HELLO INDIA

I AM IN KLE UNIVERSITY~!!!!!! BLOGGING FROM MY HOSTEL NOW~!!!!!!!!!!!!!

okay..let me summarise my trip to India:

12 JULY 2010 KL—BANGALORE

Reached KLIA around 5++pm, kinda early, but many KLE-ians were there already…had dinner, take pictures with families, checked in luggage (my check in luggage was only 20.7kg~!!!!!!!!!! haha, very light right~) after that camwhore session with families too~ hahaha…Keshan, Beh, and Selvan were there too!!! then, is the time where the officers gave us some short briefing..after that, 5 minutes to say goodbye to your beloved family..get your passport, boarding pass >> immigration/ custom…then walked really long way to the boarding gate…okay, next thing you realise is “eh,I’m on the plane heading to Bangalore~!!!! AHHHHHH~!!!!” the whole 3.5 hours flight was okay, MAS meal(curry chicken, curry cauliflower, salad, yogurt etc etc…) was quite nice actually..It’s gonna be a very sumptuous supper~ hahaha~ well, we experience quite/ a lot of turbulence..especially when we are reaching India…

Now, the plane is landing…and the next thing you realise is “ I AM STEPPING ON INDIA’S LAND ALREADY~!!!!!” YOU MAY CRY IN KLIA, YOUR TEARS MAY FLOOD KLIA, BUT YOU WILL DEFINITELY FEEL THE EXCITEMENT WHEN YOU HAVE REACH INDIA~!!!!!!!!!! ( I personally guarantee this… ^^ )

After all the immigration procedures, you start to learn to listen to *very difficult to understand* English..We put up a night in Presidency Hotel..The road from Bangalore International Airport is NICE~ just like our highway road~ forget to mention that when we reach Bangalore, it was raining there~ you’ll get on a bus and go to the hotel..they’ll be Indian driver helping you for the luggage, Don’t worry~

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that night, you’ll be damn tired, so sleep tight~ have a good night rest for next day’s morning flight~!

13 JULY 2010 BANGALORE--HUBLI

wake up early in the morning for 8am flight from Bangalore to Hubli..during the breakfast in the hotel, I experienced the first “ke-tidak-stabil-an voltage” ~!!! understand what I mean? hehehe…just for a few seconds lah…on the way to the airport, notice their bump because it’s different from Malaysia~ ^^

Here’s the reminder..DO NOT TAKE TOO MUCH OVERWEIGHT LUGGAGE

, from my opinion) SO, overweight a little bit is still acceptable..(don’t lah overweight until 30kg because they might charge you extra for the overweight, one more thing is the plane might be overweight which is very dangerous so some of the “unlucky” luggage will be chose and send via CAR) Imagine from BANGALORE to HUBLI, it takes 12 hours for your baggage to reach..so,how are you gonna live through that night?

one more thing to take note is INDIA SECURITY SCREEN IS VERY STRICT and SCREENING OF HAND BAGGAGE IS CARRIED OUT SEPARATELY FOR FEMALE AND MALE

there will be signboard “for ladies”, so line up in that line~ just get your mind clear and follow the airport instrictions..

While getting our laptop bag to be scanned, just follow the officer’s instruction..they’ll ask you to take out your laptop from the bag, put in another plastic container to be scanned…and some of us “kena” this oso.after the scan, some bags “didn’t pass”, the officers ask them to TAKE OUT EVERYTHING from the bag, put in the plastic container and both the empty bag + plastic container going to the scanner again~ baru boleh pass..

then, after boarding at the gate, you’ll take a shuttle bus to the plane!!! and then ENJOY YOUR FLIGHT~!!! *there will complimentary snacks provided also*

Kingfisher plane is kinda small, (but more comfortable to sleep than MAS!)

saw this interesting page in one of the magazine on the flight to Hubli..HAHAHAHA

REACHED HUBLI AIRPORT

which is a small small airport…you go in and you’ll see the exit right in front of you..anyway, the KLE College Bus is already waiting for us there..is like our Primary School bus that kind..hahaha~ and it’s open air..but DON’T WORRY FOR THE WEATHER… as it’s around monsoon season, so, weather is quite FINE, not very hot so far..

I really felt their hospitality..they gave us chocolates, sweets..and keep asking us whether are we hungry or not..they even brought us to a nice hotel for “brunch” which is DHOSAI~~~ and you will soon get used to the HORNS and the TRAFFIC~

this is the sweets that they “chia” us makan~

this car is driving AGAINST the traffic!!! (but cant see from this picture..)

after that, the 2 hour journey from HUBLI to BELGAUM in a open air school bus STARTED~!!! notice their plaza tol..it’s special…notice their LORRY, it’s so colourfull~!!!

(right) this one look more decent one…

our baggage behind the bus..

okay, the hightway road was OKAY, not so bumpy as I imagine..and along the way from Hubli to Belgaum, it’s not so polluted, many plantation field..so, open air bus is not a problem.. and this part of the journey is very “meng-sleepy-kan”..hahaha~ i can even sleep better than in MAS~!!!

some of the views along the bus ride..

REACHED KLE UNIVERSITY *oh ya, we passed by Dharwad also, it looks like a very GREEN place, not much pollution~*

When a building written J.N MEDICAL COLLEGE is seen..means you’ve reached KLE UNIVERSITY~!!!!!!!!!!!! woohoo~ on the right hand side of the main entrance is V.K. INSTITURE OF DENTAL SCIENC, on the left hand side area is the J.N MEDICAL COLLEGE~!!!!!!!!!!

FINALLY, I’VE REACHED MY UNIVERSITY~!!!!!

ABOUT KLE UNIVERSITY

Within this university campus, you can find Mini mart(sells a lot of daily stuff,not much worries about that) , Cafe(yet to try that), Book shop (sells books of course and vodafone sim card), Bank, Western Union, Library (both medical and dental library,providing Xerox service which means fotostat lah~ 5 paise per page) , Dobi (yet to find out) , and in campus hostel~ and mess is the hostel food provider…

this is the in campus hostel for ladies~!!! ~Akkamahadevi Ladies Hostel~

(left) view from first floor (right) when we first enter our room~!!!!!!

after clean up, it became a cosy space of my own~ on the left, closer look on my study table~

almost forgot about the toilet…IT’S WAY BETTER THAN OUR COLLEGE~ there’s water heater too~!!! every morning, there’ll be “bai”, those Indian ladies help us to clean the toilet, and collect our laundry; every evening, there’ll be another “bai” coming to clean our room, throw the rubbish!!! Of course, you just need to pay them 100 rupees per month..

END OF 13 JULY 2010

It has been a long long day…the journey from KL-BLGR-HBL is tiring enough and need to clean up the room,unpack the luggage and parcel…it’s time to have a really really good sleep…

# Don’t think 2.5 hours of time difference doesn’t make much difference..(well,maybe on somebody this really doesn’t make much difference) but not on me…on the first 2 days, my body clock tells the brain “oh, it should be around 11-12 something now” but look at the watch “eh, it’s only 9 o’clock” (well, maybe that’s because of lacking of rest also)

# SERIOUSLY, India is not that hot now…In fact, even it’s afternoon 2pm, the wind that blow is NICE COOL BREEZE~!!!!!!!!!!! (not as cold as Genting yet lah,it’s nice) At night, it’s even chilling~ so, to all my friends who will be flying sooner or later, you may consider to bring few pairs of long pants and jacket.

# they’ll give you sweets when they don’t have small change..

# plasticware is kinda expensive..I bought one dustbin—100Rps…(divide by 13,you get the RM)

that’s all I can think of by now..

will update soon~!!!

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