"Kampung Guy" Going South errr North, errr Both North and South...

[Dent@SUB]

Now they're somewhere up there above the earth, flying happily to the north, just like birds migrating in the southern winter time...
Flew... they flew... riding the wind, playing with the breeze, kissing the clouds....

As usually, every time this "kampung guy" flew with CX, he noticed that the seat belt sign was took quite a time to be turned off, longer than any other airlines... just a perfect condition when he wanted to "go"...

While waiting the seat belt sign to be turned off, he took a look at the meal's menu...







Ahhhh.... nice gesture from CX to include this announcement into their menu booklet...








Finally.... ting tong.... the sound of the seat belt sign being turned off just like the sound of heaven's bell for this "kampung guy" ears...

He rushly went to the toilet...
But before that, he still has time to took a shoot of the cabin when he stood up from his seat...

[Dent@SUB]

Now it's time for the toilet show...













No more Dermalogica toiletries....




This "kampung guy" always failed to understand the function of that ashtray in this strictly non smoking flight era....
Why on the first place the factory always included this ashtray if it was not suppose to be used?
What the function of that ashtray? Cost adding?

[Dent@SUB]

He went back to his seat...
Now it's meal time...

First... Table cloth...




Second... bar service...
For him: apple juice and Hong Kong style milk tea...









Now the breakfast sequence began...

Fruit platter and bakery....









Muesli and skimmed milk...

[Dent@SUB]

For the main course, this "kampung guy" chose the omelette...
This omelette's shape reminded him about something...
Something thick, fat yellowish thing...






With a dash (or a bunch?) of black pepper...





After done with the breakfast, the cabin's light got dimmed...
It's time to get rest....
(hmmm... it's a perfect way to get fat... got full with your meal, and sleeping... Great for the skinny people, but a disaster for this "kampung guy"... But what the heck, it's a pleasure to did that... )

His bed in the dimmed cabin...






The dimmed cabin view...





Now it's almost time to end this nice flight... the captain has announced them that they will began the descending process....

[Dent@SUB]

Some breathtaking scenery out there....






See what I mean... the whole flight this non smoking sign has never been turned off, so what the use of the ash tray in the toilet?
They have removed the ashtrays from the seats, why they still put the ashtray in the toilet??





The plane's got lower and lower... approaching the runway...

[Dent@SUB]

Yaakkkk...... touched downnnn....





Ciiiiitttttt..... full brake.... throttles reverse.... full spoilers down.... wind brakes deployed.....










"Kampung guy" always love landed at HKG...
There's a lot of beautiful scenery while they're taxiing to the gate...

[Dent@SUB]

Ahhh.... SQ's big momma...




Finally they parked next to the SQ's big momma....
Here the shoot after he disembarked from the plane...





Thanks B-LAH for the enjoyable ride...




So... ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Hong Kong...
Please enjoy your stay here...

[Dent@SUB]

OK... now here's some little activities of this "kampung guy" while he was in Hong Kong...
What else he was doing except eating?

OK, let’s have a sneak peek about his little culinary adventures there...

First... L'ATELIER de Joël Robuchon...
(Sorry for the quality of the pictures.... he was to shy to take the pictures with his camera, so he just took them with his iPhone... )

He and his friend took the set menu there...
Here are the menu...

[Dent@SUB]

And on the other days, they took a high tea at Betty's Kitchen...
(hey... this "kampung guy" really wanted to have an experience being an Englishman... what else the close thing being an Englishman except having the High Tea? )





On the other days, they had casual dining at some Japanese rice pizza restaurant at Maritime Mall, Tsing Yi...












That's a little bit of his culinary activities in Hong Kong....


So... what's next?
Just stay tune, guys...

[rezadado]

Hahahahahahaha........hello Pak FD

Finnaly i met you here

[StarG]

What a special kampong guy this one to enjoy lots of travels in premium classes as well as haute cuisine everywhere he travels to!

[uyunk]

@rezadado: what the heck are u doing here??
@Dent@Sub: It's excellent TR.. we want more please..

[Dent@SUB]

Hahahahahahaha........hello Pak FD

Finnaly i met you here

Hahaha... you've found me...
Thanks mate for dropping by...

What a special kampong guy this one to enjoy lots of travels in premium classes as well as haute cuisine everywhere he travels to!

Aiyooo.... this "kampung guy" also does no frill airlines and eat canteen and street food a.k.a. "warung"...
Thanks mate for dropping by...

@rezadado: what the heck are u doing here??
@Dent@Sub: It's excellent TR.. we want more please..

I think rezadado has got lost in this cyber jungle on his way to find El Dorado... and accidentally found me here...
Thanks mate for dropping by...

[SQflyergirl]

You owe me royalties......

[CarbonMan]

I think I may be too used to the J seats on SQ, but the seats on CX do look very narrow; do they feel claustrophobic, Dent?

As to the ashtray in the toilet, here's what I found out:

The Code of Federal Regulations for airworthiness:

"Regardless of whether smoking is allowed in any other part of the airplane, lavatories must have self-contained, removable ashtrays located conspicuously on or near the entry side of each lavatory door, except that one ashtray may serve more than one lavatory door if the ashtray can be seen readily from the cabin side of each lavatory served."

"Back in 1973, a flight crashed and killed 123 people, and the reason for the crash was attributed to a cigarette that was improperly disposed of.

"The FAA has decided that some people (despite the policies against smoking, the warning placards, the smoke detector, and the flight attendants) will smoke anyway, and when they do, there had better be a good place to put that cigarette butt."