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First week in Phil...

First week in Phil was quite an experience. The culture, the people and the food…..
The contrast in Phil is much greater den I had expected….The city and the outskirts made quite a difference in outlook.
In the city, you tend to see more expensive cars, better maintained buildings, pretty much like Singapore to an extend. But when you hit the outskirts, it is a much different scene. You see squatters beside the railway tracks, more dilapidated houses where you wonder if anyone is actually staying there and worser road conditions compared to those in the city.
It’s quite sad to see such a big difference and you wonder what exactly is the government doing that creates such a big social difference. It makes me appreciate the life I have in Singapore more, having compared to these people.
But on the contrary, it makes me wonder…perhaps they are the true people who are happy and contented with their lives right now. I mean, as our country advances, so do we. We get more education, more knowledge etc. And with that, we ask for more in life, more salary, bigger cars, bigger houses etc….But for them, as long as they make through today, they will leave all troubles behind and be contented while awaiting the start of a brand new day. They don’t fight for more power or for more control. They simply strive for survival and they seem to be contented having a roof over their heads and food on the table. We, however, fight for more. Far from simply fighting for survival.
I mean seriously, they might not even had the opportunity to touch a computer to play games while we are here competing to get more RAM for our coms or laptops, having the centrino technology, P4 blar blar blar…
It is a contentment of a different sort I guess…
On the whole, it was quite and eye opening experience for me. =)
The first week here has been really tiring, all the time working and only reaching back hotel around 9 plus. By the time you shower and prepare things for the next day, it’s time to sleep and await another long day already…
This will probably be the pattern for the next 2 weeks more or so before the UAT kicks in and things will preferably slow down a little. Hopefully I can try to get more shopping done perhaps? Hahaha…some of the stuffs r really cheap compared to what we have in Singapore. I’ll prob try to see if I have time to go for some proper shopping and look for levi’s stuffs..kekeke..heard it’s pretty cheap here. So, we’ll see how the project goes.
Because here safety is a big issue, we have to travel in big groups, esp when there are girls around, so it’s quite a distance to our hotel from the shopping mall, there’s no way I can go there on my own..feeling abit restricted actually..sigh..but no choice, not in your own soil..can’t complain. So I’ll have to “curb” my shopping spree for now. =P
Well I’ll stop here for now, rather deprived of sleep lately. Haven’t been sleeping well..bed and the pillow sucks…kinda miss home too..hahaha..
Am glad I'm coming back for the weekend..kinda miss sg food too..hahaha..the food here CMI lar..kekeke =)

Till next time…..

Blabbered by KaiRiNu at 12:01 PM