Ermita: We Came Across a Fork (and Spoon) in the Road

It’s now the end of summer and before we ship out for a job, destination TBA, we are visiting the folks at home, Janice’s home that is. Papa has a cyst the size of his fist on his back, so it’s a bit of a family crisis now. Still we enjoyed a couple of nights visiting the barangay before holing up in Ermita, the tourist ghetto of Manila.

Ermita has turned out to be truly refreshing. We are staying in an old hotel with a friendly lobby. Lots of expats, westerners like me, making trips back and forth to Angeles and Puerto Galera, with their asawas and sometimes their children in tow. The food is good and plentiful.

This is a nice place to finish the summer, despite our quandary. You see, from here we make a critical choice: to take a teaching post in Palestine or to try our luck in China. Will we be on a plane to Qatar or Singapore in the morning?

August 23, 2007