Corregidor-Mt.Pinatubo-Ms.Saigon Trip (In Reverse Order)
Miss Saigon. The children grew up listening to this musical. We've watched Youtube snippets of the same, including the 25th anniversary special. So when I received in my email that the tickets are on a discounted pre-sell rate, I closed my eyes and grabbed us some. I was overseas and I couldn't ask the children what suitable dates are for them, considering school and other activities. I remembered Holy Week and looked for which day have shows in them. For sure the children won't have classes then. I saw that there are 2 shows on Holy Thursday. So I booked that right away. I was not sure if I should book the afternoon one or the evening one. Considering flight times and how frequently airlines re-schedule flights for a latter time these days, I decided that the night show would be safest. How wrong I was! But more of that later. And so the day finally came. I was still reeling from an almost 4 month deployment in Syria. Nonetheless, off we went. ...
