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saturday was another long day, more packs, more rice. towards the end of the day, a co-worker and i walked to a local corner store to buy some beer; which ended in a karaoke session. the filipinos love their karaoke. the product are looking good, but we still have a little ways to go. sunday was our day off. our factory hosts took us to a private beach resort, montemar, about an hour away. the drive out there was super sketchy. the concept of "highway" in the philippines is different from that of the US. in the country side, the farmers spread out and dry their rice harvest on the shoulder of the road, which is usually used as a lane for the slow moving motorcycle taxis, bicycles pedestrians, parking, and a spot for randomly standing. but in the "back country" , where there is no shoulder, and only two lanes of paved road, the villagers will take up an entire lane with rice, which sometimes get driven through in the event of a game a chicken with an oncoming buss.monsoon rains when we got there, but cleared up. the snorkeling right off the beach was cool, but later in the day we hired a traditional Filipino fishing boat to take us snorkeling out a reef. it was like being in a tropical fish tank. wait a minute, i WAS in a giant tropical fish tank (the south china sea). i don't know the names on many on the fish i saw, but i did see angel fish, parrot fish, neon colored fish that seemed to glow, crazy star fishes, beautiful corals of all shapes, colors and sizes. it was awesome. when we got back to the beach, baby sea turtles were hatching out of the sand and making a break for the sea...pretty cool sight. i got a nice break from kimchee, rice and boot soup on sunday. now it's back at the factory.