Major blockbusting news today! I drove for the first time here and had a great time! I know I said I would never drive here due to the crazy traffic and lack of common courtesy, never mind the fact that nobody follows the laws of the road here....(ie.. a red light or stop sign is just a suggestion and three traffic lanes means at least five and usually six lanes of crowded traffic!) BUT...... Terry's driver is out sick and he needed my driver for work so after trying to get a substitute I just said NEVER MIND! I have been paying attention and know my way around so I will drive myself! I started out by driving Allison to school and home again, then I drove all the way downtown because I didn't want to miss the AWCP Club's monthly bazaar. I felt so free and IN CONTROL for the first time in 9 weeks! Whoohoo!!!!! I did get honked at a few times, but I kept nudging my way in and held my own with the men drivers. We didn't see another woman driving all day. Come to think of it, I have never seen another woman drive. I do know that my friends Michelle, Angela, and Diane drive occasionally so now there are four white women on the roads of Manila--watch out, we are changing the complexion of the city! I got some second looks from the Jeepney drivers, but they pretty much didn't try to mess with me!
This evening we attended a wonderful exhibition of Filipino folk dance. Some of the dancing looked similar to square dancing. Several of us had get up and do the tininkling dance which is like doing double dutch jump rope between bamboo poles being clapped together trying to catch your feet! I came away with my ankles intact and I didn't miss a step! What a lot of fun!
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