After a tiring travel from Manila to Kuala Lumpur yesterday, a good night sleep at our hotel rooms is a welcome relief to recharge some energy needed for the next two (02) days.
Mornings at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is somewhat similar to downtown Manila: food vendors along the streets and intersections, as the busy workforce heads to their respective work places.
So, we just checked-in here at the InterContinental Hotel Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia after a 12-hour journey from Manila. Now, I’m sure you’re wondering how a less than four (04) hours flight from Manila to Kuala Lumpur took us half a day? The answer: we took AirAsia via Clark Airfield (CRK) in Angeles City, Pampanga.
My day started at around 0530H when I arrived at the Philtranco Bus Terminal along EDSA in Pasay City. Philtranco is the only bus company in my locale that has a direct service to CRK/DMIA. The bus left the Pasay Terminal at around 0630H, then made a 15-minute stop at the back of SM Megamall of pick-up more passengers (half of the Philippine contingent to the Mozilla Camp Asia 2011 were among them). From Mandaluyong City, it took us 90 minutes to reach CRK/DMIA.
Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) is a complete shocker for me – as someone who is everyday at the NAIA Terminals 1-2-3-4 – the airport is really small compact. Noticed in the picture below where my colleagues are filling-up their embarkation cards:
At around 1100H, passengers from our flight were asked to board the aircraft (read as: called to form a line, then troop the ramp / tarmac and get inside the plane using staircases). By the way, the AirAsia flight was scheduled to depart at 1105H (Actual Time of Departure is around 1130H). Good thing, the flight was not full:
Attended the briefing about Sky Cable’s Digibox this afternoon at the Hotel Intercontinental Makati. It was hosted by TJ Manotoc. The Sky Cable people, led by their VP made a demo of the Digibox — really kewl features like channel preview, a full week lineup with preview, lots of channels, and channel lock.
People from Sky Broadband was there, too. And as TJ describes it: insanely fast! How fast was it, 12Mbps for a residential broadband.
All bloggers went home with gift certificates from Sky Cable — free installation and rental of Digibox, plus a quarter subscription to Sky Cable Gold at zero cost. Kewl, isn’t it?
(Some pics grabbed from Az — thanks Az!)
