chocolate is a gir's best friend

so we have hurdled so many obsticles -- moving to the philippines, training, surviving one host family and moving in with a 2nd, starting a new job and having NO direction, community integration, learning and speaking a new language, travelling to different islands, and starting construction on my first home. now what, i don't know. after doing so much and having so much on my plate -- life has calmed down and boredom has set in. what do i do, and how do i live life as a filipino does??? i am soooooo bored. i have settled into a routine of going to the office 2-3 days a week, and though there is really nothing for me to do, and i feel like a nuecence to my counterparts --i go, and have lunch with them, read, and just hang out. i go to the city on tuesdays, and just some random afternoons where there is nothing to do. i meet erin and nicole and we watch movies and eat chocolate -- i mean chocolate is the cure all for everything. i told my host mom that i like chocolate, so she made me chocolate rice -- sorry, but that's just wrong. and on saturdays, i teach my bartending class. saturday is the only day that we could gather everyone together, so i spend the weekends teaching. my co-workers are amazed at how much work i do, and i say are you kidding -- you think this is fast paced. whew. i guess that's why i am here. i get lots of time to think. i can't even begin to tell you some of the crazy things the brain comes up with, when there is nothing else to do but sit around and think (daydream). i have become patient -- i was having a meeting, supposed to start at 1:00. noone showed up until 3:00, and the mayor, who is chairman of the committee we were meeting with showed up at 3:30, and didnt even bother to come inside. so i have learned how to wait. and i have learned filipino time means, well i guess it doesn't mean anything at all. and i am trying to get the point across that being on time matters. hmmm, i'll let you know how that goes.