The Decay continues

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Well, that’s kinda what I’m doing, in my own meaningless way. It never feels like my life is wasted, even when I am.

Just another boring “day in the life” story to share today. But it doesn’t feel boring living it. Going on nine years here now, so nothing seems new when I’m out and about. Hell, I’m hardly ever inspired to take a photo by something I see on my walks, because I’ve pretty much seen it all before. So, for yesterday’s Decay Dance, I decided to invoke the one picture every 1000 steps scheme. Here’s how that worked out:

Heading out from our Bryce Street cul-de-sac.
1000 steps: that old tree is still standing. Which of us is going to fall first?
2000 steps: Leaving Marian Hills.
3000 steps: Come and get your candy! Those teeth aren’t going to decay on their own!
4000 steps: Delivering sweetness at a local food stand.
5000 steps: There’s something fishy going on here.
6000 steps: In the littered shadow of Easter Mountain.
7000 steps: Heading down Sawmill Road.
8000 steps: At the San Isidro Elementary School.
9000 steps: Fences won’t stop us from fulfilling our mission.
And here’s where this week’s Decay Dance concluded.

We did change things up a tad for our Saturday evening enjoyment by heading out to Treasure Island on Baloy Beach to hear some live music.

We arrived just before the Engine Band began their first set of the evening at 4:30. Most live music in town doesn’t start until 9 pm, which is past my bedtime these days.

I recorded a song so you could hear for yourself how the Engine sounds:

After an hour, Engine took a break and the second band, Star Network, took to the stage.

I think Star Network was missing their female lead singer, because the guitar player did a lot more singing than usual.
That’s where we sat for the show.
The beach out front…
The Subic Bay devoid of the floating bar.
Hard to see a good sunset from the beach.

We stayed through the second set of the Engine Band, then walked back up the road to Snackbar for our nightcap.

That’s the view from our outside table at Snackbar.

And that’s how we danced and rocked our way through another day.

From the June 2019 LTG archives, I share my thoughts on living an American life in the Philippines. Yep, all these years later, I still haven’t embraced Filipino culture and lifestyle, but I’m at least participating on occasion. I have a Filipino family living in my basement apartment these days (Swan’s niece is our new helper), so I’m closer than I was anyway.

Sticking with the cultural theme, here’s a hilarious YouTube video I first posted thirteen years ago. It’s only two minutes long, and it will make you laugh. Promise.

I can’t top that video, but I’ll try anyway:

I’ve got that sinking feeling. Maybe I’ll go to a dive bar tonight.
I see what you did there.
It’s what any gentleman would do.

That’s just about enough for one day, don’t you think? I’ll try again tomorrow.

Oh, and this is the last day of May! I came across this old favorite of mine and really enjoyed hearing it again after all these years.

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