Day 10
It’s our last day! Cepatnyaaa
masa berlalu…
The rest of our group mates will
continue on to London. Kami pun tak pasti kenapa travel agent kami belikan
flight tiket kami untuk fly out from Paris. Frustla jugak tak dapat pergi
sampai London, tapi apa boleh buat, holiday free, tadah aje. Only a bunch from
the group yang ends at Paris, among which are Ron and Carol, Wayne and Peter,
Marie, Herman and Bev…
Today is also the only day we get
to sleep in. Hari lain semua by 8 dah siap dalam bas. Tapi husband pagi-pagi
buta dah bangun, semangat nak turun jumpa Esther. Bukan apa, kena pergi bayar
tip. Tip? Yup, tip. Dalam write-up daripada company tu dah siap tertulis
mengenai Gratuity: If you are satisfied with the services of your travel
director and driver, you are encouraged to pay them gratuity…bla…bla… Siap
tulis harga lagi, sehari seorang kena bayar berapa. Kalikanlah dengan berapa
hari trip tu. Memang semput kejap aku bila kira. Dalam Euro memangla nampak
sikit, tapi bila kali dalam RM, telan air liur aku... Kalau ikutkan hati aku,
aku tak nak bayar full. Bukan nak berkira, tapi mahal tu beb. Sama harga dengan
sewa rumah aku sebulan dalam RM. Tip aje, kan? Gaji diorang mesti jalan jugak,
kan? Huhuhu… Tapi husband insist on paying, and since it’s his money, I’ve got
no more say. Plus, he is that kind of man yang takde tipu-tipu punya, and I
love that quality in him…
Anyway, I slept in. He went down
to see Esther dan dapatlah jumpa a few of our friends before they leave. Bila
pikir balik later, menyesal pun ada tak turun sekali. At least dapat jumpa
Celine, Lim, May Chow, Pei Yee dan Michelle. And maybe Kay and Tim.
We had a whole day of free time. Check
out is at 12 but our flight is at 10.25 tonight at Charles De Gaulle airport. The
transport that’s going to take us to airport is arranged to fetch us at 5pm.
Kami turun breakfast pukul 8,
then masuk bilik and start packing. Try call Ron and Carol tapi no answer. Kami
sepatutnya hang out together hari ni sebab kami akan ke airport sama-sama. A
few times try tak dapat, kami turun check out pukul 11, hoping to run into them
dekat bawah. Takde jugak. Figured they must have checked out early and went
out, kami pun decide nak ke downtown Paris semula. Took the shuttle car to
train station, took the train to Paris.
It was so disappointing to find
out that most shops are closed on Sundays in Paris. So kami berjalan-jalan
tanpa arah tuju. Hanya kedai-kedai di Champs Elysees aje yang bukak, dan
kedai-kedai itu juga berada di luar kemampuan kami. Had lunch at the same
Lebanese eatery we ate at yesterday. The weather was really cold today, mendung
je, berangin. Nak ambik gambar pun dah takde mood. So in the end at 3 kami
gerak balik hotel. Thankfully the whole group was there; Ron, Carol, Marie,
Wayne and Peter.
Bersembang dekat lobby sampai
dekat pukul 5, transport sampai so leave for airport. We got down at Terminal 1
and said goodbye to the rest. We still had 5 hours to go before flight time. Ish
ish… menyangap! Dahla kedekut punya airport, Wi-Fi free untuk 15 minit pertama
je. Lepas tu kena bayar.
Pergi semayang dulu dekat surau. Best
tengok surau dia, sebab ramai orang. Ramai rupanya orang Perancis yang Muslim.
Ramai yang berkulit hitam. Prayer room dia pulak dibahagikan kepada 3 bilik;
untuk Kristian, Yahudi dan Muslim. Cool!
Aboard our plane at almost 10. It
was raining heavily outside. Sesungguhnya aku sangat bersyukur sebab sepanjang
perjalanan ni kami tak pernah tersekat dengan cuaca buruk. It did rain, but
only on days we would be travelling on the bus. Esther sendiri gelarkan
kumpulan tour kami “The Sunshine Group”. Amazing. Alhamdulillah.
Flight Qatar Airways QR0016 left
CDG airport at 10.25pm. Great food again on board. Chicken breast in tomato
sauce served with gnocchi and salad. Chocolate brownie as dessert. That’s my 1st
gnocchi right there. Sedap! I could barely sleep again even though I was really
tired. Felt really uncomfortable sebab the whole day dah berjalan, tak mandi, seluar
dah ketat (ya, ya, saya gemuk dah!). Rimas!
Arrived in Doha at 5.50 waktu
Doha. Cerah benderang dah. Macam 9 pagi. Cari surau qadha semua semayang yang
terlepas smalam, then hang around menunggu connecting flight. Agak slow sikit
pergerakan check-in ke penerbangan Qatar Airways QR0622.
When it was finally our turn, the
lady keyed-in some details, looked at us, smiled and said, “I will upgrade you
to Business Class.” What?! Kami katala, “No, we are on economy.” Dia jawab, “No,
no. I upgrade you to business class.”Haa?! Sengih lebarla kami. Terima
kasih banyak-banyak, kak! Just before we leave the counter dia cakap lagi, “Today
is your lucky day!” Heheheh… It’s been a whole lot of lucky streak ma’am. It’s
been a few lucky months, I’d say.
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That's pretty much how our seats looked like. |
And I tell you, Business Class is
AWESOME! I don’t think I can ever go back to economy! Kerusi dia terbaik! Boleh
buat jadi katil. Peh! Siap ada gegar-gegar urut badan lagi. Meja dia ala-ala
marble. TV skrin besar. Headset berkualiti tinggi. Dapat aksesori tidur;
eyemask, ear plug and socks, lepas tu dapat pulak pajamas sepasang. Tak cukup
tu, dapat vanity kit pulak. Lip balm, refreshing water and hand lotion
berjenama Salvatore Ferragamo. Layanan pulak, wah! Tip top! Dapat hot towel,
drinks are served in real water goblet. Yang macam kat hotel-hotel tu. Makan
semua pun guna pinggan dan kutleri sebenar ya, bukan plastic. Siap ada menu
lagi, boleh pilih nak makan apa. Breakfast aku makan roti-roti, fruit smoothie,
fruit platter with honey yogurt, spinach frittata with steamed vege. Wah wah! Seluar
makin ketat!
Lepas je makan terus tido,
(sekaligus menyumbang kepada kegemukan lagi). 2 hours later baru bangun. The flight
wasn’t so smooth. Throughout the way ada turbulence. But who cares when you’re
in Business Class. Hahah. Makan 2nd round, macaroni and cheese
pulak. Terbaiklah. Terbaik untuk tahap kalori badan yang bertambah. Hihih.
With all that luxury, penerbangan
6 jam lebih tu rasa macam singkat pulak. Arrived in KL at 8.50pm waktu
tempatan.
I’ll have to say, the trip ended
with a bang! Thank you Qatar Airways for upgrading us! I enjoyed every second
of it!
Now I finally get to see my
babies!!