Travel History - A Look Into The Past

I worked in the airline IT industry for 34 years: 28 in Cathay Pacific and 6 in Qantas. As such, I had the convenience (being an airline staff) and the necessity (due my IT work) of traveling quite a bit over the years. I do not have the slightest intention to show off anything here, but really I just think it's time to look back and take stock of what I've done in the past. Following are lists of cities I've visited and airlines I've traveled:

A. Cities visited - by air with overnight stay and not including stopovers in transit

Country	City
Hong Kong	Hong Kong
Australia	Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Ayers Rock, Alice Spring, Hamilton Island
New Zealand	Auckland
Fiji	Fiji
USA	Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, San Diego, Boston, New York, Washington, Chicago, Miami, Orlando, Houston, New Orleans, Tucson, Minneapolis/St Paul, Atlanta, Philadelphia
Canada	Toronto
Brazil	Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Falls do Igaucu
Columbia	Bogota
UK	London
France	Paris
Germany	Munich
Denmark	Copenhagen
Bahrain	Bahrain
Japan	Tokyo, Osaka
Korea	Seoul
Taiwan	Taipei, Hualien
Singapore	Singapore
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur, Penang
Thailand	Bangkok
Philippines	Manila

B. Airlines Traveled

Airline Code	Airline	Country
CX	Cathay Pacific Airways	Hong Kong
QF	Qantas Airways	Australia
JQ	Jetstar	Australia
AN	Ansett	Australia
TA	Trans Australian Airline	Australia
AA	American Airline	USA
DL	Delta	USA
NW	Northwest	USA
PA	Pan American	USA
PS	Pacific Southeastern Airline	USA
TW	Trans World Airline	USA
UA	United Airline	USA
US	US Air	USA
AC	Air Canada	Canada
CP	Canadian Pacific	Canada
BA	British Airways	UK
KL	KLM	Netherlands
SK	SAS Scandinavian Airlines	Sweden
JL	Japan Airline	Japan
FE	Far East Airline	Taiwan
MH	Malaysian Airline	Malaysia
RG	Varig	Brazil
	Crucero	Brazil
AV	Avianca	Columbia

Who's Smart?

A man and a woman were sitting next to each other on the plane. The man asked the woman, "Hey, wanna play a game? Let's ask each other a question in turn. If you don't know the answer, then you give me $5, and if I don't know the answer to your question, then I'll give you $5 too."
The woman said, " I really don't want to play unless you give me a handicap. If I don't know the answer, then I'll give you $5, but if you don't know the answer, you'll give me $50. Okay?"
The man thought he was much smarter than the woman, and so he confidently agreed.
There he started, " How many moons does Jupiter have?" After a few seconds, the woman said, "I don't know." And she reached into her purse and gave the man $5.
So came the woman's turn, "What goes up the hill with two legs and comes down with three?"
Reluctant to lose, the man hastily took out his laptop and searched the internet. After half an hour, the man sighed, "I don't know." And he reached into his purse and gave the woman $50.
A few minutes later, the man couldn't help but to asked the woman slowly in a low voice, "What was the answer?"
"I don't know either." The woman reached into her purse again and gave $5 to the man.

What Have You Missed in Your Life?

"What have you missed in your life?" The wife asked the husband when she was 25. Despondently the husband replied, "I missed a chance for promotion."
When she was 35, the wife asked again. Angrily the husband told her, "I just missed the bus."
At 45, annoyingly the husband said, "I missed the meeting with my client."
At 55, disappointingly the husband said, "I missed a good chance to retire."
At 65, hurriedly the husband replied, "I missed a dental appointment."
At 75, the wife didn't ask the husband anymore. The husband sat beside her bed who was very sick in the hospital. Remembering what the wife used to ask him all over the years, the husband asked her the same question. The wife reflected for a moment, smiled and answered peacefully and contentedly, "I have not missed having you with me in my life."
Deeply moved, the husband tried hard to hold his tears. He held the wife's hand tight. Regretfully he said to her, "I think I have missed the dearest and deepest love in these 50 years."

Life and love are very simple. While we are busy in life pursuing riches and fame which could be trivial when we look back, we might have neglected the most faithful and precious love already in our hands.