Last day in Abu Dhabi UAE, Day 30

 Date: 15/04/2022 (Fri)

30 days vacation in Abu Dhabi finally came to the end, I was going home...

We had porridge for brunch,  after that it was a mini headache to get supervised ART test done.

My baby sis had been making sure we had a good stay.  She was the one booking all the good dines, dessert tours, even hired a private chauffeur for us.

It was so thoughtful and nice of her to arrange a turkish stone bath at Emirates Palace Spa.  I didn't know the exact price but for sure it's extremely expensive.

Waiting area.

Beautiful interior.

Service was top notch, we were served cold towels.  One of the receptionist was a young Singaporean, my baby sis kept her contact and were in touch with her in the community till now.

The marble bed was warm, I wished I could hire ppl to bath me everyday like this lolxx...

Every corner of the spa was beautiful and spotlessly clean.

Here's me, clean and bright.

Tea was served.

My sisters weren't as impressed with Emirates Palace as I was.

When the President Sheikh Khalifa passed away, this hotel was fully booked.

Evening flight, baby sis paid full fare for business class, she had chauffeur service while my kid sis and I had our driver but he dropped us at terminal 3 when we were supposed to check-in at terminal 1.

We walked about 5mins, pee and found that the tax refund was at terminal 3.  So we walked back, then it took forever to get done.  We were supposed to claim with 3 receipts but we had only 2, so it confused the hell out of the officer.  When it was finally done, we were half running back to terminal 1.

My kid sis managed at the self check-in kiosk while mine was rejected.

  I had my boarding pass printed out and luggage finally tugged in by a face black black crew urrgg.....

My boarding pass looked different from my sis but I wasn't bothered.

It was so sad that we didn't get to take a good look and enjoy the nice airport.

No time to waste, ride on the last train to the boarding gate.

My baby sis went on board first to biz class.  My kid sis and I had selected seats to be together in the morning, she was ushered to the right and I was all ready to follow her from behind but was stopped by the crew "This way Mdm..." with his hand showing me to the right.  I told him no, I was going in to sit with my sis.  "No Mdm, this way please....".  I raised my voice a little (maybe not a little >.<) "You make a mistake, I had booked the seat together with my sista!"

So he "screamed" back "MADAM...." with his finger pointing to my boarding pass on the word B.U.S.I.N.E.S.S.   He must be thinking in his heart..... this chinese bitch cannot read English is it......

I softly "Oh....".

I was leaded to my business class seat.  I sat down couldn't believe what happened, overjoyed, almost cried.  What happened was a few days before this flight, my upgrade was rejected, was told to re-bid for about SGD650.  I didn't think it was a good deal, so I re-bid SGD400 instead, not too positive about it and didn't manage to check my email also cos my phone's local SIM card was expired.

That's a drama which I would remember for a life time.  I made a little prayer to thank God for giving me this comfortable seat again, it's horrible to go back to economy.....

I had apple juice or something instead of champagne for welcome drink.

I went to look for my baby sis, she was changed in PJ and ready to knock off lolxx...

I briefly explained to her what happened, and soon we were in the sky of Abu Dhabi.

Had a cup of latte and I ta bao the mix nuts.

We didn't have dinner so supper was very much needed, chicken soup with bread rolls, ta bao bread rolls.

 

They run out of seabass so I took beef with mashed potatoes, I hate french beans.

Pink inside, not too bad.

Red date pudding, sibei full already.

Had a very good sleep.

Should had skipped breakfast, I was so sleepy.... not bad but not fantastic, ta bao bread again.

Rays of sun appeared, we were near home.

It's a pity that I didn't get good pics of sun raise.

The experience flying back felt better than going with more friendly crews.

Part of me didn't want to leave the plane, it's so comfortable.... I have no idea if I'll be able to afford to fly biz in future.

Folded up the soft blanket, we were ready to land.

Then the pilot announced that there was/were bird carcass on the runway that needed to be cleared, so we went flying around above some plantations.

He came to fetch me, wasn't too affectionate even after one month's apart (but he did something else to coax me lolxx...).   I should at least be grateful that he is giving a comfortable life no matter how annoying he maybe.....

The house was fine without me, though not spotlessly clean, it was all good and I didn't have much to do.

It was such a memorable flight...... Economy fare 2 way Singapore to Abu Dhabi was around SGD700, I bided in total around SGD700 for biz class, insane good deal.  My sis recently booked one way biz and economy for return it was over SGD4500.  Air tix price went rocket for the last quarter of 2022.

So..... this is precious souvenir....

I am so glad that I am finally done with my Abu Dhabi posts and will move on ASAP to my KL trip.  I really hope to get it done before I fly off to Europe sia, heehee.....