Singapore!

And so I'm back from Singapore, and what a trip it has been! The highlight of the whole trip, of course, is meeting both Ed and Maki which I missed so much!

This Singapore trip took a long time planning. I was initially supposed to go with nigga Dale, us planning as early as last year. Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned as Dale was busy with his work... and forgot to renew his passport!!! (italicized na nga, bold pa.. hahaha!)

So after meeting Rix last December, I learned that she was planning a Singapore trip too. Thinking that I'll be busy na come mid-2009, I decided to go nalang with Rica for a February SG trip.

We kept looking for Cebu Pacific promo fares as early as Christmas eve. Rix got a roundtrip promo, but unfortunately, I only got a one way ticket promo (pauwi). Naubusan kasi ng promo tickets since unahan yun. So I thought nalang to use my mom's PAL miles points to get to SG free. Too bad though, it took a long time to process since busy-bisihan yung agent ni mama, so I decided nalang to book a ticket.

Bad trip lang na right after I booked my ticket, tsaka nag return call yung travel agent ni mama telling us that yes, the miles points are available, and kailangan na raw gamitin since mag-eexpire na this coming April! Fuck! Haha! (Hmmm.. I'm smelling another trip for me.. Haha!)

And so yun, we set our travel schedule to Feb 13-Feb 19. At first, mukhang mahaba yung trip pero yun pala BITIN! Since we're leaving for SG at 8pm on Feb 13, then leaving for Manila at 12am off 19, parang hindi mo talaga i-ccount both days as kasama sa trip.

Then, the day finally came. Feb 13. Armed with Ed's electric guitar and amplifier, together with my large bag (full of Ed and Mark's things! haha!), I stormed through the airport. Super traffic so I got in late. I was supposed to go to the Airport straight but my mom got nervous about the amplifier, baka raw kasi hindi payagan i-hand carry. So she decided to go with me para just in case hindi pwede dalhin, iuuwi nalang niya sa bahay.

Once I arrived the airport, Rica was already waiting. Nawiwiwee na raw siya sa lamig ng aircon! Hahaha! True enough, malamig nga talaga ang NAIA ngayon! Haha! So my mom and sis was waiting outside the airport since yung plan nga, I was gonna call them in case hindi payagan yung amp. Much to my surprise, my mom was able to go inside the airport check in. Ang alam ko kasi, yung mga pwede lang dun is yung mga magttravel na since hahanapan ka ng ticket para makapasok ka dun. Haha!

So after queuing up the long check-in line, we finally got to check-in our luggage, and they let the amplifier in! Yay! So we bid my mom goodbye, and proceeded to go to the waiting area. After much Jollibee and kwentuhan, we proceeded to board the plane to SG.

It was funny though, once we arrived the boarding place, the speakers blurted out: "Last call for Ms. Maricar Quiambao and Mr. Filomeno Capul. Please go to the boarding counter immediately!" Haha! Kami nalang pala ang huling inaantay na passengers, and there we were talking about how Cebu Pacific always have delay flights! ;p

Singapore, here we come! ;)