November 7, 2009

Notes from the Mango Farm 3 of 10

Monday-Wednesday 10/12-14

Days 3-5 On the Mango Farm

My body is getting used to the work. I've found ways to make the work easier and not waste so much energy. Time is so precious here, time just spent on work, taking care of lunch and dinner for tomorrow, taking a shower, washing clothes, you're only left with about 2 hours of free time after taking care of essentials.

Today (10/14) was a short day (0700-1430), and Apo and I had time to relax and watch Daria. I have all the seasons of Daria and we've been watching that pretty consistently. It's a pretty entertaining series especially if you're living on a farm (and I'm not being sarcastic).

Yesterday we did 15.5 bins of mangoes (approx 500 kilograms a bin). Its hard stuff. Rick is really cool, he's taken me on as his student, teaching me little bits here and there (taught me how to use a watch as a compass by pointing the hour hand to the sun and taking the center line betw the 12 o'clock place and the hour hand as north [north in the southern hemisphere, south in the northern hemisphere], nifty shit).

Time for bed, i'm late as it is.

Pictures!

Wall Geckos


Frog from Chrono Trigger


Sunrise or Sunset?

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