Hey everybody, it is Dave coming to you from Los Angeles, Ontario airport
so this is a very exciting day for me because it is the day that I
secretly am flying to Manila to surprise my Filipina girlfriend in time for her birthday
so my girlfriend Abby thinks that I will be coming
to Manila next week and she's all excited to meet me at the airport
but I'm going to have to let her down a little bit and come a bit
early and surprise her and catch her reaction
I don't think she'll mind I think she'll be very happy actually, let's hope
so Abby my girlfriend and I have not seen each other in person for about 1 year now
and we've been long distance for that long
just been video chatting a lot
so yeah we're both very ready to see each other again
she keeps telling me how excited she is and that that she wished I was coming earlier than I was
so yeah this will be her birthday present to be like yeah you got your wish, I came early
all right but uh yeah enough chatting to the camera right now, let's do the thing
so I actually started today's journey at the Seattle Airport
and I was going to start my vlog there but it it kind of got crazy there for a minute
so I decided to start it here in this airport,
Los Angeles Ontario where it's uh much quieter and uh much less busy
which brings me to say I really appreciate international flights to Asia now flying
out of LA Ontario because I like this airport a whole lot better than I like LAX
so because this is such a long journey I think it's going to be 20 plus hours 20 to 25 hours
I don't even know it I'm just trying not to think about how long it's going to be
but because this is going to be such a long flight day I had to
come up with an excuse for Abby to be out of cell phone range
so what I told her is that me and my friend George were going camping
off grid and that I wouldn't be able to contact her for the next 24 hours
so she shouldn't be expecting any messages from me while I am in the air
somehow I made a rookie mistake and ended up in the middle seat
this is going to be a really long flight
for you, Abby
all right so here I am in the final transfer point for my flight to Manila
this is the Taipei international airport, it's a really nice one
but it is humid in here I can't do a thing with my hair
and I wish it was easier to get from point to
point because this is a very long terminal to walk down
anyway so I have a couple hours layover, why don't I tell you about how Abby and I met
so, as I said before, it was last year and I was working for a tech
startup that wanted to open up an office in Manila
and they chose me to manage that project and sent me to Manila, so I lived there for about 5 months
and in the meantime I joined a gym and Abby also happened
to be a member of that gym, so that is how we met
Abby saw me first at the gym. I was on the treadmill and she
thought I was really fast, so she nicknamed me Flash
that's how we met
she might have a slightly different story about it
but maybe I'll let her tell her side of that once I get there
so after we met at the gym we just started dating, saw each other a couple times a week
you know we were both working we'd meet up in the evenings and weekends,
so yeah it just grew from there
it turned into a purely long-distance relationship because I had to fly back to the States to do
other work and it's been about a year since we've seen each other, so it is about time
all right let's hop on the flight to Manila
all right, finally. after so many hours of travel, I lost count, I made it to Manila. Merry Christmas
so next plan of action is to get to my hotel
oh my gosh, I am so happy to finally be in my hotel room, I cannot wait to take a shower
but first let's go over the game plan
it has just turned afternoon here in Manila I will not be surprising Abby until this evening
and the reason for that is because she has an exam coming up later
this afternoon that if she passes will hopefully advance her career a little bit
so instead of surprising her before hand and making her mind go everywhere I want her to
focus on that first and then surprise her and hopefully make her really happy
so I've got some time to shower and rest a little bit and *sniff*
whew, make myself smell better
all right, the time is approaching to go surprise my girlfriend Abby
so I decided to go with the shirt that Abby gave me for my birthday she says it would do
well in the Philippines because it's nice and cooling, and so far I'm in agreement with her
one thing I'll do when I approach the place is
wear this hat to try to cover my face because they do have CCTV.
if she decides to look at the CCTV before opening
the door uh that might ruin the surprise a little bit so yeah
and to finish it off by smelling good I'm going to wear this cologne by Versace
this is Abby's favorite to smell on me, she absolutely loves it
all right, let's go surprise the girlfriend
so what I told Abby is that I am getting a gift delivered to her at at her home,
so this is what she's expecting, she's not expecting me though
all right, the Grab just dropped me off and I'm at her place and I'm going to go knock, here we go
she's expecting a knock so there's that
Hello mum sir, delivery
she's coming she's coming
hi *gasp*
happy birthday.
*speechless*
I'm here
what?! I thought it's on Saturday
it was but not anymore
Oh my God what?!
hello
mabuhay
I thought it's on Saturday!
not anymore.
can I come in? yes
okay
what's the camping trip?!
hey
are you happy? yes
oh,good. good
I wanted to surprise you
are you surprised? yes
yay, it worked
I thought you were in camping trip
It was some camping trip, I'll tell you what
I was camping out in a plane all day
you're happy right? yes
you're just surprised, okay, that was the point
hello Juday, how are you doing?
I'm doing good
I wanted to film her reaction
oh these are for you, by the way
oh thank you
how are you Dave?
I'm well, thank you, how are you tita Len?
You surprise her I know
We haven't cleaned the house
she planning for ano
she's also planning [hahaha]
oh my God lots of surprises today
lots of surprises? what's the other surprise?
oh surprise!
and you passed the test? yes I passed the test
awesome Almost got perfect score
amazing, I knew you could do it
my God
I'm trembling
Bella
that's Bella yeah, he's super happy and thrilled that I'm here
oh my God
can't believe it
You surprised me. best gift ever
oh yay, best gift ever. yall heard it
go figure I'm offered food once I get here. there's sinigang, it's Abby's favorite
and also one of my favorite Filipino foods
so that was so much fun for me to pull off. did you have fun Abby?
of course, it was so awesome to see you. I did not expect you on that day
well I'm so glad that I could pull it off and I'm so thankful for you
watching us and being a little part of our special moment there
so now I want to let you guys know what's coming up on this channel very soon
so Abby and I, we are going to be taking a big adventure around the Philippines
and it's going to be in a lot of places that's off the normal tourist track of the Philippines
so you don't want to miss it. it's going to be places like
Misamis Occidental. Cagayan de Oro
Catanduanes. Bicol
Pangasinan. Baguio
Banaue. Sagada
Cavite. Siargao
that one's not so off the tourist track but I
I think we might be able to find some hidden gems to show you guys
so be sure you're subscribed and hit the notification bell
so you don't miss any of them that are coming up
it's going to be so exciting. I can't wait to show you guys
thank you again. good night. we're really tired
Suck it in it in
you can cover it with pillow