The life and times of a PCV in the Philippines.
So, my neighbor has this dog. It just appeared a couple of months ago and she installed the deathtrap doghouse outside of MY door. And, at first, she chained said dog to the fence outside MY door. This was irritating because said dog has a really loud, obnoxious whine. I Read More …
I posted this on my front page Sunday, April 15th 2007: As I’m sure some of you have heard on the news, a fellow Bicol PCV and friend of mine is missing. We don’t know much right now except that she was traveling in the area of Banaue, where my Read More …
It’s been a while since I’ve posted, but now I’ve had a chance to work out some bugs with my security and things are back to normal at visforvanessa.com. At the end of January I had the opportunity to attend a workshop with my counterpart on the subject of project Read More …
This past weekend I did a little bit of hiking. Let’s just say that hiking here is very different than other places that I’ve hiked. Our trail was pretty hectic from typhoon damage. And people don’t really do switchbacks here, they just go right up the hill. I look like Read More …
I know that I’ve been a poor correspondant lately. I’ve been busy, even though there doesn’t seem to be that much going on. Over the last 6 weeks or so I’ve been in and out of my site, I get my mail and internet access sporadically. In the end of Read More …
This evening I heard that there was a tsunami heading toward the eastern Philippines from a worried PCV parent texting from the states. Apparently, there was an earthquake in Taiwan and they predicted that a small tsunami might hit the northernmost islands north of Luzon. That warning has since been Read More …
Just want to wish everyone a happy holiday season. Be safe and keep warm, I know I will be! People here ask me if it’s hard to be away from home during the holidays, and it is but it isn’t. I’m not much of a holiday person, really, so it’s Read More …
I don’t know it it has made news at home, but we just got hit with a very bad typhoon here in the last couple of days. It hit Bicol directly and I have heard that the eye of the storm went over my town, as well as Naga City Read More …
The next few weeks are going to be rather busy, I’m going to be in and out of my site and Luzon in general until early December. Next weekend I will be joining with other volunteers here in Bicol to celebrate Turkey Day. They have a nice kitchen and a Read More …
Ok, I should preface this with the statement that it’s NOT cold here. In fact, the only time I’m cold is when I’m on an overnight bus (oh the torture of the poor soul that forgets their hat and blanket on a night bus) or in an overly air-conditioned office. Read More …
Being in Manila is awesome! I had Taco Bell today. I know that doesn’t sound really awesome, but trust me…it is! That’s all for now. I’m basking in my cinnamon twist glory….