06 March 2006

The Music of Spring

Went down to dispose of the garbage earlier (sidenote: We now have to take the garbage out daily instead of every 2-3 days ever since Christopher Matthew came about) this afternoon and I heard something that I haven't heard since we arrive here - the sound of birds chirping.

For almost three to four months all you can hear here are the gwaking of the crows but today, you can hear real birds.

That is what is nice about this place, you can relax and notice things that you would just ignore in a major city. Well, actually its a totally different case in Manila where just going outdoors would kill you.

People always say that when you go home to Manila after a long time overseas, it is almost certain that you would get sick because of the polluted air. That makes for another compelling reason to hold off going back home.

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