woman on a flight

woman is said to be a temperamental creature. how can she not be when she cannot even control what is happening within her own body? no, not the physical changes we have to go through from puberty but the menstrual cycle that is such a mystery even to the woman herself. all women will have a story to tell about their experiences. i am so sure of that.


and after so many years, i still cannot figure out mine. i thought it had been regular for years and i am not the type who has ugly stomach cramps (well, up till now, i think i have about 5). this month(well, already the last month of 08), the cycle came a week late! how could it be? usually it would be the same date as last month's or around the same date, but 1 whole week!!


and damn it, it chose to come on the last day of the year when i was about to board my flight home yesterday! i had been waiting, and waiting, and waiting and complaining to aunt and yeelin about it but to no avail. it just would not come. could it be the body adjusting to the change of time and habits in december while i was in europe?


so the morning started well and we went to the airport on time and reached there early for me to do my custom check and VAT refund. again, the flight was only half full and i checked in all my three bags! they were more than 30 kg but they did not even bother to weigh them. haha...


as it was still early and terminal 2 of frankfurt airport only had a pathetic shopping area, i took the skyline to terminal 1 hall b and c to explore. but again, the goethe shopping area in that terminal was not that big either. i did not walk all the way to hall a, that would have been too far.

so the flight started on time and the seat next to mine was empty. yeah! i happily chose the japanese movie flowers over boys: the movie aka f4 the movie. it was not bad...but somewhere near the end of the movie, the pain came. an unbearable pain in the tummy that made me bent over and i pressed my tummy with the pillow. those who had experienced stomach cramps should know how i felt. i could see my lips turning pale on the screen of the monitor.

could feel cold starting to come from within me. decided to go to the toilet but it was occupied. so while waiting outside, i was gripping at a seat beside to spread the pain from the tummy to the fist. another man came and waited behind me and i had to pretend i was not in that much pain. my relief came as soon as the toilet door was open. i was sweating while on the toilet bowl and my head was all sweats. well, the man waiting behind me was already back at his seat when i went back to mine, so you can guess i must have spent quite some time inside. but it was a relief and i slowly got better after that.

gosh, the nightmare did not repeat itself and i had a better time watching 3 more movies after that although there was still the lingering pain. i just kept a pillow on the tummy to keep it warm and tried to sip some whiskey. haha...what a time to have whiskey. well at least it kept me warm inside.

well, did not catch any sleep in the flight as it was a day flight...from 12 noon germany time...i reached malaysia at 6.40a.m. local time which meant it was just passed midnight in germany. how to sleep? and they kept the cabin bright. oh, there was no countdown for new year...which time would u follow anyway? but they did give u a choice of champagne when they pushed the drink trolley and new year message came on screen. was in no mood for champagne at all. and food sucks. they were no more in the aluminium box but in a black plastic with transparent white plastic cover. soooo like air asia's. cheap! the quality of food sucks as well. the fried rice was so soft and lumpy and the chicken sausage for breakfast was so tough.

i must be suffering from this bad jet lag that makes me so grudgy and grumpy. but whatever mentioned about the flight is not affected by this exhaustion. my fingers are bloated and my feet are too. the palms and soles have been sweating non-stop. it is almost 11p.m. now and my alarm is set for 6.30a.m. tomorrow. so let me go and get a good sound sleep to face the next day's meeting. the first meeting for 2009. no more temperamental tummy to affect my alertness except...lack of sleep...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz