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Posted by UJ on Apr 17, 2019

Walking

Trying to make myself walk downtown is still tougher than I thought it would be, even though I really would like to get in some kind of ‘good’ shape. The shape I’m in now, which is round, is not the shape I’m looking for. However, on the 19th of March, I did walk downtown again. I even remembered to bring my camera this time and did get several pictures. I did not take any...

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Posted by UJ on Apr 7, 2019

Our 39th Anniversary Meal

Today, 7 April 2019, is my wife’s and my 39th wedding anniversary. To celebrate I decided to take her out to her favorite restaurant, yesterday. It’s not my favorite, but it’s an okay place to eat. The name of her restaurant is Marcial’s Grille. I wanted to go to Mango Lounge, but it’s quieter if I go to the restaurant she likes best. When we first got here,...

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Posted by UJ on Apr 5, 2019

Walking and House Lady Again

Running a bit behind again, but I’ll try to catch up. On 17 March I finally walked all the way downtown again. It’s been a while since I’ve done that. I’ve been so worried about those marks on my arms. It seems that it must have been the aspirin after all that was causing the problem. It didn’t work right away, but after I stopped taking aspirin for a couple of months,...

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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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