FIRST, HERE'S A BIT OF A THROWBACK FROM LAST JULY, AND JUST A FEW DAYS AGO:
DUE TO HEAVY RAINS, LAST THURSDAY AUGUST 16, 2018 A XIAMEN AIR JET SKIDDED OFF THE RUNWAY OF THE NINOY AQUINO INTERNATIONAL AIPORT IN MANILA, PHILIPPINES CAUSING DOZENS OF DELAYED FLIGHTS, AND INCONVENIENCE TO SO MANY PASSENGERS.
IT WAS A GARGANTUAN EFFORT TO FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO HAVE AIRPORT OPERATIONS RETURN TO NORMAL.
BUT EVENTUALLY ON EARLY MORNING OF AUGUST 18, 2018
THE PLANE WAS FINALLY LIFTED AND TOWED TO A RAMP.
(http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/17/18/chinese-passenger-plane-goes-off-naia-runway)
FUNNY HOW THINGS CAN CHANGE IN A MATTER OF DAYS.
JUST LAST JULY,
I AND MY TWIN, TOGETHER WITH SEVERAL FITNESS ENTHUSIASTS RAN ON THE RUNWAY FOR ITS FIRST RUNWAY EVENT: THE MANILA RUNWAY RUN.
IT WAS A FASCINATING EXPERIENCE TO RUN ON THE STREET ONLY AIRPLANES ARE PRIVILEGED TO TOUCH. THE ROAD IS GENERALLY SMOOTH BUT I COULD OCCASIONALLY FEEL ON MY FEET THE SLIGHT BUMPS THE AIRPLANE TIRES MADE.
MOST RUNNERS EVEN FORGOT THAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO RUN AND INSTEAD, TOOK SELFIES AND VIDEOS OF THEMSELVES ON THE RUNWAY, AS IF THEY’RE TOURISTS VISITING AN EXOTIC PLACE FOR THE FIRST TIME.
AND SINCE I FELT LIKE A TOURIST MYSELF, I SHAMELESSLY TOOK SOME SELFIES AND VIDEOS TOO. HENCE, VLOG NUMBER 3.
SO HERE IT IS. ENJOY!
ONE LAST THING: WITH THE MISHAP AND THE RUN HAPPENING ON THE SAME RUNWAY, ALL I CAN DO IS SHRUG AND SAY TO MYSELF: LIFE IS CERTAINLY UNPREDICTABLE.
My video is at DLive