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Posted by UJ on 10 10 19

Our Balikbayan Journey 2019 – 2

So we are on our annual balikbayan trip, this year in Singapore. Since we still do not have much money, we decided to just stay at the airport for 24 hours, 45 minutes until our flight back. As far as airports go, it’s a nice place to stay. They have 24-hour restaurants, 24-hour money changers and even places to sleep. If you want to pay extra they have very nice accommodations to sleep and/or...

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Posted by UJ on 10 10 19

Our Balikbayan Journey 2019 – 1

On the afternoon of 9 Oct, around 2 pm, my wife and I took a Grand Tour van to Tacloban. We had an Air Asia flight the next morning at 8:45 am and we wanted to be sure we were there on time. We spent the night at the Go Hotel next to Robinson Mall. The price was P1975, but if I would have made the reservations online before arriving, it would have been around P1650. If there’s a next time,...

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Posted by UJ on 10 10 19

Balikbayan to Singapore 2019

Well, I finally got all the plans for our short balikbayan trip confirmed. Although I really wanted to go to Texas this year, it just could not happen. Next year, we’re going for sure positive. Maybe even stay a little bit longer than normal. Between our passport problem, our military ID problem and our low money problem, we just couldn’t make it this year. I have not even told my parents...

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Posted by UJ on 09 9 19

AdSense Computer Trip

Weird things are happening with the AdSense on my blogs. It says my earnings are at risk and they said “to avoid severe risk of revenue” I should use their option to fix the problem. I don’t understand the fix. Anyone have an idea of what a “root level domain” is, how to get to it and what kind of “ads.txt file” it’s talking about that I should add...

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Posted by UJ on 09 9 19

My Passport Renewal Experience

Recently my wife and I had to apply for new passports. We did not look at our passports and were under the mistaken impression that they did not expire until Oct 2020. Well, it turns out they expire in Jan 2020. That brings up a problem. Since, at this time, we are not allowed to travel military Space-A out of the Philippines (Clark), we have to buy commercial tickets someplace. This someplace could...

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Posted by UJ on 09 9 19

Travel Troubles

Several things to write about today. None of them mind-blowing but I hope that the information will be something that helps someone somehow. I’ve been thinking of starting another blog but I don’t know if I should. It would be one that I would not have to make regular entries to, unlike this one, so that’s the only reason I am really considering it. I’m not saying what it is...

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Posted by UJ on 08 8 19

Marrying a Young Filipina

[smartads] Interesting video, but no-where near unique. After watching this video I decided I really should do a blog post on this subject to tell what I think and know about it. I know couples with bigger age gaps. All those couples are Filipinas married to foreigners. I live in the Philippines and have been married to a Filipina for 39+ years. Filipinos are like other people, some are good, some are...

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Posted by UJ on 08 8 19

Cruising Haircut Party

[smartads] Today when I turned on my computer I only opened this blog. I figured that if I opened anything else I’d get side-tracked and not do another post. I’m overdue a post so I really need to get this done. I do have a few items on my list to discuss. First of all is the last party we had. It was at Randy Stallard’s house. I’ve been to the complex where he lives before a...

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Our Balikbayan Journey 2019 – 2

Posted by UJ on 10 10 19 in Featured | 0 comments

So we are on our annual balikbayan trip, this year in Singapore. Since we still do not have much money, we decided to just stay at the airport for 24 hours, 45 minutes until our flight back. As far as airports...

Our Balikbayan Journey 2019 – 1

Posted by UJ on 10 10 19 in Featured | 4 comments

On the afternoon of 9 Oct, around 2 pm, my wife and I took a Grand Tour van to Tacloban. We had an Air Asia flight the next morning at 8:45 am and we wanted to be sure we were there on time. We spent the night...