Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Friday Jun 15 5:30pm China Time

Due to technical difficulties I'm retyping this from my palm pilot...

On the plane, just ate the last meal before landing, it was some chicken and rice, and it was the most amazing fruit I've possibly ever had. It was delicious. Back to the flight, it was rough at first, I was feeling nauseau and had a migraine which came about as I panickly searched for an airsickness bag. The plane is packed and to my surprise it is a double decker. I didn't eve know double decker planes existed. I only knew of double deckers in London and NYC and those are buses.

While at the airport we searched for a restaurant to have a "good meal" - no such thing existed. We ate at the Brooklyn Beer Garden, which I kept referring to as the Boston Beer Garden. My lunch consisted of an english muffin style pizza - 2 to be exact, a budlight and a water - totalling $16. They didn't even have burgers, which is what I was craving. However, it was nice none the less, as we sat talking, getting to know one another better.

A little more fun stuff about the plane, they've changed the fabric of the blankets since the last time I flew, now it consists of a rough wool like material, I'm convinced they don't want people stealing them, hence the material is sandpaper thick. I'm too lazy at the current time to reach into my bag and get my soft polar fleece like blanket.

On the headrests, i'm already noticing big marketing differences. For example, there is an advertisement that consists of English letters and Chinese Characters. A good majority of the plane is of chinese decent. We have already become the minorities (and I'm perfectly okay with that!) The stewardness are all bilingual and look like they are also of chinese descent.

Reality is kicking in, I'll be in China walking around in just a few hours.

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