Quizinn by RASA

Air Asia flight route AK 39 (source: flightaware).

Going to India always has a thrill in a side of my heart. The provocation of irresponsible information sometimes succeeds in making the guts tremble.

Gusts of news ranging from security factors, culinary hygiene, scam variations, and other gripping things began to cloud my mind that afternoon.

Therefore, before leaving for India, for five days I warmed my guts in Kuala Terengganu and Kuala Lumpur, hoping that by leaving them I would be able to carry courage. But that afternoon it seemed as if I was still building up the courage from zero again.

In the continuation of my adventure, India would be the prelude to my main destination, i.e. the Middle East. Why was that?…. The only reason was that India was always giving many chances to get cheap tickets to the main tourist city in the Arabian Peninsula, i.e. Dubai. In addition to tickets, India also provided a variety of starting points to jump into that city.

As for my adventure history, after New Delhi and Agra two years earlier, this time I chose another point of departure, i.e. Kochi, an exotic tourist destination in southwest India.

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I enjoyed the soft texture of white rice at Quizinn by RASA after 24 hours of not tasting this idol’s food. The white rice at that time also represented the last Ringgit I had, starting the next day I was using Rupees.

Five minutes before the Air Asia Ak 39 check-in desk opened, I finished eating white rice with the last piece of fried egg.

As I stated above, instead of getting excited, my chest was beating fast…” Oh India, please make peace with my adventure this time”, I calmed my heart.

Rising from my seat in a corner of the food court on the 2M floor, I carried my favorite blue backpack. Stepping up to the Departure Hall on the 3rd floor.

“It turned out that the queue was long….”, my confidence to become the first queue fell.

The contortions of the queue, which was dominated by Indians, kept me in the bloated queue. After all, I remained calm, there was still a long way to the flight, still four hours away. I started taking out the zipper bag to prepare documents, i.e. passports, hotel booking confirmations in India, tickets to and from India, and free Indian e-Visa sheets.

“Do you have a Visa?”, the check-in desk staff firmly asked me.

“This is Miss”, I handed over all the documents I had prepared.

“Was Indonesia to India enough with e-Visa, Sir?” That female officer asked her senior colleague.

That senior staff confirmed and that female officer finally printed the boarding pass for me.

The first stage was over, I rushed to the International Departure Gate which was heavily guarded by several Aviation Security. In the front queue, there weren’t a few prospective passengers who were being held back due to carrying too much cabin baggage. In addition to Aviation Security, several Air Asia airline ground staff closely monitored passengers who cheated by carrying excess cabin baggage.

For me?….. It was easy, I pass through the gate without checking. Even with the inspection, I would still pass, because I had weighed the entire load of my backpack before heading to the check-in desk….Easy, only 6.5 kilograms.

“Where is the direction to gate L14?”, I asked myself.

I continued along the long corridors until I descended an escalator which at the bottom was already blocking several columns of the screening gate.

As usual, I always took off my shoes when I pass through the screening gate, it was all because I would feel lazy if I had to repeat the screening process when my shoes rang the screening door.

I easily pass it….

Now I only needed to continue through the remaining corridors to reach gate L14.

One of the corridors in the International Departure Hall is KLIA2.

Those are the directions to the Air Asia AK 39 departure gate.

A little after seven in the evening, I arrived at the gate in question.

“Hhmmmhhhh….An hour and a half to boarding”, I sat on a chair outside the waiting room which was still tightly closed.

I decided to perform the prayer and filled up drink bottles at the free water station. And in the remaining time, I just sit waiting until the waiting room door opens an hour before the flight.

Luckily while waiting, my boredom was dampened by the cute behavior of a little Indian toddler whose behavior was so adorable.

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Waiting in the waiting room, I was again stunned by a large group of Hindu congregation. From the all-black uniform worn, I could identify the congregation as coming from the Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple, located in the State of Kerala, India.

The peculiarity of the Indian Hindu congregation was that they do not use footwear. Some Hindus in India believed that not using footwear was a form of respect for the Gods.

Dressed in black and Lungi*1) was also the religious appearance of the group. I had to sit mingled in the waiting room with their group.

While the view in the glass window was a perfectly parked Airbus A320 Twin Jet aircraft, dominantly white with a blue-red color combination and bearing the tourism promotion jargon “Sarawak More to Discover”.

Waiting patiently for it to end…

Boarding calls for Air Asia flight AK 39 filled the airport ceiling.

I immediately got up and prepared my passport and boarding pass to pass the final inspection of prospective passengers before entering the cabin. Ahhh….I couldn’t wait.

At half past nine I started boarding…..

Passing the aerobridge to the aircraft cabin.

Cabin situation while hunting for a seat.

Look at those Indian citizens…..Do you want to go to India or not?

Entering the cabin of the small-body aircraft, I looked for seat number 11E. On the next 3 hours and 40 minutes of flight, I would sit in the middle column, making it difficult for me to capture beautiful portraits of the earth.

When the boarding process was over, in my row there was only me and one of the Hindu congregation. Therefore, I decided to move to an aisle seat to get relief from the 3,000 km flight.

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To my surprise, when I opened the Travel 360 inflight magazine, I found a self-portrait of a travel influencer that seemed familiar to me. I was very familiar with his surname….Groves.

I made sure it was a beautiful traveler from Aussie whom I had known a year earlier in Samosir, Eloise Groves. He once told a story under the Naisogop waterfall that he had a brother named Jackson Groves who was a travel influencer. Seeing the similarity in the facial expressions of the figure in the inflight magazine I was reading with the figure that often appears on Eloise’s Facebook page, I’m 100% sure it was her big brother.

And it was true, later I would get confirmation from Eloise that it was her sibling after sending a short message through the Facebook messenger application when I arrived in India.

Trying to close my eyes after flipping through Travel 360, I tried to sleep. But I didn’t sleep. That was how I was, never completely fell asleep every time I sat on the plane.

That was Jackson Groves in Air Asia’s Inflight magazine.

Arrive at Terminal 3 Cochin International Airport.

Finally, the awaited time has arrived….

At one o’clock in the morning, Air Asia AK 39 landed at Cochin International Airport, a magnificent airport in the State of Kerala in southwest India.

Thank God….

Now I was even further away from home.

Kochi which was nearly 9,000 km from Jakarta.

Let’s explore….What was in Kochi?

To get flight tickets from Kuala Lumpur to Kochi, you can search for them on 12go Asia Asia with the following link: https://12go.asia/?z=3283832

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Description of the word:

Lungi*1) = A long piece of cloth that is wrapped around the waist and is a typical Indian dress.

Heading to KLIA2 from KL Sentral

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It would take a little longer to take a free service to the inn than riding the LRT “Laluan Kelana Jaya”. But in order to get around for the lack of Ringgit, I still decided to just take the free service of Go KL City Bus.

Hurrying to leave KLCC Park, I headed towards the KLCC bus stop which is located right in front of Suria KLCC. Arriving under the bus stop auspices, the green line of the “Free Bus Service” had been waiting for its passengers.

I rode it to reach the interchange point between lines, namely the Pavilion bus stop. From there I would catch the Go KL City Bus purple line to reach the Pasar Seni Bus Hub, the closest bus stop to my accommodation, namely The Bed Station.

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Cheating underhandedly, I stepped up The Bed Station stairs, hoping not to be spotted by the receptionist when I crossed the inn’s front door. It was because I had checked out that morning, but that time, I forced myself to take a shower in the inn’s shared bathroom on the 3rd floor.

I made it through the reception room on the 2nd floor, at a glance I saw the reception staff were busy serving the inn’s guests who seemed to only just be arriving, indeed I arrived when the check-in period had opened.

Quickly moving, I immediately took a shower to clean all the sweat after walking around town that morning.

As soon as I finished bathing, I immediately went down to the reception desk to pick up the backpack I had left since morning.

The long queue at the reception desk made me invisible when I just came down from the top floor which wasn’t my right to enter it again, let alone to do any activity on that floor….Damn, Donny.

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Succeeding to get a backpack, I rushed to Pasar Seni LRT Station which is only 200 meters from the inn.

When I arrived, I rushed to the automatic vending machine to exchange 1.3 Ringgit for a round blue token. That token would guarantee me to move toward KL Sentral.

The LRT Laluan Kelana Jaya with four wagons arrived to pick me up on the second-floor platform, and then I was following its spinning wheels heading to KL Sentral, which wasn’t even one station apart.

Within 15 minutes, I arrived at KL Sentral….

Down the escalator, I arrived at the first floor, and without long thinking, I immediately rushed to the basement level. I had an advantage in that I memorized the whole layout of KL Sentral, at least I had visited that famous transportation hub seven times. That was what made that so easy for me to reach the Aerobus ticket sales counter.

Aerobus is transportation from KL Sentral to Kuala Lumpur International Airport Terminal 2 (KLIA2) which offers cheap travel when compared to using taxis, the KLIA Transit train, or the KLIA Ekspres.

I handed over 12 Ringgit to get a ticket to the airport.

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A quarter of an hour past four in the afternoon….

After traveling for 45 minutes, I arrived at the 1st floor of Kuala Lumpur International Airport Terminal 2. I was dropped off at one of the platforms at the transportation hub at Gateway@klia2.

Even though my flight would take place at nine in the evening, that didn’t stop me from going straight to the 3rd floor to see more detailed flight information. As usual, I was always detailed and strict about flight schedules, at least that afternoon I had to find out the number of the check-in desk I would exchange my e-ticket for a boarding pass and at what gate my plane would take off.

I couldn’t hide a slight smile from my lips when I managed to get that information on the giant LCD on the 3rd floor.

“17:20, it turns out….”, I thought when I found out when the check-in desk would open.

I decided to do the last congregational prayer in the mosque on the 2nd floor and of course, planned to have dinner afterwards.

Not as usual when I was looking for food at KLIA2. That afternoon the regular restaurant serving cheap Indian food was closing. Was NZ Curry House whose location was covered by renovation boards.

But I don’t bother….

In 2015, I ate at a food court located on the 2M floor. I slightly forgot the position of the food court. But I intended to look for it until I found it. There was a padang-typical restaurant that offers cheap food in the food court.

“That’s it….”, I cheered inside when I saw the food court from a distance.

“Quizinn by RASA….”, I recited the name of that food court.

“Restoran Padang Kota Group….”, yupzzz I saw the restaurant I was looking for.

Presumably not able to linger, I headed for the Padang-typical restaurant and then looked for a menu according to the condition of my wallet. That was when my Ringgit would run out.

Fifteen minutes before checked-in, I was finally able to enjoy a portion of rice for 5.9 Ringgit. That was the rice I ate after I last ate it a day before.

So, that was Quizinn by RASA food court.

My menu that night: White rice, hard-boiled eggs, and vegetables.

Taking a seat, I enjoyed the dinner and then got ready to take my flight.

Was I going home?….

No….The real adventure was about to begin.

I would fly to a city in southern India….KOCHI.

Kesempatan Kedua ke India: Air Asia AK 39 dari Kuala Lumpur (KUL) ke Kochi (COK)

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<—-Kisah Sebelumnya

Jalur penerbangan Air Asia AK 39 (sumber: *flightaware*).

Berangkat ke India selalu saja menyematkan debar di sebuah sisi hati. Provokasi informasi tak bertanggungjawab terkadang sukses membuat gentar nyali. Hembusan kabar mulai dari faktor keamanan, kehigienisan kuliner, variasi scam, serta printilan mencekam lainnya mulai menggelayuti pikiran sore itu.

Oleh karenanya sebelum bertolak ke India, selama lima hari aku memanaskan nyali di Kuala Terengganu dan Kuala Lumpur, berharap keluar dari Negeri Jiran bisa menyandang nyali yang gagah berani. Tetapi sore itu seolah-olah aku tetap saja mulai membangun keberanian dari awal lagi.

Dalam kelanjutan petualangan ini, India akan menjadi pintu pendahuluan menuju destinasi utama, yaitu Timur Tengah. Kenapa demikian?….Alasannya hanya satu bahwa India selalu saja mengiming-imingi tiket murah menuju kota wisata utama di Jazirah Arab, yaitu Dubai. Selain tiket, India juga menyediakan variasi titik tolak untuk melompat ke kota itu.

Sedangkan bagi sejarah petualanganku, setelah New Delhi dan Agra dua tahun sebelumnya, kali ini aku memilih titik tolak lain, yaitu Kochi, sebuah destinasi wisata eksotis di barat daya India.

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Aku menikmati sekali tekstur lembut nasi putih di Quizinn by RASA setelah 24 jam lamanya tak mencicip makanan idola itu. Nasi putih kali ini sekaligus merepresentasikan Ringgit terakhir yang kumiliki, mulai esok hari aku sudah menggunakan Rupee.

Lima menit sebelum check-in desk Air Asia Ak 39 dibuka, aku usai menyuap nasi putih dengan potongan telur kandar terakhir.

Seperti yang kuungkapkan di atas, alih-alih bersemangat, justru dadaku berdegup kencang…”Oh India, berdamailah dengan petualanganku kali ini”, aku menenangkan hati.

Bangkit dari tempat duduk di sebuah pojok food court di lantai 2M, aku memanggul backpack biru kesayangan. Melangkah ke atas menuju Departure Hall di lantai 3.

“Ternyata antrian sudah panjang….”, kepercayaan diriku untuk tiba sebagai pengantri perdana runtuh.

Liuk antrian yang didominasi warga India menahanku di antrian buncit. Toh aku tetap tenang, waktu masih panjang menuju penerbangan, masih empat jam lagi. Aku mulai mengeluarkan zipper bag untuk menyiapkan dokumen, yaitu passport, booking confirmation hotel di India, tiket menuju dan keluar India serta lembaran free e-Visa India.

“Adè Visa kah?”, petugas konter check-in bertanya tegas padaku.

“Ini Cik”, aku menyerahkan segenap dokumen yang telah kusiapkan.

“Indonesiè ke Indiè betulkèh cukup e-Visa, Pak Cik?”. Petugas wanita itu bertanya kepada kolega seniornya.

Petugas senior itu mengonfirmasi dan petugas perempuan itu akhirnya mencetak boarding pass untukku.

Tahap pertama usai, aku bergegas menuju Gerbang Pelepasan Antar Bangsa yang dijaga ketat sejumlah Aviation Security. Di antrian depan, tampak tak sedikit calon penumpang yang tertahan masuk karena terlalu berlebih membawa cabin baggage. Selain Aviation Security tampak beberapa ground staff maskapai Air Asia mengawasi ketat para penumpang yang curang dengan membawa cabin baggage berlebih.

Untukku?…..Itu mudah saja, aku melewati gate tanpa pemeriksaan. Dengan pemeriksaan pun aku akan tetap lolos, karena keseluruhan beban backpack sudah kutimbang sebelum menuju check-in desk….Enteng, hanya 6,5 kilogram.

“Kemana arah menuju gate L14?”, aku bertanya pada diriku sendiri.

Aku terus menelusuri koridor-koridor panjang hingga kemudian menuruni sebuah escalator yang di ujung bawahnya sudah menghadang beberapa kolom screening gate.

Seperti biasa, aku selalu melepas sepatu ketika melewati screening gate, itu semua karena aku akan merasa malas jika harus kembali mengulang screening process ketika sepatuku membunyikan pintu screening.

Aku lolos dengan mudah….

Kini aku hanya perlu meneruskan langkah melalui koridor tersisa demi mencapai gate L14.

Salah satu koridor di *International Departure Hall* KLIA2.

Itu dia petunjuk menuju gate pelepasan Air Asia AK 39.

Sedikit lewat dari jam tujuh malam, aku tiba di gate yang dimaksud.

“Hhmmmhhhh….Satu setengah jam lagi menuju boarding”, aku menduduki sebuah kursi di luar waiting room yang masih tertutup rapat.

Aku memutuskan untuk melakukan shalat jamak qashar dan memenuhi botol minuman di free water station. Selebihnya aku hanya duduk menunggu hingga pintu waiting room dibuka satu jam sebelum penerbangan.

Beruntung selama menunggu, kebosananku redam oleh tingkah lucu seorang balita cilik India yang tingkahnya sangat menggemaskan.

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Menunggu di ruang tunggu, aku kembali tertegun dengan sebuah rombongan besar jama’ah Hindu. Dari seragam serba hitam yang dipakai, aku bisa mengidentifikasi jama’ah itu berasal dari Kuil Sabarimala Ayyappa yang terletak di Negara Bagian Kerala, India.

Kekhasan dari jama’ah Hindu India tersebut adalah tidak menggunakan alas kaki. Beberapa pemeluk Hindu di India memang percaya bahwa tidak menggunakan alas kaki adalah bentuk penghormatan kepada para Dewa.

Berbaju dan ber-Lungi^*1) hitam juga menjadi penampilan religius rombongan tersebut. Mau tak mau aku harus duduk berbaur di ruang tunggu bersama rombongan itu.

Sementara pemandangan di jendela kaca adalah terparkir sempurnanya pesawat Airbus A320 Twin Jet dominan putih dengan kelir kombinasi biru-merah dan bertuliskan jargon promosi pariwisata “Sarawak More to Discover”.

Menunggu dengan penuh kesabaran usai sudah….

Panggilan boarding untuk penerbangan Air Asia AK 39 memenuhi langit-langit bandara.

Aku segera bangkit serta mempersiapkan passport dan boarding pass demi melewati pemeriksaan akhir calon penumpang sebelum memasuki kabin. Ahhh….Aku sudah tak sabar.

Jam setengah sembilan aku mulai boarding…..

Menelusuri *aerobridge* menuju kabin pesawat.

Lihatlah warga-warga India itu…..Kamu pengen ga sih ke India?

Memasuki kabin pesawat berbadan kecil itu, aku mencari bangku bernomor 11E. Dalam penerbangan selama 3 jam 40 menit ke depan, aku akan duduk di kolom tengah, membuatku tak leluasa untuk menangkap potret indah bumi.

Ketika proses boarding usai, di barisku hanya ada aku dan salah seorang dari rombongan jama’ah Hindu itu. Oleh karenanya, aku memutuskan pindah ke aisle seat untuk mendapatkan kelegaan dalam perjalanan udara sejauh 3.000 km tersebut.

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Begitu terkejutnya aku, ketika membuka lembaran Travel 360 inflight magazine, aku menemukan potret diri sosok travel influencer yang rasanya tak asing di mataku. Aku sangat familiar dengan nama marganya….Groves.

Sudah kupastikan itu adalah saudara bule cantik asal Aussie yang kukenal setahun sebelumya di Samosir, Eloise Groves. Dia pernah bercerita di bawah air terjun Naisogop bahwa dirinya memiliki saudara laki-laki bernama Jackson Groves yang merupakan seorang travel influencer. Melihat kesamaan raut muka atas sosok yang ada di dalam inflight magazine yang sedang kubaca dengan sosok yang sering muncul di dalam laman Facebook milik Eloise, aku yakin 100% itu adalah saudaranya.

Dan benar, nantinya aku akan mendapat konfirmasi dari Eloise bahwa itu benar saudara kandungnya setelah mengirimkan pesan singkat melau aplikasi facebook messenger ketika aku tiba di India.

Mencoba memejamkan mata usai membolak-balik Travel 360, aku berusaha tidur. Tetapi sesungguhnya aku tak benar-benar terpejam. Begitulah aku, tak pernah sempurna terlelap setiap duduk di selongsong terbang.

Itu dia si Jackson Groves di inflight magazine milik Air Asia.

Tiba di Terminal 3 Cochin International Airport.

Akhirnya waktu yang ditunggu tiba juga….

Pukul satu dini hari, Air Asia AK 39 mendarat di Cochin International Airport, sebuah bandara megah di Negara Bagian Kerala di sebelah barat daya India.

Alhamdulillah….

Kini aku semakin jauh saja dari rumah.

Kochi yang berjarak darat hampir 9.000 km dari Jakarta.

Yuk kita eksplore….Ada apa saja di Kochi?

Untuk mendapatkan tiket penerbangan dari Kuala Lumpur ke Kochi, Anda bisa mencarinya di 12go Asia dengan link sebagai berikut: https://12go.asia/?z=3283832

Keterangan kata:

Lungi^*1) = Sepotong kain panjang yang dililitkan di pinggang dan merupakan pakaian khas India

Kisah Selanjutnya—->

Menuju KLIA2 dari KL Sentral

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Akan sedikit lebih lama menempuh jalur gratis menuju penginapan dibandingkan menunggangi LRT Laluan Kelana Jaya. Tetapi demi menebus ketiadaan Ringgit, aku memutuskan untuk mengeteng saja dan memanfaatkan jasa Go KL City Bus.

Bergegas meninggalkan KLCC Park, aku melangkah menuju halte bus KLCC yang terletak tepat di depan Suria KLCC. Tiba di bawah naungan halte, deretan armada “Perkhidmatan Bas Percuma^*1⁾” jalur hijau telah menunggu para penumpangnya.

Aku menunggangnya untuk menggapai titik pertukaran antar jalur, yaitu halte bus Pavilion. Dari situlah aku akan menangkap Go KL City Bus jalur ungu demi menggapai Pasar Seni Bus Hub, halte bus terdekat dari penginapanku, yaitu The Bed Station.

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Mengendap-endap curang, aku menaiki tangga The Bed Station dengan penuh harap tak terpergok resepsionis ketika melintas di depan pintunya. Itu karena aku sudah men-check out masa inapku tadi pagi, tetapi kali ini, aku memaksakan diri untuk mandi di kamar mandi bersama lantai 3.

Aku sukses melewati ruang resepsionis di lantai 2, sekelebat kulihat staff resepsionis itu sedang sibuk melayani tamu-tamu penginapan yang tampak berdatangan, memang aku tiba ketika masa-masa check-in telah dibuka.

Bergerak cepat, aku segera mandi untuk meluruhkan segenap keringat setelah sedari pagi tadi berkeliling kota.

Begitu selesai berbasuh, aku segera turun ke meja reception untuk mengambil backpack yang telah kuititipkan sedari pagi.

Penuhnya antrian di meja resepsionis membuatku tak terlihat ketika baru turun dari lantai atas yang sebetulnya sudah bukan menjadi hak bagiku untuk menaikinya lagi, apalagi untuk beraktivitas apapun di lantai itu….Dasar, Donny.

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Berhasil mendapatkan backpack, aku bergegas melangkah menuju Stasiun LRT Pasar Seni yang berjarak hanya 200 meter dari penginapan.

Begitu tiba, aku bergegas menuju automatic vending machine untuk bertukar 1,3 Ringgit dengan token bulat berwarna biru. Token itulah yang akan menggaransiku untuk bisa berpindah menuju KL Sentral.

LRT Laluan Kelana Jaya bergerbong empat tiba menjemputku di platform lantai dua, untuk kemudian aku larut dalam putaran roda kereta menuju KL Sentral yang jaraknya tak berselang satu stasiun pun.

Dalam 15 menit, aku tiba di KL Sentral….

Menuruni escalator aku tiba di lantai satu dan tanpa berfikir panjang segera bergegas menuju basement level. Aku punya satu keuntungan bahwa segenap denah KL Sentral telah kuhafal di luar kepala, setidaknya sudah tujuh kali aku menyambangi transportation hub kenamaan Negeri Jiran tersebut. Hal itulah yang membuatku dengan mudah menggapai konter penjualan tiket Aerobus.

Aerobus adalah transportasi dari KL Sentral ke Kuala Lumpur International Airport Terminal 2 (KLIA2) yang menawarkan perjalan murah jika dibandingkan menggunakan taksi, kereta KLIA Transit ataupun KLIA Ekspres.

Aku menyerahkan 12 Ringgit untuk mendapatkan selembar tiket menuju bandara.

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Seperempat jam lewat dari pukul empat sore….

Setelah menempuh perjalanan 45 menit, aku tiba di lantai 1 Kuala Lumpur International Airport Terminal 2. Aku diturunkan di salah satu platform di transportation hub di Gateway@klia2..

Walaupun penerbanganku akan berlangsung pukul sembilan malam, hal itu tak menyurutkan langkahku untuk segera menuju lantai 3 untuk melihat informasi penerbangan lebih detail. Seperti biasa, aku selalu detail dan strict perihal jadwal terbang, setidaknya sore itu aku harus mengetahui di check-in desk nomor berapa aku akan menukar e-ticket dengan boarding pass serta di gate berapa pesawatku akan di lepas.

Senyum tipis tak bisa kusembunyikan dari bibir ketika aku berhasil mendapatkan informasi itu di LCD raksasa lantai 3.

“Jam 17:20, ternyata….”, aku membatin ketika mengetahui kapan check-in desk akan dibuka.

Aku memutuskan untuk melakukan shalat jamak takhir di surau lantai 2 dan tentu berencana mencari makan malam setelahnya.

Tak seperti biasanya ketika aku mencari makan di KLIA2. Sore itu restoran langganan yang menyajikan makanan murah khas India sedang tutup. Adalah NZ Curry House yang lokasinya tertutp oleh papan-papan renovasi..

Tapi aku tak ambil pusing….

Pada 2015, aku pernah makan di sebuah food court yang berlokasi di lantai 2M. Aku sedikit lupa posisi food court itu. Tapi aku berniat mencarinya hingga ketemu. Ada restoran ala padang yang menawarkan makanan murah di food court tersebut.

“Itu dia….”, aku bersorak dalam hati ketika melihat food court itu dari kejauhan.

“Quizinn by RASA….”, aku melafal nama medan selera^*2) tersebut.

“Restoran Padang Kota Group….”, yupzzz aku melihat restoran yang kucari.

Kiranya tak bisa berlama-lama, aku menuju restoran ala padang itu kemudian mencari menu sesuai dengan kondisi dompet. Inilah saat dimana Ringgitku akan habis.

Lima belas menit sebelum check-in akhirnya aku bisa menikmati seporsi nasi seharga 5,9 Ringgit. Inilah nasi yang kumakan setelah terakhir aku memakannya kemarin siang.