No really, I mean it. Tuesday is my nothing day, so not a lot to say about it. Well, there was this one thing. I’ll get to that in a minute.

One of the things I accomplished was going to the immigration office and securing an additional sixty days of legality in the Philippines. Now within that sixty days, I’ll need to manage to get my passport renewed. Apparently, I can do everything online, including payment, thus avoiding a trip to the embassy in Manila. Another option is using a local travel agent here who will handle the processing for a fee. I’ll decide on one of those by tomorrow.

Yesterday, President Duterte announced people have a choice regarding COVID vaccinations–get one or go to jail. The proclamation made headline news all the way back in the USA, including this article in the Washington Post.

I’m not opposed to the vaccine, although I wouldn’t do the Chinese one. I know several folks who have already had their shots. I’m not in any hurry either. The stupid thing is that there aren’t enough doses available to vaccinate everyone currently. Filipinos are especially reluctant because as I understand it a while back the government promised great things from a dengue vaccine. What it delivered was death to a large number of children who foolishly received the shot. And so it goes.

I got a massage yesterday. That was a nice change of pace. Had one of the bargirls who had shown some aptitude at rubbing while I sat on a barstool perform the service. I didn’t find this gal particularly attractive, but she did a decent job. And then me being me, I started rubbing her too. The next thing I knew, she was naked and on top of me. I guess you could call that a happy ending. I suppose it was a heat of the moment kind of thing because when we were done she said “I wasn’t expecting boom-boom.” I told her neither was I. I stuck 3000 pesos in her pocket before she left and haven’t heard from her since. I hope she wasn’t offended.

Beers at It Doesn’t Matter and dinner at Sit-n-Bull. I ordered up some lasagna and the waitress returned and apologetically told me “sorry, lasagna not available tonight”. Okay then, I went with my old favorite, pulled pork on a bun. A few minutes later she returned again with the lack of availability bad news. Oh well, I settled for a chef salad and it was actually quite nice. I’m not ragging on Sit-n-Bull, still my favorite Barretto restaurant overall. They have an extensive menu; I’m honestly surprised they can provide all those choices on any given night, especially with the lack of tourist clientele.

A fine Wednesday walk today with the group. I’ll post about that tomorrow. Right now it is beer o’clock and I’m going to head over to Dive In and say my goodbyes to Jessa.