06.Julcan I go home now , please?
I have read about Oasis Airlines the first time it was publicised in mid-2006. Back then when I checked their London-Manila rate, the three of us could have gotten a return ticket at less than £500! But I didn’t push it. First, we needed a budget for allowance money & a Pinas trip for 2007 is not planned. Second, I wasn’t sure of their service (as they’re new) & I wouldn’t want the family to suffer from DVT (deep vein thrombosis).
Around March of this year, some people we know started talking about Oasis & they knew people-who-knew-other-people who used the airline daw. There is one girl in particular who managed a roundtrip flight for £200 daw.
So the other night, while hubby & I were looking for Eurostar Paris break for August, I showed him Oasis just out of fancy. Sabi nya agad mag-book na daw kami. Imagine, Emirates (which we always take) quoted a March 2008 flight for our family at around £2800. In Oasis it was just £750, including taxes and surcharges!
The following morning I called my sister in Dubai. The last time we spoke her hubby suggested we coordinate our hols next year. I have not seen my sister for 6 years & her daughter I haven’t kissed or hugged since birth! I was really excited. Then I called my ate in Pinas to tell her the good news. She got over excited, akala nya this year kami uuwi. Ay Mali. But in any case, when I told her I will book the tickets that night & the Dubai family will book theirs soon after, ate was really over the moon. It will be fantastic for our parents, too.
I started emailing Pinas-based friends. All day long I’ve had visions of what I will do. How we will arrange our itineraries. I started dreading the suggestion that we stay with my outlaws for a few days. I mentally checked my shopping list for the family: jeans, hankies, ilocos kornik, and chocnuts are but a few.
Then I couldn’t resist it, I peeked at Oasis one more time. Ngek, they only have schedules for March 2008. Wala pa April. I was miffed because hubby said before bed that we ought to go in April in time for pogiBoy’s 4th birthday. It made sense but still… you know, I was put back to Earth & made to face my reality.
I will have to wait perhaps until end of July (I emailed Oasis to enquire) before we can book our Pinas flights to Hongkong & connecting flights to Pinas. I know I will also wait for 8 months before we can fly home. But if I just have the booking confirmed & the printout framed in front of me, I’m sure the coming cold winter will be a breeze.
I miss Pilipinas so much.
This entry was posted on Friday, July 6th, 2007 at 8:53 am and is filed under buhay OFW, pinas. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
if you’re meeting rose, baka naman pwede mo akong isabit
for sure yan :-)
I can feel the excitement as I read your post.
Eight months won’t be that long. After all the busy days, you’ll wake up one day and the long wait will be over.
Enjoy your weekend!
8 months = lower price. That’s not a bad trade-off. Look at it as having a longer time to feel excited hehehehe
Basta uwi Pinas, excited ako! Kahit nakikibasa lang. hehehe I hope it all(budget, schedule, etc) works out for you. Fan ka rin pala ng Ilocos corniks! Ako rin eh, I asked my sister to send it through my cousin then they sent it via the mail. I made people go all through that trouble to munch on the corniks!
Auee, we have to have an eyeball. Reserve a day for PMN. Hope we can arrange a sked,
It won’t be too long and before you know it, you are on your merry way.
Have a great week ahead of you!
Oooh, finally after so many years, will this be your first homecoming? I agree with julie, we must arrange a PMN EB, if your sked will allow it. I’m sure it will be hectic haha, with so much to catch up on!
ohhhh I’m so excited for you Auee
I hope everything will go smoothly…
2008 is not far…time flies. Basta pag andito ka na kitakits ha?
hi sassy mom… hay oo nga Sassy that’s what I keep telling myself, too hehe
hi Connie… 8 months will give me enough time to write my shopping list and the family itinerary kamo hehe
hi KK… everytime na may pauwi di ko nakakalimutang magpadala ng ilocos corniks ha! Kaka-adik.
hi julie… ay definitely, by hook or by crook
:-)
hi chateau… we try to go home every year, 2007 lang kami di makakauwi. I’ll do my best to meet up with you guys. Maiiyak ako kung di mangyari yun hehe Drama.
hi verna… talagang kelangang magkita-kits tayo hehe
auee, as i keep telling everyone who says that our next vacation is still a long way off… time flies. before you know it it’ll be time for your vacation already =) yey! i’m excited for you!!!
hi sheilamarie… i’m even more excited to go home so I can meet up with my new friends from PMN.
:-)