Enjoy the little things

After the unbecoming MH 1339 flight, I thought I'd never board Malaysia Airlines again, at least until I get my very own MAS ID, which means I get to buy tickets at a fraction of the actual price.

With the Chinese new year approaching, I didn't even think of going home, reason being I just had my year-end break and I'm already booked for a home trip on late February.

Until last minute, a call from the 'headquarters' came in. Yeah, so my parents were sponsoring me again. As I explained that I don't really need this break, and that bus tickets wouldn't be available anymore this late, and that even AirAsia tix would be darn expensive, again, MAS was the obvious choice.

MH 1336, in a rare occurence, was served by B737-800 (9M-FFA) today. From its reg number, we know that it was formerly in FireFly fleet, until MAS' lordship membered by among others Mr. AirAsia himself ominously chose to do away with FireFly jet operations.

From FlightAware.com

Nevertheless, aircraft is newer hence much better than the old B734. As usual, I managed to procure seat 5F, which by far is the best Economy seat on the plane other than 5A. Talk about vast legroom, and windows.

The economy class was filled to the brim I guess, but the business remained for the 1%.

And then as the plane was taxiing, came the surprise. For the first time in my real life, I saw an A380! Call me an aviation geek, but it was literally breathtaking. A6-EDJ, operated by Emirates was taxiing to the gate with my eyes stuck on it. I did mention before that I was a little bit frustrated to miss it the first time weeks ago. Well, my wait is over. I can peacefully quit my TAME training now. ha ha.

There's another thing. At 25000 feet, another beautiful sight; not one, but two rainbows. I always wondered how would it be to get up close with rainbows, well now, we were flying just over them! The childhood in me finally found peace.

You see, things don't need to be extravagant to impress us. As 'Tallahassee' said, enjoy the little things.