Jun 20
Philippines, Day 13: Headed to Santa Maria
By Joshua Huang

It is 4:41am on Tuesday morning and we just left a few minutes ago. I don’t know who had the idea that we would leave at two of the clock, but I’m glad that we didn’t. I made some room in the back seat here, so I will try to get some sleep with my more »

Jun 20
Philippines, Day 12: Another Day in the Dental Office
By Joshua Huang

On Monday, we went to Uncle James’ office again. Today was supposed to be Dad’s last day there, but once again (for the second time in a row), it wasn’t. We spent about five hours in the waiting room only to find out that we have to go back. I did get a lot of more »

Jun 19
Philippines, Day 11: Bible Faith Baptist Church and Bataan
By Joshua Huang

At 3:30am on Sunday (2:30pm Saturday, CST), we woke up and got ready for church. We were going to go all the way around Manila Bay to the Baptist church that Edgar Palotes pastors. On the way down I slept in the back seat, which was just about the right length for me. We ate more »

Jun 18
Philippines, Day 10: Shopping Adventures
By Joshua Huang

On Saturday, we went back to Huang Dental Office because Dad needed something done with his teeth. But when we got there, we discovered that they didn’t have any electricity. We waited around for awhile in the terribly hot office and finally left after lunch. Aunt Becky Lim, Aunt Lisa’s sister, took us to a more »

Jun 15
Philippines, Day 9: Greenhills Shopping Center, Again
By Joshua Huang

Friday was the day we got most of our shopping done. We went to the Greenhills Shopping Center again and shopped basically for souvenirs for our family and our friends. This time, Dad did a lot of bargaining. For example, there was one model boat in a bottle that we got for 135 pesos; its more »

Jun 15
Philippines, Day 8: Back to Bontoc, Where I Learned to Walk
By Joshua Huang

On Thursday morning, we woke up at four of the clock and got ready to head for Bontoc. We left at 4:30am and watched the sun quickly rise as we headed back out on the mountain roads. I was planning to sleep for awhile, but seeing all the mountains as we drove along made me more »

Jun 13
Philippines, Day 7: Trip to Baguio City
By Joshua Huang

On Wednesday, we spent the day driving to Baguio City. Bing-Bing took us to his house where we e-mailed our family. After that, Bing-Bing’s family joined us and we got headed toward Baguio City. It was exciting to watch out the window as we passed rice paddy after rice paddy after rice paddy. It was more »

Jun 12
Philippines, Day 6: Chinatown and More
By Joshua Huang

Tuesday found us back at the dentist’s office again. This time Jennifer and I both had our teeth checked. We sat around for awhile and then we finally went down to meet [someone whose name I can’t remember] again. This time we went to Chinatown. The first thing we did was have our picture taken more »

Jun 11
Philippines, Day 5: Nothin’ Much
By Joshua Huang

On Monday, we went to Uncle James’ dentist office. Not much happened otherwise. [Note: Hahaha…that was literally all I wrote for that day. We obviously didn’t do much at all that was worth recording. So anyway, due to the lack of stuff to read, I’ll include several pictures that I haven’t shown yet in previous more »

Jun 10
Philippines, Day 4: Church, a Fort, and a Mall
By Joshua Huang

On Sunday, we attended Dad’s old church in Manila, Grace Gospel Church. His dad had taken him there as a child, and he had been a member there until he went to America. When he had attended, there was only one service. Now there are two English services with a Chinese service sandwiched in between more »