Guess who came in third place in the singing competition!? (No thanks to me!) Milet sang beautifully and I, lucky to be her partner, got to share in the winnings with her. Our prize was a box of chocolates, a little stuffed panda bear and 150 pesos each! I would have been content with just the chocolates haha. It's really really different here, not all of it tastes very good but these were lovely. I was doing well up until we had to get on the stage and then I just turned into a nervous wreck lol. It's a good thing I wore a long skirt, I don't think anyone saw my knees shaking but I'm pretty sure it was obvious that I wasn't entirely comfortable up there haha. Anyway, much to our surprise we won top three so it turned out all right in the end.
Today hasn't been incredibly eventful, but the spice of it thus far was eating liver. Oh my. It's almost 4:00 pm here and like I said, it's been a fairly lazy day. We cleaned the house this morning after breakfast and then went our separate ways, most of us to our beds. I walked over to the church to grab my toothpaste which I left there last night, and was invited to stay for lunch ("kain na!" ....'eat now!') The church puts out a free lunch mondays and wednesdays for students and any of the kids who hang around. So, according to culture, I had to sit and eat what was offered or else I would be offending everyone. I'm happy to do it for the sake of the Kingdom, but it wasn't easy by any means! I held back a gag twice lol and finally I got through it. It could be worse. Here they eat blood mixed with gelatin and fry it up. If that is ever offered to us we'll have to eat it. I will confess that I'm praying that day will never come.
A couple people on the team ate some balut, which is hard boiled goose egg. The fetus is a couple weeks old when you eat it. You break open a little hole in the top of the egg, suck out the juices (yes, the juices), then break off more of the shell and just gobble the whole thing down. Every now and then you get some crunchy bits (beak or bones), and the occasional feather (yes, feather). I dare you to look it up on wikipedia. Thank God I didn't have to eat the balut. I don't think I'll ever try it if I don't have to.
So I don't know what else I'll be up to today, probably capitalize on some time to read my bible. I'm going to make an effort to update more often, even with the boring and mundane. At least my folks will know I'm still kicking that way lol.
God bless!
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