confession#3 of a certified wi-fi junkie

   yep, folks, as i type i am on flight KE623 from seoul to manila. my personal touch screen says we are at exactly 38998 ft over taiwan, crusing at 552 mph, with 1 hour, 21 mniutes and 687 more miles to go. and i have free wi-fi. woohoo! korean air rocks!

on the 15-hour flight from new york to seoul, i watched four movies and ate two meals. could've seen more, of course (To Kill A Mockingbird, especially), but i thought i was being crazy tiring myself out like that. i didn't discover till the end of the flight that they've made the internet free since october because i don't think they're earning from it. they're phasing it out, supposedly, and making it free is their way of doing it =D

the trade-off is, i haven't been able to write anything =( ah, the wonders and temptations of technology.

so i'm almost home. i can't wait.

(oops. please turn your heads counterclockwise to view the photo)

Comments

  1. Clarissa TropezadoOctober 22, 2006 at 8:27 AM

    *gasp* can this be true or are my eyes deceiving me?
    now I should take korean air!! haha

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  2. Jemi AquinoOctober 23, 2006 at 1:18 AM

    you and your radar. =)
    got the postcard. sent one to davao.

    HUGS,
    jemi

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  3. Alistair IsraelOctober 23, 2006 at 1:20 AM

    Huwawawaw!

    I wanna fly Korean Air from now on!

    Wait - doesn't the wifi interfere with the radio communications? I mean - why do we have to turn off our cellphones, but they let wifi in? :s

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  4. Jeneen GarciaOctober 24, 2006 at 4:32 AM

    yes, and even laptops, MP3 players and digital cameras during take-off and landing. let's not ask these questions--they might start asking it themselves =P seriously, i really don't know how they do it. at the pre-departure area in manila, the strongest wi-fi signal you can pick up is actually from the plane! (oh and each seat has a personal phone, too, that you can use to call anywhere in the world, like a cellphone. so that's another question we have to answer there)

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  5. Jeneen GarciaOctober 24, 2006 at 4:47 AM

    yes, i know this is a free ad for korean air =P but their prices are actually competitive. of course, it's northwest that usually has the lowest fares, but if you don't want to be squirming in your seat for more than twenty hours, the few extra dollars are worth it.

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