Fun fact: Spanish was the official language of the Philippines until 1974. But I haven't heard much Spanish. Tagalog and English are heard widely in Makati City. Also heard is Taglish, similar to Spanglish.
It's amazing how conversations mix Tagalog and English words easily. You can hear it on TV on the news. And we came across an example of it while reviewing approvals for sample orders:
By sea na lang. I forgot na by air ung nauna.
We hve no idea what this says, but the prior email asked if the order should be processed via air.
I mentioned earlier that there is Security everywhere. We even go through metal detectors to enter our office building and have to x-ray our bags. But these are all private security guards. We haven't really seen any police officers in the 5 days we've been here. In addition these metal detectors beep and they don't ask to take a closer look at your bag or subject you to additional searches.
The guards at the doors of the shopping mall are especially worthless. There's always one door that's open for people to exit the mall, and the other open door is an entrance. On at least occasion I walked right in through the exit door without being stopped. I have to remind myself to not go through the exit door!
It seems that everyone walks through the shopping mall as a pass through to another destination. We do it a lot because the air conditioning is welcomed!
The temperature has been around 90 degrees. It's not too stifling. We're managing. Except when we go to yoga....no air conditioning, 9th floor, we're soaked in sweat after just 5 minutes. It's great!
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