We went to the SOS Children village this morning to play with the kids. Jamie and I were invited to House 2 (Peace) and the time just flew by. We really enjoyed it - and not because of the Jollibee kids program or the Jollibee mascot, least the Jollibee food. I think it was that the kids seemed to thoroughly enjoy being with us and teaching us Tagalog, talking to us, laughing, showing stuff, playing, and clinging onto us. It was a really nice morning (if you can say that after visiting a place of orphants and abandoned children) and a different service day to what we had expected, but definitly time well spent. The compound looked well-maintained, the concept of families well implemented, and the kids seemed to be quite happy.
I went into the selfie business - below some of my first attempts and some impressions from the village:
I went into the selfie business - below some of my first attempts and some impressions from the village:
Pictures from the trip to Intramuros will follow. Just didn't have a change to download them yet (sorry about the quality of the pics above - I photographed them off my SLR camera...).