Day 9-10: Save me from boredom!

Welcome to Cloud and Sea Leisure Farm!

I haven't posted in the past two days because nothing new's been happening. More customers are coming for the yang mei fruit, to drink tea or eat lunch here and for Uncle's fortune telling using names. I'm just helping out with whatever needs help with, such as making other yang mei fruit products.

Tea drinking area. They have this table with a built in drain.

After 10 days, yes I am getting tired of the farm life. I guess I can't do this whole "simple countryside life" forever. I'm thinking of going out for a few days on my own. It won't be my first time, but I'm just worried about the transportation here. Plus the farm's gonna be a bit busier because of the harvest season.

The farm life is too peaceful and quiet for me~

Auntie delivered cooked food to this house which was a bit creepy. They had those automatic metal gates and lots of dogs roaming around idle land. Guess what was inside? A bunch of old men playing mahjong, with lots of cash. It felt like one of those HK gangster movies, only without the violence (and girls).

Some observations throughout the 10 days I've spent here:
1. People here are crazy over Japanese stuff. While Western brands try to look more Chinese, local brands try to look Japanese, or that they're popular in Japan. I've seen customers who can speak (and sing) in Japanese. Even Uncle who can't speak English can speak the language a bit.
2. They advertise everything on TV - I see all sorts of medicine, convenience store snacks and even websites for travelling and real estate. There's even this car that's painted to look like an animal. I wonder how big the market is for them to advertise that particular model on TV. Funny enough, I haven't seen any laundry detergent TVC, which is among the most advertised products on Philippine TV.
3. There seem to be a lot of local bad news as well. The headlines are all about this cancer causing chemical that was found in certain powdered and RTD beverages. (Some of these drinks are exported, so be careful too!) They also report about some violence, like this market stall lady who was shouting at people and even turned on the gas. >.<  There was another woman who was having trouble with divorce.
4. The old people here are so similar to the Fil-Chi community back home. They're as noisy and nosy as the people I've been trying to avoid. When they talk, it seems as if they're fighting. And when they're arguing, it seems as if they'll start punching each other any time.