#mh17

1.46pm

let me start off by saying that its dark days for #malaysiaairlines. been hearing alot of reports in the news about the tragedy of flight mh17 enroute from amsterdam to kuala lumpur. i cant even begin to imagine being blown up in midair and to fall from the sky at 30,000 over feet! images people have been putting up on facebook is really nauseating and im totally sick to my stomach just by looking at those horrible horrible photos! 

how on earth can a missile shoot down a civilian plane i do not know. why does it have to happen in the first place? the issue here is the so called war between ukraine and russia, where some people are just too blinded by power and greed, never satisfied with what they already have and counting their blessings. so well here you are, this is the outcome! an international tragedy with lots of innocent lives lost. was it worth it i ask you. 

i have not much to say as im just as speechless as you all are. so many questions left unanswered. i really hope and pray to god that this full on investigation into the downing of mh17 will be solved as soon as possible. (with not much thanks to all the looting and hurdles that the authorities have been facing each day). 

i want to share with you today, these photos which has been circulating all around the globe via facebook, twitter or instagram and this is my rough timeline on what had happened these past few days. 

on thursday night as i was happily chatting away with some of my batchmates, my husband called out to tell me that a malaysia airline plane was blown up (as he was watching the news on tv). then i quickly told my friends about it which they thought i was joking. i never joke about things like this! and soon all of my friends were also tuned in to their tvs. and thats how this nightmare began to unfold. my heart just plummeted to the ground and i felt sick to my stomach. i logged on facebook and messaged some of my batchmates who were still flying, if any of them were operating on that particular flight and thankfully none were scheduled to fly on that leg. 

bit by bit more information slowly trickled in to facebook and other social media outlets as time went on. the photo above shows you the crew that had been operating on mh17. i have the crew name list but out of respect i wont paste it in here. sorry. 

subsequently a couple of days after this tragedy, some of the malaysia airlines #cabincrew came up with this - #justiceformh17 - which i think is very appropriate. the world leaders should be involved in bringing down whoever did this unspeakable thing to innocent people on board. 

on behalf of my batch, i decided to do a tribute to #mh17 . what made me chose this particular photo was because i took it on the 16th july 2014 at klia, on my way back from a holiday. the registration of the plane that was 9M-MRD which was the plane that went down and if im not mistaken, it was the plane that operated from kuala lumpur to amsterdam and back. its purely by coincidence that i happen to take that picture as my aircraft was being pushed back. before that, whilst at the boarding area, i was just looking at the plane,while it was being loaded (you can see from the photo) with cargo or passenger meals, wondering where it was heading to, who were the crew operating... i reckon i was one of the last few people who actually took a photo of that plane. in some ways, i feel that i have some kind of "connection" with it. dont really know how to put it down into words. 

then there's this person on facebook - a fly guy's cabin crew lounge - and on his page, he made an album for cabin crew or airlines from around the world, to send in their dedication or tribute to #mh17. the album is entitled "letters of love to malaysia airlines". (which you can also see my tribute which i'd sent over).

i've also added some of the heartfelt messages sent by #cabincrew and airlines from around the world (thanks to a fly guy's cabin crew lounge)  #iberia #qantas #singaporeairlines #aeromexico

and finally i decided to create a ribbon in memories of mh17, whereby i just put in 3 colors - red, white and blue - which is the color of malaysia airlines. (white for body of the aircraft and red and blue represents the logo). if you like, you can go to picbadges.com and search for mh17 and add it onto your profile pix etc. in there you will find the one i've created and a few more different badges/ribbons done up by others. 

being an ex cabin crew with malaysia airlines, i still feel that bond that links us together. somehow that will never change i guess (who knows maybe in due time). you know, when mh370 disappeared i felt helpless and sick to my stomach when i'd heard the news. upon closer inspection of the cabin crew's faces (from #mh370 and mh17), only then i realise that i did fly with a couple of them once upon a time. so thats why its so upsetting and gut wrenching, not only for me but for my batchmates as well. 

before i go, let me remind you that if you have to travel for work/leisure, do remember to say your goodbyes to your loved ones, coz you just never know when "incidents" like these can happen (knock on wood). it is a wake up call to everybody, not only for all passengers but for the crew as well. 

and lastly, please help support #malaysiaairlines in any way you can. they really need your help especially at times like this. thank you in advance and god bless you all! 

my personal message before i end - 


RIP
MH17

a quote - "death leaves a heartache no one can heal, but love leaves a memory that no one can steal". 


ttfn


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