Lessons Learned at 18 000 feet
7 and half hours is not the longest plane ride of my life, not even close. 18 hours was the longest to be exact. New York New York to Johannesburg South Africa, which was a Doozie. However I have come to recognize on simple truth, whether 7, 14, or 18 hours, these flights feel crazy long. Movies I watched on this flight, Karate Kid, Cyrus, and Toy Story 3, hence the title of today’s entry. I apologize if there is two posts in one day but with these time changes its been day 2 for me.
Who would have thought that my first lesson on this trip would have come from watching a kids movie while being cramped on a plane where I was unlucky enough to end up in a seat with no open ones next to it, but I digress. Today’s life lesson is actually quite profound, are you ready for it. Don’t forsake Loyalty for Glory. I fell like in our day and age (yes I know that makes me sound like an old person) the commodity that is most sought after (maybe besides money) is glory. I can admit that in short term it may seem like it its worth it, but trust me loyalty is way better in the long run. If you haven’t seen Toy Story 3 I wont ruin the ending for you but just to suffice that our little Toy Friends learn this lesson early on in the movie when they ignored the advice of their fearless leader Woody. Need another clever movie reference? No problem, go watch Blow with Johnny Depp, needless to say the tragic end to this movie is a result of seeking glory over loyalty.
Yes I know that life is not like the movies, but it doesn’t make these life truths any less valuable.
Current Status: It is all you can eat ethnic food night at the hostel tonight, good idea? Well find out tomorrow. It was an adventure getting settled. Finding This little place was a hassle, but i walked it to save money, the only bad part about that is how weird i felt lugging my suitcase all over the place. oh well, to save a couple bucks. Tomorrow I hope the weather is good, I take the bus tour of London. Oh and ps it is more expensive to be in London than i had planned, maybe some fasting might be in order later...
Theme Song for the Day: We R Who We R - Kesha
To Infinity And Beyond!
nate if your feeling walky (not a real word but appropriate) and want to see some cool stuff in london ill send you a google map of some good routes... London has the largest urban parkland (im gunna say in europe) for its size... enjoy it man! sounds like a true adventure!
ReplyDeleteKe$ha? really? okokok. Feel free to blog more than once a day as often as you like. you know ill be checking more than once. lol (Do i sound pathetic yet?)
ReplyDeleteanother confession that may make me sound ridic is that at the hostels that came with free breakfast i would take tons of extras and throughout the meal put it in my purse (in your case murse). Giving myself breakfast and lunch :)
Food was crazy expensive, but talk to locals. They know where to go to not get ripped off. And if you're planning on spending a few days buy snacks from a grocery store. Even just carrying granola's etc will prevent you from buying something costly on impulse due to your fast. LOL
HAVE SO MUCH FUN!!!