http://www.starrystarrylights.com My Adventures in Manila Sun, 01 Feb 2009 06:28:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am soooo getting spoiled here!  At work I have a little man who comes to greet me every day and carry my belongings in to work.  The walk from the cab drop off to the office is almost a half mile, but it's a pleasant walk.  I can never ... http://www.starrystarrylights.com/?p=58 The main way for the general population to get around is a Jeepney.  These are colorful bus-like trucks that each follow a regular route to move people around.  I think the different owners of the Jeepneys are in competition about the decorations on their Jeepneys.  Most have some sort of ... http://www.starrystarrylights.com/?p=52 Food has been interesting around here.  They eat tons of pork.  I am not a fan of pork, except the occassional bacon strip or ham sandwich.  At work, because we work all night long, there isn't much of a selection for lunch.  There is a McDonald's, a 7-11, and a ... http://www.starrystarrylights.com/?p=46 Umm....what?  I am not sure what they expect of me. [caption id="attachment_41" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Save it?"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_42" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Or waste it?"][/caption] http://www.starrystarrylights.com/?p=40 We arrive at this beautiful hotel, the Shangri-La. We notice that it is still decorated for Christmas, I guess around here they do Christmas until February. One of our guys has it made cause he has a room here. Although it would be nice to have the fancy digs, I ... http://www.starrystarrylights.com/?p=34 Since I am basically under house arrest all day until things get more organized, all I do all day is watch people out of my window. You can tell that Manila was once a more glorious city…or at least this area used to be. The people are clean, very nice ... http://www.starrystarrylights.com/?p=25 You gotta love this!! We can get a one hour, full body massage for 650 pesos. That’s about $13.73 in USD. If you want to pay extra, you can even have two ladies come to your room and give you a massage. I don’t know about the “happy ending” part, ... http://www.starrystarrylights.com/?p=21 Ok…this is driving me crazy…the clock in the hotel room is only on Military time. I hate Military time. I can’t find any switch to flip it over to 12 hour increments. I hope I am not late for anything because I don’t know what time it is.  I did ... http://www.starrystarrylights.com/?p=16 [caption id="attachment_13" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Which way do I go? "][/caption] The flight over was hell! For starters, the drugs the Dr. gave me to mellow out and sleep were crap. Oh, they made me tired, but I still couldn’t sleep so I was merely more exhausted. The first and last ... http://www.starrystarrylights.com/?p=12 Here I am, trying to get ready for this big adventure to the Philippines to open a new line of business at a call center. My nerves were off the charts. Will my animals be ok? Will my family be ok? Will I be ok? Will I train well? Will ... http://www.starrystarrylights.com/?p=4