First Operating Flight: London Heathrow

Finally, after a week of waiting, I got my license already. I also received my schedule for September already and buhoo, still no Manila. I have Dhaka, Munich, Toronto and Jakarta for my layovers. They did not give back my Geneva! *sob*

Streets of London

Anyway, I was off to London Heathrow. I know that almost everyone expects me to go around London and see the places since this is my very first Europe trip but I did not. I was too tired and exhausted from the flight. Coral economy class was full and the aircraft that we used is the big one too! Super dooper tiring. We only had roughly around 24 hours in London. We arrived London at around 7ish in the evening local time and because we were all too drained and sleepy, we all agreed to just go to our rooms and sleep. I passed by the crew lounge for a while and checked some things online. I bumped into Princess, my batchmate. We didn't really have to chance to chat since she also had to rest, her return flight was in the morning mine was in the evening.

with Kelly in the bus

Going to Hounslow

The next day, I went out with Kelly and Rex. Kelly is terrific to be with! She's has been working for Etihad for more than 2 years already and Rex is an aircraft engineer, they're both Filipino. We went to Hounslow to go shopping! It's the ghetto area of London according to Kelly. But I heart primark and poundland! LoL! I was expecting that I would spend a lot in London but no, I only spent half of what I brought with me or less even. The captain was in the area as well, he was alone so Rex invited him to go with us instead. We ate lunch in a Chinese buffet. Yum yum yum, and the best part, PORK! LoL! I miss pork like hell. Since Abu Dhabi is primarily compromised by Muslims, pork is only available in one grocery and it's hella expensive too! Going back, I was so full, I ate like there was no tomorrow! LoL! Oh, the captain treated us for lunch. Ahihihi! His name is Tyrone and his Jamaican, such a nice captain. After lunch, we went back to the hotel to rest.

Poundland is love...

Chinese Buffet with Kelly, Rex and Captain Tyrone

Flight back to Abu Dhabi was tiring as well. Full flight as well, but the aircraft was a bit smaller. Turbulence was bad as hell! I got dizzy for some time! Everytime we started the service, it would get bumpy! It was quite irritating. Usually going back seemed to be faster than going to the place but this time around, going back to Abu Dhabi was taking forever! Arrived this morning and to my dismay, air conditioning in the building is messed up! Argh! I couldn't sleep well! I was having messed up dreams as well! Whoa!