A funny thing happened on the way to Sydney

This has been one of the longest days of my life filled with several firsts.
It started early this morning on the jam packed streets of Houston, TX as I tried to make my way to the airport. My friend Vista was nice enough to give me a ride and the usual 20 min trip turned into 1hr30min, and that wasn't the bad part. As I walk into IAH airport, all I can see is people. There are people everywhere, the shortest line for any checkin for Continental was 25 people, and there must've been 50 of these lines. The scene was pretty crazy and as my watched ticked away into the 7am hour, I started to feel like I might not make my 7:50am flight.
Standing next to me in line was a girl I recognized but hadn't seen in about 10 years or more. She was 1 of a set of twins that had gone to high school with me and of course the first name I guessed was wrong. Jackie Fakier was headed to a wedding in Hawaii and ended up standing in the same crazy lines as myself. I made my way to the front finally but it was already 7:30am. I checked in 2 large suitcases, got directions to my gate and took off running. I got to the International Flights security line and it was hundreds of people long, I knew if I waited that I would miss the flight so I decided to just cut everyone and see if I could get away with it. I walked down 2 halls and around 2 corners and eventually got to the front of the line. I played it cool and pretended like I had been there all along. To my surprise, no one said anything and I ended up chatting with 4 old ladies about their Vegas adventure they were about to embark on. I get through security and up to my gate. Only the Continental representative is there, no sign of any passengers. I tell her that I am travelling alone and a quick phone call to the plane reveals that the door is not yet closed (YAY!) so they let me on. I sit down, 2 min go by, they close the door and off we go. A sigh of relief, only thing left to worry about is will I have any clothes when I get to Sydney.
I made it to LAX with about 2 hours to catch my next flight, I walked over to the International Departures building and was suddenly transported into a world where it appeared that everyone bought their clothing from www.Engrish.com :) I waited around til boarding time and then walked onto a gigantic Boeing 747-400. Over the next 12 hours my personal space would be about 6 sq ft big. We were served 2 meals and countless drinks and I dont' think I've ever been waited on by a friendlier staff of people. If you ever have the option of flying Korean Air, take it! It would appear that the job application form for a Korean Air flight attendant is simple a large rectangle with the words "Attach Portrait Here" ;)
At 4am CDT, I landed in Seoul, Korea at the Incheon airport. I made my way over past the huge immigration lines and to my next gate. I had almost 2 hours to spare so here I sit at an internet cafe. Night time is approaching. Seoul is 16 hours ahead of us in the Central time zone.
Next stop, Sydney!