As I Xi It v2.3

I’m writing this from Dubai airport (DBX) while waiting for my flight to Singapore (SIN)…in 5 hours time. So what better way to will away the hours than to do some writing.

Anyway, lets start with how I got here.

Last Thursday, I had lunch with one of Jac’s mates from Singapore who’s working over here. He’d written a book with Jac about Singapore’s heritage sites. I flicked through it and it made me realise how long it’d been since I saw Jac, how I missed our adventures and how I missed travelling (I know I was in the Arctic Circle a few weeks ago, but that was last month!).

When I got back to the office after lunch, I had a look at last minute flight prices to Singapore, found a reasonably priced one and then reeled off and email to Jac to see whether she’d be free for me to visit. It turned out that she was and so I booked and here I am. Flying Emirates, departing from Gatwick (LGW), connecting in DBX both ways.

It’s been a rather eventful trip so far. First, I had a run-in with security at LGW. I had forgotten that I’d left my credit card Swiss Army Knife in the zip pocket of my Filofax! Given the option to go through check-in again or to have them confiscate it, I just told them to dispose. Can’t be bothered to go through the rigmarole of check-in again, even though the Emirates queue was really short, unlike Easyjet who, unsurprisingly, had a very long queue. Probably mostly Brits all going to the Costa Del’s.

Next, up in the air, the flight attendant managed to throw an ice cube at my head. Not really a normal accident, but it happened. That was fine, it just slipped and aimed at me, I managed to salvage it after it bounced off my forehead.

A couple of hours later, another flight attendant who was serving me tea managed to serve it all over my lap. It was hot, Hot, HOT! I was somewhat soggy, but managed to dry off by the time I’d arrived in Dubai.

I’ve still got my connecting flight from DBX to SIN to go. I wonder what’s next, ambient temperature viscous juice?

After watching an episode of The Simpsons (A Star is Born-Again), I was inspried to make this little film. Benny Hill and tea, apart from draping the union jack in the background, what could be more british??

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