Going Back to Tokyo, Manila and Month Wrap up

Finally after months of trying to get Vacation time from my current company,
I was finally given the GO to take my PTO
I'm coming back home to Manila for 2 weeks but will stop by Tokyo for 1 day :-)

However since I was really never sure when they would be approving me of my vacation time, I barely had time to save for the trip. I wasn't expecting them to give me the go for April.
To make matters worse my finances were really down after a series of unfortunate events. Most recently with me losing my renter.

The ticket booking was another issue. I also needed to be in japan and all the plane flights that were cheapest were taking me to Korea, to make matters worse, with a 5-7 hours layover in Seoul.

I had to give up my Seat in Philippine Airlines and got Thank God a great deal with Northwest.
So Ill be home on the 20th earliest.

On other news, my Uncle Eliseo Vidal passed away recently. He had cancer and a severe diabetes problem but what took him was a stroke. Similar to my mom, he was in a coma for nearly 2 months.

Uncle Eli knew his time was up, 2 years prior, he came to see my mom and took my mom to watch the show Wowowee ( a Philippine noon time variety show )
He lived his life to the fullest while he was with my parents. Him and my dad were bests of buddies and Dad took the loss seriously

He was also a war veteran like my dad. In his Funeral he had a Full Guard ceremony.
It was my first time to see some one from the military and also a decorated hero have the Military Honors during his death.
Strangely enough I wondered and feared about my fathers future if the time comes he passes away. He rarely talks about his work with the Feds and the Navy. All I knew he was with project Dessert storm when I was a kid and my mom was very sure my dad was a target for enemy attacks if his location was found.

That given, I moved my flight earlier from the 24th to the 19th to see dad. I was missing him badly.

When I get home, I have a lot of things to do. Visiting LUG will be one of my top priorities.

I can't wait too see everyone again