Globe Trotting Tribe

Mo Gawdat, author of " Solve for Happy " said that the equation for happiness is equal to your life events, minus your life expectations. Meaning that if your expectations aren't met (because they're too high), you won't be happy.  The same could be said for your satisfaction or happiness with a travel destination.  I actually went into the Philippines with a mix of expectations. Coming out of Vietnam, I had high expectations of the quality and freshness of original, authentic food. Based on my always-smiling Filipina nannies back in Canada, I had high expectations of the kindness and positivity of Filipino people. Knowing that it wasn't a high tourism destination like Thailand, I had tempered expectations of how it would be as a beach vacation destination. And since I had just read " Some People Need Killing ", Filipina journalist Patricia Evangelista 's account of the narco related killings during the recent Duterte era, I went in with quite a ...

Our stay in tigman village was so fun, we stayed there for 1 week and voulenteered planting mangrove trees, and in the afternoons I would go over to the school to teach the kids things, like math, english, and why they should protect the mangrove trees. I stayed in a dorm room with 2 other guys not including me and my dad. In the mornings, we had breakfast at 8:00, and started the voulenteer work from 9- 11 AM, before it got scourching hot out. The one thing that was my FAVORITE thing that I did here at Tigman village was the basketball court, it was an outdoor plaza that was covered by giant roof.  The kids from the village were so excited when I played basketball and teached at the school. Overall, I had a great time here and I thought it was an awesome experience! these were what the mangrove trees looked like.