I didn’t know what I was in for when I volunteered to
serve at Shell’s medical and dental mission in Tabangao, Batangas City last August 3.
Sure, I’d been at medical and dental missions before, but
always as part of a coverage team.
The full breakfast spread for the volunteers should have
set off warning bells in my head. After all, why were we being treated to so
much good food if we weren’t expected to burn it off – fried rice, daing, tapa, itlog, manok and all?
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| One of the doctors of the Batangas Medical Society attends to a young patient at Shell's medical and dental mission. |
They did ring faintly in my head at the reaction of some
of the other volunteers when I told them I had volunteered at the pharmacy. “Kayong pinakahuling matatapos (You’ll
be among the last done),” said one. “Magulo diyan (It’s a riot there),” said another.
