Horizontal in the Philippines

Preface

99 at the end of the boss asked whether I would like to go to the Philippines to participate in the project group stem of one year.

I work for three years, like changes in life, on this and other opportunities, of course, cannot be denied. Mouth to tell the boss that consider 3 days, in fact, the heart had to accept that only worried about is his girlfriend (now is my lover). Home and his girlfriend, she is also very supportive, so carrying two suitcases I climbed up a strange way.

Philippines airport

Philippines airport-broken, compared to the Hong Kong new airport is far away the soil.

Filipinos are pushed several big box--later found where is the airport saw Filipinos are so--I am a Filipino colleagues told me the reason: Filipinos abroad do not know the hot and cold, so nothing, do not know is true or false.

Airport security-security, these days Abu rizayev team was noisy.

Security and military personnel are on guns, gun somewhat soils. Immigration officer also kind, said the Philippines accent, let me toss out a long time.

Live in Manila

Start a few days living in Manila Penisula Hotel (Manila Peninsula Hotel), Deluxe, compared to domestic good almost five-star hotel (think do not understand that the Philippines is very poor).

Later followed by the company to arrange to see a room of the intermediary. House in 18/f, be good, not great for a single room, open kitchen, a bathroom, bed next to a wall full of ground-glass, an excellent view of Manila city centre at a glance. At night I often like to sit on the bed to drink at the San Miguel beer watching the books or on the network.

Building security guard guarded, are holding a short firearms, let me get this look used wood sticks of Chinese community security not afraid.

Later, familiar with the security are also often helped me pick something from the supermarket to buy a home.

Here, away from the work place to walk for 10 minutes, the trip goes through a supermarket to buy food.

Then I go to buy, but beer and ice cream, not food.

Lives in the 18 floor, there is also a fear that the earthquake.

At the beginning of 2000 has on several occasions Manila earthquake, I feel at the Office, once shook no big issue. But I have a friend just experienced a more powerful, all people escaped from the building, on the outskirts of poured floor.

Eat in Manila

Food culture developed in China really is--to the Philippines, I'm aware.

Company and live near many restaurants, sell a lot of Chinese food, because the Chinese and the unique money, it is said that 70% of the economy in Chinese hands. Start at one time I ate the last houses, recognizing that the Chinese food would not have been able to and domestic, and began to eat local food. Strictly speaking I do not know what the local cuisine, always eat roast chicken chicken wings with rice, chicken is very popular in the Philippines, and last of all and then some dessert--it's no wonder that more people in the Philippines fertilizer. Later, couldn't help myself to Cook, how can not, because the work and buy food to cook hard and give up. I'll get me a month back to Guangzhou, see girlfriend each time put luggage to go straight to the "Sichuan country romance" hot pot, so you can live leftovers in Manila.

Since the Philippines is a long time been Western colonial countries, his culture, you can see the obvious traces, including diet in Western countries.

In addition to selling local cuisine and Chinese food restaurant, Italy, France, the restaurant also many formerly Spain colonial, in recent decades is protected by United States control, so the United States fast food also, my downstairs is McDonald 's, there was a time I read about to run.

There are good restaurants can recommend and sell local food, called SINGING COOK (singing Cook), and in Manila has several branches.

Eat down not up to much, just put the chicken and duck, grilled fish and seafood to eat, I doesn't attract. His specialty is shop inside from Cook to security are singing and dancing, musical instrument that is in the hands of kitchen tools. Eat and drink while listening to and watching them noisy also full of interesting. The shop should operate well because two years later I saw this in Guangzhou actually help singing and dancing of the Cook in Thailand cuisine "banana leaf flavor housing" and "chuan Sichuan cuisine sales floor restless" hilarious Diners, I grabbed one of them asked, it really is the Philippines. I went with my girlfriend COOK SINGING, she quite like there is also a quick cook la dance.

Line in Manila

Manila traffic mess, and China cannot be compared, and subsequently visited Japan more than.

Filipinos prefer to buy a car yourself, public transport and underdevelopment, urban beats, very cheap. The dry season when I commute to walk just to play from home to the company 15 minutes approximately 30 pesos, equivalent to 6 Yuan. The driver will call table and are willing to chat, talk finished off when you want to tip or not to change. I have come across one, I spent 500 pesos ran a long distance call, all the way to chat with me, and get the results of the reach out to me for money a drink that thirsty.

Another popular transport locals call Jeepney, was originally the local people from the United States soldiers there buy old military jeep, a lot of it, and then adapted, chairs placed two stools, removed from the back seat and drill up car space is low, unable to stand, the car can stand places car tail set foot soles, I always see a lot of behind the station a JEEPNEY to four or even five personal styling, strictly speaking they are hanging on the car's tail.

The JEEPNEY is always have colorful paint, no duplicate, Manila. Sitting in the car are not expensive, 3-5 pesos, I sit a few times. But the trouble is that the foreigners who cannot communicate and on traffic routes are not familiar with--could compare Chinese small and medium-sized cities of CMB, Wo channeling.

Filipinos have some money to own a car, because the road construction has not kept pace with, always a traffic jam, they get used to it, it is said that better than Bangkok.

My colleagues who have a car or on the 6 o'clock in the morning to the company at 4 p.m., either in the morning of 10 and 8 p.m., to avoid the rush. This had me such great towards 9-night 5, occasionally be invited toPlease participate in the morning or the evening will begin at 7.