So many years ago, when our house in the mountains was still being built, my mom would take us kids to see the construction at different phases. There were times when we spent the night in the half-finished house. I remember us staying one night through heavy rainfall. Of course this was Baguio City, so you could just imagine what rainfall there actually means. (If you couldn't you have to try going over there during the off-peak months of June- September). The roof (upper level floor) was finished but only the walls of the rooms were completely up. We had to cook our dinner by fire wood (or any debris that would sustain some sort of flame) and for some reason all I remember us having were some eggs. We had to do everything from starting the fire (I think we did have a few matches), watching it so it doesn't get blown out, etc. Being the amateur campers that we were, it took us hours to cook the eggs and boil some water. We got super hungry in the process and the pot got super black! But then when that was done, I don't remember having better a boiled egg than that in my life.
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| Our version was a lot cruder than this. Photo by Jan, taken from www.guest-travel-writers.com. |
