I have arrived

I arrived in the Philippines Monday around noon. Let's see where did I leave off last night? Oh after I left reLAX, I went and got my tickets for the next part of my trip. This was pretty uneventful. Once I got past security I had about a 3 hour wait until my plane left. I tried to find a quiet corner to sleep...not very easy to do. I fell asleep along a wall but that ended up to be were the line to get on the plane was suppose to be. Then I lay long the middle of the terminal. That worked for a little while. Finally I was able to get on the plane. For most of the trip I slept; except when it was time to eat. I got two meals on the plane--chicken and potatoes and eggs and tri-taters. On the flights they have cameras at the front and the bottom of the planes that we can watch. It reminded me of the flight simulator program that I play on in the upper room. The only difference was that the plane landed with out crashing this time :) Then we landed in Taipei. It was crazy quiet in that airport. Each gate is separated from the rest which helps cut down on noise. On the plane to the Philippines they served us another meal--rice, vegetables, and fish. The flight was only two hours long and I slept for most of it. I did have another chance to "play" flight simulator.
I went through customs and immigration with out trouble. Next I had to get on a taxi to get to CERV-Philippines. This was an interesting experience in a way. My driver was very friendly. He wanted to know everything about the states. He also wanted to know if I was single. After I said yes I wondering if I should have lied. He asked for my email, facebook, cell phone number and if I would be ok with a Filipino boyfriend. He said that I look like Drew Barrymore. On the way I got to experience traffic here. It is crazy!!! There seems to be no order but yet we never really had to stop. My driver bought me Japanese sweet corn. It is very similar to what we eat in the states.
The next part of my trip is the CERV dorm. It is very interesting. The people here mainly only speak Tagalog so I am not understanding much. But they are friendly. There is not alot of furniture in any of the rooms. My bed is a mattress on the floor. It is only 6 inches thick. It is so warm here. Eden, one of the ladies, makes sure I have a fan on me at all time. I feel bad because the other people do not but thats because they are use to the heat and I am not. For lunch we had rice, a sweet sausage and boiled fish. The fish dish had a vegetable that was similar to our greens in the states. I was a little worried about how it would taste because I dont like greens (well at least the way my mom cooks them) but these were very good not bitter at all. Then I slept for a while and now we are waiting for supper. It is 6:48 and it is dark already. It rained for a while--but did not help with the heat at all.
Well thats all for now. I am not sure how often I will be able to post but I will try as often as I can.