My Ethnicity

I hope I get to go to the Philippines this summer. Mom and I have been talking about it for a while. It’s quite costly to fly half way around the world, but I think it would defiantly be worth it.

The last time I went to the Philippines was when I was really little, like elementary school little. Not that I have grown much haha. It was a really fun and exciting experience. It was strange to be in a place where I had so many relatives looking after me. They were all so nice and funny. I found it hard to understand what they were saying half the time though.

The food was defiantly at its finest. It was so fresh and extremely local. I remember my cousins climbing trees and picking fruit for me. It’s like having an apple tree in your back yard but instead of it being apples there’s papaya, jack-fruit, coconuts, mangoes, and so much more. I like having a variety of different healthy food that don’t taste like cardboard.

I found a baby bird tangled up in the rice field one time. I didn't

want to leave it to get eaten so I kept it. I made it a nest out of a coconut shell and some fluffy stuff. I brought the little guy everywhere with me and often dug up worms for it to eat. Sadly I had it on my bed one time and my cousin sat on it by accident, and well that was the end of that…

I really look forward to seeing the family again. They probably won’t even recognize me at first. They will be pulling me every which way showing me around the island. One thing I don’t look forward to is the cold showers I’ll have to take but maybe we’ll have a hot water heater by the time we get there.