Currently making the most of a one-hour flight delay to Chicago and having a productive meeting about some upcoming concert programmes (led by Tim) and more May, Asia tour flight options (led by Johnny). I'm not sure whether it's because I'm still new to this job, but I always find it rather exciting talking about upcoming flights, especially long-haul flights, which we're so fortunate to travel business class on - and sometimes even first class, depending on upgrade availability. Having flown long-haul economy to Tokyo to visit family most years of my life (since I was 0!), I was always awe-struck as I would walk past the businessmen/women towards the front of the plane with their looks of comfortability just about shining through their masks of sheer exhaustion (presumably from unenviably long working hours); now I almost feel guilty about the fact that I get the same privilege which I once hoped I'd get "some day in the future"! I feel less guilty though since I'm reminded by my colleagues that this is first and foremost a contractual requirement made by the concert promoters: in order to perform 15 top quality concerts in 18 days (which seems to be the usual concert statistic on these long-distance tours!), we need to be as well rested as possible on the flight and by the time we land so that we can overcome jet-lag ASAP and be as fresh as possible for the start of such an intensive and knackering two to three weeks.Anyway, back down to Earth! It's so nice to have an evening off today (in Bloomington, Illinois) since we haven't had one since we got to America last Wednesday! Looking forward later to a work-out in the hotel gym, getting some lengthy emails done (hoping to follow up a potential lead for a concert through a businessman friend in Lagos in the future), sorting out my music for tomorrow's concert, doing some more memorising as ever and sleeping for more than six hours for a change!
Currently making the most of a one-hour flight delay to Chicago and having a productive meeting about some upcoming concert programmes (led by Tim) and more May, Asia tour flight options (led by Johnny). I'm not sure whether it's because I'm still new to this job, but I always find it rather exciting talking about upcoming flights, especially long-haul flights, which we're so fortunate to travel business class on - and sometimes even first class, depending on upgrade availability. Having flown long-haul economy to Tokyo to visit family most years of my life (since I was 0!), I was always awe-struck as I would walk past the businessmen/women towards the front of the plane with their looks of comfortability just about shining through their masks of sheer exhaustion (presumably from unenviably long working hours); now I almost feel guilty about the fact that I get the same privilege which I once hoped I'd get "some day in the future"! I feel less guilty though since I'm reminded by my colleagues that this is first and foremost a contractual requirement made by the concert promoters: in order to perform 15 top quality concerts in 18 days (which seems to be the usual concert statistic on these long-distance tours!), we need to be as well rested as possible on the flight and by the time we land so that we can overcome jet-lag ASAP and be as fresh as possible for the start of such an intensive and knackering two to three weeks.Anyway, back down to Earth! It's so nice to have an evening off today (in Bloomington, Illinois) since we haven't had one since we got to America last Wednesday! Looking forward later to a work-out in the hotel gym, getting some lengthy emails done (hoping to follow up a potential lead for a concert through a businessman friend in Lagos in the future), sorting out my music for tomorrow's concert, doing some more memorising as ever and sleeping for more than six hours for a change!
Currently making the most of a one-hour flight delay to Chicago and having a productive meeting about some upcoming concert programmes (led by Tim) and more May, Asia tour flight options (led by Johnny). I'm not sure whether it's because I'm still new to this job, but I always find it rather exciting talking about upcoming flights, especially long-haul flights, which we're so fortunate to travel business class on - and sometimes even first class, depending on upgrade availability. Having flown long-haul economy to Tokyo to visit family most years of my life (since I was 0!), I was always awe-struck as I would walk past the businessmen/women towards the front of the plane with their looks of comfortability just about shining through their masks of sheer exhaustion (presumably from unenviably long working hours); now I almost feel guilty about the fact that I get the same privilege which I once hoped I'd get "some day in the future"! I feel less guilty though since I'm reminded by my colleagues that this is first and foremost a contractual requirement made by the concert promoters: in order to perform 15 top quality concerts in 18 days (which seems to be the usual concert statistic on these long-distance tours!), we need to be as well rested as possible on the flight and by the time we land so that we can overcome jet-lag ASAP and be as fresh as possible for the start of such an intensive and knackering two to three weeks.Anyway, back down to Earth! It's so nice to have an evening off today (in Bloomington, Illinois) since we haven't had one since we got to America last Wednesday! Looking forward later to a work-out in the hotel gym, getting some lengthy emails done (hoping to follow up a potential lead for a concert through a businessman friend in Lagos in the future), sorting out my music for tomorrow's concert, doing some more memorising as ever and sleeping for more than six hours for a change!
Currently making the most of a one-hour flight delay to Chicago and having a productive meeting about some upcoming concert programmes (led by Tim) and more May, Asia tour flight options (led by Johnny). I'm not sure whether it's because I'm still new to this job, but I always find it rather exciting talking about upcoming flights, especially long-haul flights, which we're so fortunate to travel business class on - and sometimes even first class, depending on upgrade availability. Having flown long-haul economy to Tokyo to visit family most years of my life (since I was 0!), I was always awe-struck as I would walk past the businessmen/women towards the front of the plane with their looks of comfortability just about shining through their masks of sheer exhaustion (presumably from unenviably long working hours); now I almost feel guilty about the fact that I get the same privilege which I once hoped I'd get "some day in the future"! I feel less guilty though since I'm reminded by my colleagues that this is first and foremost a contractual requirement made by the concert promoters: in order to perform 15 top quality concerts in 18 days (which seems to be the usual concert statistic on these long-distance tours!), we need to be as well rested as possible on the flight and by the time we land so that we can overcome jet-lag ASAP and be as fresh as possible for the start of such an intensive and knackering two to three weeks.Anyway, back down to Earth! It's so nice to have an evening off today (in Bloomington, Illinois) since we haven't had one since we got to America last Wednesday! Looking forward later to a work-out in the hotel gym, getting some lengthy emails done (hoping to follow up a potential lead for a concert through a businessman friend in Lagos in the future), sorting out my music for tomorrow's concert, doing some more memorising as ever and sleeping for more than six hours for a change!
Currently making the most of a one-hour flight delay to Chicago and having a productive meeting about some upcoming concert programmes (led by Tim) and more May, Asia tour flight options (led by Johnny). I'm not sure whether it's because I'm still new to this job, but I always find it rather exciting talking about upcoming flights, especially long-haul flights, which we're so fortunate to travel business class on - and sometimes even first class, depending on upgrade availability. Having flown long-haul economy to Tokyo to visit family most years of my life (since I was 0!), I was always awe-struck as I would walk past the businessmen/women towards the front of the plane with their looks of comfortability just about shining through their masks of sheer exhaustion (presumably from unenviably long working hours); now I almost feel guilty about the fact that I get the same privilege which I once hoped I'd get "some day in the future"! I feel less guilty though since I'm reminded by my colleagues that this is first and foremost a contractual requirement made by the concert promoters: in order to perform 15 top quality concerts in 18 days (which seems to be the usual concert statistic on these long-distance tours!), we need to be as well rested as possible on the flight and by the time we land so that we can overcome jet-lag ASAP and be as fresh as possible for the start of such an intensive and knackering two to three weeks.Anyway, back down to Earth! It's so nice to have an evening off today (in Bloomington, Illinois) since we haven't had one since we got to America last Wednesday! Looking forward later to a work-out in the hotel gym, getting some lengthy emails done (hoping to follow up a potential lead for a concert through a businessman friend in Lagos in the future), sorting out my music for tomorrow's concert, doing some more memorising as ever and sleeping for more than six hours for a change!
Currently making the most of a one-hour flight delay to Chicago and having a productive meeting about some upcoming concert programmes (led by Tim) and more May, Asia tour flight options (led by Johnny). I'm not sure whether it's because I'm still new to this job, but I always find it rather exciting talking about upcoming flights, especially long-haul flights, which we're so fortunate to travel business class on - and sometimes even first class, depending on upgrade availability. Having flown long-haul economy to Tokyo to visit family most years of my life (since I was 0!), I was always awe-struck as I would walk past the businessmen/women towards the front of the plane with their looks of comfortability just about shining through their masks of sheer exhaustion (presumably from unenviably long working hours); now I almost feel guilty about the fact that I get the same privilege which I once hoped I'd get "some day in the future"! I feel less guilty though since I'm reminded by my colleagues that this is first and foremost a contractual requirement made by the concert promoters: in order to perform 15 top quality concerts in 18 days (which seems to be the usual concert statistic on these long-distance tours!), we need to be as well rested as possible on the flight and by the time we land so that we can overcome jet-lag ASAP and be as fresh as possible for the start of such an intensive and knackering two to three weeks.Anyway, back down to Earth! It's so nice to have an evening off today (in Bloomington, Illinois) since we haven't had one since we got to America last Wednesday! Looking forward later to a work-out in the hotel gym, getting some lengthy emails done (hoping to follow up a potential lead for a concert through a businessman friend in Lagos in the future), sorting out my music for tomorrow's concert, doing some more memorising as ever and sleeping for more than six hours for a change!
Currently making the most of a one-hour flight delay to Chicago and having a productive meeting about some upcoming concert programmes (led by Tim) and more May, Asia tour flight options (led by Johnny). I'm not sure whether it's because I'm still new to this job, but I always find it rather exciting talking about upcoming flights, especially long-haul flights, which we're so fortunate to travel business class on - and sometimes even first class, depending on upgrade availability. Having flown long-haul economy to Tokyo to visit family most years of my life (since I was 0!), I was always awe-struck as I would walk past the businessmen/women towards the front of the plane with their looks of comfortability just about shining through their masks of sheer exhaustion (presumably from unenviably long working hours); now I almost feel guilty about the fact that I get the same privilege which I once hoped I'd get "some day in the future"! I feel less guilty though since I'm reminded by my colleagues that this is first and foremost a contractual requirement made by the concert promoters: in order to perform 15 top quality concerts in 18 days (which seems to be the usual concert statistic on these long-distance tours!), we need to be as well rested as possible on the flight and by the time we land so that we can overcome jet-lag ASAP and be as fresh as possible for the start of such an intensive and knackering two to three weeks.Anyway, back down to Earth! It's so nice to have an evening off today (in Bloomington, Illinois) since we haven't had one since we got to America last Wednesday! Looking forward later to a work-out in the hotel gym, getting some lengthy emails done (hoping to follow up a potential lead for a concert through a businessman friend in Lagos in the future), sorting out my music for tomorrow's concert, doing some more memorising as ever and sleeping for more than six hours for a change!
