I had never heard of the term before.
Background: My friend Gwenn has prepared for months to take 14 female students to Tapei for a "Model UN" conference. She was given every obstacle possible and was somehow still able to make it work. Last night I dropped her off at the women's dorm where a bus took them to Dubai to fly out.
At midnight Gwenn called in a panic. Three of the women - two from Pakistan and one from Iraq - were not able to board the plane because they didn't have a "transit visa" for the stop in Hong Kong.
Not all hope is lost: They may be able to fly out tomorrow night and fly through Singapore. Gwenn asked if they needed an escort would I be willing. I said, "Sure!" It's not that I would like to fly for ten hours and turn around and fly back... it's that on the way back I would love to take a few days in Singapore and see my friend Rahul.
Since I'd really, really like this to happen I'm 98% sure it won't.
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