I lost a day today. Got on a plane and it was Thursday and landed and it was Saturday. Literally changed by calendar on my watch from "10" to "12".
I am posting this from an airport transfer lounge in Seoul, South Korea where I have already had two free lattes. It is 6:00 AM local time, sometime in the afternoon FRIDAY at home in the OC. In two hours I fly to Manila where I recuperate from jet lag for a day (or is it two?) and then we drive to Subic Bay for the Chrysalis Institute Asia.
I was struck again by how wierd it is that I can fly around the globe, literally while I sleep (or watch "Akeelah and the Bee"--two thumbs up!). With the internet connection, I can post as easily as at home (in fact, as Thomas Friedman of "The World is Flat" fame will tell you, even easier).
One other experience to "mine" for later: earlier today, I was the only "white, non-hispanic" (to use US Census terminology) sitting in a room watching the terror alert on CNN (see travel note below) There was one hispanic women, everyone else was Asian. Here's the rub. It was at LAX. I hadn't yet left the USA and was already in "foreign" ground. Even more interesting was that when I sat in the transit lounge in Seoul, there was far more English spoken than there had been in Los Angeles.
While some will bemoan this state of things, I see both the reality of a changing world and the opportunities that abound. And once again, my definition for the "world that God so loves" has just gotten a bit bigger.
Travel note: As most of us know by now, the days of bringing bottled water--or even hair gel--on a plane look like they are over. If you are going to buy South African--or even Napa Valley wines--you won't be able to carry them on a plane anymore. This uncertain world will require, at the very least, certainly a lot more patience.
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