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Posted by UJ on Mar 18, 2019

Visitor, Computer and Water

Visiting the Philippines and seeing it for themselves is something that I’d like my family members to do. I still have been unable to get any of my immediate family members here, but one of my cousins that lives in Connecticut wants to come for a visit. He is a first cousin on my mom’s side of the family and I’ve only seen him once in about 30 years. He is married now and I have never...

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Posted by UJ on Mar 12, 2019

Gracing my Post and Videos

Grace returned from Australia on 17 Feb. Her plan is to be here for just a little bit and then head back to work in Manila. She’s already got the job. On the 24th of Feb I noticed that on one of my videos, my “Fruits and Vegetables” video, I had a copyright claim against it. It seems that as I was touring the market here in Calbayog taking the video, some people had a radio playing...

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Posted by UJ on Mar 4, 2019

Valentine’s Day and Internet

Juvic paid for us and her parents to go to downtown to eat on Valentine’s Day. I was hoping that Globe would not show up while we were gone because you can never tell when they might show up again. We ate at a restaurant called AzoTea. None of us had ever been there before, but it was okay. I’ve been to worse restaurants here in Calbayog. I liked their nachos, despite the fact that they...

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Posted by UJ on Feb 23, 2019

New Internet Saga Delayed

Today I will be getting back to the “new” internet problem, but I’ll give you a little update on what’s been going on lately, although it hasn’t been much. I guess the biggest thing lately was just a little while ago. All the power in my computer room went out. I was watching more reaction videos on YouTube and POOF! The rest of the house had power though. Our cousin...

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Posted by UJ on Feb 16, 2019

My Internet Saga Ends But ….

Jumping right into the end of my internet saga now. I’ll get to the “But” part later on in this post. It was the morning of Friday, 30 Nov. The day that Globe, once again, said that they would be here, for sure. I called their hotline for like the 12th time and they actually changed the recording to say I have a scheduled visit this morning. They told me it would be between 8 am and...

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Posted by UJ on Feb 10, 2019

Internet No, Football and Party Yes

Continuing on with my internet story is something I will be doing right after I get you up-to-date with current events, although there has not been much going on. Although the Super Bowl was last week, the new Alliance of American Football League (AAFL) started this week. There are only 8 teams and they only have a 10 week season, but that fills in at least those 10 weeks with football. Also, two weeks...

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Posted by UJ on Feb 2, 2019

Birthday and Super Bowl but Still no Internet

Getting you updated on recent events before continuing with my story about my recent internet troubles. There has not been too much going on recently. I did have my 61st birthday a couple of weeks ago, but I didn’t do anything special for it. I didn’t even get a present until a few days ago. An expat that lives here, Randy, and his wife Gloria bought me a nice pair of shower shoes aka...

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Posted by UJ on Jan 22, 2019

Got Internet Yet?

Really? It’s been 2 weeks since my last post? I am so out of touch sometimes. I really wonder if I should even continue this blog. I go for long periods without posting anything and often I just don’t feel like doing it. It’s definitely not making me rich. I’ve never gotten a donation to the site and I only make like $100 per year otherwise on this thing. However, it seems...

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Visitor, Computer and Water

Posted by UJ on Mar 18, 2019 in Featured | 0 comments

Visiting the Philippines and seeing it for themselves is something that I’d like my family members to do. I still have been unable to get any of my immediate family members here, but one of my cousins that...

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Posted by UJ on Mar 14, 2019 in Calbayog | 0 comments

Health workers conduct house-to-house measles immunization in Gandara, Samar. Measles immunization provided by the government for free saves children’s lives as it prevents children from becoming seriously ill....