Missing Manila

I have been gone for about 2 weeks and am already missing Manila and all my friends there. I have done a lot of shopping and also a lot of working at my parents house. My dad had espphogeal cancer operation in January and is recovering so I needed to help my parents do some things he isn't able to do. I am not used to the cold weather here and didn't bring a jacket so it is pretty freezing. I'll have to take some pics while I'm here to share. It is good to be home but I guess I am so used to traveling a lot so it gets old after a few weeks.

Chi-Town

I am on leave in Chicago from October 5th until the 23rd. The weather was nice for the first two days and then turned cold and rainy. So far I have spent a lot of my time helping my parents and they are getting an addition put on their garage so it is pretty busy around the house. I saw my brother a couple of times and one of my friends I knew when I was in the Navy. I went to eat some delicious deep dish pizza at Lou Malnati's and Gino's East and saw the Kingdom which wasn't that good.

The Terminal

I feel like Viktor Navorski, from Krakozhia in the movie "The Terminal". I left my hotel in Majuro this morning at 8:00 AM and arrived in Manila at 10 PM. I unpacked, did my laundry and re-packed my suitcase. Then I got 1 hour of sleep on the couch before getting picked up again at 5AM to go back to Ninoy Aquino International Airport enroute to Chicago via Narita Airport in Tokyo and Minneapolis/St. Paul before arriving in Chicago's Ohare airport at 3:30 PM. Basically I have been flying for around 36 hours for the past day and a half so I will definately have some serious jetlag tomorrow. At least I will be on vacation for two weeks!!

Waiting in Guam

Well I am here at the airport lounge in Guam at 4:45 AM waiting for my lovely continuation flight to Majuro on the Island Hopper from Continental Micronesia. I just found out I leave Majuro to come back to Manila Thursday morning and arrive at 8 PM. Then I get up at 5 AM to go back to the airport for my 22 hour flight to Chicago. I will have jetlag after flying for 38 hours so I think i'll spend a day sleeping. Ahhh the joys of living half way around the world.