vacation 2009 - first destination

finally, i'm having a vacation time. new journey, new 'teritory', new destination. interesting destination. first stop, chicago, where i would meet my friend y. then, continue on to japan, which is the longest plane ride of the trip. got to eat many different kind of stuffs (japanese rice dishes, japanese rice crackers and snacks, pasta, etc), saw many movies (5, or 6 maybe; i saw the proposal, terminator salvation, night at the museum 2, wolverine, angels and demons, and fast and furious). from japan, with a little delay, the trip continue on to the first destination. so, after about 24hr on the road, in the air, and somewhere else in the globe, i finally reached the first destination of the vacation. it was manila, philipines. never been here, so like i said, interesting. first impression, it is similar to where i came from, which is jakarta, indonesia. we arrived around 10pm, then went to y's family's place in makati, which is not the place where i'll be staying. as soon as we got there, as most asian tradition, we were told to eat. ate traditional chinese dish for birthday (misua; a noodle dish), since there was somebody's b'day. got to meet some people in y's family. meet the brothers (stu and steven), the sister (yvette), the aunts (dinah), the uncle (ben), and the cousins (jon b). after the late supper and soem chit chat, i was delivered to the actual place where i'll be staying, which is y's other sister (ylaine)'s place. got to the place close to midnite. had some chit chat, then well.....i was about ready to take a shower and sleep, which i did. so, ttyl.