Journals From The Air

Dec 31. 2008
So I'm now OFFICIALLY on my way to Australia. Im Sitting in the Pearson Airport hoping that everything goes as planned. Mom cried at the cried and I'm pretty sure Mikayla was on the brink of tears :) haha. Ya thats right Mik, I noticed. Ive been reading a lot and somehow still have 1 1/2 hours to go. ARG

January 1
Why anyone would want to fly extensive distances is beyong me. So no one met me in London. I somehow managed to get my way to the shuttle - no one was on it so I thought I was definitely on the wrong one. It took about 20 minutes taking up.. well 20 minutes of the 5 hours I had to waste in the Heathrow Airport. Everytime I even thought about asking for help, I wanted to cry.. or jump off a cliff .. either one.

So at this moment I am no somewhere between London and Singapore.
The sky is so dark. I have no idea how long I've been flying, but I do know that it was 10 AM when we boarded so the fact that it;s now dark is very STRANGE. It feels like Ive been sitting here for years. I don't want to bother the people next to me - they're sick - I better not catch it. It took everything in me to stay seated.

Its weird because everytime I look outside, It so dark but then as my eyes adjust I can see how the moon and stars lightly light up the land and water below us. It's amazing. The stars look like a hallow over the half moon right now. I love it. It doesnt look real. Not a cloud in the sky, at least not that I can see on the right side of the plane.

The sky is really dark now. It just looks like a hole we're flying throught.

Still unaware of the time.

January 2nd

Singapore is breath taking. Omgoodness. Flying in, we flew over a golf resort. I swear the country is made of 3 colours. Dark green, Light green and a mossy gray green. Its so beautiful. There are so many boats in the water -- it looks like a scene out of Troy haha.