Today we started up the morning with an early breakfast (once again) and took a walk to Pastor Ely’s church for a church service. This meant that the start to the day was full of praise and worship that woke many of us up (thanks to the late night chats the day before). Mark and... Continue Reading →
Southern Hills Day 9: Rest Day
This morning we were treated to a lovely 8am sleep in. We headed to breakfast where we had eggs, rice and hotdogs. The egg was hard to stomach for those who ate balut the night before. As per tradition in the Philippines Sunday is a day of rest and praising the Lord. We headed off... Continue Reading →
South Coast – Day 8 – Island Hopping :)
Today we had come to the conclusion that the Yellow cab pizza had destroyed all our stomachs and the result was not pretty. We woke up and all we could hear is Brodie's moaning and groaning. Unfortunately Brodie and Pricey seemed to have it the worst and so they stayed back and didn't come island... Continue Reading →
Swan – Day 8 – Balance has been restored to the bellies
With D-day over we were happy to wake up a little bit later (0700 hrs), to see the ever present volcano in all its glory. To our delight we found plates full of bacon, french-toast, rice and bowls of maple syrup waiting for us. Within minutes of eating the food was completely gone. To our... Continue Reading →
Ellenbrook: Day 8 – Done & Dusted!
We woke up pleased and excited with the smell of bacon filling our rooms. Our first meal after Lugaw day was everything we wanted as we all stood; staring at the plates of the crispy bacon and delicious French toast that was prepared for us. It wasn’t long before those plates were all cleared completely... Continue Reading →
Southern Hills Day 7: Goodbye For Now
Today we all woke up with George standing outside with the cheesiest “good morning!” Once we were awake we could just hear her voice going door to door! But the only thing that was on our mind was FOOD! All we wanted was to have a nice filling breakie! Normally we would take the bus... Continue Reading →
South Coast – Day 7 – Jubilee 2.0
This morning we woke up at 7am to the sound of Mr. Price's soothing voice telling us to have a shower and get ready for the big day ahead. We all fell out of bed as we were already drained from the previous days and just wanted ONE sleep in. After breakfast, we headed to... Continue Reading →
Swan – Day 7 – Live like a Filipino day
This morning we watched as everybody one by one realized that they weren’t allowed to have their morning coffee and the realization that Lugaw Day was upon us. For breaky we had lugaw and water for lunch we had lugaw and water and for dinner to our surprise we had lugaw and water. To start... Continue Reading →
Ellenbrook: Day 7 – Lugaw Day
Well, we knew what we were in for, but Lugaw day sure knocked us for a six. Woke up to a gorgeous view of the volcano out the front window and walked down to see small bowls full of breakfast. Lugaw day is designed to teach us how to live like a poor Filipino for... Continue Reading →