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In between dreaming of being in Bayrischzell and waking up to find myself in my messy room, I slowly come to terms of the reality of being back in my country.

The past days have been spent sleeping at odd hours and catching up with my family especially on their stories of the flood and catching up online with the fellows and the Wasmeiers and some Filipino friends, too. I haven't really told most of my friends that I am back and I am taking my time adjusting back to my old life.

But, the past days, I've started going out again and seeing old friends. Last Sunday, my family held a welcome dinner for me along with my dad's birthday celebration. My relatives and some of my closest friends came and it was as if I never left. I opened the beer that we made at the museum and gave everyone a small amount just to taste. I wish I brought more, but my luggage was already so full!

Going out once and taking the public transportation, I thought to myself, "First whiff of pollution, first spending of peso, first meet up with a friend... " Looking forward to doing more of those in the coming days!

To borrow some words from a co-fellow's diary, the charm of the chaos here in the Philippines is slowly attracting me again: how with just one layer of clothing I am sweating, how a pen smoothly writes on paper because its ink is not freezing, how everyone can just cross from any side of the road anytime, how silly jokes and loaded smiles can be found everywhere on the streets, how telenovelas still rule primetime TV and a lot lot more.

Entropy. It's just too charming not to give in. If ever you're in the Philippines, give me a holler, I'll gladly show you the charm of the chaos :)