I was wide awake after sleeping for 1.5 hrs. It’s quite an achievement given that I usually cannot sleep much on flights. This time I have a goal – to sleep as much as I can without trying to match my destination timezone. Can fall asleep already very good liao haha. I shall not give myself too much pressure. 

I was able to sleep for 1 hr for my first flight (SIN – NRT) and 1.5 hrs so far for my second flight (NRT – SFO). I doubt I can sleep for the third flight (SFO – PHX) as it will be quite shaky since it is a smaller aircraft for domestic short distance flights. 

I hope jet lag won’t be too bad for me and I hope to achieve more than 4 hrs of sleep daily. Last year was especially tough with just 4 hrs of sleep a day during my entire US journey. Even Gulabi got worried for me because I hardly sleep… She knows I can really sleep and will keep snoozing my alarm usually. So she was quite worried why I can sometimes wake up before my alarm.

For my first flight, I was sitting at the front row seats for Premium Economy so there was quite a bit of leg room. Unfortunately I was seated next to a guy who decided to put his feet on the board in front of us. Then he was snoring as well. I can smell a bit of his smelly feet even though I was wearing a mask. I also can hear his snoring when I removed my headset. So I just keep wearing my headset (Bose NC 700) which simply cancels out his entire snoring noise. Definitely can trust Bose when it comes to Active Noise Cancellation. 🙂 

For my second flight, I was seated next to a rather judgemental white lady. She kept looking at what I am doing – using wet wipes to clean my seat, then my bracelets, etc. I was also munching on snacks during take off.

Actually I got a bit of blocked nose and sinus back flow before my flights so I was worried that the same issue that happened in my Hong Kong flights will happen. I realised I haven’t finished uploading my Hong Kong photos so the post about my flight experience is not out yet. 

Luckily so far so good so may it remain this way until the end of my entire trip.