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Thanks to all these morons in power flexing muscles overseas, a 2-hour on every's ass on the plane again - air traffic congestion and $outh Chin@ $e@ milk-litary EXerC!$e; think about all those tax payer money spent just to "maintain circle of influence". Traffic congestion, extra burned fuel, the ozone layer, global warming, etc.... My flight was 8:40am, didn't have wheels up until 10:45am. And we were only 20 minutes behind the 8:00am flight to the same city, Hong Kong!

It was great I could use my frequent flyer points to upgrade the night before. I figure, I better due to the upcoming "sitting situation". One-way econo was 1,500RMB + my 12,500 for upgrade. Then when I got to the airport, I was offered to take the 8:40am rather than my scheduled 9:45am. Good thing I said "Yes". I would have still be in transit.

When I got onboard, the Dragon Air ladies were very nice. Since the Biz class session was not full, they offered everyone to sit by themselves. Spread out. Privacy and all. Good thing! Because this guy on the aisle across picked his nose with surgical precision. Then this young girl of about 25 kept refusing to put her bag up to the bin for take off. Hello? Wonder how some people got rich but yet they are that stupid. Note to all: Biz class on planes in China means less "ugly scenes". And Biz class on Macau/Hong Kong ferries, you take your chances. People were hacking up their nose drip, feet on the back of the tray where you would normally place things... And yes, the 暴发户(bao fa hu) the sudden riches, they were loud and obnoxious. I didn't take the Super class on the ferry to Macau. It was quiet and empty. The upstairs... wow... loud and all.

I finally landed in HK at 12:45pm. Walked to get a Macau ferry tix right at the airport. 1:15pm was offered to me. Really? I was at the tix counter at 1pm. No problem. The transit has improved. I didn't have to do the security check all over again. There was a new subway line taking transit passengers all the way to the Sky Pier. I was there by 1:08pm. There was a Starbucks at the Pier. O well, I had to catch the ferry. The Pier was much cleaner, prettier and above all comfortable. Not like the temp pier which we had to do a long corridor walk with no escape in case there was a fire. Ha, I guess from now on for my transit to Macau I won't be able to do any shopping.