We arrived in the Philippines around 3 am
on the 20th of August 2019. At that time, the sky was still dark, but I was
able to see the hustle and bustle of Manila which continued to be active for 24
hours like Jakarta. In the Philippines, they use the Tagalog Language as their
main language and English as their second language. The thing that makes it not
hard for us to talk with people who are here.
The next trip after we arrived at NAIA
Airport was towards the campus which would be our home for 1 month, the Central
Luzon State University, located in the city of Munoz, Nueva Ecija. The location
of this campus is in the center of the island of Luzon so the distance we have
to travel to get there is about 4 hours drive.
During the trip, I kept my eyes open to see
how the scenery was in the Philippines in the morning. Apparently, the scenery
that we saw was almost similar to the scenery in Indonesia. We found a vast
expanse of rice fields, people passed by Lalang in a market located on the edge
of the road and buildings similar to those in Indonesia.
On our trip too, we took time to talk with
Mr. Joel, our companion during his stay in the Philippines about a little
culture and language in the Philippines and it turns out our culture and
language are almost similar to those in Indonesia. We also took time to joke
with each other with Mr. Joel to eliminate our drowsiness during the trip to
CLSU.
From the story we got from Mr. Joel, the Philippines
is the country that receives the longest birth in the countries of the world,
and upholds respect for older people. Philippine food also has a distinctive
taste that is very appetizing for eating. The Philippines also has it's
country's distinctive transportation, Jeepney, and Tricycle, which are very
rarely found in other countries.
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