Right after breakfast we went to the Philippine Embassy so
that we could rehearse. Competitions are tough if you are travelling. You are
forced to compete with who can pay for the tour instead of your complete
roster. We were finding the Competition song difficult, O Tod Wie Bitter Bist
Du by Max Reger because of balance issues. (song for 10 voices but only 16
singers on tour)
(How I wish we sounded this good)
We had lunch in the embassy and it was decided that the
first order of the day was to exchange our money. I found it tough to figure
out how much to exchange because at that time there was no Euro yet and you’d
have to go change leftover money in the next country. I was always conservative
when it came to exchanging money.
One problem Filipinos had before was that our currency is
not commonly exchanged. We had to exchange pesos to US Dollars and then exchange
these US dollars to the local currency. We lose money 2 times to commission fees
and the challenge was finding a place with the lowest commission.
The Staff told us that we could exchange our money in the
old town or the tourist square. What a treat, we get to do our business and
sight see at the same time.
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