Answers to the Quiz

Here's a few more pictures to enjoy before you read the blog.

Can you believe a DQ in Baguio?

And they used real ice cream, not the typical ice milk we get everywhere else.

No lift trucks

All the repairs are done by leaning the ladder on the wires.  There are so many wires they seem to support the ladder. One night a repair guy was in the middle of a gridlocked intersection with his buddy holding the ladder at the bottom.

Pregnant Ice Cream Lady

She used to pedal by a couple times a day.  Haven't seen her since the Typhoon.  Maybe she went in labor.

Virgin Mary's

This was a collection of very elaborate dolls (?) from many of the local Parrish.

Eggs

The eggs are left unwashed.  This leaves natures protection on them so that they don't need refrigeration.  It seems strange to have eggs on the shelf next to the bread.  We do refrigerate when we bring home.

Boxed Milk

There are no cows or dairy farms so milk is powdered and reconstituted into boxes that don't need refrigeration.  Once opened it does need the cold.

Colorful Village

I suspect that the architecture ordinance governs which color you can paint your house.

What happened to these houses?

These houses were in the creek bed by Galbondan which was hit pretty bad by the first typhoon.  It will be interesting to see if they are still there when we go back.  Or if they survived the flooding.

Bulut

In case you missed our post about this delicacy, it is an egg that is halfway through incubation.  They are super high in cholesterol with the baby chick forming. They are a popular delicacy.  We're going to skip these on this trip.

The last week was a lot of this and that.  We are (were) going to put on training for ward missionaries on Sunday but it was postponed to Nov 27 because the Typhoon cancelled church last week and the training was not publicized sufficiently.   We did spend more time exploring the city to find props,  a shop to print a large poster and a copy shop to print the handouts. Turns out that there are many choices.

Tarpaulan and Billboards

Printing a tarpaluan (Vinyl) banner is available in many shops. The price is so inexpensive that we see vinyl banners all over. Many hang across the width of the road congratulating that so and so just passed the bar exam of earned their RN degree.  We have a 4x3 foot vinyl printed for the training and it cost $7. 

All of the billboards are actually Tarpaluan on metal frames.  And the bigger the better, there seems to be no sign ordinance.  A typical billboard may be 40 feet tall.  During the last typhoons the vinyls were taken down and reappeared a couple days later.

Public Market

In our quest to find the props for our training seminar, we wandered the large public market in Cabanatuan.  The main building is a full block packed with interior stalls with vendors selling their goods.  Around the edges are the vegetable vendors and one end the meat.  The aisles inside are so narrow that we American's can hardly get through.  The variety of booths is incredible.  It's almost like a super stacked Walmart loaded for Christmas.  We were trying to find a basketball jersey and we found just what we needed.

OYM

One of the missionary terms is "OYM" for "open your mouth."  It reminds us to talk to people everywhere.  We get many opportunities and curious questions.  For instance one of the booth vendors wanted to know more about how long we'll stay and how much we are paid.  This launched a fun conversation for 10 minutes and he now has a couple of the printed booklets that missionaries pass out--The Restoration and The Plan of Salvation.

Elder Dansie was waiting at the digital print shop while they printed signs for our training. A cute family of three arrived to have their picture taken since it was their 6 year old boys birthday.  My order was holding up the line so it gave us time to chat about why senior missionaries are in Philippines.  He also now has some new reading materials.

Answer to Photo Quiz

We only had 2 replies to our photo quiz.  One world traveler was 99% correct. The other didn't know where to start.  So here's the answers.

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Advertising CR (Bathrooms)

Male CR is down the stairs

Cost is 5 Pesos to use the CR

Put 5 Pesos in the box on the table

Grab some toilet paper by the box if you need some.

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