{"id":35289,"date":"2024-11-30T13:55:13","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T05:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/violinstar.net\/?p=35289"},"modified":"2024-11-30T13:55:28","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T05:55:28","slug":"thoughts-while-flying-across-pacific-ocean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/violinstar.net\/?p=35289","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts while flying across Pacific Ocean\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"p1\">I was wide awake after sleeping for 1.5 hrs. It\u2019s quite an achievement given that I usually cannot sleep much on flights. This time I have a goal &#8211; 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.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">I was able to sleep for 1 hr for my first flight (SIN &#8211; NRT) and 1.5 hrs so far for my second flight (NRT &#8211; SFO). I doubt I can sleep for the third flight (SFO &#8211; PHX) as it will be quite shaky since it is a smaller aircraft for domestic short distance flights.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">I hope jet lag won\u2019t 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\u2026 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">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. \ud83d\ude42&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">For my second flight, I was seated next to a rather judgemental white lady. She kept looking at what I am doing &#8211; using wet wipes to clean my seat, then my bracelets, etc. I was also munching on snacks during take off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">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\u2019t finished uploading my Hong Kong photos so the post about my flight experience is not out yet.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">Luckily so far so good so may it remain this way until the end of my entire trip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was wide awake after sleeping for 1.5 hrs. It\u2019s quite an achievement given that I usually cannot sleep much on flights. This time I have a goal &#8211; to sleep as much as I can without trying to match my destination timezone. Can fall asleep already very good liao haha. 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