Leaving on a JET Plane

Guess whos back! Back again! Badr's back, tell a friend! (Excerpts from an eminem song)! Forgive my "corniness" but as Im making this post, Im listening to an eminem music! Its been a while since I last made a post! If my memory serves me right (most of the time not), the last time I added something here was last month! Where have I been?

I've been to that place which most people dread! Ive been to that place more popularly known for its insurgency, wars, poverty, etc. Ive been to that place most people consider hell but which I call home! After two long years of missing, longing, and sometimes grieving, atlast I was able to set foot again in my hometown of Cotabato!

Last last sunday, I boarded a PAL 737 something whatever plane! Whew, plane nowadays are like germans, pronouncing their names are like playing a tongue twister game! I really didnt give a damn on what they call that plane as long as it was headed for Cotabato! Anyways, I was sitted next to a nun who was sitted on the side of the window! She was very friendly at first but I can see her patience wearing thin as the trip went by! Maybe because she was getting irritated whenever I take peek outside the window! ( which i have done not just 10 times)! I wasnt checking whether the plane was safely flying above ground zero, I was just looking for signs! Signs of familiar territory! Signs that im now flying above my motherland! The moment I saw the crystal blue waters and the greenish trees scattered on uneven grounds, I know I'm close! And the moment I smelled the light carbon monoxide-less air, I know I was!

Im not going to write a detailed account of my vacation as it will probably eat up all my blog's space! But what I can just say is it was the best set of experience ive had for this year! It was like my plane ride en route to cotabato! All fun! All excitement! none boredome! none nothingness! In the movies, the song leaving on a jet plane is usually played during scenes of separation where the actor is going away! In my own movie, that would be best played when I was coming back! coming back to manila! I was as down as the songs mood when I boarded my plane back to manila. I