Back in the States, everyone is celebrating the end of the school year but since we have arrived the shops have been bustling with those gathering school supplies. We had packed some school supplies and had the rest shipped ahead of us. All we had shipped was ready and waiting in our apartment when we arrived. So yesterday when all the beautiful brown children had their first day of school here in Bontoc, we did too. We started our day a little later than they did as we had been up late the night before having dinner with 40 Korean students but the girls worked hard and we were able to complete our schooling before lunch. The Filipinos start school at 7:30 and have from 11:30 to 1:30 to go home for lunch, finishing the school day at 4:30.
Of course school is more than books…I had a lesson in cooking rice from our kind landlady. She had given me some instruction before but evidently something got lost either in the translation or implementation. She escorted me to the market to get the right pot as she insisted the one I had previously purchased was not the right size. Under her guidance I was much more successful. Somewhere back on Center Drive packed away is my handy rice cooker. As they tell me here “Little by little,” we’re learning the Filipino way.
No worries of us starving as our landlady, Ata Flor, brought us up freshly baked chiffon cake in the afternoon. This was in addition to the piece she had previously given Annalise. The day before Annalise and Alayna went to market with her and came back eating ice cream cones. Serious spoiling going on!
Lisa
Of course school is more than books…I had a lesson in cooking rice from our kind landlady. She had given me some instruction before but evidently something got lost either in the translation or implementation. She escorted me to the market to get the right pot as she insisted the one I had previously purchased was not the right size. Under her guidance I was much more successful. Somewhere back on Center Drive packed away is my handy rice cooker. As they tell me here “Little by little,” we’re learning the Filipino way.
No worries of us starving as our landlady, Ata Flor, brought us up freshly baked chiffon cake in the afternoon. This was in addition to the piece she had previously given Annalise. The day before Annalise and Alayna went to market with her and came back eating ice cream cones. Serious spoiling going on!
Lisa
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These photos are so great! Be sure to post some outdoor shots so I can see where you are. Aren't you on the same street where we were last summer?
ReplyDeleteWe are on the same street, same side you were, on just close to the bridge.
ReplyDeleteI recall looking off to that area as we walked to and from "town". If it's the are I'm thinking of, it looked particularly pretty at night . . . Is it near the Jehovah Witness building, because that's the area I'm picturing in my mind . . .
ReplyDeleteMuch closer to the bridge. You go down a large set of stairs right before walking on bridge.
ReplyDeleteWhen we get our own Internet maybe I can post more pics.
Lisa
I'll look forward to them! Until then, I think I've got you situated in my mind . . .
ReplyDeleteLove to you all,
Shirley & Nat