Wow, everything was fast. I called my baby at 7.30 AM as promised and we talked for awhile. While waiting, I used my time to read training materials. Gosh, can I remember all medical terminology in the book?
My flight was CX 718 Cathay Pacific, destination Hong Kong. We departed at 9.15 AM. I was seated by the window. Food was nice, I picked Beef Rice for lunch. I watched “Get Smart” for flight entertainment. Fell asleep for sometime and read again. Hong Kong Airport is surrounded by mountains and it has sea at the other side.
We landed at 3 PM local time, flight took around four hours. I didn’t have much time to enjoy the airport because my flight to Shanghai was at 4 PM. Alas! When I headed to transfer area, the queue line was long. Suddenly an officer asked some passengers to go to other transfer area. I went there, but I was lost!
The place was far and when I asked an officer, she told me to go back again. I‘ve lost 30 minutes of my time! Thank God, the first transfer area (at E2) had shorter queue line. Still took time for me to pass the inspection gate. When I got near to the boarding gate, an officer was in a hurry and called the passenger for Shanghai. I arrived at the gate on time. I went on the bus.
The airline was DragonAir flight number KA 896, a Cathay Pacific group too. The plane is small. I was sitting by the window again. I don’t know why, but my seats were at the wing, so I couldn’t see the view. So much for window seat. Flight entertainment was a short program about practical joke. For dinner, I chose fish and potato. The other option is Chinese Dim Sum, but I doubt if it’s halal. Dessert was Haagen Dasz ice cream, strawberry flavor. The flight took around 2.5 hours. I arrived at Shanghai Pudong International Airport at 6.30 PM.
After immigration check, I took my baggage and queued for taxi. I showed the hotel map and hotel address in Chinese. It was all toll roads, and it’s so wide. The steering wheel of the car is at the left side. It cost RMB 154 from airport to my hotel (Dijon Hotel). When I arrived at my room, I was amazed. It has spacious living room. Then I found out there are two bed rooms, and one of them has been occupied by my colleague from Malaysia.
I took sometime to unpack and get myself used to the situation. I checked the map to find hotel location. It’s not located in the heart of the city. I may need time to find some places and some stuff I need here. Lisa, my colleague, showed up. We haven’t met before. She told me that she’s having study group at the other room. There are four persons from Malaysia and two from Philippines. I went there with her. Introduced myself then start studying. Wow, these people are serious. All silence when studying, only chit chat for five minutes when I got there.
I was a bit dizzy, so I decided to go back to my room. Maybe it’s not my style, studying together with many people. It was better for me to freshen up, take a shower, do my pray, get relaxed, and study by myself. I’m going to read for awhile, go to bed early and study more after Fajr pray. Oh, I really need the luck I can get.
Hope I can hit the 95% score tomorrow.
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