Trip to Britain -- A LONG Day 1 -- HK->London

Zzzzzzzzzzzz... Haven't slept for almost 21 hours - testing my limits. Now that I'm extremely exhausted, I'd definitely try to sleep the most hours in the long-haul flight! The record last time was only 4 hours (2 in each 'session') in a 13-hour flight journey. The midnight spent was not as bad as I thought - thank god I slept till 12noon the day before. When I finished packing, it's just 2am. When it's 4.30am, I called the taxi driver up and I took a shower. It felt like a fresh day ahead after that, yet started to feel 'dumb' (or 'idle') when I was in the taxi. A 'bargain' journey - just HK$200.
The plane was delayed till 10am. One very bad thing about the arrangement was the communication of the staff. One was telling us to go to the lounge while another told us to get breakfast from the food court worth less than HK$45.

(<-- A nice French family with cute kids - in the airport terminal)
Torturing waiting till 9 something, I actually struggled to pull myself from falling asleep - yet, I was damn tired! Got on the plane at last at about 9.45am. After waiting for the two people next to me to settle down, I instantly fell asleep before the flight took off - not surprising to me at all! The sleep lasted for 2 and a half hours when the flight attendants woke me with the trolleys and the smell of the breakfast. Got up, took the breakfast (Chinese dim sum with 'siu mai', dumplings, fried bean curd rolls and a meat bun), watched 'Match Point' using Movie-On-Demand, I fell asleep again. This time it lasted for 3 hours - I broke the record! I slept for 5 and a half this time on a 12-hour flight journey. I felt much better after the two naps and then I watched '8 Elbows' and enjoyed the nice snack pack at the same time.

I like Qantas about the service (or food) - I've never had FRUIT on the planes. This time it's not mixed fruit (sliced/diced) but the whole apple. Great! Snacks were fantastic with KitKat, water, mint sweets and crackers. And though the movies might not be as 'new' as I expected, I liked the 'MOD' and the massive variety of choices, with which I could choose my favourite ones at any time I wanted.

Having finished 'lunch' (beef in red wine sauce - just so-so!), it's 1 hour to land - GREAT!

The immigration didn't take long but the 'claim luggage' was CRAZY - took me almost 45 mins to get my backpack! Anyway, I took the bus No.20 (free shuttle) from Terminal 4 to Hatton Cross tube station, heading to Bow. The tube was so cramped at around 5pm - it's a bit embarrassing to squeeze myself out from the compartment.

Finally, I reached Luica's place in Bow Quarter - NICE one! We chatted for a while and it's already 8pm, so we went to get a drink at a pub nearby and a bar restaurant for dinner (Indian food). Luica and I chatted for some more time when she showed me her small library - the night ended with lots of laughters! :D