new year -- extended vacayyyyy
belated happy new year everyone and xing nian kuai le for this coming CNY.....
2020 started a lot of interesting things for me..was thankful was able to spend my christmas holidays with family --after 3 years hahaha..it is always nice to see how your homeland celebrate christmases with all the food and parties...
checked off my bucket list i was able to go to jeju island and in winter season...whooo whooo...it was cloudy and windy on our day of arrival but for me who misses my cold season during my stint in china..it was like coming home...hahahahaha...but it would be nicer if it has snow maybe next time...hahhaha
i enjoyed seeing the beach in this cold season - i therefore conclude whether its winter or summer - you can always find peace and enjoy watching it..and i love that i had my fill of oden and toppoki and kimchi...hahhaa.....
my vacation was supposed to end by january 14 but nature has another surprise for me..its not enough that australia got their bush fire - indonesia got their floods and us and iran are on war - my country's taal volcano decided to awake after 43 years...oh taal...
we were supposed to be in philippines by Jan 12 - but our flight got cancelled from hongkong - and we thought it was an overnight thingy but its natural disaster who knows when its really be it okay..we were stranded in hongkong international airport overnight - it was cold because of the winter season - and all my thick jackets are in my luggage already --we didn't have any blankets or food vouchers - because i think me and my friends are busy or distracted like what is the update on the taal volcano and thinking how long we will be stranded in hongkong..personally i am torn between thinking what will happen i have flight to catch going to malaysia on Jan 14 - what will i do..and so many things..
the next day - we still havent got any update on our flight back to manila- cathay pacific service desk only put a white board with your flight number saying the next update is at this time i.e 10 am 12 pm..etc...it was really misleading...
i think the worst part is you dont really know when are you gonna fly back to manila - you are uncomfortable with your clothes worn from yesterday and the food prices in airport are tripled from the normal price...aiyooooo...
after reading from the white board the next update is 12 pm - my friends and i decided to go cancel our flight and rebooked a new one to a later date (we tried to book to another airport but it was already fully booked) thus our extended vacay in hong kong - checked in hotel in tsing yi - buy new set of clothes to change into (because our luggage is still with cathay pacific)..eat then rest--
extending your vacay means extended expenses especially for an unexpected plan like that..but lets looks at the bright side hahaha..i was able to see hongkong after 12 years hahaha..my last hongkong trip was in 2008 and i think so many things have changed during that time..and unfortunate as it was that the Ngo Ping 360 is on maintenance when we tried to visit it during our extend stay in HK..it was still fun to ride in Hongkong MTR see all those shops and eat dimsum to your heart's content..hahahahhaa...
it was a great start 2020 indeed !!!!!👋≧◉ᴥ◉≦