Bottle Girl...

OK where to start with this?? I really dunno except I was bored at home a while back and posted a "Note in a Bottle" blurb here on my blog. I honestly did not think it would lead to anything special... it was just my thoughts at the time. But as it turned out... somebody on the other side of the world read the note and claimed it for HER. Which I was happy about... cus I liked HER. And somehow... that little note... became a big story.

I first met HER online... the first time I saw HER on web-cam she was sitting around drinking beer with HER friends and laughing. Instantly I liked HER lol. We chatted almost every night after this... about anything and everything. We kinda became inseparable. Some days at work I caught myself wishing I was home on the computer talking to HER... its funny how you can miss a person you've never actually met in real life. 

After counting down the weeks, I was in Makati... phone in hand... trying to find HER... it was like a dream!! I still remember the moment I saw HER for the first time... and HER eyes!!! The girl with the smiling face that wished me goodnight almost every night for months... was real. Officially real and standing in front of me. Still smiling. Like I was.  

The next 10 days I spent with HER... we were shy at first... but then we just clicked... HER smile and warm heart made me feel safe. And HER easy going nature made for many crazy moments. But it was the simple moments I enjoyed with HER the most... sharing dinner with HER at the Tiki Bar. Laying in bed with HER chatting away at night. We shared everything together... even typhoons lol. I told HER my biggest secrets... and she told me HERs. I trusted HER not to run away. And she gave me HER heart. I thought my note had found the right person. Maybe it was just luck... or maybe it was destiny. All I know is "Note in a Bottle" had become a real life story. 

Then one day she just walked out of my life... with no warning... and no real explanation. Yep... just like that.

I thought I knew HER... the girl that had talked to me for what felt like forever. The one girl I always felt safe with... HER... just walked away. And made me question what I did wrong. I did not understand... maybe a better man than me found HER. Or maybe she thought I was not coming back for HER. The truth is I had already booked my flight to come back for HER. The truth is I missed HER like crazy when I was in Thailand. The truth is I wanted to answer yes to HER question she asked me on the plane. The truth is I wanted HER to be forever.   

By the time this blog finds HER eyes... and she reads this... I'll be sitting on a plane flying back to Sydney. YOU should be sitting beside me. But the truth is I could never trust YOU enough... to not just walk away from me again.


Life goes on....

GOODNIGHT SWANNY ......... one last time.    

Unpleasant Passenger...

Recently a 50 something year old woman arrived at her seat on a crowded Qantas flight from Sydney to Singapore and refused to sit in her seat. The seat was next to a black man. Disgusted, the woman immediately called the flight attendant and demanded a new seat.

The woman said "I cannot sit here next to this black man." Mortified, the flight attendant politely said "Let me see if I can find another seat." After checking, the flight attendant returned and said to the women "Mam, there are no more seats in economy, but I will check with the Captain and see if there is a seat available in first class." About 10 minutes later, the flight attendant returned again and said "Captain has confirmed that there are no more seats in economy". Pausing for a moment, the flight attendant continued... "But there is one in first class. It is our company policy to never move a person from economy to first class, but it would be a scandal to force somebody to sit next to an UNPLEASANT person… so the Captain agreed to change the seat to first class."

Before the woman could say anything, the flight attendant turned to the black man and said… "Therefore sir, if you would so kindly retrieve your personal items, we would like to move you to the comfort of first class as the Captain doesn't want you to sit next to an unpleasant person." Passengers in the seats nearby began to applause while some gave a standing ovation!!

IN-FLIGHT KARMA!!!