Articles in Philippines
Newspaper Article about Body ID at Suhi
Not to be a broken record, but it rained – hard – all last night. I woke up to a flooded room again and my first task was to take a towel and clean up. There is always so much water that I can’t just mop up the water. I use the towel like a squeegee and push waves of water toward the bathroom. Luckily, …
Mango Shake at Alejandro’s
Much as it pains me to say it, it is raining heavily outside. It has been raining all night, and my first task of the day was to push the floodwater into the bathroom. The floodwater is currently rebuilding. I’m also vaguely ill. Worrying facts of life in post-typhoon Tacloban.First day of the new year was not exactly a barn burner. I slept until 11 …
Finally Leaving Tacloban and Heading for Cebu
Monday January 27, 2014
4:40 a.m. Carigara, Leyte, Philippines
Marupoy Hotel, Room 17
Small room about ten feet by ten feet. A single bed, a small picnic table, a locked wardrobe with old magazines on top, a window, a fan, a needlework piece of art on the wall of a seagull flying over a mountain stream and the phrase “There’s a reason for life” at the bottom. Done …
A Hotel Room of Despair and Creativity in Cebu
Tuesday January 28, 2014
4:45 a.m. Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines
Getting out of bed this early might not be a wise idea, but I had woken up and I felt like having a cup of coffee. I’m fairly certain that I am not allowed to fire up my little Trangia cookstove inside this hotel room, but I’m careful and clean. I often do little things like this …
The Bloom Is Off the Rose
Wednesday January 29, 2014
6:15 a.m. Cebu City, Philippines
I’ve always been fascinated by dreams, particularly how my dreams tend to be almost fully realized movies with characters I’ve never met speaking languages I’ve never heard and saying things that, as far as I’m aware, I have no knowledge. These characters also say things that I would never say. Yesterday morning, I woke up just after one …
The Nightmare that is Bicycle Shops in Cebu
Thursday January 30, 2014
7:55 a.m. Cebu City, Philippines
I’m not feeling full of zest and energy this morning. Cebu is draining me. While in Tacloban, I built up an image in my mind of Cebu as a city of ease and plenty where all my needs and wants could be satisfied with a simple stroll down the street to the next well-stocked store. Well, for a …