been out again for days again. at bakit? kasi napaka talino ko to forget the power cable of my laptop. ayun! i have to call the haus yet to have it delivered here so i could stay online again. me, the internet adik. (am using a desktop here in the appartment right now). kaya lang i could not find any calling cards around. will have to wait till monday to call the haus, am going to use the office' phone (salamat sa mga pribelehiyo namin dito, free calls to the pinas every other day, just don't exceed for five minutes).

here's a short recount on how i got here, in one piece.

Wednesday, May 31 PH time

Nanay helped me pack my stuffs. clothes, toiletries, undies.. just everything. had one suitcase, it contained all of my stuffs, and one balikbayan box, for the pasalubong to the relatives scattered here. had three bags for hand carry - 1 bag for the laptop, a napsack that only contained my baby rebel and the other bag for my immediate needs (passport, ticket, invitation letter for the immigration officer, kikay kit).

i kissed lola and louraine long and hard before we (me, nanay, tatay) left for the airport, it was past 3pm, and my flight is at 8:30pm. we left that early because we still need to drop at my tita's office in naia to get airport passes so nanay and tatay could come with me inside the airport.

after getting the passes, we went straight to the centennial airport, we're flying via pal by the way. after a few minutes, will arrived, his maleta is just half the size of mine, and half of it even contained food. i was already thinking if i'd leave some stuff behind... hhmm..

erin came and i got relieved to see that we have the same size of suitcase. ha! di ako nag-iisa. lordian, the last one to arrive had the same size of suitcase as will's. their luggages could even pass for a hand carried item in the plane!!!

after checking in, i bought something to eat to fill my stomach. i need to drink my medicine first before boarding the plane. by the way, a few days ago, i was having this terrible headace. my head throbs like crazy, ang sarap ihampas sa pader! nanay brought me to our family doctor and found out that my bp had shoot up to 140/90! magandang balita ito.. mataas ang sugar ko and mataas din ang blood pressure! am one good candidate for ... naah..

so there.. 8:30 came and the four of us -- me, erin, will and lordian had already boarded flight pr112 non-stop to LA.

napakahaba ng biyaheng ito. the longest one i've ever had in my entire life! 12 hours of sitting, sleeping, eating in between, sleeping, looking around, sleeping, bathroom and sleeping again. grabe, ang sakit ng leeg ko, sobra. feeling ko, lamog na gulay na ako when we reached LA.

Wednesday, May 31 LA time

riccicutie has officially landed the US of A! first stop, the immigration officer. the one who interviewed me looked all pinoy, pero slang sya magsalita, so i never bothered to ask if he's pinoy or not.

next stop, another interview with regards to the contents of my baggages. i got stuck with this, kasi puro kornik ang laman ng balikbayan box ko.. ano nga ba ang english ng kornik? basta sabi ko, all dried goods, walang karne, walang soil, walang fruit.

we settled our tickets for the connecting flight from LA to boston. then we waited for two hours, so we wandered around and took pictures. am supposed to post a picture with this but as i've mentioned, my laptop is still not so alive as of the moment. so better stay stuck for the pics!

our plane for boston left at 9:58PM, LA time. another 5 hours of butt drenching session.

Thursday, June 1 Boston time

boston and LA have 3 hours difference, so its 6AM boston time when we landed. pb and rey (our pinoy officemates who are staying here at braintree) arrived shortly after we got our baggages to fetch us. o, by the way, the airport charged me 3$ for the push cart!!! nakakinis, 150 petot din yun!

erin called for breakfast. we headed to wendy's first, but unfortunately, it was closed when we came. so the next and only option is.. tadaaa.. mcdonald's! hmm.. not bad for my first meal in the US.

--to be continued, am sleepy na kasi--