Hand Luggage Must Fit In Overhead Compartment
I travel a lot for my work. I remember I counted the number of days I was actually in my apartment in Hong Kong over a 2 month period.. and I can safely say that number hovered around the teens… I got a little confused when I tried to keep track of time zones and half-days in the air followed by half-days in the office.
Today I am doing another mad dash. Departing from Hong Kong to Singapore on a Friday, returning to Hong Kong the following Tuesday. Then back to Singapore the upcoming Friday, to be followed by an onward flight to Sydney the upcoming Wednesday. Flip right around back to Singapore the upcoming Sunday, for an onward journey to Hong Kong the following Monday.
And it all starts with a frantic run through Hong Kong International Airport in high heels and a rolling executive case, which is suitably sized as cabin baggage, with ergonomic handles, slip-proof wheels and hard-knock-withstand-disgruntled-baggage-handlers-titanium casing.
Too bad they couldn’t make it roll on its own with a homing device to just follow me around the airport, and automatically leap, through a cunningly implanted air propulsion jack, up and over into the overhead baggage compartment.
That said, this case has followed me for almost 5 years. Bought at a sharp discount in a Walmart somewhere outside Lancaster, Pennsylvania, it’s neither the most stylish nor the quietest bag. Matter of fact, I still cringe every time it rolls across a corrugated surface with the embarrassingly loud ripping farting noise that comes out of the wheels.
But it has withstood my rigorous travel schedule, abusive luggage-packing practices, kicks from high heel shoes when I’m pissed off at airport staff, not to mention Herculean efforts tugging at zippers and sitting on top of the case to make it close. After 5 years, I think it’s time to retire this loyal companion. Rest well, old friend.
I am starting the process of shopping for a new case. What will it be? A stylish red with modern art overtones that Samsonite calls the “City Traveller designed for the Stylish Female Sophisticate”, which not only fits as cabin baggage, but also contains a makeup compartment, cellphone pocket, and hanging key loops? I’m not sure what woman would keep a cellphone and keys in a rolling executive case, but hey, there’s no accounting for what Style and Sophistication can do. I have a feeling I’m going to pass on this one.
One curious point though – as I browse through the Samsonite website, my eyes are reading “upright business case” for the collection of wheelies that they’ve got, yet my brain registers “uptight business case” – is there an optical equivalent of a Freudian slip?
Today I am doing another mad dash. Departing from Hong Kong to Singapore on a Friday, returning to Hong Kong the following Tuesday. Then back to Singapore the upcoming Friday, to be followed by an onward flight to Sydney the upcoming Wednesday. Flip right around back to Singapore the upcoming Sunday, for an onward journey to Hong Kong the following Monday.
And it all starts with a frantic run through Hong Kong International Airport in high heels and a rolling executive case, which is suitably sized as cabin baggage, with ergonomic handles, slip-proof wheels and hard-knock-withstand-disgruntled-baggage-handlers-titanium casing.
Too bad they couldn’t make it roll on its own with a homing device to just follow me around the airport, and automatically leap, through a cunningly implanted air propulsion jack, up and over into the overhead baggage compartment.
That said, this case has followed me for almost 5 years. Bought at a sharp discount in a Walmart somewhere outside Lancaster, Pennsylvania, it’s neither the most stylish nor the quietest bag. Matter of fact, I still cringe every time it rolls across a corrugated surface with the embarrassingly loud ripping farting noise that comes out of the wheels.
But it has withstood my rigorous travel schedule, abusive luggage-packing practices, kicks from high heel shoes when I’m pissed off at airport staff, not to mention Herculean efforts tugging at zippers and sitting on top of the case to make it close. After 5 years, I think it’s time to retire this loyal companion. Rest well, old friend.
I am starting the process of shopping for a new case. What will it be? A stylish red with modern art overtones that Samsonite calls the “City Traveller designed for the Stylish Female Sophisticate”, which not only fits as cabin baggage, but also contains a makeup compartment, cellphone pocket, and hanging key loops? I’m not sure what woman would keep a cellphone and keys in a rolling executive case, but hey, there’s no accounting for what Style and Sophistication can do. I have a feeling I’m going to pass on this one.
One curious point though – as I browse through the Samsonite website, my eyes are reading “upright business case” for the collection of wheelies that they’ve got, yet my brain registers “uptight business case” – is there an optical equivalent of a Freudian slip?
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