Our stepsiblings were gone by the time me and Silvain woke up. They were on their way to church, and left us an extra key. We would have gone with them, but we had scheduled lunch with Ate Elaine and Kuya Marlo, and their kids Sammy and Sophie. We had met up a couple of months ago when they went on vacation in Seattle, so we didn't miss each other ( Read more... )

Our cousins dropped by to give a small despedida while I was still packing. I don't know If I overpacked; maybe I did bring a lot of unnecessary stuff, such as my books. They brought pizza and we talked a little, and hugged and exchanged goodbyes. At midnight on March 15, I took a quite 1-hour nap before preparing for the flight.

I could not ( Read more... )