A fun in the sun day

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:

Heading out for the Candy Walk. Ain’t we sweet?

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.)

I guess burning the garbage is better than just tossing it in the creek bed and leaving it.
Come and get it
Dispensing more sweetness
Moving on to the next neighborhood
At the foot of the mountain
Another 5K Sunday mission completed.

Once our candy chore was complete, it was time to prepare for party mode.

Swan’s sausages
My brownies

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.

Joy sent a photo of her enjoying the spaghetti meal

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.

The guy’s table
The gal’s hangout
And the kitchen contingent

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.

That Kalaklan Ridge I’ve been climbing a lot lately
And the bay view from the other side of the roof
Swan came out for a looksee, too.

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.

The view from the roof said we’d better hurry. Luckily, the Arizona Resort is right across the highway from here.
The view from the beach
You’d better hurry, girl!
Made it! Our floating bar view
One of the better sunsets we’ve seen in a while.
Until next time, then.

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.

What overindulgence looks like.

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.

Based on the lack of responses, no one there remembers me either.

Meanwhile, I’m still poking fun at my lefty Facebook friends:

For all the good it did the last one.

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:

Most of the expats I know avoid bars with baklas (transgender). Maybe this is why.
Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder. The more beer, the prettier they get.
The more, the better. Or not.

And now it is time to prepare for another Hash Monday. Thanks for stopping by!

1 thought on “A fun in the sun day

  1. 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.

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