getaway

The things you do to be with a loved one...

Friday night, I was only canvassing for the plane fare. It's a trip to an island down south. No concrete plans really of going.

But in a matter of 3 hours, because of an sms, I had to make a decision.

So I'm going.

The airline ran out of tickets for a flight out today. It's a Saturday and I've no reservations, so there you go. But there's an early flight tomorrow morning. Buti na lang. I have to make it back to Manila on Tuesday because Cubao beckons on Wednesday.

In the meantime, because I'm not there yet, communications thru mobile phone will have to do until I arrive.

I'm supposed to feel excited about the whole trip. It hasn't sunk in, though. I don't really like to be rushed when it comes to this.

And it's not like I'm going to some private island getaway. I'm just going because, well, she wants me there.

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kids should know that...

The Republic of Minerva, a failed attempt to create a sovereign state in the South Pacific in 1972, was one of the few modern attempts at creating a sovereign micronation on the reclaimed land of an artificial island. The architect was Las Vegas real estate millionaire and political activist Michael Oliver, who went on to be involved in other similar attempts in the following decade. Lithuanian-born Oliver formed a syndicate, the Ocean Life Research Foundation, which allegedly had some hundred million dollars for the project and had offices in New York and London. They anticipated a libertarian utopia wherein residents would have "no taxation, welfare, subsidies, or any form of economic interventionism." In addition to tourism and fishing, the economy of the new nation would include light industry and other commercial activities. (wikipedia)