This is where the craziness begin. (19-20/07/2015)
I totally didn’t realize when i bought my ticket that i will only transit in Kuala Lumpur for one and a half hour. What a short time to transit. Once i realize that its too short i start to read on internet about how to transit in a short time, but got nothing. People said that its very risky, normally if you want to be safe at least take 2 hours transit, or you might gonna miss the next flight.
Around 22.40 my plane is landing at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, the only thing that comes to my mind is move faster so i wont miss the flight to Istanbul. But the problem is i don’t even know my gate, so the only thing that i can do is ask people.
I try to ask to the officer who stands on the gate, its very confusing me actually, because I don’t know which language that i should use. Honestly i never use english in my daily life so its kinda awkward for me to use english, and even i understand melayu language i understand it in a different way. Plus sometimes melayu people in malaysia speak english with malayu accent which is its hard for me to understand what they are saying about. So best way that i can do is, follow their gesture.
“excuse me... i am going to istanbul.. which gate i can take?” I ask him nervously. If you want to know, i already prepare the question and practice to ask on the plan. You can see how nervous i am.
“bla bla bla” this time my fear comes true. I dont’ know whats wrong with me, i don’t get the point of what his answer to my question, but thank god he pointed his finger to a stairs near the gate, so i say thank you and just follow his direction.
I remind myself that i am in a rush------
I decided to walk faster and take the stairs, and....
i don’t know what to do next when my clock is still ticking.
I decided to ask to the other officer that just out from the toilet, this time i understand him a bit, he look at the flight board, and then write the gate on my ticket.
again i didn’t get his point, i only get that its on the 2nd airport and i can go there by a train.
The only thing that comes to my mind is, “Crap, there’s another part of airport that i should reach by taking a train. i cant imagine how far it is.”
I say thank you, and looking for the train that fortunately not far from where i was. And there’s 2 train, on the left and right side, and i don’t know which one is true. Then i decided to ask the information desk to make sure about my gate and the train. And they don’t help me much, they only tell me to take the train. I am too tired to deal with people so i decided to take the train on my right. I don’t know why its just my feeling told me to take the right one, if my feeling is wrong then i might just get lost somewhere. I keep checking on my clock, this is making me nervous. Suddenly, i start to think why didn’t i take the left one when it comes, so walk into the left and staring at the left train, ask myself if i am sure, until the train leave. hahaha (stupid things to do when you are in rush)
After about 6 minutes of worriedly waiting the right train is coming. And surprisingly, the KLIA 2 is not that far as i expected, it was just like a separated building, not the place. haha (i am feeling like a stupid)
When the train stop, i run out from the train to check my gate and find a toilet. I am glad that my gate is still closed, and the toilet is not too far from the gate, also they have wifi there. I found my life is complete by that.
Now, the only thing that i can think is I am very glad that i don’t miss the flight, and i just passed one experience. But deep down i am still kinda worried about myself, i still couldn’t talk to anyone, alone, and don’t know what to do.
After 30 minutes, they open the gate, and i start to observe people on the gate checking, like what kind of things that they need to collect and everything, so i wont seems like a beginner. I dont want to seems like a beginner not becase i am shy to admit that i am a first timer, but because i dont want to wasting people’s time because i know nothing and hold the line. I think in this time, observing is the best thing i can do, thats how i could learn from now. After the cabin checking, I decided to sit and play with my phone until a girl seems confuse around me. She’s looking for an electricity, but couldn’t find any around her. So i take an initiative to let her use my powerbank.
“Do you want to use my powerbank?”
She says yes and sit beside me, and we start our conversation.
She’s a girl from Suriah, but she lives in Istanbul. She came to Malaysia for a trip and now she’s going back to Turkey again. She’s nice (sorry i forgot your name), She gives me Haribo and she let me take as much as i want. Sadly, after that we need to take off because its actually nice to talk to her.
Finally, i found my seat but then there’s an announcement that my flight gonna be delayed for an hour. Well, it doesn’t matter for me as long as i already on my seat, there’s nothing i should worried about.
So like about 1AM, the plane take off to Istanbul. I am very exited because the next adventure is waiting for me.
note: Also, the sad thing about being alone, girl, and short is its hard to put your baggage on the cabin because its to high for you. Thank to any random people who helps me to put and take my baggage on the plane <3
