JUNE 7
6:48pm
i've booked my flights for my mama in's birthday in almeria next month. she's my second mom. she took care of me (and my siblings) from the time i was a baby to until after i got married. i was booking through the web and initially could not decide on the available flight times. by the time i've made my choice, the lower fare was not anymore available. gone in a matter of minutes : }
JULY 4
12:38am
ano ba???!!! i've booked my flights, ba't ngayon nag-si-seat sale 'tong mga 'to (PAL, cebu pacific, tiger)??? ugh!
JULY 9
8:46pm
going to almeria, biliran... leaving manila for tacloban, july 10, 9:10 am, PAL PR 391... coming back july 12, 5:00 pm, PR 394... still don't know how to get to almeria from tacloban... i've been there just once, last year... i've forgotten... : }
11:05pm
grabee, nagulat 'yung ibang shoppers kasi bigla akong napasigaw ng 'aaaaaaaaayyyyyyy!!! huwag!!!'... kasi naman 'yung saleslady, 'yung binili kong shirt and slippers, pagsasamahin ba naman sa isang bag! ano ba????!!!
JULY 10
7:01am
cab now... yesterday my officemate was asking whether i want someone to drop me off at the airport. i asked, 'guwapo ba 'yan?' she chuckled and said, 'slight.' haha... ok, thanks... i'll just take a cab... ; )
8:21am
ooops, a guy just stood up here at the waiting area and took a pic arms high. dunno whether i'm just being conceited but it seems from that angle the pic he took has me at the center... oh, well... i hope he didn't catch my tummy bulge... had i known i would have inhaled, haha...
8:41am
boarding now...
10:07am
just landed in tacloban... hmmm... dunno yet what's next, haha... what do i take to get to almeria? where? i'll ask around...
10:47am
at robinsons tacloban to buy additional pasalubong... : )
11:10am
nice shirt print: stand for what is right even if you stand alone...
12:28pm
hey, they have a jr. version of pakil's ping-as here in tacloban... theirs is a smaller white cross at mid-mountain level...
12:31pm
at van now going to naval...
1:00pm
i'm sleepy... van has no headrest... : } ... i slept at 4 this morning... got up at 5:30... -_-
3:11pm
naval now on board jeep to almeria... good thing one of the passengers knows my mama linda's house... i don't... : }
3:23pm
ano baaa???!!! tumutulo 'yung luha ko!!! OA, huh?. papunta pa lang kaya! ugh!
4:59pm
grabeee!!! parang pelikula... my mama in was in the porch when she saw me in the jeep. she immediately went out to meet me, barefoot (!), and hugged me in the middle of the street... aaaawww!!! thank God she looks healthy... thank God we were not run over... ; )
10:05pm
back to basics... cooking with firewood... sleeping on a bamboo bed... it's good every once in a while...
JULY 11
3:55am
awakened by early morming serenade (mananita) for my mama linda on her birhday...
10:55am
heard sunday mass. nope, not the usual catholic service. this time it's aglipayan (iglesia filipina independiente) -> in visayan... i could not understand the words... but my heart understood the message... thanks be to God...
7:50pm
someone asked for my number. i don't usually give it out... but then i didn't have the heart to turn down this guy's request... oh, well... i'm leaving tomorrow anyway.... we'll be too far apart...
JULY 12
6:44am
hahaha... guhit-guhit ako... the blanket i used as bedsheet on my bamboo bed / couch moved while i was asleep, i ended up in direct contact with the bamboo. now i have vertical marks on my arms and legs. para akong striped whatever... ; )
11:52am
leaving for naval -> in my bedroom slippers... i'm leaving my footwear in almeria , they'll find it useful there...i'll just buy slippers in naval...
12:15pm
i said i didn't want to ride a motorcycle (from almeria to naval) this time. i said i'll just take the jeepney. guess what, they rented me a jeepney! soooo spacious! ugh! i meant public jeepney... they pass in front of the house...
12:31pm
leaving naval for tacloban... i wasn't able to buy slippers... : }
1:50pm
tulog na 'yung babaeng katabi ko sa van. nakasandal sa 'kin. napipisa ako... : }
2:50pm
van passed by the palo metropolitan cathedral... so nice the, dunno what you call it, carillon, belfry, whatever...
3:06pm
tacloban airport now -> in my bedroom slippers : } so long the queue for check-in...
3:40pm
checked-in... flight is at 5 pm yet... no footwear being sold here at the airport... i can't believe i'm traveling from almeria to manila in my bedroom slippers... ang laki ng bedroom mo, huh!
3:55pm
waaahhh! natapon pala sa loob ng bag ko 'yung sabaw nu'ng paksiw na lechon na padala ni mama in... : (
4:33pm
haha, shirt print: one tequila | two tequila | three tequila | floor... ; )
4:49pm
hey, our plane is here now. well, i'm ready for the walk at the tacloban city airport tarmac. unlike last year when i was wearing a skirt, this time i'm wearing knickers. hah! the wind can't blow this away... ; )
6:26pm
NAIA 2 now (centennial airport)... plane has landed... : )
6:41pm
ooops... long queue for cabs... ba't naman kasi up to now wala pa rin akong sundo... :' (
6:47pm
bait naman,,, a guy (foreigner) let me go ahead of him in rhe queue... thanks... : )
7:11pm
home now... thank 5od for a safe trip...
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