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Today I spent $162 donated from some parishioners of Saint Dominic Parish to buy reference books and story books for Baguio Gold Elementary School in Tuding, Itogon. The principal, Nestor Asiong had written a wish list, and the librarian had phoned me to come to the school to get the list. »→
Charlotte and Rose have been ‘sick for days while I was in Sagada. Six-year-old Rose had chicken pox weeks ago, and missed a week of Kindergarten. Then her eight-year old sister contracted chicken pox. I would have thought that it’d run its course and that they’d be well, but Charlotte’s immune system was weakened, I suppose, and she got influenza then passed that to Rose. Both have been miserable, and I haven’t known.
This morning I got up early and waited three hours for Mack to bring his sisters to Monterrazas Village so that we could journey together to Baguio City and I could pay for a pediatrician to diagnose and treat the girls, however belatedly. »→
“Saturday… in the park” is a lyric from an old Chicago song that I’ve liked. Today, after lunch in Leah’s home, I rode atop a jeepney to the Monterrazas Village entrance then walked down to Baguio Gold to ask the girls if they’d like to go tricycling in Baguio City’s Burnham Park. »→
Sunday I walked down to Baguio Gold to deliver groceries that I’d bought and refrigerated dishes left-over from Saturday night’s big meal in Leah and Mike’s home. I found that the A-V-C-A family had already eaten lunch, but the folks were grateful for what I’d brought. I heard that 17-year-old Pat, who’s been working in a mine in Rino Hill in Baguio Gold had brought 500 pesos of his wages to his grandmother, so the family had dined on fish and rice. »→
This morning, Nick knocked on the apartment door, and I welcomed him in. Then he told me that Mack had kicked their brother Andy this morning and that Andy has returned to his uncle’s home in Aurora Hill. I didn’t ask why Mack had kicked Andy’s chest or abdomen. But I thought, with a big brother like that, who needs enemies? »→
Nick came to the flat, with his sister Rose in tow, and knocked on the door. I asked why he wasn’t in school, and he replied that his stomach hurt. I asked if he wanted to go to a pharmacy or herbal remedy store or a physician’s office. He wouldn’t express a preference. The quickest and cheapest thing to do is to go to a pharmacy and buy Pepto-Bismol or Maalox or Tums. These can’t be had in grocery stores and convenience stores in the Philippines. »→
When Dominic and I returned from Baguio City, Nick and Rose were waiting in the garden for us. Nick wanted to do research on the internet into nutrition and make a poster for his grade six class. Dominic is using his PC to write articles for his weekly job, so I helped Nick use my Mac and Firefox browser to search for required information. And I got out watercolor pens and paper that I’d bought for such poster projects. »→
I’m really dead tired and don’t want to write. But I didn’t write yesterday. Yesterday we had rain for much of the day and night. My whole body ached; all my joints hurt, my sinuses all felt full and I had a piercing headache. By the way, I’ve been waging war against mold here. I’m allergic to mold.
Today I went into the city to pay in a Union Bank branch for birth certificates for Nick and Rose. I bought five kilos of (bulk) chicken feed for egg-layers and a 1 kg bag of fortified supplementary feed. I bought Flintstones chewable vitamins, two books and modeling clay for Rose, markers for Nick, a sheet of sandpaper and another blue plastic drum -for the the family’s drinking, cooking and dish-washing water. Thanks to Joyce and Quin for covering the cost. »→
Because I stayed up late helping Mack with his project and feeding him and puttering around on my own, I didn’t go to bed anywhere near midnight. And when I awoke, my right shoulder and my knees hurt so much I was disinclined to arise and go to work rebuilding the chapel in Baguio Gold. I hadn’t told anyone that I’d be there, anyway. So tomorrow I should begin working there (if they permit me). »→
This afternoon I walked down to Baguio Gold Elementary School to ask the new principal, Mr. Nestor Asiong, if he’d like for me to tutor kids in fourth, fifth or sixth grade. Mr. Asiong took-over the school on Monday.
Unfortunately, he wasn’t at the school when I arrived, as was so often the case when I tried to reach his predecessor. The previous principal spent so much of her last week at the district office two miles away, preparing for the change of command. »→
This afternoon, after the rain had abated, I gathered all the recyclables in our flat into a bag, picked up a camera and a package from my mother then hiked up to street level to coast down to Baguio Gold to deliver recyclables and gifts from my mom for my friends down in the valley. »→
I received a nice birthday card from Shannon and Miranda. Thanks! It was mailed on June 9 and arrived in Baguio City on June 18. No package has arrived yet, but tomorrow I will go to the city for groceries and supplies, and I’ll look in my mail box again. Thanks again to Joyce and Quin in Lynn Haven for your support for the family in Baguio Gold neighborhood that we’re trying to help. »→
Thanks to Quin and Joyce for their donation through Wachovia. We will be able to build another chicken coop, add corrugated sheets of galvanized steel to the roof of the A/V/A family’s home and buy another barrel, for potable water for the kitchen. I will tell the kids tomorrow of their Florida benefactors.
Today I took a jeepney into Baguio City to buy plumbing supplies and student supplies that I didn’t buy last evening after Mass. Seems that every day but Sundays I buy something for the A/V/C/A family in Baguio Gold. »→
Today Nick and Rose came up to the house. Nick rode his bike which has lost a pedal. He said that his brother broke it off. These kids are hard on things. »→
Today Pat and I finished installing the water barrel and plumbing for a shower. We got rained-on while working on this. The rain had abated by the time we finished, when I would’ve liked to see the barrel fill. But I’ve heard that the rainy season begins this month. »→
