♔ Le Blue Sky de Tea Wonderland ♔ 〉阿茶乐园之雨后天晴 : LIMA’13 Day 1

Sunday, April 7, 2013

LIMA’13 Day 1

~ LIMA’13 ~

I’m so happy when knew that I can join LIMA with UPNM students. LIMA’13 known as Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition 2013, this is an annual event. Visitors used to book their hotels few years before the event. With LIMA, really hit the Langkawi incoming tourist rate; make Langkawi’s tourism until boom. During LIMA season, hotels in Langkawi fully booked, homestay fully rent, public transport very crowded, and tourism attraction enter peak time, ferry fully seated every schedule. This time we together 38 students, 2 ALK officers and 2 HEPA officers, besides than ferry fees and food, everything were sponsored by HEPA UPNM included accommodation, bus transportation and LIMA trade visitor pass. We were the 1^st university students who able to enter LIMA on the 2^nd and 3^rd day, because usually these days are special days for world trade visitors, VVIP, and big big person. LIMA’13 organized for 5 days, 26-29 March 2013 for trade visitors, RM50 per person, while on 30 March 2013 was for public visitors, only RM10 per entry.

~ Trade Visitor Pass ~

~ Perlis floating mosque when the sky still dark ~

On 26 March 2013, was a beautiful Tuesday, we skipped classes on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, hehe J On that night 2100H, we departed from UPNM to Jetty Perlis, journey took 8 hrs and we reached Jetty Perlis at 0500H. We rest at Perlis floating mosque while waiting Muslim friends to pray. We change on our uniform before get on the ferry. At the terminal ferry, saw so many navy officers who waiting ferry to go for LIMA’13 also.

~ Ferry Express Bahagia-98 brought us to Langkawi ~

~ Langkawi welcome us ~

0800H on 27 March 2013, get the chance to sit in a ferry after so long, finally departed to Langkawi, the beautiful island of Kedah. I went to Langkawi when I was small, then this was my 2^nd time to be there I think. 1hr journey from Jetty Perlis – Jetty Langkawi. After that, we headed to our homestay. Many people were wondering and asked me about my accommodation at there, they worried no place to stay. Luckily one of our senior is from Langkawi, his grandma rent 4 home stay for us with cheaper price. Our room still equipped with air-conditioner, so great. J

~ Or homestay, look very peaceful ~

Around 1100H morning, we went to our most important destination – LIMA’13 Aerospace Exhibition at Mahsuri International Exhibition Cetre. Wow, so many officers, non-stop of salute them. Aerospace Exhibition got 2 parts included indoor exhibition and outdoor aircraft exhibition. Many aircraft formation shows above our head, awesome shows and really open my eyes. Many aircraft showing there. The moment you hear the shocking sound from aircraft, it really can move until your deep heart and you will suddenly shout out: “WOW!!!” Even the exhibition inside the hall was also very nice, get to know many companies from other countries. Watching the development of technology nowadys, really feel respect to the scientist. Hope one day technology of Malaysia can be developed as other countries.

~ 4 Aircrafts in formation ~

~ Eurofighter Typhoon ~

~ 6 aircrafts ~

~ With aircraft ~

~ They coming down..wooosh…. ~

~ Diesel – Electric Submarine Amur 950 ~

~ JSM – Joint Strike Missile ~

~ Inside the exhibition hall ~

~ RAFALE ~

~ Augusta Westland ~

~ Driving an aircraft ~

~ Wow, with Omega Tanker ~

~ Test mic on Omega Tanker, haha ~

~ With officer from Royal Australia Air Force ~

~ With officer of P3 –C Orion aircraft ~

~ With US Navy officer ~

~ with Royal Malaysian Air Force EC 725 ~

~ With Special Forces aircraft ~

~ sitting on 9M -ST1 ~

We visited LIMA’13 Aerospace Exhibition for around 5hrs, get a lot of new information. At that moment, we almost forget we haven’t had our lunch. J After that we went for Pekan Kuah where a place famous with duty – free shops. When enter a duty free shop, I saw a lot of chocolate and can’t control my hands la. On the 1^st day in Langkawi, I just can tell you I spent RM 105 on chocolates. J Then, we back to homestay to rest.

~ I collected information about travel in Langkawi and LIMA’13 for my knowledge, J ~

~ Chocolates for RM105, still not enough to distribute leh ~

Definitely felt very tired, and still proceed to another activity. We had BBQ in front of our homestay. Wa, very full, got BBQ chickens, French fries, fried rice, hot dogs. Untill 12am, we finally can take a rest.