sorry for the late post

hi.

okay, so here's my story.

got pulled out from our project in makati and was flown here in danao, cebu last wednesday night. set-up our now very complete site office with construction manager josef (lolo). today we have started working 7/24 (yes, it's REALLY 7/24), and for now i am on the nightshift. from our resort (www.elsalvadorresort.com) in danao, we travel about 10 minutes to get to the foot of the mountain, 35 minutes to get into the middle of nowhere, and a 15-minute hike up the first borehole.

this tough and delicate project is the first of its kind in the whole company and also in our offices worldwide (www.bauer.de). every day we are faced with major and minor troubles, try to come up with possible solutions, LEARN, and hope for the best. everything can be so frustrating, but my only consolation is that, after this project (whether it goes well or not), i will be one of the privileged few engineers to have handled this kind of work. nobody really knows how to work this and by that, i am afraid to NOT deliver. surprisingly, i'm glad to have talked to stefan (one of our german PM's) last night when we went out (hurrah! i saw lights and the city!) for dinner and ottinger (wheat beer, see photos). he made me feel a bit secure. true. i shouldn't worry too much. :) oh, we saw christopher de leon. the waitresses ogled over him. too bad christopher de leon didn't see rac roldan ;)

for now, i'm saying homesickness sucks. it kills. the working conditions are relatively good. it's just that when i miss people, that gets me really down. but i'll get used to it. i think i already am. bit by bit :) can't really do much aside from work and sleep (4 hours is heaven!). hopefully in the future i could tour cebu. but for now it's impossible. the resort is very nice but i don't have the luxury of time to explore and maximize it's amenities. thank god for sun cellular and internet. these are the 2 things that keep me sane here.

let the pictures (which i will be uploading from time to time) do the talking. the photos might appear that everything is nice and easy and fun but it's otherwise. oh well. fun is okay. i'm learning to lurve it, though. that's what matters.

anyhoo, please take note of my personal mobile numbers:
0906-3402326 (globe)
09227834526 (sun)
09082368391 (smart)

only smart has signal up the mountains. good enough for texting.

ciao!