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Took a few weeks off to try and let my shoulder heal after an injury last month. Decided to head overseas and relax a bit, get some dental work done too. Ended up in the philipines in Cebu and the place kinda blew me away. I wasn't aware of the level of poverty there, and it took a few days to adjust but once I did I realized how happy everyone was too.
Had a pretty good old time getting drenched on typhoons, riding motorbikes round without helmets and generally enjoying some of the civil liberties that we've let slide here in Australia. People do everything by hand over there, it's kind of impressive
Saw these guys doing some tree work. They make about $4-$5/day for a 10 hour day, 6 days a week. Needless to say there's no choppers or chainsaws. They worked from ladders, which they made at the job site with bamboo and twine. They did the work with blunt machetes.
There is literally no waste. There's not much fuel or food available here, so everything is burnt. Not many people have gas, so most cool on charcoal. If you can't afford charcoal then you burn whatever waste products and scrap you can find... Fruit peels, rubbish, scraps of timber, coconut husks etc. that stuff doesn't burn hot and slow like charcoal, so it doesn't do a great job of cooking your food but it kind of warms it up.
Thankfully the dental surgeons were better trained than the tree sugeons, the periodontist I saw had 6 years study and NYU. She did a very professional tidy job, far better than my local dentist and the bill for all the work came up to a little under $800 compared with about $6k at my local. She was slightly embarrassed at how large the bill was, needless to say I tipped her and left with a smile.
Everywhere I went I saw people working, even kids. Saw kids as young as 4 splitting firewood bare footie with machetes as big as they were! I stopped to talk to these 3 boys in the mountains, aged 8, 10 and 11. They are digging sand and gravel out of the river which they then separate with a screen and put into bags weighing about 100lbs. They sell it to local builders for use in concrete, and they get about 25c per bag. The three of them work together to drag the heavy bags up the bank to the road.
They use the money to help pay for their schooling and general living expenses. Like most people in the countryside they were enthusiastic, happy and full of energy and smiles. They felt their life was pretty good "we can get money for free easily any time, we just come here and get it!". I helped them dig a few bags and they were impressed I can carry a whole bag by myself "oh you are strong! You can make a lot of money here!". They did seem slightly worried that I would hang around and use their clever business idea to make myself rich by digging, so they were relieved when I left.
Unfortunately the shoulder never came good so I'm off to see some specialists. Initial feedback says it may be a torn rotator cuff and need surgery which I hope not.
Had a pretty good old time getting drenched on typhoons, riding motorbikes round without helmets and generally enjoying some of the civil liberties that we've let slide here in Australia. People do everything by hand over there, it's kind of impressive
Saw these guys doing some tree work. They make about $4-$5/day for a 10 hour day, 6 days a week. Needless to say there's no choppers or chainsaws. They worked from ladders, which they made at the job site with bamboo and twine. They did the work with blunt machetes.
There is literally no waste. There's not much fuel or food available here, so everything is burnt. Not many people have gas, so most cool on charcoal. If you can't afford charcoal then you burn whatever waste products and scrap you can find... Fruit peels, rubbish, scraps of timber, coconut husks etc. that stuff doesn't burn hot and slow like charcoal, so it doesn't do a great job of cooking your food but it kind of warms it up.
Thankfully the dental surgeons were better trained than the tree sugeons, the periodontist I saw had 6 years study and NYU. She did a very professional tidy job, far better than my local dentist and the bill for all the work came up to a little under $800 compared with about $6k at my local. She was slightly embarrassed at how large the bill was, needless to say I tipped her and left with a smile.
Everywhere I went I saw people working, even kids. Saw kids as young as 4 splitting firewood bare footie with machetes as big as they were! I stopped to talk to these 3 boys in the mountains, aged 8, 10 and 11. They are digging sand and gravel out of the river which they then separate with a screen and put into bags weighing about 100lbs. They sell it to local builders for use in concrete, and they get about 25c per bag. The three of them work together to drag the heavy bags up the bank to the road.
They use the money to help pay for their schooling and general living expenses. Like most people in the countryside they were enthusiastic, happy and full of energy and smiles. They felt their life was pretty good "we can get money for free easily any time, we just come here and get it!". I helped them dig a few bags and they were impressed I can carry a whole bag by myself "oh you are strong! You can make a lot of money here!". They did seem slightly worried that I would hang around and use their clever business idea to make myself rich by digging, so they were relieved when I left.
Unfortunately the shoulder never came good so I'm off to see some specialists. Initial feedback says it may be a torn rotator cuff and need surgery which I hope not.
sorry bout that cobber hope you find a fix,, i had lingering RC twang for a few years it held back my surfing swiming and just this June is twisted it again dragin ssideways limbs too big. I not found any miracle cure just keep off it and apply some phsyio but yours sounds much worse
