Warrior Pilgrimage

Featured in www.pinoyapache.blogspot.com on April 11, 2009

THE LAST TIME I have been to in Metro Manila was in March 2006. That was three years ago. Now, I get the chance to visit her again on March 24 and 25, 2009 afforded by my employers to process the licenses of the new firearms of Tactical Security and Detective Agency, Inc. This time I get to travel by air, round trip, thru Philippine Air Lines.

I left home at seven in the morning of March 24 to travel by taxi to the domestic departure area of the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) and gave myself in to the tiers of security arrangements - five layers – before boarding my scheduled 9:45 AM flight. The post 9/11 blues forced me to remove my Hi-Tec shoes and I did not hesitate there for I wore a new pair of socks. Heheheh...

I took pictures of the waiting lounge area and within and around the plane while it was still allowed. The wide-bodied Airbus A300 plane lifted off the MCIA tarmac slightly delayed at 10:00 AM and I felt the familiar sensation I experienced during my childhood years riding in ferris wheels. From beyond my window the ground below me became a blur and slowly the houses and buildings became smaller and smaller as the plane rose up in elevation.

The plane circled around and the whole profile of the City of Lapulapu looked glorious at a higher altitude and the fine hues of white, blue and green were very invigorating to the eyes where the land embraced the sea on the shorelines... READ MORE (Press CTRL + mouse click)