Ten Ways to Entertain Yourself on an Aircraft for Fourteen Hours with Only Three Hours Sleep.

1. Writing, or talking to anyone who'll listen, about how you had only three hours sleep—ten hours ago—after being up eleven hours, after four hours of sleep, after night shift ...
2. Watching 'Up'. Cute, but why did the child's parents not wonder where the be-jeebers he had gone to. The problem with his inattentive parents was more serious than even he made out.
3. Watching 'Inglorious Basterds'. Yeah, Brad's accent was a little annoying. Lots of blood.
4. Watching 'The Ugly Truth'. Mediocre.
5. Watching 'The September Issue'. Really quite interesting, visually exciting. She is an odd woman—a sad woman maybe.
6. Analysing and surveying the map, distance covered in meters and yards, time to destination and outside temperature.
7. Texas Hold 'em. Lucky it wasn't my money.
8. Eating off a plastic tray with a plastic knife and fork while your elbows are attached to your ribs by the economy of spacing in the economy cabin. This sounds simple. It is easier to stand on your head and juggle. I felt like I was in the womb with cutlery.
9. Filling in your disembarkation card—or watching someone else do it for you.
10. Trying to find innovative ways of sleeping upright. Economy is tight, but not tight enough to support your neck in an upright position, unfortunately. Inevitably you must drool on a stranger's shoulder.