September 4, 2013, a trip to the Philippines for fieldwork of IDE.


After 5 hours on flight, we arrived!
It was a bit cloudy and humid on that day. I was told later that there is no such thing called “spring”, “summer”, “autumn” or “winter”. They only have “sunny season” and “rainy season”. September is in the “rainy season”.

De La Salle University (DLSU) has a very nice campus and the students were very friendly, welcoming. We almost had dinner together every day. Our Filipino friends showed us a lot of local things, places, food, parties. Speak of food, I really like food there, except probably a bit too few vegetables :P. One of our best experiences was in beach in Batangas. (I learned how to swim for, probably three meters but I think I’ll definitely make it more^^)

We had a really great time together.

Besides, we also spent two days visiting University of the Philippines Manila and Technological University of the Philippines (TUP). Although the time we were able to spend there was very limited, we enjoyed very much there as well. Especially in TUP, our visiting was only a couple of hours, but they had prepared awesome performances and games for us. We took many pictures and added each other on Facebook before leaving.

These of the friendliest people in the world make it a hard country to leave. I'm still in touch with many Filipinos I met during my trips, with Facebook or “Skype party” sometimes. When we were talking, it recalled our terrific time there, which makes me feet I was still there. Really hope some day I can travel back and hangout with them there. They turned out as faithful, kind and caring friends.

To sum it up, wonderful trip, awesome people, really miss them!