The big move...Cebu to New York City

[MJandJON 1]

A tip if you dont wanna cough $5.00 for the cart..you may have to go out of the terminal to the parking lot to "hunt" abandoned carts but it is kinda far...

Congrats! You made it. Im sure your exhausted. Thank you for the updates! Where you gonna be in NY? Queens?

[cjmc 10]

Thank you. I was too tired to do updates...but here it goes.

1:40 PM PST Took off from LAX for JFK...expect stretches of turbulence...

9:40 PM EST Arrived in JFK Delta terminal 4...if you have huge bags prepare to cough up $5.00 for you to use a cart from the "vendo". The machine accepts $10 and credit cards. Also its hard to find a free wifi spot to communicate and coordinate pick up so you may need to use coins for the payphone. I learned the hard way that it only acceps 5, 10 and 25 cents and what I have are 50 cents ton1.00 coin. Good thing my wife and our daughter found me...

whew...was sooo dead tired from this but well worth the experience...

Glad you made it ok !!! Welcome to America !!!

I just booked Dahlia's flight...she leaves Manila this Saturday around noon time arriving Seattle Saturday evening...it will be a long day for her also :-)

Cheers,

cjmc

[Cha n Nel 1]

thank you and yes...we live in Queens...pretty decent place...a fr cry from how it was depicted in Coming to America

Congrats! You made it. Im sure your exhausted. Thank you for the updates! Where you gonna be in NY? Queens?

Edited August 22, 2013 by Cha n Nel

[Cha n Nel 1]

thank you, good that she is on her way...although it wont be tiring as mine since she doesn't have two connections...I still have fond memories of Sea-Tac airport when I was there for training with Expedia in bellevue in 2011...

Glad you made it ok !!! Welcome to America !!!

I just booked Dahlia's flight...she leaves Manila this Saturday around noon time arriving Seattle Saturday evening...it will be a long day for her also :-)

Cheers,

cjmc

[cjmc 10]

thank you, good that she is on her way...although it wont be tiring as mine since she doesn't have two connections...I still have fond memories of Sea-Tac airport when I was there for training with Expedia in bellevue in 2011...

Yes, you had quit a grind....the extra flight to NY I am sure was a long one.... it will take you a couple of weeks to get your clock straightened out...

cjmc

[JAYANN & JAY 11]

Thank you. I was too tired to do updates...but here it goes.

1:40 PM PST Took off from LAX for JFK...expect stretches of turbulence...

9:40 PM EST Arrived in JFK Delta terminal 4...if you have huge bags prepare to cough up $5.00 for you to use a cart from the "vendo". The machine accepts $10 and credit cards. Also its hard to find a free wifi spot to communicate and coordinate pick up so you may need to use coins for the payphone. I learned the hard way that it only acceps 5, 10 and 25 cents and what I have are 50 cents ton1.00 coin. Good thing my wife and our daughter found me...

whew...was sooo dead tired from this but well worth the experience...

WELCOME TO THE BIG APPLE Glad you made it safely! Lucky you can still go out while it is still warm out! I actually miss living in Queens. Its so convenient to all the stores and restaurants plus you can just hop on a train and you can explore Manhattan & Brooklyn. The subways system can be a little confusing but I am sure you'll master it in no time. haha. You're right in time for winter. Finally you're wife will have someone to shovel the snow. hahaha.

[Cha n Nel 1]

lol, I don't have any winter clothes yet...believe it or not, it hasn't totally sunk in that I'm here now reunited with my wife and kid...

WELCOME TO THE BIG APPLE Glad you made it safely! Lucky you can still go out while it is still warm out! I actually miss living in Queens. Its so convenient to all the stores and restaurants plus you can just hop on a train and you can explore Manhattan & Brooklyn. The subways system can be a little confusing but I am sure you'll master it in no time. haha. You're right in time for winter. Finally you're wife will have someone to shovel the snow. hahaha.

[The Conqueror 47]

Thank you. I was too tired to do updates...but here it goes.

1:40 PM PST Took off from LAX for JFK...expect stretches of turbulence...

9:40 PM EST Arrived in JFK Delta terminal 4...if you have huge bags prepare to cough up $5.00 for you to use a cart from the "vendo". The machine accepts $10 and credit cards. Also its hard to find a free wifi spot to communicate and coordinate pick up so you may need to use coins for the payphone. I learned the hard way that it only acceps 5, 10 and 25 cents and what I have are 50 cents ton1.00 coin. Good thing my wife and our daughter found me...

whew...was sooo dead tired from this but well worth the experience...

Congratulations! You made it!!!! I bet you are still in twilight... adjusting diff. time zone

I'm next... I'm currently at Taipe Airport with 8hrs layover yay! then 11hrs flight.......<3

[JAYANN & JAY 11]

lol, I don't have any winter clothes yet...believe it or not, it hasn't totally sunk in that I'm here now reunited with my wife and kid...

I'm sure you'll adjust pretty well. You'll probably only miss Christmas / New Years in the Philippines since it gets lonely sometimes...not like in the Philippines. haha. Hey at least you get to spend it with your wife & daughter Time to explore the BIG APPLE before you get a job LOL

[Silvack2 0]

Why didn't just fly out of CEBU?

[Cha n Nel 1]

I wish it were that simple, but the cost of airfare to fly directly out of Cebu was just too much since I already looked at several fare combos and irineraries. When I bought both tickets around August 7, who would have thought there would be a weather problem around my dates of travel as well. It was really my primary option to fly from Cebu then maybe to Incheon (ICN) or Narita (NRT) or Taipei (TPE) or HOngkong (HKG) then straight to JFK but as I said , airfare was already hovering around $2k for August.

Why didn't just fly out of CEBU?

[Cha n Nel 1]

So far I love it here...hopefully I can do Empire State and re-visit times square before it snows...also wanting to do food trips like Katz Deli and some other burger joints (Yes I'm

a burger person)

I'm sure you'll adjust pretty well. You'll probably only miss Christmas / New Years in the Philippines since it gets lonely sometimes...not like in the Philippines. haha. Hey at least you get to spend it with your wife & daughter Time to explore the BIG APPLE before you get a job LOL

[JAYANN & JAY 11]

So far I love it here...hopefully I can do Empire State and re-visit times square before it snows...also wanting to do food trips like Katz Deli and some other burger joints (Yes I'm

a burger person)

Go to Shake Shack!

[Cha n Nel 1]

yeah that one too lol

Go to Shake Shack!