All these years, I've dreamt of witnessing this world-class racing spectacle -- the pinnacle of motorsports competition -- and now that I found an opportunity to do so, I made sure to grab it!
Race weekend is on September 24-26, and it'll be a great three days of practice runs and qualifying sessions culminating on raceday Sunday! Boy, I can't wait!
The last time I experienced a professional international motorsports event was in 2002, at the Spa-Franchorchamps circuit in Spa, Belgium. That was a 24-hour race, with touring cars of different classes. I can't recall exactly how we got there, except that all I know is that we spent all of 72-hours in Europe. Flew in on a Friday and left on a Sunday evening! That was hardly enough time to see any sights, except for a 1-hour stroll around Frankfurt, Germany, waiting for our flight back to Manila.
Previous to that, I was able to watch the 2001 Macau Grand Prix, and we had a lot more leisure time to enjoy the sights on that trip.
Can''t wait to be in Singapore this September. I'm flying alone, without M. and the girls. But I'm meeting up with Nappy there. He's flying with his GF via CebuPac a day after me.
I'm treating this as my reward to myself for a being a "good boy" hehehe. That's one item checked off of my bucket list! I'm glad M. and the girls understand. I'm really a lucky guy!
