just got back from the Metro and as the title says, the trip was a disaster!
My mom accompanied me to have an interview for a renewal of my US visa and I guess everything just went wrong. It all started with our flight going there. We took the early morning flight of CebuPac and all was going smoothly; then all of a sudden, when we were just minutes away from landing, a sudden long descend of the plane happened (just imagine yourself on a rollercoaster ride but high above the clouds!) All the passengers screamed for their lives. I held my moms’ hand and tightened my seatbelt; I even tried praying the ‘Our Father’ but I guess I was too terrified I couldn’t seem to finish it. Everybody was on panic mode which was a normal reaction in these case of events. But thank God we landed safe! I never felt more happy to take a step once again on the earth’s crust. I’d have kissed the ground if there weren’t hundreds of people watching in NAIA. But still I was irritated with the thought that the cabin crew nor the pilot himself didn’t explain what caused that life threatening phenomenon. All my life of flying international and domestic, that was the first time I’ve experienced something like that. Now I have a tale to share about my worst flight ever.
Moving on to this tale of unfortunate events, we just checked-in to our hotel and our first stop was going to PDIC. The taxi dropped us off at the opposite side of the building so we had to jaywalk our asses across a tall island (may I remind the outfit: long sleeved top,shorts with a matching “6 inches” platform heels) only to find out that the driver got us to the wrong building. When we finally reached the right building, we were more devastated to find that the documents we needed processing wasn’t worked on because it lacked some data. All the gibberish reasonings the attendants said made both me and my mom hungry so we headed to McDonalds right across the street and did a little window shopping at Greenbelt to fill our eyes alone with envy. And when we thought our day wouldn’t get any worse, unsurprisingly, it did. We asked the taxi to bring us back to our hotel but he couldn’t find his way there since he wasn’t familiar with the way (great! a driver who doesn’t know how to get to the destination asked and two helpless ‘probinsyana’ passengers). We ended up being dropped off at Midtown Robi which was a couple of blocks away from the hotel (reminder again: ‘6 inches heels’). Finally, the dreadful day came to an end when we found our tired and aching feet on bed; but the next day didn’t do us any better. I’d give a detailed story with flowery words with how day 2 went but the main point is I got denied in the interview. The console pointed out that the major factor was my being a nurse and single. I guess I had to try my luck next time.
At that point I just wanted to be home and cuddle my pillow on my bed. I transferred my frustration on food; so I drowned my face on tempura and California sushi; and totally felt guilty afterwards considering it was already three days that I skipped the gym. My mind was boggling with so many questions. I was just simply depressed with how the whole trip went and wondered why we were showered with bad luck. All along I thought nothing in the world, right now, can shed light to all these misfortunes until we were walking back to our hotel where I saw a mother with her naked child on her arms. Both were hungry and dirty begging for something to eat but yet were smiling and laughing. Right then and there I felt very silly of myself. Here was two beings who where deprived of just about everything in the world and me with my very bloated stomach from a festival of sushi complaining of why we were punished.
At the end of the day I found myself smiling and hugging my mom. When just as I thought that heaven and earth was against us, we bumped into these people who gave me a different perspective that despite everything that happened, I was still endowed with a loving family, supportive friends and all the necessities that sufficed each moment of my life.