I’m in Hong Kong now for some work. Will blog about more on that in time to come but my plane ride today inspired me to dedicate this post to a special “pillow”.
You guys know how I travel a lot right? I just realized that this month I will be traveling to another country every single week. I know it sounds fun but you know after traveling for work enough you kinda get a bit tired. Why? Because I travel alone so I find myself spending a lot of time in taxis on the way to the airports, or at airports alone waiting for the flight or the worse part… on the plane itself.
I saw this documentary once about how airlines have gone leaps and bounds in the past decade to improve their business class but their economy class more or less remains the same. In fact I think it’s even more crammed now than it was some 10 years ago.
Lots of companies though treat their staff well especially when they travel for work… or if not their general staff then at least the Directors of the company. Say if you travel anywhere above 5 hours or so they’ll put you on business class. It makes a huge difference. When you arrive at your destination you don’t feel as worn out and you can get straight to work.
That’s something Ming and I have officially agreed on… but in practice, I just can’t bear to spend the money. Heck a business class ticket just costs too much more and I’d rather use the money on so many other things. So what do I do?
I bring my very own business class.
Now I’ve always noticed some passengers carrying this neck pillow. Even traveled with Pierre once and saw him bring his own. I see it the most when I travel to Australia or on longer flights though. On one flight I saw almost every Australian having one of these so I thought to myself… it has to have some good use to it.
So I decided to buy one for myself one day and let me tell you… it has changed my flights completely. The small thing it does is just allows your head to rest down on it so it doesn’t strain your neck too much but that one small thing makes a big difference. I now sleep SOO much better on planes. So if you travel economy or Air Asia a lot, try one of these pillows.
If you’re rich and travel business class regularly though then… ignore this blog entry. Heck if you’re rich why are you even online reading blogs when you could be swimming in your money bin like Scrooge McDuck. Duck Tales woo woo.
Timothy Tiah – Co-Founder of Colony, Kuala Lumpur Co-Working Space