Flying to Shanghai in Less than 48 Hours

After my company travel agent f*cked up (again!) and left me uninformed about a previously-confirmed-turned-non-operational-flight to Shanghai, I am now to depart on Tuesday instead, 2 days later than originally planned.

At an ungodly 6.45am flight to KL, then to Shanghai. I'm expected to touch down at Pudong at 2.30pm.

Well, beggars can't be picky, not when all SQ flights are fully booked for days and the other alternative is flying on a China Eatern flight. Meals are not included in the CE flight. WTH? No wonder there are empty seats for ALL CE flights I've checked.

Another point was a question my bro asked me, "You wanna put your life on risk for the company?" Nasty, but very succintly put.

I'm not sure I'd even turn up at the Shanghai office on Tues, I'm scared of turning into an ice block the moment I step out of any solid, protective, enclosed buildings.

So it's Shanghai, Suzhou, Wuxi and back to Shanghai lugging my luggage, notebook backpack and 1kg of BBQ meat (for the China colleagues & CM) where I'd spend two nights before flying back to Singapore. And the week after, 2 days will be spent in Johor Bahru for pilot runs.

Too bad there's no FFP for the JB trips, or I'd be able to claim a free flight to the States anytime.

I desperately need a break from work.