Confusing to navigate, got lost a couple of times, did not know where to go, got patted down airport style sa lahat ng mall entrance, and the worst part was the long lineup just to get a quick bite. Even a sad looking hotdog stand had 6 people in the lineup. Ended up at a place that served Filipino cuisine. My first order? Halo-halo dahil tagaktak na ang pawis ko. That was my dinner. Wife’s dinner was sinigang (na naman). Buti na lang walang Kimchi Chigae sa menu.

Went back to the hotel, cranked the AC to high, took a quick shower, turned the TV on to GMA station just to watch commercials. Saw this dishwashing detergent commercial, forgot the brand, comparing it to if you use bareta soap.

“Buto’t balat na ba ang creativity ng mga Ad agencies? Holy f@#$%ck naman! 1980’s pa yang commercial na ganyan.” I was livid. I changed the channel to ABS-CBN.

There goes another insect killer TV commercial. With all the animated ipis, langgam and lamok talking to each other. Head desk moment. Maybe it was just me. Not used to these kind of advertising – well advertising is all about the audience and the target market anyway. So maybe it works. Don’t know. Flipped to other channels.

I just hope I won’t see another primetime drama with the leading protagonist’s face defaced, or a hunchback, or with kinky hair and dark skin, or with pronounced overbite and wearing large nerdy glasses.

Well, enough with my negativity, hahaha. I was more amused than pissed.

Got a good night sleep, woke up refreshed, hit the buffet breakfast, packed our bags and headed to the airport. Took a very short flight from Manila to Naga City. It was amazing how the flight attendants managed to settle everybody down, did the routine ‘these are your life jackets just in case of a water landing…’ but everybody knows that if the plane crashes, the life jackets mean nothing, served drinks and asado pandesal, collected garbage, helped everybody – in 45 minutes.

Parang naka-fast forward silang panoorin.

Got off the plane, collected our bags then off we went… Click on the Youtube link to follow our misadventures.

And please don’t throw up in your mouth.

And more pictures here.