Well I arrived safely in Manila after a monster journey 33 hour door to door journey!!! But thankfully i didn't get shrek leg like I did in Thailand last year. We were picked up by all the senior mamagement team and the head and shown to our flats which are amazing.
I have 3 bedrooms, 2 of them have ensuites and I'm using the other as an office. I have 2 other bathrooms as well which is great for when I'm hungover (wee laura knows....) I have a big kitchen and a huge living/dining room. All the rooms have floor to ceiling windows with great viwes as I'm on the 25th floor!!! There are loads of skyscrapers around me and its beautiful at night especially as there is loads of thunder and lightening this time of year. (Manda you would LOVE the storms) There is also a maids quarters with a small bedroom and bathroom for her as well in case I want her to live in.
My maid is amazing she is called Vaneza and does all the cleaning, laundry, ironing, shopping, cooking and anything else that I need. She works Monday, Wednesday and Friday and i love her... really its true love. I have only been here 2 and a half weeks and I am finding that I can no longer do simple tasks for myself. It's really sad but expats are pampered so much here I don't know how thay cope when they go back to the uk/Ireland. In the staffroom at work people leave their tupperware containers with their lunches on the counter and the full time staffroom workers heat them up at the right time for your lunch break and put it on a plate ready for you with your name on it!!!
We have been going out loads. The shopping malls here are amazing they are so big and you have loads of shops from home and the US - even topshop! I am in a deli across the street from my building eating yummy chocolate cake. We are planning our trips away online at the mo we are going to stay at a 5* resort with a private beach in 2 weeks time then we are going away to a diving resort in Boracay for half term then to some Island for a long weekend in November. We are hoping to go to Bali for Christmas and new year if anyone wants to come!! Go on go on ya will ya will!!
The weather is hot all the time, my TA (who is good but not as good as Manda) turns the air con off in class when I leave the room cause she is so cold! We have arrived in rainy season so we have the occasional downpour and everything gets flooded!!
So... to sum up then, I am having an amazing time we are living an amazing lifestyle that we could never do at home. There are loads of things to miss though... Look after yourselves, email me and tell me the craic!
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