Day 45 - Homeward bound - stopover in Hong Kong.

Starting this post from the plane. We're in the air now, but I managed to use up almost all my Filipino cellphone credits before taking off which was good. Madly sent of texts to everyone I knew on Manila - which isn't that many people, atleast in terms if the number of cellphone numbers I have, so I ended up sending some people multiple departure texts.

The fight is too short to watch movies, so I'm doing tv shows - all on cathays in demand system which is nice. Watching the premiere episode of Murder She Wrote, which should get me all the way to HK. Was previously watching the outside camera, which was working and available for the first time in ages. I really love it, especially during take off - at first it's kind of slow, just watching the plane taxi. But then you're in position, all lined up and the plane pauses before finally starting to speed down the runway. The underside of a plane is super shiny, so all the lights on the runway are reflected on the top of the screen (the camera is somewhere under the plane being the wheel). It wind up looking like you're zooming off into a tunnel of flashing lights, like something out of star trek. Or am I thinking star gate?

Then the plane takes off and I see he lights of Manila shunning super brightly - for awhile were close enough that you can kind of see traffic flowing about, but then it becomes a web of light. The screen gets all foggy when you finally hit the clouds, though periodically it clears up enough - it's super dark, and unfortunately the resolution isn't high enough to see stars. Though I think the planes lights are too bright to see any. Sometimes though, when we were closer to shore, you'd be able to catch flashes of city lights and what must be the roads connecting them. Nothing as bright as Manila, but still kind of fun to watch.

Only annoyance at the moment is that I'm booked on a centre seat for my Toronto flight, which will not work for me. No way am I spending 14 hours sandwiched between two people. I'm told it can be fixed at the transfer desk in HK, which better be true.

Anyways, off to watch some tv and enjoy the meal service - tuna and cheese sandwhich, which sounds weird but atleast smells delicious.

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Was all set to write about how the cloudy skies in HK look great on the camera feed, as when we fly through one the planes lights make everything glow, but am currently in a bad mood.

My flight is fully booked - while a 'request' was put in the system to get me my requested aisle seat, it's probably not going to happen. So the only way out would be to upgrade my ticket which would be pricy. May possibly try to complain some more, if only to vent, but not sure if I'm up for it. Am currently sitting by the transfer desks, which isn't as comfy as the departure lounge proper. May just hunker down somewhere comfy and rest up in anticipation of a loooong flight.

Hopefully the restaurants are still open and I can get something to drink.