I have been feeling restless since last week that I cannot hardly sleep well. I guess I am feeling this way because the time of our coming home is drawing near it's all I could think of these past few weeks already.

If our original schedule had pushed through we would have been boarding the plane as of this writing because our initial schedule was to be there when our parent's wedding anniversary come, which is April 16. However, due to a conflict with Sharie's colleague's vacation too, we had to postpone ours.

I have already paid for the tax of my free ticket just today. If I am a revenue passenger, I should have paid for KD 235.100 ($862 or P41,336) but fortunately, I can avail free ticket and I have to pay only for the tax which was KD 11.100 ($41 or P1952). I guess my restlessness escalated because I'm all set to go. That's why I can hardly post at the board coz all I can think about is going home.

We had already packed some of the gifts we bought for our family and one bag already weighs 18 Kgs. The other things that were not packed yet was approximately 20 kgs and we still need to buy some few things that they asked. I think we would not exceed the 80 kgs allowed for both of us (40 kg each).

However, we have slight problem for our domestic flight. We are scheduled to leave KWI-MNL on May 15 at 11: 50 PM Kuwait time (4:50 AM Manila time) and would reach MNL on May 16 at 4:25 PM Manila time. Manila is 5 hours ahead of Kuwait so our total time travel is almost twelve hours.
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The Philippine Airlines last flight Manila-Bacolod (which is our province/state) is 4:35 PM and I am very sure that we would not make it! I have inquired in Cebu Pacific and their last flight is 5:45 PM but we still need to go to Domestic airport which is 15-30 minute ride from the International airport. So it seems as if we have to stay at the airport and wait the night over for the first trip which is 5:15 in the morning of May 17 already. Gosh, can you believe it? It seems like we would be traveling for 24 hours!

Isn't it May 15 yet?

Labels: going home, personal, Philippines, vacation

I am thankful for the discovery of internet because my reading horizon was not constricted only to books and magazines near me. Internet brings me the largest collection of reading materials from all over the world.

As I was skimming my usual internet pages and found some informative articles to read, I was struck anew about the nastiness and rudeness of some people.

One of the article I've read was about someone who died recently. I didn't know that person until that article and I felt a little sad and somber because the death of a person was never good news.

However I was so shocked when I read the comments under the article. Some people posted bad and inappropriate things about that person. The person died for Pete's sake, the least he could get is respect - even if he's the most notorious people in the world.

I was also reminded me of some magazines I've read before where people send comments and reaction about someone - and some people would malign and defame those people they don't like.

It bothered me before and now it is bothering me again. Why waste time, space and effort thinking, saying and writing those unkind, negative and malicious words towards someone?

Why not put those time, space and effort to good use by commenting about the good things someone did or praising somebody admirable?

If I dislike a person, I think of them as unworthy recipient of my effort. Typing a comment or sending a mail reaction to magazine takes a lot of effort and time so I don't waste them on the peole I dislike or to just malign someone. I would instead spend those time gushing over my favorite persons or praise someone for their good deeds or send mails to friends instead.

I am also capable of disagreeing with someone or something but there is a way to phrase your disagreement without insulting anyone. Do it POLITELY.

Labels: negativity, personal, rudeness, social