Around the World in 80 Hours

by Pinkelle on July 24, 2007

I’d love to blog about my Singapore trip but that unfortunately will have to wait.

Yesterday evening, I came to work and was informed at 4pm that I had to leave for London tonight. The initial itinerary made my head reel! It was:

  • Arrive in London on Wednesday morning at 6am.
  • Meetings
  • Depart at 8.30pm
  • Arrive in Beijing on Thursday night
  • Depart Beijing on Friday afternoon

I’ve never seen a turnaround in UK before! Imagine flying 13 grueling hours in economy class just to do a turnaround! I don’t think even pilots did that! Luckily the Beijing trip got postponed to next week so now we’re doing a night stopover before heading back.

I just turned down something else for this. I hope it’s the right decision. Otherwise I’m screwed :(

In the meantime, I guess entries here will be kinda sporadic but I’ll try to keep them coming! Thanks for coming by!

I’m tired even before the crazy traveling has started!

*Pinkelle zooms off in her jet*

{ 10 comments… read them below or add one }

rinnah July 24, 2007 at 2:03 pm

Fly, baby fly! Wheeee!

psst… maybe you’ll meet a handsome pilot / passenger while you do? *wink*

PE says: I didn’t :( The pilots were all old and crappy :P

N July 24, 2007 at 5:29 pm

You go girl! Lots of light moisturizer and drink water with squeeze of lemon!! We will all wait for your jet to come back. Gooch is on its first trip out, yippie!!

PE says: Thanks girl! Gooch came back with scratches already!! *BOO HOOO*

LB July 24, 2007 at 8:33 pm

WOW!!!! That’s pretty amazing! Hey, but you can do it! I know.. I know.. *offers you a shoulder massage on the flight*

PE says: Ahh…thanks LB! It was very much needed with the full cattle class flight and screaming babies!

domestic rat July 25, 2007 at 1:18 pm

Wow! Enjoy the zooming around. And must share any loot u grabbed on this trip!

PE says: Thanks DR but no loot to share! No time to even sniff out any shops!

sooyin July 25, 2007 at 11:39 pm

Wow! Talk about a jetsetting lifestyle…=)

Seriously though, it’s kinda short notice, isn’t it?

Hope you have a safe trip to and fro…take care!

PE says: Thanks Soo Yin :) Short Notice, unfortunately, does not exist in the company’s vocabulary! :( There must be something against that in the Labour Law :P

Giddy Tiger July 25, 2007 at 11:40 pm

London sounds so glamorous! Have fun and bring back loads of memories! We’ll miss ya!

PE says: Aww…thanks GT! I didn’t have that much fun but had some memories (bad, unfortunately!) Coming up in the next post…missed you guys too :)

Judy July 26, 2007 at 4:18 pm

By the time I read this post, you would have left London. Otherwise I could meet up with you. Why such a rush. The company should understand that such flights and rush itinerary will only exhaust the employee!

Whoever you turned down for this official trip will understand.

PE says: Thanks Judy! There’ll be other times I’m sure :) I only wish the company was as understanding as you are!

shern's mom July 26, 2007 at 9:40 pm

so did you went shoppin in london? oh, how nice..

PE says: Unfortunately I didn’t :( Thanks for dropping by!

Shooi July 27, 2007 at 10:10 pm

With the stopover, hopefully you’ll have time to do something other than work.

PE says: Hello Shooi! Thanks for coming by! Unfortunately it was all work and nothing much else :(

may July 28, 2007 at 9:26 pm

fly, fly away! whee! rest well in between, yea?

PE says: Yeah, the weekend was much too short since I only arrived on Saturday! What a pain :(

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