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Life with the Locals
... living at the Cala'anan relocation site we work at, it's that they have ENDLESS positive energy. They are hilarious- constantly making fun of each other and then all laughing hysterically, which would only prompt all of us to laugh harder than we already were. Not only that, just the interaction we have with them, each trying to learn the other's language; it would always lead to mutual laughter, but not in any discouraging sort of way. As the locals would say after ...
The City of Golden Friendship
... go downstairs, but I didn't remember which doors led to the bathroom. They were all closed for the most part, but you could kind of peer in. The problem is, you don't want to be that new guy who spies on people like some night stalker. That, and I didn't want to wake people up in the middle of the night. After another 30 minutes of pacing around up and down the stairs and around the living room, I finally decided I'm getting the iPad out (for light) and exploring what's inside ...
All Hands Work Week 4
... of the owner watched over us and bought us a ton of Cobras. They just kept coming as soon as we finished! She also bought us bread which was super generous. It broke my heart when we asked about throwing away debris and items in the closet. She replied 'My sister is a widow, she doesn't want the memories.'
The rest of the week I did piling with Samie, Fern, and Huy. This means building walls with hollow bricks and masa (cement mix). It ...
HAN-AY Cagayan
... time with the other volunteers there, but for a community event I was hoping we'd spend more time with the community. Afterward one of the local workers who was playing in the tournament with us invited us to meet his family. This was really generous and a great opportunity to see life in the relocation site. His house was demolished, and they explained they didn't have pictures from before the flood. We met his children ...
A Proper Entry
... community living and lack of luxuries. I've been buying cheetos and koala's march to keep my sanity from the food! Last night a group went to the night market and had BBQ. There was sisig which is Pig's head. Tried it, didn't like it, move on. My sausage was good as well as some of the beef. Amusingly all the Filipinos got rice with their meal and none of the foreigners did. They asked us why and we were all like we are so tired of ...
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