Photos of Ozamis CIty Airport

Flying by the weight

Hey Nat,

Daddy took a special flight today from Ozamis City in Northern Mindanao to Cebu island. The flight is special because Daddy has to stand on the weighting scale to measure his weight before he is allowed to board the small propeller plane! Guess my weight? 94kgs!!?? With baggage; 104kg!!

Yes baby, daddy put on 7kgs in the Philippines... eating and taking multiple flights/ ferries... it does not help that Daddy usually falls asleep during the flight!

The Check-In area is also special... it is non-aircon and looks run-down by Changi airport standard... (see the attached pics above). Luckily, the pre-departure area has air-conditioning while we are waiting at the gate. I remembered that the airport in Zamboanga City does not have air-conditioning at all!!?? The weather was super duper hot and daddy was perspiring like nobody's business!

finally!

My blackberry has been preventing inputs in my new postings and the problem has finally been resolved! Feel so relieved to be able to just pen whatever that comes to mind!! When access comes easy u just don't feel inspired enough to blog! So many things happened this week... And I'll tell u all abt it in my next post!

words

nat has made some linguistic progressions this week! She could say stop and use it at appropriate junctures. For instance this afternoon whilst popo was feeding her she says stop distinctively when she doesn't want to be fed anymore and she would say stop when she wants us to not take something away from her. it amazes me when she could recognise some words such as ears, wave, sleep, pillow, clock and points to the objects/ perform the action without us prompting her.

Words which she has been heard speaking are as follow;-
Mama,papa, popo, up, clock, dog, car, truck,

Daddy's Pic in Philippines

Hey Natalie

Daddy visited Tacloban, Leyte Province of Philippines. He went to the first landing point made by General Douglas MacArthur, Commander-in-Chief Asia-Pacific of the Allied Forces during WWII. General MacArthur’s famous promise: "I Shall Return", was fulfilled when he returned to Philippines on 20 Oct 1944. Interesting huh? Daddy read about this during his school days and now he is here!

Daddy away in Philippines

Hello Natalie! How are you doing? What have you learned today? Daddy miss you very much!

Daddy is doing his training rounds in Philippines. He will be back in a week more. He is very happy to hear your voice over the phone. Po-Po mentioned that you will point up at the passing aeroplane overhead and exclaim,'Pa-Pa!'. So clever!

Daddy has to work hard so that Mummy and daddy can send you to a good school. Daddy went to a neighbour Primary school while Mummy went to CHIJ. It is important to go to a good Primary school. 'Primary' is defined in the dictionary as 'the most important' and it is very true you know.

Something happened to daddy's travel plan today. Our local Rep mis-read the arrival time as the departure time for our morning flight! By the time we reach the airport, the plane has already left! We are now waiting for the next available flight.... with 8 hours to go!

Please tell Mummy that papa miss her too. Remember not to watch too much TV k. Sometimes you will be 'glued' to the TV, just like your mummy!