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Hanging there... (Holy Land Trips 28 Feb 2019)

Finally the day we have awaited for has come.
There are two news, good and not so good news.

Good news is my parents were finally in Singapore and minded the children, I felt more comfortable having two adults taking care the children instead of just one.

Not so good news is my dad was not feeling well since the night he arrived in Singapore.
He's coughing badly and running a fever. He told me he seldom sick so he's surprised that out of sudden he's feeling sick.
I thought perhaps he's too tired from the unplanned journey but he should be okay.

My husband asked me to go to adoration room an hour before our departure to airport.
There, I asked Mother Mary, all the angels and saints to pray and take care my family when we were gone.

We finally said good bye to our parents while the kids were in school.
We arrived in Jakarta in the afternoon and went straight to the hospital to visit his mom who's diagnosed with typhus.

flight from Sg - Jkt

busy texting home
Then, we had early dinner at our favourite restaurant Gyu Kaku, quick shower at his home then heading to the airport for our night flight.

dinner @gyu kaku

We arrived in the airport around 9pm and gathered with Jakarta group. There were 52 pax in total, it's pretty large group that we ever joined.
Our flight was midnight flight from Jakarta bound to Abu Dhabi.



flight from Jkt - Abu Dhabi

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