Manila-Doha

We are now having three hour stop-over in Doha after almost eight hours of travel from Manila. We left at 5PM Phil time and arrived here 8:30PM Doha time. Time difference is five hour difference, I think, haven;t checked and counted, too sleepy. : ) THe boys are visibly excited during the flight, enjoying the food, and either enjoying the music on demand or the various inflight movies and games.
I remember the excited, sometime dramatic and tearful goodbyes of the parents when we departed from St. Joseph's Academy. Some of the parents and relatives event went to the airport for the final farewells. The processing of papers, etc went smoothly, thanks to the assistance of the travel agent, Mayette, who prepared everything, and also to the josephian alumni working in the airport who went out of their way to assist us, thanks esp to RJ!
Some of the boys are going around enjoying the sights of the duty free shops ere in Doha, some are resting, sleeping or writing their journals. I guess we should have told them that they bring a lot of pages for their journals, they will be having a lot of life-changing experiences to write about...