To Chicago We Went
Yes, to Chicago we were gone yesterday! It was all an impromptu trip. I was unprepared activity-wise because last Wednesday night, SIL said we couldn’t make it the following day as she is too busy with work and with the latest huge project that was assigned to her recently, she said it’s impossible for her to go out. So I never expected we could go. I didn’t even sign the form up yet. Well, I did have all my requirements for passport renewal already but the form wasn’t signed up at all. So yesterday, SIL reported to work as usual. But at 10:10am, just thirty minutes after we got up from bed (:D) she called up and told us that she could make it and she’ll be coming home in 30 minutes so we will drive to Chicago. Whoah! I was all in a rush! So off we went. Going 80mph average [yes, she oversped, like 90mph! lol], we made to the Philippine Consulate by 1:50pm. Did I say it was very cold, windy, and the parking is toooooo expensive? Haha! But well, Chicago, so it’s a given, eh?
My appointment at the embassy took more than 2 hours. Gosh, Embassy employees, as usual, gave me and all other clients a lot of reasons to complain. But nope, I won’t be complaining in this post. Haha! As long as I’m done with it already. Now I just have to wait for 6 weeks for the “new” machine-readable passpport of mine to arrive in the mail. As soon as I was done at the consulate, we just went out in the famous Millennium Park and have Triz pose for some shots for her souvenir of her Chicago trip for the first time! It was unbearably cold, so we decided to skip touring Navy Pier; instead, went up to the John Hancock Observatory where Triz, swithart, and I had a blast and really enjoyed the most! I still have to upload my hundreds of photos we took while on the 94th story of the building. It was great seeing the city of Chicago in an awesome 160 degrees angle. It was our first time, all three of us [swithart and I were at Sears Tower in 2005 when Triz was not around yet] and we all had a great time! Here’s our shot that the John Hancock Observatory pro photographers took of us.
As I said, I got a lot of photos and I’ll share them soon. The day won’t be complete without a trip to the Filipino market in Clark Road. We got there late already as it was already very traffic but good thing that the store was still open. So I shopped Pinoy stuff like there was no tomorrow! Haha! We got home at 10:30pm, all tired and knocked down, except Triz because she was all sleep the whole driving time, to and fro. It was a quick and a rush trip, but we had a great time!
It looks nice friend. Maayo nang wala gi plan kay the more it is exciting. Hinay jud na sa embassy ay. Sauna hasta pag kuha sa akong change sa name sa akong passport kaila ka pabalikon pa mi ug 2 days after. Wa jud mi nanglihok ni Ryan abi namo ug unsa sos hand-written ra sad diay ga drama pa ug dugay dugay. I can’t wait for the pictures. Daghan pa kaayo mi wala masuri diha sa Chicago bantay lang lagi jud sa summer.:)
Naa baya sa Chicago akong bestfriend sa college sis. Gi invite mi niya all free, plete lang amo pero lisod kay daghan ko bata. Basin sa sunod puhon.
Chada diha sa?
chicago is a beautiful city!
WOW,that was nice,more exciting and more entertaining. The photo is perfect,grabeh pro-photographer gud oh di ba? Prehas na unya ta ug color my dear mura ug mga irish kay maroon jud kaayo hehe.Copy gyud kaayo pod nila ang kaning code oy,gani ang kang shiela is thicker than ours,unya naay plastic pod ilaha.Sus,gihapit unta ko nimo dire oy,boring kaayo ang life cel grabeh jud.
what a lovely site. a happy family and beautiful background.
Waah.. what a get away you had.. just all of a sudden.. off you went..whew!
Mau ra jud na sa embassy.. super bagal man jud ang service.. di ka na makuratan ana kay sa pinas, the system is already like that , so what can you expect pa hahaha.
Perfect jud ang trip nyo sa opps mo no? hahaha.
nice photo. when i first got here in the US, i stopped by at my sister’s place in Illinois and part of that trip was a visit to chicago. and yes, me, hubby and sister and family went to millenium park, navy pier and john hancock as well. i loved it. i’ve visited chicago twice now and i enjoyed it so much…waiting for more of your photos..
oughhh i wish i was there
nice post :thumbsup:
greetings from Jakarta Indonesia
Hello Race,
Hahhaa nagkatawa ko sa imoha na intriga jod ka sa akong gi post , actually LA-Japan-Manila among route maskin pag uli sad.
Bitaw, ako lang jod siyang gisibya kay barato lang jod as in iyang ticket ba among kuha kay $988 round trip isa sa amoa. Diba? Abi gani namog barato na ang $1,500 each sa amoa sos naa paman diay.
Tga TN ni sya si Raquel lang sad nag refer sa akoa.
Mao ni ang number: 01-423-8942048
Agnes iyang name.
Basta call lang na nimo sya dayo katubag! as in pangitaan jod kag barato na tickets then hastang dalia naa na lagi among etickets after ko nag call sa iyaha gahapon.
Try jod siya Race, im pretty sure barato lang jod sya.
Hi Race,
Perte nakong katawa sa imoha oi….kuan siya tagalog.
Kanang akoa Race gikan na nah sa amoa kay sa Denver,CO man mi manukad 2 hours na sa amoang bukid hahaha. Then padulong lang sa Manila kay mag stay sa mi didto. Pero mas maayo nang un-ana if magkuha kag ticket Mnla lang kay barato lang man ang pamasahe sa local airlines karon sa pinas. Diba makasave kag dako than deretso sa Davao from Denver,CO.
Sige pag query lang god sa iyaha kay ok man sad sya. The more na dugay nimo gamiton ang ticket the more na barato kay ang bana sa akoang amiga 900 dollars nlang round trip na!
so amoa kay 2 months naman namo gamiton maong kana na price pero cheaper lang gihapon sya oi. Maong gi advertise jod ni nako sya kay maynlang makatabang sa gustong muoli sa Pinas.
Anyway Agnes Congmon iyang name then try sad iyang celphone 423-903-5405.
Wla koy bayad ana ha pag mag refer kog customers sa iyaha hahaha, ingna lang gi refer taka if mag call ka.
Ikaon nlang tkag salad na lato sa pinas ha! hahhaa
ha? the services are slow too? we’re planning to renew our passport in LA soon pod baya…
anyway, nice shot:) windy city as in brrr….