MY HUSBAND'S EXPERIENCE WITH WOODCARVING IN THE PHILIPPINES | ISLAND LIFE

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Mornings in the Philippines are special to us. Birds singing, beautiful colours in the trees, the fresh breeze.
Our host Ate Mila gave us this grated casava with sugar and coconut. This tropical dessert is made from cassava root vegetables. It's a perfect combination with coffee for breakfast.
Last night Ate Mila introduced Boria to her brother Bakadong. He makes furniture and doors in his small workshop. Bakadon asked Boria if he could do a wood carving for one of his clients.
He showed us a finished wood carving that was done by a local carver.
We were told that he refused to carve on the next door because he lives far away and it's inconvenient for him to get here from the other side of the island.
The pay isn't much, but we're still grateful that the Filipinos offered Boria a job. Before coming here, he knew it would be difficult for him to find a job that pays well. RUclips doesn't pay much either.
He is glad he got the chance to work with local material, show our local friends his creative skills and help Bakadong.
When we moved to the Philippines, he had to leave almost all of his tools in Russia.
To speed things up, Bakadon agreed to lend Boria his router. All we have to do is buy the right cutter. This one won't fit. It's for edging.
We tried to find cutters in Samal, but no luck. So we had to go to Davao City.
After the ferry, we boarded a multiqab and finally got to the right shop.
We found the right cutter, but it is not sold separately. We would have to pay 1200 pesos for this set of six cutters.
We walked around for a while and daydreamed about one day buying tools and materials for our own house.
On the way home, we saw a big ship with containers. Shipping to the Philippine islands is only possible by sea and by air. That's why imported goods are often expensive here.
The next morning, Boria went to the carpentry shop again.
This tropical wood is similar to walnut. It is also dense, tough and heavy.
Bacadong says the customer has worked abroad and is now building a house. He wants to depict his daughter next to a bear on this door. Like in this photo. It must have been taken in some museum.
He did the carving while Bacadon prepared the material for his new carpentry work.
It's so nice to have my husband back home. I cooked lunch in the traditional style on banana leaves. We have tottang talong or eggplant omelet, barbecued chicken, vegetable salad, fruits and, of course, rice.
Boria took his work home because there was no electricity in the workshop.
He had brought a boron machine with us from Russia. It turned out not to be in vain. Now it helps him out a lot.
Ate Mila and her nephew Paul are making sitsiritsit. It's a delicacy from the island of Mindanao. It's made from sun-dried and fried cassava and then drizzled with caramelized coconut cream. Ate Mila said that when she was a child, their family used to sell this snack. It was their livelihood.
Mom teaches me how to make egg and green onion piroshki. My husband told me that there are thousands of variations of pirozhki and other pastry recipes with fillings. They are either fried or baked. They can be savoury: with minced meat, mashed potatoes, mushrooms, or cabbage. Or sweet: with apple, apricot, cherry or cottage cheese.
A few days later Boria finished his work. He loved carving since he was a child and he is very happy to share his skills with Filipinos. He dreams to teach Filipino children the art. We think that it would be a great way to give back to the Philippines and Filipinos for being so kind to us.
In the evening we celebrated our new victory with some lovely grilled squid.