Journey to Brazil - From Frankfurt to Paris

FuFu Journey to Brazil - Part One
From Frankfurt to Paris | 22nd July 2010


Checked-in and got the boarding passes in the morning!

My journey to Latin America started on the 22nd of July (2010). Flying with Air France, flight AF2319 - Voyageur, Airbus A319.

(19:05) Frankfurt International Airport (FRA) Germany
(20:25) Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG), Paris, France

Staying nearly ten months in Frankfurt Germany (two semester), i am continuing my third exchange semester to Curitiba, Brazil for a research project. It was drizzling since the morning. I knew He didn't want me to leave the country but i already had the flight ticket purchased flying to Brazil. Anyway i have decided to spend another ten months slowly and thoroughly travelling here and there in a completely new continent, Latin America.

Frankfurt International Airport is approximately half an hour away from the dormitory by subway and train. And due to i had one big baggage and two middle-sized hand carry bags and a DSLR bag for Canon 450D, i checked-in my large baggage in the morning and got my boarding passes to Paris and Rio de Janerio. After having my late lunch and updating my Facebook status, i met Juan who still hadn't left to Mälmo, Sweden for the exchange semester, and then headed to the airport at 4:30pm.

It was gloomy in Frankfurt but was sunny in Paris. As usual i was taking hundreds of pictures from my hostel to the airport and on the plane. I would never feel boring or lonely even though most of the time i travel alone. I always check-in early and request for or reserve (when i book the ticket online) window seat because the sky has no limit. Also i can observe and enjoy the landscaping of a city or country like a bird. I always get to snap awesome and different pictures. My Canon EOS 450D, Ixy 60 and Little FuFu are my best companions, always.

** Sorry for being late! Since i am done with my Merdeka/Malaysia Project and FuFu Love Story, now i would like to start sharing my journey from Germany to Brazil as well as life and travelling here in Latin America. Expect MANY pictures from me. Are you ready? XD **


Taking Aerotrain to Terminal 2 where SkyTeam partners are based.


The frequent of the train is every 5minutes.


Next station --> Terminal 2.


Heading to Paris Charles De Gaulle International Airport.


Got the SkyTeam mileages updated here. FuFu had almost forgot!


Waiting for the on-board calling.


Wonder how is the flight with Luftansa? Next time gotta try!




On the bus heading to the Airbus A319.


This is Airbus A319 with the staff loading passengers' baggage.



FuFu's first flight with Air France.


Seated.


It started raining again.


Luckily the flight took off as scheduled despite the bad weather.

A steady take-off from Air France. Check out the video!



The take-off was super stable.


Flying higher!


And you see the ground like a piece of ocean on top of certain height.


On top of the first layer of cloud. And you can see other level of cloud.


Phew... the weather was super nice outside of Germany!


Soon or later, flight attendants were all busy moving hear and there.


Refreshing tissue, snacks and drinks served. Enjoying the flight!


Thanks Mother Nature for the visual entertainment!






The Sun too popped up!


And joined the performance entertaining FuFu.










Was feeling extraordinary peace. Gonna love France!




Magnificent!


FuFu seriously enjoyed the show!




The airbus was flying lower.


On top of French territory.


It's located far away from the city.


Just like other major international airports.


"Dear all cabin crews, get ready for landing."


"Sir, please put your seat in upright position."


Yeah. Soon will be arriving Paris!

A smooth landing! Check out the video! Good job Air France!




Safely touched down Charles de Gaulle International Airport.


Heading to the arrival terminal!

To be continued!

FuFu Love Story 之單戀 (特別篇)

FuFu Love Story - Special Edition
The Unrequited Love

*Here i would like to share the article i had written three years ago, posted in another blogging platform. Wish you guys would like it too.*

The thing about dream is you never know what you are going to get. You go to bed hoping for images of prince or princess charming or your loved one and sugarplum fairies, but your subconscious may would have none of it. Anyhow, when i was wandering around Europe (2007) and totally enjoying my adventures, Hello Kitty suddenly showed up in my dream.

Like a night in Barcelona, Spain, one moment i was in bed at the hostel, i suddenly found myself transported to the hospital with a girl lying down on a bed with old oxygen mask and many sophisticated medical equipment surrounded.

"Biiiiiiiiiiiiiiii................"

The sound was damn so annoying. The old screen showing a long green line. I was trying to awake her by giving CPR or even punching her heart. I was crying so bad in that dream. What a weird dream ever i had. Anyway it was the dream i cried the most. More than one litre if i remember correctly.

I then woke up, rolled over the bed and glanced at the ceiling, the sun was about just beginning to peek through the blinds of the window. I had a strong feeling that she would never belong to me anymore. I am not superstitious. Not only things happened for a reason or pictures tell thousands of word. But i also, do believe every dream has a reason or tells a story. Right after brushing teeth and washing face, i took the backpack, checked out and continued my journey jet-setting to Madrid and then London before going back home.

Merry-go-round, FuFu and Hello Kitty at Genting Highland, 2000.

- Fast rewind to January 2000 -

Well anyway, do you ever believe in love at first sight?

We actually knew each other since we were studying Form Six (A-level or Pre-University studies) in Kuala Lumpur. My heart was beating so fast when i first saw her at the campus. She was a beautiful and charming girl with nice personality. We loved to talk to each other. Surprisingly i was the first guy going out with her for a movie, and it was the Valentine's day of the new millennium. Likewise, she was the first girl i had ever dated! No flowers or any romantic celebration, just a movie and simple dinner at Suria KLCC, we totally enjoyed that night. But then, i was too concentrating on my study and had no time to continue dating her out.

Everyone was busy preparing for the examination. STPM (A-level) is considered as the most difficult examination in the world so i turned my full attention preparing for Pengajian Am (General Studies), Fizik (Physics), Kimia (Chemistry), Matematik Tambahan (Advanced Mathematics). Moreover, i had to additionally study for the Japanese Scholarship test which was in English. Thus, i gave up flirting around but locked myself in the room studying.

Observe the classic hairstyle of the young FuFu. (National Zoo, 2001)

Finally i got an offer to study in Osaka, Japan. I had no confidence to maintain a long distance relationship. I knew she would have a brilliant future. Of course she might also not willing to wait for me, a poor student who need scholarship to further his study. So, i chose to let her go instead of confessing my feeling to her. I was then told by one of her besties, couples of months later that she actually had no interest on me at all. Lucky i didn't confess or would be badly embarrassed! Also i knew that she got a boyfriend, and eventually didn't keep in touch with her since then.

Two years later, i received a letter from her when i was in Osaka, Japan. I was so surprised yet happy. She enclosed with a current photo of her and told me that she had broken up with her boyfriend. I was wondering or rather convincing myself if she wanna indirectly tell me that i got a chance. I then decided to reserve my love, again, for her until i have finished my study and start everything from the beginning with her. I studied even harder as i wanna to be an outstanding student, so that we would be a perfect couple. Smart FuFu and pretty Hello Kitty.

This would be the reason clearing up your ponders and wonders why i am still available despite there are so many kawaii and pretty Japanese girls when i was in Japan. Well, i have been locking up my heart and gave the key to her. She was the girl who managed to steal my heart. I felt so sorry to the girls who trying but couldn't cross over the Lover's Bridge to my heart in spite of trying to reach my paradise by using all sort of different ways.


Kinda miss the baby and smooth face FuFu used to have! LOL

- Fast forward to October 2007 -

So, i met her yesterday, a week after my Europe backpacking trip. She is still as gorgeous as six years ago. Nope, she is prettier now. We met up at 2pm, went for lunch at a Korean restaurant in Sungei Wang. We chatted until 5pm. Generally, we both busy kept updating ourselves and sharing our life experiences within these old good six years. Got a sundae each later at McDonald's and talked until 6pm. Her boyfriend showed up. My heart was so pain. It shed a drop of tear, seriously just one single drop. She introduced him to me. There, i talked to him. Found out that he is a son of a millionaire. Owning a printing company and presently building up another multimedia company. He is a nice guy though. It is hard to believe i completely enjoyed talking with him. I hope she would have a bright future together with him and be happy.

How silly FuFu was. He had been closing himself in a dark room, didn't want to commit to any girl. See, he had been waiting her and clapping with a hand himself for nearly 6 years. FuFu doesn't want to waste his springtime anymore. FuFu is not young either and in fact he planned to get married before 30 years old, which is impossible now. Therefore, he decided to open FuFu Paradise to the public since FuFu had got the key back from Hello Kitty. However, FuFu is still travelling around the world now. You could only walk in and visit his heart anytime, Monday to Friday, free of charge, after his world tour which is estimated to be until end of April, 2008.

Do remember the grand opening would probably be around May 2008. Come, come, come. Everyone is welcomed to FuFu Paradise.

p.s. 1 : Again, this article was written on 4th October 2007.
p.s. 2 : I have to respect her so don't ask or look for her identity.
p.s. 3 : The grand opening of FuFu Paradise has been postponed. Please come again after Sept 2011.


Had a nice Korean Luncheon with Hello Kitty. (Sungei Wang, 2007)

FuFu definitely deserves a better one. Don't you guys think so? Anyway, so now you guys have known about FuFu's little puppy love. You may relate this to the previous two articles. Probably you can also figure out FuFu might not want to get hurt or be disappointed again. Five years (2002-2007) in Japan maybe because of HER. The latter three years (2007-2010), until now and will be extended till next year is purposely planned. As what FuFu has said before, he will only start to love and be loved once he has settled down.

That's all. Thank you for reading my lame love stories all these while.





富富愛情故事之單戀 (特別篇)

相信大家都曾經歷過單戀或初戀的
跟大家一樣我也曾有過漂亮的單戀
但老實講我真的對她沒什麽印象了
就當我在開開心心環游世界的時候
也偏偏就在我享受陽光浴後的那晚
在西班牙的巴塞羅那我竟然夢見她
是上天的安排還是我曾沒忘記過呢
連我自己也在那個時候迷失了方向

也相信我們大家都曾經發過許多夢
你們相信夢裏所描述的會是真的嗎
我個人不相信但就不能不接受事實
夢中的她竟然在我眼前瀟灑地離開
我也大聲地在那個夢裏大哭了一場
現實的我從來沒有哭過那麽的痛快
夢醒後就要面對事實她真的離開了
我也繼續享受剩下的歐洲背包之旅

(歡迎乘坐時光機回到2000年年初)

由於我家鄉的中學沒有中六班可讀
馬來文不及格又去不了怡保的名校
就離家去了拉曼學院開始新的學涯
在哪兒我遇到讓我心跳加速的女生
她清秀高雅可愛笑容甜蜜又不失禮
思想有點純真所以經常被我們玩弄
其實每一個男生都對他呵護有加的
我就偷偷地在背後留意以及守護她

我不知道爲什麽我會漸漸地愛上她
可能當時我的朋友都說我們很相配
猶豫了很久我終于鼓起勇氣約了她
買了兩張電影票以及一張情人節卡
沒有錯當天就是二零零年的情人節
沒有花沒華麗的慶祝但真的很開心
我人生第一次的約會就這樣給了她
她跟我說第一個約會她的男生是我

大家都知道大馬高等教育考試很難
加上我還要準備日本獎學金的考試
所以我把所有的時間都專注在學業
希望成績會好然後進好的大學念書
當時候完全沒有想過要立刻談戀愛
後來也知道原來他已經有了心上人
我也成功得到去日本深造的獎學金
得去日本深造五年後才可衣錦還鄉

剛好那個時候電臺一直播流行歌曲
周傑倫的開不了口及戴佩妮的怎樣
每當我聽到這兩首歌我的心就很痛
如果我不是當時向他開不了口的話
如果開了口她接受我那又會怎樣呢
如果我們現在還在一起那會怎樣呢
我們可能深愛著對方握手握到天亮
我的想象力也太過豐富及誇張了吧

就這樣我第一次的單戀化成炮灰了
雖有點不甘心但是我還得接受事實
下定決心接受挑戰去日本專心讀書
但兩年後我收到他的信說她單身了
我很愚蠢地以爲自己還有一線機會
就默默地把書讀好希望有一番作爲
如成了狀元她可能會對我另眼相看
最後我真的學業有成還光宗耀祖呢

(歡迎乘坐時光機回到2007年10月)

從歐洲背包回來後突然想見她一面
約了出來了見面了吃了聊天了聚了
你一句我一句地分享每一點每一滴
還哈哈大笑很開心的一起拍照留念
打算要去看電場影但她說要吃甜品
去了麥儅勞吃雪糕等一個神秘嘉賓
那其實就是他的男朋友超級有前途
很有理想的一位商人我還蠻欣賞他

那天之後我就衷心地祝福他們兩位
希望他可以給她無限的幸福及快樂
然後我就開始準備泰國的背包之旅
又繼續一個人踏上我嚮往的這條路
無論如何這一切都已經是我的過去
我也不會爲了這一些而覺得後悔的
我那條紅線可能綁在其他人的腳上
失去紅顔但學成歸來還環游世界了

世界很公平的不會給多又不會給少
我也安慰地對自己說勉強沒有幸福
緣份還沒有降臨或時機還沒有成熟
就這樣到現在我依然還單身一個人
我的學業一直以來都有很棒的成就
我背包環游世界也是每個人嚮往的
現在也重返讀碩士及繼續背包旅行
但我的愛情史就真的完全見不得人

我真的完全沒有認真談過一次戀愛
天呀我到底是不是豬八戒的托世呀
注定要這一生這一世都被愛情玩弄
問世間情爲何物我還有多少劫要過
您幾時才願意放手讓我得到真愛呀
我相信自己一定會遇到對的人出現
寧可現在空白了手也不向寂寞低頭
耐心等待仔細尋找一次真心的擁抱


FuFu has never changed since 2000! Or no?