Manila, Day 1

So we are happy to report that we are boldly fighting jet lag! Yesterday we got up and decided to visit the office where we will be working! Ann our internship coordinator took us out to lunch at a very nice restaurant called Mesa.
They served Filipino food there. We decided to be adventurous so we ordered Duck Adobo, which is basically duck stewed in vinegar and some spices, which was DELICIOUS! Then we had pinapatok Tiliapia which was basically fish steamed in banana leaves with tomatoes and onions on top. Our soup was Sinigang, a Salmon head soup. Its literally a tamarind based soup with a floating salmon head in it that you pick the meat off of. I was told that the eyes are tasty so I went for it and it was true! They were juicy!
All in all it was a wonderful first meal here in the Philippines! Thanks Ann!
We also went to Mega Mall. There we were at the supermarket and it was interesting how they had a lot so similar things to the states, but a few differences. For instance, Milk is not in a refrigerated section. It's all down an aisle where they keep rice and soy milk, thats where they even keep cows milk. They keep it in a box, So we thought that was interesting. Later we saw a box of milk at Aileens house that said lactose free on the front, and then on the side of ingredients it listed lactose. That was funny.
Rachel will post more later about all the things we did yesterday, we had quite the packed day!
Thanks,
Colin