Southern Delight Care Package – Get Your Grub On! An OFW Travel Experience

I have the most wonderful sister a guy could ask for. She
has sent boxes to me during my time overseas to help bring some of the joys of
home here. She always packs the box with treats and other things that you just
cannot get overseas. From Little Debbies to cake mixes you never know what
might be inside a box. Receiving familiar items not only provides the comforts
of home, but can also remind you that someone is thinking of you. This can help
combat the lonesomeness and stress of being so far from home.

Surprisingly it does not take that long for a care package
to arrive here. This package took only about 9 days to arrive. We can receive
and mail packages with a relative short transit time even though we would be
considered to be a remote location here.   

Care packages are always great to receive. They bring that
little bit of home into your life when you are 10,000 miles away from home. I
always talk about how I miss southern Alabama food and my sister tries to
provide some of these things for me with her packages she sends. From the
summer sausages to the black eye peas to the turnip greens, this will be a box
to enjoy!  

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The Bamboo Caterpillar Pole Race - A GLIMPSE OF LIFE IN THE PROVINCE

Bamboo…
although it is used for many useful things in the Philippines, it can be used
for fun and games as well. I am not sure what to call this game, so I named it
the Bamboo Caterpillar Pole race.

It was sure
fun watching these bamboo caterpillars move around. The kids did a fairly good
job for the most part. They did have their stumbles and falls making that much
more fun to watch!

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Mama's Wish Comes True - Videoke Machine - A Glimpse of Life in the Prov...

Mama's Wish
Comes True - Videoke Machine - A Glimpse of Life in the Province

Videoke
machines in the Philippines are a special treat. It is fair to say that
Filipinos love their karaoke! Walk into any home and you are bound to find a
karaoke machine or a Magic Sing microphone.

We had discussed
getting a videoke machine while I was away at work. There would be no way to
carry this in my carry on. When I arrived, we went to Raon Electronics in
Cauayan to purchase the videoke machine Maly found. She was all smiles while it
was installed with wireless microphones and then loaded onto our workhorse of a
tricycle to get it back home!

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Welcome Home - Cebu Pacific Flight DG6024 - An OFW Travel Experience

Finally made it home! Cauayan Airport is and airport serving the general area of Cauayan, a city in Isabela province in the Philippines. Cebu Pacific is the only airline at this time with direct flights from Manila to Cauayan. They have around 12 flights weekly servicing this route. There is only one flight on Saturdays and Sundays there are no flights.

Cebu Pacific uses the ATR72 which is a twin-engine turboprop short-haul regional airliner. Hopefully this will not be a deterrent to the flight schedules as in days of old. Hopefully these will be able to continue service even during inclement weather. Cauayan is known to have low cloud cover at times and it used to be an issue with other aircraft keeping their flights on schedule.

The flight from Manila to Cauayan is approximately 1 hour in duration. This sure beats the drive up which can take anywhere from 8-10 hours if you are lucky. Riding a bus it can take longer than that on most trips.

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The Draft House- Concourse D Dubai International Airport – An OFW Travel...

When traveling through Dubai International Airport you will
find yourself in a city within an airport. There is so much to do and see
inside the concourses you might find yourself getting hungry. I was in that
same boat on my last trip through. I had a few hours until my flight boarding
time so I decided I would try out on of the restaurants here in the D
concourse. I selected The Draft House as where I wanted to eat.

I ordered the only steak they had on the menu. It was a 250G
New York steak. It came with curly fries and some broccoli on the side. All in
all it was 130AED (35.00USD) for the meal. That may seem excessive, but then
again you are eating in an airport facility. The food preparation was very
good. The steak did arrive as I asked for it to be cooked. I was really overall
pleased with the meal.

Join along in the video as I explore the food options and
give a quick tour of what you can expect to find in the food court area of
Dubai Airport’s Concourse D. I received no special for this endorsement nor was
I asked to make any comments. This is my honest and true opinion.

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Zesty Rotel Mac and Cheese Bake - An OFW Cooking and Food Review Video

A little treat as we
prepare a zesty Rotel Mac and Cheese casserole. It was a rare treat that we
enjoyed from a package received from my sister, Carolyn. She had sent this in a care package we received recently. 

We had a good time preparing it and then had the guys do a taste test. It is not often they get to try anything other than curry and rice. I think this went over pretty good with the team here as there was nothing left once everyone had gotten a chance to eat. 

A-300 FROM UNLOAD TO UPLOAD – AN OFW EXPERIENCE

A-300 FROM UNLOAD TO UPLOAD – AN OFW EXPERIENCE

The Airbus A300 is a wide-body medium-to-long range airliner; it has the distinction of being the first twin-engine wide-body aircraft in the world. Sometimes you find yourself in a difficult situation when trying to download or upload this aircraft. There are no automated rollers on this flight and all cargo must be pushed our pulled to the loading door.

To adjust for the weight in the plane, a pallet cannot be simply pushed down the plane and right out the doors. You have to adjust the load for each pallet unloaded or loaded to keep the plane from tipping. As each pallet is shifted out the door, other pallets must be brought forward to adjust the weight in the plane. Heavier pallets can be a struggle to get out or in the aircraft. You need to have some heavy pushers to move the pallet down the plane. Often this entails exerting all you have into pushing or pulling the pallets.  Without a full staffed crew it makes it even more difficult as you have others on forklifts and the highloader to perform their jobs as well. We have been in some tough situations before, but we always seem to manage. Completing a full download within an hour is quite an accomplishment for our little team here.

Not many would be willing to put forth the effort or determination to get the job done here this team preforms. They work long hours at times without much rest. Sometimes they go straight from loading and unloading containers to working either a 747, an IL76 or an A-300 such as this. Then after the download is completed they are out to make the deliveries so the task can be completed. This is called dedication to the job and team work. This team takes a whole lot of pride in all they do and I could not be more proud of them.