I’m moving AGAIN! Dis tym HF told LGU dey want me 2 mov out. LGU told Luzvi. I got news frm Luzvi 2day. No1 els told me. I ask HF y? dey jst stare at me. I’ve no idea y. So I’m movng in2 own plc. Luzvi wont apprv it Read More …
Love how when I say that my stomach hurts, my fam only lets me eat the fried foods, no veggies. Like, last night, they fried a fish especially 4 me, bc I cudn’t eat the spinach soup. AND I can drink warmwater LANG! which isn’t as absurd as it is Read More …
My jeep driver is either a closet NASCAR contender or practicing for a bank robbery. My host sisters r afraid of puppies. Nobody cares about the maneatin spiders in the bathroom. But puppies-now that’s scary.
If you want something to arrive in time and intact, don’t use it. My mom and sister mailed out some rather sensitive items to me and sent them express mail through the USPS. They arrived last Friday, about 3 weeks after they were sent. This would be impressive if it Read More …
I swear I saw a green dog on the way to work today. U could tell he was originally white but it looked like some over zealous kindergardnr had attacked him with a seagreen magic marker.
Since I have been here, I have seen several volcanoes and there have even been a couple of minor eruptions around the country- but until this weekend I hadn’t actually witnessed any, until now. This past weekend I went to Legaspi to continue my SCUBA open water course and we Read More …
One of the teachers has a sign in her room, “don’t let the school stand on the day of your education.” Something tells me she mis read the quote.
As you may or may not know, texting is VERY popular in the Philippines. It is not uncommon to see a wizened old lola or a small child, cell phone in hand, texting madly. Given that we don’t get free minutes or even cheap minutes, most of the volunteers have Read More …
I don’t think that the idea of salesmanship here has really reached full maturation hereIn some ways things are better than at home, but in other ways people really seem to have no clue when it comes to selling things. In the US we generally try to bend over backwards Read More …
In the Philippines, never try to watch anything that you actually care about seeing in its entirety. This is a lesson that I’ve learned the hard way over the past few months. It is not uncommon here to have cable TV, especially among middle-class families, and while it’s nothing like Read More …
I know I haven’t had much to say lately, but it’s been a strange mix of business and having absolutely nothing to do. This coming month should be pretty busy and last weekend was certainly jam-packed. Last Friday I left school after lunch, like I will the next 3 weeks Read More …
I found a picture of one of the evil spiders. Rest assured, this is NOT the spider from my bathroom. This one I found in my room my second to last night with my host family during training. He is also much smaller than the one that lives in the Read More …