Singapore Sling
My dad made it safely to Singapore. If you remember from my previous post, he had the distinct honor of flying first class on Singapore Airlines. Here's his latest letter from a land afar.
Greetings from beautiful downtown Singapore. It's 10 a.m. here but 9 p.m. "body-clock" time. I'm trying to stay up as long as I can today so I can adjust quickly to the time change. The flight was about 18 1/2 hours direct; the longest direct flight in the world, or so I'm told! Believe me, no matter how posh you make it, that's a long time to be stuck in an airplane. I'll tell you all about it when we see you in April. Maybe I heard so much about how nice it was going to be, but I wasn't blown away. It was really nice, don't get me wrong but the food wasn't hot and the service was a little inconsistent. I guess I'm just cranky from being awake so long and here's how long it was. I slept 5 hours; read 200 pages of a book; saw two movies - Harry Potter 4 and Walk the line - and an episode of The Office; listened to the CD Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane live at Carnegie Hall; and STILL had time to kill. A reaaaaal long flight!!
Please pray for my dad, as he spends a week in a place he's never known, and again must endure an 18.5 hour flight BACK again (probably longer, given the direction of the wind flow). I know out first reaction is to think "Oh, he got to fly such a luxurious flight!" But he's right. No matter how nice you make it, that's almost a full day inside a small space with recycled air. Still...maybe he'll give me those Givenchy pajamas!
Greetings from beautiful downtown Singapore. It's 10 a.m. here but 9 p.m. "body-clock" time. I'm trying to stay up as long as I can today so I can adjust quickly to the time change. The flight was about 18 1/2 hours direct; the longest direct flight in the world, or so I'm told! Believe me, no matter how posh you make it, that's a long time to be stuck in an airplane. I'll tell you all about it when we see you in April. Maybe I heard so much about how nice it was going to be, but I wasn't blown away. It was really nice, don't get me wrong but the food wasn't hot and the service was a little inconsistent. I guess I'm just cranky from being awake so long and here's how long it was. I slept 5 hours; read 200 pages of a book; saw two movies - Harry Potter 4 and Walk the line - and an episode of The Office; listened to the CD Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane live at Carnegie Hall; and STILL had time to kill. A reaaaaal long flight!!
Please pray for my dad, as he spends a week in a place he's never known, and again must endure an 18.5 hour flight BACK again (probably longer, given the direction of the wind flow). I know out first reaction is to think "Oh, he got to fly such a luxurious flight!" But he's right. No matter how nice you make it, that's almost a full day inside a small space with recycled air. Still...maybe he'll give me those Givenchy pajamas!
posted by The Semi-Pro Chef at Tuesday, March 14, 2006
1 Comments:
Just to let you know, Singapore is a pretty safe place, relatively speaking. My sister and her husband lived there for 10 years, all under the paternal glow of "Uncle Lee" who is prez for life or something. Actually, accoridning to my brother-in-law who did some biz with him, he's a pretty good guy for a tyrant (as in the Ancient Greek meaning of the word, since Singapore is a City-State).
Anyhoo, your Dad should be fine over there. Unca Lee won't take no crapola for terrorists.
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