my trip to the philippines was on the whole ok. in fact, it was a really satisfying trip, considering the huge success and happy feel i got by the end of the training. nonetheless, amongst all my previous work trips, this trip had one of the most cock-ups.
for a start, i was cheated on my way to the hotel. what happened was, i landed in the philippines and took a cab to my hotel with my colleague. halfway through the journey, the cab driver told us that since we were picked up from the airport and had booked the cab from the taxi desk, the charges would a based on a flat rate per person. and he held up a very formal looking card and passed it to us. it indicated 1250 pesos per person from terminal (naia) to my destination at pasik. being new to the place, my colleague and i paid up. it cost us 2500 pesos for that trip. we found out from another colleague that if we had insisted on him turning on the meter, it would cost us no more than 500 pesos. damned it! it was a bloody bad start for me for the trip.
and then when i arrived at the hotel and wanted to iron my work clothes, i found out that the hotel do not provide the iron and the ironing board. oops… and i ended up having to sprinkle my work shirt with water and used the hair dryer to dry it, hoping that it would at least straighten up the shirt a little bit. the next day, i had to wear a crumpled shirt to give training. i was so bloody self-conscious about my turn-out!
also, when i was about to retire for the night after hair-drying my shirt, i realized i did not bring my toothpaste. so, not only did i not brush my teeth with the toothpaste for the night, i couldn't do it the next morning too. i was at least lucky that i had my toothbrush and the fact that i had tons of lozenges which i took to freshen my mouth!
and becos i did not expect to spend much for the trip, i only changed a small amount of money. and because i was cheated of my money, i ended up having to use my visa through the day. and just before i left, i had to change some more money in order to pay my tax!
and thinking about it now, it was certainly very eventful, yet rather funny!
lol!
for a start, i was cheated on my way to the hotel. what happened was, i landed in the philippines and took a cab to my hotel with my colleague. halfway through the journey, the cab driver told us that since we were picked up from the airport and had booked the cab from the taxi desk, the charges would a based on a flat rate per person. and he held up a very formal looking card and passed it to us. it indicated 1250 pesos per person from terminal (naia) to my destination at pasik. being new to the place, my colleague and i paid up. it cost us 2500 pesos for that trip. we found out from another colleague that if we had insisted on him turning on the meter, it would cost us no more than 500 pesos. damned it! it was a bloody bad start for me for the trip.
and then when i arrived at the hotel and wanted to iron my work clothes, i found out that the hotel do not provide the iron and the ironing board. oops… and i ended up having to sprinkle my work shirt with water and used the hair dryer to dry it, hoping that it would at least straighten up the shirt a little bit. the next day, i had to wear a crumpled shirt to give training. i was so bloody self-conscious about my turn-out!
also, when i was about to retire for the night after hair-drying my shirt, i realized i did not bring my toothpaste. so, not only did i not brush my teeth with the toothpaste for the night, i couldn't do it the next morning too. i was at least lucky that i had my toothbrush and the fact that i had tons of lozenges which i took to freshen my mouth!
and becos i did not expect to spend much for the trip, i only changed a small amount of money. and because i was cheated of my money, i ended up having to use my visa through the day. and just before i left, i had to change some more money in order to pay my tax!
and thinking about it now, it was certainly very eventful, yet rather funny!
lol!
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