Having
covered the Prime Minister’s visit to the United States, General News Service
Editor Haji Khairdzir Yunus would have been on his flight home this morning via
London.
He
and chief photographer Haji Mustaza Mohd Yusof departed from New York at 9.30pm
Monday night (30 Sept which is 9.30 am, 1 Oct Malaysia time).
They
had earlier covered Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s trip to San Francisco where
the itinerary included visits to the headquarters of three social media giants
– Twitter, Google and Facebook.
With
“too many bags to carry around”, Khairdzir said they would be heading straight
to the airport after checking-out of the hotel and wait for the departure
time..
What
are the fondest memories that he'll be taking home?
“Hard too say...most of them work and no
play. Sometimes I sleep only about an hour or two day. Functions usually lasted
until almost midnight, then we will have coffee until about 2am.
“Then
we will head back to the hotel and start writing 2 or 3 stories before getting
our sleep, maybe at 5 am.
“If
you could call it fond memories is the opportunity to listen to PM speaking
live at the UN hq. Even we were just sitting in the press box...,” said Khairdzir.
It
was his first trip to San Francisco and first time covering the United Nations
General Assembly although he had been to the city before.
“Most
leaders talk only about their country's internal problems or conflicts confined
to their regions.
But
our PM talked about the whole world's problem and problems of the ummah. Other
experience is in pictures the meeting hall looks good but in reality it looks
like a big classroom.
I
think PICC's (Putrajaya International Conference Centre) conference is far more
beautiful and canggih.
Another
is the tight security, they blocked all the road to the UN.
You
are not allowed to go near the UN building unless you wear a delegate pass or
the media pass,” he said.
Looking
forward to come home, he was all set to take the flight despite the departure
time being hours ahead.
Asked
if he shared the feelings of many whose minds were set on getting Malaysian
food when they returned after being awhile abroad, he said:
“Yes
sir ! Teh tarik!!!”
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