There was this loudening warbly flappy whistling behind me and when I looked back, I realized the sound was now coming from above and then a flock of geese or ducks flew over me and kept going.
There was this loudening warbly flappy whistling behind me and when I looked back, I realized the sound was now coming from above and then a flock of geese or ducks flew over me and kept going.
And just across the water, you have the Philippines: Quite possibly the noisiest country on earth. It’s nice with the life and chaos for a bit, but it doesn’t take long for it to become too much. When SM Malls choose to blast their awful jingles at the same time as restaurants are trying to play their own music and the mall management have a freaking marching band parading around the mall to celebrate their three day sale, there’s something deeply wrong. Who in their right mind would enjoy that?
Haha, yeah! I just came from the Philippines for a wedding. I lasted 10 days, and that was more than enough noise for me.
It seems like Filipinos enjoy that much noise, or maybe they’re just inured to cacophony at this point.
Actually a bit of both. Many Filipinos feel uncomfortable when it’s quiet. My wife had a hard time at first adjusting to life in Scandinavia. As the years passed, she learned to embrace tranquility, though.
Good to hear, and brave of her! Moving from a maelstrom of ambient noise to largely unpopulated tracts of land must have been strange. I still haven’t been anywhere in Scandinavia, but I’m sure it’ll happen eventually.
Recommend you do it soon. The current government tanked the currency, so it’s actually relatively affordable if you’re from f.ex the UK.
I hadn’t heard, thanks! I’ll definitely keep that in mind!