Sitting in the transit lounge at the Sydney airport waiting for the bus and I realise this is the first time I've ever been out of the country on my own! Even with all my international experience and all the years at Ansett it's just a tad daunting. No Jess saying "Hey Mum, check this out" or no Pat telling me to hurry up. LOL! Can I do it along?
5.25pm - Hell yes, it's amazing how much you can spend at the duty free store when the anchor is not with you! So the Pandora store got all my Crowe birthday money (and then some!) so you'll see what you bought me when I get home. (Thanks Guys 'n' Girls.)
So the plane is delayed half an hour but with a 10 hour stopover in Singapore that's no drama. Time for a farewell Red! Back track 20 minutres. Went to the ladies and then decided the delay allowed time for a drink. Went to the bar and thought "Didn't I have more to carry?" Oh Shite! Left birthday pressie in the loo! Apparently you can run with a dodgey ankle and thankfully my purchases were still on the ledge in the cubicle. Lucky that day!
So my seat on the plane is in the centre, on the aisle - and someone is sitting it! Read your bloody boarding pass drop kick! Didn't really matter as when we were in the air I moved to a bulkhead seat with lots of lovely leg room.
Inflight entertainment sucks. Took the first 45 minute4s to work out how the control operates - with extremely limited success. Heaps of movies ("on demand" my butt!)but they are all on a continuous loop and when you finally find one to watch you just have to hope it isn't too far into it, or you get lucky and its just starting. Missed the first 20 minutes of True Grit, which must have been quite integral because the rest of the movie was crap.
Got luck with Burlesque only just starting and it was actually quite good. got the shits then with Channel 41 which was supposed to be Hereafter with Matt Damon but wasn't. The guide most be wrong as the channel allegedly showing Modern Family was something else too.
Oh well, try to sleep. Get woken for supper. Some sort of noodle dish with shredded port. Quite nice, however I don't think the chilli was the right thing to be serving such a captive audience! Just as well we are now only 45 minutes out.
Even though we were late leaving Sydney we had a massive tail wind so arrived in Singapore 15 minutes early. Went straight to the Transit Hotel to begin my 6 hour booking. Just as well I booked - they were full. Tiny room but what more do you need. I had a wake-up call booked for 6am but imagine my surporse when the voice on the phone was Tyrell!
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