Right now I really don't know which time zone we're in so I'll just set the date as it is in Sydney. We took off from Auckland half an hour ago.  And of course I do expect to publish this entry much later, or at least after we land. Surprisingly, I am comfortable. Make no mistake, it is economy class. But there is ample room for me to stretch my legs and the in-flight entertainment is... very entertaining! Also the fact that the two seats between me and the window are empty made it all the more tranquil. Yet still, it will take us at least another 12 hours to get to San Francisco. Until then I better keep boredom at bay so I'll just tinker with my laptop for a while.

We were meant to depart from Sydney at 10:30am, so I decided to go to the airport at 7am to make sure that if there are going to be any hassles then I have more than enough time to make up for it. If not then I can check my luggage in and just hang around. But it didn't work out that way. The aircraft was late for an hour. And because of that they also delayed the check-ins. So up until 9am I had to drag around my suitcase and I couldn't wander too far away in case they delay the flight even further or make other changes to it. It's occasions like this that I'm glad I always travel light. I could've carried two 20kg suitcases (and a sofa?) but what would I do with them if I'm on my own and I had to go to the bathroom?

But other than that everything else was good. Starbucks was within visual range of the airline's check-in counter so I just sat there and had coffee and waited. And right now I'm looking out the window and it's really nice to see over the clouds. It's not everyday that you see the sunset from 10,000 meters above sea level. :)