木曜日, 12月 08, 2005
A Walk On The Clouds
I can't say that my first British Airline experience has a place in my tops. For one it took me 12.5 hours just to get to London Heaththrow (not in my list of tops as well hehehe). I was seated beside a whining toddler. Food was so-so. There were few lavatories. There was a pleasant steward who actually managed to balance it out for me.
Anyway the flight was a daytime flight to Europe so all the time I could see clear skies. But when we finally reached London I looked out the window and was astounded at the sight. We were flying way way up high, higher than the clouds. I couldn't see anything below except these massive clouds which actually looked like snow. For a moment I wished I could jump out and snowboard hahaha! I remember when I was young and I used to watch this Filipino gag show TODAS, they'd sometimes feature San Pedro (St. Peter) and heaven with the scene as close to this one. The funny scenes suddenly flashed in my mind and I couldn't help but let out a laugh.
When we were finally descending to London Heaththrow I began to wonder whether the Captain would overcalculate or not. There was zero visibility below. I'm not an aviation expert but based on observations I've learned that the marks on the runway are actually anchor for every touch down. So I wonder how things will turn out.
We passed through about 4 layers of thick clouds. It felt amazing although I couldn't help but wonder how much radiation (and skin ageing) that have caused me. Sometimes I wonder if the effect of all these trips are really worth it! But that's beside the point. ..Anyway, we passed by 4 layers of thick white clouds which amazingly were really just vaporized dusts (yeah, nothing was solid) and finally I saw the buildings. Because we were descending slowly I dozed off.
I had to wait for 4 more hours for the flight to Cork. And when I arrived, I ordered room service and fell asleep like a baby for 7 hours.
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