- Awesome movies and short features, as well as “more than special”s for viewing on the plane (kara told me to treat it like a day on the couch, and that's exactly what I did! What a great reframe!). Next time I won't even bother with a carry on, I'll just plan on with laptop or e-reader or, phsaw, WORK...I didn't get a thing done!
- greeted by Pierce Brosnan for Paradise Casino
- Incheon wouldn't be so bad to navigate, for a super huge city airport...if a computer glitch that failed to read my passport didn't get me hauled into the “examination room” and grilled about my citizenship; then me to report in all honesty the length of time I will be spending in Korea, only to find out that, without government ID, that was the wrong answer (90 days is the right answer...always); thus, I received my first Korean scolding on fixing my immigration status as soon as possible upon receiving my ID card. And apart from needing to fill out about a dozen mini slips of paper all asking for my name and declarations, I only had to go through about 5 lines twice and just miss my luggage before enjoying Korean style customs (seriously, enjoying it as they did not check one single bag/thing/really even look at all those mini slips)!
- Rethinking the wisdom of a black sweathshirt dress when traveling with my cat...
- Who knew they would make me/her endure being taken out of her carry-on bag TWICE to go through security, or else, as the lovely woman in Chicago put it, “she'll be fried”. YIKES!
- Samsung and LG OWN this town/this airport, and as I watch a big screen TV at my gate to Daegu (and mouth-wateringly imagining the TV set up I'm soon to purchase), I'm already falling in love with the commercials.
- Realizing that the extreme thinness of these people means they keep their airport terminals and planes a ridiculously hot temperature. Seriously?? Its 31 degrees outside and I'm dying to be in flip flops inside?? That's just wrong.
- What happened to all that wonderful Asian efficiency I have long heard about at the domestic terminal check-in? Only three attendants for coach class, and seriously multiple families of like 6 ppl ea to check in, WITH luggage?!?
- The “Total Pillow” (as seen on TV) appears not so total for a small person like myself.
- Again, these commercials are EPIC!
- I really must start memorizing characters, especially the ones for Daegu! That would be helpful.
- Without a cellphone, I am dead in the water here. I not only have relatively little to do here, but I can't call my superiors to get help in said Examination Room, and I can't FB status update, and I can't look all cool with my Samsung phone...
- People are staring...
- FREE AWESOME WI-FI IN THE AIRPORT??! I love this place...but it comes with some explanation:
15. and finally, my first quirky english t-shrit: "Polham...Justifiable" :)
This is going to be fun!
Ok, last flight, off to Daegu!
Wow...only in the airports and you're already off to a great adventure! Thanks for making this public for all to check out! My own kitty is sitting on my lap right now, so I'm glad you have yours with you to keep you company.
ReplyDelete"The Peculiarity of Wireless Network"?? Dibs on that as a title for a collection of poems exploring the existential paradox that is our increasingly interconnected virtual world, which ultimately results in solipsism of the soul.
ReplyDeleteHope you and Furgie are resting well! Liz
(after reading ALL your posts.) "...And PS, I'm not alone...my trusty feline companion, Furgie, will be at my side! ..."
ReplyDeleteI conclude that that AS your OLDER sibling, and being the singularly 'sane', if not off-beat, relative. I must take this opportunity to "tell you" how to live your life (at least for the foreseeable future, while you are abroad.
YOU MUST, in addition to this blog, keep a journal. I say that because, this last line from your "how I got here" post (quoted above), truly smacks of a horridly trite - yet best selling - novel, in the ya-ya sisterhood vein.
why not chronicle your daily encounters, and edit them down later into a humanisticly relevant tome. OR, put a twist on it and mix in some intrigue that Im sure will reveal itself to you - and make it a mystery novel, or horror, or some such... or hell - make it a feminist triumphant tell all.
What I'm saying is - don't pass up the opportunity to turn some pretty nice oranges into orange juice, or some decent lemons into lemon cello... go the extra 10 feet, in this case, and make it a windfall, not just a 'choice'.
that's my $0.55 (.02 adjusted for inflation).