Then there is the parade of passing vendors in front of the house. At the break of day fresh, warm pandasal bread is available from the boys on bikes. You can feed a family of four for P20. Later in the morning it's taho, a delicious, healthy soy bean soup concoction. For this you give the man your bowl and he fills it up. This is followed by a man pushing a big tub full of cooked corn on the cob. Ice cream bells ring during the heat of the afternoon. Then it's showtime with peanuts and popcorn. If you are really hard core in the evenings you can tuck into the local duck-egg delicacy.... balut. All from your front porch.
On Saturdays a man comes by who sharpens knives and scissors. Another will fix the soles of your shoes or repair your umbrella. The yard boy works Tuesdays. The barber stops by every other Wednesday. The vet just left from giving our new puppy his shots.
This country give a whole new meaning to phrases like 'underground economy' and 'take out.'
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