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Kev, yes it was a surprise to be ghosted but maybe it shouldn’t have been. People do tend to show you the true nature of their character once they decide you are no longer of any value to them.
I tried one of the items from that bakery and it was dry and disappointing. I decided it wasn’t worth the calories and discarded it halfway through.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 31/March/2025 @ 11:36 am
Glad you enjoyed the ass, Mike.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 30/March/2025 @ 12:41 pm
Kev, it was a long time ago; Scott and the wife went separate ways, and she got the house. Scott has a house in Barretto and a Honey of a girlfriend with whom he shares his life. So, it all worked out.
The poke I was referencing is the one about buying sight unseen. Pig in a poke.
Our hiking effort totally dwarfs that of Snow White. *ahem*
The US house never got broken into during the three years I halfway occupied it, but that’s not to say it wouldn’t have ever happened.
I agree that people in relationships should accept the other as they are. That Pygmalion project principle cuts both ways.
Just me beseeching God for as many more meaningless days as He wants to give me.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 30/March/2025 @ 12:33 pm
Kev, Martin and Joss only live here part-time (his company is in Manila), so we don’t see them often. Running into them at Treasure Island was just a quirk of fate.
Waking up next to a sexy Filipina qualifies as a happy ending. 🙂
Nice seeing your post on link rot again. It’s kinda sad being reminded of all the blogs I used to enjoy are gone forever now. Me and you have been around longer than just about everyone from the good ol’ days of blogging.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 30/March/2025 @ 12:40 pm
Kev, yeah, we may pack a lunch sometime and just enjoy the ambiance up there. Can’t get enough of that view!
Those sounds are not from tree-clinging cicadas like I’ve known, but noisy insects do abound. I don’t even notice them much these days. I went back and listened to the TV theme song and noticed I’d messed up a bit on the lyrics. But damn, that I even remember that show at all is an accomplishment!
And today, there’s tampo to add to your Filipino vocabulary.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 28/March/2025 @ 5:00 pm
Kev, I’ll ask her about the glasses next time I see her. Or maybe ask Swan to ask her because Mama doesn’t understand much of what I say.
There is no excuse for my love of beer! That’s why I have to limit myself to a very small window of opportunity for drinking (approximately 5-8 p.m.).
» Posted By John McCrarey On 27/March/2025 @ 9:22 am
Brian, I think I asked her that once, and she said she didn’t remember. Well, I do know that she was a bargirl here back in the Navy base days, so that was 35 years or more ago…
» Posted By John McCrarey On 27/March/2025 @ 9:17 am
Kev, Yeah, there are always dangers on trail, whether with the Hash or not. Now, the Corona Hash is notorious for doing intentionally dangerous stuff on their Hash runs, which is why I’ve elected not to participate with them. We had a Hare like that in Subic, but I shortcut around his bullshit.
That’s a good line from Robin Williams. I’ll have to steal it!
» Posted By John McCrarey On 26/March/2025 @ 5:17 pm
Brian, I hear ya! Sometimes, I fantasize about living a simple provincial life, but no way I could go to that extreme. My mountain friend Onelia doesn’t even have electricity. I couldn’t live without Wi-Fi…
» Posted By John McCrarey On 26/March/2025 @ 10:10 am
Love yourself sense of humor, Trevor. Biden may be the most indecent and corrupt person in the history of the presidency. Don’t leave him alone with your kids!
» Posted By John McCrarey On 24/March/2025 @ 10:40 am
Kev, I don’t have much experience cooking with an open flame (other than hotdogs or marshmallows on a stick), but I can see how that makes sense.
I’m not sure it was a joke. I suspect the village idiot.
No idea what photo someone will choose for my funeral banner (assuming I even have one), but one thing I’m sure about: it won’t matter to me!
Yeah, I think that pool victory was the first against Chu. Not that it matters to either of us. Just a way for me to pass the time and for her to earn a lady drink.
I have no idea what’s causing the intestinal distress, but as you say, it’s unlikely something I ate or drank as I’ve built up immunity over the years. I’m feeling somewhat better now, so hopefully, this has passed, and I’ll return to solidity.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 24/March/2025 @ 10:36 am
Brian, thanks for the suggestions. I tend to just let it “runs” its course. I don’t eat rice during the best of times, but my appetite has been diminished somewhat. I’m feeling a little better this morning.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 24/March/2025 @ 10:25 am
beeswax, the majority of Americans are ecstatic with this outcome.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 24/March/2025 @ 10:23 am
Kev, yes, I do seem to recall a lot of my teachers didn’t seem to enjoy having a student like me. Go figure. But what you call lazy, I see as being creative! Or maybe I’m just channeling Frank Sinatra.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 24/March/2025 @ 10:39 am
Kev, yes, she is a sweet woman with a nice sense of humor. I would have enjoyed getting to know her outside of work under different circumstances. Despite a lifetime of misbehavior, I never violated the HR Golden Rule about not dipping your pen in company ink. Hmm, now that I think about it, I did engage a couple of co-workers during my career, but none who worked under me, so to speak.
An end-of-the-world movie, for sure.
I wouldn’t make a special trip to Manila to walk with them, but would probably join in if I happened to be there. Even on flat ground, I tend to max out at around 12K.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 23/March/2025 @ 8:43 am
Kev, yeah, it was a shitty joke, for sure. When you are making up words it just seems to make sense for it to “sound” the way you intended. Hence, my crappy play on die arria.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 23/March/2025 @ 8:37 am
Brian, Probably. I usually only attend once a month or so. I’m not sure what’s going on with the bar biz these days, but with just a couple of exceptions, the bars are quiet. Of course, new venues keep opening and the expat community is not growing enough to support them all.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 23/March/2025 @ 8:34 am
Kev, I’d be scared to eat a chicken that looked like that!
Damn, I should have copyrighted that poem and got me some Star Wars royalties. And yes, I noticed that I didn’t know how to spell “sergeant” back then. Still don’t, but now I have a spellchecker!
Geez, so many obvious mistakes in that meme that even I can spot them. At first glance, drivers need apostrophes. Needs punctuation after down (semicolon?). Missing apostrophe in both “shes.” Needs a period after road. The last sentence should end with a question mark. That’s not how I’d spell “fuckin’,” but maybe that’s a Brit anomaly.
We’ll see how lucky I am. Hopefully, there’s a long way to go before I find out.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 22/March/2025 @ 9:53 am
Mike, The diet seems to working. And if I were going to eat pizza, it would be something good like Shakey’s.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 22/March/2025 @ 9:32 am
Terry, I’m not sure. Maybe it was because her Aunt Flo from Redlands was visiting.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 22/March/2025 @ 9:31 am
Brian, Wow. Talk about not wanting your business! There were places in Korea with signage saying “no foreigners” but to be treated rudely by the bartender like that is bizarre.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 23/March/2025 @ 8:35 am
I don’t know the app being used (GPS?) but these are just dirt paths in the middle of nowhere, I don’t think it provides the level of detail you’d need to see them.
The natives have all been friendly. So far.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 22/March/2025 @ 9:56 am
Brian, when I used to go to casinos, the gamblers love Ireland…they were always shouting “Dublin or nothin'”
I would love to hear the story about that “most unfriendly bar.”
» Posted By John McCrarey On 22/March/2025 @ 9:30 am
Brian, Ha! You picked up on that, eh? Yeah, in several posts I made during my first few months in Korea I talked about resisting the transition to the bar life. Obviously, I failed. It started with pool league, then darts, and the next thing I knew, bars became my go-to activity. I’ve certainly exceeded my father’s level of bar mania. I guess there is no escaping my Irish heritage.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 21/March/2025 @ 10:19 am
Kev, the typos are bad enough, but the fact that my so-called proofreading misses them is downright scary.
I don’t do the maps, but they are not detailed enough to show which is the right path to take. Our wrong turns were pretty much in the right direction; they just didn’t lead to where we were going. The correct trail was invisible unless you knew where it was. In this case, you have to hop a creek and turn left before you can see it. So, next time, we’ll be sure to go up the proverbial creek!
The Hash trails are all marked in advance, our group hikes are more of an exploration. We don’t like getting lost, but that’s part of the adventure, and we accept it when it happens. Nobody’s fault, just one of those days.
That’s one of my “jokes” about meeting a woman here in the PI: Me: Where have you been all my life? Her: Um, most of it not born.
The blood test results were good news! I’ll post about that today. I’m going to reduce my chelation schedule to every other month and see how that works out for me.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 21/March/2025 @ 10:15 am
Sorry, Koko. The name doesn’t ring a bell. Why don’t you remind me how we met.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 20/March/2025 @ 9:54 am
Kev, Yep, there are a lot of crazies out there these days. It is entertaining to see some of the shit they post.
I turned right on the neighborhood walk like I usually do. Oddly enough, I decided I’d go the left route next time, and that was BEFORE I read your comment. I guess that’s cat-like reflexes, eh?
As hard as it may be to believe, I write this blog when sober. Of course, my brain damage makes it difficult to tell the difference.
There is nothing else to come from the eye doctor; I just need to schedule the cataract surgery. I’m going to have my blood work done this morning to see how I’m doing these days.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 20/March/2025 @ 9:50 am
Kev, I remember taking a shady refuge under the bridges back in my Han River walking days. The infrastructure here makes bridges like that few and far between.
Nope, no glamping allowed! I was surprised to see that visitors are supposed to exit no later than 6 p.m. Our Hash circle wasn’t over until six-thirty, but no one bothered us.
Yeah, I was thinking that joke was overly familiar, but had forgotten about you pointing out the fallacy of its premise. Forgive my trespasses! I blame my diminished brain capacity.
Well, I’ve often thought when people say, “This tastes like shit,” how they know what shit tastes like. Maybe tasting for cleanliness is the answer.
Yeah, I was thinking that joke was overly familiar, but had forgotten about you pointing out the fallacy of its premise. Forgive my trespasses! I blame my diminished brain capacity.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 19/March/2025 @ 3:50 pm
Brian, I think that nails it: people who come here and try and live on the bare minimum are unable to adjust to any increase in expenses, even common occurrences like inflation or unfavorable exchange rates. Glad I’m not one of them!
I think the reason I don’t see much of the financial crisis types is that Barretto is moderately more expensive to begin with, so those with low incomes tend to live in cheaper province communities. I’ve seen more people die here than bail. People do leave occasionally for health issues and others just get tired of the lifestyle. Me, I never want to go back to that old life.
My US health insurance (Blue Cross) isn’t accepted by providers here, so I’m in that pay now, get reimbursed later group. I have a credit care good for $15,000 in case of emergency. I hope I’m never in a situation like colleague where I have to use it.
I’ve not personally known anyone doing the fundraiser thing, but I’ve seen on the forums I frequent mostly contempt from other expats too those who need to go that route.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 19/March/2025 @ 3:38 pm
«« Back To Stats PageWeird. I had no indication that was happening. Sorry! It might be my spam filter overreacting. I’ll see if there is a way I an adjust it.
UPDATE: Okay, I just found your comment from yesterday in the spam box. I rescued it and it is no visable. I’ll respond soon.
» Posted By John McCrarey On 19/March/2025 @ 2:08 pm