The Road to 40 Day 338/365: We Back, Singapore!

We maximized our final day in Korea, and now we’re heading back home to Singapore again.

Our flight was at 1:50pm, and we planned on leaving at around 10am so that we would have ample time in the airport.

Kathreen and JP cleared their mornings so that they could send us off properly from the hotel. Heading to Korea is one of the ways we could connect better with them, because we don’t have other family when we visit, compared to syncing our vacations to the PH. Sure, it’s always more fun to have all the sisters around, but intimate gatherings give us a chance to know more about each other.

Checking in was smooth, but Che ran into some issues with the tax refund things, which took a bit of our time in the airport, and plenty of frustrations on her part. Thankfully, she got it all sorted before boarding time.

I saw a GS25 before our gate, and we were supposed to find these peanut butter brittles that Che got one night for Vino. They enjoyed it a lot, and we hoped to find one last stash, but there was none. Instead, I got my hands on the last two triangle gimbaps of this trip.

I’m a sucker for the triangle gimbap. It was our morning sustenance during our first trip to Korea, and it has since been my favorite go-to snack when we missed a meal. We have it in Singapore, and I think I saw it in stores in the Philippines and Vietnam. However, it’s just not the same as in Korea or Japan.

We had a six-hour flight back, which allowed me to watch three movies on the plane. I had to rewind one of the movies because I kept falling asleep again. This time around, it was Che and Vino who sat together, while I sat behind Vino.

When we landed, we called for a big car, as we normally do when we have a lot of luggages. We were told that if we had the number of luggages that we had, we should call for Grab Premium 6 instead of the regular Grab 6.

This was new information for us, as nobody ever complains except for this guy. Even our car flying out was a regular Grab 6. He sounded irritated, but then again, he took the job. I was trying not to get confrontational because he said our bags wouldn’t fit a regular Grab 6, but I knew there was a way to fit all those in.

I guess he realized before the end of the ride that he came across as an ass, so he was calmer and even helped out in taking down the bags despite not moving an inch during the loading process.

We gave our plants a much-needed bath and settled down at home. Vino said he feels like he never left the house because it feels so normal to be back. It’s nice to know that he has a sense of home despite the frequency of our travels and moves.

I grew up in a house where I lived for 25 years before I moved to Singapore. We traveled to our province a lot when we were kids, but we didn’t travel to other countries until I was an adult. I actually don’t know how Vino processes these things, but I’m happy that we made this new house a home that he feels normal to be in.

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