Touched Down : Manila
It was 5pm local time in Manila on Friday, 11th August 2006, when our flight SQ74 from Singapore touched down at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. We just completed the 3hrs 15min flight from Singapore. Nina did well during the flight. She slept for about an hour after her milk, not long after we took off and was quite active after that but wasn't cranky at all. She played pee-kaa-boo with me, her Ah-Mah, Mamu and one of the flight attendants while sitting on her mommy's lap.
We brought with us our personal belongings in a total of 14 checked-in boxes and luggages plus 6 carry-in bags. The carry-in bags were mostly my photography stuffs. We cleared the immigration and custom smoothly, fortunately. My decision to bring all the stuffs with me inside of shipping them was right. I don't have to wait for my work permit to be approved and issued first before I can receive my shipment.
Two vans from Fraser Place have waited for us outside at the Nissan Transport Center. One for us and one for Mei Chiang's family. Fortunately all my boxes and luggages could go into the van. It was raining that evening in Manila and the fact that it was Friday evening made the traffic worse. It took us about an hour to reach Fraser Place eventhough it was about 10-15km ride. First impression, Manila is very similar to Jakarta.
Nina adjusted herself well. Prior to this, she was in Jakarta and Bandung for a week, back in Singapore at our Tanamera apartment for one day, then we moved to our Savannah apartment and stayed there for about 10 days and then left for Manila. We are very lucky that she managed to adapt well. She had no problem eating, sleeping and playing inside the 200sqm apartment(!), twice the size of our Savannah unit. Nina could get lost inside the apartment. :-)
So, here you go, Nina is back. First few photos shot inside our apartment.
Nina showed us her head:
Nina showed us her shoulder:
Nina showed us her toe:
Nina clapped her hands:
Nina cover her nose when we said 'bau':
And Nina was trying to open the door:
We brought with us our personal belongings in a total of 14 checked-in boxes and luggages plus 6 carry-in bags. The carry-in bags were mostly my photography stuffs. We cleared the immigration and custom smoothly, fortunately. My decision to bring all the stuffs with me inside of shipping them was right. I don't have to wait for my work permit to be approved and issued first before I can receive my shipment.
Two vans from Fraser Place have waited for us outside at the Nissan Transport Center. One for us and one for Mei Chiang's family. Fortunately all my boxes and luggages could go into the van. It was raining that evening in Manila and the fact that it was Friday evening made the traffic worse. It took us about an hour to reach Fraser Place eventhough it was about 10-15km ride. First impression, Manila is very similar to Jakarta.
Nina adjusted herself well. Prior to this, she was in Jakarta and Bandung for a week, back in Singapore at our Tanamera apartment for one day, then we moved to our Savannah apartment and stayed there for about 10 days and then left for Manila. We are very lucky that she managed to adapt well. She had no problem eating, sleeping and playing inside the 200sqm apartment(!), twice the size of our Savannah unit. Nina could get lost inside the apartment. :-)
So, here you go, Nina is back. First few photos shot inside our apartment.
Nina showed us her head:
Nina showed us her shoulder:
Nina showed us her toe:
Nina clapped her hands:
Nina cover her nose when we said 'bau':
And Nina was trying to open the door:
posted by HENDRA at Sunday, August 13, 2006
3 Comments:
Ok, I was impressed by your flight story but then i become more and more impressed after i see the last photos I was shocked, Isee a big notice, " Please tidy up SUITE". Wow, is it really a suite??? Give us some information about your new SUITE and of course some photos of it. :)haha, of course with Nina as the model, huhuhu. Thanks! Enjoy Yyour time in Manila, Nina, Ci Ani, n Ko Hendra....:)
we'll miss u lauw family...
Hey Nina is starting to look a little different now ... ok, now she looks more like daddy (is it the haircut?) ;p Enjoy Manila :)
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