encounters part iii

recent attempts to get a decent seat have failed. it is actually getting worse as time goes by and if it was not for my penchant for pain i would go raving mad

the worst one was last month & my resigned sense of relief that i am flying emirates evaporates into thin air as it had slipped my mind that this flight originated in auckland. so passengers boarding from NZ have by this time lost their will to live - such are the expressions on their faces.

the lady in front is travelling with two kids, one a two year old boy who, mommy dearest slaps for spilling something. what follows is sheer nightmare, this kid keeps shouting at the top of his voice all the way from singapore to dubai