More from The Philippines. Dun Dun Dun!
I just took a shower. A cold shower and I haven’t written in
a while, because I turned my computer on like a week ago, and it was all “we’ve
detected a problem with the cooling fan” or something. -_- So I’ve been afraid
to turn on my computer… But, I figure that if I only use it for like 30 min at
a time with minimal use, it should last x”D Hopefully! I’m still in the
Philippines, it will be a while before I go home. But, this honestly probably wont go up till
I’m back. Soooooo… Yeah. What have I done here? Oh! I’ve only had it once so
far, but I really like Yellow Cab Pizza here :D
Best thing I ate here so far! XD is it bad that I’m not the biggest fan
of Filipino food? I dunno, Its not my fav. Its quite fatty and oily and sweet
and I don’t really like that. What do I like? I like fried fish. Lumpia is ok
but not my fav. I like the fruit here, like mangoes!!!! I’ve eaten a lot of
mangoes here. I’ve also tried mangosteen, which is a superfood thing. Its
really good for you, but the part you eat is really slimy and gross feeling.
What else? My family here makes soy milk and soy products, and I really like
their chocolate soy milk. I like fried chicken here too XD then again, I think
its pretty hard to mess up fried chicken. I wanted to buy some like chicken
nuggets and stuff, but literally like everything frozen or pre-prepared has MSG
or “flavor enhancers” -_- I don’t want that in my food. Needless to say I didn’t
buy them. Overall, I’d say that Filipino food really isn’t the healthiest. But
there are some good stuff. The… scenery of the Philippines is also weird… Like.
When I first came and drove from the airport to the house, I was… how do I put
this nicely… not happy, buy surprised by
what I saw. There is a lot of poverty here and a lot of stuff is old and seems
to have never been renovated and there are infrastructure problems and people
all around are used to it so I don’t think they really think about change. But
I dunno, I haven’t asked. But, the new president, he may change things. It will
be interesting to see, really.
Things that bother me here, besides the heat and the bugs
and stuff, is the driving and the… rubbish on the road and everywhere. Like, have
you ever seen broken glass in the road and gathered that there was an accident
but no one cleaned up the glass? Its like that here, except that its not just
glass, its cement and gravel and plants and garbage and random stuff. Its not everywhere, but its still there and its…
one not pretty to look at and also not sanitary. Oh! Also bathrooms, they
really bother me here too. But newer places have better bathrooms. Basically,
though, you can tell who has money and who doesn’t in the Philippines. Which is
really sad and The Philippines isn’t the only country like it. I haven’t been
to other “developing countries” (I think that the PC term -_-) but I assume
that its similar really.
Well, I know this was a bit of a
downer post, but I ain’t gonna be all “Oh Its great here!” Cause, its not.
Honestly, I’m really glad and grateful that I do live where I do. I don’t mind
visiting the Philippines but unless some major change happens, fairly quickly,
I won’t be retiring here or anything.
Add on: On the drive back home from the airport my mom was all "I can feel the change there." And she was referring to the new President who is super strict and everyone hopes he's gonna get stuff done. So, maybe stuff will happen relatively fast! :) This was about the time that I was already always annoyed because of the heat, so I wasn't the happiest camper. Now that I'm back home, I suppose I'm not as harsh. But I didn't want to change anything, because at that time, that was what I felt. Anyway, I got like two more I think. What should I call this... ? Well, you'll know soon enough! Or by the time I post it XD
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