Saturday, January 5, 2008
Flight to London via QF9 was delayed for an hour due to the late arrival of passages from the connecting flight from Perth. This is one of the most uncomfortable flights I had been on. All the good seats had been taken up despite the plane being only ¾ full. I was given a seat on the left side on the plane between a fat lady in her 50s (sitting by the window and goes to the toilet hourly), and a muscleman rugby player from Oz (sitting by the aisle and having difficulty standing up from his seat to make way for the old lady due to his gigantic size). They are nice and friendly people all right…but both place their arms on the arm rests, reducing whatever tiny space on my economy flight by another ¼. They have big arms ok…Since I cant get to sleep, I watched movies like Evan almighty, Harry Pottie, some NASA space show, No reservations…The choices are rather limited.
Things run like clockwork once I got out of the airport. I took the underground to Newlington Green where I would be staying, carrying 30kg worth of luggage up and down flights of stairs at the interchange. There were ALWAYS gentlemen who helped me carry my hard case up and down the stairs without me having to ask. This reminds me of my last trip to Poland with GA, where Feri and Claybear were our white knights in rescue. And of course, we girls carried as much of the heavy stuff.
Went to SOAS after to see Dr. David Hughes and after which, attended my first lecture in African music at 4-6pm. Dr. Impey was dynamic in her delivery; there is much to ponder over after the lecture. I spent the rest of the day exploring the city and checking out prices of essential things like foodstuff and tolietries, they are not as expensive as I thought.
Off to my lecture now for ‘Aspects of East Asia Music”, looking forward to it. Will post pictures soon.
& the Ballet Dancer
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