02 February 2008

becoming a filipina

i don 't really realize how tan i've become until new volunteers arrive:


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[scott, denise, me, carly planting mangroves]


dona touches my skin and says, "ate alexis. you are coming a filipina. now just dye your hair black!" haha, how ridiculous i would look with black hair :)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

i never made the connection when you told me the filipino word for sister was "ate," i've actually known that for a while. mr. encila, catherine chewning's stepfather was filipino and his daughter maya called her and her sister "ate." interesting. miss you ate!