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August 13 Sex on the beach自从上次在台北吃完火锅就爱上了沙茶酱，这次大家提议去吃我当然双手赞成了，于是又去了“林记”。饱餐一顿后，大家觉得不能就这样回去睡觉，于是就聊开了，可惜我来得不如他们久，说的好多名字我都不知道，还聊到了公司的Gay，我就想原来上次遇到那件倒霉事似乎已经算是小到不值一提了。一直聊到凌晨店家似乎要打烊我们才闪人。 接着FO带我们去一个小酒吧喝酒，由于我说我几乎不喝酒，于是他就建议我点了很light的鸡尾酒，“sex on the beach”，有意思的名字，我一直在遐想到底是个怪异到什么程度的玩意儿呢。结果上来一看好像就是不知什么酒里面加果汁，再加些冰块而已，若不是表面一些泡沫的话可能我会以为那就是一杯冰的橙汁与西柚汁混合体了。可是由于本人对酒精的味道极为敏感，喝下一口就感觉得到它的刺激了。FO说：You'll sleep like an angel tonight.我在想完了被耍了，照这么说应该是有点烈的酒吧，可后悔已经来不及了，大半杯黄汤已经下肚总不能吐出来吧，于是就想着算了反正我年纪最小醉就醉呗，被笑就被笑呗。结果后来除了感觉眼皮有些重以外什么也没发生，回去酒店还看了下电影才睡觉，第二天还照常起床在酒店吃早餐。反正不是我太强就是这个sex on the beach太弱，看来这个酒的卖点仅仅是它的名字而已，不过看在那天晚上大家聊得很high的份上还是原谅它好了。 August 06 沉默之镰 看新闻上说“东突”袭警事件，并承认之前的爆炸事件也是他们所为，而且还以每个月干一件大事为目的进行恐怖活动直到奥运结束，还说就算是鸡蛋碰石头也要把蛋花糊在石头上。除了为他们叹息，不知道说什么好。虽然知道由于历史等等一系列的原因，“东突”憎恨中国，但是我觉得那些进行恐怖爆炸袭击的人好可怜，没有人会觉得他们多么英勇、精神有多伟大，他们只是被主使者操控的对象，他们生存的意义已经被扭曲了，死亡的方式是被人唾弃的。亏他们嘴里还叫嚣着“圣战”，其实自己就像是被恶魔驱使的玩偶般，以邪恶的方式进行的仇杀。就算他们的最初目的达到了，奥运被他们搞得乌烟瘴气了，那他们最终的目的也永远也打不到了。也许世人会了解到他们曾经所受的屈辱或苦难，但是仇恨的火焰却把他们推到了极端，全世界人也因为他们的做法看清了他们丑恶的面目，其实事情也许并不会到这步田地，这步棋真的是走输了，是他们自己把自己推到了悬崖的边缘，他们的做法就连那些反华的国家都不好怎么帮他们说话了吧。
相比之下，达赖喇嘛就聪明加狡猾多了，表面装着一副对谁都和颜悦色、慈眉善目的样子，不知给多少反华的国家和不了解中国的国家拉去多少支持票，其实他最终的目的呢？去他的美化自己的说辞，如果他真的那么心胸宽广那么伟大的话，为何不能舍己之欲而取大义呢？也就骗骗那些不了解的人玩玩罢了，却没想到有些国家的甚至是领导人都被耍的团团转，还为他出头，真是傻得可以了也，在此也不得不佩服达赖喇嘛的能力，可惜，就算你达赖做了皇帝，这世界也绝不会变得更美好。
说了一堆废话后，突然觉得这个地球就算毁灭了搞不好真的是善良的人们就此解脱了。突然觉得死神手持沉默之镰在空中静静一挥的那个动作特别酷！ August 04 食物的力量像我这种精力旺盛的家伙，就算不飞的时候每天不也只睡几小时么，关键是一起飞的人好、大家开心再加上身体吃得消不至于又累又饿又干的话其实什么6段，1+3，3+1算什么啊，只有跟让人难过的人一起飞的时候，哪怕一个turn around也会心力交瘁。 才飞完6段后紧接着一个1+3，看booking人数的时候发现几乎都是满的，本来以为不衰也是个半死，却没想到飞完一点感觉都没有。 到台北后已经十点多了，我们一帮子人跟着乘务长去吃那种定额吃到饱的火锅，我和湖北老乡Felicia两个人吃得最有劲，LFA是台湾人所以吃家乡的火锅自然也很开心，不过她不像我们两个湖北佬吃得闹哄哄的，大姐姐般得体的笑着吃着。另外一个日本crew也是第一次来吃，可是她吃不了辣，一直等不辣的那边熟后才优雅的吃一点点，越发衬托出我和Felicia像是饿疯了的饥民。吃饱喝足已经是2个小时后的事情了，躺在床上我仍在回味沙茶酱配蒜茸的滋味儿，心想完蛋了，现在是不是饮食时间太不规律以致对饱感不敏感了，就跟经常喝酒喝成啤酒肚是一个道理，于是拿来酒店的秤一称，居然才60kg，看来我离大腹便便浑身肥肉的那天还早，于是安心的倒下去睡了... 第二天飞最后一程的时候一位地勤大哥拎着一个袋子说：这有冰激凌给你们吃吧。我接过来说了声谢谢就继续忙我的去了，直到Novia打开来后惊喜的发现原来是一袋子的Haagen-Dazs.于是我们重新谢过那位地勤大哥并直呼他‘好人’好多声后开心的用干冰把冰激凌都冻起来。后来那一程我满脑子都在想冰激凌的事，感觉嘴角一直就在不自主的上扬。想想都觉得傻傻的，原来开心是件这么容易的事啊！后来那天是CFA给我评分，给了个不错的分数，我在想搞不好她心情也受到了冰激凌的影响也说不定...后来听其他人说那个乘务长就是个大好人。天，老子也有走运的一天啊！ PS:附上在Florida的walmart里面照的满满一冰柜的Haagen-Dazs，看到价格了么？那么大的一大桶也只要2.76美元，在中国买的话是翻了多少倍的价格啊，除了口味多一点也没那么特别吧，若不是送的，用买Haagen-Dazs的钱买一大堆和路雪的冰激凌回来吃不是更乐翻天么，不过怎么说呢，追求不同么！ July 29 感受凤凰台风7月27日晚上到酒店后，一打开电视就是铺天盖地的台风新闻，据说风力有可能达到11级以上，降雨量有的地方达到了1000毫米！电视画面上一片狼藉，我开始有点担心第二天早上的航班，据说港龙的好多都取消了，想来想去觉得反正大不了就是飞机解体坠毁，比那些慢性恶病质疾病的人死得安逸多了，再说才吃了些台北的卤味也不至于是个饿死鬼，这就够了。于是昏昏沉沉的睡去... 第二天去机场的车上，机长看电脑上的卫星云图，台风就笼罩在台湾的正上方，正好crew management的人给机长打电话说可以起飞，机长说现在的情况是还不算糟，但是起飞时间是一个多小时以后的事情很难说，可是电话那头好像一定要他飞回去，还说刚才就有别的什么航空公司的飞了，机长有些恼火的跟他争辩说台风又不是静止的……挂完电话就转身跟FO讲刚才那个‘stupid guy’说了啥啥啥。我跟旁边的FO说:If there's severe turbulence and if it's getting worse,please inform us,'cuz we are the people work without seatbelts,thank you.FO爽快的说好。 到台北桃园机场后，感到明显比往常冷清多了，看板上别的公司9:10和9:15的航班都写着取消，只有我们9:15的还是准点。于是我抱着大不了一死的心情上了飞机。 结果我没能遇上凤凰，一路上什么也没发生，想那么多真是白想了。不过据说正直台风季节，也不知道下个月会怎么样... July 05 碰见名人和像明星的人 今天从澳门飞北京的时候看见台湾资深记者、《海峡两岸》特邀评论员尹乃菁，之前偶尔会看《海峡两岸》所以我一眼就认出她来了。她走过来的时候我装作并没认出她来，只是说声:"您好！"她也只淡淡一笑回应。后来我有时候走过偶尔注意一下时发现她就一直在经济舱的座位上睡觉，旁边的人好像也没认出她来。回来在网络上查了一下原来她都40岁了，却一点也看不出来，感觉还很年轻。往往在电视上看到的她都是言语犀利的在谈政治，口才了得的她不开口的时候私下却给人还蛮亲切的感觉。
从北京飞回澳门快降落的时候有个男的在最后一排那站了好一会，于是我就问他是不是要上洗手间，他点头，然后我打开一个跟他说：“不好意思其实刚刚里面都没人，因为快降落所以我把厕所都锁了，麻烦您请快一点。”他好像有点不好意思飞快的进去了，由于当时飞机上的水已经用光了，所以都没有办法洗手，于是我就守在门口等他一出来就递给他一包湿纸巾，我还没来得及开口他就一脸尴尬的接过湿纸巾转身回座位了，搞得我都有点想笑。Stefanie说刚才那个人长得有点像金城武，我说：啊？没注意我就发现他长得老高还带个鸭舌帽。于是我跑过去看那位高个子帅哥，可他就一直低着头玩PSP，只看见侧脸和修得很有型的胡子连着鬓角，我猜没准是model。为什么AirMacau不准留胡子咧！？虽然自知再怎么留胡子也跟金城武没得比，还是作罢。 PS：Kitty说今天在台北机场看到陶喆了，就在check in的地方在她旁边，她居然说不起眼一开始都没认出来……奇怪，可能得让他嗷一嗓子才行。 June 27 记录此刻的温暖6月27日 雨转多云,云层之上阳光灿烂
今天briefing快结束的时候Jean进来了，我们的CFA说有点感冒，Jean就打趣说让我给开点药因为我以前是学医的，于是就扯到我为何放弃学医的话题上了，免不了又要谈及后来学飞行那段灰色的记忆。记得之前说起那段经历来的时候我声音都会发抖，现在好像不会了，麻木的像讲述一个久远的故事一样淡然。
Jean说当时也有人问她为什么会招一个将来会离开FA这个岗位的人来做FA，而她说看到我、听我讲完我的经历以后觉得应该做这件好事成全我，即使我可能会因为资本积累够了再去学飞行而离开FA这个岗位她也还是觉得应该圆我这个梦想。听到她说这席话的时候我毫无预料的被感动得不知道说什么才好...突然就想起去年面试Jean坐在我对面恬静的听完我用有些颤抖的声音讲完之前的经历以后，告诉我一个月以后听通知，后来我觉得希望渺茫沮丧的在北京街头游荡了整个下午。那天晚上右手腕以前蜂蜇的穴位变红发痒我就料定有状况，果不其然第二天就出水痘，接着高烧三天三夜。今天回想起来突然觉得，原来那大概是因为我遇到了贵人，象征着我之前的霉运随着病毒都从体内排出来了吧，要不怎么小时候得过水痘还会再得一次呢？！现在我一点也没有不爽小保把水痘传染给我这件事了，痘疤消不干净我也认了。
其实我想跟Jean说，我并没有打算以后一定要攒钱再去学飞行，因为那已经是曾经的愿望了。我想说假如Jean以后想我一直都做FA或者需要差遣我做别的，我可能也不假思索就答应了，因为遇到贵人真的是很难得，可是这些话好像有些太煽情我说不出口，结果啥也没说就望着大家傻笑，可是心里明显的感到有暖流在涌动。
曾经遭遇过孤立无援的日子，经历过见死不救的冷遇，我曾想：那些能左右别人命运的人是不是都连说话的语气都趾高气昂！可能他们觉得别人再惨痛的遭遇也只存在于“别人”的人生之中吧。但是从几次屈指可数的跟Jean见面的机会里，我感觉到的完全不是我所想的那样，她是真诚而平易近人的，一点官架子都没有，给人感觉特别舒服。我想以后我会更有底气的跟人说：离开以前的公司我真的一点也不后悔，哪怕是更光明的前途。
PS：从上海飞回来时已经雨过天晴，呼吸着澳门潮湿的空气，微风袭来，让心也想跟着飘动起来... June 25 又鼻塞了吗？我来分享一下治疗鼻炎鼻窦炎的偏方 前几天就有些小感冒，在飞机上鼻涕一至流弄得我异常尴尬。昨早上晕头转向的爬起来就知道铁定晚到了，连忙请了病假，刚开始觉得其实也没夸张到一定得去看医生，可是纪律是要遵守的，病假条还是得去开。去医生那的路上心里还一直嘀咕：其实我自己也知道吃什么药。没想到一走进阳光下就不由打了个喷嚏，擤了擤鼻涕发现是粘稠的黄色，还只有一个鼻孔能通气，另一只鼻孔就像溃了堤似的直流鼻水儿。发现似乎比我想象的要严重。折腾了一大通以后吃完医生开的药就抱头睡了整个下午，好像做了难过的梦，大概还有梦到那年切除扁桃体的事...
醒来后浑身是汗的我意识到应该比以前要更加好好注重身体了，尤其是长期在机舱这样密闭的环境里工作，被传染上呼吸道疾病简直是太轻易的事了，特别是像切除了扁桃体这第一道免疫防线的我这种人。于是暗暗决定要挤出休息的时间加强锻炼身体，虽然又有些担心能不能做到。
言归正传，还是来分享一下治疗鼻炎鼻窦炎的偏方吧。其实有些人就是因为对于那些看似轻微症状不加以重视，迁延累及成慢性鼻炎鼻窦炎的。等到你得了鼻窦炎总是感觉呼吸不畅以后就会知道那是一件多么郁闷的事情了，而且很多药物也难达到那么深的病灶。下面我来分享一个中药偏方，不相信中药或对中药不感兴趣的人可以就此打住了，怕麻烦的人也可以就此打住了。下面我来详细说明一下：
其实步骤也不复杂，而且由于本人也怕麻烦懒得计算得那么精确，于是决定用最易操作的方法写下来，若有医者质疑，我只能诚恳的说我自己试过了确实有效，不过好像孕妇不宜，其他禁忌本人不知。
1.把大约10克阴干的辛夷花（一般都是花蕾）放入清水中稍稍浸泡；（直接去中药房买现成的就好了）
2.把辛夷花和鸡蛋一同放入盛有大约500ml的水的瓦罐（或砂锅，总之能煮的容器中）；
3.等鸡蛋差不多煮熟后捞起来剥壳，在蛋上戳些小孔，然后再仍进去一起用小火煎煮；
4.等水差不多烧到只剩原来的一半时就完成了；
5.捞出鸡蛋吃掉，滤出汤喝掉（没那么苦，但也不好喝）。
如果你有鼻部的各种毛病也不妨试试，有用的话来写个反馈好证明一下我并非在此招摇撞骗。如果你嫌烦那就去针灸迎香穴好了，不怕痛的去感受一下蜂蜇疗法也行。但尝试过以上这一系列方法以后，我还是觉得辛夷花煮鸡蛋来的最温和有效。
PS:每逢春天我家楼下的辛夷花开超美的，可惜那时都还不知道它的大名呢。 June 19 类似爱情 《圣经·启示录》有段话说：“它呼唤智慧，每个有理解能力的人都能计算出这个野兽的数字，它代表一个人数，这个数字就是666。”据称这里所说的野兽为“反基督者”，也有学者表示野兽实际上是用希伯来文代指古罗马帝国暴君尼禄，有些《圣经》学者称“666”翻译出错，真正的数字是“616”。贾斯特说：“《启示录》并非预言某个特定时期的末日，相反，仅仅是有关全宇宙善与恶的斗争。”
了解到这天似乎有些玄乎后，起初我还在担心会不会坠机之类可怕的事，还善与恶的斗争咧，说得好像要风云变幻时空倒转一般。不过一路平安，一下飞机后我就整个人被食欲所驱使，满脑子都在想晚上要吃什么了。后来萝卜请我和Jessica、Christy去九头鹰吃了湖北菜，排骨藕汤、蕨菜、烧鱼、孝感米酒、三鲜豆皮、热干面……果然走到哪还是觉得家乡菜最好吃。边吃边觉得幸福的感觉从味蕾流遍全身，直到离开餐桌的那一刻突然有些心酸的想：下次再吃到家乡菜是什么时候呢……
之后去逛了王府井，没想到那里还真是有口井的，之前一直不知道冷落了它，于是特意与之合影。
最开心的是在街上居然听到Elva萧亚轩的新歌，回来上网查查才知道几天前她的新专辑刚刚全亚洲同步发行了,可惜错过了预购。一首首听着，回忆起18岁那年我还在上大学二年级时听Elva唱着《Cappuccino》和《窗外的天气》的时光，清楚的记得一边哼着《没有人》一边独自爬潜山的周末……这张《三面夏娃》主打的快歌都很不错，但我更喜欢像《冲动》《类似爱情》《时光隧道》等抒情曲，我想这张回归Virgin后的首发专辑应该会非常火吧。据说萧敬腾的新专辑发布因为和萧亚轩撞期特别提前一天，看来Elva这次势头是锐不可挡。听完整张专辑后觉得这时才应该大播特播《1087》里的那首《Elva's back》。Yes,Elva's back!
June 14 I love Yoga 好不容易两天休息，我坐船去深圳找饺子玩，她还是开心的在做瑜伽教练。在她们瑜伽馆周围晃了一圈：酒吧、餐厅、公园、绿化社区…让人顿时觉得：这真是个风水宝地。
饺子要在一个新小区里面教户外瑜伽，上课的人不多，我也跟着一起舒展舒展筋骨。我们把瑜珈垫放在木质的桥头，周围绿树如茵流水环绕飞鸟鸣唱，虽然有些蚊子水也不够清澈还掺杂些房屋装修的声响，但这一点也不影大家的心情，尤其是我这种好久没运动关节都快要生锈的人，深刻的体会到做瑜伽真的是一种享受。晚上我又跑去馆里上了一节高温瑜伽，在饺子同学的教导下，我尽力尝试着拉伸韧带直到极限，还是和她的标准动作相去甚远。记不清有多久没有这么畅快的流汗了，做完后感觉震动一下手臂我就可以飞起来似的。由于惊异于自己的体重从培训前的67kg减少到了目前的60kg,加上做完瑜伽心情大好，已经是晚上九点多了，我和饺子还有饺子的男友及姐姐一行四人一路都在讨论去大吃什么。在我的强烈要求下点了水煮鱼，炒香干，清炒笋丝，金银馒头，吃得我幸福感直往上涌。回去后算了一下体重指数：体重除以身高的平方，结果我只有19.26千克每平方米，相去超重的25甚远，还好没到18.5的过瘦，于是安心的睡着。
第二天早上5点就醒来了，站在阳台上看几只嬉戏的小猫、看一半乌云一半瓦蓝瓦蓝的天空、看南山下隐于树林的房子现于晨曦里;听从香港驶来深圳的轮船汽笛、听鸟儿振翅飞过头顶的响声、听随身听里林晓培唱着《心动》……前晚被蚊子叮咬的不快立刻就被抛之脑后了，我背起行囊，突然兴匆匆的就想开始新一天的旅程。
PS：澳门似乎没蚊子！也太幸福了！不知道是不是因为19楼太高蚊子飞不上来。 6月6日暴风雨来袭 之前只觉得跟“暴风雨”这三个字眼相关的只有灾难电影而已，没想到我会亲身感受到它的威力。
那天由于好多航班的延误，我们临时被改飞杭州。机长来briefing room给我们读了大段关于红色暴雨警报的知识，由于第一次听他葡萄牙口音的英文，我只懂了个大概，但那严肃的表情让我们有些紧张。
飞去杭州的途中还算平稳，只记得在推车收餐的时候飞机猛的颠簸了几下然后突然一沉，我已经警戒的半蹲还是差点膝盖触地，走道两边的乘客都下意识的去伸手扶住了我，不然我回程就可以体验一下被当成dead head crew运回澳门的感受了。
从杭州飞回澳门的时候，机长通报说由于澳门天气恶劣我们只能备降深圳。降落之前我已经系好安全带坐在jump seat上了，却还是感觉到身体在被甩来甩去，但这一切都算还好，因为之后面对那些愤怒的乘客才叫可怕。大家无奈的被通知由于天气原因需要在飞机内等待2个小时左右，不一会许多乘客就坐不住了。有的说口渴，我们就一遍又一遍的倒饮料和水；有人说肚子饿，可来回两程的餐都已经给光了，我们一边奇怪为什么大家只是坐着为何这么快就饿了一边把飞机上所有能吃的都翻出来派，甚至连给小朋友吃的糖都发了个精光；有的乘客说要下飞机等待，我们就一遍遍耐心的解释说由于还涉及到海关，还有假如临时可以起飞去哪找下飞机的乘客…可是每次话都说到一半就会被愤怒的乘客打断。令人欣慰的是有部分乘客对我们特别好，还站出来跟大叫的乘客讲理，有的乘客看见我们一直忙碌就对我们特别有礼貌，有位客人还把我服务时弄丢的name tag交还给我。
可是两个小时以后天气并没有好转，我们仍然原地等候，我能感觉得到座舱里快要暴动的气氛。有位乘客说他胃痛要喝啤酒，虽然我觉得这有些荒唐，但我想假如我以之前学医的理由劝阻他的话我可能会死得很惨。等我拿啤酒和饼干去给他的途中我被大家拉住要求解释，还说要和机长沟通，我只能以前面有位客人胃痛为理由脱身，等我去到那位客人面前时发现他叼着烟，我告诉他说我们是禁烟班机不可以抽，可他非说他胃痛不抽烟太难过，还好僵持中乘务长过来劝阻他，这才极不情愿的把烟从嘴上摘下来。
好不容易等到再次起飞，感觉大家的情绪一下子缓和了好多，可是一路上颠簸得让人站不起身，不一会就听机长说由于天气再度变差我们要再次备降深圳。我和Elsie瞪大眼睛无奈的对望中，乘务长翻译了机长刚才的话，在galley里的物品剧烈的晃动声中我仍能听到座舱里的抱怨的声音。Landing时一直有客人要来上洗手间，我们一边惊讶于他们怎么可以在这么颠的情况下走到后面来一边极力劝阻。可是几位客人坚持要用，我们只得告诉他们自己负责自己的安全。后来飞机越来越颠，我都不敢站起来去锁洗手间的门，这时有位年纪比我们大不了多少的女士走过来叫我开洗手间的门，Elsie帮我叫她回座位系好安全带，我告诉她为了她的安全最好不要去，她就火了说：“那你告诉我我进去会从飞机上掉下去吗？”我们解释道：“因为现在快要降落了加上颠簸严重怕您受伤。”她不依不饶道：“那你们干嘛飞来飞去啊！”我顿时就觉得特冤，难道不是乘客不顾安全一直催促赶紧起飞的吗，难道就不了解天气是不可抗拒因素吗？还没回过神来，她抛下一句“你们都是吃白饭的呀！？”就转身而去。我简直无语了，真想告诉她我们一直忙了几个小时连一粒白饭都还没吃到呢。
好在降落的时候我们是在澳门机场而没有再次备降深圳。下飞机看表时发现工作时间已经超过12个小时了却一点也不想吃东西，回去草草的洗了个澡就睡下了，虽然有薰衣草精油的帮忙还是一直感觉自己仍在空中颠簸。更没想到的是刚满休息的10小时第二天就被call去飞了，而且又是杭州。我发现我只能忧虑的盼望暴风雨赶快停歇，虽然一点用处也没有。
PS：走出机场的时候看见机长、副驾和observer一直用夸张的表情讨论飞行中的情况，后来我也好奇的问FO，他一边吹着口哨一边用手上下大幅度的比划，意思是说飞机夸张的骤升骤降“Didn't you feel it?I was scared~".于是我就跟他讲说那种情况下居然还有人起身上洗手间，那个FO嘿嘿的笑着说：“You should just kick her ass!" May 26 supernumerary reportIt's my first SNY flight,I went to the airport 1 and half an hour before the departure time.After greeted some staff,I signed in,then copied all the information.And I met all the crew who would go fly with me in the same aircraft.Then I followed Summer who I met while singing in to the briefing room.
The CFA was very kind and asked the FAs to help me.After checked all our documents,she started to ask some questions.I remembered one was about the blanket.2 of them answered 50 blankets bulk loaded in Economy class,same as I copied,but we were wrong,the correct answer was 100 for Bangkok and Incheon night flight.So I think I need to be more careful when copy the information.After we greeted the captain and first officer we got on board.
I followed Natasha as FA4,she was very patient and willing to help me during the whole flight.She waited for me to change the vest when the others started doing pre-flight check already,I think I'll take off the jacket before get into the airplane next time no matter how cold it is,'cause time is limited before passengers boarding.After we finished the pre-flight check,we did all the ground preparations.When I check 102,I didn't see CIQ forms,I thought I needed to report,but Natasha said maybe FA3 put them in the closet,and we found the forms there,that's one thing I didn't know.Many passengers asked for blankets after an elder gentleman requested one.After I offered the blanket and opened the light for him to read,he said"you're a very good boy",I was glad to hear that during my first SNY.After took off,I was just finished half of the left hand seats while distributing CIQ forms,I saw Natasha finished all the right hand side already and came to help me.How come?And when we served beverages,she was much faster than me again,I was wondering why was that,we were doing the same thing.Then she told me to lean the cups and cover the bottle like a cap and squeeze the bottle.The same elder gentleman wanted to talk to me,but I was pouring the drinks,the cart needed to be moved,I felt like I only have the time to ask people what they would like to drink.The weather was bad enroute,turbulence and the oily food I just had made me wanna throw up during landing.When there's a call from Door 1L,I heard the Hi/lo chime and stuck there for a second then turned my head with a rush to see the ACP and felt nauseous,I think I need to be more sensitive to the chimes and I may eat only vegetables next time.
When we flew from Bangkok back to Macau,I was assisting boarding.A passenger asked me where's 4A,I saw his boarding card was corrected into 4A by hand.I was about to point to the first row of EY,then I realized it was 5A and there's no row 4 in A320 at all,I was so confused at that time and I asked CFA,she felt that's strange too,then I found it was a circled 14A,bad hand writing.Everything was about the same except we distributed CIQ forms before take-off.Natasha was so good a teacher,she asked many questions and taught me lots of stuff.When CFA told me to be more active when passengers jammed around my station,I thought maybe she couldn't see clearly from the front,so I said actually they were a couple of rows behind me and I couldn't reach.Natasha took me back to EY and told me"Don't say anything but 'YES' next time when senior crew talk to you,they may think you are looking for excuses."Suddenly I remembered Thomas told us the same thing before,I just forgot.Luckily the CFA was kind.
During debriefing,CFA also agreed Natasha was a very good teacher.After I thanked everybody especially Natasha,I finished my first SNY.We spent more than 6 hours on the airplane,but I just felt like 2 to 3 hours,the most impressive thing was that everyone was doing their duties super fast,we were even walking faster than running on the narrow aisle. 夏露，夏保，我好想你们呀！ 怎么能在我打电话的前一天走掉呢！！这两个小鬼，哎！ weekly report 7Jude Batah:52 17/May/08
We went to the HQ,people there were so friendly.Before I came to Air Macau,I thought only smile and nod to people is good enough.Now I have to get used to say hi and greet people by shaking hands or introduce myself.At the begining I thought it would be a little bit awkard to do that frequently,people may feel weird or something,but not at all,'cause when everyone's doing like this,I feel comfortable in that friendly atmosphere.And also courtesy is very important for this job.
I was a little bit nervous when we joined one of the briefings,the CFA spoke very fast and I felt like there's no time for us to think about the questions but to answer immediately.But I guess in the real situation,we need to do everything fast too,so I gotta try to catch up.And I found that I could not remember part of the safety stuff already,I'd better review more often.
we were quite happy while visiting the aircraft with William and Richard.And it's good to know that things would go easier with the checklist in hand.The second time we visited the aircraft with Theresa and Thomas.Theresa is pregnant but very energetic and she's still moving fast,I need to think faster and react faster otherwise it's hard to follow her thoroughly.I think when it comes to service,everything needs to be done faster than I tought,I don't know how fast is good enough,but I can tell from Theresa's action,that would be very fast.We need to memorize the sequence of different kinds of service by heart,it might be a little bit difficult to remember everything and do it properly at the beginning,especially with passengers on board.
We tried almost all the drinks that we would serve on the aircraft in the cocktail class.We were exciting to try the cocktails made by Thomas and ourselves.But then I realized I'm really not that kind of person who can identify alcoholic drinks,some of those tasted like the same.Anyway,we had a lot of fan,and the taste of Bloody Mary was unforgettable,I prefer tomato juice.
It was funny and a little weird to have makeup class with the girls,and I found it's much more complicated than I thought.Now I can understand why they said I was lucky no need to wear any makeup,I agree it's really a complex project. May 16 weekly report 6Jude Batah:52 10/May/08
We were told there would be some big assessments to take after 5 daily tests,I thought that would be OK at the beginning,because we had been studying hard all the time.But after a whole night fighting against the mosquitoes,I had a bad headache on Sunday,the only work I finished that day was the weekly report.And when I was reviewing,I felt like I was a wooden-headed guy,I was yelling to myself:Come to your senses!Then I knew the importance of a good rest.
The first two assessments were Ok,when it came to the night before FA duties assessment,I was praying the mosquitoes would be away from me.But it seemed god didn't want to protect people who's not totally believed in him,otherwise those crazy mosquitoes were out of god's control,I was so frustrated.
This Wednesday was incredible,I took 3 hours assesments of FA duties in the morning,and then equipment and cocktail assessment in the afternoon.Anyway,we all passed those assessments.After that we moved to Macau on Friday,the strong sunlight was burning us,we were sweating all the way while dragging our cases and bags.Thomas and I helped Christine to handle her huge bag which 3 people can hide inside.When Thomas was helping us reload our luggage after we arrived in Macau,I was almost exhausted.It seemed he's younger than me.
Our manager Jean treated us for lunch in the hotel.We were so happy meeting all the instructors again.I was eating and eating until Sam looked at me like I was a hungery monster.But I was so hungry and the food was so good,I didn't want put down my chopsticks until I could not take one more drop of soup.
After lunch,10 of us were guided by Thomas visiting around,and then the rent agent took us to 5 different apartments.We were walking during the whole afternoon,I felt I might not be able to stand up once sit down.Suddently I saw Stephanie was in her high-heel shoes walking in silence...OMG
When I came back,I saw the name of where we would live for 2 weeks,actually it's not a hotel but a casino.OMG. May 07 死出个未来 清早闹钟想起的时候我正做着一个特别可怕的噩梦，可是迷糊着醒来后才意识到今天还有更痛苦的事情等着我们呢。昨天晚上只睡了4个多小时（确切的说是今天早上），其余的时间都在背书，我以睁眼的力度不够就会被误以为是在梦游的状态走进教室，长达三个多小时的FA duties默写考试随即开始。本来期望说不间断也就罢了，结果还得分三场考。那感觉就像上刑场时被一刀砍了也就罢，可是由于太罪大恶极，非得一刀一刀的割死你。
三个多小时下来手酸头痛加眼花，草草的吃完午饭就匆匆颠回去躺了无比珍贵的10分钟。下午去教室时以为可以有空隙就神离一会儿，没想到被噩耗一锤打醒了，原定于明天上午考的equipment和cocktail移到今天下午考了，于是我们一个个又接连服刑。
前天考，昨天又考，今天五场联考一整天……以为过了上星期的5个daily test以后我应该会对考试感到麻木了，可没想到还是像去被杀了一次又一次，死了一回又一回……
庆幸的是全部都过关得以生存，真叫一个死出了境界。不由想起了《十面埋伏》里的章子怡。 May 03 此时快乐的代价 深夜打开电脑，无意中发现可以在房间收到无线网络讯号，就是连接不上。打开窗户一试，喜出望外，终于可以改变在这个空荡死寂的房间里只能看书睡觉的超崩溃临界状况了。
我在打上面那段话的时候看到一只吸饱血的蚊子从屏幕前飞过，这个房间就我一人。迟疑了一下，低头，发现有两只黒黒的蚊子在我运动中的手旁边晃来晃去。蚊子大概在欣喜的笑话我说：这个傻子半夜开窗来给我们放血……
看来我还是选择去睡觉比较好。可是想想晚上那些已经对电蚊香免疫了的家伙一边把吸管插进我的肉里面痛饮一边在耳边轰炸的情景，我好想昏死过去…… weekly report 5Jude Batah:52 3/May/08
It's been another one week already,I thought it's Friday today until Lynn told me I was wrong."Am I daydreaming?"We just took the fifth test of this week.I looked at the timetable and then I remembered there was no test on Thursday and that was the only day without test.We will have one day off tomorrow but I think I'd better stay in my room and study,those 3 final assessments of the coming week freak me out.And I don't think I'm energetic enough to do anything else.
Oh,I almost forgot the Cocktail assessment besides those 3.As the guy who majored in medicine and don't like alcoholic drinks that much,I would tell people that I prefer lemonade when they ask me to have any beverage contains alcohol.I was joking that I just take beer as VitaminB if everyone's drinking it in a party.
Before the cocktail course,I didn't even know there's any difference between the beverages served before and after meals,I didn't even know people drink something called fortified wine,I had never heard some names of those liquors and liqueurs.And not to mention what those are made from,what the countries of origins are.I realized it's not that easy to be a mixologist just after I heard various appellations,brands,flavors..etc.And I have to admit that the taste bud of human being is one of the amazing things in this world.
We were studying hard in the class,even the mosquitoes could not distract our concentration.Thomas was teaching us hard too,otherwise he whould not feel hot in the classroom.I eat a lot after class same as last few weeks but it seems I'm not gaining weight,and I found out I lost more than 5 pounds when we had the physical examination last week in Macau.
Every time when I wanted to relax for a while after class,I would feel worried"what about the test tomorrow",and at the same time I had to remind myself that it's also important to have a good rest.So I was struggling and compromising and trying to balance the time,but I think I did't do it well,'cause Carol just said my black eye circles were so obvious.But anyway,I passed those 5 daily tests.
I just hope I can still be clear-headed during the assessments next week. April 27 weekly report 4Jude Batah:52 27/Apr/08
We were studying First Aid pretty hard during the first 3 days of this week,'cause if not,how could we pass the assessment on the fourth day.I thought it might not be easy to study a complicated and brand new subject for the others,especially about human body.But all of us passed again this time,I can imagine how hard they were studying.
I felt I was lucky that my major was clinical medicine,I had learnt those diseases and symptoms when I was in medical college,so it's not that difficult for me,I just reviewed those and studied again in English.But actually,I was worrying about the exam at the same time,if I fail the test,it would be unpardonable.So I studied hard too,and finally I got 100% in the exam,I was so happy with the result,and Sam was smiling and said"one of you got full mark",the others knew that was me right away and looked like "no wonder".Then I was thinking maybe Sam would laugh at me if I got a lower score.Oh,poor me.
We also practised CPR on a dummy called "Annie",for me,I think the only difficulty was to control the strength of compression well without looking at the indication panel.It's not my first time to do this actually.I remembered the time when I did compressions on a goner on the operation table.The woman commited suicide by falling down from the 9th floor.After announced her death,my teacher asked me to try heart compression on the woman for practice.I still can not forget the feeling when I compressed her chest,I felt her broken rib bones and saw her fractured arms and legs.So I was trying to relax and do CPR smoothly on "Annie" with the scary memory back and forth inside my head.
We finished safety courses and said goodbye to Sam,he's a very good instructor and we all enjoyed his classes.Thomas came back,I realized I forgot so many things after 3 weeks' safety courses while reviewing service.And there will be 5 daily tests,so I'm gonna study hard. April 21 weekly report 3Jude Batah:52 21/Apr/08 We were eating the IFO manual in this week,and the following exams made us so nervous.2 exams on Monday,and 3 on Tuesday,and then the assessment included 5 of those on Thursday.That was really a scary schedule,but we passed it luckily.I heard that many trainees needed to retest in the previous batches,but all of us passed it at one time,Sam said our batch was very impressive.I realized I'm with these strong and hard working group members.It seems I have to study harder and harder,otherwise I may fall behinde. We went to Hongkong for the practical training for 2 days.I thought it must be fun,It was,but I didn't know we would be dying tired. I was the victim in the swimming pool,all people tried to throw the heaving line and rescue me,I was happily pretending and staying in the water,then all of us needed to board on the circular life raft.As the one who can swim better,I was lifting the girls to the raft from the warter,the girls were not heavy,but when I was lifting Felix,I was like "Oh,my god."He's tall and big.Luckily we finished that smoothly.So when Richard asked us to swim to the end of the pool,I was very happy and swimmed as fast as I could.Then I was told"don't rest,come back."After that,2 more rounds,and then we were asked to pretend to rescue fainted passenger in the water 2 more lengths,and my partner was Felix.I was swimming,pulling him so hard and exhausting."Oh,my god"again. In the afternoon we all did pretty good in the assessments. The second day,we slided through the slid again and again,everybody was sweating and laughing and learnt how to do that professionally.Then the most difficult part came.Most of us made mistakes during all kinds of different situations.I was clear and thought it was not that hard when others were doing,but when it was my turn,I messed it up for the first time. I was FA2,Pinky was FA3 and Shining was LFA,I was about to secure myself on the nearest seat when doing decompression drill.But suddenly I stuck there,'cause AACM people were sitting on 4C,4D,FA3 and LFA were in front of me,and in the real cabin FA2's seat should be at the back,I was thinking where the nearest seat was.I was urging myself and no enough time to think that much,so I thought ok,just sit on 3A,so I said"stow tray table"to 3B,3C passengers,then I would squeeze in.Those 2 "passengers" were like"wait a minute,why's that?"I started to feel weird too,'cause we did't need to say that when decompression happens,and it would not be easy to go inside either.Then the weirder thing happened:the other 2 crew followed me to shout"stow your tray table".Then I was confused"what's going on?"I stuck there and my brain was totally in mess.Finally I realized the other 2 were confused by what I said,and then I was confused by them,and after that they made other weird mistakes.I think Richard and Sam must be like"Oh,my god"when we were making those weird mistakes.But we did not make it bad finally when we redid the situation which combined with other different scenarioes.After I slided down together with Lynn who well-pretended as a fainted passenger,the practical training in Hongkong ended. I've learnt that team work is really important,but we also need to keep calm and avoid confusing each other when doing multitasks,so that means be more familiar with all kinds of procedures is also very important. 香港2日 去香港的那天台风大作，我们在船上晕乎到想要呕吐。一整天紧张的实操训练后，我们一行人在去酒店的路上见识了什么叫做真正的“倾盆大雨”，还有幸走了避风通道。后来听说此“浣熊”台风导致百余抵港航班延误或取消，晚上连轮渡都取消了。难怪早上一下船就有个人匆匆跑过来抓住我就问：船上是不是颠得很厉害？尽管如此，我们几个不怕被大风吹飞的家伙还是打着伞颠去香港的小餐馆吃了晚饭。
第二天训练完后虽然已经是累到倒下就不想再爬起来的程度，我们还是强打着精神跑去逛街了。香港的街头很干净整洁，紧密排列的店面看起来别有一番风情，不过我想大概呆久了就会有晕城的感受了，地铁里还有防止自杀协会的海报，乍看真有叹为观止的感觉，于是就想着我们住的酒店23层窗户不能开大概就是未来防止人跳楼吧。可能也是因为习惯了拥挤和狭窄的关系，我有幸在多个巷道目睹了“极品飞车”表演，唏嘘之余万分的庆幸自己还比较遵守交通规则。突然间觉得无意中把香港说得挺危险的，除了担心会郁闷得自杀和被车撞飞，还得防着别被跳楼的人砸死...可是尽管如此，我和小婷两个脚力不凡的勇者抱着视死如归的精神，在累趴的状态下背着包猛逛一个多小时，就连相机没电也没能影像咱俩那劲头...
April 17 weekly report 2Jude Batch 52 12/Apr/08
We continued enjoying Sam's classes this week for the first 4 days,he was funny and energetic as usual,but I can really feel the stress this week,so much new information and lots of stuff to memorize.The "Emergency and safety equipments" are not that difficult to understand,but just too many items,very easy to confuse and hard to memorize.But anyway,I will try my best.The funniest time was when we tried to do the "live safety demo" for the first time,it was not that easy to do it perfectly at the beginning,but just as Sam said"practice makes perfect".
Richard was very kind and nice to us,I thought he must be a very strict instructor,but not at all,he was approachable as the other 2 instructors.I like the little games in Richard's class,very helpful for us to remember what he planned to teach.He gave us breaks every other hour and dimissed the class earlier than usual.It was funny that my friend said I was childish that just got satisfied by these,I said you would feel the same after many days of tight scheduled study.
I Just took a quick look at my notes,I scared myself.I think I haven't written these many english words for a long time.We were all busy taking notes and listening at the same time during the class,actually that's not a easy job 'cause we were doing that all day long.I also tried to prepare myself for daily tests,I was reading the manual and trying to memorize the notes every night,also had to review every morning,'cause every morning after I got up,I felt like all the things memorized last night just drifted away out of my brain.Anyway,I got 3"not bad" and 1 "excellent"in the tests,I felt a little relaxed after all results came out.But I'm worrying about the coming assessments and examinations,I'm really not sure if I can pass or not,so I'd better stop writting this report and go study. weekly report 1Jude Batch 52 6/Apr/08
I thought it's not that difficult to be a good Flight Attendant,I even thought as some people said:"That's just like a waiter in the air." But just after the study of this one week,I totally changed my mind.
I was wondering,next time if someone says like that,I would retort:"Do you know where every single item is in the aircraft?Do you know the sequences of all kinds of oparations that look like easy?Do you know how to deal with all the emergency situations?"Then suddenly I realized this attitude is totally not acceptable as a Cabin Crew.We have to smile all the time,and be approachable,friendly,accommodating,poised...
I learned a lot from Thomas's class.I found that I need to pay 100% attention to what he's saying in his class,'cause he's pouring his knowledge and experiences to us nonstop.I really like the examples he gave to us when explaining.I think I can also learn to be a better person from this service class,not only study in order to pass the tests.
Sam is a very good instructor too.The atmosphere was quite happy and relaxed in his class.I do believe him that we need to upgrade our brains from 512MB to 2GB,there're really great amount of stuff to memorize.And it's great that he can tell us how to remember some of those a little bit easier.I think that's very helpful.
I will try to do my best to pass the tests and prepare myself to be a good Cabin Crew. first 3 weeks of FA training 到澳门那晚，天灰蒙蒙下着小雨，只记得远处有座颇为显眼的长桥在波浪翻滚的海面上矗立着。听着Sam跟司机讲着我们听不懂的粤语，我望着窗外的混沌景象，心中忐忑的念着：澳门，澳门...
连夜过关口到珠海，脱下一路上被汗水浸湿的衣服，草草的洗完澡就睡了。梦里有人在叮叮咚咚的敲打着什么，后来被告知我住的那层曾经有个机长被杀了。我房间的电视机收不到台，饮 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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