Boy Scouts of the Philippines-4th National Jamboree STRANDED IN MANILA

The navy boat RPS Kalantiao which was designated to bring us home was diverted for the Iloilo Contingent. While our Leaders were looking for alternative transportation, we were housed at Mapa High School in San Miguel, close to the Malacanan. If I remember it correctly, we got the entire top floor. It didn't take long for some of the boys senior to us that we were just a binocular-away from a girls-only college dorm. With a borrowed telescope, we took turn enjoying the scenery. With each day that passes one thing became clear, some of us were not sons of lesser gods. Barely a couple of days into our two-week ordeal, they started complaining about our food: smoked galonggong (first time for me too), dried fish and tangkong, virtually every meal, everyday. In every cloud, there is a silver lining. There's this Brothers that I'll never forget.