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I'm in Manila

Rasheed Abou-Alsamh
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Rasheed Abou-Alsamh
October 2, 2006
March 16, 2022
I'm in Manila
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I JUST arrived in Manila on Monday, having just missed the massive damage of Typhoon Mileyno. I flew in on Etihad Airways, the new airline of the United Arab Emirates. The service was excellent and I flew in on a brand new Boeing 777-300ER. The airport in Abdu Dhabi is rather small and after six hours of layover, and two cappucinos and two bottles of perfume that I had bought at the duty free, I was bored and tired.

I think it's a conspiracy of airlines that run huge hubs where millions of transit passengers are forced to spend hours upon hours waiting for their connecting flights. When you are stuck in a confined environment like an airport there are only two things to do: Eat and shop. It's nearly impossible not to give in to one's shopping instincts while in such an environment.

Sweating in the humid heat while I waited yesterday for my friend's driver to pick me up from NAIA ("traffik, sir!" was the usual Manila excuse for being late) I called my host and friend Aris and said "I hope you have power!"

"Yes!" was his reassuring reply. And sure enough when I arrived at his one-room condo unit in Makati, the icy blast of his aircon greeted me.

****I'm blogging from an Internet cafe in Greenbelt after having walnut pancakes at Pancake House and buying my favorite Pinoy magazines at National bookstore and in Landmark.****I'm going to be here in Manila until the 17th. Anyone wanting to contact me can call me on 09166442288.****I'm going to attend a bloggers breakfast meeting on Saturday at Starbucks Shangri-La in Makati at 10 a.m. We are going to talk about ways to encourage OFWs to vote in next year's elections. Any blogger interested in joining us is more than welcome. See you there!

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yuga
10/24/2006 12:20 PM
3/16/2022 7:04 PM

Aw, I missed this! Been out of town most of the month myself.

inegypt
10/4/2006 11:13 PM
3/16/2022 7:04 PM

Hi Rasheed, It's nice to know you are in Manila! There's a launching for the Illustrado Magazine in Shangri-la Hotel on the 20th October. Sayang naman. Here's a link for a preview of the Illustrado Magazine. http://lalaineb.multiply.com/journal/item/16

I actually mentioned to the Illustrado staff to call your mobile number posted in your blog. Hopefully they'd get in touch with you.

Enjoy Manila!
Jun

Toots Ople
10/4/2006 10:17 PM
3/16/2022 7:04 PM

Pls check with Sammy. I think the bloggers' breakfast will be at Starbucks, Shangrila Edsa Mall along Shaw Boulevard. Unless there are two different "eyeballs" scheduled this Saturday! Hope to meet you soon.

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