How did I get into Gundam?

Despite there are a whole bunch of animes coming out from Japan and the only anime that really catch my attention was Mobile Suit Gundam. At the same time I want to thank a friend who had leaded me into the world of Gundam. Here is my story which is pretty simple. 

Back to 1998, during that time I had no internet, no vcd and no computer, so the only entertainment at the mean time was watching tv and video tapes. One day, my friend had given me a video tape that had Kido Butoden G Gundam written on it (hopefully I pronounce it correctly), but at that time I literally knew nothing about Gundam except the fact that they were giant robots similar to those super robots like Mazinger Z and had a V fin on their forehead.  After I had watched the first two episodes, I think it was great.

I’m quite embarrassed to say that Gundam means a lot to me as it had accompanied me ever since I was at the age of 10. I started to listen to Gundam’s opening and ending themes which later on my father knew I like it so much and he purposely bought me a collection of Gundam soundtrack. From the soundtrack I realized that G Gundam was just one of the Gundam series and there are huge bunch of other Gundam universe that I wanted to find out more about which lead me to watch most of the Gundam series. 

That wraps out for how I get into Gundam, so why don’t you leave a comment down below and stay tuned for lots more articles about Gundam. Enjoy the first opening theme from G Gundam and thank you very much.

Rules Before Boarding

There are some problems that I encountered before boarding an international flight which are quite minor but it is good to be aware of. I appreciate all the hard works done by customs officers because after all they try to ensure we have a safe journey. 

For domestic flight, when your hand carry luggage goes through the customs, they will just roughly scan your stuff, asking what is inside the bag, sometimes weight your luggage and that’s it. They are quite lenient.

When come to international flight, the procedures are stricter than domestic flight. Firstly, before entering to the departure hall, my passport and thumb print are required to check-in using a machine and that is how my problems begin. I was stuck at the machine due to that silly thumb print sensor. After I inserted my passport into it, I need to press my thumb quite hard on the sensor to get my thumb sensed. But the thing is the small piece of glass seems to be easy to break and that’s why I dare not press it with full force, so error keep on showing on the screen. 3 minutes struggling with the machine, I decided to walk out from that stupid machine and manually check-in at the counter.

 While waiting for the long queue to reach the customs, I took a glance at how the officers frisk the passengers and check their hand carry luggage. It took a few seconds to get things done, so I thought it would be easy to pass the customs. When it’s my turn, first thing that the officer told me was ‘Please take out your laptop and belt,’ Well laptop is still acceptable but why belt?  Maybe they wanted to prevent me from highjacking the plane by strangling the pilot with my belt.

Trouble still haunting me until the very last moment before boarding. When the officer opened my bag, he asked me to empty my bottle which is full of water and I forced to drink half bottle and pour the rest. The worst thing is the officer had confiscated my lotion as only 100 ml of liquid is allowed to board while my lotion exceeds that limit which is 200 ml. Now I’m suffering dry skin in UK thanks to my dear officer for carrying out his job so seriously. I guess the reason why the amount of liquid is restricted is because explosive chemical stuff like liquid nitrogen can be made by water.

Airbus 330-200 from Etihad Airways  awaits, Liverpool here i come~

For The First Time

Well I’m currently in UK now, so what I am writing now was just a feedback starting from the day I depart from Malaysia. I wrote this article simply just to share some information regarding the route all the way from KL Sentral to KLIA, hopefully you guys find it useful especially for those who never go to KLIA before. 

Frankly speaking, I had never been to KLIA before, in my mind the only transportation to get there is either by taxi or KLIA transit. The price for the train transit is 35 bucks per trip and taxi will definitely cost a lot more, maybe about 60 to 80 bucks? Well I’m not really sure about it and I probably won’t go for it. Although I often traveled by Air Asia which is pretty easy, just book the air ticket via internet, go to KL Sentral, take Skybus to LCC Terminal and that’s it, piece of cake but totally no idea of going to KLIA.

Later I found a much cheaper transportation which is the shuttle bus. It travels from KL Sentral directly to KLIA. The price is only 10 bucks, compare with KLIA transit that requires to pay an extra 25 bucks. Besides the price, the only difference between these two transports is the time taken or duration to arrive at the airport. KLIA transit took 40 minutes to reach the DEPARTURE HALL since checking-in can be done by passengers at the transit’s counters in KL Sentral (maybe). Meanwhile the shuttle bus required at least 1 hour and another 10 to 15 minutes of walking distance from bus station to the main hall.  

Well it is up to you guys for choosing which mode of transportation to use. In my opinion, if you are staying in KL, don’t feel like getting yourself into trouble like stuck in a traffic jam and same goes to your parents who are sending you to the airport, this is the best transportation. As for poor guy like me, I don’t have my own vehicle in KL, so I’m forced to choose an affordable public transport, and I don’t mind spending longer time to get to the airport as long as the transportation fees is less expensive.

Another interesting about the shuttle bus is the two ways ticket only costs 18 bucks, you can get 2 bucks discount from the normal rate. If you want somebody to accompany and your parents feel like sending you to the airport, just ask them to come along because the transportation fees will only cost you 46 bucks for three persons and for me this is too much worth for it.

Time table for the shuttle bus, sorry I had wrinkled the paper as I folded for many times. Poor paper you are now far away from Malaysia. Heh heh ~



One way ticket for the shuttle bus. By the way the two ways ticket is painted in orange colour and sorry I don’t have the sample.