Lukey and Louisey's Round-The-World Adventure

Apparently this is the cool time of year in Cebu...

Someone needs to let them know that 30 degrees Celsius is not that "cool". Sure, it's cooler than the 40+ degrees we endured during May, but this "cooler" weather certainly gives Sydney's pathetic excuse for a summer a run for its money!

So we are here in Cebu and it is sooo great! I love coming back to the Philippines. It always makes for hilarious times. For example, we landed in Manila and there was this wonderful welcome sign that said (and I have pictures... I will upload when I get the chance) "Welcome to Bird Flu free Philippines!" Yeeooooop!

AND ohmigod I had this brilliant Borsec (Border Security, like hello it's Australia's Frontline...or something, Nicole what is it called?) moment at Sydney Airport. This guy stopped me and got me to read out this thingie which basically said that they were going to do some test for explosives in my hand luggage and even though it said I could say no, I really didn't have a choice (if I said no, I would still be in Sydney... probably in a customs jail or something). Anywho, he went ahead and swabbed all my stuff and ran the samples in some special machine. Luke reckons he stopped me because he though I was hot. I reckon he stopped me because he though I was a terrorist. So Not Cool.

Another fantastically wondrous experience (and I say wondrous for a reason) is when I went to get my nails done and my hair did this afternoon (it's what is affectionately called "pa beauty" here, meaning to get beautified), the salon I was advised to visit didn't have any hair dryers. What sort of salon doesn't have hair dryers? The ones I visit apparently. So I left with wet hair and a not so happy disposition as I went to get a blow-dry at the salon across from this place (we were at a mall). ANYWAY, you wouldn't believe it took over HALF-AN-HOUR for this freakin blow-dry. And I left with some pretty ferocious looking '90s style flicks. AND what makes this experience even more humourously annoying is that Luke went and got his hair and beard trimmed and all went according to plan AND he got a head, neck and back massage too!!!! Damn him.

But in all honesty, I found it all pretty funny. Yeah I was laughing through tears, but it's ok. We're in the Philippines. It's to be expected. Another thing that is to be expected in this part of the world is the honesty of the people. Luke and I have been told quite a few times that we are fatter than when we were here in May. Woo. Thanks for that. My mum's aunt (so my aunt once removed? Meh, lets just call her a relation) said we looked Healthy though. Word. I guess it's hard not to Be So Large in the Land Of The Malnourished though. Awww kiddles.

But all in all we are having a fabulous time. We are much happier being in Cebu than in Manila and it's so nice to have so much family around. It's also great that we sleep in a room with my mum, my aunt and my three cousins. So there is seven of us in the one room. And what's even better... we get the top bunk. Double woo. All this and we have only been away for like three days!

Something tells me there are going to be a lot of posts in this blog...

posted by Louise and Luke @ 6:22 PM