Joke on the plane

Joke 1:
Let me see if I can remember this conversation verbatim.
One day before the flight began and as passengers were boarding, the cutest little old woman tugged on my suit jacket."Hi there", I said. "Excuse me, sir?" She said. "Why aren't you in the cockpit?" I looked at her puzzled."Why would I be in the cockpit?" I asked. She looked back at me as if she just lost her puppy. "Aren't you a pilot?"I smiled at her. "No Mam, I'm a Flight Attendant." "Oh!" she said. "You mean a Stewardess?" "No." I replied. "A flight Attendant. Same thing, we just don't use that term much anymore.""Oh", she said again. "In that case I'll take a coke, no ice."I laughed. "I'll began beverage service as soon as we get to 10,000 Feet. I promise, you'll be the first person I serve."

Joke 2:
As soon as we finished delivering the menu in the cabin...minutes later...Ding~ (call bell!) from seat 42C, Me: Yes madam, how may I help you? Pax A: Yes, can I order my meal now? I want Okra Sambar (indian vegetarian) and my husband wants Curry fish! Me: Madam, we will be serving the meal from the front to the back so there is no need to order meal in anticipation! Moral-Aircraft is a public transportation not a restaurant!

Joke 3:
Helga is a woman pilot working for a well-known airline...
Anyway, one day Helga boarded the plane and was sitting in the cockpit with the door open. A man climbed onto the plane and was just taking his seat when he looked up and saw Helga. She saw that his face turned a shade of green and she heard him say to the air steward, 'Blimey, is that a woman I see in the cockpit?' Waiting a while Helga then heard the man say, 'Well, I suppose it's alright as long as they don't let her touch anything.'

More jokes will come to my mind as I fly more...

Osaka and Kyoto in 28 hours! wohoooo...

My favourite destination...JAPAN! Despite of japanses passengers are very nice and easy to deal with, as they always demonstrate japanese culture and courtesy throughout the flight, featuring the "red eye" flight (midnight departure) much much easier~ After my London flight, i got 2 Osaka flights in a row, from 19-21 and 25-27 of May. Unfortunately, majority of cherry blossoms had gone but still some left behind the hotel but also some in Kyoto! This time Osaka weather was great to start my planned journey to Kyoto, 35 minutes by train (express one! but not Shin Kan Sen) from Osaka station, the good thing is the free hotel shuttle taking us to Osaka Station every 20 minutes. The train fare is 540 yen each way which was not okay not expensive at all.

Picture below, was taken in Monday morning, peak hour in Osaka Station! ppl walking like ants...FAST but ORGANIZED! If you dont respect the right line to go up or down, you could die under their feet!

Now, you can see these 3 Geishas walking on the streets near Kiyomizu Temple, you can always see them slowing walking down to the street! is real not a show! Such a good contrast to the modern life in Japan!

Now Kiyomizu-dera photo show~

Kiyomizu Temple, 清水寺 (built in 778, rebuilt in 1633), one of the must see sights in Japan and specially in this historical city Kyoto (京都), the antic capital in Japan but nowadays is Tokyo. Kiyomizu means clear water or pure water, you can always find those nature fountains with different meanings, to obtain blessings, love, luck, protection, such as amults can be purchased to bring home for more interests. Of course, I had to get some hehehe...one is actually now hanging on my door! Also i found a big charm walking in surounding area in Kiyomizu-Dera, is the streets with bunches of shops and local restaurants! Such a nice trip in Kyoto, beyond the words! Missing the red bean soup, those tempting japanses pickles! I brough some to Dubai but still eating them little by little...so yummy!! Also bought a Samurai sword which caused me 2 custom security checks in Osaka Kansai International Airport and back here in Dubai, even was just an imitation not a real one, but still had to go through that tedious process. That gorgeous sword cost me only 7500 yen! what a nice deal~the tip is you have to visit several shops and check their prices, sometimes the nice deal is just next to you! Those japanses people are nice to talk to, most of times credit card can be used!

The second trip wasnt much to do as the weather was aweful, next day was raining the whole day and quite cold, and my jetlag had started to claim for sleep...yawn!! Even though i still woke up around 10 o'clock in the morning to go to the charming city Kyoto again, but this time not to visit temples but shopping!!! guess what...bought so many skin care products, some for me, some for my mom! such as moisturizers, hand cream, masks, lotions...etc. Com'on! you cant miss going to those cosmetic shops and buy those skin care products, they are so good and at a good price! 10000 yen was gone in that afternoon~~~but with a good harvest of cosmetic things! the aircraft cabin is extremely dry, therefore, taking care of our skin has become a daily task! Keep my face and hand moisturized all the time throughout the flight, even during our rest time! I found DHC and Shisheldo UNO very useful and handy to bring on board with me, moreover, they are working great on my skin, has got my skin improved and prevent being dehydrated. Some crew joked at me, saying i have more "stuff" than girls! LOL....it is so necesary to carry those items with me!

Japanese cusine!

Tofu lunch! so tender and delicious!

My small toilet pouch comes with MUJI non-alcoholic sanitizer, L'occitane hand cream, nail cutis conditioner (hahaha...my nail cutis suxxxxx so dry! looks aweful if i dont start using this nice product), DHC face gel (moisturizer), hair gel for retouching. That's all~do you think that is too much for a flight attendant to carry in the cabin bag? Naaaaaaaahhhh, dont get me wrong. Leave your comment any good tip to care of our skin please be generous to share them please!

Attention cabin crew! Swine flu~~~~~

As we all realized from different medias, tv, newspapers or radio, currently there is a outbreak viral virus called Swine flu spreading around the world starting from Mexico! Our job as cabin crew obviously needs to be taken care of by all possible preventive measures, however, our company has implemented a contigency plan to avoid and protect our working enviroment.

Should we wear surgical mask to avoid being infected? Wearing masks on the plane working with passengers sounds weird to everyone, but if the flu keeps spreading over the world we will have to apply this type of preventive measure. Just be careful for now, wash your hands often after dealing with customers towels, used items and meal trays, as they may contain important viral virus! Thus, we should be using hand sanitizer or wash our hands for 15 seconds with soaps and dry them with clean tissues. We do not want to see any of our colleagues being infected because of our inevitable duties. Keep sanitizer handy and do not fly if you have any similar symptoms related to swine flu, such as high fever, caughing, lack of appetite, tireness etc please call sick instead of coming to the plane and spread your virus to the rest of the crew on board. Even though the influenza is not a killer desease but if your inmuse system is quite low and weak, then your life is at risk!

Sincerely all flight attendants shall pay attention to the current swine flu situation since the alert frmo WHO has arised to 5, henceforward, everyone should be looking after each other and be safe and healthy flying to every cornor of the planet!

14 days in Costa Rica...sweet home!

As I requested 10 days leave plus 5 days off they gave me...so in total i got 2 weeks exact time to spend my holidays with my family and friends back home. Had a great time with all my friends and they did spend their vacation with me as well, we went to Manuel Antonio beach and clubbing...also did a canopy trip with my friend Josue such a nice guy to spend time with.

This time i did not fly with Emirates back to Costa Rica, instead, I chosed Delta Airlines because they fly from Dubai to Atlanta and then Atlanta to San Jose, which is quite similar as my usual routing via Houston. The idea came along with the Houston flight is always full and the passengers are not americans...and so on. So I wanted to try other airlines also to find out how do they do in an ultra long haul flight! But Delta Airlines has absolutely nothing to compre with Emirates~we are the best for my opinion! Delta offered 2 meals, each one with 2 choices, always chicken or pasta, and prior our landing to Atlanta, we were served a veggie Pizza as it was a breakfast time! So pathetic...i couldnt believe the ameican airlines are that lean and mean to customers, poor meal tray with no presentation, and they set up a table with some sandwishes, chocolates, water and cokes during the flight which was okay for me. BUT yes serve yourselves! They rarely come to the cabin with round drinks, when they did, was only water! Another thing to highlight about Delta is that their cabin crew are OLD and literally OLD! I can tell their media age is around 45-50 years old! One of them, seems to be the senior, she has been working for Delta for about 39 years! My gosh~~~which means she must be over 60 already! and still doing this kind of UL flight. However the fact is that only senior flight stewardesses can obtain this kind of long haul flights...compare to the short flight between Atlanta and Costa Rica, the crew were mixed, young and old...

The good thing about this trip with Delta is an upgrade to Business Class on both flights between Atlanta and San Jose Costa Rica! What a surprise! Unfortunately, between Dubai and Atlanta all business classes were fully booked therefore they could not put me in business class! Their seats in economy class are aweful and old, unconfortable, cant recline too much, narrow seat, cheap blanket, the in flight entertainment system was just okay, that was when i started missing our ICE!!! but was a great experience to try other airlines service and observe how other cabin crew interact each other. Emirates is Emirates, Delta is way behind us! Cheers~ and thank you for offering Business Class!

Thinking to bring my dad and mom to Dubai in summer, but is gonna be so hot, maybe will take them to Japan as well! yeah~ Osaka trip detail is coming up soon, stay tunned!