Since I have a feeling I’ll be travelling frequently (is “be frequently travelling” a split infinitive?) back and forth between Kerteh and KL via Firefly, here’s what Skypark (Terminal 3 to us old timers) looks like at 6 in the morning.
Skypark aka Terminal 3
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Happy days are here again, we have commercial flights to the petrochem centre of the East Coast, Kerteh.
Extracting from the Star, January 10th 2009:
PETALING JAYA: Budget airline Firefly will now fly to Kerteh in Terengganu twice daily from Subang.
Firefly managing director Eddy Leong said in a statement that the route was the company’s way of committing itself to providing alternative and affordable travel for all Malaysians.
“In addition, the Kerteh route will add convenience to leisure travellers. Well known tourism spots such as Kijal and Cherating are just a few minutes drive from Kerteh.”
Leong said Kerteh would be the airline’s second destination in Terengganu after the state capital.
Here is the preliminary announcement about Firefly’s service. FY 2003(a) departs Kerteh at 0750, FY2007(a) departs Kerteh at 1820. I sure hope the flight stewardesses are nicer than the ones on the MHS charter flight.
Now all Synergy needs is more work down there…
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My family and I went to see the fireflies along the Yak Yak river, near Ijok, Kemaman, Terengganu. We went after dinner at Tong Juan, which is in Chukai, and well known among oilman for its stuffed crabs (though to be honest, they aren’t the only stuffed crab game in town).
Turns out that the firefly attraction is not well developed. You have to arrange for a boatman to meet you at the jetty. The boats are equipped with electric motors, so the tour is nice and silent.
The light produced from the stern of the firefly comes from the oxidation of luciferase with luciferin as a catalyst. The reaction is apparently 90% efficient. It got me thinking, is there a place for bio luminescence in the oil & gas industry? One place it could be useful is in the production of Class I Div 2 (or Div 1) lighting sources. There is little heat generated, and possibly requires some sort of pump to mix the two chemicals together. Concerns entrepreneurs have to think about are:
Anyone have any other ideas?
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