20100325 Transit @ Frankfurt

The flight to Frankfurt was a smooth one... I didn't catch much sleep though told myself that I would give the movies a miss in order to gain time for recharge... sigh! without much success...

The plane seemed new! Ah! From the layout of the remote control and the screen layout... hahaha... well, it matters... for a season traveller :D

This time, didn't asked for special meal... (actually, also no time to think about it)

The first one is beef... 'cos needed to avoid the other one that came with curry.

Hm... it tasted good :D

Here's the 2nd meal in the plane... Chicken meal

Caught 3.75 movies:

• Princess and the Frog - a 2-D cartoon, pretty refreshing one. Ha! Here, the princess turned into a frog after kissing the frog prince! A lesson to learn - fairy-tale history does not always happen! Anticipate a more worse off deal! haha...
• Avatar - Yes, there's so much publicity over the movie when first shown in Singapore. Well, the idea of 'moving' one's soul to another physical body is not really new... saw that in one of those Hongkong produced drama/movie. Storyline... ok... what would you expect if it's an action thriller from the US? Lots of fires and bombs, etc... on the other hand, undeniable, the 'environment' set-up for the 'aliens' was fascinatingly beautiful :D One key message it brings across is really about humanity - what's the definition? A noble purpose could turn ugly as the team members' "real" motive starts to surface.
• 2012 - Another one that I heard so much... ok... it's about the end of the world... How different or similar to Avatar (in terms of impression)? Hm... again, similar to Avatar, the 'scale-up' disaster! Difference? The cost is different! hahah... I think one messages that it brings across is really '
• A Korean movie, the Righteous Thief - the storyline is not new... saw numerous movies along this storyline... except none in korean in the past... ahaha... well, the movie came to a halt in the last 10 min, just before the plane touched down. Shall continue on the way home...

The flight stayed in the 'darker' part of the globe most of the time, it was the "Night" chased the "Day" phenomenon :D

We arrived at Frankfurt - local time at around 8 pm. Indeed, we thought it was a smooth sailing one 'cos we had our boarding pass issued at Changi Airport already. While we followed the sign to go to Gate A, the signs were simply badly labelled and situated! and we took the skytrain (which was unnecessary) and ended up in one of those no-man-would-go land!


However, the airport staff was not helpful at all. 1st unpleasant encounter of the trip. Eventually we came to the 'junction' where there were 2 police posts (afterwhich, noted that it handled the immigration admin). Not friendly either - with that why-you-create-work-for-me "look"... well, did the world owe them everything! If not happy with the job, why be there?

One lesson learnt: Front desk employees are the ambassadors to the organisation or even to the country... The impressions these Frankfurt airport ground personnel gave? It really can't make it!