txtlog: December 19th, 2007
The essence of the philippines.. a mangy dog sleeping under a trike :)
A running log of fun or interesting texts that I get from my fellow volunteers and friends here in the Philippines.
The essence of the philippines.. a mangy dog sleeping under a trike :)
Acrdian man is bak! He playn xmas songs! [one sees many people on the street asking for money, but rarely are there street performers. In Tabaco we saw a great guy who was playing an accordion and wearing a fantastically bad plaid outfit with a heavy sweater, hat and big Read More …
Holy crap. U guys being evacuated? Happy Thanksgiving… [there was flooding in Albay due to a week of hard rain and then news of a tropical storm with the possibility of becoming a supertyphoon on its way toward Bicol and our Thanksgiving dinner]
I think that my bus drivr is playing the sound track from Xanadu. Wheres my disco ball?!
U thnkn large scale charades of death dis wknd? Im so xcitd 4 stufin its not evn funy.
Oh it’s painful. Da ‘cofee shop grl’ jus did a police covr. It was bad so bad. How u?
95% of al 1st & 2nd yr Eng secs faild d Q2 exam so cntrprt idea ws 4 al ryt 2pg SA dis wk wyl wer gon usin al gramr pts tot in Q2. Cant w8 2 gt bak & b dazld.
Wel, that was fun. My 2nd hpv dose [vaccination] was far mor painful than my 1st. but im not sur if the boy who gav it 2me was a nurse or a janitor. Eithr way b4 the shot I listnd 2 d ladies at desk tel each of the 6 Read More …
How u feeln? I got a haircut. Slightly muletesque.
Only in the Philippines does a united nations celebration turn into a politically incorrect beauty pageant with bading [lady-boys] and every stereotype possible Just had meeting… They asked if I had boyfriend. I said no. They told me it was bc Im 2 “big and tall” n like a giant. Read More …
Brats changed the combo to my lock today, almost lost my bike. I screamed “I’ll fucking kill them” and 10 min later I said “joke lang” but no one believed me :)
One of My counterparts died last night of what appears to be a heart attack. [did you work with him a lot?] He was with me for 3 days of my Rapu Rapu trip. I probably saw him once or twice week. [Wow. What’s it like in the office now?] Read More …