Homecoming In 4 Days!!

In four days, I'll be setting my foot on Philippine soil. I'm sooooo excited to see, taste, and smell (!) my country again. Still I can't help but feel a bit bittersweet about it. A lot has happened in the four months I was here and I feel that the Aileen coming home to her family and loved ones is not the same Aileen as the one who got on the plane at NAIA last January 22, Saturday morning. I have been changed by this experience definitely. I'm praying the changes in me are for the better and that it was Someone Up There who made these changes in me and not somebody else. ;p

Anyways, enough of the drama, kwento naman! Yesterday I went to some chateaux around Angers with my three Hongkong friends, Vienna, Lam, and Rain. Had lunch at Tours... sobrang init na dito! Temperature was at 31°C pero it felt like 39°C! Today I set for Paris with Vienna, Rain, Mikoy, and Anna. Might stay at our teacher's flat in Paris so tomorrow we can head to Brussels earlier and then head back to Angers on Monday. I know I'm taking too short a time to go everywhere... just making most of my free time here in Europe. Kumbaga e, sinusulit ko lang. Monday our friends from Bordeaux will be coming to Angers to do some sight-seeing. We'll be sight-seeing along with them na din, and take pictures of this city that has been our home for the last four months at lilisanin na din namin in a while. (tears tears)

On Tuesday I take my flight to arrive in Manila on Wednesday afternoon. Nats tells me my parents have prepared a special Thanksgiving dinner for me when I get home. That's soooo sweet of them! I dont know if they will be inviting some people over to "welcome me" home (how's a party for a welcome, huh?!) but I don't care... I'll just be so happy to get back! I dont know what I'll do first when I get to my house: kiss my cat, play my piano, fall on my bed. In my excitement I might just do everything at the same time!

Thursday I go back to my life, meaning I go to UP to enroll for my masters, maybe meet some friends in the afternoon, definitely go see Nats for dinner. Friday I continue with the same thing, plus fix all my powerpoints and materials for my classes which will start on Monday! Still need to schedule "dinners" with friends I've missed so much, plus appointments for my facial, spa, haircut and CANS (syempre importante yan hehehe)... I have so much to do until the weekend that I probably will hardly have enough time to unpack my clothes until Monday next week!