{"id":1059,"date":"2005-08-03T23:02:05","date_gmt":"2005-08-03T15:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/?p=1059"},"modified":"2005-08-03T23:02:05","modified_gmt":"2005-08-03T15:02:05","slug":"new-york-city-toronto-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/new-york-city-toronto-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"New York City &#8211; Toronto Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s another early morning 5 am we woke up, after a long nite of walking in Manhattan, NYC, Times Square &amp; Broadway area to be more exact. After the beautiful show of Beauty &amp; The Beast&#8230;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s.tabulas.com\/ik\/smilies\/yellow\/smile.gif\" alt=\"\" \/>&#8220;who will ever love\u00a0a beast?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So began the journey back to Toronto, to catch 5.45 pm flight to Vancouver.\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s.tabulas.com\/ik\/smilies\/yellow\/smile.gif\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0Target is to reach there in 8 hours. That nite i&#8217;ve look again the map and decided on the route to take this time. We left at 6 am. Took as few as possible toll to save U$, and took New Jersey route as faster than through the city of New York.<\/p>\n<p>Still we took 2 hours, just to get outside New York City&#8230;:D I still remember when my sister took wrong lane, and the officer stopped us and asked for driving license. My sister&#8217;s end tomorrow. Another is when we pass the tunnel to New Jersey&#8230;it&#8217;s so narrow that just nice for the car&#8230;.went for quite sometimes that if my sister didn&#8217;t keep the steer&#8230;we might hit the wall or car beside.<\/p>\n<p>This time journey was very intense. We didn&#8217;t have proper meal&#8230;only 1 burger for me, 1 packet of chips and chicken nuggets for my sis. And she felt sleepy on one occasion. So starting calling out friends to keep her awake. By nature i&#8217;m not talkative person. &#8230;..Eng ing eng&#8230;te te te te&#8230;.(was quite scary). But funny and true&#8230;as we called Herry, we asked for direction&#8230;.hahahaha&#8230;.and so in this way, God is working through our weaknesses, guiding us safely and on time back&#8230;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s.tabulas.com\/ik\/smilies\/yellow\/smile.gif\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0(Amazing)<\/p>\n<p>And personally, the scariest part of this road trip was when she had to overtake trucks\/big vehicles (dunno how to call them). One incident where i saw a car coming, but she didn&#8217;t. The other two overtaking action was perfectly safe. Thank God who still value our lives&#8230;yup yup&#8230;we&#8217;re immortal till our works on Earth finish.<\/p>\n<p>And so, we reached Toronto at 4 pm. Suddenly to Pastor Oliver house to take our luggages. And short farewell with the wife, Mrs Lydia or i call her ci Lydia. We hurried up to the Airport&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>After awhile, we realise we haven&#8217;t seen Airport&#8230;in fact sign board to London. WHATTTTTT!!!!??? And i checked my map (thank God we still keep Toronto map), their naming was strange&#8230;the East and West for Airport was reversed&#8230;.so we hd been going to wrong direction&#8230;.and it&#8217;s highway long one to make U Turn&#8230;..WHAAAATTTTT???? That&#8217;s it&#8230;all my sis&#8217; confidence was gone (i think)&#8230;.i saw some planes went to one direction&#8230;so pointed to her we should make our way there for there&#8217;s the Airport (though i can&#8217;t see)<\/p>\n<p>Hahahaha&#8230;..so this time&#8230;no map&#8230;.praying hard&#8230;just go that way that way&#8230;direction of the planes. Till we saw petrol station and she filled in the tank to return the car (Yes we need to return the car as well&#8230;and by now it&#8217;s 5pm). Am i going to miss another flight? &#8230;. The 2nd one is not as scary as the first one&#8230;:D<\/p>\n<p>So i ask the petrol officer how to get to Airport. So he said to me, forget about your map. Drive straight, then left&#8230;about 20 minutes. Hahahaha&#8230;.there&#8230;.so with God&#8217;s help&#8230;manage to reach there in 20-25 minutes in correct terminal as well as i happened to check it out earlier. (You see how many times i mention God&#8217;s help, protection, guidance&#8230;.for truly otherwise&#8230;.things will turn the other way)<\/p>\n<p>So she returned the car&#8230;and i unload the 8 luggages.\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s.tabulas.com\/ik\/smilies\/yellow\/rasp.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We rush to the check-in counter&#8230;and this time no need to do unpacking again. It&#8217;s 5.30 pm now&#8230;&#8230;15 minutes before take-off. So we asked few passangers if we can go ahead of them cause this one is immediate boarding. One couple didn&#8217;t allow us&#8230;.what&#8217;s their problem? And the officer told us we can go ahead&#8230;but our luggage has to go on the next flight. Hahahahahaha&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..another<strong>story of a luggage<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>So my sister just said whatever&#8230;most important is we get to Vancouver. So we ran our way to the last gate (told by the officer to be able to make it because the plane wont&#8217; wait for people)&#8230;..There u kind of watching Amazing Race&#8230;two people are running in Airport with 2 hand carriages (Me with one big backpack, and one hand carry)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>After the scanning&#8230;i finished earlier, grabbed my sister luggage, and waited further down&#8230;but she didn&#8217;t turn up&#8230;.What&#8217;s wrong again this time? And when i saw her&#8230;she&#8217;s going to the wrong direction. WHAATTTT??? There i shouted&#8230;.called her 3 times MEMEEEEEEEEE&#8230;.and of course i take it that all people look at me&#8230;.well nevermind&#8230;.they think someone is crazy&#8230;.but most importantly i fullfill my duty to\u00a0protect my sis and bring her back to Vancouver.<\/p>\n<p>At last we made to the departure gate&#8230;and there&#8217;re still people there. Yes&#8230;we caught our breath,\u00a0we made it. Thank You\u00a0Lord! Even in plane, we still can&#8217;t believe it. Means, 11\u00a0hours of driving&#8230;straight&#8230;for my sister&#8230;and those running like mad&#8230;.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s.tabulas.com\/ik\/smilies\/yellow\/smile.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When we land at Vancouver&#8230;.to our best surprise, we saw our luggage at baggage claim. There i asked my sister to\u00a0bow our head and pray shortly. If it&#8217;s not the Lord who&#8217;re with us, we won&#8217;t be able to make it. So&#8230;this story is dedicated to the One who watches over us, and will always so&#8230;Our Lord\u00a0Emmanuel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s another early morning 5 am we woke up, after a long nite of walking in Manhattan, NYC, Times Square &amp; Broadway area to be more exact. After the beautiful show of Beauty &amp; The Beast&#8230;&#8220;who will ever love\u00a0a beast?&#8221; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/new-york-city-toronto-journey\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[90,108,51,67,68,69],"tags":[181,312],"class_list":["post-1059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brotherhood","category-love","category-providence","category-thankful","category-tired","category-touched","tag-gods-love-2","tag-travel"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1070,"url":"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/great-deliverance\/","url_meta":{"origin":1059,"position":0},"title":"Great Deliverance","author":"clay","date":"August 7, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0Life is good on me. 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