Saturday, October 3, 2009
Angels in My Flights (Part 3)
Friday, August 7, 2009
Angels in My Flights (Part 2)
What could be a perfect time to get a monthly period but at this time when I had to travel alone with a three-year old on a 26- hour plane trip? And while my son was asleep on top of me, I couldn’t put him down without waking him up, so I wasn’t able to go at all. The next thing I knew I got a big circular stain on my jeans with the size of a big apple, yuk! (pardon me guys). I didn’t even have any spare underwear nor a pair of jeans in my carry-on. Anyway, I sat through the remaining hours of the flight till I braved giving a hint to my Thai seatmate that I got a big problem. She right away volunteered to lend me a spare jacket to tie around my waste to cover the stain.
She was petite so her jacket was really tiny, but it was better than nothing. She and her family would also wait for at least two hours in Tokyo for their connecting flight to Thailand. I promised to buy anything at the airport so I can return her jacket right away. But just in case, I took her address so I can mail the jacket back. I saw them again in the security point and then lost them in the crowd. She was the second angel in my flight, a very kind and helpful person. She trusted me, a stranger with a jacket to help me get away from the humiliation of walking with a stain behind me. Amazing!
===>Read More!Monday, August 3, 2009
Angels in My Flights (Part 1)
When I checked in our stroller at the gate in Boston, I specifically told the crew that we still have two connecting flights so I would of course need the stroller. Few minutes before reaching our first destination, my son fell asleep. I opted to vacate the plane last so I could lay my son on the seat and run for the stroller at the end of the jet quickly. But the good ol stroller was nowhere to be found. Meanwhile, all the crews of the plane who were so ready to leave themselves too got stuck with me while I waited for the stroller. Then they said that it probably got sent to our final destination. Are you kidding me? Have I just carried a stroller and not even serve its purpose? I showed them my receipt and it says it should be at each connecting flights. They apologized for what happened and told me that it was just the first that this occurred. Yeah and of all the other times it could happen, it should be now. But I was still furious. Good thing they helped me out and carried some of my carry-on bags.
My son woke up cranky and restless in my arms. I tried to put him on the floor for a while so I could check on the monitor the gate for the second leg of our trip. But he didn’t like it so he screamed, cried and begged me to pick him up. With two carry-on bags; a purse and a screaming tot hanging on my body and not sure how far the next gate would be, at this point I was also breaking into tears. Then an old lady by the name of Donna Pierson noticed me. She had a cartful of boxes with fliers; her blue shirt had an MSP logo printed on it. She asked me where I was headed to and I said I was still trying to squeeze myself at the monitor to look for our gate. She was so kind and volunteered to do it for me. When she found out the gate, I was hoping she could give direction too, but I got an even better deal because she volunteered to take us there! Wow, she was really nice, so my tears rolled down my cheeks now out of happiness that somebody is willing to help me with my stuffs.
I carried my son up to some point and at other points he agreed to walk on the travelator so there was not much strain on my arms and back. I told Donna to just take us to the gate and I’ll just figure where to get lunch there. She said she could take us to McDonald's if I wanted to and volunteered to watch my son while I order the food. With a little bit of hesitation and a grumbling stomach and light-headedness, I accepted the offer. I ordered food-to-go quickly and then we headed finally to our gate.
Donna was such an enormous help, an angel sent from heaven. She must be in her late 70's. My son even called her grandma. I gave her a big hug to thank her for her wonderful gesture.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Going on Vacay Soon and Hope to Meet Bloggers in Person
Anyway, aside from different milestones in the family to celebrate, this vacation also excites me because it means I will have a chance to meet in person some blogger buddies that I knew online. I'm looking forward to meet the couple Liza and Joel, and Tita Beng just to name a few. There are a lot of other Pinoy bloggers from in and out of Manila that I would like to meet too. Hopefully we could squeeze in some time to meet guys, see you all!

















A former banker, entrepreneur, accountant, tax professional and now a stay-at-home-mom to a very smart and energetic toddler.
