Sunday, July 02, 2006
Traveling can be such a traumatic experience! And today, it was just a nightmare. I'm just relieved I'm okay, for now. It all started when we missed the 1.20 airport bus and had to get on the 1.40 one. And then, the bus broke down halfway (by this time, I was panicking a bit, cos my flight was at 4 and it takes 1 hour to get to the airport), so we had to wait for the next bus. Luckily, the next bus came soon after and we got at the airport at like 3pm (1 hour to spare!). I'd checked in beforehand, so I just needed to check in my baggage, and thankfully, the security check wasn't that long either. Everything took just 15min and I got to the boarding lounge at like 3.15. I thought everything was going to be all right after that, but I was so wrong. My flight got delayed, and delayed, cos of a mechanical problem (flat tyre), and I got quite fed up and irritated. To cut the long story short, I changed my flight to D.C. to tomorrow morning, so yes, I'm going to stay overnight in Pittsburgh, not D.C., now.
I think I was already quite good in the sense that I didn't have to wait long and got my flight sorted out in the end. There was this woman, who had 2 of her flights cancelled/delayed, and she was almost in tears. There was also another guy, who was really pissed with everything (cos apparently he'd been stuck at the airport for 26 hours!!), and basically shouted at the person at the counter, and the person at the counter had to call the cops.
The others' (jessica, mingwei, jiaqi) flight got delayed too cos of ground strike in Newark. Today has really been such an eventful day huh. I really hope I'll have a safe and smooth journey tomorrow.
The whole incident also just reminds me how much I really depend on my friends here. I'm really really lucky to have you guys as friends =) Thanks you for helping me out just now. And for helping me to calm down especially. Haha.
The chorus of this song, Take Me Home Country Roads by John Denver, is just so apt.
Country roads, take me home
To the place i belong
West virginia, mountain momma
Take me home, country roads
I guess home to him is West Virginia. It's really kind of ironic cos I'm supposed to have been in D.C. now, which is actually in Virginia.
Anyway, gonna have supper with my brother after I get home. And then will be watching the Germay-Italy match. After that, sleep hopefully. Though if you consider the time difference, it'll only be 5 or 5.30pm in US. Might as well not sleep haha.
And I really should sleep now. Need to wake up at 3.30am for a 6.20am flight!
posted by vivien at 11:08 PM