Sky Journey

Assalamu Alaykum. This essay is about the things that happened during our flight to Aklan…

When we boarded the plane at 11:30 am, the first thing I did was to pray. After that, I looked out the window. The airport was really designed to be an international one. It used to be an abandoned building and now it is one of the most known airports in the Philippines. It might also be known in other countries by those foreigners who come here for a vacation.

The airport was very big and had a clear and wide glass window facing the runway so you could see the airplanes fly… I used to watch airplanes fly from that window for more than 2 hours, and now I am the one who’s going to fly. Then after 15-20 minutes, the airplane started to move. It stopped at 13 kph for 10 minutes, then suddenly flew up at 18 kph, which made it a bit harder for all of us to get acquainted with the pressure.

The plane was still slanted until it straightened when we were more than a thousand feet in the air. But before it became straight, I saw the houses, malls, other business buildings and cars. As we went farther, I saw everything like a map. The only difference was that this view of Metro Manila was moving. And I thought, “How busy this city was!”.

During the flight, I saw a lot of things. Fishing boats, big and small islands… One of the islands I saw was shaped like a curled fish. Another one was very steep. It must’ve been very hard to climb there. Then the airplane went higher until all I could see underneath were clouds. When I looked up, all I could see were some cirrus clouds. If you look up further, you could see that the earth was really round. Or maybe egg shaped..

When we were already near Aklan, after 30 minutes of flying, Cebu Pacific attendants gave some games. It is the only airline that gives games and they are known for that..

Then the airplane started to fly down. It started turning from right to left, which allowed everyone to have a glimpse of the green city of Kalibo. Full of mountains, rice and corn fields, ponds, and best of all, it gave us a very nice view of the Aklan river. The river was very wide, but it seemed to have dried up a little.

We landed at a very rural looking airport. It was a nice one. When I asked Lolo Ed what time was it already, he said it was already 12:35 pm. We took some pictures in the airport first.

12:45 pm as I recall was the end of my sky journey. It ended the moment I stepped out of the airport.