The Terminal

Now I am waiting for my next flight at Newark /Liberty Airport. I think it’s probably a good time to pick up my unfinished draft post about the terminal.

I first want to write this post after my crazy and tiresome trip from Toulouse to Paris CDG to Tokyo NRT to Taipei CKS to Los Angeles LAX to Raleigh/Durham. (within 48 hours) During the intervals between my destinations, I often grab a copy of The Economist or sports news for a while, and then proceed to desperately trying to get the Internet access to check emails and work on my stuffs. I kept wondering that if this would be my life in the future 20 years. Imagine a young business attorney frequently travel across the Pacific Ocean or the Atlantic Ocean. This sounds so successful, doesn’t it?

When I was a little boy and did not have too many chances to fly. It’s exciting to get into the terminal. I happily looked out the window for the incredible airplanes. When you fly more and more often, you still feel fun when you arrive a new airport, but more frequently, you begin to need to work in the terminal. I now don’t think this is in any way fancy or success. Real successful people don’t do this; they either have personal jets of something similar to Air Force One. It’s us, typical mid-class professional workers, who work for them doing things like this.

Seems lots complaints, but don’t get me wrong. Generally speaking, I still enjoy flights; especially fly to a new place I’ve not yet been to.

I have more to say about the terminals, but the boarding time is approaching. Maybe I will talk more in my next stop in the Airport.

The Freezing Big Apple

Do I look like a New Yorker? It’s awkward that most of my friends think I’ve been to NYC a lot of times already. But the fact is that last weekend I paid my first ever visit to the Big Apple.

This short trip is mainly for my job interview. Did not stay for long and did not really travel. My only complaint is the weather, it was freezing cold. Not too comfortable for someone from the southern forest. Besides that, I actually felt quite comfortable in the City. It did not take me long to get used to the subway system. The City is fabulous, but probably because of I’ve seen her too many times on TV and movies, I am not really stunned when I first arrived. Instead, I soon got into business and joined the New Yorkers, as what we saw on TV.

Probably I got too many things to do, too many people to me, therefore I don’t have the time and mood to be overwhelmed by this City. I look forward to the next chance to further discover her, and hopefully be astonished by all her attractions.