Update 55
Tidbits:
-Another language "uniqueness" is that words are often said twice. Ex: Halo Halo (dessert), Sari Sari (small store), Waray Waray (dialect in Tacloban)
-Filipino's have the most flirtatious way of saying yes...they lift their eyebrows and have a smirky grin.
-Since Yolanda uprooted so many trees, it is much hotter in Tacloban.
-Philippine University professors have to do one money making project every year and then give the $$$ to the university. Tuition is ver low...less than $40 a semester...but most jobs require a university degree...even McD!
-Very few police carry guns and there is very little military presence.
-Our evening AH meetings are short, informative and very light hearted...if only staff meetings had been like that!
-Re-bar foundation frames are a REAL pain to make!!!!
Update 56
The tool shed is done1 Rog has worked almost everyday this week on it and today I joined him. It will house lots of dirty tools that were being stored in the dormitory. Rog has gotten many compliments on it's construction and some tease him that it will be christened "Roger's Tool Shed." Bad news is last night the dorm was robbed. Someone climbed a back fence, crept into an open window in a bedroom where Nestor was sleeping. Since 6 guys sleep in there coming & going all the time, Nestor didn't suspect anything. Several computers & phones wee stolen. Nestor felt so bad...not just because his computer & phone was gone but mostly because he was ashamed that a fellow Filipino would rob good people here to help. What a shame.
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