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Thursday, June 01, 2006
5.

I'm home already. :) The 2 flights were good, London - Dubai, Dubai - Manila. But I enjoyed the Dubai-Manila flight more because practically everyone around us are mga Filipinos rin. Funny, when we reached the gate in Dubai, on the way to Manila, there was this whole sea of Filipinos. Big, small, any size, color and status. I was like, Did I miss anything here? May convention? It was pretty cool, 'cause it made me feel like I'm home already. Everyone's mingling, bringing all their heavily-loaded Balikbayan boxes, the TVs , DVD Players and Stereos bought in Dubai, talking on the phone - all are eager to see their loved ones in Manila. I was smiling to myself, iba talaga kapag Pinoy. Talaga nga naman. And then we had to be fetched in the bus to the ginormous airplane, and then there were these middle-aged men who were talking. I couldn't help but eavesdrop. And I also couldn't help laughing. I always love to listen to those kind of conversations that men have -- I mean, the ones when they talk about work and joke around about stuff.

Kudos to me, I didn't barf in both flights. That was hard, especially on the London- Dubai flight. Holy Fudge, the three people in front of us, wow, the smelled so awful. Hopefully they won't read this post and remember me. As if. My mom said they weren't from Saudi, so she assumed they were somehow Indian. I didn't eat a lot. Which is much to say for someone my size. And that didn't eat a lot part means I only ate a couple of bites. A few french fries and a chicken nugget. Plus 2 bars of chocolates. Those were what kept me alive during the flight. Wow, I can be anorexic. As if I'd want to. Even if chubby - or say, fat - I would never ever choose to be anorexic over my body. I love the way I am. I have proper insulation, I'm huggable. It's really not that bad.