“Otoosan’s Arrival”
August 09, 2014 in the afternoon at 5:00 P.M. was the time the airplane with Otoosan and his company touched down the Davao International Airport. All members of the group that met Otoosan composed of Mr. and Mrs. Winston Mallari, Mr. Shuji Honda, Mr. and Mrs. Alfonso P. Escovilla,Jr. , Mrs. Carmen Apigo and Mrs. Adelaida Panaguiton were excited to see him. However, on account of miscommunication with the airport management we were asked to wait. All passengers that took that flight had already been fetched by their respective families but we have yet to find out the cause of the delay in allowing the three – Otoosan, Kazunari San (Otoosan’s son and Yuske San, Otoosan’s grandson) from leaving the airport. We were directed to proceed from the International arrival area to the domestic arrival area. While waiting from the outside we can see the three, namely: Otoosan, Kazunari san and Yusuke) and this time Honda san was able to get in, we were told that the wheelchair of Otoosan was left behind, either in Manila or in Japan. At any rate at past 6:00 P.M. finally Otoosan was ushered outside the airport from the domestic area while the rest of us were waiting in between the international and domestic area since we did not know what was going right inside.
Otoosan was teary-eyed when he saw us. On his face, observed that he was glad that after five years, he is back to his second home – Davao City. The group of Otoosan consisting of Kazunari san, Yusuke san, Mr. and Mrs. Mallari proceeded to the Mallari’s residence for a much needed rest of our honored visitor. Though invited for dinner we begged off since we had other commitments after meeting Otoosan at the airport. Welcome home, Otoosan, we have missed you a lot in all activities the past five years.
