I had an interesting flight from San Francisco to Boston. Having only gotten an hour of sleep the night before, I was planning on taking a long nap. Little did I know that my plan was going to be completely shattered by the little girl sitting beside me. At first, she was extremely shy and kept to herself. Her father had given her some paper and a pen so she could scribble. At one point, I opened my eyes to see one of these sheets of paper in my face. She had gingerly written 'arE yu korean?' on the paper and was holding it in front of me. I answered with a 'yes' and asked her how old she was. '6.' And from there on, the adventure began...
Apologies for the low-res.camera-phone pics:
This is Eun-Gi, the sweet and highly entertaining little Korean girl sitting next to me on the plane. Because of her, I got not a wink of sleep, endless of hours of laughter, a softened heart, and that warm tingly feeling inside.
At one point during the flight, she was getting pretty restless, so I gave her one of my laptops so that she could play some chess on it. The problem: she didn't know how to play, so every 8 seconds or so, she would tug at my shirt and ask in Korean, 'where should I move now?' I would then, in a state of being half-awake, give her bad advice, which ultimately led to her piece being consumed by the computer. She would then look up at me with a sad face, only to break out in laughter seconds later.
Happy Holidays everyone.
