No joke

It was no joke - we set our alarm for 4:30am and when we went downstairs at 5am, quite a few people were there, even Nanay Marlyn's sister with a guitar! Then there was cake - I'm not one to turn down food but I struggled to eat that early! We went back to bed at 5:45am when most people left.

So, it is our last full day today. We are writing our last blog entries from the Philippines before going downtown for the last time and then to the orphanage for the last time. Then it is our farewell dinner tonight. It feels like we have only been here a week!

I don't think it has quite sunk in yet but I think it will when we leave the orphanage for the last time later... In hindsight, it would have been nice to stay for longer as we have enjoyed both our homestay and our work placement but then it would have been even harder to leave.

I am really sad to be leaving here but I am really, really looking forward to seeing Mark, I meet him off the plane in Singapore on Saturday at 7:45am (local time). This has been the longest we have been apart in 11 years and I've missed him!