About a week before I left for Korea, she announced that she had arranged to be off work for the entire week I would be in Manila. I had been initially hesitant to proclaim my living arrangements while in her country just to have an ‘out’ in case things didn’t work out between us but she said that I could stay with her at her home the entire week. I countered that I was open to treating her and I had booked at a popular 5-star hotel right in the city and she was more than welcome to stay there with me. I even announced that I booked a 2 queen bedroom and there was no pressure on her. Her response was not what I had expected. “I don’t think I like that – please change that to a single bed or I won’t be staying with you. “Yes ma’am” I said, “Your wish is my command” trying to be cute and she said with a somewhat confident smile, “That’s more like it, you just scored a lot of points with me – I will remind you while we are together of what you just said.”
The week in Seoul, Korea was uneventful and all I could think of was getting to Manila. The time finally came and I touched down at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. She was there at the arrivals area waiting to meet me with a huge handmade sign with my name on it and an arrangement of red and pink carnations. She jumped up and down when she saw me and came right up and embraced me in a sea of people. She was dressed as a female professional and I immediately noticed when she embraced me that people noticed and looked at us curiously. I was ready for this and expected it I guess since the Philippines is a Christian country and Ladyboys are not as accepted there as they are in other progressive countries.
She held my hand all the way to baggage claim and clung to me like my girlfriend till my bags arrived and we took off for the van and driver I had booked. Finding him outside, he loaded my bags and said it would be around 45 minutes to our hotel in the middle of the city. As we drove, I noticed the driver peering at us from time to time through the rearview mirror but just dismissed it. She had that hybrid sounding voice that many trans women have and this obviously tipped the driver off.
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