Kenangan Pembungkusan Lalu

Sempena ada beberapa org kwn2 dr UiTM yg bakal melanjutkan pelajaran ke Australia, tak lama lagi, terkenanglah proses bungkus-membungkus beg hari tu (chewah..mcm dah lama jer dok sini..hu..hu)

Macam mana aku berjaya mem"pack" hari tu yer...dgn phenin2 lalatnya I supposed. In & out, in & out several times for the whole week.. not forgetting the "forget-me-not" list, the "forgotten" (aka no one told me about it) list & the "tak muat cum terlebih kg" list. Bila dikenang2 semula macam tak percaya jer I managed to do it (with minimum assistance & resistance from my small army).

So I thought maybe today, I'll recap what were the things on all the lists, manalah tau it is helpful, not only for yg baru nak dtg belajar but also as a reminder for me for future travels. The lists should be ongoing & kalau ada yg nak tambah dipersilakan.

FORGET-ME-NOT LIST

All documentations, such as:

1. Passports
2. Visa Email
3. Offer Letter from Uni
4. Financial Affidavits
5. UiTM/Uni's Guide Book (along with the forms) & KPTs documents
6. Banker Drafts/Cheque
7. Cheque Book (Malaysian Bank Account)
8. Children's Imunisation Card
9. School Assesment Letter for schooling children
10. All original & translated identification documents, such as birth certificate, marriage certificates, driving licence, income statement, IELTS, academic transripts
11. Transport confirmation details (if using uni's transport)
12. Contact details of friends in Oz
13. Some stationeries

Self Modesty & Preservation

1. Facial/Skin protection (especially mosturizers & sun block)
2. Toiletries - toothbrush, toothpaste, shaver, soap, syampoo
3. Telekung & Sejadah, Kopiah, Songkok
4. Towels
5. House slippers (for winter)
6. Supplements & Medications for fever, flu, eczema, diaarhea, headache, cough
7. Ointment - rare ones like Minyak Gamat, Bam2 Pala dsbnya
8. Hair cream, Brylcream (very expensive here)
9. Cotton Quilt (with no cover to lessen the weight)
10. Sarung Bantal & Cadar
11. Clothing for 2 weeks proper, night & day, inside & out (of course)
12. Shoes - comfortable walking ones, sports, leather & sandals (feet paraphernalia is very expensive in Oz)
13. 1 @ 2 Tubes, leggings, tights @ thermal underware, socks
14. Tudung all basic colours (up to you lah, I'm not very fashion savvy) & brooches
15. Jackets @ Sweaters for each family member (more if in winter)
16. Diapers (if you have tots, definitely)
17. Buku2 Resepi, Petua2, Fardhu Ain, Qiraati
18. Kain Batik @ Sarung
19. Baju kurung
20. Eye paraphernalia - extra lenses, washing solutions & raybans
21. Some cloth hangers
22. Children's Swim Wear

Gadgets

1. Camera
2. Video Camera
3. Multimedia cards (for storage)
4. Multimedia Card Reader
5. Pendrives
6. External hardrives
7. USB cabels with different ends (eg. for printers, cameras - very expensive here & sold separately)
8. Headphones with microphone
9. Laptop and all attached software CDs, with protective knapsack
10. Jam loceng @ yg sewaktu dgnnya
11. Mobiles & chargers
12. Other important CDs - like fav DVD movie for the children, lagu raya (isk..isk), Adobe Professional
13. Gunting & ketip kuku (it's very annoying not having them, at times when u really need it)
14. Basic tupperware items, like small tumbler, a medium size microwaveable tupperware (I used it to stock the medicine in the bag)
15. Electrical Extensions
16. Ipods @ sewaktu dgnnya
17. Calculators
18. Benang & jarum
19. Others u thot u cannot live without (like in our case frame buai baby)

(Prolonged) Survival

1. Cash - AUD 1000 would do for the first week
2. Credit Card - for certain payments such as tolls, recharging phone card online
3. Dried Food such as Chicken & Tom Yam stock cubes (our cooking essentials)
4. Formula (if you have tots, like me..) & Bottles

FORGOTTEN (PLEASE DON'T FORGET ME IF YOU CAN)

1. Travel Adapter (for Malaysian Eletrical items)
2. Umbrella with UV sun shade
3. Non fitted bed sheet
4. Software CDs (Malaysian should know what I mean, ;-0)
5. Rice cooker, blender

THE COULD NOT QUITE FIT IN THE BAG (THE POSTED) LIST

1. More clothing for the children
2. More baju kurung
3. More diapers
4. More tupperwares
5. Books & articles relevant to the research
6. Air bed with pump
7. Drill (kononnya Ibrahim nak jd MacGyver)

Well, imagine trying to stock all these stuff while at the same time making sure each bag doesn't exceed the 30 kg per bag limitation imposed by MAS and overall combined weight of 80 kgs. Every now & then we were weighing the bags & boxes. Sakit2 tulang belakang menimbang. Itu tak termasuk, arranging the items, so that liquids and dangerous gadgets like scissors, ketip kuku stays in the cargo below and items that you need to declare, like dried food, formula, medicines stays in one place, for easy inspection by customs. You really don't want your 20kg something bag to be exposed in customs line, not a pretty sight, especially if you are the kind of person who always pack your underwears & stuff on top of the bag..hu..hu.

We were also trying to maximise our hand luggage entitlements, worth about 15 ++ kgs, which finally ended us up with too many dangling bags, not to mention dangling children. But then again, how many times in your lifetime do you actually migrate to another country. So believe me, when the time is up, you'll get it done, definitely. Bak kata org Oz "No worries, mate!"