The week that was...
Since I was out of town for most of the week and out of the loop, I'll just give a recap of my week at week's end.
Monday, 09 October 2006
Anyway, I woke up early to be at our meeting place (before going to the airport) where someone will actually take us to the airport. We arrived at Bohol at around 10:00 a.m., only to find out how horrible our conditions will be for the week ahead.
We were 14 in a room designed only for half that. And instead of having double deck beds, that place (that I will not mention for fear of unwarranted publicity) elected to use pull up beds. Just imagine the lack of space to move around or even get dressed. Oh, the bathroom was designed to accomodate only 4 persons at a time...
It was so crowded that I slept beside my stuff (my bags, laptop and other equipment) on the bed. Add to that the mosquitos and we got ourselves into the worst accomodations I ever experienced in my life.
Add to that the worst food... unbefitting the beauty of the place we went. That place should be condemned for putting Bohol to shame.
And then add the grueling work ahead and I got one of the worst travel experiences I ever had.
And that's just the first day...
Tuesday, 10 October 2006
Despite the poor conditions, we got to work as professionals. Yesterday, we broke off about two hours behind schedule, leaving us little time for rest and recreation.
During the middle of the day, the legal department (where I was) was fed up and left to explore the city. We ended up going to its two malls and getting decent Chinese food (actually, very good and very fresh Chinese food) on the way back to our place.
Again, the session ended two hours behind schedule.
Wednesday, 11 October 2006
It was time to produce the output. And unlike the first two days where we did not have anything to do, we had to provide the legal framework for the output.
Doing that lacking a lot of materials and under time pressure proved to be difficult. But being professionals, we did out part.
Sessions officially ended this day with an awarding ceremony and some socials. As part of our presentation, we rendered a song "Kanlungan" by Noel Cabangon. Of course, I played the flute and since they didn't know I had this hidden talent, they were sufficiently impressed.
Thursday, 12 October 2006
Had the city tour where I took pictures for my slideshow...
And the rest you know already...because I was back in Manila about Friday noon...
Monday, 09 October 2006
Anyway, I woke up early to be at our meeting place (before going to the airport) where someone will actually take us to the airport. We arrived at Bohol at around 10:00 a.m., only to find out how horrible our conditions will be for the week ahead.
We were 14 in a room designed only for half that. And instead of having double deck beds, that place (that I will not mention for fear of unwarranted publicity) elected to use pull up beds. Just imagine the lack of space to move around or even get dressed. Oh, the bathroom was designed to accomodate only 4 persons at a time...
It was so crowded that I slept beside my stuff (my bags, laptop and other equipment) on the bed. Add to that the mosquitos and we got ourselves into the worst accomodations I ever experienced in my life.
Add to that the worst food... unbefitting the beauty of the place we went. That place should be condemned for putting Bohol to shame.
And then add the grueling work ahead and I got one of the worst travel experiences I ever had.
And that's just the first day...
Tuesday, 10 October 2006
Despite the poor conditions, we got to work as professionals. Yesterday, we broke off about two hours behind schedule, leaving us little time for rest and recreation.
During the middle of the day, the legal department (where I was) was fed up and left to explore the city. We ended up going to its two malls and getting decent Chinese food (actually, very good and very fresh Chinese food) on the way back to our place.
Again, the session ended two hours behind schedule.
Wednesday, 11 October 2006
It was time to produce the output. And unlike the first two days where we did not have anything to do, we had to provide the legal framework for the output.
Doing that lacking a lot of materials and under time pressure proved to be difficult. But being professionals, we did out part.
Sessions officially ended this day with an awarding ceremony and some socials. As part of our presentation, we rendered a song "Kanlungan" by Noel Cabangon. Of course, I played the flute and since they didn't know I had this hidden talent, they were sufficiently impressed.
Thursday, 12 October 2006
Had the city tour where I took pictures for my slideshow...
And the rest you know already...because I was back in Manila about Friday noon...
transcription by Punzi @ 12:28 AM
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