I’m currently aboard a 14-hour flight from New York to Incheon, South Korea – my stopover to the Philippines. The first couple of hours was very rocky. I almost puked, but luckily I was able to hold it in. It was a first time for me to feel like throwing up in the plane. But then again, it was the first time flight where I felt the plane going down. It was rough.
The flight is not full and I have plenty of seats for me so I was able to sleep around aimlessly during the flight. It doesn’t matter if I have the row solely for me, sleeping in the plane is not as comfy as sleeping on the couch. At first I couldn’t sleep upright because I was trying to hold in my puke, so I was in a breach position. I wasn’t even able to eat my first meal (a dinner) properly because my stomach was pushing the food up. When the flight went sailing smoothly, only then that I was able to sleep upright and eat my breakfast properly.
I’m taking Korean Airlines and I haven’t taken this fleet for about a decade now. I wasn’t into Kdramas then, so I wasn’t well versed with their culture and whatnot. Now I’m in a stage where I can experience even a tiny bit of what I only see in dramas. Don’t get me wrong, I had plenty of Korean friends in college, but the reality of their culture is not apparent there. Here I get to hear announcements in Hanguek, listen to their music which I adore, and most of all understand what they are saying or doing first hand – not completely understand of course, but I can make out a few phrases here and there.
Anyway, I’m signing off now as we have less than 3 hours to touchdown and I’m going low on battery…and mother nature calls ;)