Vacation Count Down

We're Manila bound this coming Friday - 17 June and I cannot contain my excitement any longer. I don't feel like going to work anymore as the days near. I just want to board the first flight to Manila the soonest possible time. 

I guess this is brought about by my desire to see my mom who is suffering from mild memory lapses. It's not very critical but I don't want it to lead there. She started having this memory lapse after her stroke last year. I just hope her memory improves.

Anyway, I just want to pull the days so it will be Friday already. I am already in my vacation mode! So, I won't be posting too often for the next 2 weeks as I enjoy my very much needed rest and relaxation. I may check in once in a while if I get assignments. I'll be blog hopping again as soon as I am back in Dubai. 

Vacation time! Tuh-tah for now.

Philippine Hijacking Gone Bad

I didn't realize that something bad was already happening in Manila while I was in the office. I checked my Facebook for updates when I saw updates from friends about the hostage taking. I got to read more information when I came home to check the news.

A sacked policeman named Rolando Mendoza, 55 years old, seized a busload of Hongkong tourists near the Quirino Grandstand in Manila today, 23 August. The hostage taker carried with him a M16 rifle and opened fire to the hostages.

The hostage drama ended in a bloodshed and this is not good to our tourism.

I am completely saddened by this event. Innocent lives were endangered because of the gunman's bid to get his post back. And all for what?

I offer my prayers to the victims and their families. I hope the Filipinos will get through this though circumstance and show the world that this is just a setback done by a lone Filipino.

I Want To Stay...

My short vacation here in the Philippines is about to wrap-up tomorrow. My husband and I are headed to Bangkok for a nice R & R and quality couple-time. Our princess is staying here in the Philippines for 1 1/2 months before she returns to school as Grade 7 student. Time flies!

I haven't been home for the past 1 1/2 years so my heart yearns to stay longer. If only I don't have other obligations to settle in Dubai, I would really stay here for good. At first, I was uneasy and sort of disoriented because I already planned to migrate somewhere else. However, my heart is betraying me now ;) It is really true, home is where the heart is. I think I will dump my migrating plans entirely and settle here in the Philippines in the next couple of years.

I wish I can stay longer. I really, really do. Despite the sticky sweat, pollution, lack of airconditioning units at home and endless traffic, I feel this is where my heart is.

Hay....Manila, I keep coming home to Manila. There is no place like Manila... I'm coming home to stay...SOON!