Sunday, May 22, 2022

COVID19 Pandemic: Quarantine in Malaysia's Hotel (Long-postponed post)

 Assalammualaikum and hellooo! 

[This post is meant to be posted on year end of 2020 haha!]

Okay sebab tengah rajin ni so nak sambung terus 2nd post about COVID in 2020! Haha alright as I said, it was not really bad while in Aussie but at that time, Australia has closed its borders from anyone outside. This means no travelers allowed, no one except Australian citizens can enter their country. The thing is, 2020 is my third year in USYD and usually, at the end of the year (during Australia's Summer), we are required to do practical training for about 200 hours. Long story short, I decided to do my internship in Malaysia because everyone knows how hard it is for international students to get an internship placement in Australia, plus that was also what our seniors usually did. Go back to Malaysia for an internship and then come back for the fourth year. It was really a hard decision to be made because we were afraid that once we go back to Malaysia, we are unable to enter Aussie in 2021 since they are strictly closing their borders due to the pandemic, but that's what we did anyway because we think it's best to complete our internship in Malaysia while hoping that the pandemic will end soon.

Long story short, I and Zaki boarded a flight back to Malaysia on 27 September 2020. We boarded MAS because that was the only airline that is able to enter Australia (due to the pandemic, many airlines cease their operations and flights available are also very limited). It was a really nice flight, andd that's actually the first time me and Zaki board a flight together and sat beside each other. Well not really beside each other, because there needs to be a seat in the middle to be left empty as social distancing is important these days. Hashtag halal gap haha! Then once we touched down, we went through a strict process in the airport. This includes filling up different kinds of forms, first time using the MySejahtera app (an app that was exclusively developed for everyone in Malaysia during this pandemic), doing COVID19 swab test and queing to get into a bus that will bring us to our quarantine hotel! A little bit about the swab test, they swabbed my troat and nose, the nose one is a bit painful to me hehe. 

Now we were not being told what quarantine hotel we will be placed at, at that time I don't mind any except this one hotel in Shah Alam because I read bad reviews about it haha! Well our bus ride was not that long, in fact it just took about 10 minutes haha >.< We were brought to the hotel that is just beside KLIA2 which is the Tune Hotel. After zaki and I settled the process for check in, we went to our rooms and luckily our rooms are just beside each other hehe. Overall, my stay there for 14 days (28 Sept 2020 to 10 Oct 2020) was really nice, the room is nice and the food (we got 3x a day) is especially really good!! Alhamdulillah

I'm not talking any further but here are some photos I took for my memory :))

Here are some of the lunch food they served at the hotel!! As someone who love eating heavy lunch, I really enjoy it!!

Kind regards,
Amira

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