BALKANS 1.0 BRISTOL - LONDON - GRAZ
24/03/2006
Well, i did not have any lecture on this day. Always tried to keep friday free from anything.. made life a whole lot easier. I can spend more time socialising with people from the ISoc committee, calculating the friday collection, and many other things.
Anyway, I packed my luggage way before going to Jumu'ah, not realising that I forgot something very crucial and important. Since it is something really private to talk about, just assume that i had to go home and collect the stuff.
Then, I went to the islamic centre, and waited for maghrib. Making the athaan as quickly yet appropriately as possible, i was helped by Muhammad Faris. He was leading the maghrib prayer, and he read surah Al-Nasr and Al-Masad, which was not very common for him. Usually, he would read verses from lengthy suraahs, like albaqarah or ali imran.
Immediately, i ran to the coach station, since it was due to leave at 6.50pm. Alhamdulillah, made it on time, and met FarahDina who was on her way to Petronas briefing in London.
There was a career fair going on later on Sunday. However, i was so excited to embark on this journey, that i really could not be bothered with anything else. Well, career is definitely something i will be working on, but not now, or before my graduation.
Stayed for the Abn's house-turned-into-youth-hostel, i slept rahter early, so that i would be able to wake up early enough to catch a bus to London Stansted airport the next day.
25/03/2006
I woke up as scheduled, and swiftly repacked my luggage. Then, I bade farewell to people of the house, and left to Victoria Coach Station.
Well, everything was rather smooth and i managed to catch the 8am coach to the airport. It took about 90 minutes to get there, and alhamdulillah, i got there way before they open the check-in counter. There were so many kids going on the same flight to Graz. I guessed it was a school trip.. and not to mention, the kids were so noisy at the airport. Grabbing each other's passport and throwing it around like a piece of rubbish..
I was quite starving, and having checked in my serunding ( malay typical dried meat) with my luggage, i bought some walkers crisp and a bottle of water. And the flight was delayed for one hour. I felt a little dissappointment, but i simply wrote it off. Did not want my exciting trip to be spoiled by this flight. After all, it was down to how i deal with stress. I think, i was doing better than how i would have reacted 3 or 4 years ago.
I rang amar salehuddin, who was waiting to board his flight in Luton. To my surprise, his flight was delayed for 12 hours. Hmm, this made me even more realise that i am better off than some other people in the world (or in other london airports).
Anyway, a replacement aeroplane was ordered from spain, and finally, we comfortably boarded the plane, although priorities were given to the school kids. And some people did join the group, pretending to be one of the teachers.. queue cutters..
Well, i sat next to a Veterinary Doctor in the flight on the emergency exit row. Well, this row provides people with extra leg room. The name was Dr. Wolfgang, from Vienna, and he was reading a book about the Holy blood and the Holy grail. Basically, he gave me a sumamry of Da Vinci's Code and all those secret society's stuff.. well, i am not a great fan of Dan Brown, but somehow i managed to listen to him for quite a while.
Graz Airport
We parted in Graz, and I went to the city. Initially, i was thinking of spending a night or so in Graz. But after touring the city in about 2 hours, i decided to leave by train.
Well, i did not have any lecture on this day. Always tried to keep friday free from anything.. made life a whole lot easier. I can spend more time socialising with people from the ISoc committee, calculating the friday collection, and many other things.
Anyway, I packed my luggage way before going to Jumu'ah, not realising that I forgot something very crucial and important. Since it is something really private to talk about, just assume that i had to go home and collect the stuff.
Then, I went to the islamic centre, and waited for maghrib. Making the athaan as quickly yet appropriately as possible, i was helped by Muhammad Faris. He was leading the maghrib prayer, and he read surah Al-Nasr and Al-Masad, which was not very common for him. Usually, he would read verses from lengthy suraahs, like albaqarah or ali imran.
Immediately, i ran to the coach station, since it was due to leave at 6.50pm. Alhamdulillah, made it on time, and met FarahDina who was on her way to Petronas briefing in London.
There was a career fair going on later on Sunday. However, i was so excited to embark on this journey, that i really could not be bothered with anything else. Well, career is definitely something i will be working on, but not now, or before my graduation.
Stayed for the Abn's house-turned-into-youth-hostel, i slept rahter early, so that i would be able to wake up early enough to catch a bus to London Stansted airport the next day.
25/03/2006
I woke up as scheduled, and swiftly repacked my luggage. Then, I bade farewell to people of the house, and left to Victoria Coach Station.
Well, everything was rather smooth and i managed to catch the 8am coach to the airport. It took about 90 minutes to get there, and alhamdulillah, i got there way before they open the check-in counter. There were so many kids going on the same flight to Graz. I guessed it was a school trip.. and not to mention, the kids were so noisy at the airport. Grabbing each other's passport and throwing it around like a piece of rubbish..
I was quite starving, and having checked in my serunding ( malay typical dried meat) with my luggage, i bought some walkers crisp and a bottle of water. And the flight was delayed for one hour. I felt a little dissappointment, but i simply wrote it off. Did not want my exciting trip to be spoiled by this flight. After all, it was down to how i deal with stress. I think, i was doing better than how i would have reacted 3 or 4 years ago.
I rang amar salehuddin, who was waiting to board his flight in Luton. To my surprise, his flight was delayed for 12 hours. Hmm, this made me even more realise that i am better off than some other people in the world (or in other london airports).
Anyway, a replacement aeroplane was ordered from spain, and finally, we comfortably boarded the plane, although priorities were given to the school kids. And some people did join the group, pretending to be one of the teachers.. queue cutters..
Well, i sat next to a Veterinary Doctor in the flight on the emergency exit row. Well, this row provides people with extra leg room. The name was Dr. Wolfgang, from Vienna, and he was reading a book about the Holy blood and the Holy grail. Basically, he gave me a sumamry of Da Vinci's Code and all those secret society's stuff.. well, i am not a great fan of Dan Brown, but somehow i managed to listen to him for quite a while.
Graz Airport
We parted in Graz, and I went to the city. Initially, i was thinking of spending a night or so in Graz. But after touring the city in about 2 hours, i decided to leave by train.
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