Siesta

Filipinos, like every good Spanish influenced people really enjoy, and are serious about, their afternoon siesta. Around lunch time it's quite common to see people sleeping in the oddest of places. I was at Aimee's office once around lunch time and saw people, as soon as the clock turned 12 noon, pull pillows out of their desk drawers, plop them down onto their desk tops and immediately face plant their heads into the pillows. The face plants were instantly complimented by a round of snoring. Sleeping at your desk is a pretty safe thing to do. What are the chances that you could do some bodily harm to yourself while sleeping at your desk? Pretty nil. But imagine a little siesta in places much more dangerous; like perhaps a construction site. I took these two photos the other day of construction workers having a little afternoon siesta:

The guys sleeping on the ground are pretty safe. Safe from falling that is. But look at the guy sleeping above them. Let's take a closer look:
This guy is a true, seasoned professional siesta master. I would be terrified sleeping on a flimsy board twelve feet off the ground. But yet, this guy does it! He seems pretty relaxed and not worried one bit about the board breaking or him rolling off onto the ground below. Amazing. I guess I shouldn't be too surprised by this. Filipinos are always doing death defying stunts like this. I see construction workers all the time doing things like welding without a protective mask or lifting heavy toe breaking machinery without protective boot wear. Protective boots? Heck, they only wear flip flops most of the time.

They are a brave fearless people these Filipinos!