ANA oversold, and i got free upgrade to business class. this is my first business class flight, and being the suaku i didn’t know how it works. i joined the wrong queues, keep forgetting that economy queues are different from business. i was also lucky to get the upgrade from San Francisco to Narita, which was the longer 10-hour leg of my flight. having hiked up yoshimete the day before it was perfect i am able to stretch my legs on the seat throughout the flight.

the seat can be inclined to any degree, from upright to bed mode, and if you’ve watched mr bean at the dentist, yes, that’s how i look like with the chair going up and down and up and down. it was definitely spacious, and even though i’m in the window seat i could get out pretty easily without disturbing my neighbour. i kept sliding down the bed at first, until i found the leg-rest plus the controls that could accommodate my height. there was even a button for “lumbar refresh” which will massage your lower back. the pillow was bigger, the blanket was of sleeping bag material, and you’re given slippers and a cardigan. meals come at times as you please, and appetizers are served separate from the main course, which comes before dessert.

in the end i watched 3 movies – Did You Hear About the Morgans, Two Weeks Notice, and The Prestige. slept in the pockets in between. surprisingly i didn’t sleep a lot, and i couldn’t really sleep in chair’s bed mode. i mostly fell asleep while in the relax mode, which was somewhere in-between bed and upright.

i slept more during the 2nd leg. they switched the entertainment to the June catalog so i was planning to watch A Beautiful Mind and Invictus, but couldn’t finish even the first one. the check-in lady at the airport was nice to put me on the middle aisle seat for the 2nd leg as i requested, and the bonus was there was nobody in the middle. she look slightly confused why i would switch a front window seat to a back aisle, but i always preferred middle aisle because i could get out anytime, and there is an alternative exit for the only person in the middle. luckily i still felt comfortable in the seat having switched back to economy, less the pillow that feels pretty small now…

1. Take 101 north into the city towards Golden Gate Bridge, exit to Fell St.
2. Follow Fell St and filter to J.F.Kennedy Drive after intersecting Cole St.
3. You will reach the Conservatory of Flowers on the right. Park.
4. Walk back to car, continue drive along J.F.Kennedy Drive and you will reach Rose Garden on the right. Park.
5. Walk across the road and follow the sign to walk to Japanese Tea Garden.
6. Walk to Academy of Science, opposite the Japanese Tea Garden entrance.
7. Walk back to car, turn left towards Stow Lake in a short distance ahead. Turn left again to go up Stow Lake.
8. Park beside a bridge on the right and walk in. If you turn left after crossing bridge you will reach a waterfall and a pavilion.
9. Walk back to car, continue one way drive, and exit to Martin Luther King Jr Dr to the right. Continue until after 41st Ave, filter right to J.F.Kennedy Drive. Continue until Dutch Windmill just before Great Highway.

woke up late for the 1st time 3 years in this company. the alarm did ring, but i switched it off and dozed off, waking up only an hour later. tried to flag a cab but after a while i could see there were too few cabs and some more people were waiting ahead of me. ended up taking the bus to work anyway. lucky there are no events in the morning.

jonquil31: people are not as bad as they seem once you get to know them
xen: people are not as bad as they seem until you get to know them

Go for Revenge of the Mummy and Shrek 4D Adventure.
No need to try the Accelerator.

par: sigh
cherlyn: don’t sigh —- just think wat if God was one of us?
xen: he’d sigh

thought of this phrase for no reason as I was walking back to office from lunch.

“You sew what you rip.”

had anyone have this feeling of short bursts of pricking pain randomly over your skull?

name cards collectibles…

i’m sitting in a meeting now watching a slide that promotes our product that gives users piece of mind.

wonderful.