Slumdog Wins The Golden Globe

The winners were announced today and as predicted, the underdog Hindi film wins the Golden Globe grabbing Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Original Score.

Oscars nominations will be announced on the 22nd and the heat is on for SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE.

And so for Kate Winslet, she won two awards Best Actress for Revolutionary Road and Best Actress in a supporting role for The Reader. She has 5 nominations in Oscar already so I am hoping that this time, she wins the little man.

Galley or Cabin

I was upgraded from my standby to KTM, Kathmandu which is expected because many crew are getting sick from weather changes or for something else.

So when I checked the roster, okay, 3rd in seniority only in staff no. ( I don't want to use that word!) because many are taking advantage of that superficial word, hello you are 21 and I'm what? a decade older so have respect! Just kidding!

By the way, high-way so, I was kinda relax given that my pick-up that day was 1110H but when I called "transpo", they said 1120H is my pick-up, fine but Hey, it's 1137H and the pick-up is still in the loop, well, to cut the long story short, I got stressed because I am late & I hate being late, period! Grrrrrrr!

Luckily, all of us were late, Har Har Har

So, the briefing questions came, it went okay and finally C/M Nohuzk gave the position, Ebora- R4. Whuwhatttt?

But I'm only freaking at the back of my head, yet still maintaining my composure, thank you I said. After 14 months of putting me in LR3 or Duty Free, now I will take the galley... I'm excited and nervous, why? Because I want my cabin operators feel that they are well taken care of. All of a sudden, all the great galley operators from my previous airlines and here in EY came to me but God, all of them are coming & I don't know which one to infuse in my system because it's been a long time since I have that position.

I took a deep breath and told myself like in the deodorant t.v commercial " Kaya Ko To ( I can do it! )" with my hand clasping... Ha Ha Ha

I move fast but I need to concentrate and be efficient and effective, fast is just being fast but being effective and efficient are both different character. So I reassured myself while counting the meal carts, the frozen foods and all. This is it!

I was lucky that most of the crew I'll flew with were trained well, they know what to do, no attitude, willing to help and assist and funny. So a 3 1/2 hours flight and 5 hours coming in and out of KTM seems like 30 minutes only. I enjoyed every minute, I didn't eat well, I let them finished eating, like a dear mother-goose. And should I say thank's to the wonderful galley operators I flew with which served as my inspiration of becoming one like you, hopefully.

Everyday is a learning experience and for sure, my experience today will serve as a "post it" day.

Unusual Suspect

I'm kinda slow today so I apologize for not flooding your inboxes by my thoughts, insight and nothings today. I woke up late because the itchiness caused by the rashes on my neck almost killed me last night, so I overdosed myself with the anti-histamine medicine to calm my nerves and skin.

After taking a bath around 10 in the morning, I was lucky to have a policeman walking beside me so when I waved to the taxi, the "PATAN" driver stopped in no time. " Al Noor Hospital" Please.

I rushed to the 10th floor hoping that I will be the first one, guess not! It's Saturday and it's jammed pack with crew and pilots either on sick-leave or for validation of sick leave. I have nothing against this because I was once like that, when the last resort is to call on sick for a flight but I realized that what JAM told me last lunch time about the book we all read, " The Boy Who Cried Wolf " by B.G Hennessy.

Anyway, my concern is my neck which will hold the crown so I enlisted myself to nurse and prepared myself to wait in vain for my name to be called. At long last after almost 1 hour and a half, long chat with old and new friends, Ate Aimee, Cristia and Nerissa, I was assigned to Dr. Natalia...Very Russian Roulette, she did the Secondary Survey and then swabbed my neck, wrote the medicines and khalas, I'm off.

I bid goodbye to the fellow crew and I was hoping that the I will not be called for my standby tomorrow, with the rate the clinic is going, many will still call on sick and true enough, as I was writing this blog, the very enticing and irritating red, bold and flashing alert said that I have a changed in roster. KTM! Viola, after 1 year, I will fly again to my native land, Nepal, as many of the people either tells me, you for CHINA, hello? Do I have China Eyes, Yellow Skin and Nihao Accent? Ah... Nepal? Ha Ha Ha... Nepal it is...

So, whoever called in sick for KTM tomorrow, thank you! Yes, From the bottom of my heart because, hey, its duty time right so I rather do something than stay at home for another 6 days staring at my wall, thinking what paint should I put. So, PRODUCTIVITY is my word for the day.

It's a bit itchy still... Please... I don't want to scratch it... Please!

I miss posting the things I learned today, it seems that multiply saw that I have too many thoughts that they disabled the icons for Photos in the blog tab, Just kidding.

Now that the anti-histamine is taking effect, I need to read first questionnaires before I pass out.

Good night!

Ciao Ciao De Carabao

We Love Stephen Sprouse

Louis Vuitton pays tribute to contemporary designer Stephen Sprouse who did transform the classic monogram to a more upbeat design and style. Though the world wide launch of the LV Graffiti starts today, according to a dear friend Ronnie, LV Manager of Abu Dhabi, UAE launch will be not later than February 2009.

So if you have enlisted yourself for the new design, I suggest to wait a little more.

OSCAR STATUETTE

The Oscars - February 24th 1700H PT/ 2000H ET

It's been called "the Academy statuette," "the golden trophy" and "the statue of merit." The entertainment trade paper,Weekly Variety, even attempted to popularize "the iron man." Thankfully, the term never stuck. Born in 1928, the Academy Award of Merit — which we know as simply "the Oscar" — depicts a knight holding a crusader's sword, standing on a reel of film with five spokes, signifying the original branches of the Academy: Actors, Writers, Directors, Producers and Technicians.

Weighing 8.5 pounds and standing 13.5 inches tall, the statuette was designed by MGM's chief art director Cedric Gibbons. Frederic Hope, Gibbons' assistant, created the original Belgian black marble base; artist George Stanley sculpted the design; and the California Bronze Foundry hand cast the first statuette in bronze plated with 24-karat gold.

The Origin of the Oscar Name

A popular but unsubstantiated story has been that the moniker caught on after Academy librarian and eventual executive director Margaret Herrick said that the statuette resembled her Uncle Oscar. Its first documented mention came after the sixth Awards Presentation in 1934 when Hollywood columnist Sidney Skolsky used it in reference to Katharine Hepburn's first Best Actress win. The Academy itself didn't use the nickname officially until 1939.

Oscar has changed his look on occasion. From the 1930s through the 50's, juvenile players received miniature replicas of the statuette; ventriloquist Edgar Bergen was presented with a wooden statuette with a movable mouth; and Walt Disney was honored with one full-size and seven miniature statuettes on behalf of his animated feature SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS. In support of the World War II effort between 1942 and 1944, Oscars were made of plaster, to be traded in for golden statuettes after the war. Additionally, the base was raised and changed from marble to metal in 1945. And in 1949, Academy Award statuettes began to be numbered, starting with No. 501.

I am hooting for Slumdog Millionaire, Brad Pitt, Kate Winslet & Meryl Streep

A Great Gadget For Us Camwhores!

There is a new gadget now for us who loves taking photos of ourselves, a bit narcissist but true. So there is a new gadget for all of us, for people who loves to travel and take pictures without bugging and hassling others to say 1, 2, 3 Say Cheese!

QUICK POD a revolutionary product that is both handy and easy to use. It was featured at OPRAH's O MAGAZINE as one of her O List. 

I'm just waiting for Aramex to buzz me, please don't hold it. I will try to buy extra and hand it to some of my friends and let them try it and who knows I can have it supply to other crew.