Day 0: From Singapore to Frankfurt to New York 052807

Singapore to Frankfurt: 

The trip started off great w a generous ride to the airport by a lovin sis of Christ…checked-in…met up with my cousins n their parents…n eyeing on the fact tat i’m taking SIA…thinking it would be a great flight with great service…but a few hrs after boarding, it was proven tat space is a necessity and the eco class did not give it much…thank God tat we got the seats next to the emergency exit…not becos we can escape faster in case of trouble (thank God tat there was none)…but for all the extra leg space next to the exit door…great planning Unc H!…

Since it was a nite flight, i was eyeing (again) on my first meal of the flight…Supper!!…which was not served until 3 hrs into the flight…i had to fight my urge to fall asleep, cos i wasn’t gonna miss supper just becos i was tired……..it was a very fulfilling supper…followed by a fulfilling breakfast and snack and refreshment (yummy bread and muffins, loved the muffins)…but a very tiring flight…as we touched down in Frankfurt (our transit)…13 hrs later?!!!!!

Frankfurt to New York:

Frankfurt was 6 hrs behind Singapore…the route to New York was via Rome, then Paris, then Alantic Ocean, then New York…

Basically we made the 2hr transit at Frankfurt, suffering nasally becos of the NON-enclosed smoking areas…it’s another 8hr flight to NY (wat?! a total of 21hrs in mid-air?!)…w well-surveyed and vigilant Security Checks (SC) waiting ahead…gd thing all my things (incl. innerwears) in transparent bags so tat the SC need not mess up the stuff in the luggage when they check it at the speed of fast food service…it’s overall very tiring but i’m still happy since i got to hear the new song by Arashi: Rhapsody (for Hana Yori Dango 2) XD…

My cousin CW was doing his usual nonsensical-yet-makes-us-smile-stuff again…One, he was trying to explain to his mother abt some ‘thingy’…and the fact tat his mom had no idea was ‘thingy’ was, she told him to stop being funny (in a stern tone, btw)…so thru-out the trip, me and CW started the thingy talk (e.g. look at tat thingy on tat thingy outside the thingy next to the white thingy) O_O…n the fact tat i added some bit of my own fun…tat when the aircraft personal told us to turn off all electronic devices b4 takeoff…i looked at CW and said, “Tat means u.”…

Iceberg Ahoy!!!…as CW put his head to the window again, we saw it…vast white lands, like we were in the Artic…the plane seemed to have descended in altitude (courtesy of the pilot), just to show us how great God’s creation is ….in Northern Canada…it was beautiful…the mountains and craters looked like collagen markings on overdued pieces of meat (ok, bad choice of description, but tat was wat it was)…i couldn’t help but take a video in mist of the excitement……but in a while, God closed back the sky with clouds again, seemingly hinting tat it was only and truly a one-time experience to see the wonderful iceland, w my own eyes..

Tips: When making a transit, it is always advisable to get up and walk abt, since ur legs have been constrained for a long time…also, to avoid tedious security checks, do pack ur stuff in transparent bags,  n do not bring more than 100ml bottles of liquid (incl. cosmetics) on board flights in ur hand luggage…put them in ur big luggages and chekc them in…