On and on it goes, but that’s fine by me. I’m reasonably healthy, still able to get out and about, and I have a lady who loves me at my side. Seems like I hit the jackpot! As boring and trivial as they might be, I am glad to engage in my daily routines and then share them with whoever cares to read about them here at LTG. That’s just the way I roll. Let’s get to it then.
At beer o’clock, I fancied a visit to Cheap Charlies, but alas, looking up from the street, it appeared all the good seats were taken. Well, this is Barretto, and there are plenty of options, so we made Sloppy Joe’s our Plan B.
After drinking our fill and enjoying a chicken quesadilla snack at Sloppy Joe’s, we popped into Alaska Club for another round. Neither of us was digging the vibe there, so we decided to stroll down the highway and finish our evening out at Queen Victoria. That was pleasant, as usual.
The bedtime strawberry-banana smoothie I enjoyed at home was also sweet. Yep, life is good.
It’s the last day of the year 2018 in the LTG archives, and I post about the year that was and the lessons learned.
Today’s YouTube video is the inspiring story of a Filipina overcoming her handicap to achieve her dreams. She lives in Valencia, a city I hope to visit in June. Perhaps I’ll get a chance to stop by her store to say hello.
Humor time:
And that’s just about enough for today, don’t you think?
Today’s song is an old one I found it the archives. I’d forgotten all about it.
When the warship's left Manila sailing proudly o'er the sea
All the sailors hearts were filled with fond regret
Looking backward to this island where they spent such happy hours
Making love to every pretty girl they've met
Well, up stopped a little sailor with his pride eyes all aglow
Saying take a look at my girl's photograph
Then the sailors gathered round him just to look upon her face
And he said,? I love my Filipino baby?
She's my Filipino baby she's my treasure and my pet
Her teeth are bright and pearly and her hair is black as jet
Oh, her lips are sweet as honey and her heart is true I know
She's my darling little Filipino baby oh Jimmy
In a little rustic cottage in the port of Filipines
Dwells a lonely little maiden all alone
She is thinking of her true love though he's far across the sea
And her heart beats true for him and him alone
Then one day he whispered,? Darling I've come back from Caroline
I've come back to claim the only girl I love?
And that night there was a wedding while the ships crew gathered round
And he wed his little Filipino baby
She's my Filipino baby she's my treasure and my pet
Her teeth are bright and pearly and her hair is black as jet
Oh, her lips are sweet as honey and her heart is true I know
She's my darling little Filipino baby