Well after 10 days here I thought I might give a reprise about what has happened. Sorry to say, but now we cannot wait to get away from here, we cannot get no sleep at nights for the noise, the heat for me is now getting too much, I sleep a lot of the day (when I can) My missus is a complete Angel though...I've never met anyone who works, cooks, cleans like her...I have to push her in to the chair to stop her at times, and she is so beautiful. Sometimes I wonder what good deed I did in a past life to deserve her in this one. At 60 I'm finding it hard to run around after a 14 month old manic baby, ohhh the crying and noise making...it does my head in....hehehe..but when he looks at me and smiles...my tension just ebbs away. We went for a walk to her friends home in Cardboard city? by the side of the Airport..My goodness, how poor the people live, but how nice they were. brought a big lump to my throat when I experienced their kindness, something I have not had in England for many a year. another strange thing is..All the cats I've seen are white? no multicoloured ones at all. There are lots of Western men here with Pinoy girlfriends and wives but I am surprised at the ages of the ladies..Most of them are over 30 and they seem to be very happy couples (maybe their wives clean all the time also like Nisa) We have decided to go to Boan (?) where her cousin lives as it's quieter and cooler there. By the way, Nisa has loads of cousins and family here near us, but not one has even mentioned money to her..or even wanting to borrow it...so that blew one of my main worries out of the water.. One thing though that p**d me of though , is the red tape we have to go through for visa, passport for junior..we had to register him as a late birth certificate child and the man blatantly asked for 4,000 peso's so we could go to another department to get another piece of paper...so I decided to show him my British side and told him to go and get lost (not in them terms, but more politely) then I told him I will go to the British embassy to have him registered there as a UK. citizen...I know I cannot do that, but it worked.. He gave us the paper slip for nothing and we got the other paper slip ok as well. I have a sneaking feeling (but not arrogantly) that the Filipino people look up to the British people (I don't know why) but being British does have it's upside here..two more things..everything is so cheap here (except electrical goods) and everywhere you go..Starbucks, Kentucky, McDonalds and Jollibee's, all have guards with big guns....some with shot guns even. bit of a culture shock that one...By and large I am feeling ok here, only the sleep/Heat question pops up. Those Jeepny's are ace.. but the motorbike and sidecar I find are terrifying.. One little bit of advice I would give, (but would be difficult for a lot of men) come here for a holiday and meet someone here..There are hundreds of thousands of beautiful ladies here just longing for someone to treat them right and to be faithful to them. Glad I came but Manila is getting too much for me..Ohh and the diesel fumes...really make you choke...but then..it's snowing like hell at home and I'm nice and warm here with a nice cool drink...byeee.
