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today I'm getting ready to fly to
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Shanghai China this is my first time
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ever to China and I'm pretty damn
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excited but today isn't just a regular
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flight or layover for me because when I
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got Shanghai on my Emirates roster Zach
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said there was no way he wasn't coming
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with
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me China has been on my travel bucket
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list for so long but sometimes I feel
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like there's so so many countries to
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visit in Asia that I'm never going to be
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able to get to them all as Zach is with
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me I'm sure will be eating out in
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Shanghai but I'm still packing some food
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for the flight for the both of us
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speaking of food if you stick around for
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the flight back to Dubai I have actually
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packed a surprise that I will be baking
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on board our flight
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back now Zach actually hasn't been to
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China either so this was the perfect
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chance for him by coming along with me
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not to mention it's so cheap for him to
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come on Emirates layover he gets super
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discounted flights through my staff
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travel and stays with me for free at the
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crew Hotel this is something I've been
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waiting to do for so long because by
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having Zach with me actually means he is
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going to be filming all kinds of behind
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the scenes on board that you may have
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never seen before he will also be able
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to get me working which is something
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that is so hard for me to be able to
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capture on my own and the best part of
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all of this is I get to explore one of
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the coolest cities in the world with the
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love of my life all while technically
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I'm
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working with it being an early morning
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and on a weekday the parking at Emirates
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headquarters is crazy so it really just
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makes sense for me to grab a taxi when
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my flights are at these times one of the
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reasons we actually chose to live in
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Creek Harbor is that it only takes 15
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minutes to get to headquarters which is
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actually the perfect time for me to be
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able to practice the aviation questions
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we get asked before for every flight and
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if you don't know what this is basically
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you have to answer a question chosen at
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random from a list of safety security
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A380 or 7 related questions and this is
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just to make sure that we're always up
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to date with our knowledge and training
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related to being a flight
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attendant Emirates is definitely a
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little more hectic than virgin as you
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only have two chances to answer
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correctly after that sadly you'll be
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removed from the flight and then sent
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for retraining
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the timing of this flight being 9:30
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a.m. departure was another reason Zach
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was so Keen to come along sadly I had to
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leave Zach here as he was catching the
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Dubai Metro but only one stopped to get
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to the dxp departures for me it was a
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little bit easier as I'm checking in for
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my flight right here at Emirates group
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headquarters just like anyone else
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starting their shift for work we have to
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sign on using our ID cards we have to
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also agree that we have all of our
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documents with us and that our licenses
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have not expired including our passport
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this then prints our bag tags and we're
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ready to check our bags
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in now after our special check-in and
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security we have to go to our briefing
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room and there is around 40 briefing
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rooms for just us Emirates crew I
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honestly still get lost but once you do
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find the correct room we are separated
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off into our classes so all of economy
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sits together business and then first
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dur during the briefing this is where we
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get all of our uniform items checked as
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well as our documents that we just
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ticked yes to on our sign on we also go
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over the flight details passenger loads
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and our positions because I'm the most
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senior in economy for our flight I
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actually got assigned the back galy
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position now we have two GES for economy
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on the A380 with the harder one being in
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the back but I'm not even mad about
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getting this position because Zach is
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seated right at the back as well so
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he'll be hanging out with me in the galy
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for
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sure like margarito with the hot spice
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love the taste of
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paradise no
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it's we actually get taken straight to
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the aircraft in dxp and honestly it's so
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nice not having to walk through the
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terminal seeing everyone on our flight
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before we even
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bored took a number from a friend but I
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never call I never call
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I never I started riding at the end
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didn't sleep at
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all now speaking of boarding before we
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let anyone on we actually have a whole
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bunch of checks we have to do as cabin
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crew this includes our areas doors jump
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seats medical and safety equipment but
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as the galley operator I have even more
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checks to do including counting the
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amount of meals we have loaded and
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making sure they match the amount of
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passengers we have plus counting all the
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special meal requests which I then have
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to minus off the regular meal count in
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addition to that I also have to check
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all the gy equipment is working and
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start preparing for the service even
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though it is hectic I will always try
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and find time to eat before boarding
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otherwise taking into account boarding
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time pre-service duties and the full
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service it will easily be 3 to 4 hours
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before us crew get a chance to
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eat if you've ever flown emirats you
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might have seen us cabin crew get
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released from our seats before any of
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the passengers this is so we can start
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preparing with first changing into our
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waist coats now I'm the gy operator for
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the whole flight so while the other crew
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are tending to cor bells and preparing
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things like the Polaroid camera and kids
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toys I'm getting ready to set up for the
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first meal service we have two services
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on our flight to Shanghai the first one
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being a hot snack meal and the second
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one being our full meal service which
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I'll show you how I prepare for that
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very soon but once everyone was out
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doing the service I I was left in the
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galy ready to take them anything they
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may need and specifically for this
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service take them more hot snacks the
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idea of this is so that the people that
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are served the last still get a snack
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that's actually hot now the carts
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usually come back at similar times but
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staggered slightly from the first person
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going out compared to the last but we
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really need to be fast at getting them
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away as they come in because it can get
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super overwhelming real quick if they
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start to pile
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up take me
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oh yeah take Meer I we actually had hot
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drinks on the cart for this service so I
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try to save myself time later by rinsing
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them out now and putting the new sachet
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in ready for the next service after each
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crew member does a rubbish clear and I
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finished making the galley organized
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this is kind of our chance to breathe
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it's not like a dedicated break but
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usually the passengers are quite happy
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to be left alone now that they've eaten
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as you know I pack all my own food as a
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flight attendant because there really
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isn't many options being vegan plus Zach
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couldn't order a vegan meal for our
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flight because he was staff traveling on
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standby so I made us one of our home
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favorites smashed avocado on toast with
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my homemade
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Satan usually about an hour to an hour
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and a half before the main meal service
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is when we actually load the meals in
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the oven they only take about 40 minutes
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to cook but we do need the extra time to
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load them in and out I will tell you a
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secret hack now while we're here if you
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order a special meal request so for
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example vegan or gluten-free you will
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actually get served first and you won't
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have to wait for the main carts to come
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out to get your food as loading the
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ovens is the responsibility of the galy
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operator all the other crew were in the
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front galy which is also way bigger and
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better to be out of the way for the crew
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not having much to do right now honestly
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it was actually so nice being just Zach
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and I in the back Galley as I could show
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them all the different things I have to
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do and just spend time together while
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working I have about six carts I have to
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fully get ready just like this and they
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will have the frame and Trays from
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inside the oven which we use along with
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a heatproof cover so that hopefully the
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meals stay hot for the whole service
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also if you've ever looked in an
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aircraft galley during the service
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you'll know it gets so hectic which is
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why Zach was only able to be here for
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the setup and the pack
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down come on I wasn't the only one
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working today though Zach managed to get
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quite a bit done while I was busy with
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the service yeah even as the galy
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operator I still have my area to look
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after for landing which is why crew tend
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to hate the gy position it does feel
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like you have so much more to do than
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all the other crew but honestly nothing
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could get me down for this flight and I
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didn't even tell you I had such a good
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team they let me sit in the jump seat
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closest to Zach even though technically
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it's not the spot of the after gy
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operator
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yeah be the with the angels found
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[Music]
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we sadly Zach didn't make it on the crew
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bus with us as the regular passport and
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Customs line was huge compared to how
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quickly we got through in the crew line
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and yes I did ask the airport staff if
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they could make an exception for him and
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let him through with the crew but that
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was sadly a big no so I went with all
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the crew and left him behind to get a
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taxi to the crew hotel now as Emirates
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cabin crew when we do get to the hotel
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we check in in seniority so flight crew
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and pers are first then supervisors
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first class business and economy
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last while I wait for Zach to get to the
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hotel I actually wanted to tell you
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about one of the first things I always
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do when I get to any hotel room and that
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is connect to the Wi-Fi using a VPN if
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you don't know what a VPN is I'm about
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to change your life because a VPN is a
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virtual private Network that keeps you
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safe and private online anywhere and
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everywhere now I don't use just any VPN
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I use surf shark and they are actually
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the sponsor of my video today which is
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beyond amazing because I literally will
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not travel anywhere without my VPN
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having used quite a few different vpns
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over my travel lifetime none have been
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as quick and reliable as surf shark now
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you're probably thinking why will I not
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travel without a VPN well this is
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because I'm always connected in to
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public and shared Wi-Fi whether it's the
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hotel Wi-Fi an airport Wi-Fi or a cafe
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Wi-Fi let's be honest this is how most
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of us stay connected while traveling
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including myself I even had my cousin
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while she was traveling to New York have
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her Instagram account taken over
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including all the login information
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changed because she connected to the
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hotel Wi-Fi so after that new fear was
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unlocked in that very moment I'm sure
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you can understand why having a VPN like
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surf shark is a must also something you
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may not know and I certainly did not
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believe it when I first moved to Dubai
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is FaceTime WhatsApp and even Facebook
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Messenger calls are all restricted in
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the UAE so even outside my travels I'm
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using my surf shark VPN literally on The
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Daily and this was even the same for us
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in Shanghai as there are apps that are
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restricted in China so when using surf
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shark VPN you can literally change your
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location to anywhere in the world for me
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whether it's Australia the UAE or any
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other country my device and online is
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working like I'm literally in that
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country honestly if you haven't used a
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VPN before I'm telling you you have to
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try surf shark I even put the link in my
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description below for you guys to check
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you get 3 months for free which is kind
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of crazy because it's only $249 per
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month anyway and just to top it off surf
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Shar has a 30-day money back guarantee
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now let's see if Zach's made it to the
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hotel room and I'm still waiting for him
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so I took the time to unpack before he
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finally made it but there was definitely
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going to be no Sunrise mission on this
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layover if been paying run here in my
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head tried to fight it off tried to hold
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my breath I
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keeping try
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notash good morning from Shanghai we're
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a little tired but we're up it's about
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10:00 a.m. now I know it's a little late
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but it is 4 hours ahead of Dubai so it
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is actually really early for us and I've
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got Zach here he made it to my em
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layover and came with us on the Shanghai
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flight we're about to go run around the
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city and see what Shanghai is like and
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then we're going to be out again at like
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2 a.m. tonight which is a little bit
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crazy but it's going to be fun and I'm
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super
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excited classic flight attendant life
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right here we are currently rushing to
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make it downstairs for the buffet
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breakfast before it closes at 11:00 the
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buffet looked amazing so I had High
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Hopes but Zach was very skeptical about
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the vegan scene here in Shanghai
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and I will say this breakfast was very
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below average I didn't even get a video
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of it because it was just bread and some
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odd flavored vegetables definitely not
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worth the $19 especially for us being
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[Music]
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vegan to use any International credit
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card here in China it has to be done
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through this app called ellip so we were
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using DD to get around in China but it
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wasn't the regular app which was kind of
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crazy but I also kind of expected it you
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also have to be able to set this up when
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you can receive text messages for the
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number you use luckily some of the crew
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were talking about it on the bus so ID
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actually downloaded it before we left to
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buy even though the day was slipping
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away a little bit I had one place that I
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really wanted to see in Shanghai and
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Zach really didn't want to go there but
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if any of you have followed my travels
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for a while you'll know I'm a big fan of
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the Starbucks Reserve roasteries I will
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say this Starbucks coffee themselves are
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definitely overpriced but their
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roasteries are just crazy beautiful they
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have this simple yet classy feel inside
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of them and I don't know why but seeing
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as there's only seven of these specific
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Starbucks reserves around the world it
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just makes me want to tick them all off
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and having already done Chicago Milan
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and Seattle I'm over halfway there now
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with Shanghai and Shanghai is one of the
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most unique reserves as they have a
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dedicated tea experience in tribute to
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the Chinese tea culture
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now I take a lot of pride in my vegan
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restaurant finding skills and I managed
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to find a restaurant with a pretty
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impressive vegan menu walking distance
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from where we were in Shanghai City now
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for those wondering the name of the
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restaurant is vegetarian lifestyle and
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honestly just look at how huge their
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menu is I actually grew up having
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Chinese food on special occasions as
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it's my mom's favorite food and she
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still gets it every year for her
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birthday so I was beyond excited to go
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and try authentic Chinese food and even
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more so that it's vegan a little fun
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fact about me is I am terrible when it
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comes to menus I get so excited and want
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everything and then can never decide
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because I get this fear of missing out
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on the best possible Choice whereas Zach
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is a make a decision in 2 minutes kind
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of guy they have some amazing fish style
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alternative Meats which was blowing my
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mind but we did finally make a decision
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on our food
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order now the fish was Unreal and even
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Zach agreed that the flavors were on
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point but the beef was a little
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disappointing for me at least only
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because the serving size was so
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tiny we also got this Curry to share
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which Zach loved but I thought it was
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pretty average I think this is because I
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wanted it to be spicy and Zach hates
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spicy food so unfortunately we usually
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have to go with the non-spicy option
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overall I really love this restaurant
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and I'm definitely Keen to come back to
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Shanghai and try more of their vegan
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Chinese food
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options honestly this whole special app
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thing to order the DDS was super
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confusing plus we had to use Apple Maps
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to find the location because all the
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roads are wrong on Google Maps in China
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but thankfully we managed to get a car
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and we were headed to see the famous
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city skyline we definitely could have
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walked there there but we were also
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running out of sunlight and we had this
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really cool Market we wanted to see
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before the sun goes
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[Music]
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down slow motion waves around and
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through me like the ocean in my vein
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Pacific come and Carry Me
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[Music]
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Away look at this Skyline even coming
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from Dubai the city skyline of Shanghai
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is UN real also I don't know if anyone
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else sees this but it kind of reminds me
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of that really old cartoon show called
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The Jetson does anyone else know this TV
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show and get what I'm saying here Zach
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was also vlogging for his own YouTube
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channel so between the both of us we
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were really looking like that classic
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travel influenza couple which honestly
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makes me cringe a little thinking
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[Music]
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about also the city gives me big New
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York Vibes with the old but beautiful
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buildings and this grid-like layout has
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anyone else been to Shanghai and thought
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the same
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thing now Zach quickly had to go film a
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little clip by himself so I was Keen to
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take a peek into some of these random
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little shops we were walking past
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between all kinds of teas and things I
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really couldn't understand I did manage
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to find a rice drink shop which was
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vegan so I convinced Zach we should try
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it because when in Shanghai I also
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triple checked it was vegan before we
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took the plunge because I have had had
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that happen before now I was kind of
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expecting the drink to be a cross
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between the rice you get with mango
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sticky rice and a bubble tea but I was
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very wrong all right what have we got
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here it's a rice drink and it tastes
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like liquid
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rice we were definitely Chasing the Sun
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now and we got in the car as quick as we
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could to head straight to the famous
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area of you Garden this was was
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literally such a beautiful place it felt
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so tranquil and it was so amazing to see
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the more traditional style buildings
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compared to the more modern ones and the
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City skyline we were just looking
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at I am just so glad I had this area
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pinned on my Shanghai bucket list and to
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make things even better there was all
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these super unique and traditional
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streets surrounding the U Gardens now
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don't laugh at me but I actually spotted
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a McDonald's which I really wanted to
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check inside and we found a taro p
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and it was vegan literally this is the
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best thing I've ever had from a
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macers I was genuinely in a at how
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beautiful these shops and stores were I
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think I could walk around here looking
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at all these super unique things all day
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but I was on the hunt for a postcard and
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a pin which are my travel souvenir
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Staples
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thean I want
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to it's in
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your it's
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in the sun is set and me and Zach are
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spending a little bit more time out in
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Shanghai than we plan to we're in this
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really cool spot called U Gardens which
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is in the middle of Shanghai and it's
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this really traditional Temple area with
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these mark we're going to go explore a
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little bit more and spend some more time
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in Shanghai this city is so cool and it
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has to be one of my favorite layovers
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and it might have something to do with
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Zach being here but yeah anyway we're
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going to go explore some other markets
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after this and then we're going to head
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back to the hotel also Zach and I were
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obsessed with watching these guys make
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dumplings and we were actually getting
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pretty hungry but sadly there was no
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vegan options for
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us but I did have the winning idea of
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the day and raced back to McDonald's to
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get us another Taro pie each while Zach
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ordered the DD ride because apparently
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that was a mission in itself now the
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next Market that I mentioned briefly is
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actually this insane Market under a
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train station which has everything from
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food jewelry even model planes from
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literally every Airline and here's a
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cheeky Emirates 7 and pretty much
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anything else you can imagine which kind
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of makes it feel like a real life Alley
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Express it was so much later than we
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wanted to be out seeing as pickup from
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the hotel is 3:00 a.m. and we still
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hadn't had dinner yet so sadly we had to
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opt for the classic room service at the
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hotel which I always think is overpriced
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and average at best but that was our
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only option because both of us really
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needed to get at least a couple hours
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sleep before our flight home to
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Dubai I'll disregard you in this summer
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I'm not calling out for
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you yeah I never want a tri like you
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me
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out but if you're standing with me
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down don't hold on to the fire till the
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burns you to the ground
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[Applause]
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now the general rule for all cabin crew
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is to meet downstairs in the lobby at
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least 15 minutes before we get picked up
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by the crew bus this is so we can check
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out of our rooms plus we do have to get
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all our documents checked just like we
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did when we left
00:22:15
Dubai when the bus drivers put all of
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our crew suitcases in the bus it just
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makes you think about how people give us
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their bags to store on board and we're
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actually not supposed to lift any
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passenger bags as the company won't
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cover us for any injuries if we do
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even though the hotel pickup was at a
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Godly hour at least Zach was able to
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come with us all on the crew bus to the
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airport which he was loving and it was
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so nice for him to be able to see what
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it's like all those times I'm texting
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him from random cities around the world
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on the way to the airport to fly home to
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him kissing in the rain that night oh
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man we got so soaked
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I can still remember your sweet
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taste campfires and staring nights and
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driving up the
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coast I did have to leave Zach behind
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again as us crew have to go through a
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specific passport control and he had to
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go through with all the other passengers
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but I did have a lot of things I needed
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to think about and prepare before the
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flight so I wasn't too worried about
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leaving him behind for a bit now I
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always unpack my bag first before doing
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any duties because if I don't feel
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organized in my own things I will not be
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able to focus on the important tasks
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this begins with hanging my waist coat
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up in a Cupboard near my area as well as
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getting my cardigan out because I swear
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the a380s can get so cold and yes that
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was my crew pajama bag because this
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flight is scheduled for longer than 9
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hours 30 which means we actually get
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dedicated crew rest on the flight and
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you best believe I'm going to show you
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around our secret sleeping quarters
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there are so many reasons why I love the
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specific position on the A380 in economy
00:23:55
but one of the best parts is there's way
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more little cupboards that I can store
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all all my stuff in I showed Zach to his
00:24:00
seat like the good hostess I am and he
00:24:02
actually mentioned to me he was starving
00:24:04
so another reason I like this position
00:24:06
is I could race up the backstairs to
00:24:08
business class and get Zach a few snacks
00:24:10
from our crew cart surely there's got to
00:24:12
be some perks to having your girlfriend
00:24:14
as your cabin crew on your next emirats
00:24:16
flight keep an ear out for the PA or
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ground Personnel please leave the
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aircraft as this means the last cabin
00:24:22
door is closed and US Emirates cabin
00:24:24
crew can take our hats off if you didn't
00:24:26
know one of our responsibilities is Army
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the doors once the aircraft pushes back
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on the A380 and specifically air buses
00:24:33
we have to pull a pin out and move the
00:24:35
lever across this means the slide will
00:24:36
activate if we open the door we just
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armed Zach was of course being the dream
00:24:45
passenger listening to the safety demo
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and I truly think that both of us could
00:24:49
say the whole Emirate safety demo as
00:24:51
we've flown so many Emirates flights
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between
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us you're in my heart and soul
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you turn those dark days into shimmering
00:25:03
gold I got a true always guing me home
00:25:09
you're in my heart and
00:25:12
soul my
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heart I said good night and tucked Zach
00:25:21
into sleep because I was actually on the
00:25:23
first break keep in mind our breaks only
00:25:26
start once the first service is
00:25:27
completed and choosing your bunks is on
00:25:29
a first in first serve basis you do
00:25:32
however have to put your ID badge
00:25:34
outside your bunk so that when they wake
00:25:35
certain grades for certain Services they
00:25:37
know who to wake up now we are supposed
00:25:39
to get changed into our crew pajamas
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outside the CC but it honestly Cuts so
00:25:43
much time out of our brakes really only
00:25:45
the new crew do it right not going to
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lie I was pretty exhausted so I went
00:25:49
straight for the earplugs as it can get
00:25:51
quite noisy in the CRC from passengers
00:25:53
above and crew going to the toilet also
00:25:55
I don't know why but some of the remotes
00:25:57
for the screens don't turn off so I
00:25:59
always end up facing them down to hide
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the
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[Music]
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light heart and
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soul my heart and
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[Music]
00:26:14
soul today's CRC is in the lower deck
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which means it's under the cabin and
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I'll show you a little more at the end
00:26:20
of the flight when I actually take Zack
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down into it now if you remember I said
00:26:25
before we left our apartment in Dubai I
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had plans to B on board this flight this
00:26:29
was because it was a pretty special
00:26:31
flight having Zach here with me and I
00:26:32
thought it'd be a good way to thank all
00:26:34
the crew for tolerating having Zach
00:26:35
pretty much everywhere I was and also
00:26:38
looking after him if you haven't learned
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it yet I love cooking and getting
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creative with it I did however bring my
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own cake Tim from home because I knew
00:26:45
there was no way we were going to have
00:26:46
something on board that I could bake
00:26:47
this in of course this cake is 100%
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vegan how did I do it using a box cake
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mix well pretty much I just swapped the
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eggs for flax seed meal and water which
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I bought from home to Shang high and
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back for this
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flight and yes I even brought baking
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paper from home
00:27:16
too if you're wondering where Zach is I
00:27:19
was kind enough to let him keep sleeping
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and I'll wake him up when the cake is
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ready while I wait for the cake to cook
00:27:24
this was the perfect chance to make my
00:27:25
go-to coffee on board I will say this it
00:27:28
actually sucks that Emirates doesn't
00:27:29
offer plant-based milks in economy and
00:27:31
if you're wondering where on Earth am I
00:27:32
getting the ones I'm using today from
00:27:34
well luckily we have a few in now crew
00:27:36
SN container and in business in first
00:27:38
but sadly we don't tend to hand them out
00:27:39
to any passengers in economy also does
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anyone else think the Emirates economy
00:27:43
coffee is literally the strongest coffee
00:27:45
in the world or am I the only
00:27:47
one anyone that bakes would know that
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you normally use a skewer to check if
00:27:51
something's cooked but I was getting
00:27:53
even more creative and this is actually
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the thermometer we use to check if the
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meals are heated and if they're ready
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and hot it will turn from black to
00:28:00
Red this dark chocolate right here is
00:28:02
from emirate's first class and I
00:28:04
honestly thought it was genius melting
00:28:06
this for the icing on the cake Zach
00:28:07
actually woke up while I was doing this
00:28:09
and he was a little bit cut I didn't
00:28:11
wake him up earlier to see me
00:28:13
bake keep remembering that cold Friday
00:28:16
that you
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[Music]
00:28:20
left it's going to get better better
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better
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hold to me
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now I will be honest I did not know if I
00:28:31
could bake a cake on board as the
00:28:33
temperature on our aircraft ovens are a
00:28:34
lot different to your regular ones at
00:28:36
home and the middle part of this cake
00:28:38
was looking a little how you're going
00:28:39
but honestly overall I'd say this cake
00:28:42
was a brilliant success and it looked
00:28:44
pretty damn good for a cake baked on a
00:28:47
fly the only other thing I didn't think
00:28:49
about was how I was going to serve it so
00:28:52
once I figured out the coffee cups were
00:28:54
the best way to share it I then shared
00:28:55
it with all my fellow crew and even took
00:28:57
it upstairs to make sure business and
00:28:59
first class crew didn't miss
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out
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[Music]
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again I will say Zach was waiting very
00:29:14
patiently for me to finish all of my
00:29:16
duties for landing before I finally took
00:29:19
him to see
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[Music]
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RCC he couldn't believe he was finally
00:29:28
seeing one of our crew sleeping quarters
00:29:30
and the fact that this is under the
00:29:31
cabin I showed him how we have TV
00:29:33
screens just like the passengers but we
00:29:35
also have business class headphones as
00:29:36
it was after both breaks it was a little
00:29:38
bit messy but all the cupboards are
00:29:40
normally filled with spare business
00:29:41
class blankets for us crew to swap out
00:29:43
for people on the first break to the
00:29:44
second being able to show Zach the CRC
00:29:46
was honestly the perfect way to finish
00:29:48
the best flight and the best layover
00:29:51
I've ever had as Emirates cabin crew and
00:29:53
really it was because of Zach so as much
00:29:56
fun as flights like this are flying is
00:29:58
going to be even better when I'm sitting
00:30:00
in the seat right next to the love of my
00:30:02
life and not working knowing we can
00:30:04
travel wherever and whenever and for as
00:30:07
long as we want I
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[Music]
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to even having such a jam-packed and
00:30:15
exciting time away we both love coming
00:30:17
home to our Creek haror Apartment and
00:30:19
spending time together no matter where
00:30:21
we are I hope you guys loved having Zach
00:30:24
along with me just as much as I did and
00:30:26
I can't wait to show you guys what we
00:30:27
get to and where we travel to next
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