it's now february 2007. we were here in the Philippines again for some special reasons and some not so special.
on the 4th we had to attend a wedding. one of our nephews. it was an expensive,(over 500,000 peso) over the top affair. the reception was at Coconut Palace. great occasion and we finally saw all the family together, dressed in their finery. one neice brought her Canadian fiance, and another brought her English boyfriend. so, at least i was not the only foreigner there.
then we trekked down to our place in Quezon province. we hosted a big family reunion party for distant relatives. i got drunk on beer and performed as usual on the karaoke. everyone else consumed about 30 bottles of brandy between them!! next morning i got up for breakfast and was surprised to see some of the relatives from afar drinking Brandy for breakfast!! i'm sure they all live on the stuff. ( current brand favorite is "Generosa").
we had to stay a week in order to attend another party on the 14th feb. so, i spent the week snorkelling, reading and lazing about. one day i walked to the next town. there had been an attack by bandits on some people nearby and someone was killed. also, the NPA had been fighting the army in the area as well just the week before we got there. so, when it was found out that i walked the 7 km to the next town along the railway tracks, there was a bit of a general panic! but the only danger for me was from getting pissed off from all the "hey joe"s that i got!
also, it was 11.00 am when i walked. only mad dogs and this lone englishman were out in the midday sun, so no danger there. the dogs barked. i barked back!!
next week i have an english friend coming down from Hong Kong. there will be drinking involved. anything could happen!!?? thats the next post!
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