yay for my 1st self-financed out-of-the-country trip! Day 1.
everything happens for a reason, right? see, we bought our tickets early july. shiyyeeah, we were THAT excited. and as soon as we got our turn to the check-in counter, cebu pacific lady says... "we only have 3 seats left. oh wait.. no. there are no more seats left." my jaw just dropped and my blood pressure spiked up. rach and i got seats but the thing is, jeff and joanne (we will be staying at joanne's family's flat) who are next to us in line aren't checked in yet. there were about four more people in our line and about three more on the line beside us. we looked for the supervisor and asked what chances we have that we'd leave that night. eh siyempre naiinis na ako cos im really psyched for this trip tapos ganun lang?!
after much "it's not our fault that you overbooked your flight! this is stupid.'s" supervisor in rent-a-crappy-suit suit (hey, it really is crappy. two sizes big for him. REALLY.) says, "we'll try to get you in the cathay pacific flight. it leaves 8:30pm." jeff immediately says, "brod, make sure that you get us four in that flight. our friends are already checked in your flight but are willing to give it up if you can assure us that we'd get to the next flight out." sabay bulong, "ayos dun sa cathay. full meal at may tv pa. eh sa cebu we'd be lucky if we even get cold sandwiches."
so antay-antay and the next thing we know, we're lining up for the cathay flight. yay for cebu pacific's inefficiency, yay! hahahaha.
the two hours on the plane was a blur, which is a good thing since im pretty psyched/excited and im usually irritable and impatient when im like that. i have managed to stop myself from asking rach "are we there yet?" 10945735862395602160 times. that would've been really fun though. :)) watched CSI during the flight and filled myself up with plane food (afritada with rice, calamansi juice, fruit salad consisting of dragonfruit, apples, and watermelon, and bread and butter).
CAMWHORE AND HER CAREBEAR ON BOARD!
after two hours, we landed in HK. kamusta naman at nilampaso ng HK airport ang NAIA?! train inside the airport? hello. if i'd gone there by myself, i swear i would've gotten lost. the airport was soooo big, it's a whole city in itself. super linis, and super spacious. i think even mr. monk would live there.
AIRPORT PICTURES! SO KAMUSTA NAMAN ANG NAIA?!
joanne's parentals picked us up at the airport. funny bunch, they are! eto pa ang funny, while walking out, i saw oliver's super sandwiches and gasped. hahaha. kala tuloy nila kung napano ako. heyyyy, i havent been to oliver's in ages. so don't blame me. :P
TITA ELNA aka "TITA WINNER" AND TITO JOSE aka "TITO LOVE" CHITONGCO
tapos when we got outside, they pointed to something and said, "that's what we're riding."
DOUBLE-DECKER BUSES! WE RODE BUS E34. ROUTE HEADS TO YUEN LONG, NEW TERRITORY,WHICH IS GOING TO BE OUR HOME FOR THE NEXT FIVE FUN DAYS!
Ahahahaha. ang kulet di ba? sobrang na-excite ako. and while lining up for the bus, jeff blurted out, "ang lakas pala ng appeal mo sa americans 'no? sa naia pa lang iba na tingin sa yo ng kano na nagpapa-shoeshine eh. sunod talaga ng tingin eh. tapos nung boarding, ung kano na nasa harap natin tingin ng tingin sa 'yo. as in lumilingon pa sa likod." and i go, "so what are you saying? mukha akong katulong?! di ba ganun mga trip nun?" (i sure hope not to get hate mail for that dialogue. eh totoo naman di ba? the more probinsyana the look, the more appealing to them. :)) )
about 30 minutes of gasping, and getting amazed by buildings (oh yeah im a big FOB! loud and proud, baby!) and skylines, we reached joanne's place. it's a typical HK flat. they said it's actually bigger than normal (two bathrooms, three bedroom). and what's fun about it, below the condominiums is a mall. how more amazing can that get?! hahaha.
THE VIEW FROM "OUR" ROOM. CAMWHORE AND CAREBEAR ARE AT IT AGAIN!
so yeah, that was the ballpark of my first night in HK.
posted by cLaude at 11:54 AM
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