I’ve been craving for chips for over three months now. I don’t usually eat chips when I’m on site because it’s rarely available. During my home leave in the Philippines, I didn’t get the chance to eat crisps too because I traveled a lot.
So this afternoon, I went to the restaurant to inform the caretaker of the house that I don’t have electricity. This is the second time this week and it’s bullsh*t. I remembered that my soap is almost finished and I need to buy a new one. So I went to the bar and asked for a bar of soap and moisturizer and luckily they restocked their chips. They have Pringles and French potato chips in a bag. I picked up a couple of Pringles and a bag of chips in a heartbeat.
The total cost is 10400 FCFA or almost 850 PHP (18 USD). In Filipino standards, that’s a huge amount already but here in Burkina Faso, it’s normal. That’s almost my weekly allowance when I was studying in the university. I could have thrown a drinking session with my barkada and go home pretty wasted. I could have treated my family to a Sunday lunch at the nearest Jollibee. But no. The commodities here are twice or sometimes thrice or even four times the price of the goods in the Philippines.
But I’m pretty happy with my spending. I don’t normally spend here on site because everything is free. They even give us a bar of organic soap made with karité (shea) but I don’t like the smell so I bring / buy my own soap.
What I normally do to satisfy my cravings on chips is that I buy a bunch of peanuts from the village as a snack during my movie marathons. The only available snackable food from the village that doesn’t get spoiled immediately. So I buy a thousand FCFA (80 PHP or 1.72 USD) worth of peanuts and it last me a week.
I gave up a lot of things when I signed my 2-year contract here in Burkina Faso but it’s all worth it. I know, we don’t have chips here, chocolate, McDonald’s er all the good things in life but it’s for my future. I need to sacrifice a little and enjoy the outcome later. That’s the harsh reality.
eat read shoot film. repeat. 
PATATAS ALL THE WAY ❤
Hahahaha. Ganun talaga ang buhay.
Masarap kumain ng patatas at lumangoy sa patatas.
Kumain, masarap talaga. Lumangoy? Hmmmm. Ati, may problema ka po sa utak. Pacheck po sa mental pag may time. Hahahaha
Binubully mo nanaman ako. Humanda ka.
Di naman po ako yung nagsabi na lumangoy sa patatas eh. Hahaha
Iinggitin kita sa patatas. Humanda ka.
Madami po kaming stock dito sa site. Actually, patatas po minimina dito. Nageexport pa nga po kami sa Pilipinas. 😛
Ay, so ibig sabihin papadalhan mo na ako niyan?
Ilang truck ba gusto mo? Haha
Mga 5. Kaya ba?
Grabe naman. OA naman yung 5. Mga 4? Pwede? Haha
Ang poor mo naman. I am so disappointed! Hahaha!
Pasensya na po. Ako’y isang hamak na OFW lamang. JK. Baka magalit ibang mga OFW. Hahahaha
Hahaha no stereotyping. Only typing. Char. Pero mukha naman malaki ang kinikita mo friend.
Sakto lang din ati. Sapat na mabuhay ng komportable ang aking pamilya sa pinas. ako po kasi ang tinapay na panalo sa family. Hahahaha.
Napakabait mo naman pala sa pamilya. Kaya akong kaibigan mo eh pinapa-patatas level mo lang. Maawa ka naman sa akin Becky!
Ganun talaga. Kelangang magpakitang tao para kunwari mabait ako. Tutulungan ko pamilya ko ganyan. Hahahaha. Sige. Libre kitang eat all you can na patatas paguwi kong Pinas.
Yehey!!! Lahat ng buffet ha, potato salad, fried potatos, potato pizza basta lahat ng potato! Potato shake din. Hehe thank you, Sarah! 😀
Demanding. Siya na nga tong ililibre choosy pa. Dun sa potato shake tayo. Haha. Or wait nating sponsoran ako ng potato corner. Ahha
Hahaha uy joke lang. Ayoko na mag-demand. It will just lead to disappointments. *signing in as anghulinghugoterafriesngpotatocorner.wordpress.com*
Wait, diba sponsored ka na? Ikaw yung mascot diba? 😀
Libre lang services ko sa kanila. Kapag sa April at masaalubonng kita sa Manila,. Lilibre talaga kita ng Potato corner. Buti sa Laguna ako nakatira. Haha
Ay ganyanan. Sayang! Naka-ready na pringles, burger at mga isaw mo dito sa bag ko. Madali lang kita mahahanap, pareho lang tayong taga South. Wala kang takas sa akin, Sarah.
Sige garud. Let’s schedule a meetup. March or April. Tawagin natin iba ko pang friends dito sa wordpress. Libre ko kayong Patatas. Haha
Sureness! Game ako dyan. Tweet tweet mo nalang ako or DM sa Twitter. Thank you 😊😊😊
Next year. 😂😂😂
Nakakatamad po magtwitter lalo kung kasing bilis ng internet namin dito sa site ang internet. Pandagdag pa sa stress. Yeah tweet para sosyal. Haha
Hahahaha oh sige. Snail mail nalang tayo mag-usap? 😂
Pwede naman po. Padala natin dun sa snail dun sa Monsters University. Mabilis yun.
Okay. Sarap ng monster fries.
Monster fries ng alin. Sorry. Nahuli na sa balita. Hahaha
Sa bago kong itatayong restaurant. Ikaw ang mascot. Wag mong kalimutan. Naka handa na yung contract mo dito. Contract for 2 days.
Akala ko naman may nagseserve talaga nun. Sige. 2 days sure? Mahal ang talent fee ko. Hahaha
Shocks. Magkano? Be sure afford ko yan.
Sige na nga. Lifetime supply of Monster Fries na lang.
Sige. Ako bahala sa pagkain mo pagdating ng Manila.
Sugar mommy lang? HAHAHAHA
Pagkain talaga eh no. Di man lang shopping ganyan. Hahaha
Nako, di ako mahilig mag-shopping. Kain, movie at kain lang friend hahaha
Sige. Ako na bahala sa shopping. Sa divisoria. Hahaha. Jk.
Hahaha okay lang. Wala naman akong arte.
Basta libre mo. 😀