A Travel Day

5:05am - woke up to check my emails and read what happened around the world
6:15am - cook oatmeal for b'fast
6:30am - feeding time, all showered
6:50am - all packed and headed to the subway, first leg to the airport
7:25am - arrived at the Maglev station, that 400KM/h highspeed train to the airport
7:35am - Maglev departed for airport, hey, it's only 300KM/h this morning, I want a refund... just safety to be 100Km slower this early in the morning
7:45am - arrived at the airport
7:55am - all checked in after walking about 1KM plus from the Maglev to the airline counter at Terminal 2; seems all the new airports are getting bigger and bigger; must be designed based on health concerns. People need to get their blood flowing ahead of the cramp seatings on the planes.
8:05am - thru security & immigration (much much better than the stupid Hong Kong Arrival! I waited for 45 minutes! Only 3 immigration officers! In Shanghai, the goal was getting visitors thru in under 15 seconds per person. By pass Hong Kong airport if possible....)
9:10am - pushed off from the gate
9:45am - finally, we took off; Shanghai air space is getting tighter; frequently, air traffic control holds planes around without advance notice. So we experience the nice NY air traffic.....
12:15pm - arrived HKG airport, long march to the Immigration Hall; we could take the train but decided not to.
------ 15 minutes later, we arrived at the immigration -------
1:15pm - I was thru immigration, no time to eat nicely, inhaled a wrap at the airport
2:50pm - arrived at hotel at Four Seasons, Central after a 25-minute Airport Express ride
3:00pm - off to Macau from the Ferry Terminal
4:30pm - arrived at Macau; helicopter ride to Macau is out of question, too expensive plus the next scheduled departure plus arrival is only 15 minutes ahead of the ferry.
4:45pm - arrived at parent's apartment, checked on grandfather, talked to the nurse, paid respect to the grandma at the temple, called the other grandma on the phone (no time to visit)
5:30pm - ate my lunch just around the corner
6:05pm - got drop off at the Macau ferry terminal
6:30pm - ferry back to Hong Kong
7:45pm - at last, hotel room...., showered.
8:15pm - arrived at the Lebanese restaurant for supper with Audrey's friends, one glass of wine, I was light headed.
10:15pm - walk back to the hotel and just in time to report to dad
12:15am - lights out.