Getting around about it

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An enjoyable Thursday stroll with the neighbors doing the Philseco Road loop around Subic town. And then a relaxing evening on Baloy Beach showing our visitor Jay around. A surprise encounter with Martin and Joss at Treasure Island Resort led to a shared dining experience. We dropped Jay at Harley’s on our way home, and he took it from there. It seems his night had a happy ending. It doesn’t get much better than that around here!

Out of the Jeepney and on the road
Our Philseco journey begins
A shady spot somewhere
Pondering
A well-engineered bridge
A moment of reflection
Joss doing the candy duty
Rickety-rackety
Rest stop
A line of trees
Swan and I had enough after 7K. Martin and Joss walked the remaining 4K back to Barretto without us.

After some R&R at home, it was time to hit the beach.

The sands of Baloy Beach
The Kalaklan Ridge as seen from the Kokomo’s floating bar
Keeping an eye on the sun
Jay enjoying his Kokomo’s experience. And the fun was just beginning.
So far, so good
Mr. Popularity
I warned Jay about those bottled lady drink prices, but he bought them anyway.
Time is passing
Swan moved to the deck for a better view
Still looking good
Don’t miss it, baby!
Another nice show
I bought a round of SINGLE lady drinks for the hard-working bar staff. Well, we were the only customers, but still…
Time to head for shore
Our dining companions, Jay, Martin, and Joss.
My hamburger steak dinner

So, as I mentioned, Jay went to Harley’s after dinner. And when the floating bar closed, one of the gals he had met there joined him. He said they had a nice night together. Well done, young man!

I’m running out of excuses

I’ve made it to January 2006 in my journey through the LTG archives. In a post called “Peekaboo Paradox,” I make the claim that I miss the Sunday edition of the Washington Post. Damn, I’ve come a long way, baby! Now, one thing I’ve noticed is almost none of the shit I linked to all those years ago still works. However, to my surprise, the article I linked to is still available and still worth reading. Enjoy!

Today’s YouTube video is a good reminder to not lose your cool as a foreigner in the Philippines. I adopted this mantra long ago: “Take a deep breath. Relax. Accept the Filipino way.” It helps!

The funny business:

You probably have that job locked up
They have a word for the Filipina silent treatment: tampo
Yeah, to know me is to love me, but nobody knows that.

Jay’s last night in town, so I’m going to introduce him to that SOB I know. What a life, eh?

2 thoughts on “Getting around about it”

  1. A moment of reflection

    Nice shot.

    Our dining companions, Jay, Martin, and Joss.

    How’d you end up forming such a tight little clique? Normally, I think I’d see you with folks like Scott.

    He said they had a nice night together. Well done, young man!

    You did say that it ended… happily.

    Now, one thing I’ve noticed is almost none of the shit I linked to all those years ago still works.

    This phenomenon is called “link rot.” Links often go bad as sites close down, move, or whatever. I wrote about this in 2012.

    Party on.

  2. Kev, Martin and Joss only live here part-time (his company is in Manila), so we don’t see them often. Running into them at Treasure Island was just a quirk of fate.

    Waking up next to a sexy Filipina qualifies as a happy ending. 🙂

    Nice seeing your post on link rot again. It’s kinda sad being reminded of all the blogs I used to enjoy are gone forever now. Me and you have been around longer than just about everyone from the good ol’ days of blogging.

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