Flight, delayed
My early morning flight was delayed due to a malfunction in the plane's communication system. Good thing it was detected before take off. What should have been a 5:30 am trip to General Santos City became a 10 am flight—this after a prolonged transfer to another airbus. But I wasn't in a rush to go home, and I had a heavy breakfast of two pieces of fried chicken with rice from Army Navy before boarding—it is still, to my taste, the best fried chicken in the Philippines; yes, even better than the iconic Jollibee Chickenjoy. I had the quintessential Kindle with me; I started reading Isak Dinesen's Out of Africa. Just as I finished the first chapter, the plane started its ascent. I slept, head down on the tray table, for the entire trip.
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While waiting to retrieve my checked in luggage, which contained gifts for friends and family, I noticed that there was a celebratory mood. With us in the flight were gold medal winners from Tacurong, Sultan Kudarat.
![Christmas in Koronadal 2019](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49246959393_b567283f71_c.jpg)
![Christmas in Koronadal 2019](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49247423111_25bef8bde7_c.jpg)
They brought so much pride to the country! Their children and their children's children will remember them as those who worked hard for these medals. I have enormous respect for them, as we all should.
I'm finally home: my first Christmas in Marbel with family in six years. I look forward to days of rest and rekindling of relationships with family and friends in this side of the world.
![Christmas in Koronadal 2019](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49247423356_d30347f270_c.jpg)
![Christmas in Koronadal 2019](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49247632752_7649cd8a26_c.jpg)
While waiting to retrieve my checked in luggage, which contained gifts for friends and family, I noticed that there was a celebratory mood. With us in the flight were gold medal winners from Tacurong, Sultan Kudarat.
![Christmas in Koronadal 2019](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49246959393_b567283f71_c.jpg)
![Christmas in Koronadal 2019](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49247423111_25bef8bde7_c.jpg)
They brought so much pride to the country! Their children and their children's children will remember them as those who worked hard for these medals. I have enormous respect for them, as we all should.
I'm finally home: my first Christmas in Marbel with family in six years. I look forward to days of rest and rekindling of relationships with family and friends in this side of the world.
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