The almost taxi baby and other happenings:

Today, we had a woman come in at 2:53 PM and give birth at 2:55 PM.  When the woman came in, the head of the baby was already coming down as she literally ran into the clinic and plopped herself onto a bed with her bana (boyfriend or husband) frantically running in behind her!

Weighing the "almost taxi baby" (aka Alleyah) 

Happy bana, unhappy baby

Last night I went to a local mall in Davao and I felt like I was in the USA again.  This was the upscale mall, people that come to our clinic would only go to this mall to window shop.  Even though I enjoyed the comforts of being in such an upscale and westernized place, it is hard for me to except going there because I am here to serve the poor and not shop and spend money like I would at home

The middle of every Philippino mall is a place where you can buy furniture.

This mall is CRAZY big and 5 stories tall.  Includes 2 grocery stores, movie theater, hundreds of stores and hundreds of various eating places.

Sebastian: our house pet, some sort of cat/rodent who is actually quite adorable (Trust me, he actually is, this is just a bad picture.  He likes to jump on people's shoulders, which can be kind of terrifying if you are not expecting it.

A typical meal: I bought fresh green beans, squash, carrots, okra, peppers, eggplant, ginger, garlic, shallots and purple rice at the market and was expecting it to be a fortune because of the price of fresh food in America.  However, all these vegetables plus 3 mangoes was under 100 pesos, or $2!!  Awesome but sad all at the same time.  It was hard to see all those Philippinos who were selling it to me....