dressari ([info]dressari) wrote,
@ 2006-03-03 07:14:00
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Current mood: excited

Hail of great U S of A
So it's near enough half way though week one in the states for me, and damn just sitting in this dorm room of [info]midgee's has been keeping me GLEE all week.

Well the plane ride it's self was a rather a headache it was my first time flying and considering I had three other flights in the US it's self I had to get used to flying ASAP, I think I have I enjoyed the flight I got to watch Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire so that was a bonus and saved me from going to the cinema, there was this kid constantly crying and screaming over the corner of the plane however and that got on my nerves but what can you do and I think my headache originated from not having slept for more than 24 hours, but the upside to that is my internal clock got knocked into eastern time easily so now I'm sleeping my usual hours like I would at home.

Just being around the american accent is also very fun but even after an hour it felt so natural to be in the country, I forget that I'm a visitor, I forget that I'm on holiday and it just feels like i'm staying at a friends place and just hanging out like I normally do. Dave and Pete the two fellahs I've been staying in their dorm with have both been great hosts helping me get the Lappy on-line it's been fun exchanging differences between our two cultures as well and they've been a great help in me understanding Collage life and also finding out information about getting into collage in the US, suffice to say after looking at the educational requirements of UMBC, I ain't coming to this one in a hurry XD

[info]blackjokerfox Is coming down today (friday) so we can meet up for a few hours and I look forward to it as well as hopefully Fallen Angel who happens to live nearby it'll be a good chance to get to talk to another two of the forumites from the Jack forum. And come the 5th I'll be leaving Baltimore and heading south to continue the rest of my trip, the next stop will be Fairfax to see Vivian also from the Jack forums for dinner and then south again the same day to Richmond, Virginia with Swifty to stay in his town for a few days

I'll post up more of my trip as I go but this will do for now.




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[info]almightysim
2006-03-03 08:38 pm UTC (link)
Time for some tips on flying from a bit of a veteran...

-Understand Murphy's Law of flying: After flying across the continent upwards of 12 times, I've yet to fly once where some little kid was crying most of the time (except for one, because it was a business commuter flight to Seattle). Basically, you have two options.
1. Learn to ignore them.
2. Have something loud enough to drown it out.
Make good use of any form of music you have.

-Bear in mind that the flight's around the country are shorter than the one across the pond, so it won't be as bad.

-Time seems to go a lot faster if you have an active distraction, like a book or Gameboy. Makes the 5-6 hour flight to Toronto go by a lot quicker for me...

-If you have a headache on the plane, especially if it's due to not sleeping, then you could try asking for some of those little bags of snacks they have. It might just be me, but having something to eat kinda takes my mind off it.

-If the airport you're in has those little sideways escalators that get you places faster, make sure to ride every one of them...

...nine times. (You can walk at like, 25kph! How is that NOT an invitation for fun?)

-I find that one of the main enemies on a plane ride is boredom, so I carry at least 3 different things to do. That way, I not only have something to do, I have a choice too.

No idea if this will help at all, but worth a shot.

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[info]almightysim
2006-03-03 08:39 pm UTC (link)
Meant to say "I've yet to fly once where some little kid wasn't crying most of the time".

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