12:33am March 12, 2010

For some reason it always messes with me when the hush falls over an aircraft ready to take off. It is just creepy. Even the kids, sensing maybe their parents nervousness are quiet.
Ground speed 902km/h, altitude 9449m, distance to destination: over 10,000km. I have been in the air no more than 40 minutes and of course get the one guy in the row ahead of me that chooses to lean his set back. Fml. Oh well. It’s so pitch black outside. I got the window seat I asked for and to make it even better I got the window seat right in the middle of the right wing. The span of this thing is sheer enormity. I just noticed that the temp outside my window is -25 degrees C. The on flight entertainment is amazing though! I am going to watch The Blind Side, Fantastic Mr. Fox and The Men Who Stare at Goats. Can’t wait! I was really surprised not crying when my family waved goodbye. An obviously bittersweet moment was compounded by the overwhelming sense of panic when I realized I didn’t know what the fuck I was really getting myself into. And now I am strapped into a Boeing 777 going almost 1000km/h, non-stop to Seoul! Wow.
There is a cute boy on this flight who I originally met in the consulate just days earlier. He is sitting 4 rows back and I just found out that his finally destination is the same as mine- Gwangju- Sessa, I know you are already excited, you’re not the only globe trotter now! Anyway I am going to conserve laptop battery and shut this thing down! I have to take some more pictures with my disposable camera. I feel so 90s it is incredible. Only so far being the minority is not that bad. I make friends quickly!
Taken somewhere over canada....