Wednesday 26th May 2010

Tomorrow will be the day of the actual skit performance so the focus for today’s lesson was skit rehearsal. The performers were rather well-prepared and none of them seem to suffer from pre-stage fright. I guess that this is probably because they are so used to dancing and singing in front of crowds. After class was dismissed, I went over to Tripora to help out with the painting of houses. I was quite excited as it was my first time painting houses. Thankfully, I had some basic paintbrush training from the numerous days of varnishing! There were several times when I carelessly dripped the paint on the window panes and the door. I am just glad that the Titos were so helpful and patient!

When Zur and I went home during our lunch break, we found out that Tita took our dirty clothes to wash again! This time, she dug into my bag and found my bag of dirty clothes! I really wonder how she managed to find them because I did not put any form of identification on the bag. As she was still halfway through the wash, Zur and I tried our best to stop her but to no avail. I feel really bad but grateful at the same time!

In the afternoon, we visited another village. The other village has a hilly terrain and was more dispersed and therefore, it looked less crowded. We visited the first house built by GK, the place where they produced oxidized drinking water and the school. As usual, the children at the village were excited about our arrival and followed us throughout our walkabout. As we were walking back to our village, we stopped by a stall to buy some dessert and saw a stall selling “soft drinks” but to our surprise, those were gasoline!

Back at our village, it was community game time. We were supposed to organize today’s community game but since we had nothing in mind, we decided to have a crazy time with the children and everyone was just tickling, poking and chasing one another.

Evening came and it was time for our little adventure to the mall! We boarded the jeepney which was in a rather “cui” condition because it has not been used for quite some time. As usual, the ride to the mall was filled with laughter. We had the legendary Jolly Bee for dinner and shopped through the evening.



Michelle