Life in the Philippines
I left Vancouver Monday October 6th and arrived here in Manila Wednesday October 8th to work out of our Manila office for the rest of this year.
It is definately Hot here and I was sweating just getting my baggage and getting through imigration. It was Midnight and I caught a Cab to head towards the company condo on Wack Wack road. Of course, I didn’t pronounce it correctly and the cabbie didn’t understand … it is pronounced ‘wok wok’.
Work the next morning came far too early what with a short sleep plus jet lag to boot. On the plane I had taken a sleeping pill which seemed to do absolutely nothing so I had gotten almost zero sleep on the trip.
the first work day started out with the discovery that there was NO hot water and a cold shower after only four hours of sleep was just rude.
I had exchanged money in Vancouver so was setup with about 7000 pesos to start. One dollar Canadian equals 44 pesos here. The taxi ride to the office was only 60 pesos … about $ 1.50 and I figured I was going to like that !!
I’ve been here 2 weeks now and figured I would write about some of the things I’ve seen and done so far … then later will write as time permits and interesting things happen. I will take some pics to help illustrate my ramblings soon.