jet scream

i can hardly keep my eyes open. if i lay down somewhere, i'm afraid my lights will go out and i'll miss my connecting flight. i have been awake for nearly 24 hours and more than half of those hours have been spent sitting still in a flying sardine can. i'm numb; my brain is fried. i am already thinking about coming home in a different style...maybe break up the flights with stop-overs and relaxation.

the place is hong kong international airport, but it may as well be the moon. as a matter of fact, it looks a lot like a futuristic lunar transfer station. it is absolutely massive, and the best part is the internet is free!


i'm eye-balling some chaise lounge-type chairs across the way. there are only a few, so i'll be lucky to get one. otherwise, i will slump into a rock hard chair somewhere nearby and drift...drift into that dazed half sleep that cannot satisfy. i am very much looking forward to landing in leh sometime tomorrow. sleeping for days is first on my agenda. and then, all travel will be trains! enough sardine cans for a while.