I'm back from philippines, my hair's shorter, skin darkened and I think i put on a bit of weight too.
It was a sweet vacation, seeing everywhere, all old or married, or young and annoying and everything.
Rivers, mountains, endless plains of rice terraces, cool calming chill every dawn and evening.
that's the rural side on the other hand in the city
Dust, smoke, worn-out building, wires sticking out towards the sky, busy roads, hot terrible weather.
You see the big difference between here and there, everything here is new, advanced, clean
where its the exact opposite there.
But the rural side is beautiful. The people there are simple, they dont complain even if they dont have air-conditioned buses.
They live their life with what they have.
I ate 3 meals a day, every single day, and ate some taboo delicacies.
On Christmas day, I sneaked out rode on my cousin bike at 2am in the morning, came back to my whole village waiting for me outside with the 'faces'. ADRENALINE!
I visited my aunty's farm and saw all the animals you can imagine, caught a cute yellow chick!
Went swimming in a river with crystal clear water, caught tiny fishes
Gave away an award at a show to a small kid
Went shopping!
Almost got robbed in the city, came back with some clean slash on my bag, but thank god there was another lining inside or the damn pickpocket would have gotten what he wanted!
and of course, the bonding with the family priceless, even with the communication barrier I picked up a few words here and there.
I'm gonna miss all their beaming faces and the simplicity of life there. I could just walk out the front door, carefree pass the main road and into another relatives house. while here, you need a reason to go out pass the front gate.
yep, I'm gonna miss all that alright.
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