Jen POV

Oh crap, damn..mother of Jesus！I have exactly 20 minutes to go to the airport. I really hate this part of going onboard, the frantic dash to the airport and the endless hauling of luggage from one flight to the next...

I open my large tote and double check my passport and flight itinerary. I never understood the reasons why my agency always schedule my flights at 6 AM. Urghh..I feel like I had just placed my head on my pillow then my alarm rang... almost 2 AM...I have to be at the airport at least 4 hours before my scheduled flight. *sigh* not looking forward to the almost 24 hour flight from Manila to Uruguay...

Shit..my luggage is really heavy...flagging down a taxi while trying to hold my heavy luggage upright and making sure my huge tote bag does not fall off my shoulder is like doing a hundred meter dash in the olympics..i know....but for a smoker like me it is！..*sweat running down my back, making me feel all kinds of icky*

After sitting my ass down on the taxi, I breath a huge sigh of relief..finally..

The taxi crawled slowly along the busy Roxas Boulevard heading to the Airport.

Gawd！ move faster....faster...

Early morning traffic is not helping either...

I look out of the car window feeling melancholy..10 months, I will be away for 10 months. This will be my first time working for NCL, I hope i survive...To most, working on a cruiseship sounds luxurious but to me who has been working onboard for almost 5 contracts, it is quite difficult. I think about my Mom...I will miss her.I hope that she will have recovered fully when I come back.

I check my watch, 1：48 AM, almost there...

As the taxi, crawl to a stop at the designated unloading area, I give the driver my last 200 pesos knowing that I will not be needing it where I was going.

I hurriedly, unload my luggage and sprint to the gate where flights bound for Hongkong where to check in. I have 10 minutes before my flight could check in so I sat down and I wait...

I look around and see this tall guy, maybe around middle 20s, who looks like he just went through a terrible break up...ha ha ha...yea, he looks like shit...he is heading towards me..or maybe heading towards the empty seat beside me..

And because Im chatty when Im bored...

Hi！ ooppsss...

He nods...

snob？ i open my mouth and do small talk...

（this helps you know, time passes faster when you have something to do）

I learn that his name is Cole and surprise surprise！ He is bound for the same ship as I was...I learn that he was just crying because this is his first tine away from his wife and 5 month old baby...poor guy... I learn too that there are 4 of us bound for Uruguay that.morning. I feel relief knowing that I will not.be alone for the entire flight.

PR #....Bound for Hongkong can now start check in process..blah blah blah...

This is it...Bye Philippines..see you in 10...