{"id":304,"date":"2005-05-30T16:25:36","date_gmt":"2005-05-30T16:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/?p=304"},"modified":"2005-05-30T16:25:36","modified_gmt":"2005-05-30T16:25:36","slug":"sooooo_early_updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/sooooo_early_updated\/","title":{"rendered":"Sooooo Early (updated)!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s 0700.  I\u2019m at the MRT transfer station to get to Changi Airport.  The sun rose like a flaming orange ball.  And ALREADY it\u2019s hot!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/earlysg.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/earlysg.html','popup','width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/earlysg-thumb.jpg?resize=160%2C120\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIt was hot lugging my bags to Bugis MRT from InnCrowd.  And why am I up so frackin\u2019 early?  I\u2019m flying to BKK today on my first visit.  I hear it\u2019s hot over there.  Hotter than SIN.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nThen I got hotter when I found out from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jetstarasia.com\">JetStarAsia<\/a> that I could only check one bag and that if I wanted to bring my other duffle, it would cost S$50.  Each way.  And then they tried to persuade me to bring my bag, \u201ckept baggage will be the same price, lah\u201d.<br \/>\nI called the left baggage office and found out it would be S$15 for three days (I arrive back at Changi on Friday).  What are these JetStarAsia agents on, commission or crack?  Despite either case, I left my duffle with my suit and shoes at Changi.<br \/>\nJetStar Asia has brand new Airbasi A320s<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/jetstarasia2.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/jetstarasia2.html','popup','width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/jetstarasia2-thumb.jpg?resize=160%2C120\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ndecked out in the latest in dead cow.  I mean leather.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/jetstarasia1.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/jetstarasia1.html','popup','width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/jetstarasia1-thumb.jpg?resize=160%2C120\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe seats are comfy and seat pitch is fine if you\u2019re in an exit row, which I am.  Because it looks like the seat pitch in a non-exit row is 29\u201d.  Sorta like Southwest.   They sell things here too.  Duty free.  Drinks.  Food.  But the service is nice, nevertheless.<br \/>\nI\u2019m staying at the Number One Guesthouse in Sumkavit.  It\u2019s supposed to be clean and cheap and has broadband.  Like that!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s 0700. I\u2019m at the MRT transfer station to get to Changi Airport. The sun rose like a flaming orange ball. And ALREADY it\u2019s hot! It was hot lugging my bags to Bugis MRT from InnCrowd. And why am I up so frackin\u2019 early? I\u2019m flying to BKK today on my first visit. I hear &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/sooooo_early_updated\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sooooo Early (updated)!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2005-05-nrt-hkg-sin"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2mgIi-4U","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}