^The poor people were leaving the cramped lower-class, aka economy class, cabin after the long haul. The scare legroom made me wonder if I did really pay for the fare or it was free.
Arrival makes you feel lighter at heart, "Thank goodness, the long haul is over finally."
It prompts you to a thought in wanting of a great lot of things: a pee stop at the loo, a SIM stop at the phone card kiosk, a question stop about the public transport, to say a few. After the interrogation by the immigration officers they are.
Arrival lets you see the hypocrisy of a place in an educational way.
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I saw people going through the border checkpoints in some country bribe the officers for saving them the blanket search of visitors' luggage and thus the time. That's hypocrisy in one way.
On arrival in UK, I noticed that all immigration officers were non-Caucasians. Then, the bus drivers; the cleaning ladies; the porter office people; the security men. That's hypocrisy in another way.
Arrival reminds you of the unedifying history of a country. The Heathrow Terminal Three was actually of the similar design of the old Kai Tak International Airport in Hong Kong. I know the Kai Tak Airport very well as I was with all VIPs going in and out of it during the first job. What I didn't know was that the Brits actually got the design, fittings and finishes from UK for money from the public coffer of Hong Kong.
For the record, the Kai Tak passenger terminal was built a year after the opening of Heathrow Terminal Three. Absolutely not a coincidence.
Arrival are gratifying. Finally, the possibility of sleeping flat on a real bed is nigh.
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