Some Things Just Aint Like Home

When you live over seas you can expect that things will be different.... There will be smells, food, and places that are the most peculiar things you've ever seen, smelled, or tasted....but somethings are different here in Cebu that are just unexpected differences...not necessarily bad....just different.... Here is a list.....

1. When you flush the toilet, all goes down....but....it takes about 10 minutes for the tank to refill.. That doesn't leave a lot of time for a double flush....

2. When you are in the shower pray nobody flushes or turns water on elsewhere..... no worries about your water getting hotter or colder...... it just goes off completely.

3. Rice for breakfast...Rice for lunch....Rice for dinner....Rice for snack.....Rice for breakfast...Rice for lunch.....Rice for dinner..... Rice for snack...... Get the picture....

4. When you leave the house....toilet paper goes with you.....its more important than anything you take....

5. A cell phone is a must.....Every business has a sign that says text for info....want to buy a car text the owner.....wanna buy a house...text the owner.....when your prescription glasses are ready...don't call them and ask..they will text you....

6. Air Con....that's the air conditioner for all you Americans....is only for cars, the bedrooms, and the mall....every place else=sweat

7. The movies are dirt cheap.... Yesterday Matt and I went to see "Transformers"...For both of us it was 180 pesos....that's a bout 4 dollars

8. The sun comes up early here..... I have been up before 630 everyday without an alarm.....the sun peeks through my window at around 515 am...... that said...I am ready for bed by 9.

9. The dogs and cats are SKINNY....no lying... Ill try to get a pic..

10. Roosters crow all the time....not just to wake you up..... Whoever started that myth that they only Kocka doodle dooed in the morning was crazy....uhoh...there goes one now...no wait...that is my neighbor singing..... yep every one's windows stay open so you hear everything.

I am sure I will think of some more....this is just my initial top 10... I hope some of them made you laugh.....