Walked the Slippery, Muddy Road
By @acelawrites
@acelawrites (19273)
Philippines
October 14, 2017 12:49am CST
Yesterday was fun although it was Friday the 13th! We had fun walking so carefully not to slip and fall on the mud and puddles along that dirt road leading to the small chapel where a baptism was held.
She was the baby of our masseuse/therapist, and my nephew-in-law was one of the godparents/sponsors. So my husband, my sister, my nephew-in-law and his nine years old daughter went to grace the occasion.
There was a simple lunch served us at the house of our masseuse friend. It was also their barangay fiesta, the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima.
It was indeed fun experiencing that same thing, walking on mud or dirt road, which we did when we were children as we trek our way going to the river to bathe and wash clothes. So good to reminisce the days!
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
14 Oct 17
it's been raining here on and off since the other day. was it hard choosing non-fatty food? because i remember your experience with roasted pork and chicken.
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
15 Oct 17
Thanks for that reminder! It was good they had pochero, the kind of menu that has lots of vegetables in it. The host cooked delicious foods that were not so fatty, and I was conscious of the food I ate there.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
16 Oct 17
@acelawrites i like one dish meals like that - meat with veggies and sauce or broth
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
17 Oct 17
@hereandthere yes, pochero is such a nice dish!
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@tech40 (23128)
• Philippines
16 Oct 17
@acelawrites I see.. I wish they should cement even just the road or for pedestrian.. :(
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
17 Oct 17
@tech40 they do not have funds for it; or maybe they have to ask the local government to build a road going there.
@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
15 Oct 17
There's mud, because it was just a dirt road; not concrete, but just plain soil. They could not construct a concrete road because the area is still part of a large sugarcane plantation and I think the owner of that hacienda had not granted land ownership to those people who settled on the outskirts of that land.
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@allen0187 (58438)
• Philippines
15 Oct 17
Sounds like you had a good day!
Nice! 
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
15 Oct 17
It was fun! It is so nice to walk again on that road lined with grasses and other vegetables on the sides/farm. It was a rural setting and it so refreshing though we had to be careful not to slip and fall on the mud.
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
17 Oct 17
And I was excited to visit that place; a very rural setting!
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
17 Oct 17
I wore a walking sandals, a Merrel sandals that has good rubber soles so it won't slip on the mud.
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@DianneN (246334)
• United States
17 Oct 17
@acelawrites I hope your feet stayed clean! So glad you didn't slip.
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@JudyEv (325348)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Oct 17
@acelawrites That's good. We don't get dressed up too much here nowadays either. Only very occasionally we need to dust off our 'best' clothes.
@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
15 Oct 17
No, we wore casual clothes because it was a rural setting and it is very informal. The people living there are simple people.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
14 Oct 17
Wow i can feel how happy you are. Friday the 13th was indeed a hoax, enjoy your moment.
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
14 Oct 17
I really enjoyed that "adventure"yesterday. It was so muddy because of the rains. But it was fun!
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
14 Oct 17
Three years ago when I experienced walking under the rain and walking in the muddy road, that was fun and I don't know will will this happen again.
@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
15 Oct 17
I had foreseen the situation so I wore denim pants and flat sandals that has rubber soles.
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