My Life's Runaway

We’re finally here!

I kept saying finally! And I mean it every time! It took so long for us to get here… And we’re just so happy it pushed through smoothly regardless of the hardships we’ve all went through and sacrificed. Indeed its a moment to celebrate. As a family, this is our first time. It will always be remembered and cherished. And so, the night is young and Dad just can’t hide his feeling of overwhelming happiness that we had to go out and visit places. This picture is taken by my mom, (that’s why she’s not there!) at downtown Las Vegas. By the way, it was freezing cold when we arrived! We had to drop by a clothing store to get us all warmed up and coated properly. That’s all for now I guess, I’ll be blogging more about what I’ve seen and the places we’ll be going to. Don’t miss out, I can tour you around the city even if you can’t be here. *wink*

It was 13 years ago that Dad left for the States. I was so young then. But I always knew I had a father who is working far away so he could provide us our daily needs, good education, and a good future. And he has been home four times during those long years.

1. Spend my birthday with him.
He was able to make sure he was at my birthday during those visits he made. He even attended some recognition days where he gets the honor of placing the medal ’round my neck! ^_^

2. Have a family vacation to Manila. This one we were able to spend a week I guess (I can’t remember much of it now..) doing the typical things a family would do in a mall.. fun.fun.fun.shop.shop.shop! and a whole lot of eating!

3. Be with my dad for the longest time – as a family forever. Here where he is.

McCarran Airport upon arrival. Last picture I took. And the only one that is allowed in this area.

I’ll finally get my dream come true though – partly! And that’s seeing dad for the first time after 6 YEARS!

All our bags are packed indeed. Days ago. After surviving the typhoon Ondoy, (and hopefully surviving another typhoon that’s closing in the Philippines) we could now partly breathe. Emotions are flooding me! A few hours from now we would be departing. And a few hours from now, I’m like five thousand miles away.

So here we are all ready. We were like 6 hours ahead just some safety precautions because the weather is unstable right now – we might get stuck in traffic, or worse, stuck in flood.

Lining up to have our luggage checked in.

Now waiting for our time to board the plane. Here are the tickets. We have to wait for like almost an hour here…

Our flight is scheduled to stop over at Korea. So here we are, stuck at Korea! Picture moments for keepsakes!

But before we head on, we had to take some meals at Burger King. I find it weird that the Korean currency is somewhat “scary” at first. I only had about 100 bucks in my wallet and all I see are 3,000 and more! To my surprise, I should have researched this one:

1 US Dollar = 1,170.00 South-Korean Won as of October 5, 2009

So this is the entry to the plane from the boarding section. In a few moments, we will be sitting in for 11 hours. And just about time to see my dad…can’t wait!

I’m keeping my camera on so I can document the plane ride. Bear with me. Here’s the interior of Korean Airlines:

Flight resumes…next stop – Las Vegas!