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This week’s frosty weather may be hard for Rappahannock natives to get used to after weeks of a mild early winter, but Philippine exchange student Ricky Abad said he was finding it hard to adjust to temperatures of even 40 to 60. “It never gets nearly this cold in Manila,” Ricky said. He said that temperatures in the Philippine capitol reach 70 at the lowest and are often above 100 degrees.
But Ricky said that he had wanted to see snow. The Rappahannock High School junior was originally sent to Atlanta and asked for a school farther north. Sunday’s snow in Rappahannock was not Ricky's first, however; he saw plenty of snow while vacationing in New York over Thanksgiving.
Ricky is the guest of Pat and Richard Helmer of Castleton, and their daughters Kim, Wendy and Debbie.
Climate is not the only difference Ricky has found here. “In Manila, most middle-class families have maids," he explained. Ricky said that most Philippine homes, even in modern Manila, don’t have the laborsaving devices found here.
In spite of the differences, Ricky said that he's finding it
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