The kids are off from school for 13 days for fall break! While a lot of missionaries take this time to leave the smog and pollution of Metro Manila, we decided to stay home and do some things around here. Because the kids are used to being home for school I think they have actually enjoyed a few days of doing nothing but relaxing at home. Monday we went bowling. They love to bowl and we rarely did that in the states. Here it is very cheap--30 cents for shoe rental and about $1.05 per game. The alley was very nice and updated. We had a great time despite being in a fish bowl. We were the center of attention as many Filipinos sat at the tall tables behind us and watched the white people bowl. I am sure we provided a few laughs, especially me. I bowled the worst game of my adult life. Both kids beat me(of course they did have gutter guards and I did not). It was really pitiful and a little humiliating. I really just didn't want Will to feel he was the worst bowler in the family. At least that's my excuse and I am sticking to it. We rounded out our afternoon with lunch at Shakey's pizza. Remember that old chain? It is alive and well here in the Philippines along with Kenny Rodger's Roasters; another American flop.
Yesterday, we went to a "resort" near our home. There are many of these type places here. Developers build amenities to attract wealthy people to buy homes in their subdivisions. After a while they open these places up to the public to use for a daily fee. This resort, Club Manila East, actually has Cabanas and Cottages so you can stay over night. I am not really sure who wants to stay in TayTay Philippines, but maybe men on business. The kids had heard about this place when we were here last fall and have been wanting to go there since then. It was a lot of fun. They have 2 large pools, a big slide, a shallow pool with kidsplayground, and another larger pool with 1 person kayaks. One of the larger pools had a sun shade over it and that was a nice break from the sun for us pasty white people. The Filipinos like it too because they don't want to get darker. The kids had a blast. It was worth the wait. Emily invited Keisha, a Filipino girl friend from school, to go along with us. The only downside is somewhere along the way a few of us got a touch of food poisoning. Emily had it the worst. This is only the second incidence of this for us since we have been here as far as we know. Not too bad. Next time we will pack a picnic, although we could have gotten sick from our own dinner last night.
In case you are wondering about the above pictures, we seem to have a problem. We never remember to take our camera anywhere. The bowling picture is from Greenwood last January. We (except for Will)haven't really worn long sleeves and long pants here. The picture of Club Mania East was taken from their websight. I thought you might like to see what it looks like. The pools come together to form the shape of Laguna de Bay (a big lake near TayTay that we can see from our house) including Talim Island.
Ginger
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