Karaoke

After blogging last night, Lindsay and I sauntered down to the pool with Penny, the cutest little mut/labor doodle ever. We had a great dinner of bbq'd veggies and chicken as well as green beans, potato salad and orange watermelon! At the dinner we chatted with Hilary's classmates about their family pastimes. One thing we have realized is that everyone in the Philippines LOVES karaoke. Any time of day, any place and any socio-economic class. Karaoke is to the Filipinos what watching TV is to Americans- something you learn early and do as a family, or alone, or with friends. The most interesting (and entertaining) part is that no one is embarrassed about their singing abilities. Even sitting in the Internet cafe right now there are children with head sets and microphones belting Beyonce "If I were a Boy" at the top of their lungs. It is truly hilarious.

After dinner and more swimming Hilary and David graciously invited us to spend the night in their amazing home! Lindsay and I tried not to act too excited and accept while secretly inside we were elated at just the thought of a real mattress, air conditioning and a quite rooster-free neighborhood. We both slept like rocks and enjoyed showers with water pressure this morning as well as cereal, milk and COFFEE in the morning. Hilary and David are honestly the most generous people I have ever met. They treat everyone with so much respect and really listen and attend to everyone's needs. At such a young age they have both amassed so much knowledge and commitment to such a depressing area.

This morning in the clinic we said hi to the babies born yesterday (boy and a girl) and helped do the newborn check up. We got to feel the little baby heart beat (really fast! 130's usually) and check on respitory rate and temp as well as blood pressure of the mother. One of the women we were talking to invited us to her beach house three hours away. We will get her phone number and see how she feels with a newborn baby in a few weeks...

This afternoon I will go to the Public Hospital with one of the midwives to visit a woman and baby who were transported due to a high risk labor that the clinic could not handle. I am told this will be a very interesting experience since the public hospital has no suppplies (you have to bring everything yourself) and often times has a major shortage of doctors to assist at all.

As for now, I am off to go eat my daily popsicle. It is a must in this kind of heat!

P.S. if anyone wants to g chat with me I am usually on at 4pm west coast time and would love to talk live!