Fevered ramblings from the plane

Well, I'm nearly at heathrow airport, now; just a couple of hours flight time left. I was quite disappointed with the movie selection on the plane, since there were only about 6 films I even slightly wanted to see. At least this meant I had no trouble sleeping for about 7 hours on the second leg of the flight. This is where I cannot love noise-isolation headphones enough. I put music playing at the lowest possible volume (0 bars on an iPod) to block out any noise that could filter through, and despite sitting next in the same row as a couple with a very young b aby, I had no problems sleeping. Well, no problems other than the usual cramped airline seat, lack of legroom or ability to lie down, and girl next to me sleeping on my shoulder.

Now I'm stuck with not much to do; I can't fall asleep again, there are no good movies available, and I'm not in a serious-enough frame of mind to be able to read my book at the moment. I suppose that I'll just sit and stare at the map, willing the listed headwind to become a tailwind so that we reach LHR more quickly. Once there, it will be something of a challenge to find the right bus I am meant to take that will take me to Cambridge. It should be easier than the trip I took last time, which involved hauling my luggage into multiple trains, while wearing a suit in preparation for interview.

I'm glad that it turned out that my suits weighed less than my casual clothes, since i was going for the heaviest possible clothing in order to avoid excess luggage fees (I did, however, regret this choice at KL airport, where it was 30°C...) Despite what I'd heard about Malaysian airlines being strict with their adherence to 5kg handluggage only, I was never even looked at twice, despite my 10kg suitcase, buldging shoulder bag, and camera. Lucky me, I suppose. :) KL was also rather lax with their security checking; I didn't bother to remove any of the large amounts of metal on my person, including phone and wallet, and was beeped. I then received a brief pat down, which failed even to find my phone in my pocket, and told to go on...

Okay, I think that's enough rambling from me... Hope everyone's enjoying the last bit of break before AMS begins!