GUAM

Whenever we travel into a new place, we get all the nervous feeling. We had a very good meal during the flight. I was just thinking that the little boy who sat in the seat that I am supposed to be sitting on slept during all the three and a half-hours going to Guam. It was very unfortunate that I did not talk with my seatmates at that time. My mind was concentrated on the fellow who told the flight attendant that he will be alighting in Chuuk. So this guy is going on the same flight like me going to Micronesia. I told myself, I am going to tail this guy when I arrived in Guam.

Now the old woman. This woman is from Baguio and that she had relatives in Aringay, La Union, my hometown. And this woman had in fact relatives who are also my relatives. O my, the world is so small. Unfortunately, we were only able to talk in so little time because it was almost touched down when I made the chance to talk to her by commenting that it was so good to see the little boy having straight sleep during the flight. In my case, it was not.

The flight is supposed to be three and half hours. So time would have been in Guam as 2:30AM. But the time in Guam is around 4:30AM. They are 2 hours advanced in relation to the time in the Philippines. The airport is Guam is a very beautiful one. Remarkable indeed. And Guam during dusk is very beautiful with all the lights around. It is so nice to see that there are a lot of Filipinos working in the stores within the airport. Guam is a cosmopolitan area. I need to remark this because it is a great contrast with the island state of Kosrae.

As I was telling awhile, I tailed the man who would be travelling in Chuuk. Then I started conversing with him as we neared the immigration area. The immigration area was very systematic. When they ask us where we go and they checked on our fingerprints and faces, off we go to the transit area. Again we were whisked and checked again.

I began conversing with the Filipino who is working in Chuuk and he is from Echague Isabela. It was very unfortunate that I lost recall of his name. Then he introduced another fellow to me who happened to be a doctor-internist at the Chuuk State Hospital. It was nice talking to Dr. Galindez because at least I had a working idea of what it is to work in Micronesia.