just watched singapore idol, for good ness sake singapore, pls let taufik win singapore idol on 1st decmeber!!!!!!!!!

I just clicked away my pay for November.

There i was clicking around airline websites for tickets to go back to singapore in december.

And so i found myself at SIA website. AUS$1089.96.. hmmm quite cheap.. so i decided to go on with the bookin process. at the same time i was clicking around the qantas website and at the same time typing in all my information, and most importantly my debit card information.

And so i typed out all in formation on the www.sia.com.sg website, and decided to click on "confirm" thinkin that i'll get another "confirm" page with all the information i typed, to check for any typo. No the nxt page that came was "Ur booking has been confirmed" and there i read on "AUS$1089.96". I was stunned initially. I didn't expect to pay for it yet. but i'm not angry.. i'm jus shocked at how easy it was to burn money.

And so i logged into my dbs internet bankin site. practically the statement looks like the statement i saw 1 month ago, before my november pay came in. damn it. i clicked on the account number for a break down, and there it was, $1400++ was given to sia.

on the bright side, depart on 24 december, return on 2 jan! see u world!

Man down!! mediC!!!!!!!

Australia is like an OVEN!!!! issit cos of that big hole in the ozone near us?

Engine performance decreases at high temperature. And indeed, it did. Full power, and practically not moving at all. I mean, i was moving, but the take off run seemed to last 2 times longer than normal!

Anyway, temperature topped at 38 degrees, and the flys are out. Why can't flys jus extinct? they fly around my ears when ever i'm out of the cabins, and when i'm doing my left to right checks, the flys jus keep buzzing in my cockpit. Even after closing my canopy, they continue buzzing around me.

I don't know how am i gonna survive 3 mths with flys buzzing around me. I make extreme reflex movements to get the away from me, so much that i feel as if i'm gonna break my neck one day doing it. In fact i am feeling my neck feeling a little strained by all that jerking movements i made.

Back to the weather, (hot weather brings flies). I never stopped sweating after getting off the plane from my flight. At 1500 ft above ground doing circuits wasn't much cooler than ground level. The aircon wasn't strong enough (the place is old) and the only time i stopped sweating is now. In my cosy room with my fan at max and all widows and doors opened.. lolz.. anyway, nite to the world! solo again tmrw!

First solo, and i'm alive, didn't eject, didn't crash.

But i had the worst landing i ever did in my life! YFC, Airgrading, and all the dual flights here in pearce, i've never landed this way b4..

But its ok! I'll make perfect landings this monday c leong!

It betta fucking not rain tmrw.

I crashed and died.

I cleared my First Solo Check with flying colors. Landed, instructor told me to go solo later. happy to hell. But weather came in, and it rain and stop rain and stop in 15 mins intervals. fucking hell.

Slowly, i see the 2 hours validity of my solo check passing by. 4 hours went by, with me sitting there thinkin no more solo.

Than the commander called our detachment, askin about e weather, whether i could land on wet run way, whether 4 hours after my solo check instructor was confident of letting me go.

The call was to let me go. Yay! the plan was for the OC to fly to our airfield while i wait in my a/c and let me clear me to go solo after checking out the weather. And so i started up the ac, practically waited 10 mins for the news to come.

"Winds gusting up to 31 kts (45+km/h), solo flights are a no go!"

and so i acknowledged over rt "Wilco sir, will shut down now"

And so i shut down, feeling cheated, and thinkin i'll be planned tmrw again to fly solo. SO at least i was happier this way

Than jus now, the planning came out, where the fuck was my name?!?!?!?!?!?? My instructor's on leave tmrw!?!?!?!?!?!? i was so pissed i was jumping up and down in the planning room. Of cos no instructor was around. Why the hell must the weather and luck play this kinda trick on me?!??!

hellllllo world! first sooooloooo tmrw! weather today was horrible. Hope tmrw will be good!

I have nothing to blog about today. But i was told to blog.. so errr... ya la i'm here blogging.

Anyway, i'm still that fustrated trainee waiting for them to plan me for my solo check and solo flight. Wat am i waiting for? the planner himself told me to wait for my instructor, cleong to be upgraded from B2 to B1 (only b1 instructors can clear people for first solo). The paper works are thru already, but waitin for it to be processed. Inefficiency..

and so cpt furby was telling me to monitor myself, tell him if i'm not planned on wednesday to fly (currency in flying) and if by then cleong hasn't upgraded, i'll have to fly with the australians.. lolz. first time he joked. so quite funny. he's the kind of instrucctor that scolds sparingly non stop.. so yupz.. i'm "patiently" waitin for e day to come.

I wannnnna eat venezia.......................................................

Nooooooo solo tmrw.......................................................

No solo tmrw.............................................................

I can only drink this can of "Solo" in my room that i bought from the mess.
Its a can of Lemon Tang that is 5% crushed lemons, that can only be found here.

Well well, the aviator's soft drink.

No solo not cos i screwed up today. But the freaking Gin Gin Tower isn't gonna be manned. argh.. idiots.......


And i learnt how to cook today! after landing in gin gin, i was free, so i helped out tat the kitchen. chopped vege, clean them, and start frying curry vege, and fried ikan bilies.. haha damn nice.. yummy.. haha take queue number if u wan me to cook for u!! lolz

I fried Luncheon meat today!!!!!!!!!!!! my first food item that i cooked.

okok why did i cook today? basically, Gin Gin detachment. Cos Pearce is too crowded an airfield, so the betta place to conduct first Solos is in Gin Gin, a near by airfield, 15 miles from Pearce.

Gin Gin is like area 51 from the gate. Its totally dead. only a run way, a tower and a few containers for us to hang around in. with loads of large flys that after hitting them they leak some maggots from their butts. but anyway, so there is no canteen or any other food vendors there, so wat we do is, students cook!

So no one in my course can cook, so... i volunteered to try for my first time, fry meat!!!! haha yay.. it was good, dry and crunchy like they wanted it. I'm a natural man.


Anyway, on track to Friday first solo. The planner applied for exclusive use of Gin Gin on Friday.. so.. hopefully i get it on friday!

At this rate, first solo is expected to be on Friday. But weather forcast for tmrw is "thunderstorms". So... It betta NOT RAIN for crying out loud!!!!!!!

Anyway, i'll post his photos when i find them. you're welcome.