My Philippines life--(a) a first look at the Philippines

I live in the Philippines

--(A) a first look at the Philippines

Never thought himself so lucky, was the first trip abroad and not to travel, but the job is to play and a resort management and tour guide, although modest, but after all there are 20 to 30 employees.

After a total of nearly five hours, half-way Manila airport flight, finally arrived at 8 pm the second city-Philippines-Cebu International Airport.

At this point the night has fallen, walk through dark and narrow channel to the baggage carousel, taking advantage of the luggage has not been sent out, take a good look around. To be honest I feel really do not how to, local small not said, apparently inadequate lighting bright, simple decoration, all on me this comes from the South of the bustling city of young people seem too because just downtrodden! Philippines Manila turn over, so they have a contrast: new AI Aquino airport beautiful, clean, modern, don't lose the Pudong airport. And now this, that and many years ago as the Rainbow Bridge.

Led finished luggage out of the lobby, I was feeling stuffy, with the hottest of Shanghai after rain.

I heard someone calling me names, go through the prestige, a 30, Chinese people face is dark, with the exception of strong man greeted me, this person should be, my boss, told me long before knowing the difference is not too much. After a simple self introduction we have stopped on the roadside in a brand new car. Note a little, is Toyota VIOS and significantly marked "VVT-i", this dog Kai Li minute, even buy the Philippines than our domestic to advanced whole generation!

The car away from the airport, the driver very fast, and every time shift are more than 3000 go, and how the domestic drivers 2500 go get changed, it seems really like domestic and foreign media that are very different driving habits.

(It was later fully validate. For example, walking across the road, vehicles almost every time I would approach the stop for pedestrians to cross). The car is no meter, the bus could see, it seems to be no lamps, it seems that this place is like a black car with the Mainland. Everything for the first time I go out to those who are full of novelty, opening their eyes, for fear of missing something.

My boss told me to take a boat to go to another island before returning to resorts, Clippers now that time has not, so you can only sit General slow boat to visit.

Trip takes about five hours, and you want to sail to 22: 00. In fact, I know that work is another called Mint Island, thought that is close to two islands, like Shanghai Puxi to Pudong, the original difference as easy as that far! boss said that we now go to the city blowing cold air, eating, it's still early. On the wet Marsh, apparently just rain, no wonder such a muggy. "Every day is so hot? all the rain?", "nor is it, although the rainy season, but unlike Luzon (located in the North, is the largest island in the Philippines), dry season get so clear. Dry season will rain rainy season also for several days. "Boss patiently answered. This point in the next year I went to the Luzon work got validation: entire 11-April drops of rain, but 5-10, but almost every day there will be rain, good at day only a small Council, unlike the South like underground stop, wet for effect on mood.

Not many people in the street, the street lighting is also secretly kind, giving a sense of oppression, as was 20 years ago a small road in Shanghai.

"You don't look ragged, and so on down into the Mall may, heaven, room fully two world! but here just close to the airport of the countryside," the boss seems to see my mind.

Car before long, we came to ablaze.

A lot of really big shopping malls!, a glance head, completely fail to see how big it is, I of this from Metropolis are all surprised, especially in this I deeply believe that the "backwardness" of the country. (Later, a series of information once again proved how much before the idea of shallow. )

In the Mall entrance station has a male and a female, the two security men waist also Pedro a pistol.

To enter the market of people by gender automatically split into two rows, respectively, by the men and women for security for security. Carry-on bag open, they took a short stick into playing with some, occasionally some will reach the customers who buy to touch, the process is similar with airport security. It makes me feel a bit nervous. "May rely on it, here's security is, Manila will be messy. This is just a routine procedure. "Boss saw me concerned.

Enter the shopping centre, golly! while the boss is for tips, but it still came as a surprise to suppose! shop feeling no lose Shanghai meilong town, CITIC Pacific! KFC, McDonald 's, Pizza Hut since Needless to say, but there is also a Starbucks.

We went into a House called "superior" of Chinese food, fast food restaurants. Later, to understand this is the Philippines ranked third fast food chain, second only to the second of McDonald 's. But don't think that the first column is the KFC, but another Chinese opened Hamburg, fried chicken chain-Jollibee, even the store open to Hong Kong. Kentucky, with domestic thriving scene contrary, several provinces have not even one. Boss help I want a copy of the Philippines very famous HaloHalo ice. Big bowl of 69 Peso, almost RMB10 circle. Super big, big scary (after our vacation guests called) in a bowl, the above is similar to Red Red-Green-Green jelly or pudding, nuts, beneath the ice. Later all resort guests, I would advise them to buy. But to be honest I don't think there is something good to eat, but the guests he kept shouting "praise" (guests are Taiwan, Oh, forgot to say that my boss is the Taiwan people)! I have a wonton noodles, a spring roll, the taste is really not so,!

Consumed meals upstairs and downstairs to stroll around, really is a big, big enough to get lost.

After a store that sells anything outside look, my boss called stuff I went in to see, said China will certainly didn't have to sell, I also want to: Hum! now Shanghai have everything can go in and look!: no, you really have to sell it! wrong! it is a company that sells guns! shotgun, pistol neatly, prices in dollar signs, from hundreds to thousands. But stepGuns and automatic weapons is not allowed to sell. You might think that the firearm is placed in the shopping mall selling too much, at first I also holds shares, but later learned that the Government control is very strict. First purchase prior to the police station application, through strict examination that comply with the conditions to be holder of the approval, and then allowed to station approval document to hold the gun shop purchases. But, is approved to hold the firearm does not mean that you can carry everywhere, the Government only allows the private space of memory, private space refers to their homes, private vehicles, etc. If you took to the streets, but also will get caught. Of course, through the underground black market buy is another matter! I then to another holiday village, company of a guide on managing to get to a United States out of 9 millimetres pistol, silver, very beautiful. Even once we went to several colleagues take up a lot of gun shooting range dozen. While playing there are ranges of two us M4 (i.e. short tube carbene M16 gun). A mounted optics collimator, the other is installed more advanced internal infrared aiming device (not a movie in laser type, but only from the sight to see out there is a red dot).

Wait until the stroll tired almost to the embarkation time, buy a ticket on board, the boss is deliberately bought private room, with the whole boat for a total of only two rooms.

Price noted not too clear, like a room in less than a thousand Peso (RMB150). The boat is not small, than in the Yangtze River in the liner to 2-3 times. The room is not big, very clean, although the decoration is very simple, but absolutely comfortable. Two chairs, a coffee table, a TV, a large double bed, a small room and toilet, and you can wash.

With a trick flute, finally PERGA, they also get excited.

In addition to the many hours and has become memory vague at that time, this is the second time I went to the beach. Soon, the boat out of the Harbour, the boss took me up into the empty top deck. This is the night sky after the rain, a sky with stars, it is now, reach out to catch a hand. The beautiful night sky. "I give heartfelt sighs--really have never seen so many so bright star. "" You can also see a meteor, when two or three minutes and a "boss respond to me. Although I haven't seen that night, but the beauty of the eyes is enough to make me drunk.

The boss to go back to the warehouse after the break, I was alone in the whole boat ran ran down, four decks of the underlying is a warehouse, in addition to the goods, there are more than ten car, except for the Toyota Corolla, RAV4, Honda CXC domain, to my surprise there are as many as a Hummer H2! day! it even not common in Shanghai, you're actually in that also appears! apparently I underestimate the Philippines (back much surprise, there was a time in our resort side that I call the bird not rubbish Shi thousand people in the small village stopped a car worth a million RMB of BMW--Motorcycle, or an 850cc).

The rear is solid springboard for vehicles. The second layer is the third bin--sat cartridge. Three layers are the second cartridge--sleeper, but there was no air conditioning. In fact, less than, deep evening sea breeze blowing up quite comfortable. However it seems that Philippine people seem afraid of the cold, all dressed up. When a sitting at boats bar next to the smoking man caught my interest. Black, short, thin, dry dry, flat flat (later serving holiday village in a Taiwan guide--is also my colleague described his own with Filipinos in common by), see wearing a standard "pinxiazhongnong". He offered to greet me in the past, to sit side by side with him, he asked me: "Japanese?" " Of course not, I am a Chinese! " I am proud to answer in English, thought I was not the dogs things! remember what we talked, only know him as the English General, but sufficient daily communication, accent and some funny, some words from our home school teacher teaches a lot worse. Outstanding he pulled out a cigarette, "do" of the Philippines, I thanked the next, read the eye is HOPE cards, later known as American Philip Morris company · products, is actually a Ding Ding famous Marlboro's that company. Smoke's all well and good, is the Peppermint herbal smoke (don't know why, Filipinos Super love pumping cold smoke, there are several brands sold, even the Marlboro are producing a green packaging). This is my first time sharing with Philippine citizens, but also from the cigarette I like lovely, cheerful, friendly, romantic, optimist Filipinos! especially when I learned that the locals how to buy cigarettes, even on the Filipinos with grateful! it was a week later, my first time shopping, along with several selling cigarettes in front of the hawkers, the wooden box on several different brands of cigarettes. But I wonder, why each will have a package with mouth open, is also available for people on the pumping? no? peer staff--a Filipino girl answered my doubts, so most people because of the exigencies of low income in no way XA whole package to buy, when you buy a dying one root of two. No wonder that the man on the boat from trouser pocket and took out of a single cigarette. You knew I would myself with that whole package back to him!

Midnight, boat finally arrived in Bohol Island's only town--Tagbilaran.

At this point the company car--a cuticle card already in Suzuki terminals, waiters, quick to bring my drivers of luggage to the tail tank, the boss personally driving, and told me a half hour drive you need also to another and Bohol is connected to the small islands--Panglao.

Car through links two island bridge after reaching a narrow dirt roads, no street lights along the way, both sides are full of coconut palms, seems thick and traveling to the original jungle.

Gosh, I discovered that my work is a true remote countryside!

When you reach the resort from the day before I set off from the House is over twenty hours, but I seem to have no drowsiness, curiously, standing in the open restaurant looked carefully, slopes discharging passengers under two would room rooms surrounded by coconut trees in the middle of the square swimming pool.

Later, it does not completely known as swimming pools, more precisely should be diving training pool. Because the bottom is a slope, deep side went as deep as 2.8m! for the first time diving into the sea in the formal guests prior to training.

Because guests didn't full, so the boss specifically gave me a room, and description:

If full is free but moved to conditions somewhat less hostels. Of course, guests first! let me live free rooms I have appreciated very much, that in other resort is impossible, all quarters, I was working for the company that is so.

The room has TV, telephone, air conditioning or the window type.

Though not big, but clean, tidy and very warm.

Lying in bed, listening to the sound of the waves, clearly with the expectations of tomorrow better sleep gradually.

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