Napaka worth blogging ng experience ko today pero sobrang pagod ako mag-compose. Pero sayang ang story, kailangan mai-share. Mga taga-Twitter lang nakakabasa ng mga rants ko.
You see, may ite-train ako this time naman sa Iligan City, Lanao del Norte (last time sa Tuguegarao). To go there, dapat fly ka to CDO airport, then bus ride. So 6.10 ang flight ko kaninang umaga, 4.30am palang nasa airport na ako. Ayoko na ma-late eh. May history na ako sa CDO. Na-late na ako dati going to CDO from MNL, nagbayad ako ng 4000 from may personal money.
Dumating ako sa CDO ng mga 7.50am. 10am pa ang training pero cab na agad ako to Bus terminal (to Iligan) para hindi na ako malate. Kaso 2 hours pala ang travel. So 10.30 na ako dumating. Natapos ang training 12pm na. There's no way I can make it to my 2.20pm return flight.
Desperado na ako. Mababaliw na. Feeling zombie na nga ako, may added stress pa. So ang solusyon ko eh tumawag sa boss, i-explain ang nangyari, at humingi ng clearance na i-reimburse ng company ang rebooking. So pumayag sila. So okay na.
Pag dating ko sa airport around 3.30pm na, derecho ako sa ticketing. The only flight available to Manila is CGY-CEB-MNL - DADAAN PA NG CEBU! Worse is, 7.45pm pa alis sa CGY, 11.15pm pa alis sa CEB. 12.30am na ako darating sa manila! (as of this writing, nasa cebu pa ako).
Hindi lang yan ang stress. Around 5000 ang fare ko, pero 3500 na lang ang cash ko. Read this, walang ATM, hindi pwede credit card. WTF di ba? Saan pa may ATM? Sa SM CDO pa. Distance: Cubao to Ortigas.
Wow. Eh bago ako pumunta sa airport, dumaan na ako sa SM para mag withdraw, kulang parin. In short, nakailang balik pa ako. Imagine the stress.
Hindi lang yon. Anong oras pa lang? 4.30pm? Anong gagawin ko till 5.45 check in counter opening? WALA!!! So MEGA TUNGANGA TALAGA AKO.
Buti na lang nag-open na ang check in. Nag internet na lang ako. Gumaan na ang loob ko lalo na pag dating ko sa Cebu. Kaso nakakatakot ang night flight. Walang makita sa labas tapos ang lakas ng turbulence. So nakakapanic ng konti lang (syempre kunwari sanay na sanay na ako, hehe).
Tinext ko pa pala mga office mates ko na kasama ko sa Cebu. Sabi ko nag-iwan na ako ng footsteps sa Cebu (para sa pagpunta namin sa August), hanapin na lang nila.
Maganda ang Mactan Airport. Malinis ang CR. At ang smoking lounge, bawal magyosi ang hindi bumibili. Ah ganun pala ah, eh kung taehan ko kaya yang maganda nyong CR?
In fairness talaga, free na ang wifi, may mga units pa na pwede gamitin para mag net.
Yun na lang muna, napagod ako. Ikaw, mapapagod ka rin ba kung naexperience mo to? Boarding na to Manila! Manila, i missed you!!!
Question:
Sino na sa inyo ang nakatuntong na sa Luzon (Manila), Visayas (Cebu), at sa Mindanao (CDO, Iligan City) in just one day?
Update as of 02.01.2011 at 22:36,
Flight bound for MNL is delayed. ETD 00:20 ETA 01:25. Lord, have mercy.
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
When the Jetsetter Talks
I didn't have any plans of describing my Tuguegarao experience but since I am currently given the luxury to waste my time, let me narrate what has happened since this day started.
I am sent to this far-flung province of Tuguegarao today to conduct a training to branch managers of a particular drug store which we recently tied up with for a particular project. As a backgrounder, we will be launching a new product come March so we need to prepare our counterparts from the other company. To cut the long story short, this is primarily the reason why in two weeks, i will be visiting 5 provinces (place, for the Manila training) in the coming days (1 North Luzon, 1 South Luzon, 1 Visayas, 1 Mindanao, and 1 Manila).
So there, my day started by waking up at 4am to prepare for my 7.20am flight. I didn't want to test the check in rules at this point because I have proven that yes, they do implement rules religiously (or to my stupidity lang talaga). Flashback, I was once assigned to Cagayan de Oro, arrived late for my flight, stressed out, had to rebook the next flight (fortunately there was another flight for the day), and pay P 4,000 from my personal wallet.
Going back, so I prepared early, arrived at 5.30am checked in, smoked at the smoking area (where anyone who decides to cut his life can do so freely without even exerting much effort), and slept at the waiting area. Boarding time was delayed for a few minutes coz they were still checking the weather in Tugue so my nap took a little more while (secretly wishing that flight will be cancelled or delayed even more = free day for me). Unfortunately (or fortunately), boarding time commenced after a few and just after take off, had my nap again until we landed in Tugue.
While at the plane, i fet my stomach grumbling so I started to wonder what the heck did i eat earlier (or last night). Didnt remember anything unusual from my usually gluttonic diet. So i just prayed that God let me last the entire flight without dumping.
And so God granted my wish and I just slept the grumbling feeling. Here's the catch though, few minutes from exiting the arrival area, grumbling commenced, (quoting my SMS to my officemates and my mom) guess what's the first thing i did in Tugue? Tumae.
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So i decided i had to go look for the venue but to my surprise, there was no cab or anything except the trike (which they call tricy, parang mas sosy). Cutting the story short, from the airport, took a trike to the hotel. Sosyal na sosyal!
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Not only that, upon arriving to the venue (way earlier than schedule), I was informed that there was a change in the sched and we would be conducting the training in a different venue. So yes, I agreed and asked how the hell will I go to the other venue. The receptionist replies, "Sir, papunta dun yung messenger namin, sabay ka na lang sa kanya para di ka na maligaw" "Okay, salamat po. San na po sya?" "Ayun po sa labas, GARDOOOOOOO! Isabay mo na yung taga RCBC!"
So i went out, wondering why he is in a motorcycle, and asked if it's just near our current place. He replied yes though not walking distance. Then I asked, have they started? He said no, they're just about to have their (sponsored) breakfast. Next words were, "Tara na sir, nakakahiya naman paghintayin natin sila. Hehe" and he replied "Sakay ka na sir".
Picture this: Semi-formal attire, with laptop and envelopes, riding a motorcycle in a not-so-wide road. FTW!
I should end this post now. I am too sleepy to even check for any typo errors. Will hit the airport in a short while, back to Manila by 6.
Shout out all the way from Tuguegarao!
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Kung meron lang akong iPhone 4, nagtweet na lang ako every time na-experience ko to. Hindi ko yata kayang mapalampas ang araw na ito na hindi ko ito mai-kwento sa iba.
I am sent to this far-flung province of Tuguegarao today to conduct a training to branch managers of a particular drug store which we recently tied up with for a particular project. As a backgrounder, we will be launching a new product come March so we need to prepare our counterparts from the other company. To cut the long story short, this is primarily the reason why in two weeks, i will be visiting 5 provinces (place, for the Manila training) in the coming days (1 North Luzon, 1 South Luzon, 1 Visayas, 1 Mindanao, and 1 Manila).
So there, my day started by waking up at 4am to prepare for my 7.20am flight. I didn't want to test the check in rules at this point because I have proven that yes, they do implement rules religiously (or to my stupidity lang talaga). Flashback, I was once assigned to Cagayan de Oro, arrived late for my flight, stressed out, had to rebook the next flight (fortunately there was another flight for the day), and pay P 4,000 from my personal wallet.
Going back, so I prepared early, arrived at 5.30am checked in, smoked at the smoking area (where anyone who decides to cut his life can do so freely without even exerting much effort), and slept at the waiting area. Boarding time was delayed for a few minutes coz they were still checking the weather in Tugue so my nap took a little more while (secretly wishing that flight will be cancelled or delayed even more = free day for me). Unfortunately (or fortunately), boarding time commenced after a few and just after take off, had my nap again until we landed in Tugue.
While at the plane, i fet my stomach grumbling so I started to wonder what the heck did i eat earlier (or last night). Didnt remember anything unusual from my usually gluttonic diet. So i just prayed that God let me last the entire flight without dumping.
And so God granted my wish and I just slept the grumbling feeling. Here's the catch though, few minutes from exiting the arrival area, grumbling commenced, (quoting my SMS to my officemates and my mom) guess what's the first thing i did in Tugue? Tumae.
*********
So i decided i had to go look for the venue but to my surprise, there was no cab or anything except the trike (which they call tricy, parang mas sosy). Cutting the story short, from the airport, took a trike to the hotel. Sosyal na sosyal!
********
Not only that, upon arriving to the venue (way earlier than schedule), I was informed that there was a change in the sched and we would be conducting the training in a different venue. So yes, I agreed and asked how the hell will I go to the other venue. The receptionist replies, "Sir, papunta dun yung messenger namin, sabay ka na lang sa kanya para di ka na maligaw" "Okay, salamat po. San na po sya?" "Ayun po sa labas, GARDOOOOOOO! Isabay mo na yung taga RCBC!"
So i went out, wondering why he is in a motorcycle, and asked if it's just near our current place. He replied yes though not walking distance. Then I asked, have they started? He said no, they're just about to have their (sponsored) breakfast. Next words were, "Tara na sir, nakakahiya naman paghintayin natin sila. Hehe" and he replied "Sakay ka na sir".
Picture this: Semi-formal attire, with laptop and envelopes, riding a motorcycle in a not-so-wide road. FTW!
I should end this post now. I am too sleepy to even check for any typo errors. Will hit the airport in a short while, back to Manila by 6.
Shout out all the way from Tuguegarao!
**************
Kung meron lang akong iPhone 4, nagtweet na lang ako every time na-experience ko to. Hindi ko yata kayang mapalampas ang araw na ito na hindi ko ito mai-kwento sa iba.
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