Goodbye America!

So I have arrived in Hong Kong! I haven't had decent wifi until today so this post is old, but it is what it is....

I am in the last hour of the 14 hour and 15 minute flight from LA to Hong Kong. We should be landing in about 45 minutes. I’ve actually enjoyed the long flight. I watched two movies, read a little, slept a while, and had two meals. I decided to have the Asian choices of food, thinking I’d be a little adventurous and whatnot on my way to Asia, but on a plane with plane food probably isn’t the best time to be adventurous. It wasn’t bad, though. Also, Gangster Squad. Terrific movie. Terrific. I watched that and Oz.

Earlier today we spent five hours in LAX waiting for our 11:55pm flight (West Coast time). We paid to hang out in the reLAX Lounge while the time passed and got unlimited food and drinks, wifi, comfy chairs, and I got to watch The Bachelorette. Right now it is currently 1:40pm back in California, and 3:40pm in Texas. I don’t know exactly what time it is on the plane right now because I don’t know exactly where we are, but it’s barely starting to light up outside. The whole flight has been dark, but I’ve liked it. Makes it easier to sleep. I don’t know how much sleep I got on the plane. I was fortunate enough to have a window seat so I can sleep against the wall of the plane, but sleeping on planes is just so uncomfortable…. I had some weird dreams too… About four hours ago we experienced “significant turbulence,” so that was interesting, but not really scary. It was just like being on a roller coaster.

Oh also, this plane is huge. It’s probably the nicest plane I’ve ever been on (although I can’t really remember the Lufthansa plane I took to Europe, because that was years and years ago), and the first class is legit. Too bad I’m not up there. It’s cool though because a lot of us in the program are scattered back here in economy class, so we have our little clan together.

I woke up at six this morning and we left the dorms at 7am, loaded the bus and visited the Port of Long View and different sites there. I’ve learned so much already the past three days it’s  crazy. Then we had lunch at a park in Long Beach, and it was freezing. After that we toured the Target deconsolidation center in LA, and then went to the airport. It’s been such a long day; it’ll be interesting to see how long it will take to get on the correct sleeping schedule in Hong Kong. Tonight in Hong Kong we’re going to the horse races. Apparently it’s pretty fancy, and popular, so I’m looking forward to that!

Just looked out the window and I see nothing but clouds and the ocean under us. Now I just have to find a way to occupy myself till we land. Until next time!