Wednesday, December 23, 2009

How to Survive a Long Flight


Can’t sleep in a long haul flight? Everyone dreads a long flight especially if it exceeds more than five hours. Flip doesn’t like it too. I usually drink some liquor before I board a flight so I could sleep through it. But sometimes, I wake up and couldn’t go back to sleep.

Here are my Top 10 creative ways on how to kill time on a long flight. I’m not suggesting you to follow any of this though. This is purely just for fun.

Try to Learn another Language: Are you sitting beside a Japanese or a Chinese or maybe another nationality? Why not ask him or her to teach you some basics? Or better yet listen to a foreign radio stations and try to decipher what they’re saying.

Let your Creativity Flow: Go to the bathroom and draw a funny face on the mirror using toothpaste. It wouldn’t aggravate anyone I guess because toothpaste is so easy to clean. Who knows, you might be making someone smile, especially if that someone was having a diarrhea explosion on a long haul flight.

Talk to your Seatmate: Bored? Why not initiate a conversation with your seatmate? Get to know where they are from and where they’re heading to. Share some travel tips about their destination if you can.

Get Infatuated: Walk around the cabin and find the most attractive person onboard. Introduce yourself and get to know them. Just don’t wake them up if they’re sleeping. Who knows, you might be starting a wonderful love story in doing this.

Read a Book: This seems to be not creative at all, right? So why not read a book that is not yours. Borrow whatever your seatmate is reading and read it.

Talk to Yourself: Ok, this might sound crazy. Do not talk to yourself out loud, everyone might think you’re a lunatic onboard. Talk to yourself by writing yourself a letter. And don’t forget to mail it to your own address as soon as you land. It would be very interesting to receive and read that letter after a few days.

Become the next J.K. Rowling: Yeah, you heard that right, be creative and write a very good fictional short story. To make it more exciting, observe your fellow passengers and include them in your story. Did you see a grumpy looking old lady? Why not cast her as the witch in your story. (LOL)

Make a Movie Review: Tired of watching the same old movies over and over again? Why not make a review out of it and post it in your blog after. Who knows, this might be your next career.

Are there only eight on the list? Why not add more? Feel free to post your ideas on how to creatively survive a long flight.


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