How rawking Philippines was:
i) There was PORK everywhere! The inevitable fact that pork was served in everything we ate. We had pork burger, pork chop, pork skins….hmm leave you guys to your imaginations.
ii) Music was one area which impressed me to the max. Even the mountain churches built on bamboo has the basics of a drum set, electric guitar and bass. Everyone was just purely by nature gifted. By the roadsides of Manila, you’ll see live bands set up one after another and it’s just amazing!
iii) You see jeepneys everywhere, fitting about 20 plus passengers. Since all vans and jeepneys are diesel fueled vehicles, the fumes in Baguio was totally choking. I wonder if the life span of people are shortened due to the fumes. Baguio up on the mountains, cooling with scenic views. Roads are winding, steep, and it makes you wanna puke each time you ride on a jeepney. We weren’t used to the roads, the left side of driving, holding hands were normal when crossing.
iv) Kids were everywhere! When it rained it flooded because there weren’t any proper drainage system. They were happily splashing each other likewise similar to the kids here just that kids here splash in the swimming pool. You see kids begging in the streets. They pout and put on the most sympathetic face. Totally heartbroken. I wish I could do something…but there’s nothing I can do.
v) Amazingly, Philippines has a population of an estimate of 95% Christians, mostly roman catholics, thus the freedom of ministering in public schools. How cool can that be? You needn’t people send sms verses. It is all over Philippines. “Jesus is God” “God loves you” etc. You get to speak freely about Christianity. They even have specific tv channels where preaches preach. Ps Tham Wan told us that even we could end up preaching in tv if we wanted to. Shocking? It was to me.
vi) The best part was, eventhough it was a missions trip, we were blessed with people treating us good food. We had hong kong 8 course meals, there was Mongolian buffet, Filipino food, and fairly strange food with pork. Pork pork pork. I think I’ve put on weight since the trip. Can’t explain how blessed we were. People were friendly and warm and just down to earth.
About missions. You might be wondering how on earth we’re doing missions and at the same time having so much fun? Let’s just say, this was a different missions trip. We visited mostly, churches, bible colleges, seminaries and it was a different experience altogether being able to encourage these people. I think they were blessed and on top of that, we, the team were strongly encouraged by these people. Who knows, some of us might be called to study and get our masters in theology in APTS? Just maybe. We’ve made some friends there and the relationship made with the pastors and youths were greatly something to remember.
I’ve got so much more in thought, but I’ll leave the pictures to say for itself. Enjoy!
the team 
bye malaysia! yay! check out the man utd plane!
where we stayed
baptist seminary
jeepney
@ ps tham wan's house
dreamland valley
mountain church (itogon) rawks!
formation of human shadows
one day old chick (odoks)
wow! what large pizzas!
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee BALUT!
cheers to balut!
mongolian buffet
more food!
buffet PORK PORK PORK
part of 8 course dinner
bacon burger
yummy filipino food
breakfast @ ps tham wan's house (nasi lemak!) catered for 17 malaysian
steamed corn and popiah melted with sugar banana
baguio national high school 
at bekkel elementary school
children @ bekkel elementary school
name: aina *soo pweety*
rain @manila
tree grows through house
outside APTS view
living quarters
pink horse!
the girls with ps brian
girls at dreamland
the messy street cables 
rach, ps dennis and me
tough guys wear pink!
group pic with ps tham wan & ps moon tee
bridge to hot spring
boys behind bars
St Augustine Catholic Church
Idol of Jesus
ceiling paintings 
dump site in Quezon city
me and rach, gonna miss ya girl
bye bye philippines :( :( 
4 comments:
wah lau ehhhh.
so niceeeeeee
ehh you left out the part bout you attracting all the male attention.
and bout you rocking out as the female bassist
and bout you flirting with the flight stewards.
LOL.
more pictures girl!!!!
and storiesssss!!!!!
coffee soon?
ppl say a picture speaks a thousand words. i think even wif this pics, it hardly touches the experiences we went through there. :)
melly! i got no comments about what uve just said lor.haha i see word spreads around quite fast eh? i wasn't flirting! i was just being friendly..hehe
will try to upload more pics? i hope. took mega loads of it.
COFFEE!!!!!! STORIES!! YES! COMING SOON!
joshua! yes nothing can replace the experience we went through. not even the pics! was real joy working with ya at missions. wud wanna listen to ur american slang again! muahahaha u entertain us!
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