Great Experience in US
I am now in US having a whale of a time with wonderful people learning a lot from each other and from our host country. So this is the start of what I will call `Time for learning`.
Before the trip
- Eveyday life ate me up and did not let me see how near I was to the day of my departure. So, I did my luggage some hours before my plane took off. You can guess, I just dropped everything I found in the wardrobe into the only suitcase my dear husband bought for me one day before.
- Some friends, among them Erik, told me I should not take a camera since cameras in US may be cheaper and getting one there would be the best thing to do. Then, I did as told and that's why I don't have any pictures of these first two days in Washington.
The trip
- My lovely mom and dad went to the airport to see me off as well as my beloved husband. As they all know me very well insisted I had to be careful with my stuff. I've always been so absent minded and usually get into experiences not many people have. So, I promised to be careful and not to lose anything. .... However, something had to happen.
- My plane took off for US at about midnight on Firday 23rd and was to arrive to Miami at about 5:30am next day. I had a good meal at American Airlines plane and fell asleep at about 3:00am. I still remember I was dreaming about me at home having a wonderful meal my mom cooked.The next thing that happened is that I heard a voice saying `Madam! madam!" When I opened my eyes I saw a chubby American customer officer looking at me with disbelief that I was the only one on the plane. Everybody had left, even the crew!!! He asked me to follow him and so I went after him still thinking I was dreaming. The customer told everybody we met in our way I was found on the plane alone and all the workers at the airport couldn't believe it.When I finally realised what had happened, I was already at the immigration customer VIP line. ..That was good! No long queues!!..
-Here I have to say that didn't feel so proud of being Peruvian. All the crew were Peruvians and I met them before leaving the airport very happy and totally oblivious of what had taken place on their plane. But that's not why I felt proudless (if that exists). When the officer told them they had left me on the plane, each of them started blaming it entirely on me saying things like:
- "I'm sure she was not sitting but lying"
- "She surely took sleeping pills"
- "She must have been drunk"
- and some other murmuring I could not make out, luckily.
- The customer officer was so shocked by their responses that told me not to pay attention and not to answer back because it was all their fault and surely some, if not all of them, would be fired. They never said sorry or showed sympathy to such unfortunate event. Is it a Peruvian characteristic or is it just them? What do you think?
- Well I'm now in my room in the hotel excited to get photos wiht my new camera soon.
Good to know you are taking advantage of the time you are there and having some fun at the same time.You knnow,A teacher never stops learning since we touch lives,so we must be very careful of our job by learning from every single situation.And good you are doing that.I´ve also learned that we shouldn´t waste our time and energy on people who do not deserve but focusing our attention on what really help us to improve.I know that you become workaholic when you get into something,so we are looking forward to seeing you again,recharged,ejeje to share the good news!!!!! see you.......my dear Karenciña.
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