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It has been more than a year since the last time I wrote here but I will be back soon!
Being a huge fan of The Lord of The Rings, I have always wanted to visit the hobbit village: The Shire. When the chance represented itself, I could not miss it.
After a night out in Auckland with a lovely crew, with a little sleep and a massive hangover I had to wake up at 6 am to be able to visit the shire. Lucky for me, from the hotel to the place it is a 2 hour drive, so I was able to catch a sleep a little. On the way there, you see how beautiful New Zealand is. Misty roads, beautiful sunrise. Great landscape. Breathing fresh air and seeing gorgeous landscape feel like a treatment after Dubai.
Got our tickets and massive coffees to get through the day and started the tour. It was a sunny but chilly beautiful day. Passing trough Bilbo Baggins’ house, remembering the first time I have seen the movies. Drinking ginger beer and all. It was like a fairytale me being there.
I am very lucky to have this opportunity. Thanks to Ezra for coming with me and enjoy the day. It is nice to share it with a lotr fan. Here are some photos for you to enjoy as well.
Stay safe people!
Wow it’s been like three months since my last post. That’s a very long time.. Opps!
Well.. I have been flying since june and had the chance to see beautiful cities and meet nice people. Entering my third month of flying, my fav destination is Sydney by far.
After a 13 hour of tiring flight we arrived to Sydney by 10pm. Right after we checked in to the hotel, the captains, fos and I head down to the bar close to the hotel. Chilly weather felt really nice after Dubai’s heat. Being able to sit outside without sweating was a plus side 🙂
I couldn’t sleep that night. I don’t know it was because of jetlag or being very tired, I was up by 6am. At least I was able to catch the breakfast which i usually miss by oversleeping lol. Around 10am I met two other crew to walk around the city. Was a beautiful sunny day of Sydney.
In two days i go to Australia again but this time to Perth. And after that one I’ll be heading to Jakarta, Cape Town, Beijing and London. Although, since I lost my phone in Prague ( whole another story :D) I have a crappy phone for now and no camera. I dont know how I will capture the moments. Guess we’ll be using other crew’s phone etc 🙂
Anyways, I leave you with some photos from Sydney. Enjoy!
It’s been a quite while since my last post. Apologies! I’ve been very busy since day 1. Let me cut to the chase.
Dubai is amazing! So lively I must say. My first week was all about induction. Presentation about the company, city etc. And the following week we started our Sep training. Safety and emergency precudures. They give a lot of information to take in. If you study it’s not hard but you have to study.
Yesterday I had my first exam. I got 90! Could have been 100 but I changed two answers before I submitted my test, if I didn’t I would have gotten the full score, silly me. However, doesn’t matter I passed anyways.
Next week is the last week of Sep training. I gotta study hard. Wish me luck 🙂
I will update this blog more often once I get the chance. Now, I leave you with some photos. Enjoy!
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It’s been almost 7 months since my final interview. It has been a long journey for me but I almost come to the end. Only 14 days left to go. 🙂
I already started packing. It’s not like going on a holiday. I’m packing my whole life, but limited to 50 kg. Emirates allows you to take 50 kg baggage (not including cabin baggage or else). I almost emptied my room. Gave the clothes that I’m not using anymore to charity. Sorted out the papers, pictures, souvenirs. Feels weird to do all of these things.
Leaving family and friends will be really hard but I don’t want to think this side of the topic. I’m just enjoying time with them.
And my city Izmir.. I was born and raised here. I truly love my city. I know that I’ll miss a lot. The other day, I went out and went to the sea side. Rented a bike and rode it along the way to the Downtown. It was such a lovely day. Sea, sun, warm weather, beautiful people around.
Golden Call doesn’t mean you get the job! There are some paperwork and medicals to complete before joining. Passport copy, updated cv and medical examinations are necessary to get final approval.
After GC, I received an e-mail with my username and password in to log-in to candidate portal. In this portal, there are several steps to complete as I mentioned above. First, you accept the contract. It was a nice feeling to click on the accept button after all these waiting 🙂
Since my passport was expired, I applied for a new one. Shockingly, I got the new one in two days and were able to upload it to the portal. Later on, I went to the travel health center in my town to get some vaccinations. Luckily, it was free of charge. However, getting 5 vaccinations in one day is not fun at all :).
I also had a dentist appointment that week to check my teeth and get an x-ray. My teeth was in good condition, so my doc just signed my paper.
I was expecting this paperwork would be more complicated and pain in the ass but in 15 days I got my all papers and got my final approval… Yay!!!!
Now, I’m just waiting my time to come… 4th of April. Only two weeks left… Getting more and more excited 😀
After I got my YWBC (You will be contacted) status on a tragic day, I was hoping to get my Golden Call (GC) asap. Normally, after receiving YWBC, you get GC within few days. Everybody who I told that I got the job was asking me when I was leaving. As I checked on Facebook, people who got their YWBC and then GCs, late of February and beginning of March were the new joining dates, so I told people that I’m leaving on that period of time.
However, a couple of days passed without any call. I was getting more and more excited to get my call. Few days later after YWBC, Emirates changed the web site and put a brand new candidate portal. Everything we knew was changed. All the statuses like Applied, AIP, AUR were gone. Instead, we had new ones like, Interview completed (IC), Joining formalities in progress (JFIP). Mine was IC first but it changed to JFIP within few days.
Two weeks passed… Still nothing… I was getting frasturated. Almost everybody who had YWBC that time got their calls but me and few others. Other leftover like me were guys, so we thought that they already filled the guy positions for March joiners and we needed to wait for new training dates. That means waiting for another month.
It was the second week of February. 11th to be exact. I checked the famous Facebook group (Emirates Approval in Progress Status) to see if there are any updates and… Yeah, they started to give GCs again for April joiners. I got so excited, hoping to get my call that day, because I couldn’t even wait for another day after waiting for a month with JFIP status. It was 8am when I saw GC rain had started. After hours and many GCs, I was still hoping that day was my day too…
It was already passed 1:30pm. I was having lunch and checking twitter, facebook to kill time. Suddenly, my phone started to ring….
It was my freaking GOLDEN CALL!!! 😀 A number with +971 code was calling me and on the screen United Arab Emirates was written.
I jumped from my sit and picked up the phone…. Hello?…. Yes Yes Yes!!! That was my GC. The lady over the phone congratulated me that I got the job and asked me if I could come to Dubai on the 4th of April… Of course I can come on the 4th 😀
I hanged up the phone. I was over the moon. Months of waiting was over. I got it!!! I called my parents and my friends to give the good news. All of them were excited and upset at the same time because this means I’m leaving the country.
That was it. I was going to Dubai for a new adventure. However, I had paperwork and medicals to complete before joining.
Now, I will tell a story of my happiest and one of the worst day of my life.
On a Wednesday evening, I took my dad’s car and I went out with my friends. We had a pleasant evening and I slept over in my friends place that night. I had a day-off next day from work so I was kinda happy to get some sleep. My phone’s battery was dead when we went back home, so I put it into charger in the living room and switched to silent mode because I didn’t want to disturb her flatmate if phone rings or whatever.
Next day, 9th of January, Thursday. I woke up at 9am, had a coffee and went to the living room to check my phone. I saw that my mother called me for 15 times. Obviously something was wrong. I immediately called her back. She told me, my grandpa was in the hospital and asked me to come to the hospital asap.
I got into the car and went straight to the hospital. I didn’t think it was that serious because he was healthy those days. Before I started my car, I check the Emirates site from my phone since it became a habit. I was doing that daily without paying attention. It was the same. No news.
I parked the car, started walking to the Emergency Room. I ran into my father outside. He told me what the situation was.
That morning around 4:30am, my grandpa went to the toilet and after a while my grandma woke up to some noises. When she checked the toilet, she saw my grandpa laying on the ground unconsciously. First she called for an ambulance then she called my mom immediately, asking for help. My grandpa had an hearth attack. When my parents went there, doctors were already performing a CPR on him for 15 minutes and that kept going for another 30 minutes. They took him to hospital by the time my grandpa had a pulse. On the way to the hospital, they lost the pulse and tried to get it again and they did. My grandpa was in the intensive care unit. Trying to hold on to his life. However, the doctors told my parents and grandma that his condition is very bad and we should we prepared for the bad news.
I went inside to see my mum and grandma. I hugged and tried to comfort them. I wanted to see my grandpa. I needed that. Maybe it was going to be the last time and few days earlier he told my grandma that he missed me and wanted to see me. However, they didn’t let me in to the intensive care room. I lied them that I came out of town with a plane and had to see him one last time. The security guy told me, he will take me in as soon as head doctor leaves the room.
I went back to ER. Hoping to get some good news or even chance to see him. Waiting and waiting. At one point, I checked my phone again since we had nothing to do but wait. I logged in, I was looking in to my phone’s screen with my teary eyes. That can’t be happening. I zoomed in and saw that message. YWBC….
I didn’t know how to react. My mom and grandma were next to me. I looked at my mother and said, “I’m going to Dubai ma! I’m in.”. Both of them were shocked as I was. They started crying and hugging each other. I immediately ran to my dad. He was talking on the phone with his colleague. “Dad, I’m moving to Dubai!” He was the same. Freaked out. We hugged each other and started to cry. In a normal situation, we probably would be just happy and not cry but it was such a emotional day for all of us. I called my best friend right after this. I was telling him the same. While I was on the phone, my dad called me, Onur, C’mon they let you in to the Intensive Care room. I hang-up on him and start running there.
Security guy told me the way to my grandpa’s room. It was a big place, I didn’t know which room or place was it. I asked one of the nurses where my grandpa was. She assisted me to his doctor. I talked to the doctor that I wanted to see him. He told me he will check on him one more time and then let me see him but be prepared for the bad news, he said. I was waiting in the corner to see him one last time probably.
Doctor came after few minutes and told me, “I’m sorry for your lost. He didn’t make it.”. Doc said I was able to see him on the way to morgue, if I want to.
Just like that.. He was gone. Couldn’t even see him just like he wanted.
Such a horrible time. My parents and grandma came there after they asked them over the voice tube and got the bad news.
Covered in white sheets, on the way to morgue. Medical attendant approached me asking if I wanted to see him. I wanted to. Maybe not like my grandpa wanted but yeah I needed to see him for the last time.
After crossing halls and corridors where nobody is around. They opened the sheets and left me alone with him for the last time. He was lying there, like he is asleep. There I was, by his side but not the way he wanted. That thought was harsh. Killing me inside. Not being there when he wanted.
We buried him next day. On his birthday, at the age of 70.
Rest in Peace Grandpa.
You will be missed.
Your first grandchild
Onur..
There is not much to say. We pray for MH370
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