Narita Airport: Because Filipinos Are The Same No Matter Where They Come From
I'm sitting at the Narita airport waiting for my flight back to Manila, surrounded by a crapload of Filipinos from America (and some tourists from Japan). After a year of having to concentrate to understand the random conversations of the crowds around me, it was somewhat disconcerting to sit in a the middle of a crowd and be able to understand every fucking word that was being said.
It was mostly posturing about how they were pissed at having a layover in Japan but not being able to go outside (because they didn't have a visa), and boy does that get repetitive.
And if that wasn't enough to remind me that I was going home, there was a periodic announcement from North West airlines asking if anyone was willing to give up their seat (!) and take a 9:30 am flight tomorrow instead in exchange for a USD400 voucher (!!). After a year of the absolutely fucking stringent Japanese and their perfect systems, I could't believe that this airline had either a) Overbooked or b) Had A Really Crappy Computer Malfunction.
I was almost tempted to take the offer, but I remembered that I had appointments lined up tomorrow and didn't really want to cancel.
Ah, well.
The next few days are going to be really interesting.
amusedIt was mostly posturing about how they were pissed at having a layover in Japan but not being able to go outside (because they didn't have a visa), and boy does that get repetitive.
And if that wasn't enough to remind me that I was going home, there was a periodic announcement from North West airlines asking if anyone was willing to give up their seat (!) and take a 9:30 am flight tomorrow instead in exchange for a USD400 voucher (!!). After a year of the absolutely fucking stringent Japanese and their perfect systems, I could't believe that this airline had either a) Overbooked or b) Had A Really Crappy Computer Malfunction.
I was almost tempted to take the offer, but I remembered that I had appointments lined up tomorrow and didn't really want to cancel.
Ah, well.
The next few days are going to be really interesting.