Today we leave New Zealand and head home. EK and S drove us to the airport at 8am in the morning after squeezing all our 3 months worth of luggage into whatever boot space we had.
As we wheezed past the streets and people going to work and to school, I can't help but think if i will miss this place and when we will be back again. We reached the airport about 20 minutes later, and said our goodbyes. By the time EK and S comes home, my baby will be 1 month old. = )
K and I checked in our luggage and headed straight to the lounge for breakfast. After changing seats twice, we got ourselves a good spot in a secluded corner with a big round table. Food was nothing impressive. I had salmon potato pie, banana, apple juice and this really cheesy thing called "Mousetrap." Cute.
So far, the best lounge is still the one in Singapore.. and Tokyo!! I still remembered taking a lot of the lounge food on board the airplane when i was in Tokyo.. My neighbour on the plane must be wondering how come i got more food than her.. haha.. = )
We spent almost 2 hours in the lounge, K using his laptop whilst i flipped through magazines, before finally boarding the plane at 1030am. We tried to change our NZD into SGD at the boarding area, but changed back again when we realized that there was a transaction fee of NZD16. hahaha.. complete waste of time..
Our 10 hour flight was uneventful. I watched 3 movies and played mahjong. Didn't really sleep much. Kept asking for water and going to the toilet.. Food was so so, although they had really nice chocolate ice cream for dessert.. = )
We finally landed home at 5pm , 1 hour ahead of schedule. As predicted, K's mom had not arrived at the airport yet when we came out cause of the early landing. So we strolled to the food court at T1 for my first meal in Singapore after 3.5 months. I was so looking forward to my favourite Hokkien Mee. But as luck had it, the stall was closed.. Sigh.. so i had teriyaki salmon, soya bean milk and kuay chup instead. Still nice lah, but would have preferred Hokkien Mee. K's mom and sister came and we caught up with each other over dinner. I bought my favourite marble cake from Bengawan Solo for breakfast over the next couple of days.
We finally reached home around 7plus, then had to leave again to go to K's auntie's house to collect our car, say hi and distribute the kiwi fruits we bought. K's auntie made a passing remark that my baby is a boy when she saw me. Interesting.. = )
Our long day ended when we came home around 10pm.. By then, i was exhausted and still in New Zealand time zone (i.e. 2am). I was so glad that the house, despite my fear, was spick and span. Apparently, my tenant had cleaned the floor before we came back.. Sweet!
K and I slept like babies throughout the night in the comfort of our bedroom, and with air conditioning to mimic the cool NZ weather we have gotten so used to.. = )
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