If your summers are like the summer vacations in our home, you always had to do chores before you could play ... The top photo Sherpherd and her young brothers and sisters breaking rocks, their summer job. The rocks are used for construction ... they put them in concrete to make cement go farther. The next photo is Seraphim pounding pineapple peelings and leaves to make a medicine for fever. In the photo below young boys are taking the cart to get ready to haul whatever their father asks them to haul.
Of course, after working hard you need to take a break and enjoy some cold refreshment. This is the Fan Milk man. He rides a bicycle with a "cooler" on the front. They are all around town, all year actually. They ring a bell as they go so people will know the "ice-cream" man is around. The frozen treats are only three ... Fan Ice (vanilla ice-cream), Fan Choco (frozen chocolate milk), and Fan Yogo (frozen strawberry yogurt). Each is sold for .50 pesewas (about 25 cents). The frozen treat is always put in a black plastic bag. The frozen treat itself is in a plastic "sachet" which you bite off a small corner of and enjoy by eating it right out of the package.
After work and treats games are then played. The above game is called Ampe. The game involves clapping, jumping and using strategy to outwit your opponent. The game is played in pairs, the follower has to match the leaders foot work or they are out. When asked what their favorite activity is most young people will answer either Ampe or Soccer.
Boys love their wheels. Any old abandoned wheel is attached to a stick and rolled down the road. Sometimes you see them just rolling an old tire, or rolling a tire with two sticks. They usually are going real fast so it is hard to snap a photo. These boys stopped to pose, so we were lucky.
These boys were very creative. They have sardine cans attached to pieces of tied together cloth. "Walking" the dog?
Summer time fun ... off to Youth Camp!
Meet little girl Francesca Jr., she is in the hospital because of asthma attacks. She was delighted to get some plastic crayons and a Friend magazine to color! Not all summer vacations go as planned.
Summer officially ends here on Monday, September 3rd. Back to School! In this land where the sun rises and sets at the same time each day and the weather only changes from wet to dry, we have a difficult time noticing the changing seasons. We could definitely tell it was summer vacation time because we did not see children in school uniforms in the mornings and afternoons walking to and from school. We hope you have all had a great summer and are all ready to learn well again!
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