold In the scheme of things that I was accustomed to, the journey was hastily planned. I had the opportunity to fly from Kuala Lumpur to anywhere in Australia […]

Originally posted September 17, 2009 ¬ 10:44 AM on previous web server Breathless, Unbelievable, Awesome … “En. Nordin, your booking is confirmed. The reference number is ABCXYZ. Please quote this number when you come to our ticketing office to collect your ticket by 25 September…” I had just booked myself a Malaysia Airlines seat from […]