Day 10 – Geri and Penny

Posted on by J. Lee

I hadn’t eaten yet all day, thus I’m binging at the lounge.

The sequence of events so far:
0. Sleep in.
1. Get my hair cut.
2. Say bye to Sara.
3. Taxi to Maglev.
4. Maglev to Airport

So on my return flight, I’ll be flying First Class on AA. I got lucky and scored a good deal using my miles. This will be my first time flying a “Premium” class. I wish it was on Cathay…

When boarding, the Flight Attendant tried to direct me to Economy. I showed her my ticket and she omg’d a bit. First Class is a bit silly, the seat spans about 4 windows (which is a pain in the neck to close) and eating snacks before the plane ride was a noob mistake. Apparently there’s a 5-star restaurant and junk food bar onboard…

^step 1, table cloth and china.

^starters were smoked salmon.

^then salad. Note the tiny bottles for the dressing!

^DUCK!!!

^ice wine and ice cream pairing!!!

Day 10 + 3 hours
The seat lies flat?! alrighty, bedtime!

Day 10 + 10 hours
I was awoken for breakfast. Apparently I had slept through the dim sum service 🙁


^Unfortunately, Lucky Charms or Count Chocula were not options… They had omelettes, but I have this weird fear of cafeteria eggs, thus, I do not trust airplane eggs.

Day 10 + a lot more hours
Ok, there’s only 1-more hour til arrival. One thing that I do miss up here is chatting with people. I’m not sitting next to anyone, everyone flies in suits and minds their own business, and lastly, AA has the worst movie selection ever… However, I am absolutely pwn’ing at FreeCell!!!

Day 10, I think
oh.em.gee! I’m back in ‘MERICA

So flying FC, internationally, will get you not into the AA Admirals Lounge, but their Flagship Lounge. This place is silly but fancy. There’s a guy who MUST be an oil tycoon from Texas, and he’s chatting with guy who MUST be an oil sheikh. I want to butt in and say, “hi,” then ask a jillion questions.

I’m also getting weird looks from the old folks in suits (which makes up 99.9% of the population in this smug place). This may be due to my continuous hoarding of the free food in here. I’m not going to take pictures for fear of further judgment.

Now let’s see, all of this travelling has made for great people watching. For today’s installment of Overheard at the Airport:

TSA guy: Hi where’s your boarding pass?
Lady: Oh, my husband just took it!
(Note: The husband was not in line…)
TSA guy: um, okay. Step to the side please.
Lady: Why?

Human on phone:
You know how the tv’s on the planes can tell you how cold it is outside? Does Fahrenheit and Celsius become the same when the temperature goes negative?

My brain nearly exploded, and yes Xing, you’re correct… but that’s not what she was asking.

Oh yea, Geri and Penny were my Flight Attendants!

One thought on “Day 10 – Geri and Penny”

  1. Hey now, -40 °C = -40 °F — maybe he saw that temperature (not unreasonable for 39,000 feet) and thought all negative temperatures were the same.

    But I agree. Not all travelers have quite gotten the grasp of things…

    Nice last post!

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