First week of immersion

So, I just came home form my first week of community immersion in Cavite. And, gosh, I have soooo many feels for that place.

I can't say I hate it. It's not bad. The people are nice. Our foster family is great, and to be honest, I feel kinda guilty. They did so many changes in the house just so we could be more comfortable. I bet they even gave up their own room so that we could sleep in a nice enough bed. 

What I'm saying is, the place is nice, but it's not home.

I never thought I'd miss my home this much. The little pleasures of a decent bath, a decent toilet, a faucet, warm water, and, of course, internet access!!!!

What made the experience even more challenging is the fact that I left my charger at home. It was quite an achievement for me for surviving all week without a working phone. I guess, nobody will miss me much. Hashtag forever alone problems.

Plus, I got bored as I ran out of things to do. Yes, I know, there are a LOT of work to be done for the community duty. What I meant was I ran out of exciting things to do. Hello??? It's the first week! No one does ACTUAL work during the first week---well, at least not me...or my group mates.

And because we didn't feel like working just yet, all we can actually do is EAT. Which is, I guess, not a very good choice for a past time. We made several jogging plans, but we never woke up early enough to avoid the sun. So we ended up working out to HipHop abs. I'd post pictures but I haven't got permission to post them from my two groupmates. So just imagine three hot girls bouncing to the cardio workout of hiphop abs.....NAH. Forget about the hot part, and instead, think about three bum ladies in their pajamas, desperately trying to burn out the calories they thoughtlessly gained in three days.

Why so desperate? Because we're graduating in less than three months, and we didn't want to be fat and extremely tan for our graduation pictures!!! Not when when we've worked so hard to earn that Sablay and diploma only to be immortalized as dugyutin and tabain girls who forgot all about poise and self-preservation for the sake of their graduation pictures.

Right now, I'm home, trying to savor every moment of civilization I still have left until Tuesday when we have to go back to the Cavite community. I want to enjoy as much of this kind of life before I immerse myself again to an internet-and-decent-bath-deprived life in the rural barangays of Cavite.