Belting it out...

Saturday morning at the orphanage – no classes and just playing outside, this was fun but very hot! I spent most of the morning looking after a baby called Mary Joy, less than a year old I think but she is quite small. Feeding her was slow work as she has a cleft palate but she really need to put on weight. I think she must have got used to the comfort of having someone there as she cried quite a lot when I put her down.

It was Nanay Marlyn and her husband John’s 32nd wedding anniversary today. To celebrate, loads of food was cooked and everyone was invited to the house. The party had already started when we got home from work at about 1:30pm! We tried two new things today: tuba (local alcohol) and karaoke! We had heard about tuba all week and finally got a chance to try it, mixed with coke – not bad at all and definitely got better the more you drunk! Good job there was plenty of food too or I might have got drunk quite quickly! And yes, we actually sang on the karaoke machine. It is really popular here and it really is easier to sing than say no! Joy was quite up for it though – I didn’t sing any on my own but once she got going, there was no stopping her and I have photos to prove it! Party went on till 9:30/10pm, not late by any means but you try eating, drinking and singing for 8 hours in this heat!