Welcome to Toronto

The journey from Manila to Toronto was grueling.

My mom insisted (I insisted otherwise) that we leave for the airport 4 hours before take off because of the typhoon that struck Manila. We left the house at 3:30 PM and we got to the airport an hour later. It took us another hour to process everything at the airport--check-in, terminal fees, immigration, etc. When everything was completed, we ended up waiting for 2 hours for our departure to Hong Kong.

The flight to Hong Kong was relatively quick. We got there in about 2 hours. It was 9:30 PM. We had to wait at the Hong Kong airport for our flight to Toronto which was scheduled at 2:30 AM. Insane, right? Like I said, grueling. Grueling is definitely the term to describe the journey.

It gets worse. The flight from Hong Kong to Toronto is a whopping 15 hours. No stop overs. And as if that wasn't enough, we got delayed at Hong Kong by 30 minutes because of several problems in refueling the plane. God was definitely testing my patience. He's been doing that a lot lately.

Unsurprisingly, I couldn't sleep very well on the plane ride to Toronto. I estimate that I slept a total of about 3 hours. I had to fill up the rest of the time with other things to do like watch movies, play games, stare at children, go to the toilet.

I watched Troy and New in Town on the plane. Planes today are very sophisticated. You can choose from a wide selection of movies and TV shows and it plays on the screen right in front of you whenever you want it. Each seat even has its on power outlet so you can plug in a laptop if you brought one. I brought a laptop but my charger was in the check-in bag. Real smart. At least I wasn't bored to death on the way here. I would of forgiven everything else EXCEPT being bored to death.

The journey from Manila to Toronto was grueling but I'm relieved to finally arrive here safe and sound. I'll tell you more about Toronto tomorrow. Right now, I need to make up for some lost Z's. Welcome to Toronto!