THE CRIME PREVENTION CAMPAIGN AT SMK PASIR PUTIH

The Crime Prevention Series road show in schools of Pasir Gudang continued today. The programme was organized by Pasukan Kebajikan Kanak-kanak [Children's Welfare Team] of Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat [Welfare Department] Johor Bahru. The school visited today was SMK Pasit Putih.

The talks were held in the afternoon this time, for the afternoon session students. It was a large crowd of 800 students in open hall.

One of the teachers recognized me as she taught in SMK Taman Universiti before moving to this school.

There will be two more schools to be visited for this kind of activity soon.

DINING IN PLAZA PREMIUM LOUNGE AT KLIA TERMINAL 1

    2ND SEPTEMBER 2026     ~ As we still had a lot of time before boarding our delayed flight to Xiamen, we decided to get a very late dinner in Plaza Premium Lounge at the airport. It was my very first time as a privilege card holder, and was actually guided by my experienced traveler friend cum the leader of the tour group [and who is also my ex-classmate/schoolmate].

There were not many people in the lounge after midnight so it was a pleasant dining in experience.

There were decent choices of food and drinks available for travellers. I ate quite a lot as I did not get a proper meal the whole day. It was a good decision as we both we not very happy with the food served on our flights to Xiamen and Xi'an after that.

I will for sure stop by at Plaza Premium Lounge when I have to fly out from KLIA Terminal 1 after this.

THE INITIAL STAGE OF THE JOHOR BAHRU - XI'AN TRIP

How I travelled from Johor Bahru to Xi'an, in brief.

   1st SEPTEMBER 2026   

4:20 p.m. Took the KTMB ERL Train to Kuala Lumpur.

9:00 p.m. Arrived in KL Sentral [20 minutes behind schedule]

9:20 p.m. Took the ERL Express to KLIA Terminal 1 from KL Sentral

9:45 p.m. Arrived at KLIA Terminal 1

Met Puan Noor'aini Mohamed Nor, an ex-colleague of SMK Taman Universiti, who was accompanied by her husband and two children. She was catching her flight to Balkan.

10:00 p.m. Group members [who were strangers to me] started to arrive at the Departure Hall.

There were 28 people which were divided into 2 groups.

Group 1 [10 people] flew to Xi'an via Xiamen.

Group 2 [18 people] flew to Xi'an via Guangzhou.

I was in Group 1.

We were notified our flight to the Xiamen, the transit stop, was delayed for 1 hour and 10 minutes.

11:00 p.m. Checking in at the Xiamen Air counter.

   2nd SEPTEMBER 2026   

12:30 a.m. Checking in at Plaza Premium Lounge [READ HERE].

3:40 a.m. Departed Kuala Lumpur on Xiamen Air, original time 2:30 a.m.

8:40 a.m. Landed at Xiamen International Airport, and there was about only an hour to clear Immigration and run to the next awaiting flight.

9:45 a.m. Departed Xiamen for Xi'an.

12:00 p.m. Landed at X'ian International Airport.

Reunited with Group #2 from Guangzhou.

Group 1 members waited for the luggage that never arrived.

Because of the 1 hour delay, our bags were not transferred to the next vessel.

All the luggage was later sent by the airline company to the hotel and we got our bags at 11:00 p.m.

3:00 p.m. Arrived at Citadines Hotel.

Some people already started their shopping activity earlier.

THE BREAKFAST SESSION AT GRANDMAMA'S IN KLIA TERMINAL 1

The long wait for the flight home had to be filled with beneficial activity. Too early in the morning, the best thing to do was to have breakfast.

Grandmama's should be one of the latest eating places opened in the terminal. I happily marched in without any doubt upon seeing the Halal display at the entrance.

The restaurant looked expensive but the paper cup was a letdown. I just hoped that they would use a ceramic instead of the cheap paper containers.

I had Roti Telur [Roti Canai fried with egg] with curry and dhal gravy, accompanied by Teh Tarik. It was good and worth the money spent, especially after being away from home for 5 days. Now I have another option of an eating place when I am at the airport.