I hate insomnia! I have suffered insomnia for years, and caffeine has nothing to do with it whatsoever. I can go on for days without caffeine and still only get 3-4 hours broken sleep at best. I thought I’d cured my insomnia because in the last 4 weeks, I had been sleeping well without the aid of sleeping pills. Then
Pretty Filipina Eating a Duck
since last Monday, my insomnia is back with a vengeance. I used to watch dvd movies when I’m awake at 1:00 am, or browse at Ebay and break my bank account before day break. These days I prowl between LIP ‘n LIC forums or write draft articles for Rusty. Much healthier for my bank balance -LOL!
I was prowling on Bob’s LIP forum yesterday and had a good laugh at (Pommie) John Grant’s “You know you are Filipino if…” article. So I remembered I actually found and saved an article written by another Pommie, Matthew Sutherland, a journalist based in the Philippines. I don’t know if he still is?
It was so funny (and spot on) that I saved it, printed it and shared with my colleagues who had a good laugh even though some could not relate to it 100% that the LIP ‘n LIC members and guests can. So go ahead, make a cuppa, sit down and have a good laugh.
n.b. For the un-initiated, “Pommie” is the Aussie slang when referring to anyone who was born and bred in England.
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This is the article by Matthew Sutherland, British Journalist.
I have now been in this country for over six years, and consider myself in most respects well-assimilated. However, there is one key step on the road to full assimilation which I have yet to take, and that’s to eat BALUT. The day any of you sees me eating balut, please call immigration and ask them to issue me a Filipino passport, because at that point there will be no turning back. BALUT, for those still blissfully ignorant non-Pinoys out there, is a fertilized duck egg. It is commonly sold with salt in a piece of newspaper, much like English fish and chips, by street vendors usually after dark, presumably so you can’t see how gross it is. It’s meant to be an aphrodisiac, although I can’t imagine anything more likely to dispel sexual desire than crunching on a partially-formed baby duck swimming in noxious fluid. The embryo in the egg comes in varying stages of development, but basically it is not considered macho to eat one without fully discernible feathers, beak, and claws. Some say these crunchy bits are the best. Others prefer just to drink the so-called ‘soup’, the vile, pungent liquid that surrounds the aforementioned feathery fetus…excuse me, I have to go and throw up now. I’ll be back in a minute.
Read the reest of the article here. It is well worth the read!
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Boy do I understand the E-bay bankrutpcy syndrome. I’ve been known to buy things cause they were only a dollar or a penny when the shipping wasn’t too much!
It is best I just stay away from it. About five years ago i bought a lot of Alice Cooper collectibles and where are the now? One the other side of the world, in a box. Well several boxes. :)
Great find on that story. Thanks!
I like your pic of the Filipina eating balut on top of this page. Where was this photo taken? Can you get Balut in Bogo? I don’t eat it myself, but have tried it. Did not particularly liked it.
Good to meet a fellow E-bayer here. I only got started on Ebay when I started bellydancing. To buy the costumes here are just so horrendously expensive, whereas I can buy them at Ebay US or Egypt via Ebay US for a fraction of the price you would pay in Oz. The Aussie customs used to open them, then leave me a note that they have opened it because India or Egypt are high risk countries for drugs (India), or terrorism (Egypt). I haven’t bought anything from Ebay for a fortnight now, too busy with the “monkey business”. :)
Yes it is very easy to get Balut any where in the Philippines, at least any place I’ve been. Its very common. I thought I would try it until i saw the above picture. I didn’t take it. I would likely vomit if I did. :)
I have not purchased anything from e-Bay in a couple of years or more. I stay off it, its too easy to bid! And I hate to loose! LOL
I love the article Christine. Its so funny that I couldnt stop laughing.