NL trip.. part I

it's been a week since i came back from the dutch land. the whole team gathered there for short 1 week workshop/meeting. being in the new co. now, some changes in travel arrangement were expected. truthfully speaking, it was not that bad actually if we didn't try to compare with what we used to be getting from S//.

on the departure night, at the check in counter, i was surprised by "sorry cik. ade problem laa. the flight is overbooked."... haaa?? explain further please... "your name is in the "extra list".. only you.. your 2 friends memang dah confirmed on the flight".... my first thought "no wonder i had a baaadddd feeling about this trip".. i was hoping she said "you have to cancel/postpone the trip".... hehehe.. sbb serius by that time, mmg MALAS giler nak pegi..tp tak kan la kan.. so she explained "there are 2 options.. first, you naik same flight but economy class.. we put you on waiting list for business class..incase ade org cancel..".. urrgghh... alaa.. tak best la... "OR, you have to travel to LONDON then fly to amsterdam...in FIRST CLASS! ".. wwooohhaaa.. that sounds like something.. by then tony was standing behind me waiting for his turn to check in... told him..bla..bla.. it didn't take me long to decide.. "Ok la. i take the flight to London!" though that means additional about 4hours of journey.. i thought, dah la memang half-hearted nak pegi kan..so let's do something different sikit.. hoping boleh lift up my mood a little bit..

i brought rubik's cube with me :-) masuk dlm flight.. the steward, Syed noticed that and tanya "agak2 by the time reach london dah boleh solve ke?" hehehe... of course tak!! that was not my first time naik first class, so takde la jakun sgt like the first time :D

reached heathrow london around 5.30 i think and my next flight was scheduled at 7.30am. so i have about 2hours to collect my boarding pass and find my way. takde la susah pun nak jumpa. dlm coach nak ke terminal 5, sorang pakcik ni tegur.. "dik nak pegi mana?" dik?? hehe..pakcik tu was on his way nak pegi munich for a business meeting. i told him, i'm going to amsterdam.."study kat sana ke?".. "taklah.. keje.." lepas ambik boarding pass tak jumpa dah pakcik tuh. taksempat ckp bye :-)

not that many people.. kedai bukak but i only have euro cash.. mls nak guna card so i didn't buy anything pun.. terus pegi business lounge.. sempat la freshen up and online kejap..

left picture is one section kat BA lounge.. on the right is heathrow terminal 5 taken from the lounge.. slept all the way from London to Amsterdam.. sedar2 dah nak landing kat schipol airport.. after collect my luggage, terus la cari camana nak ambik train.. the last time i was there, there were bill, tony and yujin.. so i just follow them je.. this time, kena survive sendiri.. beli ticket to den haag central then from there kena naik tram heading to scheveningen..

alhamdulillah selamat sampai kurhaus hotel around 12.30pm. the hotel where we stayed, Kurhaus Hotel located near the beach.. since my room was not ready, i called tony and madeline to come down meet me.. then tumpang bilik madeline to do whatever necessary before going out jalan2 and lunch!! it was snowing by the time we wanted to go out.. my first experience..so mcm jakun sikit la :-)

we then had our lunch.. jalan2 and later met dave and jesse at the hotel after which all of us went out for dinner together.. it was my first time meeting jesse, latest addition to the team.. he appeared to be nothing similar to what i imagined he would be.. he laughed when told him i was expecting a tall, white, blonde guy.. hahahhaa..

ps: HERE for more pictures.