hello... i just want to share how GOD has been so good during this whole landing experience of mine.. its been awhile, i miss this forum and i cant do backread coz ang dami nah!
so here goes, hope this can help... left cdo june 13 a.m.. went to cfo pdos seminar june 14, arrived there 5.45am, was 5th in the line, i stayed in makati, early lang ako umalis, nag taxi, 15 minutes lang. line po sa labas ng building, tapos 6.30am pinapasok na po kami, line ulit sa loob, 7.30 nag open na verification and cashier, after paying, hintay lang til 9am, then nag announce na sila to go up the seminar room. seminar was great, many information. ended up 12.05pm. june 15 attended the coa, 8am nag start, ended around 5pm, with an hour lunch break, seminar still great, helped a lot too.june 17, my flight manila to hongkong was scheduled 11am, so had to be there 3-4hours before, arrived at naia terminal 1, lined up sa cathay pacific area, was 5th in the line again
checking in was fast if you are early but if quite late, dami nang tao, had with me- 24kg baggage- 17 kg baggage- 1 less than 7 kg carry on- 1 small sling bag. i checked in the 2 luggages, i thought i was paying excess because its suppose to be 2 pieces 23kg each luggages and 1 carry on less than 7kg, but since excess lang nang 1 kg, they considered it, so no excess! thank you Lord, thanks cathay!11am to 1.25pm i think, flight to hongkong, it was great, cathay pacific food was great
inside HK airport, you just have to be very attentive to signs and announcements, my next flight is still with cathay scheduled at 5.05pm, there are big screens with airline tranfers info and there you will find what gate will your next flight be, in my case its gate 23, met a father with 2 kids who is bound for toronto also so may nakasama ako, HK airport is with free internet services, so, FB!!!!! hehehehe na delayd po flght ko. Cathay gave us snacks sa airport. 6:10 pm hk to Toronto na, arrived 9:30 pm. Mga 14 hours plus yun. It was smooth, turbulences were short lang, fud was great! Mga 10pm na naka baba sa plane, first line- Canadian border services, he asked lang if i have anything fresh with me or bird's nest, siyempre wla naman, he saw my copr, sabi niya- “oh gud that u told me ur a 1st time imigrnt coz if u ddnt, maybe i will stamp ur passport den ul go bak to d phils.”- dpat kasi immigration officer daw mag stamp. After sa kanya, immigration office na, he asked me where ako mag stay, he asked for d address and number, nd how much mney i brought, ako lang mag isa suppose to be 11k cad plus, i brought 8400 lang, di na niya tinignan, nagtanong lang sya if i have Canadian dollars, i sed, 560cad lang and d rest usd na, sabi niya gud! He let me sign and yun tapos na- welcum to Canada! After nun baggage na, punta ako sa cart, la ako coins eh nid ng 2 dollars coins, yung in chrge pinapalitan niya bills to coins, i got a cart, and went to my bags, ayun, konti nalang natira, nasa floor na hahahah ro my nag babantay, i got it and was so ready na for baggage check, ayun, wla nang check, i was directed to exit na, may imm.officer dun, she asked if i hav guds to follow, i sed no, she asked me to give her my declaration card- u fill it up sa plane, i gave it to her, then she sed welcum to Canada! Madali lang less dan 30mins ako glory to god...
