AC back of the bus

2am flight is such a drag whichever way one looks at it when flying at
the back of the bus. Sore ass, lack of leg rooms tight ass seats,
lack of reclining.... I had one advantage on this 2am flight from YVR
to HKG. My Elite status enabled me to book 19C on the 77W
configuration. I had ample leg rooms. No seat in front, I could
extend. That was the bonus. I managed to sleep for about 4 hours out
of the 12 hours 35 minutes in flight. O yeah, we were late taking off
because we needed a pilot. Yes, you heard it right. A pilot!
Seriously, nowaday's aviation technology pretty much fly a plane by
itself, I think AC had gone ahead of itself in this department.

On this trans-pacific flight, we had individual entertainment system.
I managed to scroll and scroll and scroll searching for a movie to
watch. After much struggle and spying neighbour's TV screen I found
some. So for over 8 hours, I watched TV in a zoombie state. Don't
ask me what are the names, I could not remember if my life was
depending on it.

My row and the row in front were reserved for Elite status as well as
for people who could afford to pay CDN 3,000+ for full fare economy.
Hence I had a seat separating me from another passenger by the window.

Food wise. OK for whatever it worth. The main course was now in
sealed reheatable Walmart type entree. Smaller portion but I wasn't
too hungry to eat. In mid-flight, we were served this bun with a
piece of meat and a cup of instant noodle. I had half. Not much
flavour and I had enough of those cheap and cancer-inducing crap.

I asked for a napkin for my sandwich and the flight attendant told me
to use the one wrapped with my chopstick. Ha! How funny. Save a
piece of napkin to save cost? Ummmm.....

605am arrived HKG.

7:30am arrived at the Hong Kong-Macau Ferry terminal. Service level
changed thanks to Queen of Macau's instruction. We were to put on the
8:45am ferry. This one was special. It was the Premier Jetfoil,
basically a Jetfoil retrofitted with all leather seats with extreme
upscaled fit and finish for the high rollers. On average, this ferry
had about 20 passengers on board. The ferry could take about 180
people. We were sitting at the top of the top class at the 8:45am
ferry. And served with real China with 3 different menus. All better
than AC!!!! We were offered: real scramble eggs Western b'fast,
Chinese stir-fried noodles or dim sums. Yes, all for an hour of ferry
ride. Well, at least we didn't have to worry about crowd or crappy
people talking loudly at the mobile or the 80db throat clearing sound
of "Welcome to China" greeting.