Sunday, January 06, 2008

Drama At Heathrow.. again.

you'll never guess what happened to me.
well normally when i start a post like this
i have something happy to report,
BUT i had a superfreaking bad day.

first, i arrived at the airport a little late
cause we had to sit there and
wait for the car to heat up and
the ice covering the car to melt
before being able to drive to Heathrow.

then leh the super arrogant attendant
told me that my luggage was 9kgs overweight
and i had to pay 63 pounds for that.
(in the website it clearly states 30kg
but they told me only 20kg allowance)
NO WAY i'm going to pay 500 ringgit to
transport chinese food back to Belfast,
so i went one side and took 1/3 of
my belongings out into a plastic bag
and gave it to passerbys.

i must have looked really funny huh,
giving away stuff to strangers in the airport.
i gave away lotions, loads of food,
bars and bars of chocolate, and Ho,
i'm really sorry but my favorite EVER
copy of P&P that you brought all the way
from Malaysia ):
it was between that and limited edition
BodyShop stuff and i really love BodyShop.
i'm really sorry but luckily i just bought
another copy in London so it was okay.

after all the throwing away half of my stuff
(which was very very heartbreaking)
i stood in line for like half an hour to
drop my (very light) baggage in.
now, i dont understand WHY they
have 4 counters but only one working.

so when it was finally my turn,
they told me that the gate for the flight closed.
i went into shock and that stupid woman
told me that 'oh, she READ THE WRONG FLIGHT.'
but no, 2 seconds later she said my
flight IS closed and it was closed
2 MINUTES BEFORE.

and then she asked
'WHY didnt you come earlier?!'
and i told her that i'm sorry, but
i was busy giving away my worldly possessions
and STANDING IN LINE where there
was ONLY ONE COUNTER okay?!!!
(of course i didnt la huh,
i'm extremely polite haha)

so i ran to get a new ticket
and with my teary red eyes i told
the man what happened and he gave
me a free air ticket for the next flight (:
lucky man, the woman next to me was
charged a hundred pounds for some flight
and i was thinking, my dad is going
to kick me to the moon if i spent
1000 ringgit for a one hour flight.
then i really broke down.
i must have looked pretty attractive huh,
with the red eyes and nerdy specs.
i swear right, i cry at EVERYTHING.


so i went back to the baggage area
and oh lucky me got that woman again.
*by this time they opened another counter*
and she asked whether i had to pay
and she went 'oh, you really should have to'
and told me there was no need to cry.

YOU TRY LA HUH, RUSHING HOME TO
STUDY AND WORRYING THAT I CAN'T TAKE
MY EXAMS IN TIME AND GIVING AWAY
ALL MY STUFF TO RANDOM PEOPLE
SUMMORE TELL ME DON'T CRY?!!!!

*phew*
that felt kinda good.

now i have to unpack and study.
crap.

and due to the snow,
there are like giant balls of ice lying
in the middle of the road everywhere
and everything is covered in ice
so walking is almost impossible edi.

):

i better walk properly from now
until the exams finish!

9 Comments:

Blogger hosquare said...

u gave away the book that traveled ALL OVER EUROPE?!?!?!!?!?!?! oh well..its ur book. heh.

3:25 pm  
Blogger hosquare said...

oh 4 the record, id have shouted at/cursed the lady..duno how u managed to stand her.

n at least everything was ok in the end :)

3:26 pm  
Blogger sammietan said...

sorrry!!!!
but yeah lor, nothing else i could do.
haha you curse, i cry ):

yeah THANK GOD.

5:36 pm  
Blogger sinister kisses said...

awwwwwwww
you poor poor girl!!!!!

it's their mistake actually..
and i know for a fact that flights in UK accept 30kg..

even tho they're wordly things
it's still a huge pinch huh?

at least you're back safely.
don't let your mood ruin your studying.

i know you won't fail.
you'll probably get straight a's again.

feel better okay???
love love.

11:27 pm  
Blogger Inspktor said...

Oh poor thing, airports can be such a dreadful place to be stuck at! Hope the snow at Belfast is of some comfort, better go out there in the snow while you can before it all turns to icky slush.

8:40 am  
Blogger casandra said...

AIYOR SO POOR THING LA!
i bet id be crying like you too.. or worse.
we're such babies =)

12:04 pm  
Blogger Wens said...

poor thing la you... next time call us la, we'll help you collect your barangs and store it for you first. :) the last time i went to airport with kin wing with an empty blue ikea bag just in case his baggage was overweight :)

anyway, glad you're back safely and good luck with your exams dearie. see you when you're back in london.

*hugs*

9:26 pm  
Blogger sammietan said...

sinister kisses: thanks honey. haha no to the straight A's part, i screwed up already!

phyebeng: TOO LATE! all slush now ):

cassie: HAHAHA yes we are!

wens: thanks so much! i can't wait for London in a weeks' time (: whee!

9:47 pm  
Blogger Leeza said...

There there. *pats sammie's head* Well I wouldn't have handled the situation better than you..

I think the part where you're giving away stuff would have made me tear.
But on the other hand, it would be nice to be at the receiving end of your stuff, haha.
Giving better than receiving and all that, right?

But yeah. Evil woman. Must be all that Winter mood settling in. You should've said, "Where's all that holiday spirit, huh? Lemme thru!"

:D

11:55 am  

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