"Sometimes, despite all the careful planning we have prepared well ahead, life will throw a curve ball." 

Remember in my previous post, I sent a box of baby items several weeks in advance before our trip? Well, that box never made it.


A package of this size usually arrives within a month or 45 days at the most.  Unfortunately, while we were in Manila, the shipping company informed us that this box of milk, diapers, crib, clothes and presents for the family were stuck somewhere in a ship in Singapore.  The failed idea of a declared truck ban in Manila that was recently lifted caused shipping congestion that didn't help either.  Large containers queued for days in the narrow streets of Manila port. It was a huge logistics mess.

On our second day in Manila, after the first phone call of tracking the box, I had a gut feeling, we will leave the Philippines and we will never set sight on this package.

I've learned that no matter how much planning or managing we do, we simply can't control everything in life.

Sunny days and road trips are ahead, beckoning us to get the map out of the drawer and plan a long trip on the road. I'm imagining in the U.S. say, Wine tasting trip to Napa Valley?  What about a romantic one discovering countryside castles in France? Inspired, I managed to compile my Road Trip Essentials wish list based on an idea from TURO, a unique car rental whose mission is to inspire adventure while putting the world's one billion car to better use where each individual can share their car, their story, their city and neighbourhood.   

Up for a road trip? I can't imagine leaving without these:

How did this film make you feel?

Wishing you a fun weekend!

Love & light,

Arni