The Flight

                It was only four hours when we stayed at Singapore Airport. Six students and two teachers, who came from Kamnoetvidya Science Academy in Thailand, had been having lunch at the airport before we went to Christchurch, New Zealand. We got a special suggestion from an old receptionist, who said “If I were you, I would go to an information centre to get some gift vouchers. You can use them to buy anything you want.” After we heard her talk, we were feeling grateful and then we went to the information centre. Ten minutes later we were having many kinds of food without spending our money. Some of us decided to use the vouchers carefully and bought snacks from a 24 hour store, Seven-Eleven. We thought that the snacks could be packed in our suitcases if we were full.

                After having our lunch, we were checking-in and waiting for the calling of our flight but we also had been packing some our snacks which remained from our lunch. Then we found that our suitcases didn’t have a free space for them. Suddenly, one of us introduced the topic of declared things and our flight also was called. That made us regret leaving our snacks. Then we got on the plane without chips because we thought that they have to be declared when we arrived. Actually, our snacks could be carried into New Zealand. They also weren’t packed in my suitcase because at the beginning, I had asked all of us about free spaces but I had forgotten to check my own suitcase. That’s my fault. I was feeling guilty.

                Even though my students weren’t disappointed in me, I was still guilty and bought some snacks for them. I wish I had been more cautious.

Thanaporn Thanodomdech

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