When I wrote this entry, I was sitting on my butt on the tidy floors of NAIA T3, still awaiting boarding announcement. I checked in at the airline counter at 4:00pm for the 5:45pm flight. It was a quarter 'til 7, but here I was, still playing the Richard Marx game (Right Here Waiting). I was resigned to the fact that there's nothing I could do. Pak! 
Earlier in the day, I was in between chores - attended a meeting in Alabang, rounded out a few essentials in Makati, scoured Market! Market! for a car magazine and back to our home in Taguig for the last minute packing. Everything was well timed, even my quick tour to the shower. If it were my PR I was chasing, I would have a done an excellent job. Pak! 
Hit the road early. It just rained so weather's nice. Traffic was not bad either. The Nichols interchange, unlike in yester-years, no longer spells hassles for motorists. Signs of the times, di ba Ate Glo? I had anticipated the trip to T3 to be smooth. It was. But as the saying goes, always expect the unexpected, especially when you're in the airport. Pak!
So I grabbed my favorite hot choco drink (pinoy brands are sometimes better than the fancy expensive lattes) and walked towards Gate 120. I was a few steps from reaching the gate's designated steel chairs when the marvelous news came "Flight 5J-571 bound for Cebu will be delayed. Your estimated time of departure will be at 8PM". Pak!
In the previous eight flights I took with the same airline, three were delayed so that's a batting average of 62.5%. Pak! And their ad says "it's on time 99% of the time". Paaak!
If only airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars, I would wish...
waaaaaaaaaa... oh well... what do you expect?
ReplyDeleteone word ra ako bai: PAK!
ha ha ha!
ReplyDeletethat's the reason why fly PAL. I don't care if it's a bit expensive, as long as i am treated like royalty, ok na!
ReplyDeleteagree! with promo fares, sometimes you get shortchanged. :-)
ReplyDeletebeen there, done that bai. and worse pa gani :)
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