Week 13 - This will be a "hodgepodge" and a catch-up blog:

More funny signs from the Philippines

These are placed in one lane of traffic, causing
cars to truly slow down.

Ya think?!!?

Don't you dare park here you illegal parker!

Do they really want me to stand in the
line or fall down or what?!?

A sign off the main highway.  Guess
monkeys are like bears in the states.

Hmm...fully furnished room at 15,000 pisos
with a weekend rate of 1,600 and a
12 hour rate at 899 pisos.  I will leave
this one alone!!!!

Since the roads go this way and
that and you can't go around a block
to get where you need to go, they
have U Turn slots.  A flyover is a
bridge that goes over another road while
an under goes under the main road.  It
helps to move traffic if you can believe that!

As opposed to standing?!?  Seen in a
department store under some mannequins.

At the tiger cages - like who would do this?

At least they have a skirt on this "Lady"

One of the newest "freeway" which isn't really free, but you can go
faster here.  Interesting it is in cooperation with Japan.  

At a reststop - don't know what they are hiding!

No comment needed!

One of the elevated u-turns

This is by our apartment.
It is scary to walk here also.

As opposed to a semi-stop or no stop?!?

Hmm...wonder who enforces this.

Filipinos are pretty proud of this height.  I tell them this is just a hill
compared to where we live. Haha!

Guess they want to keep everything else - do you think - huts, furniture, etc.?

It has been interesting this past week to keep track of the sunrise/sunset, temperature and humidity at 3:00 a.m.  When we first arrived here in February, the sun came up at 6:00 and set at 6:30.  Now, since the first day of Spring, the sun comes up earlier and goes down earlier.  We would walk to the Temple in darkness, but now we see the sunrise at 5:38.  It now sets at 6:11.  I have noticed y'all in the states are getting more and more sunlight, especially in the evenings.  Wish we did!  The past three days, temperature wise have been 80, 79 and 80, with the humidity at 85, 90 & 89% at 3:00 a.m.  This is without any rain.  The good thing is, there is a nice breeze about 3:00 in the afternoon which makes it bearable to be out in.  

We love getting letters from home and recently received some:

Aspynn tells it all and Morgan is a woman of few words, but we know they each come from the heart.  Thanks also to Dani for her kind words (no I did not edit your letter, but I treasure it).  We love and miss you all too!  The time is slowly passing.  It will soon be May with Mother's Day, graduation and Memorial Day.  Then it will be June and on and on.  Soon we will be home!  

My sister, JoAnn, did some shopping for me and even though we were concerned about the information we had received about shipping packages to the Philippines, it got here in four days in excellent condition.  There were many comforts of home sent, but my favorites are:

Reese's Pieces and Mexican Train Dominoes.  I think she must have put a hex on the dominoes as Edward beat me two out of three games today.  That never happens!  I think he was cheating and making up his own rules - oops that's me who does that - in order to win, but the challenge is on!  JoAnn also was able to find my shade of lipstick and sent three tubes.  It is very difficult to find brown lipstick here.  With the natives coloring, they use pink, orange & red - not my colors.  Some of the sisters in the temple told me they wanted my skin color.  I asked why and they said, "It is white." (I think that was a compliment) and I told them I wanted their brown skin so I could look tan.  They want my white hair and I want their brown hair, so we had a good laugh about ourselves.  

Well, the sun is down so that means it is time to close.  We have so many tender mercies and experiences we wish we could share with everyone but this is not the place to do so.  We definitely will when we see you in person.  Love to you all.  Remember who you are and KoKo!