Sleepless night

It's been 4 days and the mystery surrounding the missing MH370 thickens.  With so many theories emerging but no 1 can give a confirmed answer.

Been following the updates closely since it happen so close to home. Its especially close to heart since my bro once took similar flight to Beijing via KL.

I used to think nothing about flying. To me, it's just a faster mode than cars or ships to get me to the country I wanna visit.

Don't get me wrong, I am in awe of an airplane but not in fear of it. While some might fear flying, I actually love it albeit I suffer from serious ear pains n stuffed nose during climbing and descending.

Boarding an aircraft would get me excited especially during departure flights since it would meant that I will be starting my holidays, a getaway from the hectic life back home.

But with this incident,  it starts to dawn on me that flying could be so unpredictable and dangerous. Though they say anything can happen anywhere but with the plane up high 35,000 feet from ground,  the risks just got multiple by 35,000 times. Still, I think I will continue to make my trips out when available but I think I would say my prayers more diligently during take off and landings. And would thank the pilots and divine god who managed to get us safely to our destinations.

I also learnt that it's never too mushy to let people you love know you love them. Since I come from traditional Chinese family,  we don't express our love through words. I don't remember my mummy telling me she love me for the past 30 years and I think she would cringe if I call her tonight and tel her I love her. Haha 

And if I tell my 2 brothers that, I think they will book me an appointment with IMH 1st thing in the morning. The only person I will express in words is Mr Love.  This is why I insist on ending our messages with "luv u" all these years. Its not out of habit but it is remind each other the love we shared.Even though we don't express our love for our family members but we do show it through actions.

While we can turn in comfortably during these few nights, those who are waiting anxiously for their family members' return from the flight are enduring sleepless nights. Saw a few posts online about how the chief steward's daughter is trying to keep her hopes up that her dad will return. Imagine her turmoil she is going through, trying to keep her hopes up while no news came in at all for the past 4 days. Seriously I feel for her and all the others who are still keeping vigil for the return of their loves one and this makes me treasure the moments I have with my love ones. 

Another post that I saw that brought tears to my eyes is the supposed broadcast message from China control tower to the missing plane telling them to keep their path if they are able to hear the broadcast and that they are given priority to land, planes are tasked to give way, weather of the destination and lastly to remind them of their love ones waiting for their return. 

How sad it is to broadcast such message, holding on to the tiny hope that the plane would be able to hear and respond and all will be well after a night's sleep. Like everyone else, I wake up every morning hoping that there will be news on a brand new day be it good or bad. This is essentially for the families who needs to know how to move on from here. Hope we will hear some good news tomorrow morning when we start a brand new day.