Living in Cebu

In early 2006 I will be moving to Cebu, Philippines with the entire family.

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Philippines is full of the unusual

The Philippines is full of the unusual and over time you become less observant of it.

Last month I was driving over the bridge that joins Mactan Island to Cebu and my brother-in-law who was on holiday here in the Philippines pulled out his camera expressing amazement. There was a motor bike was passing us on our right. To set the scene it was dark and raining heavily. There really was not sufficient room to attempt to safely overtake on the right but that is a non-issue here in the Philippines. Despite the already poor visibility and strong wind on the bridge, the passenger on the back, who was most likely the guys wife, was using an umbrella, but not just for her own comfort. She had it over the driver also who almost had his face on the handle bar of the bike. She continued to push it down in front of his face and the wind kept lifting it up. The driver kept having to look under or around the umbrella as the position changed due to wind and her readjustment. It was comical to watch. It was also extremely dangerous but again that is nothing new here.

Last week I was driving through Basac with my family and my second oldest son pointed out a guy riding a peddle bike. The traffic was crawling and he rode in front of the car and into a lane on my right side. What was unusual about this rider was that he only had one leg. In his right hand was some sort of home made crutch. He did not seem to have too much trouble maneuvering the bike. As far as I could tell the bake was not modified in any way. His technique was to peddle with his left foot and then push down with his crutch in his right hand.

Also last week I went for a hair cut at my regular place. This is a medium sized place with three barber chairs and also offers a range of other services. To my surprise I find they have now set up a Karaoke for the clients. When I walked in a lady having a pedicure was looking up at a TV monitor and singing her heart out. The scene looked so surreal. Only in the Philippines I thought.

These are far from being the most unusual things you will encounter in the Philippines but these are the most recent things in my memory. As my brother-in-law pointed out the longer you live here the less likely you are to notice such things.

Posted: Monday 28th August 2006, 11:28 PM

Learn To Speck Cebuano

If you are planning no living in Cebu then its a good idea to learn the language and I have found a great teacher here in Cebu. He can also assist you online and is available to translate any documents.

If you plan to live in Cebu then why not learn to speak the language and earn to Speak Cebuano - Translation service also available