For those of you that don’t know, I have just arrived in the Peoples Republic of China where I will be teaching English at Shantou University in Guangdong province. I’ll be here for at least a year. The cross-country flight was a piece of cake but the Cathay Pacific flight from LA to Hong Kong was steerage. Do not fly unless you can upgrade or can drink heavily before boarding. I did the later and slept quite peacefully through most of the 14 hours and 45 minutes. The fellow sitting next to me was a substantial American guy who had to remain motionless in the confines of his seat area the entire time. Luckily, he was a champion sleeper. If I had been that physically constricted for that long, I'm afraid I would have gone berserk.
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