survival techniques

Living out of my instinctive bounderies left me lessons learned that i will have never known if I have not ventured into the field of Pailan.

Challenge: 40 degree weather
Coping Strategy: take a bath more than 3 times a day.

If you are in the city, go to the nearest ATM machine pretending to withdraw money but actually, you're there to just cool your ass off the freaking weather. Same strategy goes to aircon malls or similar buildings.

Challenge: 10 degree weather without heater
Coping Strategy: Plantsa! Makes bed warmer before you sleep. :D

Challenge: Salon is too expensive.
Coping Strategy: Wag magpa salon! Sudder street are full of foreign caucacian hippies.. be like them for a change.

(Dhonabad Virginia Roncaliogne for the picture.. I already asked permission from Thomasso to post this ^_^)

Challenge: Walang Starbucks.
Coping Strategy: Good thing there is Barista.. which is also like Starbucks. So just go there once in a while if you're allowance allows it... order the cheapest iced cafe mocha, and sit for 5 hours.

Challenge: You dont have TV.
Coping Strategy: Read. I couldnt believe I have read the thickest books I have ever read in my entire life! A thousand spendid suns is a recommendation specially if you are bound to a muslim area.

Challenge: Bus or rickshaw driver does not speak nor understand English.
Coping Strategy: Learn the language, even just the survival basics. Otherwise, learn to sign, tap Dada on the back, say na! na! heh! heh!.. or dont go out at all!

Challenge: Culture Shock.
Coping Strategy: hmm.. Understand before you will be understood. People are different. Learn to appreciate the beauty of Humanity... Collaborate rather than Discriminate.