Thoughts beyond my life & my travel - Bel

It's day 2 on 30 June. It's cloudy and felt like winter to me. I went to Jericho Beach and Kitslano Beach with my friend and his daughter. The beaches look a lot different from ours.  It's less crowded and bigger and they put logs on the sands for people to sit and enjoy the views. There is a zone for people to play beach volleyballs. These beaches are more for people to relax, enjoy sunshine rather than swimming. The tide was low when we were there. I saw something new - that's skim surfing. The two kids were probably 5 - 7 years old and enjoyed gliding across the water surface with their skimboards. They didn't do very good but they found it fun doing it for sure. It looked much easier than surfing but I don't think I have the talent to do so. So I met my friend's daughter who is 12 years old. I didn't have any friends' whose kids are about the same age and it's definitely not my forte to speak to girls at this age but I tried to start a ...

It was a 12-hour flight from Hong Kong to Vancouver. A Chinese senior couple were sitting next to me. I was happy that the aircraft is quite new and is in a better seat setting than the one I flew with Cathay Pacific Airline. There are only 3 seats in the middle as compared to the Cathay one with 4 seats. I had an aisle seat as usual seeing people walking up and down the aisle in all those hours. It would have driven me crazy if I kept my eyes open watching people passing through me in 12 hours.  So even though I couldn't quite sleep at all, I still close my eyes to have a rest. The entertainment console is not bad in an AC plane but it's not as good as the Cathay one. You can't take the console out or it doesn't full support for all the entertainment yet, like games. The flight was overbooked. The airport staff kept trying tempting passengers fly on a different date by paying them Cdn$600. Hmmm, if that's $1,000 Cdn plus one night of free hotel, maybe I'll fl...