After Tonight [BxB] (Completed)

I - Departure

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" Good morning passengers. This is the pre-boarding announcement for flight 5J932 bound for Manila. We are now inviting those passengers with small children, and any passengers requiring special assistance, to begin boarding at this time. Please have your boarding pass and identification ready. Regular boarding will begin in approximately ten minutes time. Thank you."

'Yan ang sabi ng English version ng pre-boarding announcement para sa flight ko pabalik ng Manila.

Ten minutes na lang pala.

Ganun na lang kaikling oras bago 'ko umalis dito.

I've been here in Thailand for almost two weeks, and it was quite a life-changing experience for me.

This trip was a first of many firsts, and I am thankful for my friends for encouraging me to go on this vacation.

Yes, bitin, and it's kinda bittersweet sitting here alone at the boarding gate, habang naghihintay na payagan kaming makasakay sa eroplano.

Pinakikinggan ko na lang ang mga ingay ng announcements at ng mga tao dito sa airport. It's around 3AM in Thai time and with nothing to do and no one to talk to sa ganitong oras, I can't help but look back at the things na hindi ko malilimutan sa trip na 'to.

'Yung mga destinations, 'yung experiences, and of course 'yung mga tao.

May mga pictures din akong na-take, at meron ding mga mementos na maitatago. Kahit 'yung mga simpleng tickets sa bus at sa plane, pwede na.

May mga memories din na babalik-balikan.

Memories na palagi akong dadalhin pabalik dito kahit sa'n man ako magpunta.

Memories that will always remind me na in a short span of time, I've learned and grown so much in my life like I've never done before.

And I'm grateful for that.

Lalo na sa kanya.

I shouldn't be thinking about him now, pero ganun yata talaga. Once someone leaves a lasting impression on you, you carry them wherever you go, kahit ga'no pa katagal na panahon ang lumipas.

Siguro ganun na lang talaga ang impact n'ya sa 'kin, 'no?

Kasi if it weren't for him, this trip wouldn't be as meaningful as it is to me now.

Kung 'di dahil sa kanya, I'd still be that same old kid na naliligaw at nag-o-overthink every moment I get to do so.

I would not have learned to take things one day at a time and not take every "today", or "tonight", for granted.

Siguro, kung hindi ko s'ya nakita that fateful day na natataranta ako sa bus terminal going to Kanchanaburi on my first day here in Bangkok, everything that matters to me now sa trip na 'to wouldn't have ever taken place.

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