Last night at 6pm I was having second thoughts on seeing the Pope so I already decided that I was not anymore going. This morning I woke up at 530am and was thinking about it all night, so at 615am I decided I was going to go! NO REGRETS!!!! I did not want to regret not seeing the Pope while he is here in our country!! I went to bootcamp at 630 and exercised for 20 minutes haha!! then picked up my son Javier who last minute missed school so he could see the Pope too. I was so happy he came along!!
So lucky today! We went with the Lopa family to see the Pope! Ms. Lopa who was my teacher in Assumption high school, Alesso, Tita Cora the mom of my batch mate Rhea and Nanette sister of my sister in law Krie ! They live so near Roxas Boulevard so they went everyday to see the Pope!!
Walking to Roxas Boulevard
We went in style – they had a ladder to help us up to go over to the other side of Roxas Blvd haha!! Love adventures like these
As soon as we crossed the other side of Roxas Boulevard I spotted a place where I could stand!!
I put my hand there – meaning RESERVED!! 🙂  We waited about an hour here waiting for Pope Francis 
 Javier was even able to join me as well in that spot.  People were kind.  Maybe it was the last day and they had seen Pope already! 🙂  But nevertheless, they were kind to make us cut through that small space
 The secret is to make friends with the police and the people by the barricade !  🙂  We were able to make singit and be right in front.  
Before the Pope arrived, I was hoping I would get an opportunity to be invited to see the Pope, but did not receive any. Â So I had no plans of going to join the crowd. Â But on the day Pope Francis arrived and saw the overwhelming posts of everyone, I wanted to feel what they felt. Â So I mentioned it to my family and my sister in law Krie pointed me to her sister Nanette who took us with them. Â God had something to do with this and I am sure it was Him who brought me here today and He wanted it to be this way. Â I wanted to see the Pope together with everyone else and feel the same way they felt. Â I loved being with the kids who were also waiting and chanting. Â And even if maybe there would have been a possibility for me to see Pope Francis maybe in the Vatican, I don’t think it would be the same as seeing him together with my fellow Filipinos in our very own country. Â TRULY BLESSED!!!
And because we waited for about an hour I made kwento with them 🙂  These policemen are from Laguna and just from their area they are 20,000!!
The whole passageway of the Pope is lined with policemen. And they told me that they have been in Manila since Jan 11! So for 9 days they lived in Cuneta Astrodome and slept there sitting up! Â :-O Yet I told them they are so lucky to serve the Pope!
One of the policemen even took the video for me, James Floria
Kids waiting to see Pope Francis and they were so cute – they were the ones chanting and shouting ” Viva Il Papa!”
Helicopters flying around means the Pope is near!! 🙂
Up to now my  heart is beating fast with excitement. My heart is so happy!!!  GOD LOVES US! GOD LOVES THE PHILIPPINES!!! This is proof !  thank you to the policeman James Floria for taking the video. I was able to concentrate on shouting and looking at the Pope in that short time
Here is the video Policeman James Floria took for me – This is the full version with all the voices. Â “steady ka lang ha, steady lang ha!” Â with the cute kids chanting ” Viva Il Papa” and the girl screaming there is me haha!!
And this is the slow motion version
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