April 3, 2009: It's the last day. 5:30, I'm already awake. My flight, PR507, will be on 10:05 AM, but I thought it's better to be ready earlier than later.
My dad and my brother's family are the ones who took me to the NAIA (Ninoy Aquino International Airport) Terminal 2 this morning. I'm glad that they were the ones to take me there. :)
Anyway, I was at the airport by 7:45 AM. I immediately went to the check-in counter. My worst case scenario happened: my baggage was over the limit, at 25KG+. I need to drop to at least 22KG. I took out one unused bag and three bags of dried mangoes. The weight dropped to 22KG+, which was already enough. Well, at least I didn't have to unload alot from the baggage.
I was already at the gate by 8:15; relatively quick, considering the long line on Immigration. Got a little hungry so I bought the "cheapest" food I could find: 4 siomais for PHP70!!!! (Usual price is PHP32). It felt like hi-way robbery, but I didn't really have any choice. Either I wait it out until food is served on the plane, or I cough up the friggin 70 pesos.
Made a few text messages and calls to family and friends. Most of them replied. I still had 200+ load on myn cellphone so I wanted to make use of most of it.
Time flies by I guess. The gate was open and I made my way to my seat on the plane. I knew the plane would be large, since my seat number was 47H, an aisle seat as I have requested (I tend to pee a lot during fligths). Most of the recent flights that I have only 6 seats per row, with an aisle in the middle. This time, the plane was huge -- it was an airbus 340, I think. two aisles, two seats on either side, and four on the middle. Not only that, many seats were not taken. When people realized that there were many seats available, some of them changed seats to be with their respective groups.
Had fish for lunch. Inflight movie was Adam Sandler's Bedtime Stories. Everyone decided to sleep, I guess; all of the window covers were down. Not a problem for me; I actually prefer it; it's dark, cozy, and conducive to sleep. I coudn't sleep, though, but at least I felt more relaxed.
1:17 PM, teh plane lands, and I immediately made my way for immigration. I also bought some wine from the Duty Free store, as requested by Che. I'm so happy to see here again. :)
She didn't eat anything yet, so we went to Swensen's in the terminal to eat lunch. Wellm, she ate lunch, while I just ordered a sizzling dessert. Then we're off back home :)
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