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Posted by UJ on May 26, 2019

Yankee Cousin and Expat Charity

Recently I saw a Facebook video about a guy that started making bunk beds for children that didn’t have a bed to sleep in. Here is a link to their website in case it’s something that you are interested in Sleep in Heavenly Peace. That got me to thinking about maybe what the expats in our community here could do for some of the less fortunate here in our city. I do not think that bunk beds...

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Posted by UJ on May 19, 2019

Frustrating Day

Frustrating days are not so common for me around here. Normally everything is either fine or boring, but not frustrating. Today was an exception, I got frustrated. Nothing that is life-changing, but definitely out of the norm. It all started early this morning when Lita decided that we needed more vegetables to make my stew today. I ate the last one from the freezer yesterday. We don’t have...

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Posted by UJ on May 13, 2019

The Cousin is Coming, The Cousin is Coming

Recently I mentioned that I have a cousin (cuz) that will be visiting me here in the Philippines later this year. We now have the exact dates that he and his wife will be here. They will be leaving from JFK on 9 December and, with the date change, arrive here on 11 December. They will be departing from the Philippines on 20 December. Their arrival will be about 4 am and they will be departing at 5...

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Posted by UJ on May 6, 2019

Returning Bakery and Items

Yesterday I tried to create a new post, but there is a problem with our internet service these days and I could not even get to this page. Today it took almost 10 minutes just to pull up this page to type this. The problem is, due to our recent 6.5 earthquake, a cable was severed and all service has slowed down significantly. Globe says they are working on it, but there is no telling how long it will...

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Posted by UJ on Apr 27, 2019

A Whole Lot of Moving Going On

Evidently, I procrastinated so long it got to be over a week since my last post. I have been trying to get out at least 1 post per week. I’ll continue to try, but also know it may not always true, especially if it has been a really boring week. It seems that my niece Catherine (Cathy – aka Cat) has swapped out a couple of daughters again. She has 6 children, 4 of them being daughters and 2...

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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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