Sunday, March 29, 2009

Images of the Philippines

Chicken-head-on-a-stick, anyone? How about chicken-feet-on-a-stick?

If that doesn't sound tasty, just go to McDonald's for breakfast and order a Hamdesal meal!

This is an outdoor, wood-burning stove top. Pretty freakin' cool, if you ask me!

Chicharon Espesyal! Mmmmm....

Here's a mall employee sweeping with a walis (Filipino-style broom found in EVERY Filipino home). At closing time, all the employees were bent over sweeping with a walis.

Who knew the word "mall" was a verb?

Pumping water from the ground. Yes, ground water pumps still exist!

The obesity epidemic has definitely missed the PI. I'm not sure if it's because of the heat, but I'd say that for every overweight person, there are 20-25 people who are normal weight or underweight (in the city, at least). Here's an advertisement for WEIGHT GAIN medicine. You won't see that in the U.S.!

The U.S. has Cinnabon. The PI has Binbingka-bon!

Filipino style tsinelas (slippers)!

This sign politely asks people not to pee here.

The Filipino flag flying above -- a sight not seen in the U.S.


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