Another day in the Philippines life I lived to tell about. A Candy Walk, a party, and a floating bar were the legs on that stool of a Sunday. I’ll let the photos do most of the talking:
I f’d up the video of the Marian Hills portion of our walk. I think the problem is you have to turn the phone horizontally BEFORE hitting the record button. I’ll try to get it right next time. All my efforts at finding a way to flip the video after the upload were also unsuccessful. If anyone has a clue, let me know. I need one. (Warning: watching that mess for three minutes is dizzying.)
Once our candy chore was complete, it was time to prepare for party mode.
Since I was not able to participate in the feeding at Hideaway, I dropped off a bag of goodies and some cash and let the girls feed themselves.
The party was across the highway from Hideaway at the rooftop suite Tim is enjoying at the Coffee Shop hotel. It’s the nicest place in town for the money.
Typical gathering, guys drinking beer and bullshitting, and the women-folk did whatever it was that they did, which seemed to involve downing shots of alcohol yesterday. I went out for a breath of air and enjoyed the views from the roof.
So, we started the party at 1 p.m., and I was nearing capacity when we said our goodbyes and departed at 5:30. Swan wanted to stop at the Arizona floating bar to see the sunset before we went home, and I consented.
We’d both had more than enough to drink by now, so we headed ashore and grabbed a trike for home. Swan was in bed and asleep at 7:30. I was planning to do the next installment of “Squid Game” but didn’t want her to miss out, so I contented myself with some internet surfing. I enjoyed a pudding appetizer before I called it a night.
In this installment of The Story of My Life, I recount the events during one of my early weeks in Korea, including attending some required training and an introduction to aspects of Korean culture.
One of the Facebook groups I belong to is “Westminster High School Alumni.” Someone named Brenda from the Class of ’73 asked if anyone remembered her. I didn’t, but I posted my senior picture in response.
Meanwhile, I’m still poking fun at my lefty Facebook friends:
This is the first time I’ve watched this YouTube vlogger. He covered some aspects of Filipino culture that I’ve also witnessed and did so in only five minutes, which suits my increasingly limited attention span. Worth the watch, IMHO.
Some fun before I go:
And now it is time to prepare for another Hash Monday. Thanks for stopping by!
When you don’t know how to do something, look up the question online. Type in “how do I make videos in landscape on my Samsung [name and model #] phone?”, and you’ll find your answer. “Portrait” refers to screen images that are in a vertically aligned rectangle, like painted portraits. “Landscape” refers to horizontally aligned rectangles, like landscape paintings. With your cell phone, you can make videos in portrait or in landscape. Most of us are lazy and stay in portrait mode, probably because it’s a little easier to grip the phone that way.
I guess burning the garbage is better than just tossing it in the creek bed and leaving it.
Seems the locals couldn’t be bothered to make sure the garbage is all in the fire. Nor did they seem to care about the fire possibly spreading.
Swan’s sausages
Sausages and brownies look good.
Squid Game
Season 2 seems to be slow going. Episode 3 finally takes us back into the games.
Great sunset shots as usual.
Kev, yeah, I need to up my game if I want to add some videos to my routine. Some new equipment will be a start. I’m also going to look into some video editing software. We shall see.
I try to be sympathetic to the garbage issue. These folks live in an area that is not accessible for trash collection vehicles. Yeah, they carry the goods home; they ought to be able to take the empties out in the same manner. However, the local government has provided no dumpsters or other drop-off options, so people just find a spot and chuck the rubbish there. Sad, but somewhat understandable. If I were in that situation, I’d probably dig a hole and burn it there. I’m sure many do just that, and that’s why the air is sometimes smoky.
Yep, we watched episode 3 last night. A surprise ending seeing Number One in the game.
re: garbage. Yeah, it is tough. They need to learn the philosophy taking their trash back to from whence it came.
I read about all the problems that soldiers who were in Iraq developed (potentially) due to the burning trash piles that were at the various bases. I understand that they were burning a lot of weird shit, but still, there is a lot of weird shit in normal packaging. Not something I would want to be breathing in on a regular basis.
Brian, I’m hoping most of the smoke I encounter is from burning leaves, but I see many remnants of burned garbage piles so that crap is in the mix. You’d think the authorities would make it easier by providing receptacles at collection points, but that’s not the case. Honestly, I would not know where to leave my trash if it wasn’t picked up each week.