Location: Heathrow Airport, London
Time: 0929 London
Weather: Windy, Cool
Feeling: giddy, literally. My head is spinning.

Checking in at Singapore Terminal 1, Qantas counter was such a drag. We had to wait for almost an hour to be told that we have been kicked off our original flight because of overbooking. Seems like the online agent we booked from sold too many tickets so we have to change our flights and transit area. Instead of stopping over at Frankfurt, we transited at Heathrow Airport, London, which is where we are now. There is nothing to do unless you have some pounds to spend which none of us have. So what are we doing? Rotting at Terminal 1’s waiting area and typing this essay -_-.

So what happened before this? We boarded Qantas at 0045 Singapore after being delayed for 1 hr which was a good thing since we were able to say our last goodbyes (I know this sounds like we died but it doesn’t matter) to our crazy darling classmates, the precious HS 0703 who decided to stay in the airport. We received quite a few gifts from the class which we had to bring along and they added on to our already dead weight luggage (ok, ok, thanks, happy?). But I think the highlight of the night was waterworks. Ok, I knew emotions will run high but I didn’t expect flooding. Hui Qing was like “cry me a river”. Hui Qing, please don’t flood Singapore during these 5 months. This is Aishah and Yen Ju :’(. I still can’t believe that KELVIN can actually cry. I was like o.O I would like to take this opportunity to award Kelvin with this award- A New History Record. Ok, even if he did cry before, I’m sure it’s not in front of the world. And to all the rest of you whom I didn’t catch, don’t think I don’t know especially Yao Wei. Shu Rong can use your tears to mop the floor. Jiun Chyi, your “zhen zi” pose reminds us of the Shutter show we watched in your house. We pray every night that when we dream of you (Kux: confirm nightmare), it won’t be a nightmare (Kux: double nightmare, Swee: especially with kux beside me every night).

Solely kux:
Ok, I want to complain about Qantas. I swear the seats are made for people like Aishah. The leg space really gave me a good yoga workout. AND have the people who designed the seat width ever thought of the kind people who board the plane? Have they ever thought of the thousand and one horizontally challenged people who board the plane everyday? AND why can’t the plane offer more movies and TV shows? The movies they had were like so 6 months ago. Like come on, Kung Fu Panda? Shutter-ang moh version (this one didn’t even scare us)? Get a move on lazy bums, is this all you got? Retired SIA who still want to work as stewardess can join Qantas. The stewardesses are quite old for stewardess, short and plum. AND the toilets. Faints. The sink was clogged the first time I went and there was spit out toothpaste swirling in the water. SICK! Somehow the toilet bowl is designed to splash your pee on your butt when you pee (for females) (Swee: It’s because you either got too-big a butt or you don’t know how to pee. Kux: is your butt no feeling, sit for too long. Even Parvin agrees.) The toilet bowl also cannot flush waste that is stuck around the bowl except for the centre part where your shit and pee is supposed to go. But sometimes people can’t aim at the centre so it gets stuck everywhere on the bowl except the centre. So the soggy paper will have to greet every user until someone clears it. The perfect thing about Qantas is the temperature. At least they have the decency to set the temperature to something other than Arctic Frost.

And Swee Ting says:
Who ask YOU to be SO LONG? No? Others want to be longer but sadly they can’t grow. Right Kelvin & Aishah? (Kux: that’s their business, go play more tennis.) Can’t stand Kux. Complaining about anything and everything under the sun. Old movies? (Kux: eh…they even had Sound of Music.) Someone seated beside me laughed so loud when watching Kung Fu Panda that she woke me up from my deprived 8 hours sleep -> so ugly, no amount of beauty sleep can help YOU. (Kux: I was watching House. Funny what.) And when we watch Shutter together, someone says “OH. Coming out already coming out already.”

But I consider myself to be luckier than the others. I’m neither too long nor too fat (Huiqing, I know what you are thinking). And the toilet I enter happens to be in a somewhat “perfect” condition as compared to what Kux experienced. I shall not mention the details because I am not as disgusting as her.
Change subject. I can’t wait to see SNOW. Eugene! S-N-O-W. And OH. Do you know the temperature in London is totally 24 hours air-con? London. Totally cool. They have 5 terminals. So huge. Good thing sweeting didn’t get lost, so LONG LONG, you have to award me with 5 more marks =)

I get what you mean now: The-extended-daylight. When you both went to Vienna, you experienced long hours of daylight. It’s 5 hours difference between Singapore and London time. It’s only 7.30am here when in Singapore, it’s like 2pm. It’s as if wherever you go, it’s always daytime. And we were served Breakfast. Again, good thing Swee Ting’s stomach didn’t vibrate too much. (By the way, Josephine, at least the plane served us breakfast :)

And if you think people in Singapore have no class, people in other countries have none too. As I am writing this thesis, I can statistically prove that at least 20% of the people around me are sleeping. Not sit sleeping but lie sleeping. There are people spread out over minimum 3 chairs sleeping.

Let me tell you story –
I was enjoying the wonderful atmosphere of the airport which comprises of visual, aural, tactile and olfactory. OLFACTORY! There was this guy beside Swee Ting airing his FEET! I discreetly tried to take a picture using Swee Ting as a BEAUTIFUL model (I’m glad you realize how beautiful I am) but he put his feet down before I could do anything. (Because you are a slow pok).

More updates will be available tomorrow night as we have to board our next flight. Finally, my butt super flat already. Er, I don’t think I had a butt to begin with. (Swee: I can vouch for that)

So, Finland, HERE WE COME!

We promise to abide by Espall’s #1 rule

23rd Aug 08