Boom-boom

Ice-cream after lunch should become an SOP (standard operating procedure) from now on. It’s because of the ice-cream isn’t it Jojo? That was Dr. Pal (Head R&D) teasing Jojo, the marketing dude (in every sense of the way) for southern Mindanao, and his team. Dr. Pal loves his corn, he loves the fact that Jojo made good his promise - Dr. Pal, you don’t worry. You’ll see all the Healer 101, except for those in critical areas. “Critical” in the Filipino lingua franca means - war torn or politically sensitive area. Refer this for further clarification.

Fritz, driving the Nissan-Frontier with me as the co-passenger, observed - (With a smile that said- Oh! we’re so fucked now) It’s perfect; if abductors attack we’ll be gone. It’s the same place where the ice-cream comment was made. It was not a critical area, at least not that critical.

Jojo on why this would be the last location for our crop tour - There is another location towards that side (signaling to the west) but because of the boom-boom (trying to play down the gunshots hardly 200 - 300 meters away) we’ll not go there.

Some unintelligible words interspersed with the word sniper. That were the PCs (Product Consultants - Jojo’s team basically) talking among themselves.

Sounds fun?

This was me on the crop tour (read product evaluation) before launching of a new GM (genetically modified) corn hybrid - Healer 101. Area - Bukidnon & Cotabato. The “boom-boom” place - Carmen, Cotabato. Date - 4th December, 2009.

If you have never heard a gunshot then it sounds like somebody cutting wood. If not told I’d never have guessed it.

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