I was really scheduled to be in the Philippines from December 3 to 27, 2005, but with my health condition, and a lot of things not completely done aside from shortening the time to be with my family, were all of the reasons extending it a little bit longer to December 31, 2005.

Good thing I was able to talk to Pam Lund, one of our bosses at work who was online and was kind to have a few more days extended during my vacation. Thanks Pam.

After talking to her, I called up Philippine Airlines right away and tried to get flights on January 1 to 3, but all were fully booked and the next schedules were on January 11 and would still be on waiting list. So I opted to get the latest December flight and listed as waiting list for December 31, 2005 at 10:00pm.

I kept calling everyday if I was still on waiting list and everyday I still got the same answer, we were on waiting list, and in the morning of December 27, Marcia woke up earlier and I when I woke up… she was already dialing the Philippine Airlines office. It was hard getting through the phone lines as I continued to fix my things preparing to leave that day, and it was nearly noon when I was able to talk to a Philippine Airlines representative and my December 31 flight was already booked.

It is 2006 already, and one thing I will do is shorten my blog posts. Long posting are sometimes too long to read in one sitting. Although a lot happened when I got back to the Philippines, several stories to tell, I will just break down big stories into smaller chunks making them easier to read in a short span of time.

Happy New Year to everyone!

After working the whole 2005 and was happy to meet my family whom I missed so much… and was with them for nearly a whole month, and just wanted to see them and get away from work for a few hours (few hours, because I was also working during vacation), for some reason… I seem to miss work too. I guess I am crazy.