Still trying to figure things out

I used to like English periods in school. I was taught by a very good teacher - a teacher, who actually started cutting down marks for wrong spellings and misuse of tenses in zoology practical record books (she had a masters degree in English and Zoology). She was a very strict teacher, who would pinch the ears if poems weren't memorized (you see, science says, pinching the ear activates nerves that help you remember forgotten things!). But, if you haven't memorized a poem in the first place, there is nothing to forget and so, you end up with pink ears and begin to dislike and fear English periods.  While this was the case with most of the class, I was on the other side of the spectrum. She actually liked me! I was like a pro at that age (atleast I would like to think so, because she liked me :D). I used to memorize poems, and I was better than most of the students in grammar and spellings. I could write short stories.. those McMillan books came up with the weirdest exercises

If only travelling could be an adventure every time! Alright, it was my first time to the USA. I was obviously thrilled, trying to control all the emotions - a royal mix of joy, anticipation, fear, hallucination and sometimes, void-ness (briefly meaning not knowing what to say or do). The problem with travel is the flight journey. I used to enjoy flying, but those were 30 mins - 3 hours flights. Now, when you have to travel  15000+ kilometers, it is definitely not going to be enjoyable. Though we have transits, they aren't always planned. So, here we begin.. When rain gods decide to visit deserts (especially on the day you are travelling), thunderstorms happen. When thunderstorms happen once in 50 years, runways get drowned and flights get diverted. So, on one such eventful day, the flight which was supposed to land in Doha, got diverted to Dubai. Unfortunately, Dubai airport denied entry due to lack of space (all flights from Doha were diverted). So, we were jay-flying in th