<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8158999447883107100</id><updated>2024-09-05T06:32:20.803-07:00</updated><category term="Dating a Fellow Cabin Crew"/><category term="Johannesburg South Africa"/><category term="Mark"/><category term="Monday blogging"/><category term="business card no.1"/><category term="buying and selling"/><category term="cabin crew stories"/><category term="cabin services"/><category term="customer service skills"/><category term="drunk business class passenger"/><category term="introducing Coco"/><category term="my ex&#39; look alike"/><category term="my history"/><category term="nearly attacked by a passenger"/><category term="open relationship"/><category term="passengers"/><category term="shopperholic?"/><title type='text'>Confessions Of A Cabin Crew</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://confessionsofacabincrew.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8158999447883107100/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://confessionsofacabincrew.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Coco</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11744250292677431915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7rcxRprYhYw_-lD6MoQ_nUHjHRCKenv1B8FrXJlfQBh0_xqC9kVtq0sm5TYhKvad1sw4kkI2oFSPOGJ2uuue-RjiBXjl7NoJ6Zg9zyiLBG6_j6D7u0stvVJwNRTyGQ/s220/ccc.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8158999447883107100.post-4538518061443588104</id><published>2011-09-01T08:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-01T08:43:27.290-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="buying and selling"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Johannesburg South Africa"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Monday blogging"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="shopperholic?"/><title type='text'>What Do I Do When I&#39;m Not Flying?</title><summary type="text">Hi everyone.

Apologies for not posting on Monday - I was in Johannesburg, South Africa, and even though I could access my blog, it was such a short trip that I decided to make the most of my shopping experience instead of blogging.


Guess who called me shortly before my flight was due to board?

The Oil and Gas Manager!&amp;nbsp;

He was on his way to New York and wanted to know if I was on duty </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://confessionsofacabincrew.blogspot.com/feeds/4538518061443588104/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://confessionsofacabincrew.blogspot.com/2011/09/what-do-i-do-when-im-not-flying.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8158999447883107100/posts/default/4538518061443588104'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8158999447883107100/posts/default/4538518061443588104'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://confessionsofacabincrew.blogspot.com/2011/09/what-do-i-do-when-im-not-flying.html' title='What Do I Do When I&#39;m Not Flying?'/><author><name>Coco</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11744250292677431915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7rcxRprYhYw_-lD6MoQ_nUHjHRCKenv1B8FrXJlfQBh0_xqC9kVtq0sm5TYhKvad1sw4kkI2oFSPOGJ2uuue-RjiBXjl7NoJ6Zg9zyiLBG6_j6D7u0stvVJwNRTyGQ/s220/ccc.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8158999447883107100.post-4413499958925389274</id><published>2011-08-22T09:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-27T08:10:32.275-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="drunk business class passenger"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="nearly attacked by a passenger"/><title type='text'>The Drunken Business Class Passenger</title><summary type="text">One would think that anyone who flies business class would be a refined, high flying career person, a dignified money-bag, a classy celebrity, or such like.

You&#39;d hardly expect a business class passenger to get so visibly (and audibly) drunk in-flight, that fellow passengers and crew have to caution him repeatedly and even threaten to hand him over to the Police on landing.

Well, I had a Mr </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://confessionsofacabincrew.blogspot.com/feeds/4413499958925389274/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://confessionsofacabincrew.blogspot.com/2011/08/drunken-business-class-passenger.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8158999447883107100/posts/default/4413499958925389274'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8158999447883107100/posts/default/4413499958925389274'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://confessionsofacabincrew.blogspot.com/2011/08/drunken-business-class-passenger.html' title='The Drunken Business Class Passenger'/><author><name>Coco</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11744250292677431915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7rcxRprYhYw_-lD6MoQ_nUHjHRCKenv1B8FrXJlfQBh0_xqC9kVtq0sm5TYhKvad1sw4kkI2oFSPOGJ2uuue-RjiBXjl7NoJ6Zg9zyiLBG6_j6D7u0stvVJwNRTyGQ/s220/ccc.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8158999447883107100.post-4506398615315379253</id><published>2011-08-15T15:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-26T08:53:43.572-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Dating a Fellow Cabin Crew"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mark"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="open relationship"/><title type='text'>Dating a Fellow Cabin Crew</title><summary type="text">Well, not exactly dating - we are not exclusive or anything serious like that - we are just into each other and like to hang out often. It&#39;s a long-standing, open-ended relationship, that was brought about as a result of work.

We were, and still are, almost always on the same flights. For several months in a year, Mark (that&#39;s his name) and I would have the same flight schedules - travelling to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://confessionsofacabincrew.blogspot.com/feeds/4506398615315379253/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://confessionsofacabincrew.blogspot.com/2011/08/dating-fellow-cabin-crew.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8158999447883107100/posts/default/4506398615315379253'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8158999447883107100/posts/default/4506398615315379253'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://confessionsofacabincrew.blogspot.com/2011/08/dating-fellow-cabin-crew.html' title='Dating a Fellow Cabin Crew'/><author><name>Coco</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11744250292677431915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7rcxRprYhYw_-lD6MoQ_nUHjHRCKenv1B8FrXJlfQBh0_xqC9kVtq0sm5TYhKvad1sw4kkI2oFSPOGJ2uuue-RjiBXjl7NoJ6Zg9zyiLBG6_j6D7u0stvVJwNRTyGQ/s220/ccc.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8158999447883107100.post-5497564023618528135</id><published>2011-08-08T10:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-25T11:29:40.464-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="business card no.1"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="my ex&#39; look alike"/><title type='text'>My First Business Card</title><summary type="text">Ironically, I attracted my very first business card.

I had only been a couple of months with the airline when I sighted this young man in the Economy Cabin. He had an uncanny resemblance to my ex-boyfriend (we had split because he thought my job would disrupt our relationship).

I kept walking to and fro the cabin just to stare look at him. At some point, his friend who was sitting next to him </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://confessionsofacabincrew.blogspot.com/feeds/5497564023618528135/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://confessionsofacabincrew.blogspot.com/2011/08/my-first-business-card.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8158999447883107100/posts/default/5497564023618528135'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8158999447883107100/posts/default/5497564023618528135'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://confessionsofacabincrew.blogspot.com/2011/08/my-first-business-card.html' title='My First Business Card'/><author><name>Coco</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11744250292677431915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7rcxRprYhYw_-lD6MoQ_nUHjHRCKenv1B8FrXJlfQBh0_xqC9kVtq0sm5TYhKvad1sw4kkI2oFSPOGJ2uuue-RjiBXjl7NoJ6Zg9zyiLBG6_j6D7u0stvVJwNRTyGQ/s220/ccc.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8158999447883107100.post-2445783032809509979</id><published>2011-08-01T09:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-25T10:37:03.512-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="cabin services"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="customer service skills"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="my history"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="passengers"/><title type='text'>A Brief History and Some Current Affairs</title><summary type="text">I joined the Airline 4 years ago, as a fresh University graduate. Many thought I was silly not to apply to the Graduate Programme instead. But I&#39;d always wanted to be an Air Hostess.

All those years of travelling on holidays - I admired the pretty cabin crew in their smart uniforms and short skirts. I paid rapt attention to in-flight safety demonstrations and knew most of them by heart, well </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://confessionsofacabincrew.blogspot.com/feeds/2445783032809509979/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://confessionsofacabincrew.blogspot.com/2011/08/i-joined-airline-4-years-ago-as-fresh.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8158999447883107100/posts/default/2445783032809509979'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8158999447883107100/posts/default/2445783032809509979'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://confessionsofacabincrew.blogspot.com/2011/08/i-joined-airline-4-years-ago-as-fresh.html' title='A Brief History and Some Current Affairs'/><author><name>Coco</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11744250292677431915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7rcxRprYhYw_-lD6MoQ_nUHjHRCKenv1B8FrXJlfQBh0_xqC9kVtq0sm5TYhKvad1sw4kkI2oFSPOGJ2uuue-RjiBXjl7NoJ6Zg9zyiLBG6_j6D7u0stvVJwNRTyGQ/s220/ccc.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8158999447883107100.post-7488518697340686512</id><published>2011-07-25T08:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-25T09:24:40.843-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="cabin crew stories"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="introducing Coco"/><title type='text'>Hello World! Welcome on Board</title><summary type="text">So, I finally succumbed to the voices - the two sets of voices.

The voices within my head urging, begging, and recently, screaming at me to start this, this, blog? journal? diary? whatever! To find a means of documenting or expressing my many adventures/escapades as an airline cabin crew. 

Then there are the physical voices too - of friends, colleagues, and family members, who enjoy listening </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://confessionsofacabincrew.blogspot.com/feeds/7488518697340686512/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://confessionsofacabincrew.blogspot.com/2011/07/hello-world-welcome-on-board.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8158999447883107100/posts/default/7488518697340686512'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8158999447883107100/posts/default/7488518697340686512'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://confessionsofacabincrew.blogspot.com/2011/07/hello-world-welcome-on-board.html' title='Hello World! Welcome on Board'/><author><name>Coco</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11744250292677431915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7rcxRprYhYw_-lD6MoQ_nUHjHRCKenv1B8FrXJlfQBh0_xqC9kVtq0sm5TYhKvad1sw4kkI2oFSPOGJ2uuue-RjiBXjl7NoJ6Zg9zyiLBG6_j6D7u0stvVJwNRTyGQ/s220/ccc.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>