Day 1- May 7, 2013

Today I had my first training session.  It wasn’t terrible, but it seriously is SOO hot and humid here.  I was drenched in sweat within 5 minutes (all of you without sweating problems would have been drenched too!) 

This is our morning training field (BGC Turf Field)

After training we got Jamba Juice, which is apparently a daily routine here.  We get it for free, so the team always goes after the morning training session.  

Delicious :)

Then, we went back to the condos and got showered and dressed up in our max jerseys from November.  After getting clean and changing, we went and got lunch at Giligan’s.  One of my teammates, Tasha, dad owns all of the Giligan’s restaurants in the Philippines.  It is really good Filipino food, and the girls told me that they have gone there for almost every lunch and dinner.  There are so many options though, so people haven’t gotten tired of it yet.  After eating we went to the max international headquarters (one of our sponsors) and we hung out there for a while.  Some girls had a TV interview, and the rest of us just talked to the people who work there and they gave us some free samples of their products.  We took pictures and went on stage for some fans, then left to watch Tito Ernie’s men’s team play.  He coaches the FC Stallions, a D1 professional team here.  They won 3-2, but I was so tired that I only saw 2 of the 5 goals.  I literally passed out on the bleachers for the entire first half.  Everyone said I looked so uncomfortable, but I was so dead that I didn’t feel that way at all.  At half time, the whole team was on TV so that was pretty cool. After the game we just went back to the condos and I fell asleep pretty quickly.  

The team at Max International (follow the instagram!)

The team on TV during the FC Stallions halftime!