Schiphol Airport to Den Haag

It was a weird feeling. i left manila at 10:45AM, the sun shining brightly and arrived at the Schiphol airport the sun still up. As soon as the plane touched down, I thought the scenery was familiar. Verdant fields, only more organized in a "planned" kind of way. Contrary to the Manila Airport, Schiphol was less noisy and less populated. There were seven of us NFP scholars in the same plane. We congregated at the luggage claim with our there gargantuan bags. A year's provision. Some of us stopped by the money exchange service available at the airport right in front of the luggage claim. we went out to the waiting area with our bags. My calvario has just started. the backbreaking drag-pull-lift exercise had to be and i had no choice. A student volunteer from ISS was there to guide us to the school. This has been a tradition among Filipino scholars here. attend to new students as they arrive and help them settle in. We each had to take out 7.30 euros for the train ticket but as we only have bills, Mike had to pay for us for the moment. We went down the train station and waited for our turn. Not all of us could get in the train at once so some of us, including me, had to wait for the next ride to Den Haag Central Station. There is a 30 minute interval per train stop. At the bus station, we had to buy bus tickets to take us to Mortenstraat (am not so sure if i got this right, basta the nearest stop to ISS, our school). This is where we had to buy a strip for trams and buses. 6.90 euros. patatakan lang kada sakay. The bus looked cute. It was real long with an accordion-type of something in the middle. perhaps to make it easy to turn around curves and bends. Another bitad-bitad sa mga bags. makawa jud poise. And another final bitad-bitad from the bus to ISS. But no! My dorm, Dorus Rijkersplein, was located still in the next building and my room was in the 5th floor... and mother of God---the elevator was stuck. huhu Buti na lang may kind enough pinoy student who helped me bring up my luggage to my room. haayyy. and my room was biigg with a large window overlooking the courtyard...hehe