I Had a Dream.

Today was an interesting day. The clouds finally decided to give way and display the hot, humid Filipino sun. Today was my first day at work and needless to say I was a bit nervous. I put on my best threads and set out to claim my free daily breakfast from Figaro, Makati City's version of Starbucks. In doing so, I meet my mentor for the trip, Som Hoe (i know, i know) who was sent here from the Thomson Reuters Singapore office. We traded pleasantries for a few and decided to head to work. We grabbed a white cab (yellow cabs are more expensive) and headed out to work. The trip to work was a 20 minute ride about the economic history of Manila and how the government basically sold all of the traditional lands to a multi-million dollar developer who has torn down most of the town to create a business mecca for Filipinos. Needless to say he was unhappy about this. I was pleasantly surprised at how much Filipinos enjoy Obama and his presidency. They believe he's all about change and they hope he will succeed. After arriving at the office, I bid Hernando the taxi cab driver "good day" and stepped into 3 World Plaza.

Upon entering the office, I some how found away to break my glasses. . .GREAT! Now I am completely blind, in a new office, with new people and I have no idea who I am speaking to. I decided to set -up refuge at an empty desk to begin working. I was greeted by a person named Randy who resides in the seat next to mine. He had a pleasant demeanour and catered to our every need. Practically everyone in the office stared at me as I graced the aisles, to be quite honest, I loved it. It's not to often that you visit a place and you are considered exotic. The typical walking to the copy machine to check the paper with 4 of your colleagues is not common practice but it does make you realize your importance.

At the end of the day, myself and a few others sat in on a group of new hires to answer any questions that they may have. The employees seem to be very excited and eager to learn. Today was a good day after all.

Edit: I took a short nap, had the weirdest dream. I was with friends and somehow we ended up playing the street version of "Booty's Up" but with dirty hand towels, ask me the true meaning of this dream and I would stare at you in bewilderment as well. I also helped rescue a tiny silver firefly with a huge plastic tube for its rear end. Everyone was hell bent on taking this little guy out, but "Ran the Man" saved the day.

Over and out!